In operation since 1991, this annual event brings teachers and school administrators together on campus. Teachers participate in a four-week residential program, and administrators attend a three-day workshop. The goal of the program is to encourage new and exciting ways of presenting math and science by moving away from teaching the subjects as independent bodies … Continued
Initiated in 2008, this program of the UT Knoxville Alumni Office is designed to engage UT Knoxville alumni with students, other alumni, and the campus community. The program’s focus is on attracting alumni of note back to their campus to share their successes with others.
Accreditation of academic programs began in the nineteenth century as colleges and professions sought ways to identify similar work that might be transferred from one college to another and professionals sought to establish credibility for training received in professions. In 1952 regional and specialized accreditation assumed a federal function as Congress accepted the peer-review process … Continued
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has accredited UT since 1897. The association was first proposed by a group of Vanderbilt professors in spring 1895, but UT did not join because legislators were authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly to appoint State Scholarship Students, and UT feared that publicly advocating higher admission standards might … Continued
When a committee of the Engineering Council for Professional Development accredited UT’s departments of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering in 1936, it was the first time that a southern engineering college had been judged according to a minimum standard. Bachelor’s programs of the College of Engineering and the Biosystems Engineering component of the College of … Continued
The ACEJMC is the agency formally recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation for accrediting programs for professional journalism and mass communications in institutions of higher education. It was formed as the American Council for Education in Journalism in 1945. It assumed its current name in 1980. This body accredits UT baccalaureate and master’s … Continued
In 2009 the first awards for fall 2010 were made under the Achieve the Dream grant program, designed to help students from lower-middle-income families attend UT. The program redirects available institutional resources, and approximately $1.5 million was allotted to provide $3,000 grants to Tennessee students. The program benefits students whose family incomes are too high … Continued
In 1923 Aconda Court opened as an apartment building that offered a dozen comfortable apartments. The university purchased the Aconda Court Apartments on February 10, 1938, for $120,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Worsham. The building served as faculty apartments and temporary student housing. In fall 1962 the top two floors of the building … Continued
In spring 1935 the Tennessee Players student dramatic club was disbanded. Within a month, a new club—the Actors’ Workshop, affiliated with the English Department—was formed. The goal of the new organization was to study the dramatic arts, not necessarily to produce them. The English Department sponsored a playwriting contest, and the winning plays (by Dorothy … Continued
In 1986 legendary country music singer Roy Acuff established the Roy and Mildred Acuff Music Endowment Fund to provide scholarships in various UT music programs, including the marching band, concert band, UT singers, and concert choir. Acuff had previously donated $100,000 to the School of Music, and Roy and Mildred Acuff were also longtime supporters … Continued