A 1977 graduate of the College of Communication and Information (Journalism and Communications), Chris Grabenstein was best known on campus for his roles at the Clarence Brown Theatre and Hunter Hills Theatre, and he also wrote for the Daily Beacon. Following graduation, he moved to New York and worked at a bank by day and … Continued

Grace Moore had told friends that when she retired she intended to present her farewell concert at the University of Tennessee and to donate the proceeds to a scholarship fund in the UT Music Department. The 1947 plane crash, near Copenhagen in which she died, prevented this from happening; but in the spring of 1949, … Continued

In 1871 the faculty committee on marks worked out a detailed system of recording and averaging daily grades ranging from zero to five, with a zero for every unexcused average. In 1878 the faculty voted that any student “whose combined work shall fall below 2.50 or whose examination shall fall below 2.0 shall be conditioned.” … Continued

The Office of Admissions and Records, Student Government, and Voice FX Corporation initiated grade availability through phones or the Internet in August 1997 as a cost-saving experiment. Students checking grades by phone or on the web encountered brief advertisements provided by Voice FX Corporation. The outsourcing initially cost $6,000 a year and was designed to … Continued

With the adoption of quality points in 1933, students who dropped courses after the course had met as many times as that course carried credit received an LC (Left Class) or an F. In 1943 the rule was changed to giving the LC only if the course had not met as many times as the … Continued

Effective summer quarter 1983 for all students entering UT, all final grades in repeated courses were counted in grade point averages, instead of only the last one received.

Essentially replacing a “graduate committee,” the Graduate Council was established by vote of the faculty in July 1949 and held its first meeting in December 1949. Each college or comparable unit was to be represented by one faculty member, and the council was to be chaired by the dean of the Graduate School.

While the university formally established a graduate department in 1912, graduate study was first instituted in 1872. The board of trustees accepted recommendations of the faculty on February 15, 1879, which provided definite authority and specific requirements for awarding the graduate degrees of civil engineer, mining engineer, doctor of philosophy, and master of arts on … Continued

The UT Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Graduate School of Education within the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences in February 2009, and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission added its approval in April. The school opened on July 1, 2009. Although 39 colleges and universities in Tennessee offered teacher training programs … Continued

The Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, offered by UT and ORNL, is a part of the Joint Institute for Biological Sciences. It offers the PhD degree, primarily, but also has a master’s track for some students. It traces its roots to the UT-Oak Ridge Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, which was approved by … Continued