INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (3311,2,'2021-05-27 17:18:15','2021-05-27 22:18:15','The Tennessee Department of Education and the University of Tennessee at Martin announced this week that all Tennessee high school students and teachers have access to free, virtual workshops, office hours and classes on how to succeed on the ACT, one of the most important college entrance exams offered to high school students across the country.\r\n\r\nThe ACT is a comprehensive college entrance exam covering a wide range of subjects that assess students\' mathematical skills, grammar usage and reading comprehension.\r\n\r\nBeginning this summer, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, UT Martin is providing the <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">ACT Success Tactics Workshops and Mastery Classes</a> for free via Zoom to all Tennessee high school teachers and students, designed for rising 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> graders, to gain knowledge and skills to prepare for and be successful on the ACT.\r\n\r\n“We are excited to partner with UT Martin to focus on ACT readiness and college and career success for all Tennessee high school students,” said Commissioner Penny Schwinn. “These workshops and classes are tremendous free resources that will help better prepare our students for postsecondary success while equipping our teachers with tools for focused classroom instruction on college readiness and career pathways.”\r\n\r\nBeginning June 1 and continuing through the fall of 2022, the series of workshops, office hours, and classes are being held via Zoom for free and accessible <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">interaction</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>For all Tennessee high school students:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Success Tactics Workshop </strong>is designed to help students develop new strategies for how to manage exam questions, receive a detailed plan for practice opportunities to improve performance, learn crucial time-saving tips, and familiarize themselves more generally with higher education.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>The virtual office hours</strong> are offered in one-hour increments and provide students with the opportunity to do a deeper dive into areas where additional assistance is needed.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Mastery Classes</strong> are available upon completion of the Success Tactics Workshop for a deeper dive into a certain section of the exam where additional assistance is needed.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>For all high school Tennessee teachers: </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Workshop</strong> is offered via Zoom during subsequent semesters, with the first session on Monday, Aug. 2, and open to all Tennessee high school teachers to learn how to build ACT curriculum into their instruction and how to use ACT data to inform teaching strategies. The two-hour workshop may be used for professional development points (PDPs) upon completion.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n“The Tennessee Department of Education’s work to ensure every student across the state has access to free student success ACT workshops and mastery classes, as well as provide professional development opportunities for school districts, is admirable,” said UT System President Randy Boyd. “The University of Tennessee at Martin is always willing to go the extra mile to serve Tennessee students and teachers, and I applaud them for their dedication, hard work and partnership with the Department on this important initiative.”\r\n\r\nThe funding for the workshops and classes is from the Governor\'s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER).\r\n\r\nInterested students and educators can click <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">here</a> to learn more about the workshops, office hours and classes.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the department’s college readiness testing resources and materials, click <a href=\"https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/education/assessment/act-sat.html\">here</a>. For Tennessee Department of Education media inquiries, contact <a href=\"mailto:Edu.MediaInquiries@tn.gov\">Edu.MediaInquiries@tn.gov</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>###</em></p>','UT Martin partners with Tennessee Department of Education to offer free ACT Prep','The Tennessee Department of Education and the University of Tennessee at Martin announced this week that all Tennessee high school students and teachers have access to free, virtual workshops, office hours and classes on how to succeed on the ACT.','inherit','closed','closed','','3303-revision-v1','','','2021-05-27 17:18:15','2021-05-27 22:18:15','',3303,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/27/3303-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3310,2,'2021-05-27 17:16:50','2021-05-27 22:16:50','The Tennessee Department of Education and the University of Tennessee at Martin announced this week that all Tennessee high school students and teachers have access to free, virtual workshops, office hours and classes on how to succeed on the ACT, one of the most important college entrance exams offered to high school students across the country.\r\n\r\nThe ACT is a comprehensive college entrance exam covering a wide range of subjects that assess students\' mathematical skills, grammar usage and reading comprehension.\r\n\r\nBeginning this summer, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, UT Martin is providing the <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">ACT Success Tactics Workshops and Mastery Classes</a> for free via Zoom to all Tennessee high school teachers and students, designed for rising 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> graders, to gain knowledge and skills to prepare for and be successful on the ACT.\r\n\r\n“We are excited to partner with UT Martin to focus on ACT readiness and college and career success for all Tennessee high school students,” said Commissioner Penny Schwinn. “These workshops and classes are tremendous free resources that will help better prepare our students for postsecondary success while equipping our teachers with tools for focused classroom instruction on college readiness and career pathways.”\r\n\r\nBeginning June 1 and continuing through the fall of 2022, the series of workshops, office hours, and classes are being held via Zoom for free and accessible <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">interaction</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>For all Tennessee high school students:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Success Tactics Workshop </strong>is designed to help students develop new strategies for how to manage exam questions, receive a detailed plan for practice opportunities to improve performance, learn crucial time-saving tips, and familiarize themselves more generally with higher education.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>The virtual office hours</strong> are offered in one-hour increments and provide students with the opportunity to do a deeper dive into areas where additional assistance is needed.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Mastery Classes</strong> are available upon completion of the Success Tactics Workshop for a deeper dive into a certain section of the exam where additional assistance is needed.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>For all high school Tennessee teachers: </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>The ACT Workshop</strong> is offered via Zoom during subsequent semesters, with the first session on Monday, Aug. 2, and open to all Tennessee high school teachers to learn how to build ACT curriculum into their instruction and how to use ACT data to inform teaching strategies. The two-hour workshop may be used for professional development points (PDPs) upon completion.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n“The Tennessee Department of Education’s work to ensure every student across the state has access to free student success ACT workshops and mastery classes, as well as provide professional development opportunities for school districts, is admirable,” said UT System President Randy Boyd. “The University of Tennessee at Martin is always willing to go the extra mile to serve Tennessee students and teachers, and I applaud them for their dedication, hard work and partnership with the Department on this important initiative.”\r\n\r\nThe funding for the workshops and classes is from the Governor\'s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER).\r\n\r\nInterested students and educators can click <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">here</a> to learn more about the workshops, office hours and classes.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the department’s college readiness testing resources and materials, click <a href=\"https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/education/assessment/act-sat.html\">here</a>. For Tennessee Department of Education media inquiries, contact <a href=\"mailto:Edu.MediaInquiries@tn.gov\">Edu.MediaInquiries@tn.gov</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>###</em></p>','UT Martin partners with Tennessee Department of Education to offer free ACT Prep','The Tennessee Department of Education and the University of Tennessee at Martin announced this week that all Tennessee high school students and teachers have access to free, virtual workshops, office hours and classes on how to succeed on the ACT, one of the most important college entrance exams offered to high school students across the country.','inherit','closed','closed','','3303-revision-v1','','','2021-05-27 17:16:50','2021-05-27 22:16:50','',3303,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/27/3303-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3312,2,'2021-05-28 10:37:52','2021-05-28 15:37:52','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\r\n\r\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all of the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed: I needed hearing aids.\r\n\r\nCall it pride, but it was hard to wear the hearing aids that first day. My worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo, and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\r\n\r\nAnd at that very moment – I felt imperfect. Different.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\r\n\r\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories with me about hearing loss. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father – a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\r\n\r\nThis experience also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\r\n\r\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\r\n\r\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\r\n\r\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a bridge to enhanced relationships and a new connection to the world around me.\r\n\r\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that UT Martin is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a goal.\r\n\r\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\r\n\r\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.','publish','closed','closed','','chancellors-corner-different','','','2021-05-28 12:13:20','2021-05-28 17:13:20','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3312',0,'post','',0),(3313,2,'2021-05-28 10:36:26','2021-05-28 15:36:26','','04282021_KeithHearingAids003','','inherit','closed','closed','','04282021_keithhearingaids003','','','2021-05-28 10:36:26','2021-05-28 15:36:26','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04282021_KeithHearingAids003.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3314,2,'2021-05-28 10:37:52','2021-05-28 15:37:52','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\r\n\r\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed. I needed hearing aids.\r\n\r\nCall it pride, but it was hard to put the hearing aids on that first day. The worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\r\n\r\nAnd at that very moment- I felt imperfect. Different.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\r\n\r\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories about hearing loss with me. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father- a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\r\n\r\nIt’s also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\r\n\r\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\r\n\r\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\r\n\r\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a superpower.\r\n\r\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that the UT Martin campus is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/strategic/\">goal</a>.\r\n\r\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\r\n\r\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','','inherit','closed','closed','','3312-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 10:37:52','2021-05-28 15:37:52','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3312-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3315,2,'2021-05-28 12:09:49','2021-05-28 17:09:49','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\n\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all of the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed: I needed hearing aids.\n\nCall it pride, but it was hard to wear the hearing aids that first day. My worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo, and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\n\nAnd at that very moment – I felt imperfect. Different.\n\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\n\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories with me about hearing loss. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father – a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\n\nThis experience also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\n\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\n\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\n\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a bridge to enhanced relationships and a new connection to the world around me.\n\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that UT Martin is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a goal.\n\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\n\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\n\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','','inherit','closed','closed','','3312-autosave-v1','','','2021-05-28 12:09:49','2021-05-28 17:09:49','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3312-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3316,2,'2021-05-28 10:40:48','2021-05-28 15:40:48','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\r\n\r\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed. I needed hearing aids.\r\n\r\nCall it pride, but it was hard to put the hearing aids on that first day. The worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\r\n\r\nAnd at that very moment- I felt imperfect. Different.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\r\n\r\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories about hearing loss with me. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father- a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\r\n\r\nIt’s also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\r\n\r\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\r\n\r\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\r\n\r\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a superpower.\r\n\r\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that the UT Martin campus is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/strategic/_docs/UR_StrategicPlan_Summary.pdf\">goal</a>.\r\n\r\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\r\n\r\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','','inherit','closed','closed','','3312-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 10:40:48','2021-05-28 15:40:48','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3312-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3317,2,'2021-05-28 12:12:31','2021-05-28 17:12:31','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\r\n\r\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all of the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed: I needed hearing aids.\r\n\r\nCall it pride, but it was hard to wear the hearing aids that first day. My worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo, and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\r\n\r\nAnd at that very moment – I felt imperfect. Different.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\r\n\r\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories with me about hearing loss. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father – a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\r\n\r\nThis experience also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\r\n\r\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\r\n\r\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\r\n\r\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a bridge to enhanced relationships and a new connection to the world around me.\r\n\r\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that UT Martin is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a goal.\r\n\r\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\r\n\r\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','','inherit','closed','closed','','3312-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 12:12:31','2021-05-28 17:12:31','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3312-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3318,2,'2021-05-28 12:13:20','2021-05-28 17:13:20','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.\r\n\r\nI’ve had a ringing in my ears for a while. But with all of the masks covering people’s mouths over the past year, I realized that my hearing is worse than I thought.  I went to a specialist in Memphis and my thoughts were confirmed: I needed hearing aids.\r\n\r\nCall it pride, but it was hard to wear the hearing aids that first day. My worst fear was realized in a meeting last week. We were in a large room with an echo, and I was struggling to adjust my hearing aids to a new setting. When I asked someone to please repeat themselves, they loudly responded with “you need to crank up the volume on those hearing aids, man!”\r\n\r\nAnd at that very moment – I felt imperfect. Different.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I’ve had a couple of other revelations this week that have truly opened my eyes and provided a bright new perspective.\r\n\r\nMy hearing aids have given me an opportunity to interact with others. Students have approached me to talk about my devices and shared their stories with me about hearing loss. Another person asked if he could take a photo of my hearing aids to share with his father – a fellow that needs to get them but is hesitant to wear them.\r\n\r\nThis experience also provided a doorway for several friends to inquire about my hearing aids. They are struggling with hearing loss but didn’t know where to even start on the road to better hearing. I’ve been able to connect them with my hearing specialist and have shown them that it’s an easy (and satisfying) process.\r\n\r\nI’m enjoying sounds that I’ve never heard clearly before. Student and faculty conversations on the Quad. The sounds of the birds on the walking trail around Pacer Pond.  The hissing of the steam vents in the campus sidewalks.\r\n\r\nBest of all, I’m enjoying more moments with my family.\r\n\r\nThese hearing aids aren’t an obstacle. They represent a bridge to enhanced relationships and a new connection to the world around me.\r\n\r\nHow are you different? It’s my hope that UT Martin is a place where we can celebrate differences.  We strive to be a university that is open, accessible and welcoming to all. We’ve got a ways to go before we’re there, but it’s a goal.\r\n\r\nI want to know how we can make UT Martin a better place for you. Contact me with any ideas you may have.\r\n\r\nAnd watch out for those quiet conversations on the Quad from now on – I can hear you!\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day to be a Skyhawk.','Chancellor’s Corner: Different','The pandemic highlighted something that I’ve struggled with for years.  Significant hearing loss.','inherit','closed','closed','','3312-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 12:13:20','2021-05-28 17:13:20','',3312,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3312-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3319,2,'2021-05-28 16:45:21','2021-05-28 21:45:21','A virtual ceremony marked the 21<sup>st</sup> year for the University of Tennessee at Martin to observe Memorial Day during its annual commemoration event Friday, May 28, at the main campus. The 9 a.m. ceremony was held between the Boling University Center and Paul Meek Library and livestreamed on the university’s <a href=\"https://fb.watch/5N70Dp2uCq/\">Facebook</a> page and <a href=\"https://youtu.be/CfVJ9VaW1Ns?t=588\">YouTube</a> channel. The program was also broadcast live on UT Martin’s student radio station, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk.”\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and honors military members who have died in the protection of the United States. Originally known as Decoration Day, the observance was renamed in 1971 when it became a federal holiday.\r\n\r\nLt. Col. Rodric McClain, UT Martin professor of military science, served as the master of ceremonies, and UT Martin student DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sang the national anthem to open the program. The invocation was offered by retired U.S. Navy Chaplain Debra McGuire, and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the virtual audience with a video message.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3321\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3321 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05282021_MemorialDayCeremony003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sings the national anthem.[/caption]\r\n\r\nCol. Ardis Porter, a retired U.S. Army officer, served as the commemoration speaker. In his last assignment, Porter was a deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Lipscomb University graduate holds a master’s degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his commission as a second lieutenant through Vanderbilt University’s ROTC program. The 30-year military veteran is currently program manager for Veterans Employed in Technology and Service in Agriculture at Agricenter International in Memphis. VETSA prepares transitioning military personnel and veterans for civilian careers in agricultural service and support sectors.\r\n\r\nPorter told of his military legacy that included his grandfather’s and father’s U.S. Army service as non-commissioned officers during World War II and the Vietnam War respectively. He referenced a 1962 speech by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to West Point cadets when MacArthur spoke about the importance of duty, honor and country as those who were graduating prepared to accept their officer commissions.\r\n\r\n“General MacArthur wanted these cadets to understand that these three principles would help to build courage when courage seems to fail, to gain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, and to create hope when hope becomes lost,” he said, adding that the Memorial Day observance recalls the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for duty, honor and country.\r\n\r\n“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free,” Porter said. He also recognized those who serve in peacetime and said that all military members share important qualities even though they come from different walks of life.\r\n<blockquote>“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free.”</blockquote>\r\n“They possess courage, pride, determination, selflessness and a dedication to duty, honor and country,” he said, adding that many who served didn’t volunteer to fight in wars. “They didn’t go to war because they loved fighting,” he said. “But they were called to be a part of something bigger and greater than themselves. … They rose to the nation’s call because they wanted to protect a nation which has given them, which has given us, so very much.”\r\n\r\nPorter said that nothing can ever fill the void left by a fallen service member, but we can use Memorial Day as a time to remember and be grateful for the sacrifices made.\r\n\r\n“We in this country are so very blessed, and we owe a great debt of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives so that we can live free,” he said. “We can start to pay that debt by not forgetting but by remembering what they did and what they stood for.\r\n\r\n“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”\r\n<blockquote>“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”</blockquote>\r\nRep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) provided a video message for the event and thanked Porter and all military members and veterans for their service. “The men and women that serve in our military perform the highest form of public service, and we’re forever indebted to them,” he said. “There’s no greater or nobler sacrifice than to lay your life on the line for your family, your friends, your neighbors and your country.”\r\n\r\nThe event concluded with a 21-gun salute by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and Martin Police Department and the playing of taps by UT Martin student Aaron MacDonald, a freshman music major from Henry.\r\n\r\nThe event is archived at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0 !important; padding-bottom: 75% !important; width: 100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000HjNWaPsPA2k\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Porter honors military members during commemoration event','A virtual ceremony marked the 21st year for the University of Tennessee at Martin to observe Memorial Day during its annual commemoration event Friday, May 28, at the main campus. 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The 9 a.m. ceremony was held between the Boling University Center and Paul Meek Library and livestreamed on the university’s <a href=\"https://fb.watch/5N70Dp2uCq/\">Facebook</a> page and <a href=\"https://youtu.be/CfVJ9VaW1Ns?t=588\">YouTube</a> channel. The program was also broadcast live on UT Martin’s student radio station, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk.”\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and honors military members who have died in the protection of the United States. Originally known as Decoration Day, the observance was renamed in 1971 when it became a federal holiday.\r\n\r\nLt. Col. Rodric McClain, UT Martin professor of military science, served as the master of ceremonies, and UT Martin student DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sang the national anthem to open the program. The invocation was offered by retired U.S. Navy Chaplain Debra McGuire, and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the virtual audience with a video message.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3321\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3321 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05282021_MemorialDayCeremony003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sings the national anthem.[/caption]\r\n\r\nCol. Ardis Porter, a retired U.S. Army officer, served as the commemoration speaker. In his last assignment, Porter was a deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Lipscomb University graduate holds a master’s degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his commission as a second lieutenant through Vanderbilt University’s ROTC program. The 30-year military veteran is currently program manager for Veterans Employed in Technology and Service in Agriculture at Agricenter International in Memphis. VETSA prepares transitioning military personnel and veterans for civilian careers in agricultural service and support sectors.\r\n\r\nPorter told of his military legacy that included his grandfather’s and father’s U.S. Army service as non-commissioned officers during World War II and the Vietnam War respectively. He referenced a 1962 speech by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to West Point cadets when MacArthur spoke about the importance of duty, honor and country as those who were graduating prepared to accept their officer commissions.\r\n\r\n“General MacArthur wanted these cadets to understand that these three principles would help to build courage when courage seems to fail, to gain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, and to create hope when hope becomes lost,” he said, adding that the Memorial Day observance recalls the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for duty, honor and country.\r\n\r\n“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free,” Porter said. He also recognized those who serve in peacetime and said that all military members share important qualities even though they come from different walks of life.\r\n<blockquote>“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free.”</blockquote>\r\n“They possess courage, pride, determination, selflessness and a dedication to duty, honor and country,” he said, adding that many who served didn’t volunteer to fight in wars. “They didn’t go to war because they loved fighting,” he said. “But they were called to be a part of something bigger and greater than themselves. … They rose to the nation’s call because they wanted to protect a nation which has given them, which has given us, so very much.”\r\n\r\nPorter said that nothing can ever fill the void left by a fallen service member, but we can use Memorial Day as a time to remember and be grateful for the sacrifices made.\r\n\r\n“We in this country are so very blessed, and we owe a great debt of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives so that we can live free,” he said. “We can start to pay that debt by not forgetting but by remembering what they did and what they stood for.