ML5K Sponsorship and Support

Who you are supporting

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is the official governing body of graduate and professional students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. We strive to be advocates for graduate students' rights both on and off-campus through UTC administrative committees, regular correspondence with the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors, and other officials that govern UTC. As an organization, we work to ensure our graduate voice is heard by all academic programs through the Advisory Board which encompasses members of all the UTC graduate degree programs.

To further support graduate students at UTC, the Graduate Student Association is partnering with the Office of Student Outreach Support (SOS) to provide an emergency fund for UTC graduate students. The Office of SOS advocates and supports students experiencing challenges in their personal and academic lives such as financial burdens, housing or food insecurity, and hospitalization. To help relieve the burdens some graduate students face, all proceeds from the ML5K Race will be given to support this cause.

Ways to support/Get involved

  • Become a Sponsor by making a monetary donation:
    • The recommended donation amount is $200
    • Donation link: (donation link coming soon)
  • Become a Community Partner:
    • Participate as a vendor by setting up a table post-race and offer a service, sell a product, or simply promote your business.

    • If you are interested in becoming a community partner, please email [email protected]

  • Other ways to support:
    • Provide coupons to participants or prizes for top finishers (e.g., gift cards, running shoes, etc.)
    • If you have another idea of how you would like to be a part of our event, we would love to work with you to make it happen! Please email [email protected]

Perks of supporting us:

All sponsors and community partners will receive a social media post, be featured on a flyer in the race packets, and have their logo on the back of the 2020 ML5K Race T-shirts.

*Deadline for sponsors/community partners/support is Feb. 16, 2020, to ensure we have enough time to print all materials. You are welcome to still support after the deadline, but we cannot guarantee the perks listed above.

If you are not able to make the race or would like to make a one-time donation to support our graduate students at UTC, please click below to donate directly.

Donation link coming soon!