Alumni from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences value the faculty who prepared them for successful careers. By giving back, they are ensuring EPS students continue to be taught by the best of the best.
Haslam Scholar, Lady Vol cross-country runner, and biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology major Chelsea Knotts has a lot on her plate; still, she makes time to help those in need through a unique club she organized this fall to encourage the homeless to race for their own cause.
Ken and Blaire Mossman began their lifelong partnership with one another and with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, when they met on campus as students. Their gift to the College of Arts and Sciences is a lasting tribute to the centrality of their beloved alma mater in their personal relationship and their successful careers.
While some Vols fans will be tailgating before football games this season, others will be “edu-gating” at the Pregame Showcase lecture series. For twenty-two years, friends and families have gathered two hours before kickoff on home game days to enjoy a slice of the academic life as they partake in a free learning experience as well as refreshments before heading to the game.
From certified crop inspector to farmer to professional chef to…seventh grade science teacher? Amelia Adams is one of the first seventeen graduates of the new TEACH/Here program that helps new college grads and mid-career changers like Adams earn a master’s degree and teaching certification in STEM disciplines.
Alumna Nancy-Ann DeParle, President Barack Obama’s deputy chief of staff, reminisces about some of her favorite UT faculty.
After more than five years at the head of the College of Arts and Sciences, Bruce Bursten is returning to the chemistry faculty. Before leaving the dean’s office, he took time to speak with Higher Ground about his take on his deanship and his ideas on where the college might go from here.
Eight outstanding alumni of the college—whose careers span the top levels of the arts, business, government, and foreign policy—returned to accept the honors bestowed upon on them and to let current students know the kinds of places you can go with an arts and sciences education.
As the saying goes, ‘Better late than never!’ Although original plans for UT’s iconic building called for clocks on the faces of the tower, the clock hands, motor and gears were never installed due to financial constrains. Now, nearly a century later, the tower of Ayres Hall has working clocks on each side, and the renovation process is one step closer to completion.
Whether it was majoring in sociology that led to working on a presidential campaign or using graphic design to start a wedding invitation business, stories of Arts and Sciences alumni give testimony that a liberal arts degree equips graduates with the skills needed to pursue any career imaginable.
The Dean’s Student Advisory Council’s passion for academic excellence is not only impacting the value of education for current and future students—it is paying DSAC members dividends that are too large to go unnoticed.
Do you remember your college days when you climbed the monumental “Hill” to get to a class in Ayres Hall? Click here to share your memories and to read the comments of your classmates, friends and teachers.
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