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Events Funded by SPSF (FY17)

The following 2016-2017 events were funded in part or in whole with allocations from the Student Programming Allocation Committee (SPAC).

Exhibit

  • Amy Pleasant Exhibition
  • Claire Stigliani Exhibition
  • Eric Cagley Exhibition
  • Gallery 1010: Fluid
  • Marta Lee Exhibition
  • Striped Light Letterpress Exhibition

Film

  • Citizenfour
  • Experimenter (Becker Discussion Film)
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Halloweentown
  • Interstellar
  • La La Land: A Red Carpet Evening
  • Life
  • Ouji: Origin of Evil
  • Poverty, Inc.
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Shrek
  • The Big Short
  • The Nice Guys
  • The Room

Performance

  • Aloha Islanders
  • Andrea Gibson
  • Blackalicious
  • Chicago at the Tennessee Theatre
  • Collegiate Gospel Explosion
  • Culture Week: Sarah Kay
  • Diwali
  • Drew Morgan
  • Expanding the Musical Tool Set with Dr. Ben Pierce
  • Hammerstep: A Dance + Film + Live Production
  • Homecoming Comedy Show
  • Hypnotist Chris Jones
  • Idiot Box
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Rent at the Tennessee Theatre
  • Sex Week Cabaret
  • Sex Week Drag Show
  • Spring Dance Showcase
  • Step Afrika
  • Stompfest
  • Volapalooza
  • Waiting for Godot
  • ZuZu African Acrobats
  • Night of Poetry: Lance Newman & Kai Davis

Seminar/Conference

  • Black Issues Conference
  • OUTstanding Seminar
  • Women in STEM Research Symposium

Speaker/Lecture

  • All of Me
  • Asra Nomani: The Paradox of Women in Islam
  • Beyond Consent: How Reclaiming Sexuality Combats Sexual Violence
  • Bree Newsom
  • Concussions: The Brain and Sports
  • Culture Week: Culture Panel
  • Dr. Bennet Omalu
  • Equal Means Equal
  • Federal/Tribal Law Symposium (Panel Discussion)
  • Federal/Tribal Law Symposium (Stacy Leeds)
  • Fine Art Jurors Lecture
  • France on Campus: Le Consulat
  • Graphic Design Jurors Lecture
  • Having An Affair With Yourself
  • How’s Your Head? Mental Health and Sex
  • Hydeia Broadbent: Getting Real About HIV & You
  • I Am, I Was: Sexuality, Gender, and Fluidity
  • IdentiTEA: Staying True to Yourself in a Changing World
  • International Aphrodisiacs
  • Is there a Future for Online Voting?
  • Jamelle Bouie: Our Place in History
  • Legends Lecture Series: Melissa Harris-Perry
  • Liberate Me: Intersextionality
  • Liz Seccuro: How the Internet & Reflections of Masculinity Impact Campus Violence
  • Martin Luther King Jr & (African) American Leadership in the 21st Century
  • Maurice Ashley: The World is a Chess Board
  • Melissa Harris-Perry
  • Molefi Asante and the Philosophy of Afrocentrism
  • Neurophilosophy Panel
  • Neuroscience in Film
  • Open Hearts, Open Minds
  • Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda, A Lesson yet to be Learned
  • Playtime: Using Sex Toys in Your Sex Life
  • Positively Positive: Loving, Living and Thriving With An STI
  • Post Secret Live! with Frank Warren
  • Recipe for Success
  • Safe, Sane & Strong
  • Science Policy Speaker Series – Part 2
  • Science Summit – Gene Editing With CRISPR/Cas9
  • Senator Scott Brown: Where is America Heading
  • Sex Educator Showdown
  • Survivor Voice
  • The American Race: Prejudice and Discrimination in a Post-Truth Society
  • The Dark Side of Plant Adaptation: Wicked Plants
  • The Prison in Twelve Landscapes with Brett Story
  • The Sacred Disease : Neurosurgical Insights on Epilepsy
  • Thomas Allen Harris: Book of the Family Tree
  • Trapped: Sex Trafficking in Tennessee
  • Unity and Diversity
  • Will McInerney: 48 Hours in Kilis
  • You Like That? Consent and Communication in the Bedroom
  • Young Professionals Lecture Series: Jessie Usher

Special

  • 865 Night Market
  • A Night of Urban Indian Art
  • Africa Night
  • ALMOST Thanksgiving Dinner
  • Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
  • Campus Carry: Diversity Dialogue Town Hall
  • Clash of the Classes
  • Creating Art for STEM Workshop
  • Culture Night – A Taste of Africa
  • Culture Week
  • Culture Week: 865 Night Market
  • Culture Week: Food Sampling & Trivia Night
  • Culture Week: Unity Project
  • Culture Week: Yassin’s Fallafel House
  • Diner et Cine (Dinner and a Movie)
  • FAA’s Flores de Abril
  • Fast-A-Thon
  • Holi Festival
  • Homecoming Tailgate
  • Homecoming: Barnwarmin’
  • Homecoming: Carnival
  • Love Your Body Week – Mock Beauty Pageant
  • Lunch and Learn
  • MLK Day Celebration: Boyce Watkins
  • Noche de Baile con LASO
  • Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration: Uhuru Dancers
  • Professional Development Series – April
  • Professional Development Series – February
  • Professional Development Series – January
  • Professional Development Series – June
  • Professional Development Series – March
  • Professional Development Series – May
  • Professional Development Series – November
  • Professional Development Series – October
  • Professional Development Series – September
  • Rainbow Rave
  • Republic Day
  • RoboRage “Arena”
  • Sex Trivia and Pizza
  • Sober Tailgate
  • Spring Game Week
  • Staged Reading of Informed Consent
  • Student Engagement Fair
  • Student Organization Workshop: Utilizing Your Advisor
  • SurviVOL
  • Take Back The Night
  • Tango Bootcamp: From Walking to Dancing
  • Taste of the World Holiday Party
  • The Knoxville Monologues
  • The Student Showcase
  • The Ultimate Game Show
  • Torch Tango Weekend: Remembering the World heritage and UT Traditions
  • UT History Walking Tour with Jack Neely
  • Vagina Monologues
  • Vol Night Long: Friday Night Fever
  • Vol Night Long: Glow Up
  • Vol Night Long: Luau
  • Vol Night Long: Vol That
  • Vol Night Long: VOL-O-Weentown
  • Vol Night Long: VOLs Wanted
  • Voterpalooza
  • Welcome Week: Experience KnoxVOL
  • Winter Welcome: Student Org Fair
  • Women’s HERStory Month Lives
  • World Trivia Night

Visiting Artist

  • Visiting Artist: Bancroft Brothers – Tom and Tony
  • Visiting Artist: Cara Despain
  • Visiting Artist: Sarah Heller
  • Visiting Artist: Yuji Hiratsuka