In spring quarter 1952, UT inaugurated an Aviation Flight Training Program, the first university-level program of its kind in the South. Offered in the Transportation Department of the College of Business, the training was available as an elective for any student, and academic credit was given. Civil Aeronautics Authority instructors conducted ground school on the … Continued
A four-time All-American in track, NCAA high hurdle champion, NCAA record holder in two track events, six-time SEC champion who appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated leaping hurdles, Richmond Flowers “also played a little football,” being named an All-American in his sophomore year (1966) as a wingback, playing on an SEC championship team, and … Continued
In 1916 the Agricultural Extension Service launched a “fly and sanitation” campaign, the promotional material for which proclaimed: “The day is near when it will be considered as much disgrace to have flies in the home as it is to have bed bugs.”
Emerson Harold Fly of Milan, Tennessee, was elected acting president of the university on June 1, 2001, exactly 40 years to the day after he started to work for the university. On October 25, 2002, following the appointment of Dr. John Shumaker to the presidency, the board of trustees removed the term acting from Fly’s … Continued
The Friends of the Gardens (FOG) is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 1992 to provide financial and volunteer support for the UT Gardens.
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
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 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
In 1922 a university cafeteria was established in the basement of South College, under the direction of the Home Economics Department. That cafeteria was replaced by the larger one in Sophronia Strong Hall operated by the College of Home Economics’ Institutional Management Program headed by Ruth Buckley. Students both devised recipes for the Strong Hall … Continued
UT Dining Service’s neon green food truck, La Lola Loca, quickly captured a following when it hit the streets (mostly near Hess Hall or Neyland Stadium) in 2012. It offered a wide variety of meat and meatless items, including the popular “lola’rito,” a large burrito with rice, beans, cilantro, tomatoes, and cheese, and packed with … Continued