John Hillman, left, with US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the White House.

His work has caught the eye of President Barack Obama.

The 1986 graduate in civil and environmental engineering and the chief executive officer and chairman of Chicago-based HC Bridge Company LLC. is one of twelve 2013 Champions of Change for Transportation. The White House program features groups of Americans who are doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities.

He is being honored for his invention of the Hybrid-Composite Beam (HCB), a revolutionary bridge technology which reduces the burden of decaying infrastructure for future generations. Hillman visited the White House earlier this month to discuss his ideas with other champions.

“John often quotes Reggie Leach, who once said, ‘Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire,’” said Wayne Davis, dean of the College of Engineering. “His hard work and ingenuity have no doubt ‘set him on fire.’”

The HCB results in bridges that weigh drastically less than today’s bridges while exceeding current lifespans with little or no maintenance. The structural technology also enhances safety by developing bridges that exceed code requirements, helps the environment by using 80 percent less greenhouse gas–emitting concrete than current bridges, and reduces traffic congestion through accelerated construction.

“I became a civil engineer because I love building things,” he said. “I gravitated towards bridges because literally and figuratively I get to help people stay connected. I never dreamed that I would get this type of recognition just for doing what I enjoy. I am both honored and humbled to be included in the distinguished company of the other White House Champions of Change.”

Bridge built by HC Bridge Company using Hybrid-Composite Beams. Photo courtesy of Russel Phillips.

The design involves straight beams that combine polymers with concrete and steel. Hillman’s work on the structure began in 1995 with his realization that he could join the three materials and optimize each one’s performance to result in an extremely lightweight and corrosion-resistant product. It took him more than twelve years to develop HCB, which is now being used in eight states and in contract with several foreign countries.

Hillman has been a structural engineer in the inspection, construction, and design of unique bridges for twenty-seven years. He was named the 2011 Civil Engineering Outstanding Alumnus, the most prestigious award given by the UT department. He was also honored in 2010 with the Award of Excellence by the Engineering News-Record, a prestigious industry publication.

Kathy Caldwell, a 1985 structural engineering graduate, was named a Champion of Change for Transportation in 2011, making two out of thirty-two champions College of Engineering alumni. Caldwell is the president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, adjunct professor at the University of Florida, and president of Caldwell Cook & Associates in Gainesville, Florida.

For more information about the Champions of Change, visit the website.

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C O N T A C T:

Whitney Heins (865-974-5460, wheins@utk.edu)

The event, which is free and open to the public, is from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and will be held at the museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive.

The birthday celebration marks the fiftieth anniversary of the museum’s official dedication on June 1, 1963.

The celebration’s activities incorporate the museum’s permanent and temporary exhibits. They include the opportunity to use prehistoric tools, create an Egyptian Pharaoh’s headdress, play “pin the tooth on the dinosaur,” and identify birds. Prizes will be given to McClung Museum explorers who complete activities during the event.

A photo booth will allow visitors to take memorable photos with friends and family members. Free museum memberships and door prizes will be given away throughout the afternoon and refreshments will be provided courtesy of Aramark.

The McClung Museum is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free, and free parking is available in front of the museum on Circle Park Drive.

For more information, visit the McClung Museum’s website.

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CONTACT:

Christina Selk (865-974-2143, cselk@utk.edu)

Catherine Shteynberg (865-974-6921, cshteynb@utk.edu)

“It was confirmation that architecture was for me,” she said. “The camp exposed me to UT’s space and curriculum, so I felt comfortable here as a freshman.”

Cagle and nine other former campers graduated this weekend from the UT College of Architecture and Design. They are among the students who attended the very first Design Matters camp after it was established in 2008.

The week-long overnight summer camp gives high school students the opportunity to learn innovation and invention skills. It also gives them an understanding of how design impacts invention and human experience. They gain an in-depth look at life as a university student.

This year’s camp will be June 16 through 21.

Besides Cagle, other former campers and now newly minted UT alumni are Forrest Reynolds, a dual major in engineering and architecture, who was a central designer of the UT Haiti Project; Emily Barnett and Caroline McDonald of the Interior Design Program; Ashlynne Camuti, Leslie Hood, Brandon McCloy, Kirsten Reed, and Frannie Robinson of the School of Architecture; and Sarah Howell, a dual major in architecture and engineering.

“These students represent some of the best of our graduating class,” said Matt Hall, an associate professor of architecture and program director of Design Matters. “The camp encourages imagination, innovation, and collaboration to solve problems. It promotes students to transform their ideas into spaces and products that affect people’s everyday lives.”

Cagle, who plans to attend a two-year Bible college in California and then eventually work as an architect, noted that the students in her class were instrumental in her positive experience at UT.

“We supported one another through good times and bad,” she said. “The community we had here is unparalleled.”

To learn more about the Design Matters Camp, visit the College of Architecture and Design’s website.

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C O N T A C T:

Kiki Roeder (865-974-6713, kroeder@utk.edu)

Lola Alapo (865-974-3993, lalapo@utk.edu)

She is the third generation of women in her family to earn their degrees from UT.

Sams, of Kingston, Tennessee, will get her bachelor’s degree in recreation and sport management with a concentration in therapeutic recreation. She graduates from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

Sams’s grandmother, Betty M. “Bay” Walker, graduated in 1953 with a master’s degree in family relations and child development and went on to work at three colleges, retiring from McNeese State University.

Sams’s mother, Beth Walker Sams, earned her bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising in 1983. She now works as the sheriff’s assistant in Roane County.

Beth Walker Sams said family had a huge influence on her decision to attend UT thirty years ago.

Not only was her mother an alumna, her father attended UT, but he was drafted into the military before he could finish. Her uncle is also a UT grad.

“All three of my brothers chose to attend UT,” she said. “As the younger sister, I spent many years following my brothers in their many endeavors.

“Although there were several factors that went into my decision to attend UT, such as quality of education and location, it was an easy decision to follow my siblings.”

She remembers feeling anxious as she stood in in line to register for her first semester of classes.

“Being a very young freshman, I wondered if I would ever be able to make it through the next four years. As I stood in line, my brother Patrick walked by and laughed at me. Suddenly, I felt like everything would be OK because my brothers were here.”

For current grad Andrea Sams, UT was a perfect fit—near family, but ripe with opportunities for her to explore her own interests.

“I wanted to stay close to home, and I loved sports so I couldn’t wait to go to football games,” she said. “I loved being at the football games so much that I joined The Pride of the Southland Marching Band color guard for two years.”

Sams also spent three years working with children with disabilities at Camp Koinonia, a weeklong camp hosted by UT’s Therapeutic Recreation Program. And, since she was close enough to commute home, she continued to work as a child care provider at her church.

