Today kicks off a campus-wide effort to ensure that civility is an integral part of the UT Knoxville community. The Celebration of Civility and Community takes place at 11:30 a.m. today on the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Plaza, as part of the twenty-sixth annual International Festival.
Students, faculty, and staff from all areas of campus worked together to create a video that looks at what civility means to our campus. What does civility mean to you? Tell us here.
Featured in the video, in order of appearance, are:
- Suzanne Ankrum Harris, a graduate student studying theater
- James Dickson, a senior studying advertising
- Jordan Burner, a junior studying Spanish
- Mara Naylor, a senior studying public relations
- Daniel Aycock, a junior studying business
- Lauren Charles, a junior studying audiology
- John Nolt, a professor in the Department of Philosophy
- Avery Howard, a junior studying agricultural sciences
- Mark Walker, a senior studying nuclear engineering
- Marva Rudolph, director of the Office of Equity and Diversity
- Andy Rogers, a senior majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology and
minoring in theater - Jessica Sessions, a senior studying psychology
- Maria Martin, a sophomore studying journalism and electronic media
- Gloria Graham, chief of the UT Police Department
- Madelyn Crawford, a senior studying biochemistry and molecular biology
- Donna Thomas, senior associate athletics director and interim director of the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center
- Magan Wiles, a graduate student studying theater
- Katie Clark, a sophomore studying journalism and electronic media
- Lynn Sacco, associate professor in the Department of History
- Beauvais Lyons, professor in the School of Art
- Mike Wirth, dean of the College of Communication and Information
- Maxine Davis, dean of students
- Anton Reese, director of the Student Success Center
- Joan Heminway, a professor in the College of Law
- Mason McGlamery, a junior studying political science
- Tommy Jervis, a senior studying logistics and information management and president of the Student Government Association
- Tyvi Small, a coordinator in the College of Business Administration
- Emma Macmillan, a senior studying journalism and electronic media
- Gabi Caballero, a sophomore studying journalism and electronic media
- Lizzy Holt, a junior studying psychology and Spanish
- Virginia Purdy, a senior studying theater