Founded in 1904 at the University of Wisconsin, Scabbard and Blade is a national honorary society for advanced members of the Army ROTC program. Membership is limited to the top 10 percent of the Cadet Corps at any of the member institutions. The “Military Ball” was one of the main Scabbard and Blade activities. A … Continued

In September 1985 the university center initiated the Student Computer Access and Learning Environment (SCALE) computer laboratory in 248-49 of the center, offering students access to IBM PCs and to both letter quality and dot matrix printers. The center was open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 8:00 p.m., … Continued

The Scarabbean Society was organized in the latter part of 1914 and the spring of 1915 as a senior honor society. Founded as a secret society (but sometimes allowing its members to identify themselves in yearbooks and other publications), it held its initiations away from the campus—at one time in a cave on Cherokee Bluff. … Continued

Phil Scheurer earned the baccalaureate degree in special education from Trenton State College (1965) and the MS in education from Southern Illinois University (1967). He joined the UT staff in 1967 as assistant dean of students for fraternity affairs. He served as director of student activities (1968–76), dean of student activities (1976–83), and associate vice … Continued

Ronald Schlicher (BA History, 1978; JD, 1981) was sworn in as ambassador to Cyprus in December 2005 and assumed the post in 2006. He served from 2006 to 2008. Schlicher entered the Foreign Service in January 1982. Prior to being named ambassador, he was a deputy assistant secretary and coordinator for Iraq, and during the … Continued

Rhodes Scholar (1905) Bernadotte E. Schmitt received the BA degree from UT in 1904 at age 18. As a Rhodes Scholar, he attended Merton College at Oxford, where he received an Oxonian BA in 1908 and an MA in 1913. He received the PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1910. He had a distinguished … Continued

A professor of mathematics, Cooper D. Schmitt earned the BA from Mercersburg College in 1879 and the MA from the University of Virginia in 1884. He served as mathematics master at Pantops Academy from 1884 to 1889 and then joined UT as assistant professor of mathematics. Schmitt served as head of the Mathematics Department from … Continued

Dr. Schofield joined the university’s faculty of the Nutrition Department in the College of Home Economics (later, the College Human Ecology and now part of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) in 1948, where she served until her retirement in 1972. She also held a research appointment in the Institute of Agriculture.  She … Continued

In 1970 UT Press published a picture book of UT’s first 175 years. Its title was Scholars and Scamps: The University in Pictures, 1794–1970. Neal and Margaret O’Steen were editors.

In 1985 UT instituted an annual high school scholars bowl as a recruiting tool for UT. The program was discontinued in the early 1990s.