Interim UT President Randy Boyd and UTC Chancellor Steve Angle will be at Red Bank High School to discuss the UT Promise Endowment campaign with the school’s juniors and seniors at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25,.
UT Promise is a last-dollar scholarship program that guarantees free tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying Tennessee undergraduate students with a family household income of under $50,000 after other financial aid is received (such as Pell Grants, HOPE Scholarship or other institutional scholarships) at UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Martin and UT Health Science Center.
Students must qualify for the Tennessee Hope Scholarship and meet the academic qualifications for the institution to be eligible for this new scholarship.
To help ensure success, students will complete eight volunteer service hours each semester.
Since UT Promise was announced in March 2019, $17.5 million has been raised toward the $100 million goal.
UT Promise will welcome its first class in the fall of 2020, and the scholarship program will include those students who were previously enrolled in college when the program begins in 2020. Qualifying Tennessee residents who meet the criteria for UT Promise can transfer from any institution. UT Promise is an expansion of scholarship offerings and does not replace existing scholarships.
More information about UT Promise is available at:
https://tennessee.edu/ut-promise/.