University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee (including UT Knoxville or UTK is called) is a state university in Knoxville in the US state of Tennessee . With 27,281 students, it is the principal college of the University of Tennessee system . The university also includes the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma .
history
The University of Tennessee was founded on September 10, 1794 as Blount College . It was given its current name in 1879. Women have been admitted since 1893 and African-Americans since 1952.
Faculties
- Architecture and design
- engineering
- Communication and Information Sciences
- art
- Arts and sciences
- Agriculture and natural resources
- medicine
- music
- Education, Health and Human Sciences
- maintenance
- Space Institute
- law Sciences
- Social work
- Veterinary medicine
- Economics
Sports
The UT sports teams are called the Volunteers . The college is a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference . The Thompson-Boling Arena sports facility is located on campus .
Personalities
Teachers
- Bill Scarlett - musician
Graduates
- James Buchanan - Nobel Prize in Economics 1986
Further
- Doug Atkins - American football player
- Bill Bates - American football player
- Jeff Baxter - Nike Designer
- Clarence Brown - director
- Deana Carter - country singer
- Saxby Chambliss - Senator from Georgia
- James Denton - actor
- Beattie Feathers - American football player and coach
- Justin Gatlin - 2004 Olympic Champion
- Alvin Harper - American football player and coach
- Chamique Holdsclaw - WNBA player
- Alvin Kamara - American football player
- David Keith - actor and director
- Karl Kremser - American football player
- Jamal Lewis - American football player
- Peyton Manning - American football player
- Cormac McCarthy - writer
- Chris Moneymaker - poker player
- Kevin Nash - athlete (wrestler, basketball)
- Candace Parker - basketball player
- Reggie White - American football player
- Ron Widby - American football player
- Jason Witten - American football player
- Vincent Yarbrough - basketball player
Web links
- University of Tennessee (English)
Coordinates: 35 ° 57 ′ 6 ″ N , 83 ° 55 ′ 48 ″ W.