In 1984 UT initiated a campus-wide food drive to assist the SHARE Food Bank, a United Way Agency, which collected donated food from the community and food industry for distribution to 350 charitable programs in East Tennessee. Boxes for collection were placed in each building, and Facilities Services employees picked up the donations and delivered … Continued

On September 25, 2004 (Vols 30, Florida 28), the new football locker room under the north stands at Neyland Stadium was dedicated. The “locker room project” of the Athletics Department involved soliciting funds to name lockers after former players, coaches (e.g., Gary Wyant), or those associated with the program (e.g., Tim Kerin and Robert Rubright). … Continued

One of the five Knoxville Research Centers of Excellence designated in 2001 by President Wade Gilley, this previously existing center brings specialists in biochemistry, reproductive biology, food service management, parasitology, infectious diseases, and risk assessment together to increase efforts toward destroying or controlling food-borne pathogens. Principals in the center are faculty in the Departments of … Continued

The numbers of four football players killed in World War II were retired. The numbers of William E. Nowling, fullback and 1943 senior class president (lettered in 1940, 1941, and 1942); Rudolph (Rudy) Klarer, Tennessee’s “Flying Dutchman” of the gridiron (lettered in 1941 and 1942); Willis N. Tucker, who entered the army in 1941 as … Continued

The Food Technology Club was established at UT in 1968 with the expectation of receiving a charter from the national Institute of Food Technologists in 1970. The Institute of Food Technologists was founded in 1939. The name of the club evolved to Food Technology and Science Club and then to Food Science Club. The club … Continued

Appointed in 1900 Anne Gibson was the first physical education teacher for women. Prior to this, on certain days of the week, women were admitted on sufferance to the university gymnasium, where they could use the basketball courts and other equipment.

In 1998 UT physics professor Dr. Bill Blass and two colleagues, from the Goddard Space Flight Center and New Mexico State University, utilized a NASA camera (the Acousto-Optic imaging Spectrometer) used to study Martian rocks to determine the specific areas of repair needed on the United States Flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, … Continued

When women were readmitted to the university in 1893, the acting dean of women, Angie Villette Warren Perkins, assisted them to form a student government organization, which was named The Woman’s League of the University of Tennessee. The constitution of the organization was published in 1895.

A new service, For Learning About Student Hassles, or FLASH was initiated November 4, 1973. The program used a set of prerecorded tapes to help students find solutions to common problems. The program, sponsored by the Student Coordinating Council and the Student Activities Office, offered tapes on subjects ranging from family planning to bus routes. … Continued