Men’s ice hockey at UT is a club sport begun in 1967 that has achieved national attention. In 1987 the UT team became the Southern Division Champions of the Southern Collegiate Hockey Association League, attracting average crowds of five hundred for their 11:15 p.m. games at the Ice Chalet. In 1991 they competed as a … Continued

The Indigenous Mound on the UT agricultural campus is more than a thousand years old.  It was incorporated into the campus in 1869 when the university purchased the farm of Matthew McClung for use as the agricultural campus. The mound is 12 feet high and is more oval than round. An archaeological report prepared in … Continued

The Manthan Indian Students Organization has evolved from the India Association, established at UT in 1965. The Manthan-ISO arranges for the celebration of various Indian festivals by Indian students and also has regular Indian cookouts. In September 2003 the organization first published a magazine, Rendezvous, to keep UT Indian students and potential students informed about … Continued

Prior to June 1994, student identification cards were validated each quarter/semester by application of a paper stamp upon them, which required that students wait in line for the validation. Beginning in June 1994, the university adopted an identification card system that allowed for electronic validation that the cardholder had paid fees for the current term. … Continued

In 1889–90 the Knoxville Register reported that the university had a complete system of drains and sewers. It also reported that a system of underground cisterns that collected the rain from slate roofs “supplies the purest drinking water.”

The Ignite program began as an opportunity for three hundred incoming freshmen to take part in a three-day retreat at Coker Creek, in Tellico, Tennessee, designed to help students shape skills offered through the Center for Leadership and Service in the Division of Student Life. In 2013, when statistics showing that 94 percent of Ignite … Continued

Located on the Knoxville College campus, the Industrial Department provided education to Negro State Scholarship students from 1891 until 1912. (African American State Scholarship appointees to UT were enrolled at Knoxville College from 1884 to 1890 but were Knoxville College students, with UT paying their tuition.) From 1884 to 1991, the KC president sent a … Continued

IMPACT was begun in 2013 as a student organization dedicated to promoting campus traditions and school spirit and to encouraging a culture of student philanthropy. It was absorbed by the Student Alumni Associates in 2014. The group’s largest effort was the I Heart UT Week, held for the first time in 2013. The week encouraged … Continued

At least three infirmaries preceded the first structure built to provide outpatient student health services—the Student Health Services Building on Andy Holt Avenue, completed in 1975. In 1875 the trustees allocated two upper-story rooms in the Janney Building for an infirmary, and the building became commonly referred to as “the infirmary.” In 1923 the former … Continued