Student Experience
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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…