This semester she did a semester-long internship with Anderson County Schools.

At its recent awards celebration, the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sports Studies presented Sams with the Samuel A. Venable Award for her commitment to the university and the profession through service.

“I’ve loved being active, and I’ve developed a real passion for children with special needs,” said Sams, who is considering graduate school.

While Sams is graduating, the family tradition will continue next year.

“My little sister will be coming to UT in the fall as a freshman,” Andrea Sams said.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)

Commencement ceremonies begin Wednesday and continue through Saturday. King will participate in the College of Business Administration commencement ceremonies on May 10. Her bachelor’s degree is in human resources.

As an eighteen-year-old freshman, King found out she was pregnant. She resolved to finish her degree while raising her child as a single mother.

Her son, Grant, who turns three in August, “has been a huge blessing to me and my family,” King said.

Yet, his unexpected arrival was a tough assignment for a young college student.

Grant was born a week before King began her sophomore year. Rather than withdraw from school, King dropped from a full course load to taking only two classes during the fall semester.

King returned to full-time status the next spring and has taken classes every summer term so she could graduate in four years. Beyond managing a full course load and raising a child, King accepted an internship with DeRoyal Industries during her junior year. Throughout her senior year she interned at Oak Ridge Associated Universities in addition to having a part-time job.

Though King is a single parent, she’s quick to acknowledge the support she’s received. Her parents care for Grant during the day, and Grant’s father, who also graduated from UT this spring, and his family remain involved in Grant’s life.

King is also the recipient of the Moll Anderson Endowed Scholarship for single parents pursuing business degrees. The endowment was established in 2010 by author, lifestyle consultant, and television host Moll Anderson, who is married to UT Trustee Charlie Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Anderson Media Corp.

“Mrs. Anderson’s generosity has eased my financial burden, allowing me to better focus on my son and my studies,” King said.

While King wants to impart valuable lessons to her son, his presence also has taught her a thing or two.

“My multitasking skills have grown tremendously,” she said. “I have to take advantage of every available moment to study.” Procrastination is no longer an option; she said she begins preparing for exams at least two weeks in advance.

King said Grant also has given her a new perspective on life.

“Being a mother changed my attitude about what’s important,” King said. “I’m working to earn the best grades I can so that I can get a great job and provide for my son.”

Since Grant’s birth, King has maintained an impressive 3.7 GPA.

“Although a 4.0 GPA from UT would have been terrific, I’m extremely proud of my accomplishments,” she said, “I would much rather be thought of as a phenomenal mother than being a straight-A student.”

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CONTACT:

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)

Langley will address the college’s more than 300 graduates and their families at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, in Thompson-Boling Assembly Center and Arena.

“As one of the top journalists of her generation, Monica Langley has interviewed many of the richest and most powerful people in the world,” said CCI Dean Mike Wirth. “Her remarkable career has been characterized by honesty, integrity, and an extraordinary ability to both get and tell the story. We are very fortunate to have Ms. Langley as our commencement speaker and know that the wisdom and advice she shares will provide our graduates with an inspirational send-off as they leave UT to pursue professional careers.”

Langley was managing editor of the Daily Beacon while at UT. She graduated in 1980 with highest honors in journalism and was named a Torchbearer.

Langley, who has worked at the Journal for twenty-five years, is the newspaper’s preeminent writer of the page-one profile, particularly of CEOs, billionaires, presidential candidates, and key newsmakers. She also provides behind-the-scenes narratives of corporate dramas and breaks exclusive news about high-profile companies such as General Motors, Boeing, and JP Morgan Chase.

An honors graduate of Georgetown University’s law school, Langley has been an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University and of First Amendment law at Georgetown University Law Center. Also a member of the bars of the US Supreme Court, District of Columbia, and Tennessee, she was a corporate lawyer for several years.

She is the author of Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World… and Then Nearly Lost It All, a best seller about the CEO of Citigroup.

In 2002, Langley received the College of Communication and Information’s highest honor, the Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2009, New York Women in Communications presented her with a Matrix Award, recognizing her as one of the nation’s most exceptional women in media and the arts.

Video of Langley’s address will be archived here.

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CONTACT:

Charles Primm (865-974-5180, primmc@utk.edu)

College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis (left) presents the Dougherty Award to John D. Tickle (right).

The College of Engineering has awarded its most prestigious honor, the Nathan W. Dougherty Award, to the namesake of its new building, John D. Tickle.

The Dougherty Award, established in 1957, honors engineers whose accomplishments have enhanced the profession and alumni whose activities have brought acclaim to the university. Tickle is in the company of other award recipients such as IBM’s Mark Dean, who helped invent the first computer keyboard, and Howard Chambers, a vice president at Boeing.

“John’s amazing generosity, his continual support of and belief in the University of Tennessee and his firm commitment to higher education in this state have led to initiatives at the university that will benefit students for many generations to come,” said Wayne Davis, dean of the college.

A gift by Tickle and his wife, Ann, is supporting the college’s new John D. Tickle Engineering Building, currently under construction and set to open this fall. Another gift established the John and Ann Tickle Small Animal Hospital expansion within UT’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. Tickle also has served on several UT boards, including the Athletic Board and College of Engineering’s Board of Advisors.

Tickle graduated from UT in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. He was president of Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Company in his hometown of Bristol, Virginia, before he purchased it and renamed it Strongwell in 1997. Today, Strongwell is a worldwide operation, with the Bristol division serving as its headquarters.

Tickle was recently honored with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Composites Manufacturers Association, the composites industry’s largest trade group in the world. He was named a laureate in the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame in 2000, given the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Torchbearer Award for Western Virginia in 1999, and honored with the Heroism Award from the National Court of Honor by the Boys Scouts of America in 2012. In addition, the Mall at Bristol Regional Medical Center was named for him.

The John D. Tickle Building will house the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. A dedication ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 4.

The Nathan W. Dougherty Award was established by the College of Engineering to pay tribute to Nathan Washington Dougherty, dean of the college from 1940 to 1956. Dougherty’s leadership moved UT’s engineering program to national prominence. He initiated joint projects with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the US Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee—the location of the UT Space Institute. He also was an outstanding athlete who was named to the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1967 and is credited with hiring Robert Reese Neyland as UT’s football coach in 1925.

For information about other award recipients at the college’s Faculty and staff Awards Dinner, visit the Collge of Engineering website.

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C O N T A C T :

Kim Cowart (865-974-0686, kcowart@utk.edu)

Whitney Heins (865-974-5460, wheins@utk.edu)

Ken Huntsman, left, receives the Accomplished Alumni Award from Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek.

