Institute News

Discover the delicious art of Japanese cuisine in a three-part series of online classes in July. Best of all, it’s free for UT and state employees!

The Japanese Oishi Cooking Class for Adults (ages 16 and above) will be held online from 5:30-6:30 p.m. central time on July 13, 20 and 27. The total cost is $100 for the series.

Students will learn basic vocabulary and expressions in Japanese as well as five methods of Japanese cooking while making dishes like dashi pickles, miso soup and matcha ice cream.

The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services (UT CIS) recently graduated the 15th class through its Tennessee Certified Economic Developer (TCED) Program. This cohort brings the total number of Tennessee certified economic developers to 86.

The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services (CIS) is introducing CONNEX Tennessee, a new program launching June 22, which is designed to strengthen the local and domestic manufacturing supply chain.

Kim Harmon, a long-time State of Tennessee employee, will serve as the next executive director of the Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, an agency of The University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service (IPS). Harmon succeeds the previous director Dr. Macel Ely who is now in the role of director of organizational improvement for IPS. Her Naifeh Center tenure begins Feb. 1.

The UT Institute for Public Service (IPS) has named Jon Walden as executive director of the County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS). Walden has served for a year as interim director of the agency following the retirement of Robin Roberts.

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: The Evolution of IPS

Fifty years. Six current agencies. More than $1.43 billion annual benefit to the state economy.

Since its creation in 1971, the Institute for Public Service (IPS) has amassed an impressive history of outreach, taking UT’s experts and expertise into communities statewide to improve government, industry, law enforcement and others. From the start, its end-goal has remained the same: improving the lives of Tennesseans.