\r\n\r\n“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”\r\n<blockquote>“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”</blockquote>\r\nRep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) provided a video message for the event and thanked Porter and all military members and veterans for their service. “The men and women that serve in our military perform the highest form of public service, and we’re forever indebted to them,” he said. “There’s no greater or nobler sacrifice than to lay your life on the line for your family, your friends, your neighbors and your country.”\r\n\r\nThe event concluded with a 21-gun salute by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and Martin Police Department and the playing of taps by UT Martin student Aaron MacDonald, a freshman music major from Henry.\r\n\r\nThe event is archived at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0 !important; padding-bottom: 75% !important; width: 100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000HjNWaPsPA2k\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Porter honors military members during commemoration event','','inherit','closed','closed','','3319-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 16:45:21','2021-05-28 21:45:21','',3319,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3319-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3323,2,'2021-05-28 16:47:56','2021-05-28 21:47:56','A virtual ceremony marked the 21<sup>st</sup> year for the University of Tennessee at Martin to observe Memorial Day during its annual commemoration event Friday, May 28, at the main campus. The 9 a.m. ceremony was held between the Boling University Center and Paul Meek Library and livestreamed on the university’s <a href=\"https://fb.watch/5N70Dp2uCq/\">Facebook</a> page and <a href=\"https://youtu.be/CfVJ9VaW1Ns?t=588\">YouTube</a> channel. The program was also broadcast live on UT Martin’s student radio station, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk.”\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and honors military members who have died in the protection of the United States. Originally known as Decoration Day, the observance was renamed in 1971 when it became a federal holiday.\r\n\r\nLt. Col. Rodric McClain, UT Martin professor of military science, served as the master of ceremonies, and UT Martin student DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sang the national anthem to open the program. The invocation was offered by retired U.S. Navy Chaplain Debra McGuire, and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the virtual audience with a video message.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3321\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3321 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05282021_MemorialDayCeremony003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> DaeShuana Aldridge, a junior music major from Paris, sings the national anthem.[/caption]\r\n\r\nCol. Ardis Porter, a retired U.S. Army officer, served as the commemoration speaker. In his last assignment, Porter was a deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Lipscomb University graduate holds a master’s degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his commission as a second lieutenant through Vanderbilt University’s ROTC program. The 30-year military veteran is currently program manager for Veterans Employed in Technology and Service in Agriculture at Agricenter International in Memphis. VETSA prepares transitioning military personnel and veterans for civilian careers in agricultural service and support sectors.\r\n\r\nPorter told of his military legacy that included his grandfather’s and father’s U.S. Army service as non-commissioned officers during World War II and the Vietnam War respectively. He referenced a 1962 speech by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to West Point cadets when MacArthur spoke about the importance of duty, honor and country as those who were graduating prepared to accept their officer commissions.\r\n\r\n“General MacArthur wanted these cadets to understand that these three principles would help to build courage when courage seems to fail, to gain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, and to create hope when hope becomes lost,” he said, adding that the Memorial Day observance recalls the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for duty, honor and country.\r\n\r\n“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free,” Porter said. He also recognized those who serve in peacetime and said that all military members share important qualities even though they come from different walks of life.\r\n<blockquote>“Today, we remember the men and women who courageously gave their lives, and we thank them for all that they have done to make America the land of the free.”</blockquote>\r\n“They possess courage, pride, determination, selflessness and a dedication to duty, honor and country,” he said, adding that many who served didn’t volunteer to fight in wars. “They didn’t go to war because they loved fighting,” he said. “But they were called to be a part of something bigger and greater than themselves. … They rose to the nation’s call because they wanted to protect a nation which has given them, which has given us, so very much.”\r\n\r\nPorter said that nothing can ever fill the void left by a fallen service member, but we can use Memorial Day as a time to remember and be grateful for the sacrifices made.\r\n\r\n“We in this country are so very blessed, and we owe a great debt of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives so that we can live free,” he said. “We can start to pay that debt by not forgetting but by remembering what they did and what they stood for.\r\n\r\n“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”\r\n<blockquote>“I personally believe that we have a responsibility as fellow citizens to remember the nation’s brave fallen men and women. We must never forget those who paid the price for our freedom and always be thankful for their service to this great country.”</blockquote>\r\nRep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) provided a video message for the event and thanked Porter and all military members and veterans for their service. “The men and women that serve in our military perform the highest form of public service, and we’re forever indebted to them,” he said. “There’s no greater or nobler sacrifice than to lay your life on the line for your family, your friends, your neighbors and your country.”\r\n\r\nThe event concluded with a 21-gun salute by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and Martin Police Department and the playing of taps by UT Martin student Aaron MacDonald, a freshman music major from Henry.\r\n\r\nThe event is archived at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0 !important; padding-bottom: 75% !important; width: 100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000HjNWaPsPA2k\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Porter honors military members during commemoration event','A virtual ceremony marked the 21st year for the University of Tennessee at Martin to observe Memorial Day during its annual commemoration event Friday, May 28, at the main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3319-revision-v1','','','2021-05-28 16:47:56','2021-05-28 21:47:56','',3319,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/05/28/3319-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3325,2,'2021-06-03 16:15:08','2021-06-03 21:15:08','Alexis Millsaps prides herself on building community and bringing people together from different backgrounds. She doesn’t engage people for recognition, but her accomplishments were hard to ignore as she earned one of five statewide student Harold Love Community Service Awards in April from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. She then was announced as one of three Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award recipients during May 8 commencement when she received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nMillsaps was raised in Columbia, Tennessee, graduated from Columbia Central High School and transferred to UT Martin from Columbia State Community College. Upon transferring to UT Martin, Millsaps observed the challenges faced by other transfer students adjusting to the university, including a lack of supporting resources. She responded to the need by founding the Transfers for Life organization, which builds a community for transfer students to help them establish relationships and navigate UT Martin together. The group holds regular meetings throughout the school year so students can forge bonds and have a greater chance to succeed.\r\n\r\n“I started that organization because I was initially a Transfer Boot Camp mentor,” she said. “I went from being a freshman mentor to a transfer student mentor, and I think transfer students fall through the cracks occasionally. I wanted to be the person that made sure they didn’t, so I’m really proud of that.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3333\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3333 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05082021_SpringCommencement10AM110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Millsaps crosses the commencement stage.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMillsaps also worked to pioneer social change at UT Martin. Through her activism with the Black History Matters Coalition, the Black Student Association and the university’s annual Civil Rights Conference, she helped raise awareness around issues that minorities face today and used her voice to push for solutions to make the university a better place for all people.\r\n\r\nI’m really proud of the BSA (Black Student Association). … I loved being the civil rights chair. … That changed my life in a lot of ways,” she said. “I was also a part of the Skyhawks for a required African American history class, and that showed me a lot of leadership and navigating different publics. I really put my degree to work before I graduated.”\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late State Representative Harold Love who was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation to create community service recognition programs for Tennessee colleges and universities. The legislation was enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1991, and the awards program annually honors five students and five faculty/staff members for outstanding community service and volunteer work. In his Love Award nomination letter, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver noted his respect for Millsaps as an agent for change.\r\n<blockquote>“We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”</blockquote>\r\n“Through many difficult conversations, Alexis has never shied away from addressing issues concerning racial and social injustice, especially at UT Martin,” Carver wrote. “We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”\r\n\r\nMay was a big month for Millsaps in more ways than one, starting with a campus reception May 4 to honor her for receiving the Love Award. She was unaware that she was also nominated for the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award, the only award presented during UT Martin commencement. Her family and many friends were present at Skyhawk Arena to see Millsaps receive both her degree and her second major award during her final semester as a UT Martin student.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3334\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3334 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05042021_HaroldLoveAwardEvent01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Millsaps is pictured with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver after receiving the Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award in May.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMillsaps remains humble through all of the recognition and, in many ways, still finds it hard to believe that these recognitions have come her way. Then again, her desire to build communities wherever she lands contributed to her success. “I think all the leadership positions that I’ve gotten to have, have led me to building community where people didn’t think it could be built,” she said. “So, I’m really grateful that people trusted me to do that and followed me in those rooms.”\r\n\r\nMillsaps earned an associate degree in psychology from Columbia State but changed her major to communications her junior year at UT Martin. She remains flexible and prepared for whatever comes next as she begins her career. “I’m really interested in nonprofit communications and PR (public relations), and I think communications is where I was supposed to be,” she said. “I wish I had started there (studying communications), but I think I ended up where I was supposed to be.”\r\n\r\nAlexis Millsaps is ready to make a difference both in the communications field and wherever her career takes her. 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She doesn’t engage people for recognition, but her accomplishments were hard to ignore as she earned one of five statewide student Harold Love Community Service Awards in April from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. She then was announced as one of three Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award recipients during May 8 commencement when she received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nMillsaps was raised in Columbia, Tennessee, graduated from Columbia Central High School and transferred to UT Martin from Columbia State Community College. Upon transferring to UT Martin, Millsaps observed the challenges faced by other transfer students adjusting to the university, including a lack of supporting resources. She responded to the need by founding the Transfers for Life organization, which builds a community for transfer students to help them establish relationships and navigate UT Martin together. The group holds regular meetings throughout the school year so students can forge bonds and have a greater chance to succeed.\r\n\r\n“I started that organization because I was initially a Transfer Boot Camp mentor,” she said. “I went from being a freshman mentor to a transfer student mentor, and I think transfer students fall through the cracks occasionally. I wanted to be the person that made sure they didn’t, so I’m really proud of that.”\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3327\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05042021_Alexis-Millsaps-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nMillsaps also worked to pioneer social change at UT Martin. Through her activism with the Black History Matters Coalition, the Black Student Association and the university’s annual Civil Rights Conference, she helped raise awareness around issues that minorities face today and used her voice to push for solutions to make the university a better place for all people.\r\n\r\nI’m really proud of the BSA (Black Student Association). … I loved being the civil rights chair. … That changed my life in a lot of ways,” she said. “I was also a part of the Skyhawks for a required African American history class, and that showed me a lot of leadership and navigating different publics. I really put my degree to work before I graduated.”\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late State Representative Harold Love who was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation to create community service recognition programs for Tennessee colleges and universities. The legislation was enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1991, and the awards program annually honors five students and five faculty/staff members for outstanding community service and volunteer work. In his Love Award nomination letter, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver noted his respect for Millsaps as an agent for change.\r\n\r\n“Through many difficult conversations, Alexis has never shied away from addressing issues concerning racial and social injustice, especially at UT Martin,” Carver wrote. “We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”\r\n\r\nMay was a big month for Millsaps in more ways than one, starting with a campus reception May 4 to honor her for receiving the Love Award. She was unaware that she was also nominated for the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award, the only award presented during UT Martin commencement. Her family and many friends were present at Skyhawk Arena to see Millsaps receive both her degree and her second major award during her final semester as a UT Martin student.\r\n\r\nMillsaps remains humble through all of the recognition and, in many ways, still finds it hard to believe that these recognitions have come her way. Then again, her desire to build communities wherever she lands contributed to her success. “I think all the leadership positions that I’ve gotten to have, have led me to building community where people didn’t think it could be built,” she said. “So, I’m really grateful that people trusted me to do that and followed me in those rooms.”\r\n\r\nMillsaps earned an associate degree in psychology from Columbia State but changed her major to communications her junior year at UT Martin. She remains flexible and prepared for whatever comes next as she begins her career. “I’m really interested in nonprofit communications and PR (public relations), and I think communications is where I was supposed to be,” she said. “I wish I had started there (studying communications), but I think I ended up where I was supposed to be.”\r\n\r\nAlexis Millsaps is ready to make a difference both in the communications field and wherever her career takes her. 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She doesn’t engage people for recognition, but her accomplishments were hard to ignore as she earned one of five statewide student Harold Love Community Service Awards in April from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. She then was announced as one of three Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award recipients during May 8 commencement when she received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nMillsaps was raised in Columbia, Tennessee, graduated from Columbia Central High School and transferred to UT Martin from Columbia State Community College. Upon transferring to UT Martin, Millsaps observed the challenges faced by other transfer students adjusting to the university, including a lack of supporting resources. She responded to the need by founding the Transfers for Life organization, which builds a community for transfer students to help them establish relationships and navigate UT Martin together. The group holds regular meetings throughout the school year so students can forge bonds and have a greater chance to succeed.\r\n\r\n“I started that organization because I was initially a Transfer Boot Camp mentor,” she said. “I went from being a freshman mentor to a transfer student mentor, and I think transfer students fall through the cracks occasionally. I wanted to be the person that made sure they didn’t, so I’m really proud of that.”\r\n\r\nMillsaps also worked to pioneer social change at UT Martin. Through her activism with the Black History Matters Coalition, the Black Student Association and the university’s annual Civil Rights Conference, she helped raise awareness around issues that minorities face today and used her voice to push for solutions to make the university a better place for all people.\r\n\r\nI’m really proud of the BSA (Black Student Association). … I loved being the civil rights chair. … That changed my life in a lot of ways,” she said. “I was also a part of the Skyhawks for a required African American history class, and that showed me a lot of leadership and navigating different publics. I really put my degree to work before I graduated.”\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late State Representative Harold Love who was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation to create community service recognition programs for Tennessee colleges and universities. The legislation was enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1991, and the awards program annually honors five students and five faculty/staff members for outstanding community service and volunteer work. In his Love Award nomination letter, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver noted his respect for Millsaps as an agent for change.\r\n<blockquote>“We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”</blockquote>\r\n“Through many difficult conversations, Alexis has never shied away from addressing issues concerning racial and social injustice, especially at UT Martin,” Carver wrote. “We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”\r\n\r\nMay was a big month for Millsaps in more ways than one, starting with a campus reception May 4 to honor her for receiving the Love Award. She was unaware that she was also nominated for the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award, the only award presented during UT Martin commencement. Her family and many friends were present at Skyhawk Arena to see Millsaps receive both her degree and her second major award during her final semester as a UT Martin student.\r\n\r\nMillsaps remains humble through all of the recognition and, in many ways, still finds it hard to believe that these recognitions have come her way. Then again, her desire to build communities wherever she lands contributed to her success. “I think all the leadership positions that I’ve gotten to have, have led me to building community where people didn’t think it could be built,” she said. “So, I’m really grateful that people trusted me to do that and followed me in those rooms.”\r\n\r\nMillsaps earned an associate degree in psychology from Columbia State but changed her major to communications her junior year at UT Martin. She remains flexible and prepared for whatever comes next as she begins her career. “I’m really interested in nonprofit communications and PR (public relations), and I think communications is where I was supposed to be,” she said. “I wish I had started there (studying communications), but I think I ended up where I was supposed to be.”\r\n\r\nAlexis Millsaps is ready to make a difference both in the communications field and wherever her career takes her. Everything circles back to community.\r\n\r\n“I think we all have a role to play in how we build community in the friend groups that we’re in, and I think people don’t really accept that responsibility,” she said. “But I decided that I wanted to be in all the rooms that decisions were being made, and I wanted to create friendships and community in all those rooms as well.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Building community shines spotlight on Alexis Millsaps','Alexis Millsaps prides herself on building community and bringing people together from different backgrounds.','inherit','closed','closed','','3325-revision-v1','','','2021-06-03 16:14:12','2021-06-03 21:14:12','',3325,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/03/3325-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3340,7,'2021-06-08 14:40:00','2021-06-08 19:40:00','College of Business and Global Affairs students at the University of Tennessee at Martin will experience three professional NASCAR racing events during the weekend of June 18-20 at Nashville Superspeedway. The 17 students scheduled to attend will be assigned race-day duties all three days and learn about the inner workings of hosting professional racing.\r\n\r\nThe events include the “Rackley Roofing 200” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Friday, June 18; the “Tennessee Lottery 250” NASCAR Xfinity Series Race on Saturday, June 19; and the “Ally 400” NASCAR Cup Series Race on Sunday, June 20. Billed as Middle Tennessee’s first NASCAR Cup Series race in nearly four decades, the “Ally 400” is officially sold out, but tickets remain for the other two races of the weekend and can be purchased by calling 866-RACE-TIX.\r\n\r\nDr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport management, regularly takes university students to personally experience college and professional sports events and will lead the UT Martin group for the NASCAR races. Davis worked with Nashville Superspeedway’s Ashley Shores and Greg Herring to arrange for the students to attend. Shores is a 2018 UT Martin communications graduate and works as the public relations and community engagement coordinator for the track.\r\n\r\n“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”\r\n\r\nIn January, Davis accompanied students to work with the Host Committee at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LV week in Tampa, Florida. That marked the eighth time for Davis to take UT Martin students to the largest single-day sporting event in the United States. Students who graduate from the Sport Business Program are prepared for positions throughout the sport industry.\r\n\r\nAccording to <a href=\"http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com\">www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com</a>, the facility hosted its first NASCAR-sanctioned race in April 2001. 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The 17 students scheduled to attend will be assigned race-day duties all three days and learn about the inner workings of hosting professional racing.\n\nThe events include the “Rackley Roofing 200” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Friday, June 18; the “Tennessee Lottery 250” NASCAR Xfinity Series Race on Saturday, June 19; and the “Ally 400” NASCAR Cup Series Race on Sunday, June 20. Billed as Middle Tennessee’s first NASCAR Cup Series race in nearly four decades, the “Ally 400” is officially sold out, but tickets remain for the other two races of the weekend and can be purchased by calling 866-RACE-TIX.\n\nDr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport management, regularly takes university students to personally experience college and professional sports events and will lead the UT Martin group for the NASCAR races. Davis worked with Nashville Superspeedway’s Ashley Shores and Greg Herring to arrange for the students to attend. Shores is a 2018 UT Martin communications graduate and works as the public relations and community engagement coordinator for the track.\n<blockquote>“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”</blockquote>\n“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”\n\nIn January, Davis accompanied students to work with the Host Committee at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LV week in Tampa, Florida. That marked the eighth time for Davis to take UT Martin students to the largest single-day sporting event in the United States. 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She doesn’t engage people for recognition, but her accomplishments were hard to ignore as she earned one of five statewide student Harold Love Community Service Awards in April from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. She then was announced as one of three Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award recipients during May 8 commencement when she received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nMillsaps was raised in Columbia, Tennessee, graduated from Columbia Central High School and transferred to UT Martin from Columbia State Community College. Upon transferring to UT Martin, Millsaps observed the challenges faced by other transfer students adjusting to the university, including a lack of supporting resources. She responded to the need by founding the Transfers for Life organization, which builds a community for transfer students to help them establish relationships and navigate UT Martin together. The group holds regular meetings throughout the school year so students can forge bonds and have a greater chance to succeed.\r\n\r\n“I started that organization because I was initially a Transfer Boot Camp mentor,” she said. “I went from being a freshman mentor to a transfer student mentor, and I think transfer students fall through the cracks occasionally. I wanted to be the person that made sure they didn’t, so I’m really proud of that.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3333\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3333 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05082021_SpringCommencement10AM110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Millsaps crosses the commencement stage.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMillsaps also worked to pioneer social change at UT Martin. Through her activism with the Black History Matters Coalition, the Black Student Association and the university’s annual Civil Rights Conference, she helped raise awareness around issues that minorities face today and used her voice to push for solutions to make the university a better place for all people.\r\n\r\nI’m really proud of the BSA (Black Student Association). … I loved being the civil rights chair. … That changed my life in a lot of ways,” she said. “I was also a part of the Skyhawks for a required African American history class, and that showed me a lot of leadership and navigating different publics. I really put my degree to work before I graduated.”\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late State Representative Harold Love who was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation to create community service recognition programs for Tennessee colleges and universities. The legislation was enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1991, and the awards program annually honors five students and five faculty/staff members for outstanding community service and volunteer work. In his Love Award nomination letter, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver noted his respect for Millsaps as an agent for change.\r\n<blockquote>“We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”</blockquote>\r\n“Through many difficult conversations, Alexis has never shied away from addressing issues concerning racial and social injustice, especially at UT Martin,” Carver wrote. “We are both firm believers in the notion that you can love an organization but also see where it can benefit from change, and Alexis has used her voice to confront the areas where she believes the university, as well as administrators, need to improve upon concerning our minority students, faculty and staff.”\r\n\r\nMay was a big month for Millsaps in more ways than one, starting with a campus reception May 4 to honor her for receiving the Love Award. She was unaware that she was also nominated for the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award, the only award presented during UT Martin commencement. Her family and many friends were present at Skyhawk Arena to see Millsaps receive both her degree and her second major award during her final semester as a UT Martin student.