Adams, twenty-three, a two-time alumna of the college and CPA for Ernst & Young in Nashville, passed away unexpectedly in 2011. The Casey Adams MAcc Scholarship Endowment was established with funds donated by members of the TEI Nashville chapter, including those from the area’s largest firms and friends and colleagues of Casey’s mother, Donna Adams, also a CPA. The national branch of the TEI matched funds donated by the Nashville chapter.

The establishment of the endowment, which will be awarded on an annual basis, was announced at the thirty-sixth Annual Warren Slagle Accounting Day. Adams’ father, John, expressed appreciation on behalf of his family.

“Thank you all for honoring our beautiful and precious daughter, Casey Nicole Adams,” said John. “This scholarship will make it possible for someone to fulfill his or her dream, as it was hers to enroll and complete the MAcc program at UT.”

Friends and classmates of Casey Adams are encouraged to consider contributing to the scholarship by contacting UT’s College of Business Administration Office of Development at 865-974-6083.

For more information about the College of Business Administration, visit http://bus.utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Meredith Hulette (865-974-7392, mhulette@utk.edu)

Each day, stories and videos about faculty will be featured on the Tennessee Today website, http://tiny.utk.edu/FAW12.

Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and others are invited to send a “shout out” to their favorite faculty member and read what others are saying. Find the shout out page at http://tiny.utk.edu/shout.

A variety of special events also have been planned:

Monday, February 13

• Women’s basketball game—The Lady Vols play Kentucky at 7:00 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena. Faculty will be saluted during the game. Faculty and staff can purchase tickets for $7. Visit the UT Ticket Office, call 865-656-1200 or order online at http://tinyurl.com/7dm9waf or at UTTIX.com, using promotional code UTKBB12.
• “Like” stickers—Students can get “like” stickers to give to their instructors. The stickers will be handed out during the morning on the Pedestrian Walkway and on the University Center Plaza.

Tuesday, February 14

• Ready for the World Café—The café begins its ten-week spring run today with Irish cuisine and prize drawings for faculty. The luncheon is from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Guest chef Garrett Scanlan, noted Irish-born local chef and star of “90 Miles with Chef Garrett,” will oversee the food and menu design for the week. Tickets are $12, and the UT faculty/staff discount applies. For tickets, see Marcia in 110 Jessie Harris Building or call 865-974-6645. For more information about luncheon, see http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/02/07/rftw-cafe-spring-luncheon-series.
• Distinguished Faculty Reception—The invitation-only reception sponsored by Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek will be held from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the rotunda of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

Wednesday, February 15

• Coffee and doughnuts—Grab-and-go stations with free coffee and doughnuts for faculty will be set up from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Ayres Hall, the Pedestrian Walkway (the Volunteer Boulevard end) and Morgan Hall. The breakfast is provided by the Thornton Center, Student Success Center, the Center for International Education, and the Office of Multicultural Student Life.
• Men’s basketball game—The Vols play Arkansas at 8:00 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena. Faculty will be saluted during the game. Faculty and staff can purchase tickets for $7. Visit the UT Ticket Office, call 865-656-1200 or order online at http://tinyurl.com/7dm9waf or at UTTIX.com, using promotional code UTKBB12.

Thursday, February 16

• Coffee and doughnuts—Grab-and-go stations with free coffee and doughnuts for faculty will be set up from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Ayres Hall, the Pedestrian Walkway (the Volunteer Boulevard end), and Morgan Hall. The breakfast is provided by the Thornton Center, Student Success Center, the Center for International Education, and the Office of Multicultural Student Life.
• Initiating A Better Work/Life Balance—noon to 1:15 p.m., University Center Crest Room. This interactive workshop, sponsored by the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center, will explore ideas for better time management. RSVP to tenntlc@utk.edu.
• Faculty Pub—The Faculty Pub will be open from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Bridgeview Grill on Neyland Drive, with free parking in the staff lot across the street. The Boling, Brown, and Holloway Jazz Trio (faculty members Mark Boling, Keith Brown, and Rusty Holloway) will be performing and there will be free appetizers, compliments of Aramark, giveaways and special recognition of faculty.

