More than 1,250 Volunteers showed up this spring to welcome the incoming Class of 2029 to Rocky Top. These alumni sent postcards and dedicated social media posts to newly committed students as part of our annual Welcome-A-Vol initiative.
Welcome-A-Vol aims to make new Vols feel right at home before they even step foot on campus, thanks to personal and public greetings from the Big Orange family. Participants sign up to write postcards to five incoming students and share at least one social media post on New Vol Day, held this year on April 25. To make welcoming a breeze, we send participants a toolkit with writing materials and an exclusive “It’s Great to be a Tennessee Vol” flag that’s perfect for selfies.
1,250
Volunteers wrote
6,250
postcards to students in
48
states
More Vols than ever before raised their hands to join us this year, ultimately penning over 6,250 personalized postcards to incoming students in 48 states. Alumni graduates from 1957 to 2024 participated, representing each college at UT:
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
College of Communication and Information
Haslam College of Business
Tickle College of Engineering
Other colleges
Thank you to those alumni who helped Welcome-A-Vol this spring! And please join us next year as we celebrate the next generation of Vols coming into the Big Orange family.
Photos from New Vol Day
