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Faculty Appreciation Week 2012: Big Ideas Classroom, Research, Outreach
Our faculty members bring big ideas to life each day in the classroom and through their research and community service. During next week’s Faculty Appreciation Week, February 13-17, we’ll celebrate faculty and learn about their great work.
Facilities Services Project Takes to the Air
Facilities Services is working with a contractor to determine the damage and wear and tear to the roofs on eighty-three buildings, including the Middlebrook Pike Building and the UT Conference Center. The core of the assessment involves taking thermo graphic surveys by helicopter flyovers throughout campus.
Big Orange. Big Ideas. Big Launch.
On Wednesday the campus launched its new “Big Orange. Big Ideas.” campaign, which aims to enhance the university’s reputation and help UT reach its Top 25 goal. Despite the gloomy weather on launch day, Volunteers from around campus came out to celebrate the effort.
Some Answers to Your ‘Big Orange. Big Ideas.’ Questions
UT’s “Big Orange. Big Ideas.” branding campaign rolled out to the campus yesterday. This tagline is the framework for marketing the university and reminding people of UT’s impact on the state and the nation. Here, Tennessee Today answers some of the questions you may have about the effort.
Who We Are on Rocky Top
UT Knoxville has unveiled an exciting new look that embraces UT’s colors, energy, achievements, and enthusiasm. The campaign introduces the world to UT—Big Orange. Big Ideas.
Faculty Spotlight
Our Department of History is home to faculty recognized as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the American Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, and MacArthur fellows. In fact, 60 percent of the history faculty have won major research awards in the last decade.
With ten NEH awards, UT is tied for seventh place with Washington University (St. Louis) and UC-Irvine on the list of all universities, both private and public, that have been awarded the most NEH Fellowships since 2005.
Work @ UT
Working at the University of Tennessee offers more than just a stable job. Generous vacation and personal leave, numerous retirement options, free tuition, and all the added benefits of life at a major research university.
