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saveutasp.org Website Disclaimer
The content of the saveutasp.org website is not necessarily representative of the viewpoints of the faculty, staff, and students of the UT Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.
However, all of the above people do want the UT ASP programs to be continued, and obviously feel very strongly about this. They are working to advocate for the program in any and all ways available.
The Department did not originate the idea for this website. It came about after the first public meeting on June 10 at the Scottish Rite Temple. The original site, saveuthearingandspeech.org, was being promoted as the official site for the campaign, but it was, and is, a blog site without the capabilities of a full website. Volunteers discussed and promoted the need for a full site, resulting in saveutasp.org being launched on June 13.
Saveutasp.org is a collaborative community venture, with dozens of individuals contributing to its content. Since the Campaign is a grassroots movement, we anticipate having many, many more contributors before this is all over with.
The site lists Dr. Schwarz and Dr. Harkrider as contacts because they were already serving as Dept. contacts for the media and others who are concerned about the proposed termination.
The only content on this site that is originating from the Department itself is that which is publicly available already. This site is serving as a public compilation and repository of documents and resources that are otherwise available only by email.
This site is NOT maintained by any employee of the State of Tennessee or of the University of Tennessee. Additionally, it is not hosted on a state-owned webserver, rather, on a privately owned server. No costs of this site are being reimbursed, there is no public money used. It is strictly a volunteer contribution. This is strictly non-profit, and we make NO money from the quoting and reuse of media text and images. It is our hope that our local media outlets will continue to support and encourage our use of their information, due to the nature of this campaign and the benefits that the ASP programs bring to Knoxville and east Tennessee.
The site will make every effort to make the content of the site factual and objective, in an effort to share critical information with the public about the ASP program and clinics at UT-Knoxville, and to solicit the public's involvement with the Campaign.
Information on this site is not being provided to the public by UT administration, and would not otherwise be available. We feel this site serves a critical need in making all the facts available to those who are interested in seeing the ASP programs continued.