Category Archives: Newsletter

A Major League Dream: Connecting Baseball to Business Analytics
My years growing up in high school, I always expected to become an engineer. My dad owned a machine shop, […]

Fostering Scholarship: A Reflection on First-Year Research
During the first semester of my freshman year, I took Geology 103, a class designed to introduce students to current […]

Reflections of a Rhodes Scholar
Written by Grant Rigney Haslam Scholars Program, 2019 The finalist interview for the Rhodes Scholarship is notorious for catching candidates […]

The Value of Scholarly Community
Written by RJ Clemmons I joined 1794 Scholars my first-year because I thought it would a great opportunity to meet […]

Forging a Path to Undergraduate Research
Written by Miranda lee For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a Tennessee Volunteer. However, this […]

Journey to Capitol Hill
Written by Alec Tripp My undergraduate research career began all the way back in high school during my senior year […]

Leading the Pride: The Story of a UT Drum Major
When people ask what I was involved in at UT outside of my required classes, I name two things: serving […]

Finding My Leadership Niche
Written by Caleigh Jacobs Walking across campus, students see advertisements for clubs around every corner. As a freshman, it can […]

Leadership in Action: My Orientation Summer
Written by Julia McGuire “Why do you want to be an orientation leader?” If I had a dollar every time […]
Yearning to Lead: Researching Medicine in Kenya
Written by Kendall Mcevoy Throughout my four years of high school I had the opportunity to conduct medical research at […]