Paul Russell Haley, a UT psychology major, was one of the one hundred students chosen to receive the first Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships in the inaugural year of the grants, 1970.

Flash Waves in libraries at the onset of final examinations began at the University of North Carolina with such an event on December 9, 2008. UT’s first flash wave was in the Jack E. Reese Galleria of Hodges Library on May 7, 2009, complete with thousands of students, loud music, cheers, dancing and jumping around, … Continued

Student maintenance fees and tuition first exceeded state appropriations in 2011.

In 1991 University Studies 1000 (now First Year Studies 101: The UT Experience) was transferred as a one-credit course from the University Studies Program to what is now the Student Success Center, forming the nucleus of introduction to the institution and personal growth as a college student for entering freshmen. A companion course, First Year … Continued

All incoming freshmen were automatically enrolled in the mandatory First Year Studies 100 for the first time in summer 2011. The course incorporated the Life of the Mind program, which had not enjoyed major participation. The class, organized by the Student Success Center, included activities such as Classlane—interactive PowerPoints that presented student success strategies, reading … Continued

In fall 1976 funding for 10 scholarships ($25,000) was provided for women’s athletics. The basketball program received four; swimming and track each received two and one-fourth; tennis received one; volleyball received one-half. Ann Baker (Furrow) was the first woman to hold an athletic scholarship in 1964 and 1965 when she played on the men’s varsity … Continued

“Fish Skin” was the nickname for the UT cadet uniform worn by male students beginning in 1844. Freshmen were commonly referred to as “fish.”

The first trophy awarded to a UT women’s athletic team was the first place trophy won by the volleyball team in 1959 at the East Tennessee State University’s invitational volleyball tournament. Female students in the UT Physical Education Department asked their instructor, Jean Wells, to take them.

Dr. Fisher, an authority on medieval literature and the English language, was appointed to the John C. Hodges Professorship in English in 1972. He served as head of the English Department from 1976 to 1978. In 1979 he was named a Chancellor’s Research Scholar. Fisher wrote many essays in scholarly journals and authored or edited … Continued

See Barbara Blount Hall.