Vol Voices was the cheering section for football games founded in 1935 by the Beaver Club.

Head Coach Johnny Majors and his team performed the first Vol Walk into Neyland Stadium before the Alabama game on October 20, 1990. They marched from Bill Gibbs Hall down Yale Avenue (now Peyton Manning Pass) and Stadium Drive (now Phillip Fulmer Way) into Neyland Stadium about two hours before kickoff. In 1989 the team … Continued

The Vol Walk of Life, an event established in 2009 through efforts of the Student Government Association and the Student Success Center, offered all students an opportunity to learn about the multitude of academic services and opportunities available at UT Knoxville. It provided information about academic services and programs available for enrolled students at all … Continued

A unique program—Vol-un-steer—begun in February 1952, joined the UT Athletics Department and the UT Department of Animal Husbandry to provide educational experience for the agricultural students and meat for the athletes’ training table. The Athletics Department was to build a herd of approximately 50 cattle from contributions of cattle or of money to purchase cattle. … Continued

Volapalooza, UT’s free concert celebrating the end of the school year, was initiated by the Campus Entertainment Board in 2002. The initial event, held in Circle Park with a few local bands, attracted about eight hundred people. Because it outgrew Circle Park, the concert was moved to Fiji Island. In 2004 Grad Finale, featuring live … Continued

VolAware is a yearlong initiative to address mental health awareness, suicide prevention, and wellness. In October 2006 the Counseling Center and the UT Safety Environment and Education Center hosted the first annual VolAware, a two-day event targeting mental health awareness, wellness, and suicide prevention. VolAware seeks to teach students to recognize signs of distress in … Continued

The VolCard is the name for the university’s identification card. All faculty, staff, students, and retirees have VolCards, which allow checking out books from the UT Libraries, admission to various events and activities, and use of restricted facilities. The card also serves as a meal card for students in the meal plan program and can, … Continued

On October 23, 1937, seventy-five coeds with flashy capes of orange and white participated in halftime activities at the Tennessee vs. Sewanee football game (Tennessee 32; Sewanee 0). Organized under the supervision of bandmaster Ernest W. Hall, the women’s drill team and its baton-twirling drill major Mildred Alexander (UT’s first majorette) introduced a new kind … Continued

Volleyball was introduced into the mandatory physical training course for men in 1921. Volleyball was one of the original seven women’s intercollegiate sports in 1976–77.

Volleyball had been played as a club sport since 1961. In 1973 Vice Chancellor Howard Aldmon announced that women’s intercollegiate athletics would be moved from the club sport level to the institutional level and coordinated by the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation’s Women’s Physical Education Department. Seven sports were elevated, one of which … Continued