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3334\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3334 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05042021_HaroldLoveAwardEvent01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Millsaps is pictured with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver after receiving the Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award in May.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMillsaps remains humble through all of the recognition and, in many ways, still finds it hard to believe that these recognitions have come her way. Then again, her desire to build communities wherever she lands contributed to her success. “I think all the leadership positions that I’ve gotten to have, have led me to building community where people didn’t think it could be built,” she said. “So, I’m really grateful that people trusted me to do that and followed me in those rooms.”\r\n\r\nMillsaps earned an associate degree in psychology from Columbia State but changed her major to communications her junior year at UT Martin. She remains flexible and prepared for whatever comes next as she begins her career. “I’m really interested in nonprofit communications and PR (public relations), and I think communications is where I was supposed to be,” she said. “I wish I had started there (studying communications), but I think I ended up where I was supposed to be.”\r\n\r\nAlexis Millsaps is ready to make a difference both in the communications field and wherever her career takes her. Everything circles back to community.\r\n\r\n“I think we all have a role to play in how we build community in the friend groups that we’re in, and I think people don’t really accept that responsibility,” she said. “But I decided that I wanted to be in all the rooms that decisions were being made, and I wanted to create friendships and community in all those rooms as well.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Building community shines spotlight on Alexis Millsaps','Alexis Millsaps prides herself on building community and bringing people together from different backgrounds.','inherit','closed','closed','','3325-revision-v1','','','2021-06-03 16:50:58','2021-06-03 21:50:58','',3325,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/03/3325-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3355,7,'2021-06-14 15:07:21','2021-06-14 20:07:21','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year. The proposed facility also moves forward with a new name: the Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub or the “TEST Hub.”\r\n\r\nThe $17.5 million, 50,000-square-foot facility is a joint effort by UT Martin, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College to support and expand workforce and economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance and name change in a letter to university supporters.\r\n<blockquote>“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote.</blockquote>\r\n“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote. In the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Already under construction is the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2022. The 120,000-square-foot, three-story building is made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer that was needed to secure state funding for the $65 million project.\r\n\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Proposed UT Martin facility renamed \'TEST Hub\'','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year.','publish','closed','closed','','proposed-ut-martin-facility-renamed-test-hub','','','2021-06-14 15:14:58','2021-06-14 20:14:58','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3355',0,'post','',0),(3405,2,'2021-07-07 17:30:41','2021-07-07 22:30:41','VIQTORY awarded the University of Tennessee at Martin a 2021-2022 Military-Friendly designation for the support provided to campus veterans. VIQTORY is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that promotes organizations that provide opportunities for military communities.\r\n\r\nDesignations are mainly based on the support provided to veteran students and retention rates after one and two years, as well as graduation rates and career outcomes. Attention is also paid to educational loan repayment levels, academic and admissions policies, and the level of commitment institutions have toward supporting military students.\r\n\r\nUT Martin scored highest in the culture and commitment and graduation and career categories and is one of 18 institutions across Tennessee to receive a designation from VIQTORY. In addition to the VIQTORY designation, UT Martin was recently named among the 2021 “Best for Vets” by Military Times. 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The 17 students scheduled to attend will be assigned race-day duties all three days and learn about the inner workings of hosting professional racing.\r\n\r\nThe events include the “Rackley Roofing 200” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Friday, June 18; the “Tennessee Lottery 250” NASCAR Xfinity Series Race on Saturday, June 19; and the “Ally 400” NASCAR Cup Series Race on Sunday, June 20. Billed as Middle Tennessee’s first NASCAR Cup Series race in nearly four decades, the “Ally 400” is officially sold out, but tickets remain for the other two races of the weekend and can be purchased by calling 866-RACE-TIX.\r\n\r\nDr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport management, regularly takes university students to personally experience college and professional sports events and will lead the UT Martin group for the NASCAR races. Davis worked with Nashville Superspeedway’s Ashley Shores and Greg Herring to arrange for the students to attend. Shores is a 2018 UT Martin communications graduate and works as the public relations and community engagement coordinator for the track.\r\n<blockquote>“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”</blockquote>\r\n“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”\r\n\r\nIn January, Davis accompanied students to work with the Host Committee at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LV week in Tampa, Florida. That marked the eighth time for Davis to take UT Martin students to the largest single-day sporting event in the United States. Students who graduate from the Sport Business Program are prepared for positions throughout the sport industry.\r\n\r\nAccording to <a href=\"http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com\">www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com</a>, the facility hosted its first NASCAR-sanctioned race in April 2001. Racing continued through 2011, at which time the facility closed, but plans to reopen Nashville Superspeedway were announced in 2020. 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She is using her platform to promote the “Carl Perkins Center S.A.B.L.E.” Estes will be competing as Miss West Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a 2020 UT Martin alumna from Lawrenceville, Georgia, graduated with a degree in geology. She will compete as Miss Shelby County Volunteer and is using her platform to support “Stand for STEM,” an initiative to promote earth science in the classroom.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is a third-year student at Union University College of Pharmacy. She graduated UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Pharmacy 101.” Martin will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Obion County.\r\n\r\nRachael Friedrich, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Jackson, graduated with a degree in agriculture. She will compete as Miss Jackson Volunteer. Friedrich’s platform promotes “Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cancer That’s Not So Small.”\r\n\r\nKarenna Rainey, a freshman biology major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss TriStar Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County. Rainey’s platform promotes “Project Handbags for Homeless.”\r\n\r\nCarsyn Hughes, a freshman fashion merchandising and design major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Paris Volunteer. She is using her platform to support “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior social work major from Holladay, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.\r\n\r\nCaleigh Jo Erwin, a junior fashion merchandising and family and consumer sciences education major from Dyersburg, will compete as Miss Springtime Volunteer, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes “Living with Lupus.”\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. Bill Lee’s official representative for character education and spend the next year traveling the state to visit with schoolchildren and community members on his behalf. The winner will go on to compete for the title of Miss Volunteer America on May 4-7, 2022.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin students and alumni to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. 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Billed as Middle Tennessee’s first NASCAR Cup Series race in nearly four decades, the “Ally 400” is officially sold out, but tickets remain for the other two races of the weekend and can be purchased by calling 866-RACE-TIX.\r\n\r\nDr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport management, regularly takes university students to personally experience college and professional sports events and will lead the UT Martin group for the NASCAR races. Davis worked with Nashville Superspeedway’s Ashley Shores and Greg Herring to arrange for the students to attend. Shores is a 2018 UT Martin communications graduate and works as the public relations and community engagement coordinator for the track.\r\n<blockquote>“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”</blockquote>\r\n“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”\r\n\r\nIn January, Davis accompanied students to work with the Host Committee at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LV week in Tampa, Florida. That marked the eighth time for Davis to take UT Martin students to the largest single-day sporting event in the United States. Students who graduate from the Sport Business Program are prepared for positions throughout the sport industry.\r\n\r\nAccording to <a href=\"http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com\">www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com</a>, the facility hosted its first NASCAR-sanctioned race in April 2001. Racing continued through 2011, at which time the facility closed, but plans to reopen Nashville Superspeedway were announced in 2020. 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The 17 students scheduled to attend will be assigned race-day duties all three days and learn about the inner workings of hosting professional racing.\r\n\r\nThe events include the “Rackley Roofing 200” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Friday, June 18; the “Tennessee Lottery 250” NASCAR Xfinity Series Race on Saturday, June 19; and the “Ally 400” NASCAR Cup Series Race on Sunday, June 20. Billed as Middle Tennessee’s first NASCAR Cup Series race in nearly four decades, the “Ally 400” is officially sold out, but tickets remain for the other two races of the weekend and can be purchased by calling 866-RACE-TIX.\r\n\r\nDr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport management, regularly takes university students to personally experience college and professional sports events and will lead the UT Martin group for the NASCAR races. Davis worked with Nashville Superspeedway’s Ashley Shores and Greg Herring to arrange for the students to attend. Shores is a 2018 UT Martin communications graduate and works as the public relations and community engagement coordinator for the track.\r\n<blockquote>“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”</blockquote>\r\n“When I was tasked with the volunteer program, I knew I wanted to get Dr. Davis and his students involved,” Shores said. “They do such great work at the Super Bowl, and I want to support UTM in any way I can.”\r\n\r\nIn January, Davis accompanied students to work with the Host Committee at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LV week in Tampa, Florida. That marked the eighth time for Davis to take UT Martin students to the largest single-day sporting event in the United States. Students who graduate from the Sport Business Program are prepared for positions throughout the sport industry.\r\n\r\nAccording to <a href=\"http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com\">www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com</a>, the facility hosted its first NASCAR-sanctioned race in April 2001. Racing continued through 2011, at which time the facility closed, but plans to reopen Nashville Superspeedway were announced in 2020. 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He received a bachelor’s degree in social work during commencement exercises on May 8 and has begun working with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ Foster Care Unit in the Northwest Tennessee region.\r\n\r\nThe Michelle Horton Service Award honors students in the Department of Behavioral Sciences who make significant contributions to their community through acts of service. To be eligible, students must serve a minimum of 20 service hours. Boyd, of Somerville, volunteered with five local non-profit organizations during his time at UT Martin. He also served as the philanthropy chair for his fraternity and as the president of the UT Martin Student Social Work Association.\r\n\r\n“A role model is characterized by an individual that others look up to for encouragement during times of challenge and hope in the midst of despair. DeAundra has exemplified what it is to be a role model in action through his commitment and dedication to service activities at UT Martin and local agencies/organizations,” Alicia Donaldson, program director and professor for the social work program, wrote in Boyd’s nomination material. “DeAundra’s compassion and desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others is an example for all.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Behavioral Sciences at 731-881-7519.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Boyd receives the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award','','inherit','closed','closed','','3349-revision-v1','','','2021-06-11 09:50:48','2021-06-11 14:50:48','',3349,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/11/3349-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3352,7,'2021-06-11 09:51:14','2021-06-11 14:51:14','DeAundra Boyd, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin, was named the recipient of the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award. He received a bachelor’s degree in social work during commencement exercises on May 8 and has begun working with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ Foster Care Unit in the Northwest Tennessee region.\r\n\r\nThe Michelle Horton Service Award honors students in the Department of Behavioral Sciences who make significant contributions to their community through acts of service. To be eligible, students must serve a minimum of 20 service hours. Boyd, of Somerville, volunteered with five local non-profit organizations during his time at UT Martin. He also served as the philanthropy chair for his fraternity and as the president of the UT Martin Student Social Work Association.\r\n<blockquote>“DeAundra’s compassion and desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others is an example for all.”</blockquote>\r\n“A role model is characterized by an individual that others look up to for encouragement during times of challenge and hope in the midst of despair. DeAundra has exemplified what it is to be a role model in action through his commitment and dedication to service activities at UT Martin and local agencies/organizations,” Alicia Donaldson, program director and professor for the social work program, wrote in Boyd’s nomination material. “DeAundra’s compassion and desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others is an example for all.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Behavioral Sciences at 731-881-7519.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Boyd receives the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award','','inherit','closed','closed','','3349-revision-v1','','','2021-06-11 09:51:14','2021-06-11 14:51:14','',3349,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/11/3349-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3353,1,'2021-06-11 09:58:31','2021-06-11 14:58:31','DeAundra Boyd, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin, was named the recipient of the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award. He received a bachelor’s degree in social work during commencement exercises on May 8 and has begun working with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ Foster Care Unit in the Northwest Tennessee region.\r\n\r\nThe Michelle Horton Service Award honors students in the Department of Behavioral Sciences who make significant contributions to their community through acts of service. To be eligible, students must serve a minimum of 20 service hours. Boyd, of Somerville, volunteered with five local non-profit organizations during his time at UT Martin. He also served as the philanthropy chair for his fraternity and as the president of the UT Martin Student Social Work Association.\r\n<blockquote>“DeAundra’s compassion and desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others is an example for all.”</blockquote>\r\n“A role model is characterized by an individual that others look up to for encouragement during times of challenge and hope in the midst of despair. DeAundra has exemplified what it is to be a role model in action through his commitment and dedication to service activities at UT Martin and local agencies/organizations,” Alicia Donaldson, program director and professor for the social work program, wrote in Boyd’s nomination material. “DeAundra’s compassion and desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others is an example for all.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Behavioral Sciences at 731-881-7519.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Boyd receives the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award','DeAundra Boyd, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin, was named the recipient of the 2021 Michelle Horton Community Service Award.','inherit','closed','closed','','3349-revision-v1','','','2021-06-11 09:58:31','2021-06-11 14:58:31','',3349,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/11/3349-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3356,7,'2021-06-14 15:06:36','2021-06-14 20:06:36','','Test Hub_UTM 2021','This artist rendering of the proposed TEST Hub at UT Martin shows potential uses of space for engineering and other projects. The facility is a joint effort by UT Martin, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College to support and expand workforce and economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee.','inherit','closed','closed','','test-hub_utm-2021','','','2021-06-14 15:07:00','2021-06-14 20:07:00','',3355,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Test-Hub_UTM-2021.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3357,7,'2021-06-14 15:07:21','2021-06-14 20:07:21','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year. The proposed facility also moves forward with a new name: the Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub or the “TEST Hub.”\r\n\r\nThe $17.5 million, 50,000-square-foot facility is a joint effort by UT Martin, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College to support and expand workforce and economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance and name change in a letter to university supporters.\r\n\r\n“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote. In the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Already under construction is the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2022. The 120,000-square-foot, three-story building is made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer that was needed to secure state funding for the $65 million project.\r\n\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Proposed UT Martin facility renamed \'TEST Hub\'','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year.','inherit','closed','closed','','3355-revision-v1','','','2021-06-14 15:07:21','2021-06-14 20:07:21','',3355,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/14/3355-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3358,7,'2021-06-14 15:14:41','2021-06-14 20:14:41','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year. The proposed facility also moves forward with a new name: the Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub or the “TEST Hub.”\r\n\r\nThe $17.5 million, 50,000-square-foot facility is a joint effort by UT Martin, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College to support and expand workforce and economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance and name change in a letter to university supporters.\r\n<blockquote>“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote.</blockquote>\r\n“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote. In the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Already under construction is the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2022. The 120,000-square-foot, three-story building is made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer that was needed to secure state funding for the $65 million project.\r\n\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Proposed UT Martin facility renamed \'TEST Hub\'','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year.','inherit','closed','closed','','3355-autosave-v1','','','2021-06-14 15:14:41','2021-06-14 20:14:41','',3355,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/14/3355-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3359,7,'2021-06-14 15:14:58','2021-06-14 20:14:58','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year. The proposed facility also moves forward with a new name: the Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub or the “TEST Hub.”\r\n\r\nThe $17.5 million, 50,000-square-foot facility is a joint effort by UT Martin, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College to support and expand workforce and economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance and name change in a letter to university supporters.\r\n<blockquote>“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote.</blockquote>\r\n“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote. In the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Already under construction is the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2022. The 120,000-square-foot, three-story building is made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer that was needed to secure state funding for the $65 million project.\r\n\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Proposed UT Martin facility renamed \'TEST Hub\'','The proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility at the University of Tennessee at Martin has been submitted to the University of Tennessee System for consideration in the 2023 fiscal year.','inherit','closed','closed','','3355-revision-v1','','','2021-06-14 15:14:58','2021-06-14 20:14:58','',3355,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/14/3355-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3361,7,'2021-06-17 14:26:11','2021-06-17 19:26:11','','MissTNVolunteer','(l-r) Morgan Martin, Miss Northwest Tennessee Volunteer; Kailey Duffy, Miss UT Martin Volunteer; Caleigh Jo Erwin, Miss Springtime Volunteer; Sable Estes, Miss West Tennessee Volunteer; Amanda Mayo, Miss Shelby County Volunteer; Rachael Friedrich, Miss Jackson Volunteer; Karenna Rainey, Miss TriStar Volunteer; and not pictured, Carson Hughes, Miss Paris Volunteer, will all compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant this week in Jackson. They are shown giving the “Skyhawk” hand sign. ','inherit','closed','closed','','misstnvolunteer','','','2021-06-17 14:26:22','2021-06-17 19:26:22','',3360,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MissTNVolunteer.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3362,7,'2021-06-17 14:26:41','2021-06-17 19:26:41','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Preliminary competitions began June 16 and will run through June 18. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"https://www.eplustv6.com/\">eplustv6.com</a> at 8 p.m. each evening.\r\n\r\nSable Estes, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Trenton, graduated with a degree in family and consumer sciences. She is using her platform to promote the “Carl Perkins Center S.A.B.L.E.” Estes will be competing as Miss West Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a 2020 UT Martin alumna from Lawrenceville, Georgia, graduated with a degree in geology. She will compete as Miss Shelby County Volunteer and is using her platform to support “Stand for STEM,” an initiative to promote earth science in the classroom.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is a third-year student at Union University College of Pharmacy. She graduated UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Pharmacy 101.” Martin will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Obion County.\r\n\r\nRachael Friedrich, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Jackson, graduated with a degree in agriculture. She will compete as Miss Jackson Volunteer. Friedrich’s platform promotes “Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cancer That’s Not So Small.”\r\n\r\nKarenna Rainey, a freshman biology major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss TriStar Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County. Rainey’s platform promotes “Project Handbags for Homeless.”\r\n\r\nCarsyn Hughes, a freshman fashion merchandising and design major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Paris Volunteer. She is using her platform to support “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior social work major from Holladay, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.\r\n\r\nCaleigh Jo Erwin, a junior fashion merchandising and family and consumer sciences education major from Dyersburg, will compete as Miss Springtime Volunteer, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes “Living with Lupus.”\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. Bill Lee’s official representative for character education and spend the next year traveling the state to visit with schoolchildren and community members on his behalf. The winner will go on to compete for the title of Miss Volunteer America on May 4-7, 2022.','UT Martin students and alumni to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3360-revision-v1','','','2021-06-17 14:26:41','2021-06-17 19:26:41','',3360,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/17/3360-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3363,7,'2021-06-17 15:43:29','2021-06-17 20:43:29','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Preliminary competitions began June 16 and will run through June 18. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"https://www.eplustv6.com/\">eplustv6.com</a> at 8 p.m. each evening.\r\n\r\nSable Estes, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Trenton, graduated with a degree in family and consumer sciences. She is using her platform to promote the “Carl Perkins Center S.A.B.L.E.” Estes will be competing as Miss West Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a 2020 UT Martin alumna from Lawrenceville, Georgia, graduated with a degree in geology. She will compete as Miss Shelby County Volunteer and is using her platform to support “Stand for STEM,” an initiative to promote earth science in the classroom.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is a third-year student at Union University College of Pharmacy. She graduated UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Pharmacy 101.” Martin will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Obion County.\r\n\r\nRachael Friedrich, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Jackson, graduated with a degree in agriculture. She will compete as Miss Jackson Volunteer. Friedrich’s platform promotes “Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cancer That’s Not So Small.”\r\n\r\nKarenna Rainey, a freshman biology major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss TriStar Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County. Rainey’s platform promotes “Project Handbags for Homeless.”\r\n\r\nCarsyn Hughes, a freshman fashion merchandising and design major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Paris Volunteer. She is using her platform to support “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior social work major from Holladay, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.\r\n\r\nCaleigh Jo Erwin, a junior fashion merchandising and family and consumer sciences education major from Dyersburg, will compete as Miss Springtime Volunteer, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes “Living with Lupus.”\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. Bill Lee’s official representative for character education and spend the next year traveling the state to visit with schoolchildren and community members on his behalf. The winner will go on to compete for the title of Miss Volunteer America on May 4-7, 2022.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin students and alumni to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. 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She is using her platform to promote the “Carl Perkins Center S.A.B.L.E.” Estes will be competing as Miss West Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a 2020 UT Martin alumna from Lawrenceville, Georgia, graduated with a degree in geology. She will compete as Miss Shelby County Volunteer and is using her platform to support “Stand for STEM,” an initiative to promote earth science in the classroom.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is a third-year student at Union University College of Pharmacy. She graduated UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Pharmacy 101.” Martin will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee Volunteer, a title based in Obion County.\r\n\r\nRachael Friedrich, a 2019 UT Martin alumna from Jackson, graduated with a degree in agriculture. She will compete as Miss Jackson Volunteer. Friedrich’s platform promotes “Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cancer That’s Not So Small.”