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 Agricultural Policy Expert Wins Farm Foundation Award
Andrew Muhammad, professor and Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, is the 2026 recipient of the R.J. Hildreth Public Policy Award from the Farm Foundation.
UTIA Appoints Joy Rumble as Head of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
New leader will be on campus for Fall 2026 semester
UT College of Veterinary Medicine Names New Department Head
Angela Witzel Rollins has been named head of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine.
UT Extension Announces Enhanced Senior Leadership Structure for Tennessee 4-H
New structure will position Tennessee 4-H to continue immense, positive impact on state’s youth
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.