With a focus on practicing wellness, the Mind Body Wellness Summit, hosted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Mind Body Wellness Center in partnership with the Office of Human Resources, gathered more than 150 attendees, including faculty, staff, students, and community members, to learn about and collectively embrace mindfulness and resilience. The half-day… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Mind Body Wellness Center in partnership with the Human Resources Office will host a Mind Body Wellness Summit on October 27. The half-day event is free and open to the public. Titled “From Adversity to Resiliency,” the summit will be held at the UTHSC Student-Alumni Center, 800 Madison… Read More
Chandra Alston, EdD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, has been named vice chancellor for Human Resources at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Alston has served as associate vice chancellor of HR since 2013, shortly after taking over as interim director after the previous retired on short notice in 2012. At the time, Dr. Alston was… Read More
Brian Dickens, PhD, SPHR, SCP, CEC, joined the University of Tennessee System as the Chief Human Resources Officer in December 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world and changed the workplace possibly forever. Almost overnight, organizations, including those in the UT System, went from in-person to remote, or a hybrid of the two.… Read More
