License plates need preorders to launch

A specialty license plate for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is ready to launch in Tennessee, but it needs enough preorders for production to begin.

One thousand people need to preorder the license plate and pay a $35 deposit for production to start, according to UTHSC, which has its main campus in Memphis.

UTHSC says it will cover the $35 deposit for the first 1,000 reserving the license plate, so those reserving early will only pay $26.50 for the first year instead of the standard $61.50 annual cost for specialty plates.

Money from the sales “will support educational outreach at the university,” the academic health system said in a news release.

“We’re excited to be able to support additional educational outreach and increase the awareness of UTHSC with this new license plate,” said Sally Badoud, assistant vice chancellor for Communications and Marketing at UTHSC.

Those who preorder will vote on which of three designs they prefer, and the design with the most votes will become the official license plate. The three proposed UTHSC license plate designs all feature the UTHSC logo along with different varieties of green and orange coloring.

The license plates will likely be available in four to six months after the preorder threshold is reached and the winning design is chosen, according to UTHSC.

UTHSC says plates can be ordered at uthsc.edu/license-plate or at several places on its Memphis campus: the Madison Plaza complex, the pharmacy building, the Dunn Dental Building, the general education building, the Hyman Administration Building or the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation.

Since 1911, more than 57,000 professionals in health care have graduated from UTHSC.

UTHSC Those who order UTHSC license plates will have a say in its final design, selecting their preference among three options.