Alumni

by Lindsey Owen Mcbee As the announcer named the runner-up of Miss Tennessee 2019, Brianna Mason Broady (’17, ’18) folded over in excitement and tears. Her competitor’s name had been…

Saundra McGuire Saundra McGuire, professor emerita of chemistry and director emerita of the Center for Academic Success at Louisiana State University was recognized among the 2022 Accomplished Alumni by UT.…

Tamika Catchings, one of the most highly decorated Lady Vols in University of Tennessee, Knoxville, history and WNBA basketball legend, will speak at the College of Education, Health, and Human…

UT Knoxville Alumni recently unveiled the 2022 class of Volunteer 40 Under 40 award winners. This year’s class included six alumni from the College of Education, Health & Human Sciences. Volunteer…

Written by Erica Lunsford, WVLT News Lady Vol Basketball Hall of Famer and four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings is continuing to make a difference in East Tennessee. Catchings has…

Shande King of Knoxville, Tennessee, is not your typical math teacher. A current graduate student, he is working on his sixth degree—and his fifth from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.…

Ginger Carney (’76) is serving as the 2020-2021 president of the Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, an affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The focus of Carney’s…

For the seventh time in program history, Tennessee football has produced a National Football Foundation National-Scholar Athlete as senior graduate center Brandon Kennedy was selected as one of 12 finalists for the…

Written by Brian Canever | Photo by Kellye McMillan What always puts a smile on Nick Giecek’s face is the way the students look at each other the first day…

Written by Brooks Clark (Originally published in Torchbearer magazine) Lydia Mays (’01, ’02) was an assistant professor in Georgia State University’s Department of Early Childhood Education when her life hit…