Ken Huntsman, who received his master’s degree in computer science UT, was right in the middle of things when e-mail got its start.

After graduating in 1977, Huntsman worked for Telenet Corp., where he was co-architect of one of the first successful commercial e-mail systems. In the early 1980s, he joined Control Video Corp. to work on downloading games to the Atari VCS. In 1985, he joined several others to co-found Quantum Computer Services Inc. Four years later, the company launched a service called America Online—the company’s eventual name. Huntsman worked as a systems programmer and director of systems architecture at AOL until 2007, when he retired as an “AOL Fellow” in 2007.

This week, UT Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek presented Huntsman with an Accomplished Alumni Award. Huntsman was on campus speaking to the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program about “Creating ‘the Internet on Training Wheels.’”

“It is certainly an honor to be invited back to an institution that was a big part of my formative years,” Huntsman said.

The Accomplished Alumni Program is designed to attract notable alumni to campus to share their success stories. Alumni who are honored through this program spend time on campus teaching students, sharing dialogue with faculty, and engaging with other alumni and friends of the university. Alumni featured in this program that included CEOs of major corporations, Olympians, authors, artists, musicians, US ambassadors, and civic leaders.

Huntsman lives in Clifton, Virginia, with his wife, Marci, who is associate pastor of Centreville United Methodist Church. They have two daughters, Stephanie, 24, and Niki, 22.

He coaches middle school and varsity volleyball at Highland School in Warrenton, Va. He also has coached club and Junior Olympic volleyball for eleven years and loves to golf and snow ski.

He serves on boards for several nonprofit organizations, including Wesley Theological Seminary, the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, and United Methodist Family Services.

To view other Accomplished Alumni, visit the Vols Connect website.

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C O N T A C T :

Haylee Marshall (865-974-5801, hmarshall@utfi.org)

Nicole Gross

Michael Gross

UT alumni and former members of Tennessee’s swimming and diving team Michael and Nicole (Brannock) Gross were among those injured in the attack on Monday’s Boston Marathon. Dr. Ralph Harvey, an associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, also witnessed the incident.

The Grosses were near the race’s finish line waiting for Nicole’s mother to complete the marathon when the two bombs exploded. Nicole suffered two broken legs and has had multiple surgeries. Michael sustained burns and cuts. Nicole’s sister Erika was also severely injured in the explosion.

Nicole swam for the Lady Vols from 1999 to 2002. She graduated in 2003 with a degree in community health education. Michael swam for the Vols from 1998 to 2002. He graduated in 2003 with a degree in sociology. The couple lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Harvey ran the marathon and had crossed the finish line about fifteen minutes before he saw the explosions from a few hundred yards away. At first, he said, he thought it was a transformer exploding.

Ralph Harvey

“The second explosion was larger,” he said. “I wasn’t in any danger, but I could see the police and EMTs reacting immediately.”

After the explosions, Harvey and other runners were bused back to the race’s starting point to help clear the finish area. An avid runner, Harvey was running his fifth Boston Marathon.

“This immediately turned a beautiful event into an ugly event with so much horrible pain and loss,” he said. “This is my favorite marathon because of the crowd support. When you’re running the Boston Marathon, you feel like you’re part of history. It’s an honor to be able to run it.”

With more than 23,000 runners in this year’s marathon, there are bound to be more Tennessee connections. The university has not heard of any current students who were at the race. If you were affected by the attacks, please e-mail utnews@utk.edu.

She will be discussing some of the mission’s findings at the Science Forum on April 19.

The Science Forum is a weekly brown-bag lunch series that allows professors and area scientists to discuss their research with the general public in a conversational presentation.

The weekly presentations begin at noon on Fridays in Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Attendees can bring lunch or purchase it at the arena. Each presentation is forty minutes long and is followed by a question-and-answer session. Science Forum presentations are free and open to the public.

NASA has been studying Titan, Saturn’s largest satellite, since 2004. Although it is ten times farther from the sun than Earth and about 200 degrees Kelvin colder, Titan’s surface is very similar to Earth’s but composed of very different materials.

Pictures and data from Titan show windblown dunes covering about 20 percent of the moon’s surface. They are similar to sand dunes on Earth but are made of carbon-rich material.

Titan also has many drainage networks, similar to river systems on Earth. Instead of being formed by water, they were formed by liquid hydrocarbon.

Burr studies data after it is released by NASA. She said she is excited about the findings.

“There’s another planetary body—another world—that looks amazingly like Earth, but formed in very different materials,” she said. “It’s really fascinating.”

The last Science Forum presentation of the semester will be April 26 and will feature Joan Markel, curator of Civil War exhibits at the McClung Museum, presenting “Digging into Our Civil War Past.”

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C O N T A C T :

Holly Gary (865-974-2225, hgary@utk.edu)

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)

The café, sponsored by Sysco Foods, operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Each luncheon typically consists of an intermezzo or small appetizer, salad or soup, entrée, and dessert. 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, see Marcia Johnson in the Jessie Harris Building, Room 110, call 865-974-6645, or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.

The Spanish menu is:

• Appetizer: Plate consisting of cured meats, vegetables, and cheeses including asparagus blancos, Serrano ham, and roasted olives with fennel and Tetilla cheese
• Tapas: Pinchos morunos (grilled pork kebab) with mint pesto topped with Manchego cheese
• Entree: Paella with fresh chicken, seafood, and vegetables
• Dessert: Caramel flan

Lunch dates and themes for the remainder of the semester are:

• April 25, Japanese/French Fusion
• May 2, Spanish/Italian Fusion

The luncheons are produced through a collaboration of HRT 445 (the Advanced Food Production and Service Management class), the UT Culinary Institute, and the Pellissippi Culinary Institute.

Students enrolled in the UT course will work as general managers, dining room attendants, assistant kitchen managers, dining room managers, and dining room service employees. They will be responsible for the execution of the dining experience, managing staff, menu planning, food preparation, cooking, cost analysis, service during meal time, marketing of the event, and customer satisfaction activities.

Pellissippi State students will do most of the food preparation and will assist with dining room responsibilities.

C O N T A C T :

Marcia Johnson (for tickets): (865-974-6645, rhtm@utk.edu)

Christine Copelan (ccopela7@utk.edu)

The 6:30 p.m. event will take place at the UT Visitors Center, near the corner of Neyland Drive and Kingston Pike.

Bob Kesling, director of broadcasting for UT Athletics and the play-by-play voice of football and basketball games, will emcee the event.

The media is invited to attend.