\r\n\r\nKarenna Rainey, a freshman biology major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss TriStar Volunteer, a title based in Crockett County. Rainey’s platform promotes “Project Handbags for Homeless.”\r\n\r\nCarsyn Hughes, a freshman fashion merchandising and design major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Paris Volunteer. She is using her platform to support “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior social work major from Holladay, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.\r\n\r\nCaleigh Jo Erwin, a junior fashion merchandising and family and consumer sciences education major from Dyersburg, will compete as Miss Springtime Volunteer, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes “Living with Lupus.”\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. Bill Lee’s official representative for character education and spend the next year traveling the state to visit with schoolchildren and community members on his behalf. The winner will go on to compete for the title of Miss Volunteer America on May 4-7, 2022.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin students and alumni to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant','Four students and four graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 19, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. 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The BIS degree is offered through the UT Martin College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences and can be earned through traditional in-person coursework or online. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/bis\">www.utm.edu/departments/bis</a> or the ranking at <a href=\"http://www.bestvalueschools.org\">www.bestvalueschools.org</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>The university’s concentration in <a href=\"https://study.com/degrees/bachelors-degrees-in-environmental-management.html#!%2F%23wo\">environmental management is ranked ninth</a> in the nation by <a href=\"http://www.study.com\">www.study.com</a>. The UT Martin Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources offers a bachelor’s degree in natural resources management with the environmental management concentration. Ranking criteria included academic and career resources, as well as the quality of education and faculty. In addition to completing a science-based curriculum, students are encouraged to pursue relevant work experience through supervised field study with an approved agency or firm. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/agnr\">www.utm.edu/departments/agnr</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin’s Online MBA is ranked second in Tennessee and 18<sup>th</sup> in the South by <a href=\"http://www.onlinembareport.com\">www.onlinembareport.com</a>. According to the website, more than 400 U.S.-based online MBA programs were evaluated through school surveys, publicly available information on each school’s website and other reputable publications. Ranking criteria included academic reputation of a school’s online and campus-based MBA program, value related to tuition and student indebtedness, relative MBA program enrollment numbers, admissions selectivity, and program quality and rigor. 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The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, the concentration in environmental management and the Online Master of Business Administration degree earned recognition from established ranking services.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is ranked second in the nation among similar programs by bestvalueschools.org. The four-year, self-designed general studies degree previously earned Best Value Schools’ top ranking and maintains its top-five position based on tuition cost and university enrollment. The BIS degree is offered through the UT Martin College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences and can be earned through traditional in-person coursework or online. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/bis\">www.utm.edu/departments/bis</a> or the ranking at <a href=\"http://www.bestvalueschools.org\">www.bestvalueschools.org</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>The university’s concentration in environmental management is ranked ninth in the nation by <a href=\"http://www.study.com\">www.study.com</a>. The UT Martin Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources offers a bachelor’s degree in natural resources management with the environmental management concentration. Ranking criteria included academic and career resources, as well as the quality of education and faculty. In addition to completing a science-based curriculum, students are encouraged to pursue relevant work experience through supervised field study with an approved agency or firm. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/agnr\">www.utm.edu/departments/agnr</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin’s Online MBA is ranked second in Tennessee and 18<sup>th</sup> in the South by <a href=\"http://www.onlinembareport.com\">www.onlinembareport.com</a>. According to the website, more than 400 U.S.-based online MBA programs were evaluated through school surveys, publicly available information on each school’s website and other reputable publications. Ranking criteria included academic reputation of a school’s online and campus-based MBA program, value related to tuition and student indebtedness, relative MBA program enrollment numbers, admissions selectivity, and program quality and rigor. Business programs in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Information about the Online MBA is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php\">www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nInformation about UT Martin academic programs including accreditation for all eligible academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin academic programs earn national, regional and state rankings','Three academic programs have earned national, regional or state rankings at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3366-revision-v1','','','2021-06-18 15:08:21','2021-06-18 20:08:21','',3366,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/18/3366-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3369,7,'2021-06-18 16:33:34','2021-06-18 21:33:34','Three academic programs have earned national, regional or state rankings at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, the concentration in environmental management and the Online Master of Business Administration degree earned recognition from established ranking services.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is ranked second in the nation among similar programs by bestvalueschools.org. The four-year, self-designed general studies degree previously earned Best Value Schools’ top ranking and maintains its top-five position based on tuition cost and university enrollment. The BIS degree is offered through the UT Martin College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences and can be earned through traditional in-person coursework or online. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/bis\">www.utm.edu/departments/bis</a> or the ranking at <a href=\"http://www.bestvalueschools.org\">www.bestvalueschools.org</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>The university’s concentration in <a href=\"https://study.com/degrees/bachelors-degrees-in-environmental-management.html#!%2F%23wo\">environmental management is ranked ninth</a> in the nation by <a href=\"http://www.study.com\">www.study.com</a>. The UT Martin Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources offers a bachelor’s degree in natural resources management with the environmental management concentration. Ranking criteria included academic and career resources, as well as the quality of education and faculty. In addition to completing a science-based curriculum, students are encouraged to pursue relevant work experience through supervised field study with an approved agency or firm. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/agnr\">www.utm.edu/departments/agnr</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin’s Online MBA is ranked second in Tennessee and 18<sup>th</sup> in the South by <a href=\"http://www.onlinembareport.com\">www.onlinembareport.com</a>. According to the website, more than 400 U.S.-based online MBA programs were evaluated through school surveys, publicly available information on each school’s website and other reputable publications. Ranking criteria included academic reputation of a school’s online and campus-based MBA program, value related to tuition and student indebtedness, relative MBA program enrollment numbers, admissions selectivity, and program quality and rigor. Business programs in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Information about the Online MBA is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php\">www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nInformation about all UT Martin academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">www.utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin academic programs earn national, regional and state rankings','Three academic programs have earned national, regional or state rankings at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3366-autosave-v1','','','2021-06-18 16:33:34','2021-06-18 21:33:34','',3366,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/18/3366-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3370,7,'2021-06-18 16:34:04','2021-06-18 21:34:04','Three academic programs have earned national, regional or state rankings at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, the concentration in environmental management and the Online Master of Business Administration degree earned recognition from established ranking services.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is ranked second in the nation among similar programs by bestvalueschools.org. The four-year, self-designed general studies degree previously earned Best Value Schools’ top ranking and maintains its top-five position based on tuition cost and university enrollment. The BIS degree is offered through the UT Martin College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences and can be earned through traditional in-person coursework or online. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/bis\">www.utm.edu/departments/bis</a> or the ranking at <a href=\"http://www.bestvalueschools.org\">www.bestvalueschools.org</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>The university’s concentration in <a href=\"https://study.com/degrees/bachelors-degrees-in-environmental-management.html#!%2F%23wo\">environmental management is ranked ninth</a> in the nation by <a href=\"http://www.study.com\">www.study.com</a>. The UT Martin Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources offers a bachelor’s degree in natural resources management with the environmental management concentration. Ranking criteria included academic and career resources, as well as the quality of education and faculty. In addition to completing a science-based curriculum, students are encouraged to pursue relevant work experience through supervised field study with an approved agency or firm. Learn more about the degree at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/agnr\">www.utm.edu/departments/agnr</a>.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin’s Online MBA is ranked second in Tennessee and 18<sup>th</sup> in the South by <a href=\"http://www.onlinembareport.com\">www.onlinembareport.com</a>. According to the website, more than 400 U.S.-based online MBA programs were evaluated through school surveys, publicly available information on each school’s website and other reputable publications. Ranking criteria included academic reputation of a school’s online and campus-based MBA program, value related to tuition and student indebtedness, relative MBA program enrollment numbers, admissions selectivity, and program quality and rigor. Business programs in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Information about the Online MBA is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php\">www.utm.edu/departments/mba/online_mba.php</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nInformation about all UT Martin academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">www.utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin academic programs earn national, regional and state rankings','Three academic programs have earned national, regional or state rankings at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3366-revision-v1','','','2021-06-18 16:34:04','2021-06-18 21:34:04','',3366,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/18/3366-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3372,2,'2021-06-25 07:44:50','2021-06-25 12:44:50','The University of Tennessee at Martin received the largest single gift in its history Thursday, June 24, when Melanie Smith Taylor and her family announced that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee, will be transferred to the university upon her death. The gift will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future. The gift will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nThe announcement was made during an early-evening ceremony outside one of two large entrances to the Wildwood Farm’s 1930s era Big Barn. UT President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official announcement. The gift will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management and natural resources management. Early programming will focus on adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.','Largest single gift in UT Martin history announced','The University of Tennessee at Martin received the largest single gift in its history Thursday, June 24, when Melanie Smith Taylor and her family announced that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee, will be transferred to the university upon her death.','publish','closed','closed','','largest-single-gift-in-ut-martin-history-announced','','','2021-06-25 07:44:50','2021-06-25 12:44:50','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3372',0,'post','',0),(3374,2,'2021-06-25 07:44:50','2021-06-25 12:44:50','The University of Tennessee at Martin received the largest single gift in its history Thursday, June 24, when Melanie Smith Taylor and her family announced that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee, will be transferred to the university upon her death. The gift will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future. The gift will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nThe announcement was made during an early-evening ceremony outside one of two large entrances to the Wildwood Farm’s 1930s era Big Barn. UT President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official announcement. The gift will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management and natural resources management. Early programming will focus on adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.','Largest single gift in UT Martin history announced','The University of Tennessee at Martin received the largest single gift in its history Thursday, June 24, when Melanie Smith Taylor and her family announced that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee, will be transferred to the university upon her death.','inherit','closed','closed','','3372-revision-v1','','','2021-06-25 07:44:50','2021-06-25 12:44:50','',3372,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/25/3372-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3373,2,'2021-06-25 07:37:19','2021-06-25 12:37:19','','06242021_wildwoodfarms120','(left to right) Kerry Witcher, UT vice president for development and alumni affairs; Randy Boyd, UT president; Melanie Smith Taylor, Wildwood Farm; and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, prepare to sign the letter of intent that outlines the agreement for transfer of the Germantown, Tennessee, farm to UT Martin upon Taylor’s death. The gift is the largest single gift in UT Martin history and will allow the university to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future.','inherit','closed','closed','','06242021_wildwoodfarms120','','','2021-06-25 07:38:36','2021-06-25 12:38:36','',3372,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06242021_wildwoodfarms120.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3423,7,'2021-07-19 08:07:37','2021-07-19 13:07:37','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin. However, the 2020-21 WestStar class experience was anything but traditional. Class members graduated Tuesday, June 22, at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson following 18 months in a seven-month program.\r\n\r\nThe class began in-person sessions in December 2019, transitioned to virtual sessions through June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then resumed meeting in person in March of this year to complete the program. In addition to the first-ever virtual WestStar sessions, members also stayed connected through a new virtual WestStar series named Zoom Leadership: Looking Through Zoom Lenses. The series welcomed both current class members and WestStar alumni to hear featured presenters that included Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.\r\n<blockquote>“While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”</blockquote>\r\nClass member Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement at UT Martin, said the pandemic caused his class “to miss the continuity and momentum of the experience that seems to occur as the program progresses.” However, he credited WestStar for providing virtual options to keep the class connected and extending the program so that the class could continue. “While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”\r\n\r\nRetired physician Dr. Cheryl Browne, of Fayette County, agreed that some class bonding time was lost initially because of the pandemic, but the transition to virtual content helped class members stay connected. “Once we were able to meet in person again, I strongly believe it enhanced our bonding and relationships because we missed each other and realized the blessing of being together should not be taken for granted,” Browne said. “The extended experience made us want to stay connected beyond graduation.” She said that a class Bible study will resume monthly in August, and options for the class to meet quarterly for dinner in counties not visited during the sessions will be offered.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, presided over the class’s graduation event that welcomed approximately 120 attendees. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as the event’s keynote speaker, who focused on “lessons from adversity” that considered what class members experienced during the pandemic by focusing on the life of James “Jimmy” Braddock. The famous boxer overcame poverty, overwhelming adversity and a severe boxing injury to win a heavyweight boxing title in 1935 and later enjoy success in the military and in business. His life was the subject of the 2005 movie Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard.\r\n\r\n“It’s been quite a year, or two years, for our graduates who are going through the WestStar program tonight,” Carver said, adding, “And so when we look at the things that we’ve experienced, one of the great things we can do is just look back at history and look at other tough times and find individuals that we can lift up as people that have come through tough times and persevered.”\r\n\r\nCarver told how Braddock lived through many highs and lows to achieve boxing and financial success. He said that finding ways to persevere through the valleys is a key to emerging on top in life. “Braddock was always prepared. He was always working. He was always looking to the future,” Carver said. “He was always learning so that he could succeed the next time he hit that valley, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”\r\n<blockquote>“And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed by telling how Braddock gave back later in life by supporting orphanages so that disadvantaged children would have the opportunities he had. “And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”\r\n\r\nDeal followed Carver’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award recipient chosen by the class to Dr. Jamie Mantooth and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award presented to 2014 program graduate Brooxie Carlton, director of federal programs with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville. Gemiah Bell, a UT Martin sophomore from Brownsville, received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship. The program’s board of trustees then welcomed the 29 new graduates that included members representing 18 West Tennessee counties.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement and complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism. Including this class, the program has graduated 886 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nGraduating class members were: Andy Anderson, attorney, Henderson County; Jennifer Bane, executive director, Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, Weakley County; Monte Belew, public safety director, UT Martin, Henry County; Lowell Beller, manager, Central Distributors, Madison County; Dr Cheryl Browne, retired physician, Fayette County; Jason Compton, director of operations, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Madison County; Chris Donaldson, owner/operator, Tencom Services, Dyer County; Debbie Dunaway, public information officer/executive assistant, Southwest Tennessee Development District; Kyle East, financial representative, WoodmenLife &amp; Woodmen Financial Services, Crockett County; Mike Enoch, plant manager, Marvin Windows and Doors of Tennessee, Lauderdale County; Dr. Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District, Henry County; Monica Heath, executive director, McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, Carroll County; Jessica Huff, director of chamber and tourism, McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce, McNairy County; Barry Hutcherson, mayor, Chester County; George Leake, supervisor of secondary instruction, Obion County Schools, Obion County; Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director, enrollment services and student engagement, UT Martin, Weakley County; Lee Mills, captain, FedEx Express, Shelby County; Victor Parkins, owner and publisher, Gibson County Publishing Newspaper Group, Gibson County; Jennifer Perryman, director, Savannah Industrial Development Corp., Hardin County; Jessi Pruett, attorney, Byrd &amp; Byrd, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Gibson County; Teresa Russell, assistant principal, Anderson Early Childhood Center, Haywood County Board of Education, Haywood County; Shalondria Shaw, community development and engagement liaison, City of Brownsville, Haywood County; Dakota Simpson, special projects director, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Dyer County; Ty Smithson, financial officer, Tennessee Farm Credit, Weakley County; Katelyn Spivey, marketing director, Carroll Bank &amp; Trust, Benton County; DeLaney Timberman, executive director, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County; Jamey Tosh, owner and partner, Tosh Farms, Henry County; Wendell Wainwright, chairperson pro temp, Fayette County Public Schools District, Fayette County; and William Wooten, president, Wooten Law Office, LLC, Tipton County.\r\n\r\nInformation about the WestStar Leadership Program is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or call Virgina Grimes, WestStar assistant director, at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2020-21 WestStar class works through pandemic to complete program','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin.','publish','closed','closed','','2020-21-weststar-class-works-through-pandemic-to-complete-program','','','2021-08-18 16:35:15','2021-08-18 21:35:15','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3423',0,'post','',0),(3376,7,'2021-06-25 12:57:47','2021-06-25 17:57:47','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System, including two from UT Martin, Ray Witmer and Anthony Prewitt,  during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3384 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PresidentsAwardWinner2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Ray Whitmer (left), professor of engineering, and Anthony Prewitt, interim director for multicultural affairs, were two of the 2021 President\'s Awards recipients.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-employees-among-recipients-of-the-2021-presidents-awards','','','2021-08-27 14:56:02','2021-08-27 19:56:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3376',0,'post','',0),(3377,7,'2021-06-25 12:57:47','2021-06-25 17:57:47','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis this morning.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</h3>\r\n<strong>Ray Witmer</strong>, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</h3>\r\n<strong>Colleen Jonsson</strong> is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</h3>\r\n<strong>Dr. Altha Stewart</strong> is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</h3>\r\n<strong>Valara Sample</strong>, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n<h3>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</h3>\r\n<strong>Tammie Cole</strong> serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n<h3>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</h3>\r\n<strong>Anthony Prewitt</strong>, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-06-25 12:57:47','2021-06-25 17:57:47','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/25/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3378,7,'2021-06-25 13:03:21','2021-06-25 18:03:21','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\n\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\n\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\n\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\n\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\n\nRay Witmer, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\n\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\n\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\n\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\n\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\n\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\n\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\n\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\n\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\n\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\n\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. 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The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. 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The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\n\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\n\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\n\nRay Witmer, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\n\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\n\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\n\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\n\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\n\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\n\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\n\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\n\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\n\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\n\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. 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The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3385\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3386\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3387\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3382\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-06-25 14:11:06','2021-06-25 19:11:06','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/25/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3487,7,'2021-08-27 14:55:04','2021-08-27 19:55:04','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System, including two from UT Martin, Ray Witmer and Anthony Prewitt,  during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3384 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PresidentsAwardWinner2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Ray Whitmer (left), professor of engineering, and Anthony Prewitt, interim director for multicultural affairs, were two of the 2021 President\'s Awards recipients.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-08-27 14:55:04','2021-08-27 19:55:04','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/27/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3389,2,'2021-06-25 14:13:57','2021-06-25 19:13:57','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System, including two from UT Martin, Ray Witmer and Anthony Prewitt,  during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3384 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PresidentsAwardWinner2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Ray Whitmer (left), associate professor of engineering, and Anthony Prewitt, interim director for multicultural affairs, were two of the 2021 President\'s Awards recipients.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected associate professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-06-25 14:13:57','2021-06-25 19:13:57','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/25/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3390,7,'2021-06-28 07:56:24','2021-06-28 12:56:24','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System, including two from UT Martin, Ray Witmer and Anthony Prewitt,  during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3384 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PresidentsAwardWinner2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Ray Whitmer (left), associate professor of engineering, and Anthony Prewitt, interim director for multicultural affairs, were two of the 2021 President\'s Awards recipients.