In February 1927 the Athletics Department first adopted a policy of ticket distribution. The tickets (number, location, desirability) were allocated on the basis of seniority to annual subscribers. Seniority was determined by the number of consecutive, paid-up annual subscriptions credited to an individual. A “nonactive” subscription ($3) was offered to allow individuals to hold and … Continued

The curriculum adopted by East Tennessee College on May 9, 1829, included, in the senior year, coursework in Hebrew or French Language, at the option of the student. The 1840 catalog listed the senior year options as Hebrew, Spanish, and civil engineering.

The football ticket lottery system was implemented during the 1998 football season to eliminate the need for students to camp out overnight to be in line for good tickets for popular games. Instead of camping out, students lined up to scan their identification cards, a process that assigned them a lottery number. Winning numbers were … Continued

The Tennessee Forest Products Center provides a research, development, and demonstration program designed to ensure the sustainable growth of the forestry industry. It is headquartered in a building completed in 2001 (dedicated in 2002). At the dedication a featured aspect of the facility was a sculpture depicting the 95 counties of Tennessee—each in a different … Continued

For fall 2009 student ticket distribution for football games was online, with students purchasing the tickets online and printing them from their computers. The new system did not allow purchase of season tickets, both to allow a variety of students the opportunity to attend and to avoid the empty seats that had resulted from the … Continued

The Forestry Experiment Station was organized on the same basis as other stations in 1972, with headquarters at the UT Arboretum located on part of the 2,260-acre Oak Ridge Forest. The name was changed to Forest Resources Research and Education Center in 2005. Forestry field units in East and Middle Tennessee comprise the center and … Continued

Beginning in the 1960s, UT offered two tickets and a parking pass to state legislators, state officials, and members of the Tennessee congressional delegation. In 1975 Rep. Tommy Burnett (D, Jamestown) introduced a bill, which was subsequently passed and signed into law, designed to prevent the distribution of free tickets to members of the legislature. … Continued

In June 1985 local authorities learned of a bogus driver’s license ring operating at UT and being run by UT students. Up to two hundred driver’s licenses were manufactured by three students in the Reese Hall dormitory room of Thomas Wayne Hodge, a freshman in business. Hodge and Paul Reyes, a freshman in architecture, were … Continued

The ticket allocation policy adopted by the Athletics Department in 2004 required that, beginning with the 2006 football season, all sideline seats would require a minimum donation to the Volunteer Student Athletic Fund (VASF), with the amount being set by the desirability of the seats. Effective for the 2004 football season, grandfathered sideline ticket holders … Continued

J. M. Forgey was employed as a football team trainer in approximately 1910. When Robert Neyland became head coach in 1926, he obtained a team physician and an expert trainer (Mickey O’Brien) who took over part of Forgey’s duties, and Forgey continued his work in rubbing down players and assisting with training activities until his … Continued