Category Archives: eVOLve Blog
Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards: Impact on Student Learning
Vols Reach VolsREACH is a 90-minute interactive class taught by SCCS. Students are often sanctioned to VolsREACH when their behavior […]
Multicultural Student Life, Impact on Student Learning: Men of Color Empowerment Day
The Men of Color Empowerment Day was created to address the social and structural barriers that inhibit Men of […]
Vol Trivia: In 1958, the Electrical Engineering department rented a LGP-30, which was the first, what on campus?
Computer. In 1958, Dr. Paul Cromwell, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, rented a Librascope General Purpose 30-bit computer (LGP […]
Vol Trivia: Gene Mitchell Gray entered UT in January 1952 as a graduate student in Chemistry—a major “first” for the student body. What “first” was he?
The first African-American student, admitted (along with three others by order of the Federal District Court to graduate programs not […]
Vol Trivia: Another “home” for the institution greeted the world in 1994.What was it?
Q: Another “home” for the institution greeted the world in 1994. What was it? A: The 1st home page, which […]
Vol Trivia: What did the All Students Club install in 1940, the Chi Omega Sorority replace in 1950 and the Senior Class replace in 1991?
Q: What did the All Students Club install in 1940, the Chi Omega Sorority replace in 1950 and the Senior […]
VOL Trivia: Which US president suggested that UT move from a single building to somewhere it could spread out?
Q: Which US president suggested that UT move from a single building to somewhere it could spread out? A: Thomas […]
Vol Trivia: What device, adopted in 1970 and redesigned as a portable windshield card in 1988 allows parking in unreserved staff parking lots throughout the campus?
Q. What device, adopted in 1970 and redesigned as a portable windshield card in 1988 allows parking in unreserved staff […]
Vol Trivia — What beareth the Torchbearer?
Q. What symbol of success does the Torchbearer statue hold in its left hand?
Vol Trivia – UT’s First Cheerleader?
Q. Who was known as UT’s first cheerleader, and in which discipline did he serve as Professor?