Student Veteran Works to Create Outdoor Program for Veterans
A first-year student veteran is working with UT’s RecSports Outdoor Program to plan outdoor adventures for veterans to help ease their transition from military life to university life.
Graduating Women Veterans Surprised with Quilts of Valor
After six months of planning and secrecy, Veterans Resource Center graduate assistant Linda Hinkle was able to surprise 15 of her fellow graduating female veterans with Quilts of Valor on Tuesday.
Student Veteran Who Aided in Somali Pirate Rescue Now Works with UT Vets
Five years ago, as a US Navy petty officer on the USS Bainbridge, Melina Gardner—now a UT senior in sociology—found herself in the middle of a four-day standoff between the Navy and Somali pirates during the now-famous rescue of the ship’s captain Richard Phillips. As Veterans Day approaches, Gardner reflects on her experiences and how
UT to Remember Fallen Veterans through National Roll Call on November 11
Tennessee veterans who have died in the line of duty since the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be honored when UT participates in its fourth annual National Day of Remembrance and Roll Call on Tuesday, November 11.
UT to Receive Purple Heart Designation
The university will be named a Purple Heart–designated university Saturday at the UT vs. Arkansas State game.
Commencement 2014: Cords and Commissioning
During this week’s commencement ceremonies, many students will be wearing special graduation cords and medallions in honor of their leadership and service on campus, in the community, and throughout the world. Also during commencement, nineteen students will be commissioned as second lieutenants into the United States armed forces.
Campus to Celebrate Veterans Day with Roll Call, Flag Garden and Library Display
UT will celebrate Veterans Day on Monday, November 11, with its third annual National Day of Remembrance and Roll Call. The university will also create a “flag garden” on the south lawn of Ayres Hall as a visual acknowledgment of veterans, who are serving or have served, and UT Libraries will set up an exhibit
From Afghanistan to the UT Campus, Student Veteran Continues to Serve
Grad student. Loving father. Veteran. Twenty-five-year-old Douglas Oeser holds all these titles. Oeser is one of UT’s student veterans. He served the US Army in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2009 to 2010. Oeser recalled that the transition from soldier to student wasn’t easy.
UT Veterans Honored During Commencement
During commencement ceremonies this week, some students will be wearing special graduation cords in honor of their service in the US Armed Forces. There are more than fifty veterans, reservists, and National Guard members graduating from UT Knoxville this spring and summer in various colleges as undergraduates, graduates, and law students.