Valerie Yancey, a 27-year veteran in Tennessee state government, has been named associate director for health sciences in the University of Tennessee System Office of Government Relations and Advocacy, and Carey Whitworth, who oversees UT Advocacy, has been named associate director for advocacy.
Gov. Bill Haslam says he has witnessed the impact of the University of Tennessee across the state and told the UT Board of Trustees today that he is continuing to work on his higher education initiative.
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper and Mark Cate, special assistant to Gov. Bill Haslam, spoke to more than 100 University of Tennessee alumni and UT officials at the winter meeting of the UT Advocacy Council on Saturday.
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees today approved a proposal to boost UT’s system-wide fundraising efforts by transitioning to an interdependent foundation model.