The Educators Hall of Honor acknowledges the work of professionals who have established themselves in the field of education. It is open to any professional in the United States, and members have come from throughout Tennessee and the nation. It has featured educators from elementary school to college ranks, coaches, organizations, and nontraditional educators who have made an impact on improving education. The hall is housed in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

Nominations are made with a contribution of at least $1,000, which supports an endowed scholarship fund. The $2,000 scholarship recipient this year is Cate C. Smith, a doctoral student and coordinator of the UT FUTURE Program.

The new group of honorees includes:

• Ruth Benn, a teacher, guidance counselor, and principal retired from the former Beardsley Elementary School in Knoxville. She was instrumental in helping to integrate Knoxville’s schools. She has been a community volunteer and activist. She was one of the organizing members of the Knoxville Urban League and has raised funds for Knoxville College and the United Negro College Fund. She is a former member of the UT Chancellor’s Associates.
• Hardy DeYoung, a science teacher at Alcoa High School in Alcoa, Tennessee, since 1990. He provides hands-on opportunities for students to learn about marine life and collect scientific data. He started Alcoa’s Advanced Placement biology program in 1993 and has been its only teacher. His students have taken scuba lessons and gone on annual trips to dive with manatees in Florida. He also leads an annual trip for sophomores to a marine biology school in Skidaway Island, Georgia. He has trained student teachers and interns from Carson Newman College, Maryville College, and UT. In 1998, he was the Tennessee recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Teaching Award in Secondary Science.
• Fanchon “Fancy” Funk, a professor emerita in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education at Florida State University. She began her career as a high school science teacher in Asheville, North Carolina. She then taught at a community college before moving on to the university level as a professor, clinical supervisor, and administrator. Her e-mail signature ends with a quote: “Every job is a reflection of the person who did it—autograph your work with excellence.” The quote defines her career and her character, one nominator said.
• Andy Kozar, a professor and administrator at UT and the University of Michigan, who will be honored posthumously. During his career, he emphasized to his students the importance of establishing and maintaining strong professional relationships with co-workers. He also underscored the importance of supervisors listening to their employees. He began his teaching career in 1956 as an elementary school physical education teacher. In 1958, he began teaching at the college level. He was a native of Pennsylvania who was recruited to UT to play football for General Robert Neyland and was on the 1951 national championship team. He died in April 2010.
• Jennifer Willard, executive director of the Community School of the Arts in Knoxville. She founded the nonprofit after-school program in 1992. She is a graduate of the UT School of Music and the University of Chicago. Her thirty-year career in nonprofit arts includes administrative and artistic positions with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera and the Birmingham, Alabama, Opera Theater. She also was coordinator of fine arts programs with the University of Alabama system. She is a member of the Leadership Knoxville Class of 1998.
• Violet McNiel, Mildred Hampton, and Linda Starnes, a grandmother, mother, and daughter family of educators. From the 1920s to the present, the women have set an example of how the pursuit of education, the desire to teach, and the spirit of service are handed down from one generation to another, one nominator wrote. After graduating from UT in the 1920s, Violet McNiel returned to her hometown of Lansing, Tennessee, to teach high school. Her only child, Mildred Hampton, after earning a degree from UT, began teaching at the Webb School of Knoxville in the 1960s. Hampton’s career spanned eighteen years. Hampton’s youngest daughter, Linda Starnes, after graduating from UT in the 1980s, taught special education in Madison County, Tennessee, and Dallas, Texas. Starnes also worked at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and later for the US Department of Justice and then-Secretary Lamar Alexander at the US Department of Education.

The Educators Hall of Honor was founded in 2002 by C. Glennon Rowell, the late dean of the former College of Education, as a way to recognize deserving teachers and supplement the education of future students. This year’s class is the second largest since the program began.

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C O N T A C T :

Lola Alapo (865-974-3993, lola.alapo@tennessee.edu)

One thousand advisors nationwide were included in the financial magazine’s list. The list is organized by state. Rankings are based on data provided by the nation’s most productive financial advisors including managed assets, produced revenue, regulatory record, quality of work, and philanthropic engagement.

The alumni are:

Eric T. Klindt, a 1993 marketing graduate who is a senior vice president of wealth management for Merrill Lynch in Nashville.

Dugan J. McLaughlin, a 1980 finance graduate who is a private wealth advisor for Merrill Lynch in Knoxville.

Samuel H. Oakley, a 1980 marketing graduate who is a senior vice president and private financial advisor for the Oakley Group of SunTrust Investment Services Inc. in Nashville.

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CONTACT:

Meredith Hulette (865-974-7392, mhulette@utfi.org)

The UT Beta Alpha Psi chapter has received $75,000 from a charitable foundation managed by Michael Lobel, a 1971 accounting alumnus of the College of Business Administration. The gift is the first toward establishing the endowment, which will allow future classes of accounting, information management, and finance students to learn from business professionals in New York City.

Lobel is a New York native and a practicing certified public accountant in the city.

Once other interested donors have contributed the remaining $225,000, the endowment will cover the majority of travel expenses incurred by students during their stay in the city. The trip will include visits to the financial district, the New York Stock Exchange, and organizations such as the National Football League. For many of the junior and senior business students, the trip will be their first time traveling outside of the southeastern United States.

“I am very pleased to provide a New York City enrichment experience to deserving students from the university that gave me a terrific accounting education,” Lobel said.

For more information about the endowment or to contribute, contact the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs in the College of Business Administration at 865-974-6083.

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CONTACT:

Meredith Hulette (865-974-7392, mhulette@utfi.org)

UT’s College of Nursing is joining forces the Student Health Center and UT Medical Center (UTMC) for HealthBeat 2013, a free health fair for UT students, faculty, staff, retirees, and their families.

HealthBeat 2013 will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on April 3 in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Ballroom. Parking is available for a fee in Volunteer Hall across Cumberland Avenue.

A variety of screenings and tests will be provided, and exhibition booths will be set up with representatives from various health care organizations and UT departments. Prize drawings will happen hourly and free reusable bags will be given to the first 300 participants. MEDIC will also be hosting a blood drive starting at 9:00 a.m.

Some of the available information will cover

• Nutrition and weight management
• Diabetes
• Breast health
• Heart health and stroke risk
• General health

Doctors and pharmacists will also be available to answer general medical and medication questions.

