The largest academic procession in the institution’s history gathered at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center on September 12, 1994, to process down Stadium Drive (later, Phillip Fulmer Way) to the bicentennial convocation and investiture of Chancellor William T. Snyder. More than six hundred faculty participated. The maces of all UT campuses were carried … Continued

The university system’s bicentennial steering committee commissioned Jostens to produce gold and bronze medallions. The medallions have the bicentennial seal on one side and a depiction of Old College—a photographic image modified by graphic designer Ted Williams that put the building into better proportion—on the other. Gold medallions were available to campuses and the system … Continued

For nine months prior to Charter Week (September 12–16), the staff of the Frank H. McClung Museum acquired artifacts from alumni, students, colleges, departments, friends, UT Archives and Special Collections, and the museum’s own archives. The exhibit covered student life, academics, athletics, research, architectural design, and a variety of other facets of the institution’s history. … Continued

The School of Music held a signature event at which the five commissioned fanfares were first played. The herald trumpets, with their banners of UT seals and the bicentennial logo purchased for the bicentennial, were used. The UT Knoxville Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the UT Band played. The featured soloist was alumna opera … Continued

In 1994, upon the occasion of the celebration by UT of the 200th anniversary of its founding, Dr. Arthur E. Smith, of the UT English Department, composed Tennessee Suite as the institutional bicentennial ode. The composition of the ode was inspired by Smith’s learning of the discovery, during the excavation of the foundations for Barbara … Continued

The Division of Continuing Education teamed with the Knoxville News-Sentinel and WBIR television to host a yearlong contest, How Do You See UTK? A Community Scrapbook (photo contest). Winners were announced on Charter Day, September 12, and the photos were displayed in an exhibit at the UT Conference Center. Best of Show and awards for … Continued

The Knoxville Bicentennial Steering Committee commissioned UT Photographic Services to take individual pictures of all buildings in use on the main and agricultural campuses during the bicentennial year, including former residences and temporary buildings. This was the first time such a record had been made. Negatives were to be maintained by Photographic Services. UT photographer … Continued

The Statewide Bicentennial Committee commissioned plaques to be placed on each of UT’s campuses during the bicentennial. The plaques commemorated the 200th anniversary of the chartering of UT. In October 1994 UT Knoxville’s plaque was installed on the front lawn of the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center. Participating in the unveiling were Dr. Paul … Continued

The Knoxville Philatelic Society worked with the UT Knoxville Bicentennial Steering Committee to develop a special US postal cancellation to be affixed to bicentennial cachets or other items by Postal Service employees on September 12, 1994, for the Charter Day celebration of the institution. (The institution was chartered on September 10, but on Saturday, September … Continued

The Knoxville campus’s bicentennial print was an “Azimuthal Equidistant Projection Centered on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,” designed and executed by Mr. Will Fontanez, director of the Cartography Laboratory. Two thousand signed and numbered prints were made. The prints were completed in December 1993 in time for the kickoff of the yearlong celebration of the … Continued