The University of Tennessee will increase its minimum starting pay rate to $9.50 an hour for all regular full- and part-time employees, effective June 30, 2014.
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation recorded an all-time high of 145 invention disclosures and filed a record 87 U.S. patent applications for FY 2013, according to its recently released annual report.
On Nov. 5, 1963, Joe Johnson came to work at the University of Tennessee as the executive assistant to President Andy Holt. Fifty years later, the UT President Emeritus remains one of the most recognized and beloved employees of the University.
Dr. E. Grady Bogue, a retired University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor and higher education administrator who served as interim chancellor at UT Chattanooga in the past year, passed away Wednesday morning as a result of complications from cancer. He was 77.
Johnnie Ray, University of Tennessee vice president for development and alumni affairs and president of the UT Foundation, has decided to resign his position. In a Monday letter to UT President Joe DiPietro, Ray cited family and other priorities as factors in his decision. The effective date of his resignation has not been determined.
