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Student@Tennessee, Monday, May 2, 2011 Newsletter for UT Knoxville Students ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special --- Study days and final exams continue this week, as the Spring 2011 semester concludes. Most academic and administrative offices will remain open. For the complete academic calendar, visit the Office of the Registrar's website at http://registrar.utk.edu/academic_calendar/. College commencement ceremonies will begin next week. For the complete schedule of ceremonies for each college, visit http://registrar.tennessee.edu/graduation/commencement/spring11_cer.shtml. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good News --- The Boyd Venture Fund, administered by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the College of Business Administration, is soliciting applications from student companies for its inaugural seed-funding grants. All UT Knoxville students, regardless of academic discipline or degree program (PhD, master-level, or undergraduate), are eligible to apply. Solicitations will be made each fall and spring semester. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/28/calling-student-companies-boyd-venture-fund-soliciting-applications-seedfunding-grants/ --- Sixty students have now confirmed their attendance in a new program in which students will be dually enrolled at UT Knoxville and Pellissippi State Community College (PSCC). The agreement formalizing the bridge program was signed last week by UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek and PSCC President Allen Edwards. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/29/ut-pellissippi-bridge-mou/ --- A team of four UT Knoxville undergraduate students recently won the Third Annual IANA Logistics & Supply Chain Management Case Competition at the University of North Florida. This was the second time UT Knoxville participated in the competition. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/28/ut-wins-logistics-supply-chain-competition/ --- Retail students at UT Knoxville will be among the best-prepared in the nation to enter the work world, thanks to the creation of a minor in retail technology and UT's unique access to one of the major software systems used in the industry. The retail technology minor—one of the first of its kind in the country—will allow students to take specialized computer-based courses that will help them walk into jobs ready to use the technology that's been transforming the industry in recent years. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/28/retail-students-software-edge/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Your Calendar --- Take a break from studying and enjoy some free refreshments and study supplies to help with finals. There will be a Study Break from 3 to 5 p.m. today in Career Services at Dunford Hall, hosted by Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. The event is open to all students. This is a come-and-go event so feel free to hang out or just stop by at any time between 3 and 5 p.m. --- Steven Koonin, undersecretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy, will address U.S. energy challenges, such as energy security, US competitiveness, and environmental impacts, during a visit to UT Knoxville tomorrow. Koonin, who took his current post in May 2009, will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Baker Center auditorium. The lecture will be webcast at http://tinyurl.com/5uoqs5k. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/29/koonin-energy-challenges/ --- Join alumni and friends for an enjoyable evening and an opportunity to meet Interim Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown. A reception will be held at 5:00 p.m. and a program at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 at the UT Visitors Center on Neyland Drive. Parking is available on-site. Cost is $10. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/28/alumni-affairs-hosts-evening-knoxville-mayor-brown/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Involved --- The TeamVOLS Volunteer Service Office is beginning a donation drive to help people in the areas of Alabama hard hit by last week's tornadoes, especially Tuscaloosa near the University of Alabama. The largest current needs are toiletries (toothbrushes, combs, etc.), clothes of all sizes (especially pants and undergarments), non-perishable food (crackers, peanut butter, canned goods, etc.) and bottled water. Donations will be accepted in the TeamVOLS Office, 315-A University Center. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] or call 974-8481. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Deadlines --- University of Tennessee campuses collide on June 20 and 21, when new researchers get together on the UT agricultural campus to present their animal and human health-related studies. Presenters will discuss biomedical, clinical, translational medicine, as well as public health (including exercise and nutrition sciences), food safety, and biomedical technologies. The deadline to submit an abstract to give a ten-minute oral presentation is Monday, May 2. All graduate students, postdocs, interns, residents, and research assistant professors are invited to submit. Details, plus the submission link, may be found at http://www.vet.utk.edu/research/symposium/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make Orange Green --- UT Knoxville has been recognized as one of the most environmentally responsible college campuses in North America by the Princeton Review. The education services company selected UT Knoxville for inclusion in the second annual edition of its guidebook, The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition, released April 20. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/27/311-green-colleges/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments, suggestions, and items to appear in this newsletter to [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campus events may be submitted to the online Arts & Events calendar at http://www.utk.edu/events/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to this newsletter at http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=student-at-tennessee&A=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more links to news and events for the Knoxville campus, go to the student@tennessee Web site at http://www.utk.edu/studentattn/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the Student@Tennessee archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/student-at-tennessee.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the STUDENT@TENNESSEE archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/student-at-tennessee.html