Phyllis “Sally” Carter, a supervisor in the UT College of Law Library, was found dead in the White Avenue Parking Garage on February 24, 2014, about 5:57 a.m. Carter, age 60, of Maryville, had worked at UT since 1979. Officials indicated that Carter had parked her Toyota Prius but had apparently left it in neutral … Continued

Knoxville City Council approved UT’s proposal to install parking meters on campus prior to fall quarter on July 29, 1976. The Traffic and Parking Authority had requested that UT seek permission to install meters as a means of controlling short-term parking.  The original 24 meters cost UT $3,000 the first year and $12 per meter … Continued

Parking around the periphery of the Hill and on Middle Drive was established in the early part of the twentieth century. In January 1921 parking was banned from the top of the Hill until Ayres Hall could be completed. Parking in front of the Austin Peay Building was established with the renovation and expansion of … Continued

A UT Police Study Task Force appointed by Chancellor Quinn employed Ron Mason, chief of the University of Missouri Police Department, serving as a consultant for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, to make recommendations about improving the department and confidence in the department. He issued his report in August 1991, and two … Continued

In fall 1944 areas for parking for students, faculty, and administration were established, and parking stickers were issued.

Partners in Sports, the student organization for University of Tennessee sport management majors, was begun in 1999 as a partnership in which corporations donate funds for the improvement of academics and in turn receive interns and student help with projects on campus and in the community. The organization’s founder was Professor Buck Jones. The organization … Continued

Dolly Parton received an honorary doctor of humane and musical letters at the Arts and Sciences Spring Commencement May 9, 2009, in recognition of her philanthropic work and musical success. While her career as musician, actress, and songwriter is well documented, her philanthropic endeavors are less well celebrated. In 1996 she founded the Imagination Library … Continued

The Party of Darkness was formed as a student political party to offer candidates for Student Government Association offices. It was created in 1994 as a political joke, to poke fun at the institution of student government. After a few years, the party solidified and began to take an active role in attempting to strengthen … Continued

In 1925 this 27,380-square-foot facility was built as the University Power Plant. It replaced Estabrook Hall as the power plant. The new power plant originally provided electricity and steam for heating the entire campus and the agricultural campus. It was a cogeneration operation much ahead of its time. It ceased to produce electricity but continued … Continued

In 1967 the Faculty Senate first authorized eligible juniors and seniors to take certain courses under a Pass/Fail grading system in order to encourage students to take courses outside their fields of special competence with less pressure or competition for grades. That system has evolved to the Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) grading device, which is an … Continued