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Celebrating The History Of The Divine 9 On Our UTC Campus

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Published December 7, 2021 at 3:51 PM EST

Future Home of the UTC Divine Nine Heritage park. (Corner of Vine Street and Terrell Owens Way, adjacent to the UTC University Center.)

Fifty years ago, in 1971, five African-American fraternities and sororities began to establish chapters here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

This fall, UTC commemorated that milestone - and announced the establishment of the Divine 9 Heritage Park on campus, to honor the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities under the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Last month, I spoke with Dr. Yancy Freeman, UTC’s Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs; Vanasia Parks, senior associate vice chancellor for business services; and Amy Davis, director of the Mocs One Center - all graduates of UTC and members of Divine 9 chapters.