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President’s Message: Prepare for Impact
UT President Joe DiPietro with Kamaria Robinson at UTHSC event Five years ago this month, I was privileged to move into the UT president’s office and take this job. In those five years, our statewide...
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Powered by UTC MBA, Utility Executive Turns Chattanooga into ‘Gig City’
By Chuck Cantrell Harold DePriest is a UT Chattanooga graduate who believes that if you give people the opportunity, they will succeed. And that the same holds true for a city. That’s why, as president...
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Blake Thomas Finds What He’s Looking For in ‘Tiny House’
By Gina Stafford When he turned a big idea into Tiny House Coffee, Blake Thomas wasn’t looking for fame or fortune but rather for purpose. He says he’s found it in a line of work that brings out a...
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Mom Sacrifices Time With Her Daughter Toward Brighter Future For Them Both
By Tyra Haag For nearly a year, 2,570 miles separated Madeleine Beatty from her 5-year-old daughter, Mathilde. In December 2015, Mathilde watched her mom walk across the stage at UT’s graduate hooding...
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Higher Education Leads to Higher Calling
By Peggy Reisser Winburne When Rosie Ann Riley received a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy in May 2015, she’d already had two...
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Fulfilling a Passion, Making a Difference
By Peggy Reisser Winburne If you told Joshua Light a few years ago that he would have a nursing degree and a good job at a Memphis hospital by the time he was 23, he probably would not have believed...
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A Sense of Place and Community
By Erin Chesnut “A degree is just one example of the many things UT Martin gave to me while I was here,” says Jake Bynum, mayor of Weakley County. “I tell people all the time that the things I learned...
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Making the Decision, Taking the Leap
By Tiffany Carpenter It’s 4 a.m. I’m standing in my PJs sipping hot tea at a Hampton Inn off Skyhawk Parkway in Martin, Tennessee. My two little girls can’t sleep. I decide to take them down to the...
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Made in Tennessee
With the combined output of all its campuses, the University of Tennessee now boasts 370,000 alumni worldwide, with 220,000 of that number living in the state of Tennessee. That’s a lot of dreamers and...
View ArticleEngineer, Farmer & Pitcher
By David Goddard. Photo by Adam Brimer. Baseball and summer go hand in hand, a slice of Americana that’s held true through generations. That connection is no different for Randall Crowell, a civil...
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Designer & Manufacturer
By Roger Harris. Photos by William Heuberger. Building his own factory was a risky move, but the gamble has paid off for men’s clothing designer Todd Shelton. At the end of 2011, even though sales were...
View ArticleFall 2015 Editor’s Message
Rick Barnes, new men’s basketball coach at UT Knoxville, is pictured above in front of his home court, Thompson-Boling Arena. Barnes’ arrival is a homecoming of sorts. His wife, Candy, graduated from...
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UT Chattanooga is increasing its impact on the region
By Chuck Cantrell “The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is on a journey to excellence. We work with partners to harness our collective willpower and brainpower to find solutions that improve...
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Where does UTHSC make its impact?
The UT Health Science Center contributes almost $2 billion a year to the Memphis economy, enrolls 4,000 students, and is responsible for 26,700 jobs across the state. Research and external funding...
View ArticleFresh, Safe Produce
By Sandra Harbison Photography by B. Harbison Each year, foodborne illnesses sicken about 48 million people (one in six Americans). Roughly 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 will die, so say experts...
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