LIFELONG LEARNING
The UTK Office of Alumni Affairs is expanding its Lifelong Learning program and will be coordinating some events soon. Lifelong Learning programs offer alumni and friends another outlet to engage with the university while also providing social and educational opportunities.
Currently, Alumni Summer College is our largest and longest running Lifelong Learning program. If you have any ideas for Lifelong Learning topics or if there are faculty and staff members you’d like to hear from through these programs, please send an e-mail to: lifelonglearning@utk.edu.
UPCOMING
Alumni College
Subject: Tennessee History
We’d like to invite you to campus for a day of learning with other UT alumni and friends. Sponsored by the UT Office of Alumni Affairs Lifelong Learning Program, Alumni College will feature exceptional UT faculty members and local well known experts presenting on a specific theme. The theme for this particular event will be Tennessee history.
Featured Speakers & Presentations
- Dr. Bruce Wheeler: “UT’s Greatest President: A Look at the Past and Message for the Future”
- Dr. Ed Caudill: “Nathan Bedford Forrest: ‘Devil’ or Military Genius?”
- Dr. Dan Feller: “The Andrew Jackson Papers Project”
- Jack Neely: “Market Square: ‘The Most Democratic Place on Earth.’”
Event Details
When: Friday, November 20, from 7:30am-1:30pm
Where: Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Cost: $40
Registration required—register online now!
*If you'd rather register by mail, you may download, complete, print and return our registration form instead.
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 6
Questions? Email lifelonglearning@utk.edu or call 865-974-3167
Dr. Joseph Carcello On the Economy
UT Professor Dr. Joseph Carcello recently gave a lecture to an MBA class on campus about the ongoing economic crisis. We've provided a link to the lecture so that you may learn about it at your convenience if you wish (scroll ahead to 00:05:30 to get past the announcements; the video is about 1:40:00 in length). Dr. Carcello is the Ernst and Young Professor of Accounting in the College of Business and is the Director of Research for the UT Corporate Governance Center. Dr. Carcello is also a recent recipient of the UT Alumni Association's Outstanding Teacher Award.
Looking for a list of Recent (Past) Lifelong Learning Events?