All week

• Showcasing faculty books, research—Books authored by UT faculty will be on display throughout the week in the Dixie Marie Wooten Commons West of Hodges Library (Melrose entrance). The display also will highlight faculty members who have made their scholarship openly available online at the Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE) digital archive. Faculty members are invited to learn how to preserve and showcase their published and unpublished work in SelectedWorks at trace.tennessee.edu.
• UT Bookstore Discount—The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount to faculty and staff with their UT ID. The discount will not include textbooks, special orders, select trade books, and minimal select general merchandise (such as the “We Back Pat” shirts).
• Aramark freebies and discounts—With their UT ID card, faculty can enjoy: free tea with entrée purchase at McAlister’s deli located in the Arena Café; free donut with small coffee purchase at Dunkin Donuts at Volunteer Hall on White Avenue; $5 Friday at the Presidential Court Café and $5 Friday at the Southern Kitchen; free tall coffee at Starbucks with the purchase of a breakfast sandwich or pastry.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034 or 865-789-1692, ablakely@utk.edu)

From left: Randy Boyd, president and CEO of Radio Systems Corp.; Jake Baron, UT alumnus and creator of Casenova; and Tom Graves, director of operations for the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

KNOXVILLE—The designer of a single-strap knapsack that reduces stress on the back is the latest recipient of a $12,500 grant from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Boyd Venture Fund.

The fund is administered through the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the College of Business Administration.

Jake Baron, UT alumnus and creator of Casenova, was awarded the seed money for his company, Baron Innovations, LLC. He is the second recipient of money from the fund.

As part of the grant, the Anderson Center will connect Baron to a mentor who will help him build his business.

Casenova is a single-strap backpack that redistributes weight evenly throughout the body to reduce stress on the back. Its design, which is pending patent, and Neoprene construction makes it waterproof and lightweight. The product includes strategically placed pockets for easy access to phone, sunglasses, and water bottles, while providing comfort and enhanced security against theft.

The idea for Casenova was born in the fall of Baron’s junior year. He was walking back to his apartment after a long day of classes and as he trekked up and down hills on campus, the weight of his traditional backpack began causing noticeable pain.

He decided to design a better alternative. Baron tested Casenova with UT students.

“All the students in the test were extremely pleased with the added benefits incorporated into Casenova’s unique design,” he said. “I couldn’t have accomplished all that I did without the support, mentoring, and guidance from the Anderson Center faculty.”

The grant will allow Baron, a December 2011 graduate in accounting, to finalize a web-based ordering system and place an initial inventory order with his factory in China.

The Boyd Venture Fund is available to any UT Knoxville student-owned business and is awarded each spring and fall.

“Creating new local businesses is the cornerstone to a community’s success,” said fund benefactor Randy Boyd, president and CEO of Radio Systems Corp. “These businesses create jobs, pay taxes that fund other investments such as education, and support the local community with philanthropy. I cannot imagine a better return on investment than supporting future generations of entrepreneurs.”

The grant from the Boyd Venture Fund is the third Anderson Center competition that Casenova has won. The initial Casenova prototype won first place and $5,000 in the center’s spring 2010 Undergraduate Business Plan Competition. The next fall, Casenova finished second in the Vol Court Pitch Competition.

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C O N T A C T S :

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

Cindy Raines (865-974-4359, craines1@utk.edu)

Scientific data is growing in scale and complexity across all scientific disciplines, which is leading to an increased need for professionals who specialize in scientific data curation research and education. The need for professionals specifically trained in the management and curation of scientific data is growing.

In response to this need, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provided funds to develop SciData as a two-year master’s program. Eight students with science background or interest in science data and information are now being recruited. They will study information sciences with courses designed to build specialties in digital data curation and an emphasis on scientific publishing, leading to a master’s degree in information sciences.

Students are now being recruited for a two-year degree program to begin August 2012. The student award and support includes:

• tuition cost coverage;
• stipend to study and work in the Knoxville area;
• laptop computer;
• health insurance;
• travel to England in the summer of 2013 for science e-publishing study; and
• practical experiences with science agencies.

The deadline for admission submissions for the SciData program is April 27. Potential students should go to scidata.sis.utk.edu/admissions to learn more about the program and its admission requirements.

