Wilma Stokely’s appointment as adjunct professor of English was announced on June 28, 1985, at the opening session of “Our Creative Community,” a two-day festival spotlighting Tennessee’s fine arts and folk arts. A member of the College of Liberal Arts Board of Visitors, she had been a guest lecturer and commencement speaker (1980) at UT. … Continued

Dr. Stollar joined the faculty of the university’s College of Education in 1963 and served as head of the Department of Educational Leadership from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. He became nationally recognized for his work in public school finance and education law, and he published widely in these fields. Among his books are … Continued

Art Stolnitz graduated in 1952 from the College of Law. The day after receiving his degree, Stolnitz left for California. After several months, he began working for the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills in the legal department, when someone had quit only minutes before his arrival to apply for a job. He became vice … Continued

The annual Southeastern Stomp Fest, a stepping competition in which primarily African American Greek organizations compete for a title based on their stepping skills, was begun in 2000. The event is annually sponsored and hosted by the Black Cultural Programming Committee and the Office of Multicultural Student Life. The performances are mostly UT Greek organizations, … Continued

Dr. Jerry Stoneking joined the faculty in 1975 as associate professor after earning his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and teaching at Clarkson University in New York and at the University of South Carolina. In 1984 he was named head of the Science and Engineering Mechanics Department, and he … Continued

See College of Home Economics/College of Human Ecology; First Female Faculty Member.

Roshaunda Ross, Chris Brown, Keianna Richard, Robyn Lee, and Marrissa Weaver, all majoring or minoring in theater, were displeased with the small number of African American roles in plays produced through the Theatre Department, so they founded the African American student theatre group Strange Fruit in 2002. The first project was production of The Colored … Continued

Provost (later Chancellor) Loren Crabtree initiated a strategic planning process to create a contemporary strategic plan in early 2002. He indicated that the plan should move the institution forward and that budget allocations should be directly related to it. The first draft of “A Plan for the New Century” was released for review by university … Continued

Chancellor Crabtree launched a strategic planning process, led by Provost Robert Holub, in November 2007 “to create a campus firmly committed to academic and scholarly excellence.” The overall goal was to become one of the nation’s best public research universities. The initiation of the process followed the presentation of President John Petersen’s institutional plan to … Continued

Streaking came to the UT campus in 1974, with scores of reported incidents during the five-day period from February 28 to March 4. The first incident was on Thursday, February 28, when a group of some 50 streakers appeared sporadically at the Presidential Complex, a short way down from Massey Hall, where a large panty … Continued