{"id":2,"date":"2025-05-16T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentlife-wds-prd.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:23:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p class=\"lead\">The Office for Campus Culture and Community enhances the Volunteer experience by fostering a supportive campus culture where Vol is a Verb.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe help students develop a sense of belonging, investing in their personal growth and development, helping shape them into well-rounded, globally engaged leaders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box-light card gray1 tx brd-\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Division of Student Life has established the Office for Campus Culture and Community to foster a supportive and connected community for all undergraduate and graduate students. This office brings together some initiatives previously led by the Pride Center and Multicultural Student Life under a new and expanded range of services.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<div class=\"one-third column \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Leadership.jpg\" alt=\"Three male students walk side by side down The Hill while the student in the middle holds out his phone to show something to his friends.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Leadership.jpg 800w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Leadership-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Leadership-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Leadership Development &amp; Holistic Support<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Expands access to campus resources, support systems, and programs tailored to individualized success needs as students find their own place as part of the larger Volunteer community.<span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"one-third column \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Student-Group.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of students playfully smoosh together on a picnic blanket in the HSS Plaza while many other students play games on the lawn behind them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Student-Group.jpg 800w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Student-Group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Student-Group-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Community Engagement &amp; Responsibility<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Encouraging active participation in campus life, fostering community engagement, and instilling a sense of shared responsibility among all students so they can thrive and achieve success.<span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"one-third column \">\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Vol-is-a-Verb.jpg\" alt=\"Two female students pose for a selfie against an orange and white checkered backdrop. One student wears an orange shirt with the Vol is a Verb name across the chest.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Vol-is-a-Verb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Vol-is-a-Verb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/Vol-is-a-Verb-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Connection &amp; Campus Collaboration<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Strengthen relationships across campus through deliberate collaborative partnerships and programming that equip a student&#8217;s personal development, civic responsibility, and community awareness.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-teams=\"true\">Stay connected with our office! <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">Sign up for our weekly newsletter to learn about opportunities to grow in your leadership development, pursue active participation in the UT community, and foster a campus culture rooted in understanding, mutual respect, and shared growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/2016422\/1983955\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-orange btn-lg btn-block\">Sign up to receive our newsletter<\/a><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"box-light card gray1 tx brd-\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Office for Campus Culture &amp; Community Locations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"half \">\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Frieson Black Cultural Center Building<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">1800 Melrose Ave.<br \/>\nKnoxville, TN 37996<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"half \"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.utk.edu\/?id=314#!m\/276082?share\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-orange btn-lg btn-block\">Visit the Frieson Black Cultural Center Building<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"half \">\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Pride Commons at the Student Union<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">1502 Cumberland Ave., Suite 373<br \/>\nKnoxville, TN 37996<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.utk.edu\/?id=314#!m\/275863?share\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-orange btn-lg btn-block\">Visit the Pride Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">In the event of inclement weather, several university facilities will be closed. Please check the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/prepare.utk.edu\/emergency-management\/inclement-weather-procedure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Safety website<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We help students develop a sense of belonging, investing in their personal growth and development, helping shape them into well-rounded, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home - Office for Campus Culture &amp; Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UT community fosters a supportive campus culture where students feel a sense of belonging and develop into globally engaged leaders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/campus-culture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home - Office for Campus Culture &amp; 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