The principal investigator on SciData is Suzie Allard, associate professor and associate director of the School of Information Sciences at UT. She is joined by co-principal investigators Carol Tenopir and Peiling Wang, both professors in the program with extensive science information expertise.

SciData’s partners include IMLS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Information International Associates, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, and the Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

The School of Information Sciences is a part of the College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee. SIS is recognized nationally and internationally as an interdisciplinary program of excellence in the information sciences. Graduates of the school’s programs are knowledgeable, skillful, and ethical users of information and information technology in their educational, professional, and personal endeavors. For more information, visit www.sis.utk.edu.

IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. For more information, visit www.imls.gov.

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C O N T A C T :

Donna Silvey (865-974-2148, dsilvey@utk.edu)

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, does too, and provides strong educational value for every tuition dollar, according to The Princeton Review‘s “150 Best Value Colleges for 2012″ list released today.

The list ranked UT among the seventy-five best values in public higher education, and for the first time, noted UT’s commitment to diversity and civility.

The Princeton Review ranks American colleges based on undergraduate academic quality, affordability, and availability of financial aid for its annual “Best Value” list. The seventy-five public and seventy-five private colleges and universities were selected from more than 650 institutions in the US.

“We work very hard to be good stewards of our resources by delivering a high-quality education in as efficient a manner as possible,” said Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek. “We are proud to be included in the ‘Best Value’ list again this year.”

This year’s “Best Value” rankings described UT as offering students “the great program diversity of a major university,” opportunities for research or original creative work in every degree program, and “a welcoming campus environment” with “a great sense of unity” and acceptance of diversity. The profile also noted that need-based and merit-based scholarships “are plentiful” for those who apply.

Tennessee’s lottery-funded Hope Scholarship covers nearly half of a student’s tuition and fees. Almost all entering Tennessee freshmen at UT qualify for a Hope Scholarship, and continue to receive the funds as long as they maintain required grade point averages.

UT has significantly increased its funding for need-based scholarships during recent years. These funds are provided in addition to Hope funds. The Pledge Scholarship is available to students whose family’s annual gross income is $40,000 or less. The Promise Scholarship is available to students in Tennessee high schools who historically have been under-represented among the UT student body. Each of these scholarships cover essentially all the costs of tuition, fees, and books.

The Princeton Review is an educational services company known for its test-prep courses, university admission services, and its annual college, business, and law school rankings.

The “150 Best Value Colleges for 2012″ rankings are available at www.usatoday.com/news/education/best-value-colleges.

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C O N T A C T :

Charles Primm (865-974-5180, charles.primm@tennessee.edu)

It will begin on Tuesday, February 14, with cuisine from Ireland.

Input on the menu and food preparation will come from guest chef Garrett Scanlan, an Irish-born and European-trained master chef who owns Garrett’s Downtown Deli in Knoxville and uncovers the area’s culinary treasures on the East Tennessee PBS show “90 Miles With Chef Garrett.”

Also, in honor of Faculty Appreciation Week, faculty members who attend the February 14 luncheon can put their name in a drawing for a free lunch later in the series.

The Ready for the World Café, which is sponsored by US Foods, operates from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Each luncheon will consist of intermezzo, or small appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert. Advance tickets will be sold for each of the ten luncheons, and capacity is fifty to sixty diners. Cost will be $12, and the faculty-staff discount applies. For tickets, see Marcia in 110 Jessie Harris Building or call 865-974-6645.

The Irish luncheon menu is:

Appetizer: Mussels in cream and herbs

Salad: Egg mayonnaise with petite greens

Entrée: Classic Irish stew with ‘champ’ Brussels sprouts and roasted parsnips

Dessert: Irish creme mousse

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

• Tuesday, February 21—Japan
• Tuesday, February 28 —Brazil
• Tuesday, March 6—India
• Thursday, March 15—Korea
• Tuesday, March 27—Italy
• Tuesday, April 3—France
• Tuesday, April 10—Liberia
• Tuesday, April 17—Persia
• Thursday, April 26—Germany

There will be no café during spring break, March 19-23.

