Student Experience
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Buller-Young Receives Trailblazer Award for Outstanding Service and Scholarship
Jake Buller-Young, an English doctoral student, received the Trailblazer Award for his service, academic achievement, and commitment to others. Jake Buller-Young came to Knoxville in 2019 to dig into the struggles of public discourse, and he is now the newest recipient of the highest doctoral student honor at UT: The Trailblazer Award. Buller-Young, a doctoral…
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Investigating Appalachian Life Through Biomarkers
While earning her PhD in biological anthropology, Caroline Znachko has researched how stress during early life can be seen in the skeleton and genetic markers. Caroline Znachko first learned that skeletons can reveal information about people’s lives when she was a child visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. At the University of Tennessee,…
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Shining a Light Across Ethical Environments
Graduating Vol Anja Shull works to put philosophy and ethics into big-picture action for environments that work best for animal welfare—and human connections. Anja Shull grew up holding a childhood goal close to her heart: find ways to help animals. She brought this inspiration to her studies, coupling her philosophy major with a minor in…
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Humanitarian Foundations
Tori McCall applied her Volunteer spirit to honors history studies and goals of helping others in need. Tori McCall forged her unique Volunteer journey from rural Tennessee to Central Europe and back home to Rocky Top, excelling in classwork and research while also working to pay her way through college. Her path to success was…
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Giving Voice to Untold Stories
Bella Thomas-Wilson curated professional skills to carry her personalized Volunteer light forward. Bella Thomas-Wilson’s lifelong fascination with storytelling in visual and performing arts inspired her to create her own unique major through UT’s College Scholars Program: “Public Art and Media with an Emphasis on Underrepresented Communities.” With an added minor in museum and curatorial studies,…
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Love of Math Adds Up to Actuary Career
UT senior Ashley Burger completed two internships, passed two actuarial science professional exams, and secured her first job before graduation. The Volunteer culture drew Ashley Burger to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she discovered how to apply her enthusiasm for mathematics in the classroom to a career. In June she’ll become an actuarial analyst…