Hosted by the Institute of Agriculture’s Organic and Sustainable Crops Unit, the weekly farmers market at the UT Gardens began in spring 2010. Produce sold at the market is locally grown and produced by using organic and sustainable practices, including produce from UT’s organic farm. The UT Organic and Sustainable Crop Production Program instituted a … Continued

A protest letter signed by 39 faculty and staff was sent to Vice Chancellor John Peters following his 1996 appointment of Professor Charles Glisson as interim dean of the College of Social Work. African American associate dean of the college Jeannette Jennings had expressed interest in being appointed. Peters met with representatives of the group, … Continued

The FarmHouse Club was organized at UT on February 1, 1957, for the purpose of becoming a chapter of FarmHouse Fraternity. The group petitioned the Inter-Fraternity Council for permission to affiliate with the national in 1958 but was refused. The group then petitioned the Administrative Council and was approved. The group received a charter on … Continued

Founded by Mrs. Brown Ayres in 1912, all women faculty members and wives of professors were automatically members of the organization.

The Calendar Committee officially instituted Fall Break in 1990 as a one-day holiday on October 5. The idea for a fall break was raised in the spring of 1988 by Elizabeth McKenzie, then chair of the Undergraduate Academic Council, who noted that a fall break had not been included in the new semester calendar. The … Continued