The Ready for the World luncheons will be produced through collaboration of HRT 445 (the Advanced Food Production and Service Management class), the UT Culinary Institute, and Pellissippi Culinary Institute.

Students enrolled in hotel, restaurant, and tourism management (HRT) 445—taught by Clinical Assistant Professor Donetta Poisson—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, help in menu planning, preparation, participate in cooking, quantification, cost analysis, service during meal time, marketing of the event, and customer satisfaction activities.

Culinary Institute students will do most of the food preparation and will assist with dining room responsibilities.

Matthew Robuck

The first week’s student café manager is Matthew Robuck, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He’s a senior in HRT who wants to manage or own a restaurant.

This semester’s other HRT 445 students are:

• Marina Calloway, of Roswell, Georgia, a senior in HRT who wants to be an event or meeting planner.
• Megan Cole, of Springfield, Tennessee, a senior in food science with a minor in restaurant and food service management who wants to be a product developer and research chef.
• Morgan Combs, of Bristol, Tennessee, a junior in HRT who wants to be an event planner.
• Kelly Freeman, of Jackson, Tennessee, is a junior in HRT who wants to open a restaurant or catering company.
• Hailee Korotkin, of Birmingham, Michigan, a senior in management with an entrepreneurship collateral who is minoring in HRT and wants to own a mushroom farm.
• Aaron Omvig, of Lexington, Kentucky, a senior in HRT who wants to one day own his own restaurant.
• Christina Persico, of Hurlock, Maryland, a senior in HRT who wants to do festival planning or venue management.
• Ian Powers, of Miller Place, New York, a senior in HRT who wants to continue working for Bravo! Cucina Italiana, where he’s worked for three years, and also get his master’s degree in human resources.
• Cheryl Wang, of Memphis, a junior majoring in psychology and minoring in HRT who wants to open a cafe and do food-related research.

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C O N T A C T :

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

RecycleMania is a friendly eight-week competition between universities across the country to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities.

Categories of the competition include per capita recycling, overall recycling rate as a percentage of total waste, minimization of trash, and recycling generated.

Competing universities report the amount of recyclables and trash collected weekly. These weekly results are published online so schools can monitor their progress and keep the competition fierce. The overall winning university will receive national press coverage and a trophy made from recycled materials.

In 2011, 630 schools in Canada and the United States competed. From those schools, 7.5 million faculty, staff, and students succeeded in recovering 91 million pounds of recyclables.

This year 540 schools have registered to compete.

Last year, UT finished third in the Southeastern Conference for per capita recycling. Jay Price, UT’s environmental coordinator, wants UT to finish first this time around.

“RecycleMania is a great way for UT to benchmark our recycling efforts with other universities nationwide,” Price said. “Our goal this year to place first in the SEC will require us to recycle a little more than 1.5 pounds per person, per week. With some extra effort from everyone on campus, I know we can do it.”

Over the next two months the campus community can look forward to a variety of fun, recycling-themed events. Here is a rundown of upcoming events:

Spotted Being Sustainable
February 6–10

All this week, UT Recycling staff and volunteers will be giving away coupons to people spotted recycling, carrying a reusable mug or water bottle, or performing other sustainable acts.

“Spotted Being Sustainable” (SBS) coupons are valid for a free beverage provided by Volunteer Dining. SBS is held in part to promote the Mug Project, an ongoing sustainability program to eliminate paper cup use on campus. The Mug Project was initiated by Volunteer Dining and UT Recycling. Since the project began in August 2011, more than 20,000 paper cups have been diverted from area landfills.

Residence Hall Recycling Competition
February 13–March 9

The third annual Residence Hall Recycling Competition (RHRC) is a month-long competition between campus residence halls to determine which hall can recycle the most pounds per resident.

Student residents are asked to collect unwanted plastics, aluminum, paper, and glass in recycling bins placed in every residence hall. Cardboard is also collected in specially marked bins located outside each residence hall.

Similar to the POWER Challenge, a comprehensive sustainability competition held each October, the RHRC will award points to residence halls that establish creative and fun programs for students. Interested student residents are encouraged to contact their RA with any program ideas or to obtain more information on the competition.

