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Tennessee Vols Win the College World Series

National champions!
Previous winners of the Rocky Top Business Awards
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Nominations Open for Second Year of Rocky Top Business Awards 

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks to recognize the fastest-growing alumni-led businesses during the second year of its Rocky Top Business Awards.
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Cultivating Community on Rocky Top

The UT Success Academy is improving student retention and changing lives on Rocky Top. With continued investment it will increase opportunity and success for students for years to come.
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Alumni Gifts Create New Career Programming for College of Communication and Information Students

An Office for Career Development exists for the first time now in the College of Communication and Information thanks to the generous support of CCI alumna Suzanne Sackleh (’89).
UT Knoxville Army ROTC Cadets stand in front of a building in Austria
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Army ROTC Cadets in Austria

A group of Army ROTC cadets spent a week at the Theresian Military Academy near Vienna, Austria, as part of a visit arranged by Ricky Summitt (‘80, ‘94), a member of the Army ROTC Alumni Council working with the Army ROTC program and the US Embassy in Vienna.
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The Color Orange Changed My Life

Because of scholarships, Azaria Boyd (Class of 2024) has been able to pursue hands-on learning opportunities, internships, summer jobs, and study abroad experiences through UT.
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Exum Lights the Way for His West Tennessee Home

Joe H. Exum Sr. (’52, ’77) and his 96 years have been dedicated to the communities that made him.
Two alumni take a selfie with Smokey during a Tennessee Tailgate
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Once a Vol, Always a Vol

UT recently scored 85 percent in alumni affinity in the Alumni Attitude Survey, up from recent years and higher than other large land grant institutions.
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Connor Fox Finds His Big Orange Welcome

Sophomore Connor Fox found his home on Rocky Top thanks to donor- and alumni-supported programs and opportunities like Ignite. Now he’s making an impact.