The Blount College (original name of UT) building was on Gay Street. In the 1870s Knoxvillians pledged funds to try to have the Central Methodist University located in Knoxville. University Avenue was named by the city, demarking the proposed location of the institution in an effort to further enhance the chances of its establishment, but … Continued
Tennessee’s 8-0-1 record included the Thanksgiving Day scoreless tie with Kentucky, while Georgia Tech, also 8-0-1, had been tied by Washington and Lee, a non-SIAA institution. In 1916 the fact that Georgia Tech was the champion was not disputed, but somehow, over the years, UT’s official records began to list 1916 as a championship year … Continued
No studies have been conducted specifically to test the veracity of the myth that students who walk on the seal on the Joe Johnson-John Ward Pedestrian Mall will not graduate.
The story goes that William Blount wanted his daughter to attend the new college being founded and that he refused to sign the charter until women were permitted to attend the institution and that they attended from the very beginning. The resolution chartering Blount College, introduced by William Cocke, however, passed as presented, with the … Continued
MyUTK, the student/faculty/staff integrated online portal to give access to the newly installed Banner student information system, went live on September 20, 2010, beginning the transition from Circle Park Online to MyUTK.
The UT student chapter of the NAACP held its first official meeting and was recognized as a student organization on November 14, 1989.
The first UT-affiliated individual to serve as a judge at a Winter Olympics event was Dr. Igor Nabelek. Nabelek, a professor of audiology and speech pathology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville until his retirement in 1997, served as a judge for long-jump competition in skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New … Continued
The Nahheeyayli Club was organized in fall 1924 by the Men’s Pan-Hellenic Council for the purpose of promoting a better spirit of fellowship among students and placing social activities in the university on the highest possible plane. From that time on, the Nahheeyayli Board was the only on-campus organization permitted to book “out of town” … Continued
Names of the institution have included the following: Blount College, 1794–1807; East Tennessee College, 1807–40 (a rechartering); East Tennessee University, 1840–79; and the University of Tennessee, 1879–present. In 1968 the UT Board of Trustees reorganized the university into a statewide “system” with primary campuses in Knoxville, Martin, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Memphis (Medical Units). A chancellor … Continued
In 1920 Eleanora Nance became a maid in the Foods Department of the College of Home Economics, a post she would hold for 37 years. During those years, she wound into a ball of twine notes of events, notes about people, keepsakes, and other memorabilia. When a portion of the Home Economics Building in which … Continued