{"id":19141,"date":"2023-05-02T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volumes.lib.utk.edu\/?post_type=post&p=19141"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:02:14","slug":"torch-night-symbolically-passing-the-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/torch-night-symbolically-passing-the-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"Torch Night: Symbolically Passing the Torch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To members of the University of Tennessee community, the torch represents the Volunteer spirit of service and leadership. Torch Night is the backdrop for a longstanding campus tradition of symbolically passing the torch of Volunteer ideals to each new generation of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torch Night: A New Beginning is a rite of passage for incoming Volunteers. At the beginning of each academic year, the entire first-year class gathers to take up the Torch of Service and commit themselves to the Volunteer ideal of selfless leadership. Continuing a time-honored tradition, students raise orange or white glowing sticks and recite a pledge to \u201crepresent my university and my fellow Volunteers with honesty, compassion, and courage \u2026 and to light the way for others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n