1. The Volunteer Experience
New Faculty Orientation

2. UT’s Big ORANGE Movement
Transform the way we recruit and retain students.
Transform the way we serve students.
Create a campus and community wide BIG ORANGE recruitment and retention culture.
Define the Tennessee Volunteer Experience in ALL that we do.
In the Division of Enrollment Management – we set out on this MOVEMENT about 4 years ago with these goals in mind…
At a point with the quality of the students we are recruiting – they have options.
According to Alexa…. US has 7234 schools
4724 Degree granting institutions including year colleges (National Center for Educational Statistics)

3. Meet The Tennessee Volunteers!
240,000 Alumni Worldwide. XXXX Faculty & Staff.
Introduction to Fall 2017 Class: 4900 FTF / 1350 FTT / 22,300 total undergrads
Almost all 50 states / mostly in-state as we serve our land-grant and access mission but are also committed to providing a diverse and rich educational experience…
100 countries
Behind every number – every stat – is a student… I’d like to try and take you back for a moment. This is without question my WHY. For anyone who read or watched the Ted Talk: Start with Why… this is mine.

4. Defining The University of Tennessee
We are the Volunteers…
We – all of us – get to have a moment in creating that moment! And, it’s a powerful one. My goal and mission is for students to carry that excitement throughout their UT experience… and into earning their degree and going out in the world as amazing people shaped by their experience here, and relationships here. YOU have a part in that.

5. The university underwent a strategic plan refresh… focus groups, student surveys… and several themes continued to emerge.
Academic Excellence is at the core of what we do… how do we differentiate our programs from those 4600 other universities?
Sense of FAMILY, Community
The idea that being a Volunteer means something different – leadership and service
Sense of place: Knoxville and campus… feeling of HOME, Southern Hospitality / location: smokey mountains, TN River, city
Other Themes of Distinction: our color Orange…

6. The Volunteer Experience: Messaging
Not just messaging – we believe in creating an experience… it’s about what you see, hear, touch, taste, and most importantly the feeling we invoke

7. Admitted student card
- Defining the Admitted Student Touch

8. What defines us is also in our sense of Place – and we try to tell that story in photos…

9. Academic excellence… programs, experience learning,

11. Events / Experiences

13. May 1 –
Wear your orange on May 1st – we want the Power T to be visible
Alumni Shout Outs on Saturday
Mike Keith – host of event

14. City
Organization
Orlando
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central FL
Tampa
Feeding Tampa Bay
Charlotte
Mecklenburg Parks and Rec
Cincinatti
Talbert House
Houston
The Houston Food Bank
Washington, DC
Food and Friends
Chicago
Heartland Alliance - Vital Bridges
Lynwood
Mother Carr's Farm w/ Vernon Park Church of God
Atlanta
Park Pride
Habitat for Humanity
San Diego
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Knoxville
Second Harvest Bank
Memphis
Mid-South Food Bank
Nashville
Stuff the Bus- United Way
Philadelphia
Serve Philadelphia

15. Volunteer Experience Committee
I LOVE this work – I love it because there are other passionate people who believe in this work and believe this place is special….
This is the perfect time for YOU to have a voice

16. UT’s Big ORANGE Movement
Faculty:
Tell your story…
Find new ways to engage & support students
Identify and reinforce UT’s defining features
Lead – Serve – Bear the Torch
Be proud to be a Volunteer!
Create a Campus Wide Recruitment & Retention Culture
Big ORANGE Friday’s
Nametags
Future VOL Program
Checkerboard Tour Bags
Customer Service Language
Tell your story… if you’re doing some cool and extraordinary – make sure people know about it.
And – if there are ways to engage students in what you’re doing – do it. Freshman research and experience learning are two important components of the Volunteer Experience
Be proud to be a Volunteer – if you aren’t proud and excited to be here, why would our students be? Exemplify the Volunteer Spirit – of leading, serving and bearing the torch.

17. Questions?
Kari Alldredge