The student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is an affiliate of ASME International, which was founded in 1880.

The ASLHA was founded in 1925 as the American Academy of Speech Correction. It assumed its current name in 1978. It accredits the master of speech pathology and the doctorate in audiology in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.

In 1917 the University of Tennessee joined the new American University Union in Europe, which had its headquarters in Paris and planned to establish branch headquarters in London and other European cities where college men were engaged in war work. The organization grew out of the decision of the Yale Corporation to establish a Yale … Continued

The American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council of Education fully accredited the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in spring 1979. The college maintained this accreditation during each subsequent accreditation review. The US Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) recognize the AVMA through the CoE as the accrediting agency for veterinary schools … Continued

In 1986, with a $408,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its own matching funds, the Center for Telecommunications and Video produced a series of 30 children’s television shows that taught Spanish language and culture to children in kindergarten to second grade. The programs featured a six-foot tall Spanish-speaking dog named Perro Pepe … Continued

The City of Knoxville levied its amusement tax on tickets to UT athletics events and other tickets issued by the institution in 1951, and UT paid $18,200. In 1952 Tennessee Attorney General Roy Beeler issued a ruling that UT would be exempt from the amusement tax, including tickets sold for athletics events. In 1982, as … Continued

Planning and fundraising for the $45 million Anderson Training Center, the home of Volunteer football, began in 2007, and the facility was in use in 2012. It was dedicated on April 19, 2013. It includes offices for coaches and administrators, team and position meeting rooms, a lounge for players, and state-of-the-art spaces for strength and … Continued

Bill Anderson served as color analyst for the Vol football network from 1968 to 1999 and worked with John Ward. Bill Anderson was cocaptain of the 1957 football team and was an assistant football coach at UT in 1964. He was an All-Pro receiver for the Washington Redskins from 1958 to 1963 and was a … Continued

Charles Anderson, CEO of Anderson Media, the nation’s largest magazine and book distribution company, enrolled at UT on an athletic scholarship in 1972. He was a three-year letterman in football and earned the baccalaureate degree in business administration, majoring in marketing in 1976. Upon graduation he joined Anderson News Company, the family’s book and magazine … Continued

Born near Philadelphia, Joseph Anderson was a Revolutionary War soldier; one of the judges of the Territory South of the River Ohio, of which Knoxville was the capital; a long-term US Senator from Tennessee; and the first comptroller of the United States Treasury. In 1794, when the Territorial Assembly issued the charter establishing Blount College, … Continued