To kick off the RHRC, a Recycling Dorm Storm event will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on February 15 and 16. On those nights, Recyclemaniacs will storm the dorms, collecting all recyclable materials.

Residents are invited to bring their recyclables to the lobby to get some free snacks and refreshments.

Following the completion of the RHRC on March 9, the winning hall will receive a catered party and the coveted Recycling Animal Trophy.

Landfill and Recycling Tour
March 5, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Have you ever wanted to know where all your trash and recyclables end up? Faculty, staff, and students are invited to jump on the Make Orange Green bus and join UT Recycling for a tour of the Chestnut Ridge Landfill and Rock-Tenn Recycling Center.

The bus leaves from outside the Hodges Library second-floor entrance at noon and will return at 4:00 p.m. The tour is a free event, but interested people must reserve a seat on the bus in advance. To reserve your seat, visit the RecycleMania website.

Recyclympics
March 14, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Possibly the most fun day of RecycleMania is the day when athletic prowess and frenzied recycling culminates in what is known as Recyclympics. The third annual Recyclympics will be held at the Humanities Plaza outdoor amphitheater.

Faculty, staff, and students compete in ten Olympic-style, recycling-themed events. Crowd-pleasing favorites include the Phone Book Shot Put, Compact Disc-us Throw, and Bottle Cap-in-a-Haystack (of shredded paper).

Contestants can compete individually or as part of a team of up to four people. Recyclympics is free to enter. Those interested in participating in this fun and friendly competition can sign up at the Recyclympics website or just show up on the day.

Glory, fame, and gift certificate prizes will be awarded to Recyclympians who place first, second, and third in the individual and team categories. Additional bonus points will be awarded for competitive bravery and recycling tenacity.

“Gladiator apparel is encouraged, but there are no specific dress code requirements to enter and compete in Recyclympics. High heels or baggy jeans might not be the best clothing to compete in though,” said Price.

Paper Purge Party
March 19–23, all-day event

Who doesn’t love spring cleaning? During spring break, UT Recycling will canvas each office in every campus building in an attempt to hunt and capture as much recyclable paper as possible.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to purge their offices of any and all unwanted bulky paper items.

View a schedule of each building’s collection day here (pdf).  Accepted items include non-confidential office paper, envelopes, phonebooks, magazines, publications, tests, bound notebooks, and manuals—even paper with tape and staples on it.

Zero Waste Lunches
March 26, 28, and 30, from 11:00 to 2:00p.m. daily

Zero Waste Lunches will be held during the last week of the challenge at Morrill Dining, Arena Dining, and PCB Café.

During these waste-not-want-not lunches, UT Dining employees and volunteers will work together to compost 100 percent of leftover lunch food from these dining locations.

Employees will save waste created during food preparation, and volunteers will scrape leftover food waste from plates into compost bins. The food waste will be taken to the UT Recycling compost site adjacent to the UT Medical Center, where it will be turned into nutrient-rich soil for the UT Organic Farm.

For more information on the 2012 RecycleMania competition, visit www.recyclemaniacs.org. To learn more about UT Recycling’s efforts, or to volunteer with RecycleMania, visit the website or email recycle@utk.edu.

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Contact: Jay Price (974-3480, jayprice@utk.edu)

For years of efforts like these, Thomas has been named Law Student Volunteer of the Year by the Tennessee Bar Association.

The award is given annually to a law student in Tennessee who demonstrates leadership and volunteer service by providing legal representation to the poor.

Thomas has volunteered with and is now the student coordinator of the Saturday Bar in Knoxville, a service that offers free legal advice to the public. Throughout her law school career, she has volunteered with Legal Aid of East Tennessee, the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands and Memphis’s Community Legal Center’s Immigrant Justice Program (CLC/IJP). During her last year, though, she has taken on a significant amount of work and responsibility, including becoming the director of UT’s Pro Bono program.

The Pro Bono program has a five-year plan to increase participation, and Thomas has set out to achieve this.

Last year, 12 percent of the law school volunteered 800 hours. This year participation has reached 20 percent participation from law students and almost 1,200 volunteer hours thus far.

“Part of being the director means administrative work but another part is inspiring other younger law students to get involved,” Thomas said.

