{"id":5012,"date":"2022-11-03T14:32:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daeprd.wpenginepowered.com\/communityengagement\/?page_id=5012"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:34:36","slug":"swag-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/swag-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAG Academy (Scholars With Achievable Goals)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5013 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Student at graduation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\/communityengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/swag.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Scholars With Achievable Goals (SWAG) Leadership Academy is a collaborative university-community partnership between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Developed in the fall of 2020, its vision is to establish an effective programmatic cohort that enhances the skillset of leadership; inter-, intra-, and group communication; and public speaking though mentorship and service learning.<\/p>\n<p>SWAG Academy is a developmental leadership and communication program geared towards middle school students to provide leadership development and foster the idea of post-secondary educational experience through intrusive mentorship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel  panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h3 class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#single-collapse\"\" href=\"#single-collapse-0\"  aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"#single-collapse-0\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-collapse\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 7.33l2.829-2.83 9.175 9.339 9.167-9.339 2.829 2.83-11.996 12.17z\"\/><\/svg> Leadership Goals<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div id=\"single-collapse-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop student leadership skills through a variety of workshops and activities. Students will be exposed to topics including, but not limited to: community engagement, service-learning, public speaking and presentation, goal setting, and conflict resolution.<\/li>\n<li>Provide workshops that will connect students to college students in their fields of interest for mentorship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel  panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h3 class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#single-collapse\"\" href=\"#single-collapse-1\"  aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"#single-collapse-1\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-collapse\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 7.33l2.829-2.83 9.175 9.339 9.167-9.339 2.829 2.83-11.996 12.17z\"\/><\/svg> SWAG Academy Partners<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div id=\"single-collapse-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dae.utk.edu\">Division of Access and Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxschools.org\/\">Knox County Schools\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bgctnv.org\/\">Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/4h.tennessee.edu\/\">Tennessee 4-H Youth Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:communityengagement@utk.edu\">communityengagement@utk.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholars With Achievable Goals (SWAG) Leadership Academy is a collaborative university-community partnership between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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