Universities tie academics to on-campus job offerings through ice cream and cheese shops, marketing student-created products in stores managed by student employees. It’s a hot and sticky August afternoon in Knoxville as University of Tennessee students push their way through the doors of the newly opened UT Creamery, welcomed by their peers working behind the counters at the retro-themed ice cream parlor.
On Sept. 12, the University of Tennessee Creamery hosted a Community Grand Celebration with an official ribbon cutting, free ice cream samples, a UT dairy calf, face painting and more
When it originally opened in 1915, the UT Creamery served up ice cream not only to students, faculty and staff but also to the greater Knoxville community. The location offered