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Significant progress has been made toward a solution that will allow the UT Knoxville audiology and speech pathology program to continue operations through UT and remain in Knoxville, university officials announced today.

<IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4699&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>John Noble Wilford, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and noted science writer for The New York Times, has received the 2008 Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award. It is the highest honor an alumnus can receive from the College of Communication and Information.

A caterer, college student, high school teacher, lawyer and physical therapist are among the graduates of the inaugural class of the Culinary Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A graduation ceremony for the 16 members of the first class will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at the UT Visitors Center. The graduates will don their white chef hats and white coats for the ceremony.

UT's National Forensic Academy christens its new training facility with a ribbon "explosion" ceremony and training demonstrations, 1:15 p.m., Monday, Aug. 18 at the facility, located at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Students returning to classes next week at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will see safety enhancements around campus. The university has enhanced emergency communications, training and campus facilities and grounds.

For the fifth year in a row, incoming freshmen at UT Knoxville have set an academic record. Students will move in on Saturday; classes begin on Aug. 20. The class of 2012 -- expected to be about 4,200 strong -- arrives on campus with an average core GPA of 3.76 and a 26.6 average ACT score. Both scores are the highest ever for an entering class.

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<IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4694&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>Jan Williams, dean of the College of Business Administration, has been awarded the inaugural Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair. This is the first endowed dean's chair on campus. The chair was endowed through the William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation, which has built an extensive history of support for the college and UT.

<IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4693&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>R. James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency who is now foreign policy and energy adviser to Sen. John McCain, will speak at an Aug. 20 luncheon sponsored by UT's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

Now that school has started for many students across the country, some parents may find their child doesn't like school or even refuses to go. Sherry Mee Bell, an associate professor of special education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offers five strategies for parents to help get their child back on track.

Opening the doors on new possibilities, Jewell talks about the growth of the co-ed dorm room.

Craig Green has been named the new director of school for the UT Knoxville-administered Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science, which begins its second year of operation this week.

<IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4690&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>Ambassador Victor Ashe will speak about U.S.-Polish relations at a luncheon sponsored by the University of Tennessee's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 11:30 a.m., Aug. 14, at the Foundry, on the World's Fair site.

<IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4689&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>Mike Tallent has been named executive director of UT's Municipal Technical Advisory Service. He begins on Aug. 18.

Most students paying for college tuition are well aware of the rising costs of receiving an education. With federal loans being the easiest to secure, many borrow without realizing the financial burden they will incur after graduation. In a shaky economy and turbulent job market there is light at the end of the tunnel for Stafford loan recipients.

Many of the UT's recent budget cuts have been highly publicized, but students might be surprised to know that UT is cutting their budget in places that might hit closer to home than expected.

The University of Tennessee's National Forensic Academy -- one of the nation's premier training grounds for crime scene investigators -- will hold a ribbon "explosion" ceremony on Aug. 18 to open its new training facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Building a successful and prosperous business is the subject of a free one-day seminar organized by the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services (CIS) Procurement Technical Assistance Center. The seminar will be held Aug. 20 in Franklin, Tenn.