![Graduate students and faculty talking during the New Graduate Student Reception](https://arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/08/AREC-Graduate-Students-and-Faculty-2000x1200.jpg)
The department welcomed our fall 2022 new graduate students with a reception on August 23, our first in-person reception since 2019. The event provided the new graduate students with opportunities to meet second-year graduate students and interact with departmental faculty and staff. It was great to be together again!
![Graduate students talk during the New Graduate Student Reception](https://arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/08/AREC-Graduate-Students-2-1024x685.jpg)
![Graduate students talk during the New Graduate Student Reception](https://arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/08/AREC-Graduate-Students-1024x685.jpg)