Basic Needs Resources

Center for Basic Needs
The Center for Basic Needs provides comprehensive basic needs resources, advocacy, and support with the vision that all students have their essential needs met in order to learn, lead, and serve at the University of Tennessee and beyond.

Big Orange Pantry
The Big Orange Pantry provides a variety of non-perishable fresh foods, hygiene products, and other essential items supporting basic needs.
Available to all current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Smokey’s Closet
Smokey’s Closet provides free, gently used professional and business casual clothing, shoes, and accessories to all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Office of the Dean of Students
Empowering students through advocacy, unwavering support, and fostering a sense of mattering and belonging lie at the heart of our mission.

Center for Financial Wellness
The Center for Financial Wellness (CFW) empowers Vols with tools, workshops, and coaching to make confident financial decisions during college and beyond.

Free Store
The Free Store is dedicated to helping students meet their basic material needs while preventing landfill waste by providing an inclusive and cost-free space for the campus community to acquire gently-used secondhand items.
Academic Resources

One Stop Student Services
One Stop Student Services is here to support your experience with enrollment, academic records, financial aid, and making payments as smooth as possible.

Vol Study Center
The Vol Study Center offers free resources for all undergraduate students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center
The Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center supports writers–and the faculty who teach them–across all disciplines of the UT academic community.

The Math Place
The Math Place is a drop-in learning space supporting undergraduate students in their math coursework.

Student Disability Services (SDS)
Student Disability Services (SDS) partners with the campus community to create equal access to every aspect of the university experience through an individualized process for each eligible student and to foster a sense of mattering and belonging for students with disabilities.

Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration (CCDAE)
The Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration provides the assistance you need to prepare for your job search, whether you are looking for a part-time job, full-time job, or internship.

Federal Work Study (FWS)
The Federal Work Study (FWS) program is a financial aid opportunity for eligible full-time or part-time enrolled students.

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS)
The SCCS investigates and resolves alleged violations of behavioral misconduct, academic misconduct, student organization misconduct, and Title IX policy violations.

Veterans Success Center (VSC)
The transition from service member to student is often a difficult one and the Veterans Success Center (VSC) is here to help bridge that gap.
Mental & Physical Health Resources

The Center for Care & Resilience (CCR)
The CCR team works collaboratively with students and the university to support individuals who are experiencing distress in their lives.

Student Counseling Center (SCC)
The SCC is the primary mental health resource for in-residence students on the UT Knoxville campus.

Student Health Center
The UTK Student Health Center has many clinics and service offerings listed in the SHC Clinics, Services, & Staff tab of the SHC website.

Office of Title IX – Campus Compliance Services
The Office of Title IX is committed to providing supportive measures for both complainants and respondents who are addressing matters covered under the Title IX federal mandate and the Policy on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating and Domestic Violence and Stalking (“Policy”).

Center for Health, Education, & Wellness (CHEW)
The Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW) strives to improve the health and well-being of the University of Tennessee community. Guided by campus-wide assessments, CHEW encourages Volunteers to make informed decisions about their health and wellness.

RecSports
UTK students can access RecSports facilities/programs during any semester in which they are enrolled upon payment of their Student Programs & Services Fee (SPSF).
Faculty & Staff Resources

Reporting Student Concerns – Dean of Students Office
By accessing the central reporting page, students, faculty, staff, and others can easily submit the necessary reports tailored to the specific office they require assistance from.

Title IX – Make a Mandatory Report
When a student shares information about an incident of sexual harassment (including sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking), sexual exploitation, or retaliation (prohibited conduct) with a mandatory reporter, the law also considers the university to be in possession of that knowledge.

The Center for Care & Resilience (CCR)
The CCR team works collaboratively with students and the university to support individuals who are experiencing distress in their lives.

Campus Climate Impact Committee (CCIC)
Addresses concerns that impact the campus climate and provides outreach, support, and education to those who may have been affected by a campus climate concern.