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Thank you for speaking with one of our Volunteer students. We are grateful for your commitment to the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

When you make a gift, you help students with scholarships, support our best faculty who inspire students, increase experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom, expand technology for students and faculty, and provide for student emergencies and crises as they arise to help them stay in school.

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Learn more about how your gift is put to work in these units.

The mission of the Institute’s Herbert College of Agriculture is to provide a top-notch education that prepares a student for life and career. As one of the teaching units in the Institute of Agriculture, we are responsible for providing student-centered educational programs where students are given the tools necessary to gain knowledge, critically think and take responsibility for their education.

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UTCVM students are outperforming their national peers on the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination. Our renovated and new facilities, the Equine and Farm Animal Hospitals and the John and Ann Tickle Small Animal Hospital, provide exceptional hospital environments for hands-on teaching and clinical patient healthcare.

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The UTIA’s Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications Department is grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success. Gifts of all sizes have a significant impact on our students.

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UTIA’s Agricultural & Resource Economics Department is grateful for the support we receive from alumni and friends. Our threefold mission includes research, to push the science of economics forward; extension, to direct research to farm families and businesses that can benefit from our science and education; and teaching, to educate our future leaders.

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We harness the creative energy of faculty, staff, and students. We make the agricultural, forest, and ornamental industries more efficient, improve quality of life, and conserve soil, water, air, and wildlife. We do this through programs on the Institute of Agriculture campus, in partnership with UT Knoxville and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and at ten AgResearch Centers across the state.

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The Department of Animal Science continues to honor the land-grant mission of research, teaching and outreach that changes lives. We are very fortunate to have had a good foundation laid by those who came before us. And, because of our loyal alumni and friends, the word is spreading across Tennessee and beyond. We are grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success.

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The UTIA’s Entomology & Plant Pathology Department is grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success. Your gift to our department will help fund travel for a top student, purchase laboratory equipment, and afford a hands-on research experience for an undergraduate student.

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UT Extension helps Tennesseans to improve their quality of life and solve problems through the application of research and evidenced-based knowledge about agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community development. UT Extension provides a gateway to UT as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture.

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Thank you for your continued commitment to the Food Science department at UTIA. We are grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success. Your gift to our department will help fund student scholarships, support undergraduate research experiences, and provide students with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and hands-on learning.

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The UTIA’s Department of Plant Sciences is grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success. Gifts of all sizes have a significant impact on our students. Your gift provides experiential learning support, funds scholarships, and provides travel for students.

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The UTIA’s School of Natural Resources is grateful to have been a part of your educational experience. In January 2023, the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries became the School of Natural Resources. Your ongoing support is essential for our continued success.

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Thank you for your consideration of a gift. We are grateful for your support.

UT Engagement Center

The UT Engagement Center is one of the largest outreach units on campus and employs over fifty students each semester. Each student receives more than ten hours of training and on-going mentoring while making calls. sending emails and text messages, and recording videos for donors.

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact our UT Engagement Center at 865-974-3118 or by email at engagementcenter@utk.edu.

Planned Giving

If you are interested in making a planned gift, such as including the university in your estate plan or creating a gift which pays lifetime income to you, your spouse, a family member or loved one, please contact us at 865-974-5779.

Visit our Planned Giving site to learn more about the benefits of a planned gift.

about your gift

Gifts to the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture are made through and payable to the University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc. (UTFI), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)3 that manages all alumni, development, and philanthropic endeavors of the University of Tennessee and its related campuses and institutes.

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