Division of Student Life

Leadership & Engagement

  • Leadership Knoxville Scholars Celebrates a Decade of Community Influence

    Leadership Knoxville Scholars Celebrates a Decade of Community Influence

    One impactful Student Life program is celebrating ten years of leading students and building current and future world-changers. Leadership Knoxville Scholars is a leadership development and community immersion program. It is very selective with each cohort only accepting 25 students. During their two years in the program, students experience one-on-one mentorship with community leaders who…

  • Finding the Volunteer Experience She Thought She Missed

    When Sarah Carmichael signed up for a VOLbreaks trip to serve in Memphis, Tennessee, she had no idea that the other students she would meet and the conversations she would have would change the course of her Volunteer experience. VOLbreaks is a program operated by the Jones Center for Leadership and Service at UT that…

  • Each Sorority and Fraternity Life Council Represented in 2023 Torchbearer Class

    At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the highest honor a graduating senior can receive is to be named a Torchbearer. Since 1968, the Torchbearer has been a symbol of the university’s Volunteer Creed, which states  “One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others.”  This year, for the first time in Torchbearer…