Orange and white are the UT colors.

Although drawing and other art courses were taught in the art program within the College of Home Economics soon after the turn of the century and summer classes were provided in art as early as 1928, the School of Art, as a fine arts program, dates from 1948, when C. Kermit Ewing came to Knoxville … Continued

In 1971 the School of Information Sciences was established as the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. Preparation for careers in library work, however, date at least to the 1912 summer session, which offered courses in library work for teachers and students, followed by the 1928 establishment within the College of Liberal Arts (now … Continued

Completion of the new Mechanical Building in 1888 made it possible for President Dabney to institute a School of Mechanic Arts. This school acted as a service program to other degree-granting curricula. Within it, one might take a year of woodworking (meeting six hours a week), one term in forging, about a year and a … Continued

The School of Music was founded in 1946 as part of the establishment of the Department of Fine Arts but dates itself from the 1947 first offering of the bachelor of arts degree with a major in music. Music courses had been offered for credit for more than a decade within the College of Education, … Continued

Stanford University’s School Planning Laboratory was established in 1951 with a grant from the Ford Foundation to assist schools and colleges with facilities issues, principally related to renovations and new construction. The Ford Foundation then established Educational Facilities Laboratories in New York in 1958, and Stanford became a regional laboratory for EFL. In 1961 UT’s … Continued

See Alma Mater; Fight Song; “Rocky Top.”

Dr. Schuller received the DVM at the University of Giessen and then earned the PhD in pathology at the Hanover (Germany) College of Veterinary Medicine, where she served as assistant professor for six years. In 1978 she immigrated to the United States and worked at the Frederick Cancer Research Institute in Frederick, Maryland, and the … Continued

In the summer of 1941, George P. Schultz, who would serve as dean of the University of Chicago’s School of Business (1962–69); US Secretary of Labor (1969–70); US Secretary of the Treasury (1972–74); US Secretary of State (1982–89), and an executive and president of Bechtel, lived on campus and did research for his undergraduate senior … Continued