Media Resources: UT Southern

Members of the media are invited to use the following resources when communicating about UT Southern—the fourth undergraduate campus in the UT System and the first new campus since UT Chattanooga joined in 1969.

Photography

Ribbon Cutting

General Use

A gallery of photos for general use is available for download below:

Board of Trustees, Annual Meeting

Logos and Colors

UT Southern logos are available for download below:

Included within the downloadable brand guide are specifications on logo size and spacing and color codes for the official palette.
Brand Guide (PDF)

Athletics Logos

The Firehawk

In the time before time became a counted eternity, the people of the hills traveled what they called “The Road” trading with other people who lived at the great salty water. Sometimes they lingered in smaller groups, sometimes they moved on quickly through the forest with its gloamings.

But there always came a time when some of their bravest sons and daughters heard a clarion call that struck them deep into their hearts’ cores. In response, they could only follow the red hawk’s flight above, leading them through the primeval forest that filled with the darkest midnight on even the brightest day. If their hearts stayed true, they would pass changed, but unscathed, to the mystical three pillars of white oak trees. There in the highest branches lived the firehawk with with its gimlet eye of fire and feathers that flashed out light as the sun.

Under the sentinel of trees, the called ones would sit beneath the spreading branches, and speak with the firehawk of many things. So great was the firehawk’s wisdom that the wisest of the brave could spend years with the firehawk and learn to count time through the movement of the sun and stars through the heavens, to calculate the swiftness of the running stream, to track the arc of the birds flying through the great trees’ branches and to understand the knowledge of worlds beyond worlds.

With all of its knowledge, it innate power filled the mighty one. When the firehawk took to the sky, the sweep of its wings cracked the skies with a mighty thunder. Yet, its heart born of fire felt the sadness of smallest creature. It would often take to the sky looking for those broken in bone and heart to heal.

When the called ones returned to their families after many days and nights, they were changed, filled with graceful power and compassionate strength. They tended the sick, taught the young while living in diverse communities of prosperity and might.

Announcement Archive

UT Southern Announces Athletic Branding, Mascot
June 30, 2021

Board of Trustees Votes to Acquire Martin Methodist College
June 25, 2021

Boyd Launches Be One UT Values in Annual State of the University Address (highlights Martin Methodist College)
March 26, 2021

Employee Raises, Key UT Investments, Martin Methodist Acquisition Included in Governor’s Budget Proposal
Feb. 8, 2021

UT Board of Trustees Approve Next Steps in Martin Methodist College Acquisition
Dec. 9, 2020

Martin Methodist, University of Tennessee System Enter Into Discussions
Sept. 11, 2020

Additional materials are available on UT’s transparency site, including testimonial videos, resolutions, letters of support, due diligence reports, signed letters of intent and more.

Contacts

Media inquiries regarding UT Southern should be directed to:

Melissa Tindell
Director of Communications
UT System
mtindell@tennessee.edu
865-974-0741

Jennifer Sicking
Associate Director of Media Relations and Publications
UT System
jsicking@tennessee.edu
865-974-5179

Abby Stanton
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
UT Southern
acstanton@utsouthern.edu
919-777-4809