Alma Mount Abernathy graduated from UT in 1942 with a degree in home economics. Now 96, Alma was surprised this summer by her daughters and grandson with a trip to Rocky Top.
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Norm Witek (’68 & ’69) is a retired from Brevard College as a professor and cross country coach. And he is the only nonprofessional athlete
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This summer, the Early Learning Center hosted its first annual Early Learning Institute, Cultivating Our Natural Learning Community. During the two-day institute, more than one hundred educators from across the country participated in…
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Eating healthy can be expensive, and buying fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers is often not an option for people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Jennifer Russomanno, a graduate student in public health, is hoping to shed some light on the barriers for small rural farmers’ markets that seek to implement a program to provide an avenue for SNAP recipients to gain access to healthier foods.
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Assistant Professor and Coordinator Grief Outreach Initiative As an intern and then as a practicing counselor, Laura Wheat noticed a lot of her young clients were grieving. The source of their grief…
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A new five-year $963,000 Science Education Partnership award to UT from the National Institutes of Health is allowing nearly every sophomore student in Campbell and Union Counties to spend several weeks exploring career options…
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The Leadership Academy has announced its cohort class for the 2015–16 academic year. Now in its sixth year, the Leadership Academy is a collaborative venture between UT and Knox County Schools that prepares talented individuals to become outstanding…
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Renowned poet and Knoxville native Nikki Giovanni and six other educators who have significantly influenced students’ lives were inducted into the UT Educators Hall of Honor class of 2015 on in March. The Educators Hall of…
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The new leadership studies minor is a collaboration between the Division of Student Life’s Center for Leadership and Service and the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. The…