Recruit, retain, and develop top faculty and staff to be the best-in-class institute.
Aspire to be a destination of choice for top performing faculty and staff from recruitment forward.
Highlights and Success
UTIA Plant Pathologist Selected as Fulbright Distinguished Scholar
Heather Kelly, field crops pathologist in the University of Tennessee Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, has received a prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for two one-month trips to Brazil in 2026 and 2027 to study soybean diseases.
UT Veterinarian Brings Equine Expertise to State Advisory Commission
Carla Sommardahl Appointed to Tennessee Equine Health Advisory Commission
UT College of Veterinary Medicine Names New Department Head
University of Tennessee Veterinary Public Health faculty member will help lead a national specialty in Veterinary Epidemiology before assuming the presidency in 2027
UTIA Appoints New Director of the School of Natural Resources
Wildlife biologist Adam Ahlers comes to Knoxville from Kansas State University
Strategies and Actions
UTIA will provide the needed infrastructure to attract quality candidates.
- Increase the quality of candidates applying for both faculty and staff positions.
- Improve compliance with the completion of the six-month probation assessment for staff.
- Increase the percentage of faculty promoted and tenured.
- Develop a process and toolbox to assist faculty with spousal accommodations and employment opportunities in the region.
- Create a process that tracks the time to fill positions.
- Decrease pay gap between market rates vs. actual.
UTIA will establish opportunities for faculty and staff growth.
- Increase the number of employees engaged in active individual development plans.
- Develop opportunities and a pathway for succession planning within UTIA.
- Establish a UTIA leadership program for mid-level leaders.