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The 11th cohort of the Greg and Lisa Smith Global Leadership Scholars program in the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business graduated 24 members in an online ceremony in April. Amidst the need for social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the event took place via Zoom. In opening…

Earning a degree in statistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a tradition in Kara White’s family. White, of Kingsport, is a newly minted alumna of the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics in the Haslam College of Business, and part of a three-generation legacy. “Both my grandfather and…

Lauren Latture’s dedication to her alma mater is one reason she was named the 2019 Greg and Lisa Smith Global Leadership Scholars Alumna of the Year at the Haslam College of Business. Despite a busy work schedule since graduating from Smith GLS in 2014, she periodically returns to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business welcomes 17 new faculty members. They will join the departments of accounting and information management, business analytics and statistics, finance, management, marketing, and supply chain management, as well as graduate and executive education, this fall. The new hires bring decades of…

The first Haslam Volunteer Impact Recognition Ceremony honored 29 students who have performed 160 hours or more of service to the campus and local community. The event was held by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business at the foot of the Volunteer statue.   James A. Haslam…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business graduation ceremony included approximately 840 students today, May 10. Preliminary numbers indicate that 507 students from the Class of 2019 logged 19,135 hours of civic service and 28 percent of the class studied abroad. The graduates have accepted opportunities in 21…

Undergraduate students the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a business idea or early-stage startups may apply to the Graves Business Plan Competition beginning February 11. The annual competition, hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Haslam College of Business, was created in 2007 to help aspiring…

  A group of students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business boarded three buses Feb. 6 to join Amazon, Inc., at the Ryman Theater in Nashville. The students participated in the company’s celebration of its new $230 million Nashville Operations Center of Excellence, which will create…

The senior class of the Greg and Lisa Smith Global Leadership Scholars in the Haslam College of Business met with Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero in fall 2018. Rogero offered the students a viewpoint on leadership from outside of the business world. “They hear from our faculty and from business executives,…

When snow falls this winter, a new technology designed for brine trucks will be in service along Knoxville’s roadways thanks to a collaboration between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Public Service Department of the City of Knoxville. Designed to more…