Free screenings include

• Carotid artery screening for stroke prevention
• Skin cancer/age progression screening
• Bone density screening
• Body mass index screening
• Vision screening
• Allergy testing (starting at 9:00 a.m.)
• Blood typing

Insurance is not required for any of the screenings or tests. Small fees will apply only to those screenings that require lab work:

• A1C—This test measures blood glucose average for the past three months. $20
• Prostate Specific Antigen screening (men only)—This test measures the amount of PSA released into your blood by the prostate gland. $20
• Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)—This test serves as a tool to measure thyroid levels in the body and can help diagnose thyroid disease. $20
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel—This test measures protein, potassium, sodium, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and albuminum, among several other components. $20
• C-Reactive Protein (CRP)—This test measures inflammation of the heart and can help assess your risk for heart disease. $20
• Lipid Panel (fasting required except water and black coffee)—This test measures your total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, ratio, and glucose. $20
• Complete Blood Count (CBC)—This test measures your red and white blood cell count. $15
• Vitamin D screening—This test measures the level of vitamin D in your body. For accurate results, do not take supplements for forty-eight hours prior to screening. $25

All forms of payment including credit cards, cash and checks are accepted. Checks can be made payable to UTMC. Results will be mailed to the participant within ten business days.

Fasting for eight to ten hours is required for the lipid panel. Water and black coffee are allowed, and drinking plenty of fluids the day before is advised. Prescriptions should be taken as prescribed. Diabetics should consult with their physician before fasting.

Some of the UT departments and programs will have representatives and/or booths at the fair: Center for Physical Activity and Health; Book and Supply Store; Student Health Center; Police Department; Counseling Center; and the Safety, Environment and Education Center.

Other participating organizations include Knox County Health Department, Tennessee Donors Registry, Smart Trips, American Diabetes Association, MEDIC, Mental Health Association and Cooperative Appalachian Marrow Program.

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CONTACT:

Mary Sue Hodges (865-974-7596, mhodges4@utk.edu)

Whitney Heins (865-974-5460, wheins@utk.edu)

The UT Rocky Top Institute is seeking short stories for its upcoming children’s book, Tales from Rocky Top. Three winners will be chosen and their work published in the first edition of the book. Each winner will also receive a $1,000 cash prize.

The submission deadline is April 15. Entries are to be submitted electronically to rhtmast@utk.edu.

Stories will be accepted from current UT students and alumni. They also will be accepted from Bearden High School students in Knox County. Because this is the inaugural year of the contest, the institute worked with the Knox County school system to select Bearden as the pilot high school with the intent to expand the contest to all Knox County and surrounding high schools in coming years.

Submitted stories must be a maximum of 1,000 words and convey the meaning of Rocky Top from the author’s perspective. They must be geared toward children in preschool to primary grades and be designed to be read aloud.

Winners will be notified by May 15. Once the stories have been selected, the UT Pride of the Southland Marching Band will record the background music for the electronic book. A local artist also will be chosen to illustrate it. Over the summer, students in the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media will put all the pieces together, and the final product is expected to be available for purchase in the fall. The book will be developed as an app.

For more information about the contest, guidelines, and submission forms, visit the Rocky Top Institute website.

The UT Rocky Top Institute was established in 2011 as a partnership with Dane and Del Bryant, the heirs of the writers of UT’s fight song, Rocky Top. The institute allows students in the UT Department of Retail and Consumer Sciences to further develop the Rocky Top brand by creating products that are sold. Proceeds from the products are divided between UT and the Bryant family. The UT portion is split between the Pride of the Southland Marching Band and the Department of Retail and Consumer Sciences and supports scholarships, fellowships, and projects.

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CONTACTS:

Lola Alapo (865-974-3993, lola.alapo@tennessee.edu)

Nancy Rutherford (865-603-2344, nruth@utk.edu)

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4-H Camps

For more information about 4-H camps, contact your county Extension Office or visit the UT Extension website.

Electric Camp

Dates: June 25–28

Grades: 6–7

Location: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Cost: $225

Fee includes the cost of meals, lodging, field trips, insurance, program, etc. Transportation fees are covered by members of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association.

Smart Camp

Dates: July 1-4

Grades: 5–12

Location: W. P. Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia, Tennessee

Cost: $225

Other camps

4-H also offers Junior 4-H Camps for grades 4 through 6. The five-day residential camps, which are held at various sites around the state, include swimming, golfing, music, group sports, and hiking.

4-H Adventure Camps, for grades 6 through 8, are for held at various sites around the state and offer activities like mock archaeological digs, fishing, tubing, nature hikes, canoeing, swimming, and survivor challenges.

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Architecture and Design

Design Matters Camp

Dates: June 16–21

Grades: High school students

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building

Cost: $985

Offers high school students an introduction to the design of the built environment and the considerations that shape it. The setting, curriculum, and instruction also provide the opportunity to experience life as a design student on a university campus for one week. Curiosity is the sole prerequisite; previous architecture or design experience is not necessary.

Contact: Amy Burns, aburns14@utk.edu

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McClung Museum Camps

Dig It! Fun with Fossils

Dates: July 15-19

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4–6

Location: UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture

Cost: $110 per child; $99 per child for museum members

Campers will explore dinosaurs, mosasaurs, mastodons, and other extinct animals by examining real fossils and participating in a variety of activities such as excavation, recording, making molds and casts, studying “rock” layers, following tracks, and other fun activities.

Contact: Debbie Woodiel, museum educator, 865-974-2144 or woodield@utk.edu

Achaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art and Archaeology

Dates: July 22–26

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 4–6

Location: UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture

Cost: $110 per child; $99 per child for museum members

Campers will learn about archaeology, art, and ancient peoples by exploring artifacts, technology, foods, and artworks, especially of ancient Egyptians and Native Americans. Activities include making pottery, testing hunting skills with a spear thrower, making a mummy mask, and examining real artifacts.

Contact: Debbie Woodiel, museum educator, 865-974-2144 or woodield@utk.edu

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Business Camps

Business Education for Talented Students (BETS) Program

Dates: June 13–22

Grades: Rising high school seniors

Cost: Free to accepted students

The program is designed to expose students from underrepresented groups to all aspects of the business world and encourage them to seek careers in business. Deadline to apply is March 15.

Contact: Tyvi Small, Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives, tsmall@utk.edu

Empowered Teen Entrepreneurship Camp

Dates: July14–19

Grades: 10–12

Location: James A. Haslam II Business Building

Cost: $750

Provides students interested in creating their own business an opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship. Visit www.etcamp.com or contact Tom Graves at tgrave10@utk.edu.

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Adventures in STEM Camp

Dates: June 3–7

Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Friday

Grades: 7–8

Location: UT Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Building

Cost: $100 (all materials, excluding lunch, are provided).

For more information or to register, visit tiny.utk.edu/tRrxD

Contact: Adam Hardebeck, 865–974–9707 or ahardebe@utk.edu

A camp for girls who are interested in expanding their knowledge of engineering, math, and biology. Students will be immersed in a week full of hands–on activities, lab visits, and team projects in UT labs and classrooms that expose them to the exciting challenges of being a scientist or researcher.

