The Humanities and Social Sciences Building is the classroom part of a complex designed by Painter, Weeks, McCarty and dedicated in 1968. The project won a first prize for design of college academic buildings for its separation of instructional facilities from faculty offices, linking them with an overpass, and provision of an outdoor plaza area … Continued
Carpenter James N. Boyd was killed in 1967 during the construction of the building. He fell into an unfinished stairwell, fracturing his skull.
Planning began for the Humanities Center in 2007, and the center celebrated its inauguration with a formal opening on September 5, 2012. Dr. Thomas Heffernan, Kenneth Curry Professor of English, was the first director.
See North College/Humes Hall.
Established in 1968 the Humes Hall Residents Association provides a wide range of activities and functions for residents.
Originally called New Hall South and renamed Humes Hall in November 1966, Humes Hall was opened for women residents in fall 1966. It is part of the Presidential Complex of residence halls, and is named for the 10th president of the university, Thomas Humes. The facility accommodates more than five hundred women. The contractor for … Continued
A 1:30 p.m. fire in the fifth-floor study lounge on January 28, 2008, sent a student and two staff members to UT Medical Center suffering from smoke inhalation. The entire fifth-floor floor was filled with smoke. The two staff members who suffered smoke inhalation problems were the two who first attacked the fire with fire … Continued
The 10th president of the university, Thomas Humes graduated from the university in 1830 (at the age of 15) and received the master’s degree in 1833. He studied theology at the university with Professor Stephen Foster and then spent a term (1835) at Princeton Theological Seminary. He left the pursuit of theology upon finding that … Continued
The Humming Humbug was an annual supplement to the student newspaper the Orange and White, often published close to April Fool’s Day.
In 1965 alumnus R. L. Maples (attended 1928–32) and his wife, Wilma, of Gatlinburg, gave the university an outdoor theatre in Gatlinburg. Maples had built the mountainside theatre in 1955 for the staging of Chucky Jack, a play about Tennessee’s first governor, John Sevier. The grand opening performance was in 1956. The theatre was named … Continued