We hope that you are enjoying your Spring Break. Haslam College faculty and staff look forward to engaging with you online next week as we transition to a new learning environment for the remainder of the semester.

Please take a moment to watch the video released yesterday, featuring UTK Director of Athletics, Phillip Fulmer. Please know that both the College and the University are actively working on plans for how best to celebrate your academic accomplishments, given that we are unable to hold a traditional commencement ceremony at the traditional May time. Keep an eye out for more communications with updates from the campus and college.

Message from Phillip Fulmer

You, the individual members of the Class of 2020 are important to us, the faculty and staff here in the Haslam College. We know the announcements of this past week have been difficult. We know that these have produced many feelings -- disappointment, frustration, uncertainty among them. We are here to listen to your thoughts and concerns. We want to help in any way that we can. Please, send us a note to haslamengaged@utk.edu and we’ll follow up with you personally.

We hope that you enjoy the remainder of your Spring Break. Remember that classes resume, online, next week.

Dean Mangum and Dean Morris