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Alumni in Triangle Area, NC: Join your award-winning local chapter Alumni in Triangle Area, NC: Join your award-winning local chapter

Apr 11th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

University of Tennessee Alumni Chapters offer a way to connect alumni and friends across the country while supporting the university and local communities. The award-winning alumni chapter for the Triangle Area (Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill) of North Carolina is no exception.



Dress up, bid up, and tee up at Alex Haley golf weekend Dress up, bid up, and tee up at Alex Haley golf weekend

Apr 11th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

Celebrate 50 years of African American achievement by attending the eighth annual Alex Haley Scholarship Golf Weekend, which benefits minority students at UT.



Student Alumni Associates to Host National Convention Student Alumni Associates to Host National Convention

Mar 15th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

UT’s Student Alumni Associates (SAAs) will host this fall’s national convention for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (ASAP) in Nashville.



Lighting the Way Lighting the Way

Mar 11th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

Meet two students who made history in the early days of desegregation as UT celebrates 50 years of African American achievement.



Nominate an Outstanding Alumnus Today Nominate an Outstanding Alumnus Today

Jan 24th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

Nominate someone today for one of four Alumni Awards, which recognize alumni successes and celebrate their contributions to society and to their alma mater.



SUPER VOLS SUPER VOLS

Jan 24th, 2011 • Category: Alumni News

Five former Tennessee football players are headed to the Super Bowl.



No place like home No place like home

Dec 15th, 2010 • Category: Alumni News

Keep an eye out for a variety of reunions during the coming year. Art and architecture alumni, save the date for the Estabrook Hall Reunion, March 25–27.



Alumni chapters lend a hand Alumni chapters lend a hand

Dec 14th, 2010 • Category: Alumni News

Alumni chapters all over the country are promoting the Volunteer spirit by improving their communities and helping those in need.



UT Grad to Represent Puerto Rico in the 2011 Miss America Pageant UT Grad to Represent Puerto Rico in the 2011 Miss America Pageant

Dec 14th, 2010 • Category: Alumni News

Mariselle Morales (’08) will be competing in the Miss America pageant as Miss Puerto Rico on January 15, 2011.



Extreme Volunteers Extreme Volunteers

Dec 14th, 2010 • Category: Alumni News

Last month, viewers across the country watched former Vols Nick Dryden (’95) and John Abernathy (’92) help give back to their Nashville community when they rebuilt a flood-wracked school on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.