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Engineering Camps

Engineering VOLunteers for Ninth Graders (E-VOL9)

Session Dates: June 23–28

Grade: 9

Engineering VOLunteers for Tenth Graders (E-VOL10)

Session Dates: July 7–12

Grade: 10

High School Introduction to Engineering Systems (HITES)

Session 1: July 15–20

Session 2: July 22–27

Grades: 11–12

Additional: The objective is to provide an introduction to engineering, showcase the applications of math and science, and help students discover what engineers do in the real world. Students will learn about careers in engineering, explore UT’s campus, tour engineering labs and facilities, compete in engineering challenges, cultivate new friendships, spend five days living on a college campus, and get a jump start on their academic career. Each program is designed to motivate students who have an interest in engineering.

For more information, visit the COllege of Engineering website.

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Kids U Camps

For more information on all Kids U Camps visit the website or call 865-974-0150.

Got Talent? Beginning Acting and Theatre Games

Dates: June 3–7

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: Grades 4-5

Location: Jessie Harris Building, Room 413

Cost: $109

UT Photography Camp

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 4–7

Location: Art and Architecture Building, Room 105

Cost: $129

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Grades: 8-12

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 105

Cost: $129

Innocent or Guilty…How Do You Plead?

Dates: June 2–28

Time: 8:30–11:30 a.m.

Grades: 6–9

Location: UT College of Law, Room 237

Cost: $109

A Look Back: Colonial History

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 5–10

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $109

Exploration in Psychology

Dates: July 8–12

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 9–12

Location: UT Austin Peay Building, Room 411

Cost: $109

Vertebrate Zoology

Dates: July 8–12

Time: 9:00 a.m.–Noon

Grades: 4–7

Location: UT Hesler Biology Building, Room 603

Cost: $109

So You Want to Be a Lawyer?

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 10–12

Location: UT College of Law, Room 237

Cost: $109

So You Want to Be an Engineer?

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Science and Engineering Research Facility Building, Room 307

Cost: $109

Tennessee Performing Arts Camp

Dates: June 17–28

Time: 9:00 a.m. –noon

Ages: Grades 7–12

Location: UT Campus, Alumni Memorial Building

Cost: $249

Fun with Fiction

Dates: July 15–19

Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–9

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $109

World Music and Drumming

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4-6

Cost: $109

Great Greeks and Ruling Romans

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 9–12

Location: UT Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Sciences Building

Cost: $109

Photojournalism for Kids

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 9:00–noon

Grades: 9–12

Location: UT Conference Center Computer Lab, fourth Floor

Cost: $109

Don’t Bully Me!

Dates: June 3–7

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 3-6

Location: UT Hodges Library, Room 212

Cost: $125.00

Dates: June 3–7

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–9

Location: UT Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building

Cost: $125

Virtual Biology: Using Computers to Discover New Medicines

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 9–12

Location: UT Conference Center Computer Lab, fourth Floor

Cost: $109

Introduction to Programming with Scratch

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 5–8

Location: UT Conference Center Computer Lab, fourth Floor

Cost: $109

Programming and Animation Using Python

Dates: July 8–12

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Conference Center Computer Lab, fourth Floor

Cost: $109

Creative Papercraft Inventions I

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–10

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 443

Cost: $119

Creative Papercraft Inventions II

Dates: July 15–19

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 443

Cost: $119

Western Classical Music

Session 1: June 17–21

Session 2: June 24–28

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 4–7

Cost: $109

Music Theory and Ear Training

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 5–8

Cost: $109.00

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Grades: 9–12

Cost: $109

Connecting Through American Sign Language

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 7–10

Location: UT Bailey Education Complex, Room 327

Cost: $109

Deaf Language and Culture II

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–10

Location: UT Bailey Education Complex, Room 327

Cost: $109

*Prerequisite: Connecting Through American Sign Language

Practices of the Most Successful Young People

Dates: July 15–19

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $109

Exploring Microbiology through Food

Dates: June 3–7

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Ages: Grades 6–8

Location: UT Food Safety and Processing Building

Cost: $109

Collapse: The Fall of Complex Civilizations

Session 1: June 3–7

Session 2: July 22–26

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 9–12

Location: UT Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 205A

Cost: $140

College Prep

Dates: July 22–26

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 10–college freshman

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $109

Fun with Forensics: Adventures in Chemistry

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 1:30–5:00 p.m.

Grades: 6–8

Location: UT Dabney-Buehler Hall, Room 334

Cost: $109

Learning to be a Chef: Introduction to Culinary Arts

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 7–12

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $259

Draw, Paint, Sculpt!

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 9:00 a.m. –noon

Grades: 4–7

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 327

Cost: $129

Date: June 24–28

Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 321

Cost: $129

Cool Crafts

Session 1: June 3–7

Session 2: June 24–28

Session 3: July 8–12

Session 4: July 22–26

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4–9

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 127

Cost: $119

Universe Exploration

Dates: June 19–21

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4–6

Location: UT Nielsen Physics Building, Room 507

Cost: $109

Snakes Alive! Hands-On Herpetology

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 9:00 a.m. –noon

Ages: Grades 4–7

Location: UT Hesler Biology Building, Room 603

Cost: $109

Introduction to Photoshop

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Grades: 8–12

Location: UT Conference Center Computer Lab, fourth Floor

Cost: $109

Crazy Confections! Birthday/Specialty/Wedding Cakes

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 8:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 7–12

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $219

Rockets!

Dates: June 12–14

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4–7

Location: UT Nielsen Physics Building, Room 507

Cost: $109

Tennessee History

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 6-10

Location: UT Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 205A

Cost: $109

Veterinary Medicine: Behind the Scenes

Dates: July 22–26

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 9–12,

Location: UT Veterinary Hospital

Cost: $129

Plants! Adventures in Botany

Dates: June 24–28

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 7–9

Location: UT Dabney-Buehler Hall, Room 334

Cost: $109

Bugs!

