In 1927 the All Students’ Club organized a pep organization called the Cherokee Tribe. Special orange and white headdresses were worn by the group that sat together at football games in the middle of the student section in seats that formed a T. The tribe also had large orange and white handkerchiefs. In 1928 the … Continued

The Chi Beta Phi Fraternity, a local group, was formed in December 1927. Its colors were red and silver gray, and its flower was the white rose. It rented a house from the university at 1514 West Cumberland Avenue. It was installed as the Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi in 1931.

Chi Delta was founded in 1836 as one of two rival literary (debating) societies; the other was Philomathesian. The two rival societies replaced the 1835 Dialectic Adelphick Society and the 1827 Republican Dialectical Adelphic Society, which came to East Tennessee College with its new president, Rev. Charles Coffin. The name Chi Delta came from the … Continued

Chi Epsilon was established on the UT campus in 1949. It draws its membership from the top one-third of civil engineering majors. Nationally, Chi Epsilon was founded at the University of Illinois on May 20, 1922.

On April 15, 1900, Chi Omega (Pi Chapter), the first national sorority on UT’s campus, was chartered. Chi Omega Fraternity was founded at the University of Arkansas in 1895. It was the first Greek-letter organization in the South. Its colors are cardinal and straw; its flower is the white carnation; and its mascot is the … Continued

Chakett Club of Chi Phi was formed as a Chi Phi colony on September 17, 1967, received its charter as a Phi Delta Chapter on November 22, 1969, and was reorganized in 1992. It became inactive in 2000 and recolonized (Delta Colony) in 2008. The national organization was established in 1854 at Princeton, at the … Continued

The Chi Sigma Delta local fraternity was formed at UT in 1928.

President John Petersen responded to long-standing complaints by the Faculty Senate and the general UT Knoxville community about the insufficiency and instability of the computer infrastructure by creating the position of vice president and chief information officer in March 2008. He named Dr. Jesse Poore, former head of the Computer Science Department and a Distinguished … Continued

On February 2, 1987, a renovated gas station at the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Eleventh Street (now the site of the Eleventh Street Parking Garage), opened as the Cumberland Child Care Center—a child care center for children of employees and operated by the UT Knoxville Personnel Office. Fees ranged from $35 to $45 a … Continued

Responding to long-standing issues pursued by the Commission for Women and new student calls for UT to provide affordable child care options for children of students, Chancellor Jack Reese appointed a committee in 1989, chaired by Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bert Sams, to examine the issues and propose solutions. The committee recommended a … Continued