KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Chancellor Donde Plowman laid out her plan to “level up” the University of Tennessee campus and East Tennessee during her annual Flagship Address.

More students want to be a volunteer and rhat’s what Plowman was saying. In her address, she said retention is 92.4% this year.

“It is the best indicator of getting to graduation,” Plowman said. “So when I came here, our number, I believe, was 86.5%. So to have raised it that much is really an accomplishment.”

Plowman said what’s helping is making sure students have a personalized support team.

There’s more than 40,421 students enrolled in the fall semester and besides growing the number of students, Plowman said the campus is also expanding.

In the past month, there was a new nursing building, new chemistry buildi

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