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 4–7

Location: UT Hesler Biology Building, Room 602

Cost: $109

Bones, Crimes, Careers: Forensic Anthropology

Session 1: June 3–7

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Session 2: June 10–14

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 9–12

Cost: $109

The Unseen World: Microbes and the Environment

Dates: June 10–14

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 9-12

Location: UT Science and Engineering Research Facility Building, Room 705

Cost: $109

Learning to Lead: Leadership 101

Dates: July 15–19

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–12

Location: UT Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building, Room 243

Cost: $109

Creating Upcycled Jewelry and Accessories

Session 1: June 17–21

Session 2: July 15–19

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 4–9

Location: UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 127

Cost: $119

Playing with Poetry

Dates: June 17–21

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 7–9

Location: UT Hesler Biology Building, Room 602

Cost: $109

Observing Animals! An Introduction to Ethology

Dates: July 22–26

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 7–9

Location: UT Hesler Biology Building, Room 602

Cost: $109

Camp Creativity (Knoxville)

Dates: July 15–19

Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Grades: 4–7

Location: UT Conference Center

Cost: $225

Camp Creativity (Nashville)

Date: June 24–28

Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Grades: 4–7

Location: Woodland Middle School

Cost: $225

Early Learning Center Camps

The Early Learning Center is a laboratory school affiliated with the Department of Child and Family Studies within UT’s College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

June 3–7: Kids on the Town

June 10–14: The Amazing Race

June 17–21: Animal Kingdom

June 24–28: Pirate Week

July 1–3, 5: Our Independence

July 8–12: Living in a Book

July 15–19: Games People Play

July 22–26: Mystery Camp

July 29–August 2: Art Week

August 5–7: Me, Myself, and the World Around Us

Time: 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Grades: 1–4

Location: 1206 White Avenue, the kindergarten classroom

Cost: $185 per week plus $50 nonrefundable registration fee per child

For more information or to register, visit the Early Learning Center website.

Contact: 865-974-0843 or elc@utk.edu

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Men’s Athletics

A variety of sports summer camps for young men. More details about the camps can be found at the Athletic Department website.

Basketball

Fundamental Skills Camp

Session 1: June 3–6

Session 2: June 17–20

Cost: $125 (Grades K–1); $295 (Grades 2–8)

Check-in: 7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.

Time: 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Grades K–1): 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Grades 2–8)

Location: Thompson-Boling Arena

Meals are included in the camp tuition.

Intense Skill Camp

Session 1: June 22

Session 2: August 24

Grades: 9-12

Cost: $60

Check-in: Noon

Time: 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Overnight Camp

Dates: June 16–20

Ages: Grades 5-12

Cost: $495 for residents; $350 for commuters

Check-in: 5:30 p.m.

Time: 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m.

Meals are included in the camp tuition.

Father/Son Camp

Date: June 9

Cost: $150 per father/son team, $50 per additional son

Check-in: 1:00 p.m.

Time: 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Team Camps

Date: June 7–9

More information is available on the sports camps page of the Athletic Department website.

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Football

Coaching Clinic

Dates: April 12–13

Cost: $40

OL/DL Camp

Date: June 1

Grades: 9–12

Cost: $40 by May 1, $50 after May 1

Specialist Camp

Date: June 7

Grades: 9–12

Cost: $80 by May 1, $90 after May 1

Youth Day Camp

Date: June 3–4

Grades: K–8

Cost: $125 by May 1, $150 after May 1

High School Camp

Dates: June 10–12

Ages: Grades 9–12

Junior/Senior One-Day Camps

Date: June 14 or 15, July 19 or 20

Ages: Grades 11–12

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Baseball

Youth Camp

Session 1: June 10–13

Session 2: June 17–20

Cost: $265

Location: Lindsey Nelson Stadium

Ages: 5–12

Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Junior High Camp

Dates: July 8–11

Cost: $265

Location: Lindsey Nelson Stadium

Grades: 6–8

Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

High School Skills Camp

Dates: July 15–18

Cost: $265

Location: Lindsey Nelson Stadium

Grades: 9–12

Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

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Women’s Athletics

A variety of sports summer camps for young women. Information regarding all types of camps can be found on the Athletic Department website.

Basketball

Overnight Camp

Dates: June 9–12

Ages: 10 and older

Day Camp

Dates: June 12–15

Ages: 6–12

Next Level Skills Camp

Dates: June 15–16

Ages: 14 and older

Soccer

High School Residential Team Camp

Dates: July 21–24

Cost: $395 per player

Location: Regal Soccer Stadium

Grades: 9–12

High school coaches who are interested in registering their teams for the camp must contact Dean Ward at dward14@utk.edu before any individual players register.

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Softball

Pitching and Catching Camps

Session I: June 11–12

Session II: July 8–9

Time: 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Ages: 8–18

Location: Sherri Parker Lee Stadium

Cost: $175

Advanced Hitting and Defense Camp

Dates: June 18–20

Time: Noon–6:00 p.m. June 18; 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. June 19–20

Ages: 7–12

Location: Sherri Parker Lee Stadium

Cost: $225

Slap and Speed Camp

Dates: June 20–21

Time: 3:00–9:00 p.m. June 20; 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. June 21

Ages: 8–18

Location: Sherri Parker Lee Stadium

Cost: $175

Junior Lady Vols Camp

Date: June 24–25

Time: 8:00 a.m.–noon

Ages: 8–12

Location: Sherri Parker Lee Stadium

Cost: $100

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Volleyball

Setting Camp

Date: July 11

Time: 9:00 a.m.–noon

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $60

Campers will learn proper hand position, footwork to the pass and leadership skills. They will practice the execution of various sets and learn to run different offenses, play right back defense, and start every game with a great serve.

Hitter Camp

Date: July 11

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $60

Campers will learn proper arm swing, hand contact, and footwork. Outside, middle, and right side hitting will all be covered. Back row attacks and blocking also will be reviewed.

Serving Camp

Date: July 12

Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $60

Campers will learn how to be a solid, consistent server and will receive instruction on all types of serves, including but not limited to float, top-spin, and jump.

Overnight Individual

Dates: July 12–15

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $365 for residents; $305 for commuters

Campers will improve their overall technique and general tactical knowledge. All skills will be taught and reviewed, including serving, passing, setting, hitting, blocking, and digging.

Libero Camp

Date: July 15

Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $60

Campers will develop their defensive skills. Topic covered will include passing, ball-handling, proper posture and positioning, digging, reading attackers, and back row setting.

Team Camp

Session 1: July 17–20

Session 2: July 22–24

Grades: 5–12

Cost: $295 for residents; $245 for commuters

Each team of eight players or more will receive technical and tactical instruction, utilizing drills and competition to develop offensive and defensive execution.

Co-ed Swimming Clinics

Session 1: June 2–6

Session 2: June 9–13

Session 3: June 16–20

For more information, visit the Tennessee Sport Camps website.

Co-ed Diving Clinics

Session 1: June 9–14

Session 2: June 16–21

Session 3: June 23–28

Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center

For more information, visit the Tennessee Sport Camps website.

