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College Presents Annual Alumni, Philanthropy Awards

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Alumni Divisional Achievement Award George Demacopoulos (’92)—Humanities Achievement Award Cortney Piper (’03)—Social Sciences Achievement Award Alumni Professional Achievement Award Winner: Ashley Capps (’79), Professional Achievement Award Alumni Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award John McManus (’96), Scholarly Achievement Award Paige Braddock (’85), Creative Achievement Award College Philanthropist Award Edward J. Boling (’48,’50), College Philanthropist Award, awarded […]

Pregame Showcase Lecture Series Takes a Time-out

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From 1990 through fall 2014, the College of Arts and Sciences successfully hosted the Pregame Showcase in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center. The program featured lectures by outstanding faculty two hours before home football games. The location was centrally located on campus and the university center’s food service venues attracted Vol fans without […]

during the College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony at Thompson

2016 Spring Commencement and Hooding Ceremonies

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As the end of the semester approaches, please take note that the scheduling for hooding and graduation is quite different this year. Graduate hooding for all colleges will occur on Thursday evening, May 12, at 7:00 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena. Commencement for our college will occur on Saturday, May 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 […]

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Celebration of Staff and Awards Event

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Plans are underway for the third annual Celebration of Staff and Awards Event—an occasion to recognize and celebrate staff for their important contributions to the college and its missions. Attendance has increased each year and we encourage staff to save the date on their calendar and plan to participate. Invitations will be sent to all […]

Awarding Honorary Degrees

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Fall semester ended on a positive and uplifting note with the awarding of an honorary degree to Knoxville-born actress Dale Dickey, who attended UT as a theatre major from 1979 to 1984, received an honorary Master of Fine Arts, the highest degree awarded in that discipline, during undergraduate commencement ceremonies held December 14, 2015. It […]

We Are UT’s Best Advocates

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With increasing frequency and intensity public voices have been critical of some of our methods and approaches related to our mission of educating students to become innovative citizen leaders in a global community. In particular, we’ve been put on the defensive regarding our approach to promoting diversity. For some it has been and continues to […]

College Business for Spring Semester 2016

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We have a full agenda for the months ahead and I look forward to working with each of you as we move the college forward. Budget Hearings: Throughout the first few weeks of the semester we are engaged with departments in budget hearings in preparation for the college budget hearing for FY17 scheduled with Provost […]

Ayres Hall top of building

New Faculty for the 2015–2016 Academic Year

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Anthropology Kandace Hollenbach Assistant Professor Kandace Hollenbach earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and archaeology from Washington University in Saint Louis and a doctorate in anthropology from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Before joining the Anthropology faculty, she worked with the Archaeological Research Laboratory at UT-Knoxville, where she most recently served […]