At the November 27 breakfast for members of the state legislature, Dr. Joe Johnson unveiled the bicentennial logo and an electronic historical pamphlet. The pamphlet was located within a kiosk at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center and was accessible through use of a touch-screen computer. The kiosk also provided campus maps and way-finding … Continued

Summer research grants of $2,500 each allowed the composition of five-minute bicentennial fanfares by three professors in the School of Music. The fanfares were first played at the School of Music’s Bicentennial Signature Event.

As part of the bicentennial celebration of UT’s chartering, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends were asked to keep journals during Charter Week, September 10–16. Participants were asked to entitle the journal “View From the Hill” and to write one or more entries about UT, their activities at UT, or their vision for UT. The … Continued

On January 11, 1994, the UT president, vice presidents, and chancellors were on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives for a joint session of the General Assembly, where a resolution was read commemorating the bicentennial of Tennessee’s state university. The session was followed by a reception hosted by the Nashville Tourism Council, which … Continued

On January 13, 1994, a breakfast celebration, complete with indoor fireworks and bicentennial logo-emblazoned glasses for toasting with orange juice, began the yearlong celebration of the bicentennial of UT’s chartering as Blount College. The event was held in Thompson-Boling Arena and was beamed by satellite to similar breakfasts (sans fireworks) at other UT Campuses and … Continued

Various colleges, departments, and programs sponsored special lectures, among which were “Strengthening Families and Children,” by Dr. Anthony Jurich, in celebration of the International Year of the Family, sponsored by the College of Human Ecology; “Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Women’s Studies at UTK and Women,” by Roe v. Wade attorney Sarah Weddington, sponsored … Continued

A pitcher dating from the time of the institutional founding, which was in the collection at Blount Mansion and had a liberty theme, was the model for two hundred pitchers handmade by Pigeon Forge Pottery. Transfers for the pitchers were made in England, with one side having the same liberty transfer as the one in … Continued

The UT Knoxville Bicentennial Committee commissioned a hand-printed lithograph by Robert Cothran of the Theatre Department and Beauvais Lyons of the School of Art. The lithograph purports to be a publication of the UT Tricentennial Committee in 2094, reproducing a lithograph made in 1894 by Cassius Demetrius Hokes (yes, hoax) depicting the campus as it … Continued

In 1993 the Statewide Publications Services Bureau developed a special UT bicentennial logo for use by all campuses during the celebration of the 1794 chartering of Blount College, which became the University of Tennessee. It was unveiled at the annual breakfast for state legislators on November 27, which UT President Joe Johnson declared to be … Continued

A flowering representation of the bicentennial logo was installed at the main entrance to the agricultural campus on Neyland Drive by students working under the direction of Dr. Don Williams, head of the Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design. The bicentennial garden was in the shape of a circle and featured the number 200 … Continued