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© The University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the primary institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee system, Tennessee's flagship public university. The main campus is often held to be synonymous with the statewide system (especially outside Tennessee). It is headquartered in Knoxville and includes specia ...

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The University of Tennessee, as the oldest institution of higher learning in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the United States, has accumulated numerous traditions over its long history. Former university historian Milton M. Klein summarized the history behind many school traditions on his homepage[7] < ...

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The University of Tennessee, as the oldest institution of higher learning in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the United States, has accumulated numerous traditions over its long history. Former university historian Milton M. Klein summarizes the history behind many school traditions on his homepage. University of Tennessee - Colors. Charles Moore, president of the university's athletic association, chose orange and white for the school colors on April 12, 1889. His inspiration is said to have come from or ...

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Well-known current and former faculty, staff, coaches, and administrators include: Lamar Alexander, former Tennessee Governor, UT President and current US Senator Dr. William M. Bass, professor emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Center and the "Body Farm" Jeffrey D. Case, co-developer of SNMP Philander Claxton, founder of the UT Department of Education Jack Dongarra, computer science professor and creator of LINPACK and LAPACK Phillip Fulmer, current football coach of U ...

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The University of Tennessee has gradually grown from a small liberal arts college to its present status. In 1826, what was then East Tennessee College moved from its original location on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville to the 40 acre (160,000 m²) tract named Barbara Hill (in honor of Governor Blount's daughter). Known to students and alumni today as simply "The Hill," it is only a small part of the Knoxville ca ...

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The University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville hosts ten colleges, the Institute of Agriculture, the Institute for Public Service, and several schools. The UT Health Science Center at Memphis and the UT Space Institute at Tullahoma are specialized campuses but are not separate institutions. These five facilities comprise the University of Tennessee system. As of 2004, UT provides over 110 programs of study for undergraduate students. The university provides a list of all offered majors and minors^{See also:}

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University of Tennessee - Athletics and sports. Tennessee competes in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division, along with Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and competes in longstanding football rivalries with all of them along with another long-time rival, Alabama, in The Third Saturday In October. In men's basketball, the most important rivalries are with Kentucky and, to a slightly lesser degree, Vanderbilt. The main women's basketball rivals for Tennessee within the conference ...

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The University of Tennessee's total enrollment in the fall semester of 2004 was 27,769, of which 23,986 were full-time students and 3,783 were part-time. Undergraduates numbered 19,639 students, while graduate students made up the balance of 8,130. UT enrolled 4,422 first-time freshmen. Of UT's total enrollment, 23,092 students described themselves as white, with 2,137 Black, 725 Asian, 348 Hispanic, 112 American Indian, and 273 other/not reported. Total minority enrollment was ...

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The University of Tennessee was chartered on September 10, 1794 as Blount College, by an act of the legislature of the Southwest Territory meeting in the territorial capital, Knoxville. The college was small at its inception and struggled for the next 13 years with a small student body and an even smaller faculty. In 1807, the school was renamed East Tennessee College; however, when its first president and only faculty member died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed. It reopened in 1820, and ...

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University of Tennessee - Athletics and sports. Tennessee competes in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division, along with Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and competes in longstanding football rivalries with all of them along with another long-time rival, Alabama, in The Third Saturday In October; men's basketball rivalries are with Vanderbilt and especially Kentucky; and women's basketball rivalries with virtually all except for Kentucky, whose women's basketball program is trad ...

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The University of Tennessee has gradually grown from a small liberal arts college to its present status. In 1826, what was then East Tennessee College moved from its original location on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville to the 40 acre (160,000 m²) tract named Barbara Hill (in honor of Governor Blount's daughter). Known to students and alumni today as just "The Hill," it is only a small part of the Knoxville ca ...

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The University of Tennessee was chartered on September 10, 1794 as Blount College, by an act of the legislature of the Southwest Territory meeting in the territorial capital, Knoxville. The college was small at its inception and struggled for the next 13 years with a small student body and an even smaller faculty. In 1807, the school was renamed East Tennessee College; however, when its first president and only faculty member died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed. It reopened in 1820, and ...

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The University of Tennessee's total enrollment in the fall semester of 2003 was 27,281, of which 23,361 were full-time students and 3,920 were part-time. Undergraduates numbered 19,224 students, while graduate students made up the balance of 8,057. UT enrolled 3,579 first-time freshmen. Of UT's total enrollment, 22,988 students described themselves as white, with 2,020 black, 357 Hispanic, 1,454 Asian, 96 American Indian, and 366 other/not reported. Total minority enrollment was 14%. 1,484 international students enrolled at UT in 2 ...

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The University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville hosts ten colleges, the Institute of Agriculture, the Institute for Public Service, and several schools. The UT Health Science Center at Memphis and the UT Space Institute at Tullahoma are specialized campuses but are not separate institutions. These five facilities comprise the University of Tennessee system. As of 2004, UT provides over 110 programs of study for undergraduate students. The university provides a list of all offered majors and minors^{See also:}

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