On September 10, 2008, the Department of Art held a ceremony to name its new French Tool Printing Press in honor of Betsy Worden. Worden, who is a UT graduate and a respected member of the Knoxville artist community, created works in watercolor, weaving, and printmaking. In 2005 the Betsy Worden printmaking fund was established … Continued

BGLO stands for Black Greek Letter Organizations, a coordinating organization through which black sororities and fraternities combine to address common problems and to participate in philanthropic activities. The principal difference between the historically African American fraternities and sororities and their historically white counterparts is that the African American organizations are first and foremost service organizations. … Continued

Mr. Harry Moskos, editor of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, approached the university about the possibility of preparing a pictorial or text book to commemorate UT’s bicentennial and to be published by Scripps Howard Publishing Inc. at no cost to the institution. Original plans were to have the book prepared by a News-Sentinel writer working with J. … Continued

In 1992 Dean Jacky Orlando DeJong of the College of Human Ecology arranged for the library’s human ecology specialist to join the staff of the college to collect material for a history of the college, which would be available for alumni on Charter Day 1994. Former and present faculty and the librarian did much work. … Continued

Ms. Sammie Lynn Puett, the chair of the UT system’s Bicentennial Committee, suggested to Dr. Milton Klein (retired professor of history serving as part-time university historian) that a selection of the vignettes he had been publishing since 1988 for the chancellor’s newsletter, Context (about people and events associated with the university’s history), should be drawn … Continued

As part of the campus celebration of the bicentennial of the issuing of its charter, the Knoxville Philatelic Society worked with a UT Knoxville committee to design a commemorative cachet and US postal cancellation for the Charter Day celebration on September 12. The cachet is a number 9 envelope (accommodating eight-and-a-half inch by eleven-inch paper) … Continued

On September 12, 1994, UT Knoxville revived the tradition of celebrating Charter Day. The actual day of chartering (September 10) fell on Saturday and was celebrated by a football victory over Georgia in Athens. Charter Day activities included an exhibit at the McClung Museum; open houses throughout the university; campus tours; a special postal cancellation … Continued

The Knoxville Coca-Cola Bottling Company and other Tennessee Coca-Cola bottlers produced a limited edition eight-ounce Coca-Cola Classic bottle and custom-designed six-pack carrier commemorating UT’s bicentennial. The product was available statewide in retail grocery and convenience stores.

On September 12, celebrated as Charter Day (UT was actually chartered on September 10, but September 10 fell on Saturday in 1994, and the football team was beating Georgia at Athens), a convocation and investiture of the chancellor was held at Thompson-Boling Arena. Speakers for the convocation were Robert H. Atwell, president of the American … Continued

For the Charter Day academic convocation and Investiture of the Chancellor, Ms. Jamesena Miller, associate director of UT Food Services, created a special torch dessert, which incorporated the bicentennial logo.