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-06-28 07:56:24','2021-06-28 12:56:24','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/28/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3391,7,'2021-06-28 08:09:26','2021-06-28 13:09:26','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System, including two from UT Martin, Ray Witmer and Anthony Prewitt,  during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.\r\n\r\nThe President’s Awards were established in 2016 to annually consider the exceptional achievements of employees across the UT System in the areas of the University\'s three-part mission to educate, discover and connect as well as to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the areas of support and diversity. The awards spotlight success and inspire excellence.\r\n<blockquote>“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”</blockquote>\r\n“It is a privilege to work alongside these inspiring individuals who intentionally lead in our efforts to serve the people of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “They represent our best-in-class thinking and strategic work across our great state and remain an essential part of building the greatest decade in UT history.”\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards are the highest honor a UT employee can receive from the University. Honorees are selected each year from a system-wide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders. Winners receive commemorative plaques and $3,000.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3384 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PresidentsAwardWinner2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Ray Whitmer (left), professor of engineering, and Anthony Prewitt, interim director for multicultural affairs, were two of the 2021 President\'s Awards recipients.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis year’s winners represent UT Martin, UT Health Science Center, UT Chattanooga and UT System administration. Discover more about each winner and their contributions to the University, the state of Tennessee and the world below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Educate Honoree: Ray Witmer</strong>\r\n\r\nRay Witmer, a highly respected professor of engineering, has made a lasting impact on the UT Martin Department of Engineering, as well as countless students and staff members. As a civil engineer, Witmer’s real-world experiences have benefitted the department in numerous ways. He created courses not offered at many other schools to provide his students state-of-the-art knowledge and experiences. He constantly modifies and updates his courses to ensure his students are getting lessons that could later be applied to larger challenges. He focuses his recruitment efforts in middle schools and high schools across the region. One of his favorite aspects of his position is getting to visit local schools to show students demonstrations of what a career in STEM can offer. As a result of his efforts, the UT Martin engineering program has seen a tremendous increase in students studying STEM. In addition to his educational endeavors, Witmer assisted in the design of the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the first academic building to be constructed at UT Martin in more than 40 years.\r\n\r\n<strong>Discover Honoree: Colleen Jonsson</strong>\r\n\r\nColleen Jonsson is a UT Health Science Center Van Vleet chair of excellence in virology, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory director of the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems and professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry. After receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, Jonsson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry-virology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In 2017, she transitioned from Beaman Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to her current position at the UT Health Science Center. Jonsson is a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 19 invited book chapters and review articles, and 6 patents, most of which are for novel anti-viral agents. Jonsson has continuously been funded as a principal investigator (PI) on multiple simultaneous federal grants for more than 25 years, and currently, is the PI of a five-year National Institutes of Health Center of Excellence grant of more than $21 million. The NIH center is developing medical countermeasures against multiple pathogens that will enable a rapid response capability to an outbreak or an intentional exposure scenario. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Jonsson immediately pivoted to studying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adopting an all-hands-on-deck approach.\r\n\r\n<strong>Connect Honoree: Dr. Altha Stewart</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3385 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Altha Stewart from UTHSC on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Altha Stewart is the UT Health Science Center senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement, associate professor and director of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University Medical School, Stewart completed her residency in general psychiatry at Drexel University Medical School serving as chief resident. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by UTHSC to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth, which aims to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. Stewart also started the “Healthy Lifestyle Initiative,” which partners with community organizations to establish local gardens with an accompanying physical activity program. This pilot program offers health and wellness screenings as well as care in an extremely underserved Memphis neighborhood. Stewart’s honors and awards include numerous national and local recognitions. She is a local advocate for justice system improvements and serves on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Implementation Task Force and the Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board. From 2018 to 2019, Stewart served as the president of the American Psychiatric Association. Stewart directs eight annually funded projects budgeted at more than $3 million.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Exempt) Honoree: Valara Sample</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3386\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Valara Sample from UT Chattanooga on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nValara Sample, UT Chattanooga executive director for Residential Education and Campus Life, exemplifies relentless commitment to service and dedication to the safety and success of students. Sample makes all students feel welcome and integrated into campus life. Throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19 in the past year, Sample has taken on more duties and mentored those who report to her to become more effective in their own positions. Sample’s leadership and engagement with UTC students and the campus community transformed thinking in regard to residential resources being used to bring people together. She helped to develop UTC’s first faculty-in-residence program and residential colleges in four of the five degree granting academic areas. She assisted in the mission to create an intentional residential education experience through active learning and leadership in a supportive environment that appropriately challenges students inside and outside the classroom.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support (Non-exempt) Honoree: Tammie Cole</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3387\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3387 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Tammie Cole from UT System on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTammie Cole serves as an outstanding statewide resource through her role as an administrative coordinator for the UT System. She has more than 30 years of experience in providing executive assistance, accounting and office management. She goes above and beyond to make sure those around her are taken care of and willingly takes on extra tasks to ensure deadlines are met with efficiency. One of Cole’s many qualities includes an ever-present smile; Cole’s colleagues repeatedly make note of her positive attitude and willingness to make everyone she meets feel special. Cole is vital in preparing materials for UT Board of Trustees meetings and many other systemwide group meetings. Cole is the first introduction to the UT System for many, and she has the remarkable gift of making each person feel unique.\r\n\r\n<strong>Diversity Honoree: Anthony Prewitt</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3382\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3382 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210625_BOT_PresAward_01_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> UT System President and President\'s Award winner Anthony Prewitt from UT Martin on June 25, 2021.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnthony Prewitt, UT Martin interim director for multicultural affairs, has been a driving force in diversity for many years. Prewitt is a consistent voice for all students, and in the past year, he has ensured COVID-19 would not keep UT Martin from celebrating those who fight for equal rights. Since assuming his role, Prewitt has led more than 50 programs aimed at celebrating diversity, promoting thoughtful discussion, addressing tough issues and creating a sense of belonging for his students. Prewitt helped establish the Black Student Mentoring Collaborative to connect Black students with faculty and staff members from the same background who can share and understand their experiences as students of color. Prewitt was the driving force behind Captain’s Pantry, which is stocked by students, faculty, staff and community members and is open to all students in need. Prewitt ensures every student has a voice regarding their ethnicity, religious differences, lifestyle choices or other cultural characteristics.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the President\'s Awards, this year\'s winners and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=a288a88ff3&amp;e=1fdcc4c333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/2021-honorees-and-nominees/</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin employees among recipients of the 2021 President’s Awards','University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd recognized six employees from across the UT System during the summer Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis.','inherit','closed','closed','','3376-revision-v1','','','2021-06-28 08:09:26','2021-06-28 13:09:26','',3376,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/28/3376-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3392,7,'2021-07-01 14:50:36','2021-07-01 19:50:36','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.\r\n\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UT Martin, presented the new programs to the board – Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology. The programs will now be presented to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) for consideration and final approval.\r\n<blockquote>“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.</blockquote>\r\n“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity from UT Martin will consist of 120 credit hours and will be taught primarily face-to-face on campus. The program will now seek accreditation via ABET-CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission), which currently recognizes only 18 such programs.\r\n\r\nA Master of Science in Criminal Justice will be a 30-credit hour, fully online program that features certificate options in corrections administration and law enforcement, which can be obtained separately or as part of the complete program. The program has received strong external support from entities including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the UT Institute for Public Service Law Enforcement Center, both the International and Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.\r\n\r\nThe Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology was the first program in the state to undergo an expedited review by THEC, for which only new and high-demand STEM programs are eligible. The new program offers two concentrations in veterinary science and veterinary technology, comprising 120 hours each. The program will serve as a pipeline for students to enter veterinary school or sit for the Veterinary Technician licensing exam and subsequent licensure in Veterinary Technology.\r\n\r\nThe Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology will attract more students and make program graduates more marketable in several fields.\r\n\r\nInformation about all UT Martin academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Board of Trustees approves new academic programs for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-board-of-trustees-approves-new-academic-programs-for-ut-martin','','','2021-07-01 15:43:19','2021-07-01 20:43:19','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3392',0,'post','',0),(3393,7,'2021-07-01 14:49:49','2021-07-01 19:49:49','','07152020_Scenics012','','inherit','closed','closed','','07152020_scenics012','','','2021-07-01 14:49:49','2021-07-01 19:49:49','',3392,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07152020_Scenics012.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3394,7,'2021-07-01 14:50:36','2021-07-01 19:50:36','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.\r\n\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UT Martin, presented the new programs to the board – Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology. The programs will now be presented to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) for consideration and final approval.\r\n\r\n“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity from UT Martin will consist of 120 credit hours and will be taught primarily face-to-face on campus. The program will now seek accreditation via ABET-CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission), which currently recognizes only 18 such programs.\r\n\r\nA Master of Science in Criminal Justice will be a 30-credit hour, fully online program that features certificate options in corrections administration and law enforcement, which can be obtained separately or as part of the complete program. The program has received strong external support from entities including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the UT Institute for Public Service Law Enforcement Center, both the International and Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.\r\n\r\nThe Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology was the first program in the state to undergo an expedited review by THEC, for which only new and high-demand STEM programs are eligible. The new program offers two concentrations in veterinary science and veterinary technology, comprising 120 hours each. The program will serve as a pipeline for students to enter veterinary school or sit for the Veterinary Technician licensing exam and subsequent licensure in Veterinary Technology.\r\n\r\nThe Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology will attract more students and make program graduates more marketable in range in several fields and attractive to graduate schools.\r\n\r\nInformation about all UT Martin academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Board of Trustees approves new academic programs for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.','inherit','closed','closed','','3392-revision-v1','','','2021-07-01 14:50:36','2021-07-01 19:50:36','',3392,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/01/3392-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3395,7,'2021-07-01 14:54:52','2021-07-01 19:54:52','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.\n\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UT Martin, presented the new programs to the board – Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology. The programs will now be presented to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) for consideration and final approval.\n<blockquote>“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.</blockquote>\n“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.\n\nUT Martin’s Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity from UT Martin will consist of 120 credit hours and will be taught primarily face-to-face on campus. The program will now seek accreditation via ABET-CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission), which currently recognizes only 18 such programs.\n\nA Master of Science in Criminal Justice will be a 30-credit hour, fully online program that features certificate options in corrections administration and law enforcement, which can be obtained separately or as part of the complete program. The program has received strong external support from entities including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the UT Institute for Public Service Law Enforcement Center, both the International and Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.\n\nThe Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology was the first program in the state to undergo an expedited review by THEC, for which only new and high-demand STEM programs are eligible. The new program offers two concentrations in veterinary science and veterinary technology, comprising 120 hours each. The program will serve as a pipeline for students to enter veterinary school or sit for the Veterinary Technician licensing exam and subsequent licensure in Veterinary Technology.\n\nThe Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology will attract more students and make program graduates more marketable in several fields.\n\nInformation about all UT Martin academic programs is found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Board of Trustees approves new academic programs for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.','inherit','closed','closed','','3392-autosave-v1','','','2021-07-01 14:54:52','2021-07-01 19:54:52','',3392,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/01/3392-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3396,2,'2021-07-02 09:00:28','2021-07-02 14:00:28','Last week was exciting for Skyhawks everywhere.\r\n\r\nThursday was a landmark day for our campus as we announced the <em>single largest gift in university history</em>. Melanie Smith Taylor and her family have pledged that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee will be gifted to UT Martin. We will immediately begin our work at Wildwood, as programs in veterinary science, animal science and other agriculture programs develop on this site. We are excited to extend our academic programs into Shelby County. For a video on the UT Martin/Wildwood Farm partnership, <a href=\"https://youtu.be/vDkdxaptUU4\">click here</a>.\r\n\r\nThe annual Board of Trustees meeting took place on Thursday and Friday in Memphis, Tennessee. UT Martin was able to modify our Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology program, as well as successfully propose new Bachelors programs in Veterinary Science &amp; Technology and Cybersecurity. We also moved ahead with the approval of a new Master of Science in Criminal Justice. All of these curricular efforts were a part of our <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/strategic/\">Strategic Enrollment Management Plan</a>.\r\n\r\nPerhaps our greatest achievement last week was in celebrating our people.  Anthony Prewitt and Dr. Ray Witmer were honored as President’s Award winners. Prewitt was honored in the Diversity category and Whitmer received recognition for in the Educate category. Only six employees were chosen from a system-wide pool of candidates for President’s Awards this year. We are honored to have two of them on our campus. You can read about the awards presentation <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/06/25/ut-martin-employees-among-recipients-of-the-2021-presidents-awards/\">here</a>.\r\n\r\nOur university is moving forward in bold new directions in both our physical footprint across the region and in our curricular offerings. And with great people like Anthony Prewitt and Ray Whitmer leading the charge, our best days are truly ahead of us.\r\n\r\nIt’s a great day (or week) to be a Skyhawk!','Chancellor’s Corner: A Banner Week for UT Martin','Thursday was a landmark day for our campus as we announced the single largest gift in university history.','publish','closed','closed','','chancellors-corner-a-banner-week-for-ut-martin','','','2021-07-02 10:21:41','2021-07-02 15:21:41','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3396',0,'post','',0),(3397,7,'2021-07-01 15:43:19','2021-07-01 20:43:19','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved four new academic programs for the University of Tennessee at Martin on June 25 during its first, in-person meeting since February 2020.\r\n\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UT Martin, presented the new programs to the board – Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology. The programs will now be presented to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) for consideration and final approval.\r\n<blockquote>“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.</blockquote>\r\n“We predict that these programs will bring 200-225 students to us by 2025,” said Cavalier during his presentation to the Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity from UT Martin will consist of 120 credit hours and will be taught primarily face-to-face on campus. The program will now seek accreditation via ABET-CAC (Computing Accreditation Commission), which currently recognizes only 18 such programs.\r\n\r\nA Master of Science in Criminal Justice will be a 30-credit hour, fully online program that features certificate options in corrections administration and law enforcement, which can be obtained separately or as part of the complete program. The program has received strong external support from entities including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the UT Institute for Public Service Law Enforcement Center, both the International and Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.\r\n\r\nThe Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology was the first program in the state to undergo an expedited review by THEC, for which only new and high-demand STEM programs are eligible. The new program offers two concentrations in veterinary science and veterinary technology, comprising 120 hours each. 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Melanie Smith Taylor and her family have pledged that Wildwood Farm in Germantown, Tennessee will be gifted to UT Martin. We will immediately begin our work at Wildwood, as programs in veterinary science, animal science and other agriculture programs develop on this site. We are excited to extend our academic programs into Shelby County. For a video on the UT Martin/Wildwood Farm partnership, click here. (hyperlink)\r\n\r\nThe annual Board of Trustees meeting took place on Thursday and Friday in Memphis, Tennessee. UT Martin was able to modify our Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology program, as well as successfully propose new Bachelors programs in Veterinary Science &amp; Technology and Cybersecurity.   We also moved ahead with the approval of a new Master of Science in Criminal Justice.  All of these curricular efforts were a part of our Strategic Enrollment Management Plan. 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We will immediately begin our work at Wildwood, as programs in veterinary science, animal science and other agriculture programs develop on this site. We are excited to extend our academic programs into Shelby County. For a video on the UT Martin/Wildwood Farm partnership, click here. (hyperlink)\r\n\r\nThe annual Board of Trustees meeting took place on Thursday and Friday in Memphis, Tennessee. UT Martin was able to modify our Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology program, as well as successfully propose new Bachelors programs in Veterinary Science &amp; Technology and Cybersecurity.   We also moved ahead with the approval of a new Master of Science in Criminal Justice.  All of these curricular efforts were a part of our Strategic Enrollment Management Plan. (hyperlink)\r\n\r\nPerhaps our greatest achievement last week was in celebrating our people.  Anthony Prewitt and Dr. Ray Witmer were honored as President’s Award winners. 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VIQTORY is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that promotes organizations that provide opportunities for military communities.\r\n\r\nDesignations are mainly based on the support provided to veteran students and retention rates after one and two years, as well as graduation rates and career outcomes. Attention is also paid to educational loan repayment levels, academic and admissions policies, and the level of commitment institutions have toward supporting military students.\r\n\r\nUT Martin scored highest in the culture and commitment and graduation and career categories and is one of 18 institutions across Tennessee to receive a designation from VIQTORY. In addition to the VIQTORY designation, UT Martin was recently named among the 2021 “Best for Vets” by Military Times. 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The group is one of the largest to be accepted from UT Martin.\r\n\r\nNicole King, of Collierville; Sarah Hawk, of Dandridge; Celia Gelpey, of Knoxville; Emily Sutherland, of Hendersonville; Erica Brown, of McEwen; Matthew Katzmarek, of Bruceton; Elizabeth Whitt, of Murfreesboro; Jordan Wilburn, of Leoma; Mary Yarbrough, of Memphis; and Devon Woods, of Escondido, California, will attend the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nKatelynn Hacker, of Atoka, will be attending Mississippi State University, and Marissa Parks, of Tomball, Texas, will be attending the University of Florida. Taylor Heathcock, of South Fulton, will begin at the University of Missouri; Kiara Nobbe, of Greensburg, Indiana, is enrolled in Purdue University.\r\n\r\nSome students been accepted to study at international universities. Becca Byrd, of Germantown, will be attending the Royal Veterinary College in London. Johnnie Parker, of Newport, will be a student at the University of Melbourne; and Gwen Bracey, of Goodlettsville, is enrolled at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.\r\n<blockquote>“The faculty and staff understand what it takes for these students to be successful, and they are passionate about relaying this information to students beginning in their first semester as freshman and continuing that advising and support through graduation,” said Roberts.</blockquote>\r\n“The faculty and staff understand what it takes for these students to be successful, and they are passionate about relaying this information to students beginning in their first semester as freshman and continuing that advising and support through graduation,” said Roberts. “We also have a large teaching and demonstration farm, which includes veterinary facilities where students can gain hands-on experience throughout their undergraduate careers. 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Students who did not meet the grade-point-average requirement at the end of the 2021 spring semester to retain merit scholarships will have these scholarships reinstated to start the 2021-22 academic year.  A total of 508 students will have their scholarships reinstated.\r\n\r\n“So many students struggled last year because of the method of course delivery caused by the pandemic,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. “This will give students another chance to get on track.”\r\n\r\nStudents are receiving direct emails about the reinstatement, which reads in part, “We believe in you and want to see you succeed, so here is a second chance to bring your GPA (Grade Point Average) up to the minimum required to retain your scholarship(s) past the 2021-22 academic year.”\r\n\r\n“At this point, students will have a one-year grace period to bring their GPAs back up to above the scholarship thresholds,” Cavalier added. “Last year will still have an effect on their GPA calculations, of course, but one extra academic year will help many of them.”\r\n\r\nStudents and families who have questions can contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at 731-881-7040 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:financialaid@utm.edu\">financialaid@utm.edu</a>. 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Students suspended from financial aid at the end of the 2021 spring semester must file a Satisfactory Academic Progress appeal before reinstatement of federal and state aid will be considered.\r\n\r\nThe university’s main campus and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville will fully open Aug. 23 for in-person classes. The university uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for pandemic safety that include encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations, mask wearing for the unvaccinated, washing hands frequently and social distancing when possible. The university maintains a pandemic website at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/coronavirus\">www.utm.edu/coronavirus</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin reinstates merit scholarships in response to pandemic','The COVID-19 pandemic challenged educators and students in multiple ways. 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Students who did not meet the grade-point-average requirement at the end of the 2021 spring semester to retain merit scholarships will have these scholarships reinstated to start the 2021-22 academic year.  A total of 508 students will have their scholarships reinstated.\r\n\r\n“So many students struggled last year because of the method of course delivery caused by the pandemic,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. “This will give students another chance to get on track.”\r\n\r\nStudents are receiving direct emails about the reinstatement, which reads in part, “We believe in you and want to see you succeed, so here is a second chance to bring your GPA (Grade Point Average) up to the minimum required to retain your scholarship(s) past the 2021-22 academic year.”\r\n\r\n“At this point, students will have a one-year grace period to bring their GPAs back up to above the scholarship thresholds,” Cavalier added. “Last year will still have an effect on their GPA calculations, of course, but one extra academic year will help many of them.”