UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2025
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The accomplishments of the faculty and staff of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture were celebrated at an annual awards luncheon held on the UT Knoxville campus in the new Agriculture and Natural Resources Building on July 30. Many of the awards are gifts made possible by faculty, alumni and friends of the institute.
UTIA Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Keith Carver hosted the luncheon and praised the honorees for their work. “The enthusiasm and expertise demonstrated by our UTIA faculty and staff is unparalleled,” he said. “I am always in awe of their dedication to providing real life solutions to the people of Tennessee. These well-deserved awards represent impacts and accomplishments that benefit Tennesseans and society now and for years to come.”
Pierre-Yves Mulon, associate professor of farm animal medicine and surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, is the recipient of the B. Ray Thompson Sr. Outstanding Faculty Performance Award. This award is made possible by earnings from the Thompson Faculty Endowment and is presented annually to faculty in the institute who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional performance. This award rotates among the four divisions within the Institute of Agriculture.
“I am honored and sincerely thrilled to be selected by UTIA as the 2025 awardee of the B. Ray Thompson, Sr. Outstanding Faculty Performance Award,” Mulon said. “I am also humbled by this recognition and would like to highlight the incredibly strong and constant support of my UTCVM colleagues and love from my family, without whom nothing could be possible.”
Mulon came to UTCVM in 2016. His clinical focus is in orthopedic surgery, locomotor diseases and minimally invasive surgeries such as laparoscopy and theloscopy. His teaching interests include bovine musculoskeletal diseases, GI related surgical treatment and general principles of surgery. Mulon has taught seminars locally, nationally and internationally on all aspects of farm animal surgery.
He has twice been named Large Animal Clinician of the Year at UTCVM and won the Sandra G. Powell endowed Distinguished Faculty Award for Livestock Wellness, and he has served as a commencement speaker and award marshal. This year, he was invited to give the last lecture at the 2025 Student American Veterinary Medical Association conference.
Mulon earned his master’s equivalent degree in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery (DES) from the University of Montreal in Canada and his DVM from the National Veterinary School of Alfort in France. He completed his residency program in large animal surgery at the University of Montreal and is recognized as a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is comprised of the Herbert College of Agriculture, UT College of Veterinary Medicine, UT AgResearch, and UT Extension. Through its land-grant mission of teaching, research and outreach, the institute touches lives and provides Real. Life. Solutions. to Tennesseans and beyond. utia.tennessee.edu.