Impact Stories

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Bailye Hendley, is a recipient of the Walter and Hannah McDaniel Band Scholarship and Alvin and Sally Beaman Scholarship. Make a Gift Bailye Hendley started playing French horn in sixth grade in Jackson County, Georgia, “but I don’t think I realized at that time that it was what I wanted to do. It was in

Because of scholarships, Larisa Morace was able to study abroad and just received a job offer following graduation. Make a Gift By her junior year, Larisa Morace knew nursing was not for her. What she didn’t know was that she’d eventually receive a job offer from PricewaterhouseCoopers in Nashville, even before graduating from the Master