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Because Vols Help Vols.
By supporting the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, you are changing lives. Your generosity ensures hardworking Volunteers are able to achieve their dreams. Your support creates a better future for our Volunteer community through exceptional student experiences, access to expert faculty, top-ranked academic programs, and enhanced learning environments.
We are grateful for your thoughtful demonstration of the Volunteer spirit.
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A Richer College Experience
Lauren Reed, Communications and Media Studies major and ASL minor, is a recipient of the Thomas D. Dunlap, Judy Flanagan, Volunteer, and Jeanne Barkley Scholarships. Make a Gift Lauren Reed became conversationally fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) after spending time in the classroom of her mother, Lori Reed, who teaches deaf children at Eakin …
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A Pioneer in Substance-use Research
Michael Mason is conducting substance-use research with the Betsey Bush Endowed Professorship. Make a Gift Professor Michael Mason’s idea for communicating with 18 to 25 year olds with identified cannabis-use disorders is to text them—not to berate them but to ask questions, such as, “How is it going today?,” and “Who are you interacting with …
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Giving Back to a Heritage
Bob Andrews’ Judaic Studies and Haslam College of Business scholarship endowments provide opportunities for students and honor the memory of his parents and family. Make a Gift “Once a West Ender, always a West Ender,” says Bob Andrews (’72), remembering his Boston childhood. “It was a close neighborhood—multiethnic, everybody got along with everybody else. Everybody …
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Max Waibel’s Lifelong Passion for Transportation Became a Career at UT
Max Waibel was a recipient of a fellowship and scholarships from the Haslam and Stokely family funds. Make a Gift Transportation and logistics have been on Max Waibel’s (’14, ’19) mind for as long as he can remember. Though he started out on the water during high school, working for a tugboat company that assists …
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UT’s Big Orange Give Breaks Record with $2-55 Million Received
UT received contributions from 6,471 individuals, families, and organizations. Chancellor Donde Plowman is energized and appreciative of the outpouring of support from across Tennessee and around the world. Final numbers are in, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, exceeded its Big Orange Give goal and set a new record, raising $2.55 million in just 24 …
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Nurturing Careers in Athletic Administration
Vanessa Gonzalez, Master’s Student in Recreation and Sport Management, is the fifth recipient of the Joan Cronan Lady Vol Graduate Fellowship. Make a Gift In her four years as an undergraduate, Vanessa Gonzalez had her ups and downs. “Coming from Torrance, California, to play softball at Virginia Tech, I was homesick at times,” she says. …
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Using Her Platform As an Athlete
Alyssa Andreno, attends UT and is the 2019-20 honorary recipient of the Dr. Sharon B. Lord Women’s Athletic Leadership Scholarship. Make a Gift Growing up in Stafford, Virginia, senior Alyssa Andreno says, “I never had a dream school until I visited UT. I fell absolutely in love with it—the coaches, the university, the girls on …
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From Haiti to Data Analytics
Stevenson Volny, Business Analytics Major, is a recipient of the UT Working Student Assistant Award. Make a Gift Two years after the massive earthquake in Haiti, Stevenson Volny and three of his siblings left their home in Port-Au-Prince, where schools had not yet reopened, to join their father, Edva Volny, who had been working as …
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Committed to Innovative Design
Rana Abudayyeh is the first recipient of the new Professorship of Interior Architecture. Make a Gift As regional managing principal of Gensler, the world’s top-ranked architecture and design firm, Robin Klehr Avia (’76) has given back to the College of Architecture and Design in many ways over the years, including the endowments she created in …
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