\r\n\r\nStudents and families who have questions can contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at 731-881-7040 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:financialaid@utm.edu\">financialaid@utm.edu</a>. Students suspended from financial aid at the end of the 2021 spring semester must file a Satisfactory Academic Progress appeal before reinstatement of federal and state aid will be considered.\r\n\r\nThe university’s main campus and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville will fully open Aug. 23 for in-person classes. The university uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for pandemic safety that include encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations, mask wearing for the unvaccinated, washing hands frequently and social distancing when possible. The university maintains a pandemic website at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/coronavirus\">www.utm.edu/coronavirus</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin reinstates merit scholarships in response to pandemic','The COVID-19 pandemic challenged educators and students in multiple ways. For students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin who lost merit scholarships during the pandemic, some help is coming. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3415-autosave-v1','','','2021-07-13 09:53:26','2021-07-13 14:53:26','',3415,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/13/3415-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3419,7,'2021-07-13 09:53:45','2021-07-13 14:53:45','The COVID-19 pandemic challenged educators and students in multiple ways. For students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin who lost merit scholarships during the pandemic, some help is coming. Students who did not meet the grade-point-average requirement at the end of the 2021 spring semester to retain merit scholarships will have these scholarships reinstated to start the 2021-22 academic year.  A total of 508 students will have their scholarships reinstated.\r\n\r\n“So many students struggled last year because of the method of course delivery caused by the pandemic,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. “This will give students another chance to get on track.”\r\n\r\nStudents are receiving direct emails about the reinstatement, which reads in part, “We believe in you and want to see you succeed, so here is a second chance to bring your GPA (Grade Point Average) up to the minimum required to retain your scholarship(s) past the 2021-22 academic year.”\r\n\r\n“At this point, students will have a one-year grace period to bring their GPAs back up to above the scholarship thresholds,” Cavalier added. “Last year will still have an effect on their GPA calculations, of course, but one extra academic year will help many of them.”\r\n\r\nStudents and families who have questions can contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at 731-881-7040 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:financialaid@utm.edu\">financialaid@utm.edu</a>. Students suspended from financial aid at the end of the 2021 spring semester must file a Satisfactory Academic Progress appeal before reinstatement of federal and state aid will be considered.\r\n\r\nThe university’s main campus and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville will fully open Aug. 23 for in-person classes. The university uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for pandemic safety that include encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations, mask wearing for the unvaccinated, washing hands frequently and social distancing when possible. The university maintains a pandemic website at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/coronavirus\">www.utm.edu/coronavirus</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin reinstates merit scholarships in response to pandemic','The COVID-19 pandemic challenged educators and students in multiple ways. For students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin who lost merit scholarships during the pandemic, some help is coming. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3415-revision-v1','','','2021-07-13 09:53:45','2021-07-13 14:53:45','',3415,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/13/3415-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3420,7,'2021-07-14 17:31:45','2021-07-14 22:31:45','After missing 2020 due to the pandemic, the State 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference is returning to the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate the outstanding project work and leadership accomplishments of senior high 4-H members. The event takes place July 19-23.\r\n\r\nApproximately 300 high school age 4-H’ers from across Tennessee will meet for several days on the UT Martin campus. The 4-H’ers have completed local projects in areas such as communication and public speaking, livestock, computers and technology and photography and will now compete for statewide awards that include college scholarships and trips to the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. The theme for this meeting and for all 4-H programs in 2021 is “The Great Comeback.”\r\n<blockquote>“Although much of the year’s efforts were completed through virtual experiences, we are pleased that we can gather to celebrate our members’ accomplishments in person at Roundup and the All Star Conference. This is the 98<sup>th</sup> year we will gather, and I am looking forward to seeing my young friends and hearing about all their efforts,” said Justin Crowe, Director and State 4-H Program Leader.</blockquote>\r\n“Although much of the year’s efforts were completed through virtual experiences, we are pleased that we can gather to celebrate our members’ accomplishments in person at Roundup and the All Star Conference. This is the 98<sup>th</sup> year we will gather, and I am looking forward to seeing my young friends and hearing about all their efforts,” said Justin Crowe, Director and State 4-H Program Leader.\r\n\r\n“While we honored our 4-H project winners virtually last year, we are excited to get to recognize our 2021 outstanding 4-H members in person this year. 4-H Roundup is one of Tennessee 4-H’s premiere events,” said Lori Gallimore, UT Extension Specialist in 4-H Youth Development.  “4-H’ers who have spent years growing their skills and knowledge in their respective project areas come to our annual 4-H Roundup event to compete in their project areas for scholarships, trips and awards.  Roundup is also an opportunity for them to learn skills in leadership and citizenship and enjoy networking with other 4-H’ers from across the state.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to project competitions, delegates will participate in a number of activities, including the 4-H All Star Conference, Vol State Ceremony, the election of the 2021 State Council officers and a service-learning project.\r\n\r\nDelegates to the Tennessee 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference will work to benefit two worthy causes. Some will meet with members of the 4-H Club on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, to learn about life on the reservation and to gather school supplies to send for youth on the reservation. Roundup participants will also work to give their “hands to larger service” to benefit St. Jude Target House for families and patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. 4-H clubs across the state sent needed items like hand sanitizer, laundry detergent and household supplies that the Roundup participants will package for delivery to the Target House<em>.</em>\r\n<blockquote>“Service-learning opportunities are a very important component of the 4-H program,” said Crowe.</blockquote>\r\n“Service-learning opportunities are a very important component of the 4-H program,” said Crowe. “Each year, 4-H’ers statewide perform thousands of hours of service at an estimated economic impact of almost $14 million. Through the service-learning projects, our 4-H’ers learn that they can really make a difference in their communities.”\r\n\r\nOf course, during Roundup the youth will take the time to have some fun. The group will visit Discovery Park of America in Union City.\r\n\r\nThe Division of Youth and 4-H is housed in the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community at USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and is conducted through the land-grant university extension 4-H offices. Additional support is provided to 4-H by National 4-H Council (a private, non-profit organization). In Tennessee, University of Tennessee Extension manages the program with cooperation from Tennessee State University. 4-H teaches leadership, citizenship and service learning to more than 180,000 Tennessee youth in the fourth through 12th grades. 4-H also has more than 5,000 adult volunteers in the state and numerous alumni, among them Governor Bill Lee. Many Tennessee 4-H alumni generously support the organization and Tennessee youth through the Tennessee 4-H Foundation.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Tennessee 4-H Roundup coming July 19-23 to UT Martin','After missing 2020 due to the pandemic, the State 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference is returning to the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate the outstanding project work and leadership accomplishments of senior high 4-H members.','publish','closed','closed','','tennessee-4-h-roundup-coming-july-19-23-to-ut-martin','','','2021-07-14 17:32:39','2021-07-14 22:32:39','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3420',0,'post','',0),(3421,7,'2021-07-14 17:30:50','2021-07-14 22:30:50','','07252018_4HRoundupEdit03','UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver is pictured when he spoke during the 2018 State 4-H Roundup Awards Banquet held in the university’s Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. 4-H Roundup returns July 19-23 to UT Martin where top 4-H’ers from across Tennessee will gather for a week of activities and competition. ','inherit','closed','closed','','07252018_4hroundupedit03','','','2021-07-14 17:31:34','2021-07-14 22:31:34','',3420,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07252018_4HRoundupEdit03.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3422,7,'2021-07-14 17:31:45','2021-07-14 22:31:45','After missing 2020 due to the pandemic, the State 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference is returning to the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate the outstanding project work and leadership accomplishments of senior high 4-H members. The event takes place July 19-23.\r\n\r\nApproximately 300 high school age 4-H’ers from across Tennessee will meet for several days on the UT Martin campus. The 4-H’ers have completed local projects in areas such as communication and public speaking, livestock, computers and technology and photography and will now compete for statewide awards that include college scholarships and trips to the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. The theme for this meeting and for all 4-H programs in 2021 is “The Great Comeback.”\r\n<blockquote>“Although much of the year’s efforts were completed through virtual experiences, we are pleased that we can gather to celebrate our members’ accomplishments in person at Roundup and the All Star Conference. This is the 98<sup>th</sup> year we will gather, and I am looking forward to seeing my young friends and hearing about all their efforts,” said Justin Crowe, Director and State 4-H Program Leader.</blockquote>\r\n“Although much of the year’s efforts were completed through virtual experiences, we are pleased that we can gather to celebrate our members’ accomplishments in person at Roundup and the All Star Conference. This is the 98<sup>th</sup> year we will gather, and I am looking forward to seeing my young friends and hearing about all their efforts,” said Justin Crowe, Director and State 4-H Program Leader.\r\n\r\n“While we honored our 4-H project winners virtually last year, we are excited to get to recognize our 2021 outstanding 4-H members in person this year. 4-H Roundup is one of Tennessee 4-H’s premiere events,” said Lori Gallimore, UT Extension Specialist in 4-H Youth Development.  “4-H’ers who have spent years growing their skills and knowledge in their respective project areas come to our annual 4-H Roundup event to compete in their project areas for scholarships, trips and awards.  Roundup is also an opportunity for them to learn skills in leadership and citizenship and enjoy networking with other 4-H’ers from across the state.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to project competitions, delegates will participate in a number of activities, including the 4-H All Star Conference, Vol State Ceremony, the election of the 2021 State Council officers and a service-learning project.\r\n\r\nDelegates to the Tennessee 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference will work to benefit two worthy causes. Some will meet with members of the 4-H Club on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, to learn about life on the reservation and to gather school supplies to send for youth on the reservation. Roundup participants will also work to give their “hands to larger service” to benefit St. Jude Target House for families and patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. 4-H clubs across the state sent needed items like hand sanitizer, laundry detergent and household supplies that the Roundup participants will package for delivery to the Target House<em>.</em>\r\n<blockquote>“Service-learning opportunities are a very important component of the 4-H program,” said Crowe.</blockquote>\r\n“Service-learning opportunities are a very important component of the 4-H program,” said Crowe. “Each year, 4-H’ers statewide perform thousands of hours of service at an estimated economic impact of almost $14 million. Through the service-learning projects, our 4-H’ers learn that they can really make a difference in their communities.”\r\n\r\nOf course, during Roundup the youth will take the time to have some fun. The group will visit Discovery Park of America in Union City.\r\n\r\nThe Division of Youth and 4-H is housed in the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community at USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and is conducted through the land-grant university extension 4-H offices. Additional support is provided to 4-H by National 4-H Council (a private, non-profit organization). In Tennessee, University of Tennessee Extension manages the program with cooperation from Tennessee State University. 4-H teaches leadership, citizenship and service learning to more than 180,000 Tennessee youth in the fourth through 12th grades. 4-H also has more than 5,000 adult volunteers in the state and numerous alumni, among them Governor Bill Lee. Many Tennessee 4-H alumni generously support the organization and Tennessee youth through the Tennessee 4-H Foundation.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Tennessee 4-H Roundup coming July 19-23 to UT Martin','After missing 2020 due to the pandemic, the State 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference is returning to the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate the outstanding project work and leadership accomplishments of senior high 4-H members.','inherit','closed','closed','','3420-revision-v1','','','2021-07-14 17:31:45','2021-07-14 22:31:45','',3420,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/14/3420-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3424,7,'2021-07-19 08:05:40','2021-07-19 13:05:40','','06222021_WestStarGraduation002','Members of the 2020-21 WestStar Leadership Program class graduated June 22 during a reception and ceremony at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. Pictured following the graduation ceremony are: (front row – L to R) Shalondria Shaw, Jessi Pruett, Jennifer Bane, Katelyn Spivey, Debbie Dunaway, Teresa Russell, Wendell Wainwright and Monica Heath; (middle row) Jamey Tosh, Monte Belew, Victor Parkins, Dakota Simpson, Dr. Cheryl Browne, Dr. Jamie Mantooth, Jessica Huff, Jason Compton, Barry Hutcherson and Jennifer Perryman; (back row)Lowell Beller, Kyle East, Andy Anderson, George Leake, Lee Mills, William Wooten, Chris Donaldson, Delaney Timberman and Ty Smithson. (Not pictured are Dr. Norma Gerrell and Mike Enoch.) ','inherit','closed','closed','','06222021_weststargraduation002','','','2021-07-19 08:07:24','2021-07-19 13:07:24','',3423,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06222021_WestStarGraduation002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3425,7,'2021-07-19 08:07:37','2021-07-19 13:07:37','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin. However, the 2020-21 WestStar class experience was anything but traditional. Class members graduated Tuesday, June 22, at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson following 18 months in a seven-month program.\r\n\r\nThe class began in-person sessions in December 2019, transitioned to virtual sessions through June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then resumed meeting in person in March of this year to complete the program. In addition to the first-ever virtual WestStar sessions, members also stayed connected through a new virtual WestStar series named Zoom Leadership: Looking Through Zoom Lenses. The series welcomed both current class members and WestStar alumni to hear featured presenters that included Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.\r\n<blockquote>“While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”</blockquote>\r\nClass member Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement at UT Martin, said the pandemic caused his class “to miss the continuity and momentum of the experience that seems to occur as the program progresses.” However, he credited WestStar for providing virtual options to keep the class connected and extending the program so that the class could continue. “While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”\r\n\r\nRetired physician Dr. Cheryl Browne, of Brownsville, agreed that some class bonding time was lost initially because of the pandemic, but the transition to virtual content helped class members stay connected. “Once we were able to meet in person again, I strongly believe it enhanced our bonding and relationships because we missed each other and realized the blessing of being together should not be taken for granted,” Browne said. “The extended experience made us want to stay connected beyond graduation.” She said that a class Bible study will resume monthly in August, and options for the class to meet quarterly for dinner in counties not visited during the sessions will be offered.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, presided over the class’s graduation event that welcomed approximately 120 attendees. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as the event’s keynote speaker, who focused on “lessons from adversity” that considered what class members experienced during the pandemic by focusing on the life of James “Jimmy” Braddock. The famous boxer overcame poverty, overwhelming adversity and a severe boxing injury to win a heavyweight boxing title in 1935 and later enjoy success in the military and in business. His life was the subject of the 2005 movie Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard.\r\n\r\n“It’s been quite a year, or two years, for our graduates who are going through the WestStar program tonight,” Carver said, adding, “And so when we look at the things that we’ve experienced, one of the great things we can do is just look back at history and look at other tough times and find individuals that we can lift up as people that have come through tough times and persevered.”\r\n\r\nCarver told how Braddock lived through many highs and lows to achieve boxing and financial success. He said that finding ways to persevere through the valleys is a key to emerging on top in life. “Braddock was always prepared. He was always working. He was always looking to the future,” Carver said. “He was always learning so that he could succeed the next time he hit that valley, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”\r\n<blockquote>“And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed by telling how Braddock gave back later in life by supporting orphanages so that disadvantaged children would have the opportunities he had. “And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”\r\n\r\nDeal followed Carver’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award recipient chosen by the class to Dr. Jamie Mantooth and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award presented to 2014 program graduate Brooxie Carlton, director of federal programs with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville. Gemiah Bell, a UT Martin sophomore from Brownsville, received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship. The program’s board of trustees then welcomed the 29 new graduates that included members representing 18 West Tennessee counties.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement and complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism. Including this class, the program has graduated 886 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nGraduating class members were: Andy Anderson, attorney, Henderson County; Jennifer Bane, executive director, Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, Weakley County; Monte Belew, public safety director, UT Martin, Henry County; Lowell Beller, manager, Central Distributors, Madison County; Dr Cheryl Browne, retired physician, Fayette County; Jason Compton, director of operations, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Madison County;\r\n\r\nChris Donaldson, owner/operator, Tencom Services, Dyer County; Debbie Dunaway, public information officer/executive assistant, Southwest Tennessee Development District; Kyle East, financial representative, WoodmenLife &amp; Woodmen Financial Services, Crockett County; Mike Enoch, plant manager, Marvin Windows and Doors of Tennessee, Lauderdale County; Dr. Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District, Henry County; Monica Heath, executive director, McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, Carroll County; Jessica Huff, director of chamber and tourism, McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce, McNairy County; Barry Hutcherson, mayor, Chester County; George Leake, supervisor of secondary instruction, Obion County Schools, Obion County; Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director, enrollment services and student engagement, UT Martin, Weakley County; Lee Mills, captain, FedEx Express, Shelby County; Victor Parkins, owner and publisher, Gibson County Publishing Newspaper Group, Gibson County; Jennifer Perryman, director, Savannah Industrial Development Corp., Hardin County; Jessi Pruett, attorney, Byrd &amp; Byrd, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Gibson County; Teresa Russell, assistant principal, Anderson Early Childhood Center, Haywood County Board of Education, Haywood County; Shalondria Shaw, community development and engagement liaison, City of Brownsville, Haywood County; Dakota Simpson, special projects director, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Dyer County; Ty Smithson, financial officer, Tennessee Farm Credit, Weakley County; Katelyn Spivey, marketing director, Carroll Bank &amp; Trust, Benton County; DeLaney Timberman, executive director, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County; Jamey Tosh, owner and partner, Tosh Farms, Henry County; Wendell Wainwright, chairperson pro temp, Fayette County Public Schools District, Fayette County; and William Wooten, president, Wooten Law Office, LLC, Tipton County.\r\n\r\nInformation about the WestStar Leadership Program is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or call Virgina Grimes, WestStar assistant director, at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2020-21 WestStar class works through pandemic to complete program','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3423-revision-v1','','','2021-07-19 08:07:37','2021-07-19 13:07:37','',3423,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/19/3423-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3427,2,'2021-07-21 17:01:44','2021-07-21 22:01:44','The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named a UT Martin student team as winner of the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. The team included four students from the College of Business and Global Affairs and one student from the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. The CSBS announced the competition results July 15 at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a>.\r\n\r\nThe annual competition is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study as an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry. This year’s case studies submitted to the competition examined how local community banks navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to encourage greater diversity and inclusion.\r\n\r\n“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.\r\n\r\nThe winning UT Martin team members were Benjamin Beard, finance and accounting major, Union City; Seth Bishop, finance and accounting major, Adamsville; Refugio Palacios, finance major, Dyersburg; Savannah Pham, business communication and information systems major, Halls; and McKenzie Reagor, agricultural business major, Karnak, Illinois.\r\n<blockquote>“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.</blockquote>\r\nJohn Clark, interim chairholder for the Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking; Dr. Mark Farley, assistant professor of finance; and Dr. Lajuan Davis, professor of business communication, were the team’s faculty advisers. Clark’s administrative support assistant, Traci Crawford, also assisted team members as they prepared for the competition, and TriStar Bank, based in Dickson, Tennessee, was the team’s community bank partner. The team advanced through three rounds of judging by banking professionals and overcame a pool of 35 student teams representing 29 colleges and universities.\r\n\r\n“This is a very important national competition for universities and students interested in community banking,” Clark said. “This year was our fourth year to compete. We’ve done well in the competition each year, with the best success until this year being third place in 2019. This is a significant accomplishment by these five extraordinary students.”\r\n\r\n“I am truly proud of our outstanding students and their faculty advisers Mr. John Clark, Dr. Mark Farley and Dr. Lajuan Davis for such a monumental accomplishment,” said Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, College of Business and Global Affairs dean. “Their partnership with the TriStar Bank and their case study on ‘How Community Banks Have Responded to Major Forces that Impacted the Nation’ reflect their commitment to the continuous improvement of the business community and the economic development of the region.”\r\n\r\nEach UT Martin team member will receive a $1,000 scholarship for the first-place finish. The team will also be invited to present at the CSBS-Federal Reserve Community Banking-FDIC sponsored Community Banking in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Research and Policy Conference and will have their work published in the CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies.\r\n\r\nTeams representing the University of Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana University placed second and third respectively. These teams will receive $500 and $250 scholarships for their respective finishes and have their works also published in the CSBS journal. The winning papers from UT Martin, Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana are available online at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a> by selecting the competition press release under “latest news.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition, visit <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy\">www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of bank regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise roughly three-quarters of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance and debt industries.</em>','UT Martin students finish first in national competition','The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named a UT Martin student team as winner of the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-students-finish-first-in-national-competition','','','2021-07-21 17:01:44','2021-07-21 22:01:44','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3427',0,'post','',0),(3428,2,'2021-07-21 16:55:31','2021-07-21 21:55:31','','','A UT Martin student team won the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. The annual competition is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study as an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry. The winning UT Martin team members were (l to r) Seth Bishop, finance and accounting major, Adamsville; Benjamin Beard, finance and accounting major, Union City; Savannah Pham, business communication and information systems major, Halls; McKenzie Reagor, agricultural business major, Karnak, Illinois; and Refugio Palacios, finance major, Dyersburg.    ','inherit','closed','closed','','banking-competition_utm-2021','','','2021-07-21 17:01:41','2021-07-21 22:01:41','',3427,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Banking-Competition_UTM-2021.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3429,2,'2021-07-21 16:58:54','2021-07-21 21:58:54','The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named a UT Martin student team as winner of the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. The team included four students from the College of Business and Global Affairs and one student from the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. The CSBS announced the competition results July 15 at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a>.\r\n\r\nThe annual competition is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study as an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry. This year’s case studies submitted to the competition examined how local community banks navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to encourage greater diversity and inclusion.\r\n\r\n“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.\r\n\r\nThe winning UT Martin team members were Benjamin Beard, finance and accounting major, Union City; Seth Bishop, finance and accounting major, Adamsville; Refugio Palacios, finance major, Dyersburg; Savannah Pham, business communication and information systems major, Halls; and McKenzie Reagor, agricultural business major, Karnak, Illinois.