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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…

Haslam students visited six different business headquarters while studying marketing and supply chain management in Australia this summer. “I really enjoyed the exposure to Australian business through our day-to-day experiences, as well as our field trips,” said Laura Hollins, a senior majoring in marketing and management. “It was so fascinating…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business will host nearly 1,000 first-year business students September 19 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena. Now in its second year, Haslam Engaged, the official kick-off to the students’ experience within the college, is an experiential, team-building and learning event.…

Hanson Lam, an upperclassman at Central High School in Knoxville, knows he wants to go into business. What he doesn’t know is the major he’d like to pursue, which is why he attended the Accounting and Information Management (AIM) Academy at the Haslam College of Business in July. “My sister…

For a group of students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, an opportunity to spend three weeks this summer studying in Barcelona, Spain, provided insight into the principles of developing and managing a global marketing strategy. Brian Bolden, a rising senior majoring in business analytics with…

A group of seniors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, took a capstone course in Ireland this May, gaining firsthand perspectives on classroom material. The course, which took place over 20 days in Dublin, included visits to business and political institutions as well as excursions to…

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…

  Humberto Velazquez came to the United States without knowing the language or the culture. After distinguishing himself with induction into the National Honor Society, Velazquez was mentored by a Haslam College of Business alumnus who helped him further pursue his education. Haslam enrolls more first generation students than any…

Eric Peters, a recent graduate in economics and international business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, has been awarded a scholarship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. A Haslam Global Leadership Scholar, Peters comes from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and will spend the 2017-18 academic year in Hungary. He…