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Co-ed Soccer

Day Camp

Dates: June 3–7

Ages: 5–12

Time: 9 a.m.–noon ages 5–8; 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ages 9–12

Cost: $300 for full day, $150 for half day

Location: Regal Soccer Stadium

Overnight Camp

Dates: June 26–29 June 2013

Ages: 9–18

Cost: $495 for overnight, $395 for commuters

Location: Regal Soccer Stadium

Goalkeeper Academy

Dates: June 26–29

Grades: 7 and up

Cost: $495 for overnight, $395 for commuters

Location: Regal Soccer Stadium

For more information, visit the Tennessee Sport Camps website.

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C O N T A C T :

Christine Copelan (865-974-2225, ccopela7@utk.edu)

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)

Class members Mary Cathey and Ken Bulthuis led the campaign effort under the College of Business Administration’s annual giving motto, “one gift, any size, every year.”

The full-time MBA program is a seventeen-month intensive program designed to develop high-potential leaders who are launching, changing, or refocusing their careers. Classes meet during fall and spring semesters with a required summer internship. The program offers concentrations in business analytics, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, operations, and supply chain management, or students may build their own area of emphasis with a custom concentration. For more information on the MBA program, visit the website.

Learn more about the College of Business Administration here.

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CONTACT:

Meredith Hulette (865-974-7392, mhulette@utfi.org)

As CNN International’s vice president for business development and sports programming, Galvin says this “never say die” attitude was crucial to starting his career.

Galvin, a 1986 UT graduate, is in charge of all sports programming and special programming for CNN International, including the network’s coverage of the Olympics and the World Cup, as well as its “Special Projects” reports from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

UT’s College of Communication and Information (CCI) presented Galvin with an Accomplished Alumni award February 20. The program recognizes notable alumni for success and distinction within their field.

After graduating from the college’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media, Galvin said he spent several years trying to break into sports journalism.

“I had opportunities to do other kinds of television production and news work, but my heart was in sports,” Galvin said. “I did everything I could to build up a body of work so that when the call came from CNN I had something tangible to show them, something that proved that I could do the job beyond a shadow of a doubt.”

In 1988, Galvin joined CNN, producing programs such as Sports Tonight and This Week in the NBA. He went on to produce live remote coverage of ten Super Bowls, several World Series, golf tournaments, NCAA championships, and Stanley Cup finals.

He then was promoted to vice president and executive producer of the CNN/Sports Illustrated Network before joining Headline News as senior vice president of programming.

Galvin was made senior vice president at CNN International in 2011.

With this award, Galvin joins many UT alumni, including Fortune 500 CEOs, Olympians, US ambassadors, civic leaders, authors, and musicians.

“Bill Galvin provides an outstanding example to our students of how talent combined with hard work and persistence leads to great success,” said Dean Mike Wirth. “His career achievements coupled with his commitment to mentoring others to help them realize their dreams are truly inspiring. We were honored to present Bill with this prestigious award and greatly appreciate his willingness to return to campus to speak to our students.”

To view other Accomplished Alumni, visit the Vols Connect website at volsconnect.com/accomplished.

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CONTACT:

Charles Primm (865-974-5180, primmc@utk.edu)

Lance Taylor (865-974-8949, ltaylor@utfi.org)

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 at 5:00 p.m. on May 10. Costa will speak and receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane and Musical Letters at the College of Arts and Science commencement at 9:00 a.m. on May 10.

Theirs will be the fifth and sixth honorary degrees UT Knoxville has awarded.

“Throughout his career as a journalist, writer, and public servant, Mr. Seigenthaler has been a staunch advocate and defender of free speech and civil rights. His passion for human equality, for the pursuit of truth, and for protection of free speech and a free press have improved the lives of all Americans,” College of Law Dean Doug Blaze wrote in his letter nominating Seigenthaler for the honor.

A Nashville native, Seigenthaler worked at The Tennessean for forty-three years, moving up from reporter to assistant city editor to special assignment editor and ultimately to editor, publisher, and CEO. While there, he investigated corruption within the local branch of the Teamsters and looked into the criminal activities of Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa. His articles led to the impeachment trial of Chattanooga Criminal Court Judge Ralston Schoolfield.

He took a short break from journalism in the early 1960s to serve in the US Department of Justice as administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. He served as negotiator with the governor of Alabama during the Freedom Rides. During that crisis, while attempting to aid Freedom Riders in Montgomery, he was attacked by a mob of Klansmen and hospitalized.

In 1982, while still working at The Tennessean, Seigenthaler became founding editorial director of USA Today. He retired as chairman emeritus of The Tennessean and from USA Today in 1991.

Seigenthaler founded the First Amendment Center in 1991 to create national discussion, dialogue, and debate about First Amendment rights and values. The center is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum and the Diversity Institute. The center has offices in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University and at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Seigenthaler attended Peabody College, which is now part of Vanderbilt University, and the American Press Institute at Columbia University. He served in the US Air Force after World War II.

The other honorary degree recipient is a well-known Knoxvillian and advocate for children and advancing art and culture.

School of Music Director Jeff Pappas nominated Costa for the honorary degree, saying she was worthy of the honor “because of her extensive and varied career, not just as a musician and entertainer, but for her role as a cultural ambassador, an advocate for the arts, education, young musicians, and at-risk children at the regional and national levels.”

Costa studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory in the late 1940s. An internationally acclaimed soprano, she performed in forty-four operas and worked with many of Hollywood’s legendary entertainers, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Benny.

But it was early in her career, while she was singing and doing commercials on the radio, that Walt Disney discovered Costa and cast her as Princess Aurora in the 1958 film Sleeping Beauty.

Costa’s big break in opera came in 1958, just after she finished Sleeping Beauty. She was chosen to replace an indisposed Elisabeth Schwarzkopf for a gala concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Costa went on to sing leading roles in opera houses worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, the Royal Opera House in London, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the San Francisco Opera.

Costa—once heralded by The New York Times as “one of the most beautiful women to grace the operatic stage”—was the guest soloist at the memorial service for President John F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in 1963. She also sang at the inaugural concert of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1971.

She received the Licia Albanese–Puccini Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989 and the Disney Legends Award in 1999, and was honored with the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Distinguished Verdi Performance of the Twentieth Century for her 1964 Met debut as Violetta in La Traviata. She was appointed to the National Council on the Arts by President George W. Bush in 2003 and served until 2007.

Costa has traveled across the country giving motivational talks at schools and colleges. She has served as an ambassador for Childhelp, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.

UT Knoxville also has given honorary degrees to Howard H. Baker Jr., Dolly Parton, Al Gore, and Charles O. “Chad” Holliday.

Read more about today’s Board of Trustees meeting at the University of Tennessee System website.

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Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)