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Developing Skills and Solutions: Student Employment in Action Through Data Initiatives Within Student Life
As a student intern with Student Life Communications (SLC), I’ve had the opportunity to develop both professionally and personally. It’s a pleasure to give back to the university by assisting in the optimization of the student experience as well. In working with our SLC team, I’ve had great opportunities to learn more about how data…
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Supporting Record Retention through Basic Needs
At the University of Tennessee, student retention is at an all time high of 92%. This means that more first-year students returned for their second year on campus than ever before. One Student Life office contributing to this success in a very specific way is the Center for Basic Needs. In spring 2023, the Hope…
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Staying Healthy This Semester: Tips from the Student Health Center
Every year, as the temperatures start to cool and we start to spend more time indoors, it’s common for there to be an increase in the number of upper respiratory tract infections, such as Influenza and COVID-19. Here are some tips for what you can do if you become sick and ways to stay healthy.…
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Student Health Center’s Rebecca Morgan Honored with Volunteer Faculty Award
Rebecca Morgan, acting director of UT’s Student Health Center, has been honored with the Volunteer Faculty Award by the University of Tennessee Medical Department of Family Medicine. This award is presented each year at the Family Medicine Residency graduation in June. Dr. Morgan previously won this same award in 2011 and 2015. Faculty members are…
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Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life Hosts Annual Greek Gala Celebrating Community
The Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life (OSFL) hosted the annual Greek Gala on October 11, 2024, and brought together students, faculty, and community members to celebrate the community fostered by current student leaders, advisors, campus partners, and alumni. The event celebrated distinguished inductees into the Sorority and Fraternity Life Alumni Hall of Fame, which…
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Cuevas Named a NASPA Pillar of the Profession
Frank Cuevas, vice chancellor for Student Life at UT, has been named as one of NASPA’s 2025 Pillars of the Profession. This award, one of the NASPA Foundation’s highest honors, recognizes exceptional members of the student affairs and higher education community for their work and contributions to the field. NASPA’s award honors individuals who have…
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Student Life announces two new centers to enhance student support
The Division of Student Life has reimagined student support by launching the Center for Basic Needs and the Center for Student Advocacy. The Center for Basic Needs provides comprehensive resources and support to meet students’ essential needs. Programs and services supported by the Center for Basic Needs include the Big Orange Pantry, the Vols Swipe…
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Two Student Life Offices Host Inaugural Summit
UT’s Division of Student Life will host 180 campus-based fraternity and sorority life and conduct professionals along with international and national fraternity and sorority life headquarters staff for the first-ever SEC and Friends Summit. All 18 SEC and Friends schools will also be represented among attendees. Organized by the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life…
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Student Employment Experience with Basic Needs Leads to New Skills
One of the key components of the Division of Student Life’s strategic plan is to responsibly and creatively steward university resources to maximize the student experience and subsequent student learning. Through the Big Orange Pantry, Student Life stewards space, funds, community partnerships, and resources to help reduce food insecurity among the student body, contributing to…
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Not Here. Not Now.
Hazing has no place at the University of Tennessee. According to a national study of student hazing experiences1, hazing is a big problem nationwide with 55% of college students having been hazed. However, 9 out of 10 people don’t realize that they are being hazed and 95% of those who were aware they were being…