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Graduate & Professional Student Engagement

The Center for Student Engagement strives to provide unique opportunities for graduate and professional students across campus.


Graduate & Professional Student Events

The Center for Student Engagement hosts a variety of social events each semester to help students connect. Previous events include Grad Student Trivia, Painting with a Twist, Movie Night at Cherokee Caverns, and Ghost Tours.

Past Line-Up of Events:

Date Event
January 31, 2025 Graduate Student Social at Craft Axe Throwing
February 27, 2025 Breakout Rooms at Breakout Games
March 29, 2025 Goat Yoga at Pygmy Harbor Farms
April 4, 2025 Grad Night at the Ice Bears

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Graduate Student Senate

The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) serves as the official voice for graduate and professional students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The GSS is a student-run organization that serves as a liaison between graduate students and the administration. Each department may have at least one representative in the Senate. We help to ensure that policies at the university are created and maintained to best serve our graduate student population.



Graduate and Professional Student Serving Organizations

Browse VOLink to find student organizations to serve graduate and professional students.  Organizations include the College Student Personnel Association, Master’s Social Work Organization, Plant Sciences Graduate Student Association, and so much more!