Another goal of Thomas has been to increase UT’s Pro Bono work with Alternative Spring Break. This year, a group of students will be going to Memphis to work with CLC/IJP and helping renew women’s visas. Another group will be working with soldiers at Fort Campbell conducting a “Wills for Warriors” program. Students also will be working with projects locally.

“I’ll be in Knoxville the first part of the week and then I’ll be traveling to Nashville and Memphis to visit all the volunteers,” Thomas said.

“I don’t sleep much,” she joked.

“It’s all about dedication and making time,” she said. “When you make time for something, you find it so rewarding that you want to keep doing it.”

Doug Blaze, dean of the College of Law, said he believes Thomas’s work and dedication has not only benefitted her, but the college and community as well.

“Brittany’s pro bono work will make her a better lawyer and a better advocate in the long run,” Blaze said. “But best of all, she’s helping those in need in our community and around the state, right now. I have no doubt she’ll continue her important work after graduation.”

That’s something Thomas is already thinking about.

“I’d really like to do immigration work,” she said. “I’ve had four different jobs involving immigration while in law school.”

Thomas, of Oak Ridge, got her undergraduate degree from Penn State.

Watch a video about Thomas below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AomLBiKHu6w

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C O N T A C T:

Julia Gillette (865-974-2125, jgillett@tennessee.edu)

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

The campaign was developed by a team made up of members of the Office of Communications and Marketing; communications professionals from colleges, departments, and units across campus; and the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation within the College of Social Work’s Office of Research and Public Service. Their work has been a collaborative one, providing valuable input on the messaging, imagery, and strategy. The team also incorporated feedback from students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents.

Despite some gloomy weather, Wednesday’s launch was a success. Members of the Office of Communications and Marketing’s web team launched the redesigned website, www.utk.edu, at 3:00 a.m. Other members of the communications and marketing team battled drizzling rain before the sun came up to paint the Rock with the campus’s new tagline.

Many students, faculty, and staff toughed it out in the rain throughout the day to try their luck at the prize wheel on the Pedestrian Walkway to win free “Big Orange. Big Ideas.” giveaways. More than a thousand Volunteers received T-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, highlighters, or orange and white M&M’s. WUTK-FM was also on hand with a live remote broadcast.

Media outlets from television to radio to print announced the campaign across the state. The redesigned utk.edu received more than 35,600 visitors on Wednesday, 20 percent more visitors than the site sees on an average day. A site dedicated specifically to educating visitors about the campaign, big.utk.edu, had more than 4,000 visitors on launch day. A video created for the campaign was watched more than 1,400 times in its first day. Watch the video on YouTube.

The reception on campus was energetic and commonly asked questions were from people eager to put the new look to use—seeking out access to tools like power point templates and logos.

The launch is just that—a launch. This is just the beginning. Be on the lookout for said power point templates in the next few days. Web templates will be coming in March. Identity guidelines are also on the way. T-shirts and other branded items will be appearing in UT Bookstores soon.

UT is excited to have finally introduced you to “Big Orange. Big Ideas.”

For more information on UT’s branding efforts, or to submit feedback and questions, visit big.utk.edu.

The weekend kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday with a dinner at the West Club in Neyland Stadium. Parents and family members will then head to Thompson Boling Arena to cheer on our Tennessee Volunteers in an SEC showdown against the Georgia Bulldogs.

On Sunday, parents, students, and their guests will attend lunch in the University Center Ballroom. Winter Family Weekend will conclude with participants attending the Tennessee Lady Vols vs. Auburn Lady Tigers game at 2:00 p.m.

Family Weekend participants will enjoy events and venues throughout the city of Knoxville, including a Knoxville Ice Bears game, a performance of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Pops Series Presents: Manhattan Transfer, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, the McClung Museum, and the Knoxville Museum of Art.

Registration for Family Weekend is for UT Parents Association members and their families. For a complete schedule of events including locations and times visit http://parents.utk.edu/weekend.

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C O N T A C T :

Rebekah Winkler, UT Media Relations, (865-974-8304, rwinkler@utk.edu)

Emily Parker, UT Parents Association, (865-974- 4546, eparker@utk.edu)