Governor Ned Ray McWherter signed the act into law on May 17, 1993, to become effective January 1, 1994. Colleges and universities were required to keep a daily log of crimes on campus, and the TBI was required to provide summary statistics of crimes against students—on campus or off campus.

When UT’s first Women’s Athletics Director, Gloria Ray, resigned in 1983, Joan Cronan, who had coached basketball at UT from 1968 to 1970 (when the program was located in the College of Education) was lured away from her 10-year post as athletics director at the College of Charleston to continue the building of UT’s nationally … Continued

Although UT students had competed in a variety of cross country runs previously, Men’s Intercollegiate Cross Country was formally declared a sport in 1934 as part of the minor sports program. The first national championship in cross-country was won in 1972.

Track and field was one of the original seven sports fielded in the women’s intercollegiate athletic program in 1976–77. Under Coach Terry Crawford, Kathy Bryant-Hadler was a three-time All-American in 1980, 1981, and 1982. In 1997 Lambert Acres Golf Club in Maryville began a long-term alliance with the program as a site for its invitational … Continued

See County Technical Assistance Center; Institute for Public Service.

UT’s Culinary Institute had its beginnings in 2005 when nationally certified Executive Chef John Antun, assistant professor of consumer services management, developed a training proposal to extend the department’s outreach into the community by providing free chef’s training to individuals living within Knoxville’s Empowerment Zone who were unemployed. Empowerment Zone funds were allocated, and the … Continued

John Cullum, winner of two Tony awards for best actor in a musical for his performances in Shenandoah (1975) and On the 20th Century (1978) was also nominated in 2002 for his role in Urinetown! The Musical. His career began on the stage of Knoxville’s South Knoxville Elementary School when he played the part of … Continued

B. Culvahouse earned the BA in economics with high honors at UT in 1970 and then earned the JD from New York University in 1973, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and editor in chief of the Annual Survey of American Law. He served as chief legislative assistant to Howard H. Baker Jr. from 1973 … Continued

UT purchased the commercial buildings at the north corner of Cumberland Avenue and Seventeenth Street in 2013. Funded by ARAMARK, UT’s dining services contractor, seventeen thousand square feet were renovated to provide for restaurants and a branch of the VolShop. Two restaurants, Panda Express and Raising Cane’s, opened September 19, 2014, shortly after the opening … Continued

Planning efforts for Cumberland Avenue began at least as long ago as 1930 when Cumberland Avenue was a part of a Comprehensive City Plan for the City of Knoxville. Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe announced the Cumberland Gateway Project in 1991 to which the City of Knoxville, Tennessee Department of Transportation, and UT were to contribute … Continued