In 1996, effective for fall semester 1997, upon the recommendation of the Student Senate and the Student Government Association’s Undergraduate Academic Council, the board of trustees approved at its fall meeting, a Technology Fee of $12 per credit hour, with a $100 maximum per semester. Administrators indicated that the funds collected would enhance network and … Continued

When UT purchased its own telephone switch, it arranged for long-distance service through AT&T, and STAN cards were issued to students so that calls, which had to be made with the assistance of an operator, could be charged at the direct-dial rate. In 1983 AT&T announced that it would no longer provide STAN cards. UT … Continued

Will Carver, Student Government Association president proposed, and SGA passed, a bill to investigate a comprehensive UT transit system in early 1999. SGA worked with the Traffic and Parking Authority to investigate the situation at other universities and then to propose routes and stops. The original date for implementation, including the instigation of a transportation … Continued

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs conducted a large-scale survey of students in spring 2005 concerning possible renovations to and expansion of the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center. Vice Chancellor Tim Rogers characterized the survey as a “needs assessment” to begin the planning process. Some of the suggested needs included a … Continued

The Student-Faculty Organizations Board was a student-faculty committee, which originally (1938) consisted of four students, three faculty members, an executive secretary, and the dean of the university, who served as chair. The board made policies regarding student organizations on campus and made allocations from student activities fee collections to various campus organizations. In order to … Continued

The student organization Students for Equal Treatment (SET) was formed in spring 1962 by African American students seeking to desegregate off-campus eating establishments and movie theaters. Marion Barry, graduate student in chemistry (and future mayor of Washington, DC) was among the organizers and served as its first chair. Others active in its establishment included Avon … Continued

Two students who worked together in the Reference Department of Hodges Library and were walking home from work just after midnight were killed when a green 1977 Buick Regal, traveling at a high rate of speed and driven by Gregory Darren Guhy, age 19, struck them. Guhy left the scene of the accident without stopping. … Continued

In spring 1983 the Student Counseling Center formed a group of reentry students to develop a support network of enrolled older (over 25) students that could assist entering older students. Their primary activity was a brown-bag lunch on Mondays at the Counseling Center. Chancellor Jack Reese appointed a committee to study the problems of older … Continued

Internationally known soprano Cheryl Studer attended UT from 1975 to 1979. Leonard Bernstein offered her full scholarships to study for three consecutive summers at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood (1975–77). Studer debuted at Tanglewood in 1976 in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She then appeared in a series of concerts … Continued