The project is a joint effort of Veterans at UTK, the student group for veterans; the Center for the Study of War and Society; and the Office of Veterans Affairs, part of the Office of the University Registrar.

The board will be displayed during the all-day ceremony on November 12, when the names of fallen service men and women will be read.

To sign the board, visit 209 Student Services Building anytime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, through Friday, November 9.

Last year, UT joined in the National Day of Remembrance Project started by Eastern Kentucky University by having campus volunteers read the names of the more than 6,300 veterans who have died since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This year, members of the community are invited to join in the reading of names—and to add the names of their loved ones who have died while serving in the military at any time in history.

Anyone interested in reading names and/or adding the name of a loved one who died while serving in the military is asked to e-mail Regina Lewellyn at rlewellyn@utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Regina Lewellyn, Veterans Affairs Assistant (865- 974-1500, rcoving1@utk.edu)

The event, “CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections,” is part of a national day of programming on China involving sixty cities throughout the United States.

UT’s program will begin at 7:00 p.m. with an in-person talk from Robert Daly, director of the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland. The webcast with Locke will begin at 8:00 p.m.

The event, which will be in the Humanities and Social Sciences building, Room 60, is free and open to the public.

This is the sixth annual CHINA Town Hall, sponsored by the National Committee on US-China Relations. As the presidential election approaches, the US-China relationship is in the news for both economic and geopolitical reasons. The town hall is an effort to help Americans understand the relationship between the two countries and answer questions on the issues.

Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, will moderate the webcast.

During the pre-webcast talk at UT, Daly will address US-China interactions in higher education. He is a China specialist who has served as a diplomat with the US Information Agency with a focus on US-China relations. He also has worked as a consultant and interpreter for American car and energy companies and for non-profit organizations.

Locke has been ambassador to China since August 2011. Previously, as Secretary of Commerce, he was point person for achieving the president’s National Export Initiative. He also served two terms as governor of Washington, where he helped double the state’s exports to China.

For more information on the CHINA Town Hall event, visit National Committee on United States-China Relations website.

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CONTACTS:

Suzanne Wright (865-974-4267, swright5@utk.edu)

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

UT welcomes fans to campus this Saturday for the Volunteers’ game against the University of Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., with gates opening at 4:00 p.m. ESPN will televise the game.

Follow @UTGameday on Twitter for the latest updates on traffic, weather, gate information, and game day events such as the Vol Walk and band march. For a comprehensive list of all gameday information, please visit utsports.com/gameday.

Saturday’s game is sold out. However, season tickets are available at uttix.com. Please be cognizant about purchasing counterfeit tickets, as all counterfeit tickets will be confiscated at the stadium gates and the patron(s) denied admission.

ESPN College GameDay

ESPN will broadcast its live ESPN College GameDay program in Circle Park, outside Neyland Stadium, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Fans will be admitted to a viewing area near the show stage no earlier than 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Only fans with permits can park on the UT campus.

The following items are prohibited before and during the show:

• Food or drink;
• Vulgar signs;
• Signs promoting .com, .net or .org websites;
• Religious signs;
• Political signs;
• Bookbags, purses, or bags of any kind; and
• Markers, pens, pencils, or dry-erase boards.

Throwing items is also prohibited during the live telecast.

Stadium Security

All items, including purses, are subject to search at the gates. Bags larger than 12 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches cannot be brought into the stadium, and items larger than this standard size, as well as other prohibited items, cannot be stored at any stadium gate.

UT reminds visitors that sportsmanlike behavior is expected throughout the day, and entering the field before, during, or after the game is prohibited. Anyone who attempts to do so will be arrested and face university sanctions as well.

Under state law, smoking is prohibited in Neyland Stadium at all times. Fans cannot leave the stadium and be readmitted. Commercial solicitation in front of Neyland Stadium from Middle Way Drive to Gate 10 is prohibited starting four hours before kickoff and continuing until the game is over.

UT reserves the right to examine the contents of any container brought into the stadium. To protect the safety of our fans, players, officials, and staff, the following items are prohibited. Please do not attempt to bring these or similar articles in the stadium. Items will not be stored at the gate and/or stadium and cannot be retrieved after the game.

• Alcoholic beverages
• Cans, bottles, coolers
• Outside food, snacks, beverages
• Radios without headsets
• Open umbrellas
• Video cameras
• Stadium seats with arms
• Bags or parcels, including backpacks and purses, larger than 12″x12″x12″
• Weapons
• Artificial noisemakers

Permissible Items

The following items are permitted inside Neyland Stadium:

• Cell phones
• Binoculars
• Radios with headsets
• Diaper bags when accompanied by an infant
• Limited use of cameras. Game action may not be filmed. Consideration of other spectators is expected.

Parking and Traffic

Since on-campus parking is limited to fans with permits, UT encourages the use of shuttle buses to campus. Shuttles travel from the Old City, the Knoxville Civic Coliseum and the Market Square area of downtown Knoxville, and Farragut High School in west Knoxville.

Limited public accessible parking spaces and fully accessible shuttle buses to the stadium are available on the UT Agriculture Campus off Neyland Drive.

Due to campus construction, fans are encouraged to arrive early. For complete information on game day parking, stadium regulations and activities, visit utsports.com/gameday.

Game Day Activities

The annual Tim Kerin Memorial Food Drive will be held outside Neyland Stadium to benefit Knoxville’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Collection centers for financial donations will be set up around the stadium prior to the game. Fans are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items to a Second Harvest drop-off point near the Communications Building. Kerin, the long-time head trainer at Tennessee, died suddenly in 1992. The food drive has been held in his honor ever since.

The traditional Vol Walk will start at 3:45 p.m. on Volunteer Boulevard near Circle Park, as the members of the football team proceed down Volunteer Boulevard and then continue down Peyton Manning Pass to the stadium.

The Pride of the Southland Marching Band will begin marching at 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of Pat Head Summitt Street and Volunteer Boulevard and will then follow the same path as the Vol Walk. This Saturday, the marching band will be joined by a sixty-five-member bagpipe band.

Because of the potential for large crowds at both the Vol Walk and the band march, fans are encourage to consider entering the stadium when gates open at 4:00 p.m. and view the band march from the ramp areas on the west side of the stadium.

The Volunteer Village commercial display area will be open from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, offering festivities for fans of all ages.

Fans also can attend the College of Arts and Sciences’ Pregame Showcase. Held two hours before each home game kickoff in the University Center Ballroom, the showcase is a free thirty-minute presentation by a UT faculty member. This week, at 4:00 p.m., Hap McSween, Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will discuss Exploring Asteroids with the Dawn Spacecraft.

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C O N T A C T :

Jimmy Stanton (865-974-4167, jimmystanton@tennessee.edu)

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