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Managers from 33 of Tennessee’s mid-market firms recently joined the Department of Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business for a one-day forum on campus. Haslam’s Management Forum focuses on topics including: recruiting talent, strategic planning, leadership, succession planning and selling a business. The management department…

Now in its fifth year, the Haslam Summer Scholars Research Awards have funded more than $1 million in faculty research. In 2018,  a total of more than $400,000 was granted to 20 faculty members to pursue high-quality research, up from six awards at the program’s inception. “Well over half of…

The Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, announced its annual awards during a celebration held in April. The awards recognize outstanding faculty and staff accomplishments. The ceremony was held in the East Club of Neyland Stadium, and two students contributed to the ambiance of the evening.…

A student floral designer with a new coffee shop concept won the top prize at this semester’s Vol Court Pitch Competition. UT undergraduate student Meg Hutchinson pitched Flo+Co., a flower and coffee shop combination, in the semiannual pitch competition and speaker series hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and…

As the holidays approach, the thoughts of many turn to charity for those in need. Once the season draws to a close, however, nonprofit organizations throughout the Knoxville area will continue in their efforts to support others. Students in the Haslam College of Business Learning by Giving class contributed to…

The application period for the Boyd Venture Challenge, a seed-fund grant that awards up to $20,000 to student-owned startup companies each fall and spring semester, opens October 11. The competition is sponsored by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in UT’s Haslam College of Business. The challenge is open…

A cohort of 10 new faculty members from the United States, Korea, Mexico and China have joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business this fall. Spread across all departments, these new faculty members bring a combined 46 years of industry experience and 87 years of teaching experience…

A group of 24 students from the Haslam College of Business studied a wide range of management styles during mini-term in London, England, in May. Jacob Young, a senior majoring in supply chain management, said that the key management difference he observed was the emphasis in the British workplace on…

Lee Scott, chairman of the BDT Capital advisory board and former CEO of Wal-Mart, spoke in early November, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business First Tennessee Foundation Graduate Business Symposium. Scott is widely credited for reinvigorating Wal-Mart's mission and transforming the company into a respected corporate…

Brittney Parker, a 2016 graduate of the Haslam College of Business, was awarded the Joseph P. Goddard scholarship on Sept. 15 at the Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference. Parker, who holds a bachelor’s degree in management with a collateral in information management, will apply the $4,000 award…