Construction on the $18.6 million Student Health Center on Volunteer Boulevard began on March 1, 2010, and the building opened for spring semester 2012, being dedicated on January 20, 2012. Original plans to have the building ready for occupancy by July 4, 2011, were trumped by weather-related delays during construction. The building of just under … Continued

A Student Health Fee was first imposed in 1875 by increasing the incidentals fee by $1. A fee of $81 per semester for full-time students was imposed in fall 2011.

As of September 1, 2001, Student Health Services discontinued the long-standing practice of providing excuse notes for missed classes. Student Health Services Administrator Jim Boyle indicated that the decision was reached because some students desiring an excuse came in with “exaggerated symptoms” requiring X-rays or lab tests that usually came back negative, or they requested … Continued

Student Health Services established a Women’s Health Clinic in March 2000 and hired a nurse practitioner to head it. While services geared toward female students had been previously provided, the services available were expanded, and female students had to deal with only one practitioner instead of having to see different doctors for services.

In 2008 the Student Government Association proposed that the board of trustees enact a $10-per-year International Education Fee. The Center for International Education would administer the funds to provide scholarships for students studying abroad. The board of trustees approved the fee in June 2008. Beginning in fall 2008, the fee was assessed upon all full-time … Continued

Dr. Thomas Humes’ nephew, Charles, published two articles in the 1882 Chi-Delta Crescent that the faculty and administration found objectionable. One article criticized lazy professors and inferred that one of the mathematics teachers fit the description. The second article criticized a textbook used in a law course because it contained a “slur” against “the great … Continued

In February 1891, while the regular editor of the University Student was being replaced by a temporary editor, an article previously rejected by the regular editor, “Rationalism—A Necessity,” was printed. A large number of students were concerned that the general public would believe that the article represented their views, and a majority of the students … Continued

In April 1898 students supporting the cause of Cuba against Spain and the entry of the United States into the conflict carried Cuban and American flags and paraded in downtown Knoxville. Upon returning to the campus, they built a towering bonfire and tossed blank cartridges into the flames, while cadet artillerymen fired a cannon. A … Continued

On March 16, 1920, a mass meeting of the women students of the university was held, and resolutions were unanimously adopted calling for women students to have the same rights and privileges as men; for women’s athletics to be allowed to develop to the same extent as in other colleges; for women’s intercollegiate basketball and … Continued

In 1925 students used the annual circus parade and a petition to the legislature to indicate their displeasure over passage of the Butler Bill. Five floats in the parade ridiculed the law. One float featured a grave in which Darwin’s theory was buried and a live monkey played about the tomb. Another carried a cage … Continued