Oct 24 2008
New Chancellor At The University of Tennessee
Jimmy Cheek will continue to wear orange to support the college he is affiliated with, only this time it will be Volunteer orange, not Gator orange. With the enthusiastic backing of President John Peterson, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved Cheek as the new chancellor. Cheek will officially take over as chancellor in February.
Cheek, the current senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida was named as the new chancellor for the University of Tennessee. Cheek has been a familiar face on the University of Florida campus since first becoming a professor there in 1975. 
He has one book, Effective Oral Communication in the Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources and Environmental Professions, and numerous scholarly articles to his credit. He earned his B.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A & M and his master’s degree from Lamar University. He has received many awards during his tenure at the University of Florida and is hailed as a champion of students’ quality of life while balancing the educational and research needs and expenses of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. His own research has focused primarily on experiential learning on student achievement and educational accountability.
The University of Tennessee and the residents of Knoxville give a hearty southern welcome to Jimmy Cheek and his wife Ileen.
He looks quite Cheeky too but with a very kind face. I think he will do well in his new post.
LOL! It appears he is good with balancing fiscal responsibility and student life.