Leave a Shout-Out, Make Plans: Faculty Appreciation Week Is This Week
2/22/13 4:49 pm •
Faculty Appreciation Week is this week, and each day we’ll honor faculty with stories, videos, and special events. This year’s theme is “Inspiring Ideas.” Daily stories in Tennessee Today will profile faculty members who inspire their students through innovative teaching, an encouraging demeanor, passion for their subject, and contagious enthusiasm. Videos will feature students talking about the faculty members who have meant the most to them, and you can post your own shout-out to your favorite faculty member on the Faculty Shout Out Page.
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Faculty Appreciation: A Final Thanks from Students
2/28/13 9:36 am •
“The research he’s doing here is pretty cool stuff.” “He just makes learning so much fun, I love tweeting the lectures.” Students thank their favorite professors in our final Faculty Appreciation Week video. You can post your own shout-out to your favorite faculty member on the Faculty Shout Out Page.
UT Board Approves Knoxville Campus Building Names
3/01/13 3:22 pm •
The university’s Board of Trustees approved proposals today to name or rename several buildings on the Knoxville campus. The trustees held their winter meeting on the UT Chattanooga campus. All of the names approved will honor families or individuals who have made a significant contribution to the university and its history. One of the names marks a first in UT history. The new Fred D. Brown Residence Hall is the first building on the UT Knoxville campus to be named for an African-American person.
Seigenthaler, Costa to Receive Honorary Degrees in May
3/01/13 3:21 pm •
A renowned journalist and an opera singer known as the voice of Sleeping Beauty will receive honorary degrees in May. The Board of Trustees today approved the degrees for Tennessee natives John Seigenthaler and Mary Costa. Seigenthaler will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree and speak at the College of Law commencement on May 10. Costa will speak and receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane and Musical Letters at the College of Arts and Science commencement on May 10.
Big Idea: Freshmen Course Now Includes Alcohol Awareness, Financial Literacy
3/01/13 11:10 am •
First-Year Studies organizers know that freshmen—many of them living away from home for the first time—face many challenges, not all academic. That’s why, starting this fall, online learning activities about alcohol awareness and financial responsibility will be part of FYS 100, the credit/no-credit course all freshmen must take.
Ready for the World Café to Feature Southern French Fare
3/01/13 10:37 am •
The Ready for the World Café will feature traditional cuisine of southern France on Thursday, March 7. The café, sponsored by Sysco Foods, operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center on Neyland Drive. Advance tickets will be sold for the luncheons, and capacity is eighty diners. Cost will be $12, and the faculty-staff discount does not apply. For tickets and reservations, call 865-974-6645, or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.
Inspiring Ideas: UT Libraries
3/01/13 9:59 am •
Get to know Gayle Baker and Thura Mack from the UT Libraries. It’s Baker’s job to stay current on electronic resources for faculty and students, and then make sure they know how to use them. Mack has been working in libraries since she was in high school, when she worked with an outreach librarian who delivered books on tape for the blind in the community.
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- UT Welcomes New Business Dean Steve Mangum
- Retail, Hospitality Department to Honor Scottie Mayfield on March 16
- Inspiring Ideas: College of Veterinary Medicine
- Campus Community Invited to Kunta Kinteh Island Screening Monday
- Professors Create Code that Turns Large-Scale Data into Art
- Inspiring Ideas: College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
UT in the News
In The News»
- 3/01/13 • Knoxville News Sentinel: Bella Luna: New career, venture sparked by beloved instructor
- 2/28/13 • News Sentinel: Bridging the gap: UT, donor believe new building will improve state of education
- 2/27/13 • WBIR-TV: Tree Rings + iPads = History Teaching Tools
- 2/25/13 • The Wall Street Journal: They Turned the Lights On
- 2/18/13 • News Sentinel: UT expert: Meteorites not uncommon
- 2/18/13 • WBIR: UT trains next generation of nuclear security
