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Volunteer of Distinction Award Nominations

The 2025 Volunteer of Distinction awards celebrate the academic achievements of undergraduate and graduate students who received their degrees in Fall 2024 or will receive their degrees in Spring 2025.

Selection of honorees

Colleges, Bredesen Center, University Honors, and Thornton Athletics Student Life Center are invited to select undergraduate and graduate students to be honored as Volunteers of Distinction in recognition of their extraordinary academic achievement, community engagement, teaching (graduate students), or research.

The university recognizes seniors who hold the highest GPAs in their colleges as Top Collegiate Scholars. These recipients are determined by the Office of the University Registrar and automatically honored as Volunteers of Distinction.

Nominating a student

Each college or area determines the processes for nomination and selection of recipients. Undergraduate and graduate students who received their degrees in Fall 2024 or will receive their degrees in Spring 2025 are eligible to be Volunteers of Distinction.

To nominate a student, please reach out to the student’s college contact listed below.

Colleges

College Internal deadline Point of contact Contact email
Herbert College of Agriculture John Stier jstier1@utk.edu
College of Architecture & Design Katherine B. Ambroziak aambrozi@utk.edu
College of Arts & Sciences Liem Tran ltran1@utk.edu
Haslam College of Business Mark Willoughby mwillou1@utk.edu
College of Communication & Information Jennifer Rose jrose13@utk.edu
College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences Brian Francis bfranci2@utk.edu
College of Emerging & Collaborative Studies
Tickle College of Engineering Michael Danquah mdanquah@utk.edu
College of Law Brad Morgan rmorgan2@utk.edu
Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Brendan McConville bmcconvi@utk.edu
College of Nursing Shelia Swift sswift@utk.edu
Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs Zoe Webb zcrihfie@utk.edu
College of Social Work Javonda Williams Moss jwill488@utk.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine India Lane ilane@utk.edu

Other Academic Units

Academic Unit Internal deadline Point of contact Contact email
Bredesen Center Brynn Voy bhvoy@utk.edu
University Honors Talisha Adams tlawso11@utk.edu
Thornton Center for Athletics Jessica Wildfire jbwildfire@utk.edu