\r\n<blockquote>“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.</blockquote>\r\nJohn Clark, interim chairholder for the Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking; Dr. Mark Farley, assistant professor of finance; and Dr. Lajuan Davis, professor of business communication, were the team’s faculty advisers. Clark’s administrative support assistant, Traci Crawford, also assisted team members as they prepared for the competition, and TriStar Bank, based in Dickson, Tennessee, was the team’s community bank partner. The team advanced through three rounds of judging by banking professionals and overcame a pool of 35 student teams representing 29 colleges and universities.\r\n\r\n“This is a very important national competition for universities and students interested in community banking,” Clark said. “This year was our fourth year to compete. We’ve done well in the competition each year, with the best success until this year being third place in 2019. This is a significant accomplishment by these five extraordinary students.”\r\n\r\n“I am truly proud of our outstanding students and their faculty advisers Mr. John Clark, Dr. Mark Farley and Dr. Lajuan Davis for such a monumental accomplishment,” said Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, College of Business and Global Affairs dean. “Their partnership with the TriStar Bank and their case study on ‘How Community Banks Have Responded to Major Forces that Impacted the Nation’ reflect their commitment to the continuous improvement of the business community and the economic development of the region.”\r\n\r\nEach UT Martin team member will receive a $1,000 scholarship for the first-place finish. The team will also be invited to present at the CSBS-Federal Reserve Community Banking-FDIC sponsored Community Banking in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Research and Policy Conference and will have their work published in the CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies.\r\n\r\nTeams representing the University of Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana University placed second and third respectively. These teams will receive $500 and $250 scholarships for their respective finishes and have their works also published in the CSBS journal. The winning papers from UT Martin, Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana are available online at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a> by selecting the competition press release under “latest news.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition, visit <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy\">www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of bank regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise roughly three-quarters of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance and debt industries.</em>','UT Martin Students Finish First in National Community Bank Competition','The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named a UT Martin student team as winner of the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3427-revision-v1','','','2021-07-21 16:58:54','2021-07-21 21:58:54','',3427,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/21/3427-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3431,2,'2021-07-26 17:19:24','2021-07-26 22:19:24','The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at UT Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. The conference will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will feature up-to-date information and insights on global economics, trade, agricultural markets, weather and climate change, and how these factors impact business. The conference is hosted by the university’s Horace and Sarah Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking and the Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nRegistration is open through Aug. 4. The registration fee is $200 for lenders, $100 for farmers and producers, and $50 for students and spouses. To register, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/agconference\">www.utm.edu/agconference</a>.\r\n\r\nFeatured speakers include Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University; Richard Brock, owner and president of Brock Associates; and Dr. Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist at Nutrien Ag Solutions. Kohl will serve as keynote speaker, a role he has held every year since the conference’s inception in 1999.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Traci Crawford, Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference program coordinator, at tcrawf19@utm.edu or 731-225-7350.','23rd-Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference scheduled for Aug. 11','The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at UT Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. ','publish','closed','closed','','23rd-annual-mid-ssouth-agricultural-finance-conference-scheduled-for-aug-11','','','2021-07-26 17:22:38','2021-07-26 22:22:38','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3431',0,'post','',0),(3430,2,'2021-07-21 17:00:53','2021-07-21 22:00:53','The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named a UT Martin student team as winner of the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition. The team included four students from the College of Business and Global Affairs and one student from the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. The CSBS announced the competition results July 15 at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a>.\r\n\r\nThe annual competition is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study as an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry. This year’s case studies submitted to the competition examined how local community banks navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to encourage greater diversity and inclusion.\r\n\r\n“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.\r\n\r\nThe winning UT Martin team members were Benjamin Beard, finance and accounting major, Union City; Seth Bishop, finance and accounting major, Adamsville; Refugio Palacios, finance major, Dyersburg; Savannah Pham, business communication and information systems major, Halls; and McKenzie Reagor, agricultural business major, Karnak, Illinois.\r\n<blockquote>“This competition underscores the importance of banking education and helps undergraduate students learn about the value of community banking. The exceptional analysis and quality of work of the top three teams tell me we are building a strong workforce of tomorrow,” said CSBS Executive Vice President Jim Cooper.</blockquote>\r\nJohn Clark, interim chairholder for the Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking; Dr. Mark Farley, assistant professor of finance; and Dr. Lajuan Davis, professor of business communication, were the team’s faculty advisers. Clark’s administrative support assistant, Traci Crawford, also assisted team members as they prepared for the competition, and TriStar Bank, based in Dickson, Tennessee, was the team’s community bank partner. The team advanced through three rounds of judging by banking professionals and overcame a pool of 35 student teams representing 29 colleges and universities.\r\n\r\n“This is a very important national competition for universities and students interested in community banking,” Clark said. “This year was our fourth year to compete. We’ve done well in the competition each year, with the best success until this year being third place in 2019. This is a significant accomplishment by these five extraordinary students.”\r\n\r\n“I am truly proud of our outstanding students and their faculty advisers Mr. John Clark, Dr. Mark Farley and Dr. Lajuan Davis for such a monumental accomplishment,” said Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, College of Business and Global Affairs dean. “Their partnership with the TriStar Bank and their case study on ‘How Community Banks Have Responded to Major Forces that Impacted the Nation’ reflect their commitment to the continuous improvement of the business community and the economic development of the region.”\r\n\r\nEach UT Martin team member will receive a $1,000 scholarship for the first-place finish. The team will also be invited to present at the CSBS-Federal Reserve Community Banking-FDIC sponsored Community Banking in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Research and Policy Conference and will have their work published in the CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies.\r\n\r\nTeams representing the University of Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana University placed second and third respectively. These teams will receive $500 and $250 scholarships for their respective finishes and have their works also published in the CSBS journal. The winning papers from UT Martin, Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana are available online at <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org\">www.csbs.org</a> by selecting the competition press release under “latest news.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on the 2021 Community Bank Case Study Competition, visit <a href=\"http://www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy\">www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of bank regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise roughly three-quarters of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. 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The conference will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will feature up-to-date information and insights on global economics, trade, agricultural markets, weather and climate change, and how these factors impact business. The conference is hosted by the university’s Horace and Sarah Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking and the Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nRegistration is open through Aug. 4. The registration fee is $200 for lenders, $100 for farmers and producers, and $50 for students and spouses. To register, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/agconference\">www.utm.edu/agconference</a>.\r\n\r\nFeatured speakers include Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University; Richard Brock, owner and president of Brock Associates; and Dr. Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist at Nutrien Ag Solutions. Kohl will serve as keynote speaker, a role he has held every year since the conference’s inception in 1999.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Traci Crawford, Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference program coordinator, at tcrawf19@utm.edu or 731-225-7350.','23rd-Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference scheduled for Aug. 11','The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at UT Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3431-revision-v1','','','2021-07-26 17:22:38','2021-07-26 22:22:38','',3431,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/26/3431-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3432,2,'2021-07-26 17:19:24','2021-07-26 22:19:24','&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMARTIN, Tenn. – The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the University of Tennessee at Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. The conference will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will feature up-to-date information and insights on global economics, trade, agricultural markets, weather and climate change, and how these factors impact business. The conference is hosted by the university’s Horace and Sarah Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking and the Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nRegistration is open through Aug. 4. The registration fee is $200 for lenders, $100 for farmers and producers, and $50 for students and spouses. To register, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/agconference\">www.utm.edu/agconference</a>.\r\n\r\nFeatured speakers include Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University; Richard Brock, owner and president of Brock Associates; and Dr. Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist at Nutrien Ag Solutions. Kohl will serve as keynote speaker, a role he has held every year since the conference’s inception in 1999.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Traci Crawford, Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference program coordinator, at tcrawf19@utm.edu or 731-225-7350.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nMARTIN, TENN., July 24, 2021 – NOTED AG ECONOMIST DAVID KOHL RETURNS TO SPEAK – Dr. David Kohl, pictured in this file photo, is the keynote speaker for the 23<sup>rd</sup> Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference on Aug. 11 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Kohl is professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University and has served as keynote speaker since the conference’s inception in 1999. Conference registration can be completed online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/agconference\">www.utm.edu/agconference</a>.','23rd-annual Mid-Ssouth Agricultural Finance Conference Scheduled For Aug. 11','','inherit','closed','closed','','3431-revision-v1','','','2021-07-26 17:19:24','2021-07-26 22:19:24','',3431,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/26/3431-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3433,2,'2021-07-26 17:21:55','2021-07-26 22:21:55','The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at UT Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. The conference will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will feature up-to-date information and insights on global economics, trade, agricultural markets, weather and climate change, and how these factors impact business. The conference is hosted by the university’s Horace and Sarah Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking and the Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\n\nRegistration is open through Aug. 4. The registration fee is $200 for lenders, $100 for farmers and producers, and $50 for students and spouses. To register, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/agconference\">www.utm.edu/agconference</a>.\n\nFeatured speakers include Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University; Richard Brock, owner and president of Brock Associates; and Dr. Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist at Nutrien Ag Solutions. Kohl will serve as keynote speaker, a role he has held every year since the conference’s inception in 1999.\n\nFor more information, contact Traci Crawford, Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference program coordinator, at tcrawf19@utm.edu or 731-225-7350.','23rd-Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference scheduled for Aug. 11','The 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference will be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at UT Martin in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3431-autosave-v1','','','2021-07-26 17:21:55','2021-07-26 22:21:55','',3431,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/26/3431-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3434,2,'2021-07-26 17:20:38','2021-07-26 22:20:38','','Mid-South Ag Conf_Kohl 2021','Dr. David Kohl, pictured in this file photo, is the keynote speaker for the 23rd Annual Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference on Aug. 11 at UT Martin. Kohl is professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech University and has served as keynote speaker since the conference’s inception in 1999.','inherit','closed','closed','','mid-south-ag-conf_kohl-2021','','','2021-07-26 17:21:45','2021-07-26 22:21:45','',3431,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mid-South-Ag-Conf_Kohl-2021.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3437,7,'2021-07-27 11:04:05','2021-07-27 16:04:05','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. The list of events includes food trucks, live music, the Bowtie 5K, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Samford football game in Hardy Graham Stadium.\r\n\r\nFamily weekend packages are $25 each and include a Family Weekend T-shirt, tickets for the football game, concert and tailgate party, and vouchers for the food trucks and coffee at the Boling University Center North Patio. UTM students will be admitted to the football game and concert with a student ID and have the opportunity to receive a free Family Weekend T-shirt, so they do not need to purchase packages. Packages can be ordered online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a>.\r\n\r\nThose wishing to participate in the Bowtie 5K can pre-register <a href=\"http://utm.edu/familyweekend\">at the same link</a>. To run the 5K will be $10, and to walk will be $5. T-shirts are also provided for participants while supplies last.\r\n\r\nA barbecue lunch is provided from noon-1:30 p.m., Sept. 11, for $7 a person.\r\n\r\nA full schedule of events is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Friday, Sept. 10</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>4-6 p.m. – Family Weekend opens at the Tennessee Soybean Festival in downtown Martin. Check in at the new Martin Public Library and then enjoy dinner at one of the festival’s food trucks.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Saturday, Sept. 11</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>7 a.m. – Bowtie 5K registration begins.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m.-noon – Donuts with Deans come-and-go event, North Patio, Boling University Center.</li>\r\n 	<li>Noon-4 p.m. – Concurrent events: Barbecue lunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall; Roller Skate Party, Duncan Ballroom, Boling University Center; Skyhawk Bingo, Boling University Center 206ABC, Campus Feud game show, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. – Luau Tailgate Party, Hardy Graham Stadium; the Travelin’ Max show will take place during this time.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – UT Martin football vs. Samford University, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 p.m. – Fireworks, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Sunday, Sept. 12</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m. – Student-led non-denominational worship service, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. – Skyhawk Soccer vs. Western Carolina, Skyhawk Soccer Field.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a> or contact John Abel at <a href=\"mailto:jabel1@utm.edu\">jabel1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7710.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Family weekend set Sept. 10-12 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. ','publish','closed','closed','','family-weekend-set-sept-10-12-at-ut-martin','','','2021-09-10 10:03:30','2021-09-10 15:03:30','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3437',0,'post','',0),(3438,7,'2021-07-27 11:02:06','2021-07-27 16:02:06','','Family Weekend_Bowtie 5K','The Bowtie 5K will be part of Family Weekend activities, set for Sept. 10-12, at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Pictured is UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver participating in a past Bowtie 5K.	','inherit','closed','closed','','family-weekend_bowtie-5k','','','2021-07-27 11:03:49','2021-07-27 16:03:49','',3437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Family-Weekend_Bowtie-5K.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3439,7,'2021-07-27 11:04:05','2021-07-27 16:04:05','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. The list of events includes food trucks, live music, the Bowtie 5K, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Samford football game in Hardy Graham Stadium.\r\n\r\nFamily weekend packages are $25 each and include a Family Weekend T-shirt, tickets for the football game, concert and tailgate party, and vouchers for the food trucks and coffee at Vantage Coffee Roasters. UTM students will be admitted to the football game and concert with a student ID and have the opportunity to receive a free Family Weekend T-shirt, so they do not need to purchase packages. Packages can be ordered online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a>.\r\n\r\nThose wishing to participate in the Bowtie 5K can pre-register <a href=\"http://utm.edu/familyweekend\">at the same link</a>. To run the 5K will be $10, and to walk will be $5. T-shirts are also provided for participants while supplies last.\r\n\r\nA barbecue lunch is provided from noon-1:30 p.m., Sept. 11, for $7 a person, and the closing Bowtie Brunch is provided from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sept.12, for $12 a person. Participants must pay at the door.\r\n\r\nA full schedule of events is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Friday, Sept. 10\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>4-6 p.m. – Family Weekend opens at the Tennessee Soybean Festival in downtown Martin. Check in at the new Martin Public Library and then enjoy dinner at one of the festival’s food trucks.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li>Saturday, Sept. 11\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>7 a.m. – Bowtie 5K registration begins.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m.-noon – Donuts with Deans come-and-go event, Vantage Coffee Roasters.</li>\r\n 	<li>Noon-4 p.m. – Concurrent events: Barbecue lunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall; Roller Skate Party, Duncan Ballroom, Boling University Center; Skyhawk Bingo, Boling University Center 206ABC, Campus Feud game show, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. – Luau Tailgate Party, Hardy Graham Stadium; the Travelin’ Max show will take place during this time.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – UT Martin football vs. Samford University, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 p.m. – Fireworks, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li>Sunday, Sept. 12\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m. – Student-led non-denominational worship service, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Bowtie Brunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall.</li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. – Skyhawk Soccer vs. Western Carolina, Skyhawk Soccer Field.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a> or contact John Abel at <a href=\"mailto:jabel1@utm.edu\">jabel1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7710.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Family weekend set Sept. 10-12 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3437-revision-v1','','','2021-07-27 11:04:05','2021-07-27 16:04:05','',3437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/27/3437-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3440,7,'2021-09-10 10:03:29','2021-09-10 15:03:29','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. The list of events includes food trucks, live music, the Bowtie 5K, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Samford football game in Hardy Graham Stadium.\n\nFamily weekend packages are $25 each and include a Family Weekend T-shirt, tickets for the football game, concert and tailgate party, and vouchers for the food trucks and coffee at the Boling University Center North Patio. UTM students will be admitted to the football game and concert with a student ID and have the opportunity to receive a free Family Weekend T-shirt, so they do not need to purchase packages. Packages can be ordered online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a>.\n\nThose wishing to participate in the Bowtie 5K can pre-register <a href=\"http://utm.edu/familyweekend\">at the same link</a>. To run the 5K will be $10, and to walk will be $5. T-shirts are also provided for participants while supplies last.\n\nA barbecue lunch is provided from noon-1:30 p.m., Sept. 11, for $7 a person.\n\nA full schedule of events is as follows:\n<ul>\n 	<li><strong>Friday, Sept. 10</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>4-6 p.m. – Family Weekend opens at the Tennessee Soybean Festival in downtown Martin. Check in at the new Martin Public Library and then enjoy dinner at one of the festival’s food trucks.</li>\n 	<li>6 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n 	<li><strong>Saturday, Sept. 11</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>7 a.m. – Bowtie 5K registration begins.</li>\n 	<li>9:30 a.m.-noon – Donuts with Deans come-and-go event, North Patio, Boling University Center.</li>\n 	<li>Noon-4 p.m. – Concurrent events: Barbecue lunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall; Roller Skate Party, Duncan Ballroom, Boling University Center; Skyhawk Bingo, Boling University Center 206ABC, Campus Feud game show, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\n 	<li>4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. – Luau Tailgate Party, Hardy Graham Stadium; the Travelin’ Max show will take place during this time.</li>\n 	<li>6 p.m. – UT Martin football vs. Samford University, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\n 	<li>9:30 p.m. – Fireworks, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n 	<li><strong>Sunday, Sept. 12</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>9:30 a.m. – Student-led non-denominational worship service, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\n 	<li>1 p.m. – Skyhawk Soccer vs. Western Carolina, Skyhawk Soccer Field.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a> or contact John Abel at <a href=\"mailto:jabel1@utm.edu\">jabel1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7710.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Family weekend set Sept. 10-12 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3437-autosave-v1','','','2021-09-10 10:03:29','2021-09-10 15:03:29','',3437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/27/3437-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3519,7,'2021-09-10 10:03:30','2021-09-10 15:03:30','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. The list of events includes food trucks, live music, the Bowtie 5K, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Samford football game in Hardy Graham Stadium.\r\n\r\nFamily weekend packages are $25 each and include a Family Weekend T-shirt, tickets for the football game, concert and tailgate party, and vouchers for the food trucks and coffee at the Boling University Center North Patio. UTM students will be admitted to the football game and concert with a student ID and have the opportunity to receive a free Family Weekend T-shirt, so they do not need to purchase packages. Packages can be ordered online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a>.\r\n\r\nThose wishing to participate in the Bowtie 5K can pre-register <a href=\"http://utm.edu/familyweekend\">at the same link</a>. To run the 5K will be $10, and to walk will be $5. T-shirts are also provided for participants while supplies last.\r\n\r\nA barbecue lunch is provided from noon-1:30 p.m., Sept. 11, for $7 a person.\r\n\r\nA full schedule of events is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Friday, Sept. 10</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>4-6 p.m. – Family Weekend opens at the Tennessee Soybean Festival in downtown Martin. Check in at the new Martin Public Library and then enjoy dinner at one of the festival’s food trucks.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Saturday, Sept. 11</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>7 a.m. – Bowtie 5K registration begins.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m.-noon – Donuts with Deans come-and-go event, North Patio, Boling University Center.</li>\r\n 	<li>Noon-4 p.m. – Concurrent events: Barbecue lunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall; Roller Skate Party, Duncan Ballroom, Boling University Center; Skyhawk Bingo, Boling University Center 206ABC, Campus Feud game show, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. – Luau Tailgate Party, Hardy Graham Stadium; the Travelin’ Max show will take place during this time.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – UT Martin football vs. Samford University, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 p.m. – Fireworks, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Sunday, Sept. 12</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m. – Student-led non-denominational worship service, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. – Skyhawk Soccer vs. Western Carolina, Skyhawk Soccer Field.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a> or contact John Abel at <a href=\"mailto:jabel1@utm.edu\">jabel1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7710.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Family weekend set Sept. 10-12 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3437-revision-v1','','','2021-09-10 10:03:30','2021-09-10 15:03:30','',3437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/10/3437-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3441,7,'2021-07-27 11:05:24','2021-07-27 16:05:24','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. The list of events includes food trucks, live music, the Bowtie 5K, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Samford football game in Hardy Graham Stadium.\r\n\r\nFamily weekend packages are $25 each and include a Family Weekend T-shirt, tickets for the football game, concert and tailgate party, and vouchers for the food trucks and coffee at Vantage Coffee Roasters. UTM students will be admitted to the football game and concert with a student ID and have the opportunity to receive a free Family Weekend T-shirt, so they do not need to purchase packages. Packages can be ordered online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a>.\r\n\r\nThose wishing to participate in the Bowtie 5K can pre-register <a href=\"http://utm.edu/familyweekend\">at the same link</a>. To run the 5K will be $10, and to walk will be $5. T-shirts are also provided for participants while supplies last.\r\n\r\nA barbecue lunch is provided from noon-1:30 p.m., Sept. 11, for $7 a person, and the closing Bowtie Brunch is provided from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sept.12, for $12 a person. Participants must pay at the door.\r\n\r\nA full schedule of events is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Friday, Sept. 10</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>4-6 p.m. – Family Weekend opens at the Tennessee Soybean Festival in downtown Martin. Check in at the new Martin Public Library and then enjoy dinner at one of the festival’s food trucks.