Category archive for ‘Ready for the World’ 
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June 29, 2011
When Kathy Herd learned that her friend of forty-five years, Melva Snapp, needed help after a tornado hit her Alabama community this spring, Herd packed her van with everything from...Read More »
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June 27, 2011
Eric Gedenk went to Germany to study post-WWII press systems, but came home having learned something else, too: There’s value in slowing down and appreciating the small things in life....Read More »
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June 20, 2011
From visiting slums to attending a wedding, Chelsea Ennis has seen some of the lowest lows and highest highs of India. "I decided to study abroad so that I could...Read More »
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May 13, 2011
Supporters of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will have the chance to play golf this weekend while raising money for scholarships benefiting African American students. The eighth annual Alex Haley...Read More »
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May 12, 2011
A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, effort to help Burundian refugees adjust to living in Knoxville is one of four university-based community outreach initiatives named regional winners of the 2011 Outreach...Read More »
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May 10, 2011
Fifteen high school seniors, including fourteen from Tennessee and one from Arkansas, have been named as the 2011-12 class of Haslam Scholars at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Haslam...Read More »
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May 10, 2011
The U.S. Department of State has selected the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Purdue University as participants in one of six new US–China EcoPartnerships. The...Read More »
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May 5, 2011
Brian Barber, founding director of the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received $450,000 from the Swiss-based Jacobs Foundation to...Read More »
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May 4, 2011
Andrew Eichel, a graduate student in medieval literature and critical theory at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been awarded a US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to...Read More »
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April 18, 2011
The 2011-2012 academic year will bring some significant changes to the Life of the Mind (LOM) program, the common reading experience that gives first-year students their initial taste of academic...Read More »
