I am pleased to announce that Amber Williams will become UT’s first vice provost for student success. She will join the campus January 1, 2020.

I am pleased to announced that Ellen McIntyre will join UT as the new dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences on January 21, 2020.

I am proud of the hard work and dedication of everyone on this campus who has focused on helping students achieve their goals.

I am pleased to announce we have launched a national search for the next dean of the College of Law. I plan to have a new dean in place by the end of the spring.

Last month we welcomed another record freshman class to campus, increasing our total enrollment for a seventh straight year. Today we are educating more students than any time in the last two decades.

You may have heard the Rock was tagged last night with an anti-Semitic message. We clearly condemn the message of hate, and we want to keep you informed.

It has been an exciting few weeks at UT as we embrace new leadership across our campus, including several of our colleges.

Claudio Gómez, director of the National Museum of Natural History of Chile, has agreed to become the first Jefferson Chapman Executive Director of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture.

College of Law Dean Melanie Wilson has informed me of her decision to step down and join the faculty effective June 30, 2020.

Beginning this fall, UT will become the first school in Tennessee and just the third in the SEC to offer an undergraduate degree in information sciences.