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Saturday, Sept. 11</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>7 a.m. – Bowtie 5K registration begins.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m.-noon – Donuts with Deans come-and-go event, Vantage Coffee Roasters.</li>\r\n 	<li>Noon-4 p.m. – Concurrent events: Barbecue lunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall; Roller Skate Party, Duncan Ballroom, Boling University Center; Skyhawk Bingo, Boling University Center 206ABC, Campus Feud game show, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. – Luau Tailgate Party, Hardy Graham Stadium; the Travelin’ Max show will take place during this time.</li>\r\n 	<li>6 p.m. – UT Martin football vs. Samford University, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n 	<li>9:30 p.m. – Fireworks, Hardy Graham Stadium.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Sunday, Sept. 12</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>9:30 a.m. – Student-led non-denominational worship service, Watkins Auditorium.</li>\r\n 	<li>10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Bowtie Brunch, Skyhawk Dining Hall.</li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. – Skyhawk Soccer vs. Western Carolina, Skyhawk Soccer Field.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/familyweekend\">www.utm.edu/familyweekend</a> or contact John Abel at <a href=\"mailto:jabel1@utm.edu\">jabel1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7710.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Family weekend set Sept. 10-12 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Sept. 10-12. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3437-revision-v1','','','2021-07-27 11:05:24','2021-07-27 16:05:24','',3437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/27/3437-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3442,2,'2021-07-28 09:46:18','2021-07-28 14:46:18','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.\r\n\r\nBeginning Aug. 3, UT System President Randy Boyd will travel to more than 50 counties during the next three months learning and celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee.\r\n\r\n“Everywhere you look, we are making a sizeable impact in the communities we serve,” Boyd said. “I’m looking forward to visiting with our state’s difference-makers and community leaders as we remember the important role our campuses and institutes play in Tennessee.”\r\n\r\nWeeks one and two tour stops:\r\n<h2>Aug. 3:  Davidson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Urban farming through <a href=\"https://davidson.tennessee.edu/\">UT/TSU’s Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>3:30 p.m. CDT – 1417 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville</li>\r\n 	<li>UT/TSU Extension serves the residents of Davidson County with educational programs in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Sumner County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/portland/\">mural visit</a> – open to the public</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 1036 TN-52 West, Portland</li>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms is known for strawberries and sweet corn, sold seasonally from a roadside stand on the Crafton family’s 300-acre property in Portland. The family’s strawberries are even famous in Knoxville, thanks to a community member who delivers several crates every year to UT Knoxville athletics.  Now Crafton Farms will be known throughout the region for one more thing—a 20-foot “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural, visible to an estimated 3.25 million people a year.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Robertson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://highlandrim.tennessee.edu/\">Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. CDT – 3181 Experiment Station Road, Springfield</li>\r\n 	<li>The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, established in 1943 and covers 615 acres, is known for its research in cow-calf management and dark-fired and burley tobacco production efficiency. The center conducts cow-calf research emphasizing forage utilization and breeding efficiency and fire and air-cured dark and burley tobacco breeding, management and</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Monroe County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://generainc.com/\">Genera</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. EDT – 167 Tellico Port Road, Vonore</li>\r\n 	<li>Genera, a Tennessee-based ag fiber manufacturer, works to simplify supply chains with domestically sourced and produced ag-based pulp and molded fiber products. Partnering with local farmers, Genera provides a sustainable farm-to-finished product solution for a wide array of applications including compostable food service tableware, to-go containers, packaging, paper, tissue and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Meigs County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Mural visit at the <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/decatur/\">Historic Rockholt Building and Meigs Theater</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. EDT – 17209 TN-58, Decatur</li>\r\n 	<li>Built in 1948 by Calvin Rockholt’s grandfather, W.H. Rockholt, the Meigs Theatre was the weekend destination for local movie goers. In 1950, the Rockholt Building was constructed next door, housing a dry goods store selling furniture, appliances and clothing. The theatre closed in 1960 and was used for storage until the two spaces were combined. The Rockholt Furniture Store was in business for 58 years before closing in 2008. The Rockholt Building now bears the 50-foot UT mural visible to approximately 1.8 million travelers a year and is being renovated for lease to the State Departments of Children’s Services and Human Services.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Cumberland County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://plateau.tennessee.edu/\">Plateau AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>9 a.m. CDT – 320 Experiment Station Road, Crossville</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Equal distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center provides 2,100 acres in three locations for research in beef, fruits, vegetables, field crops and swine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Fentress County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/jamestown/\">Highland Manor Winery</a> mural visit</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 2965 South York Highway, Jamestown</li>\r\n 	<li>Located on the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Manor Winery in has produced fine Tennessee wines for more than three decades. More than 8,000 cars a day travel past the 40-foot-wide mural on the side of the winery.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Rutherford County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://rutherford.tennessee.edu/\">Rutherford County Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>2 p.m. CDT – 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rutherford County Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to residents of Rutherford County. Working with farmers, families, youth and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues in Rutherford County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Maury County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://middletn.tennessee.edu/\">Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. CDT – 1000 Main Entrance Drive, Spring Hill</li>\r\n 	<li>The Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center conducts research and demonstration trials that provide solutions and education to the community, state and nation’s agricultural producers and the many non-agricultural producing public that rely on a safe and economical food supply, fiber and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe tour comes to Weakly County on Aug. 25 with a stop at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center (REED Center) in downtown Martin.\r\n\r\nFor more information on upcoming visits, please visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.  Media wishing to participate in these events must RSVP in advance by contacting Melissa Tindell at <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.','“Everywhere you look, UT” Tour Starts Aug. 3','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.','publish','closed','closed','','everywhere-you-look-ut-tour-starts-aug-3','','','2021-07-28 14:26:17','2021-07-28 19:26:17','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3442',0,'post','',0),(3443,2,'2021-07-28 09:46:18','2021-07-28 14:46:18','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.\r\n\r\nBeginning Aug. 3, UT System President Randy Boyd will travel to more than 50 counties during the next three months learning and celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee.\r\n\r\n“Everywhere you look, we are making a sizeable impact in the communities we serve,” Boyd said. “I’m looking forward to visiting with our state’s difference-makers and community leaders as we remember the important role our campuses and institutes play in Tennessee.”\r\n\r\nWeeks one and two tour stops:\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 3:  Davidson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Urban farming through <a href=\"https://davidson.tennessee.edu/\">UT/TSU’s Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>3:30 p.m. CDT – 1417 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville</li>\r\n 	<li>UT/TSU Extension serves the residents of Davidson County with educational programs in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 4:  Sumner County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/portland/\">mural visit</a> – open to the public</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 1036 TN-52 West, Portland</li>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms is known for strawberries and sweet corn, sold seasonally from a roadside stand on the Crafton family’s 300-acre property in Portland. The family’s strawberries are even famous in Knoxville, thanks to a community member who delivers several crates every year to UT Knoxville athletics.  Now Crafton Farms will be known throughout the region for one more thing—a 20-foot “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural, visible to an estimated 3.25 million people a year.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 4:  Robertson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://highlandrim.tennessee.edu/\">Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. CDT – 3181 Experiment Station Road, Springfield</li>\r\n 	<li>The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, established in 1943 and covers 615 acres, is known for its research in cow-calf management and dark-fired and burley tobacco production efficiency. The center conducts cow-calf research emphasizing forage utilization and breeding efficiency and fire and air-cured dark and burley tobacco breeding, management and</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 10:  Monroe County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://generainc.com/\">Genera</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. EDT – 167 Tellico Port Road, Vonore</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Genera, a Tennessee-based ag fiber manufacturer, works to simplify supply chains with domestically sourced and produced ag-based pulp and molded fiber products. Partnering with local farmers, Genera provides a sustainable farm-to-finished product solution for a wide array of applications including compostable food service tableware, to-go containers, packaging, paper, tissue and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 10:  Meigs County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Mural visit at the <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/decatur/\">Historic Rockholt Building and Meigs Theater</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. EDT – 17209 TN-58, Decatur</li>\r\n 	<li>Built in 1948 by Calvin Rockholt’s grandfather, W.H. Rockholt, the Meigs Theatre was the weekend destination for local movie goers. In 1950, the Rockholt Building was constructed next door, housing a dry goods store selling furniture, appliances and clothing. The theatre closed in 1960 and was used for storage until the two spaces were combined. The Rockholt Furniture Store was in business for 58 years before closing in 2008. The Rockholt Building now bears the 50-foot UT mural visible to approximately 1.8 million travelers a year and is being renovated for lease to the State Departments of Children’s Services and Human Services.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 11:  Cumberland County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://plateau.tennessee.edu/\">Plateau AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>9 a.m. CDT – 320 Experiment Station Road, Crossville</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Equal distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center provides 2,100 acres in three locations for research in beef, fruits, vegetables, field crops and swine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 11:  Fentress County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/jamestown/\">Highland Manor Winery</a> mural visit</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 2965 South York Highway, Jamestown</li>\r\n 	<li>Located on the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Manor Winery in has produced fine Tennessee wines for more than three decades. More than 8,000 cars a day travel past the 40-foot-wide mural on the side of the winery.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 12:  Rutherford County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://rutherford.tennessee.edu/\">Rutherford County Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>2 p.m. CDT – 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rutherford County Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to residents of Rutherford County. Working with farmers, families, youth and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues in Rutherford County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Aug. 12:  Maury County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://middletn.tennessee.edu/\">Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. CDT – 1000 Main Entrance Drive, Spring Hill</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center conducts research and demonstration trials that provide solutions and education to the community, state and nation’s agricultural producers and the many non-agricultural producing public that rely on a safe and economical food supply, fiber and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor more information on upcoming visits, please visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.  Media wishing to participate in these events <strong>must RSVP in advance</strong> by contacting Melissa Tindell at <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.','','','inherit','closed','closed','','3442-revision-v1','','','2021-07-28 09:46:18','2021-07-28 14:46:18','',3442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/28/3442-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3444,2,'2021-07-28 11:07:52','2021-07-28 16:07:52','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.\n\nBeginning Aug. 3, UT System President Randy Boyd will travel to more than 50 counties during the next three months learning and celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee.\n\n“Everywhere you look, we are making a sizeable impact in the communities we serve,” Boyd said. “I’m looking forward to visiting with our state’s difference-makers and community leaders as we remember the important role our campuses and institutes play in Tennessee.”\n\nWeeks one and two tour stops:\n<h2>Aug. 3:  Davidson County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Urban farming through <a href=\"https://davidson.tennessee.edu/\">UT/TSU’s Extension office</a></li>\n 	<li>3:30 p.m. CDT – 1417 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville</li>\n 	<li>UT/TSU Extension serves the residents of Davidson County with educational programs in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Sumner County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Crafton Farms <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/portland/\">mural visit</a> – open to the public</li>\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 1036 TN-52 West, Portland</li>\n 	<li>Crafton Farms is known for strawberries and sweet corn, sold seasonally from a roadside stand on the Crafton family’s 300-acre property in Portland. The family’s strawberries are even famous in Knoxville, thanks to a community member who delivers several crates every year to UT Knoxville athletics.  Now Crafton Farms will be known throughout the region for one more thing—a 20-foot “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural, visible to an estimated 3.25 million people a year.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Robertson County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://highlandrim.tennessee.edu/\">Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\n 	<li>1 p.m. CDT – 3181 Experiment Station Road, Springfield</li>\n 	<li>The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, established in 1943 and covers 615 acres, is known for its research in cow-calf management and dark-fired and burley tobacco production efficiency. The center conducts cow-calf research emphasizing forage utilization and breeding efficiency and fire and air-cured dark and burley tobacco breeding, management and</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Monroe County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://generainc.com/\">Genera</a></li>\n 	<li>1 p.m. EDT – 167 Tellico Port Road, Vonore</li>\n 	<li>Genera, a Tennessee-based ag fiber manufacturer, works to simplify supply chains with domestically sourced and produced ag-based pulp and molded fiber products. Partnering with local farmers, Genera provides a sustainable farm-to-finished product solution for a wide array of applications including compostable food service tableware, to-go containers, packaging, paper, tissue and more.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Meigs County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Mural visit at the <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/decatur/\">Historic Rockholt Building and Meigs Theater</a></li>\n 	<li>4 p.m. EDT – 17209 TN-58, Decatur</li>\n 	<li>Built in 1948 by Calvin Rockholt’s grandfather, W.H. Rockholt, the Meigs Theatre was the weekend destination for local movie goers. In 1950, the Rockholt Building was constructed next door, housing a dry goods store selling furniture, appliances and clothing. The theatre closed in 1960 and was used for storage until the two spaces were combined. The Rockholt Furniture Store was in business for 58 years before closing in 2008. The Rockholt Building now bears the 50-foot UT mural visible to approximately 1.8 million travelers a year and is being renovated for lease to the State Departments of Children’s Services and Human Services.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Cumberland County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://plateau.tennessee.edu/\">Plateau AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\n 	<li>9 a.m. CDT – 320 Experiment Station Road, Crossville</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Equal distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center provides 2,100 acres in three locations for research in beef, fruits, vegetables, field crops and swine.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Fentress County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/jamestown/\">Highland Manor Winery</a> mural visit</li>\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 2965 South York Highway, Jamestown</li>\n 	<li>Located on the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Manor Winery in has produced fine Tennessee wines for more than three decades. More than 8,000 cars a day travel past the 40-foot-wide mural on the side of the winery.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Rutherford County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://rutherford.tennessee.edu/\">Rutherford County Extension office</a></li>\n 	<li>2 p.m. CDT – 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Rutherford County Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to residents of Rutherford County. Working with farmers, families, youth and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues in Rutherford County.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Maury County</h2>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://middletn.tennessee.edu/\">Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\n 	<li>4 p.m. CDT – 1000 Main Entrance Drive, Spring Hill</li>\n 	<li>The Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center conducts research and demonstration trials that provide solutions and education to the community, state and nation’s agricultural producers and the many non-agricultural producing public that rely on a safe and economical food supply, fiber and more.</li>\n</ul>\nThe tour comes to Weakly County on Aug. 25 with a stop at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center (REED Center) in downtown Martin.\n\nFor more information on upcoming visits, please visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.  Media wishing to participate in these events must RSVP in advance by contacting Melissa Tindell at <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.','“Everywhere you look, UT” Tour Starts Aug. 3','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.','inherit','closed','closed','','3442-autosave-v1','','','2021-07-28 11:07:52','2021-07-28 16:07:52','',3442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/28/3442-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3445,2,'2021-07-28 09:53:55','2021-07-28 14:53:55','','07262020_SharonGrainBinStarTrails079_FINAL','','inherit','closed','closed','','07262020_sharongrainbinstartrails079_final','','','2021-07-28 09:53:55','2021-07-28 14:53:55','',3442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07262020_SharonGrainBinStarTrails079_FINAL.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3446,2,'2021-07-28 10:10:41','2021-07-28 15:10:41','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.\r\n\r\nBeginning Aug. 3, UT System President Randy Boyd will travel to more than 50 counties during the next three months learning and celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee.\r\n\r\n“Everywhere you look, we are making a sizeable impact in the communities we serve,” Boyd said. “I’m looking forward to visiting with our state’s difference-makers and community leaders as we remember the important role our campuses and institutes play in Tennessee.”\r\n\r\nWeeks one and two tour stops:\r\n<h2>Aug. 3:  Davidson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Urban farming through <a href=\"https://davidson.tennessee.edu/\">UT/TSU’s Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>3:30 p.m. CDT – 1417 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville</li>\r\n 	<li>UT/TSU Extension serves the residents of Davidson County with educational programs in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Sumner County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/portland/\">mural visit</a> – open to the public</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 1036 TN-52 West, Portland</li>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms is known for strawberries and sweet corn, sold seasonally from a roadside stand on the Crafton family’s 300-acre property in Portland. The family’s strawberries are even famous in Knoxville, thanks to a community member who delivers several crates every year to UT Knoxville athletics.  Now Crafton Farms will be known throughout the region for one more thing—a 20-foot “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural, visible to an estimated 3.25 million people a year.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Robertson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://highlandrim.tennessee.edu/\">Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. CDT – 3181 Experiment Station Road, Springfield</li>\r\n 	<li>The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, established in 1943 and covers 615 acres, is known for its research in cow-calf management and dark-fired and burley tobacco production efficiency. The center conducts cow-calf research emphasizing forage utilization and breeding efficiency and fire and air-cured dark and burley tobacco breeding, management and</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Monroe County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://generainc.com/\">Genera</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. EDT – 167 Tellico Port Road, Vonore</li>\r\n 	<li>Genera, a Tennessee-based ag fiber manufacturer, works to simplify supply chains with domestically sourced and produced ag-based pulp and molded fiber products. Partnering with local farmers, Genera provides a sustainable farm-to-finished product solution for a wide array of applications including compostable food service tableware, to-go containers, packaging, paper, tissue and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Meigs County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Mural visit at the <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/decatur/\">Historic Rockholt Building and Meigs Theater</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. EDT – 17209 TN-58, Decatur</li>\r\n 	<li>Built in 1948 by Calvin Rockholt’s grandfather, W.H. Rockholt, the Meigs Theatre was the weekend destination for local movie goers. In 1950, the Rockholt Building was constructed next door, housing a dry goods store selling furniture, appliances and clothing. The theatre closed in 1960 and was used for storage until the two spaces were combined. The Rockholt Furniture Store was in business for 58 years before closing in 2008. The Rockholt Building now bears the 50-foot UT mural visible to approximately 1.8 million travelers a year and is being renovated for lease to the State Departments of Children’s Services and Human Services.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Cumberland County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://plateau.tennessee.edu/\">Plateau AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>9 a.m. CDT – 320 Experiment Station Road, Crossville</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Equal distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center provides 2,100 acres in three locations for research in beef, fruits, vegetables, field crops and swine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Fentress County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/jamestown/\">Highland Manor Winery</a> mural visit</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 2965 South York Highway, Jamestown</li>\r\n 	<li>Located on the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Manor Winery in has produced fine Tennessee wines for more than three decades. More than 8,000 cars a day travel past the 40-foot-wide mural on the side of the winery.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Rutherford County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://rutherford.tennessee.edu/\">Rutherford County Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>2 p.m. CDT – 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rutherford County Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to residents of Rutherford County. Working with farmers, families, youth and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues in Rutherford County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Maury County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://middletn.tennessee.edu/\">Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. CDT – 1000 Main Entrance Drive, Spring Hill</li>\r\n 	<li>The Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center conducts research and demonstration trials that provide solutions and education to the community, state and nation’s agricultural producers and the many non-agricultural producing public that rely on a safe and economical food supply, fiber and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information on upcoming visits, please visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.  Media wishing to participate in these events must RSVP in advance by contacting Melissa Tindell at <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.','“Everywhere you look, UT” Tour Starts Aug. 3','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.','inherit','closed','closed','','3442-revision-v1','','','2021-07-28 10:10:41','2021-07-28 15:10:41','',3442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/28/3442-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3447,2,'2021-07-28 14:26:17','2021-07-28 19:26:17','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.\r\n\r\nBeginning Aug. 3, UT System President Randy Boyd will travel to more than 50 counties during the next three months learning and celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee.\r\n\r\n“Everywhere you look, we are making a sizeable impact in the communities we serve,” Boyd said. “I’m looking forward to visiting with our state’s difference-makers and community leaders as we remember the important role our campuses and institutes play in Tennessee.”\r\n\r\nWeeks one and two tour stops:\r\n<h2>Aug. 3:  Davidson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Urban farming through <a href=\"https://davidson.tennessee.edu/\">UT/TSU’s Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>3:30 p.m. CDT – 1417 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville</li>\r\n 	<li>UT/TSU Extension serves the residents of Davidson County with educational programs in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Sumner County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/portland/\">mural visit</a> – open to the public</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 1036 TN-52 West, Portland</li>\r\n 	<li>Crafton Farms is known for strawberries and sweet corn, sold seasonally from a roadside stand on the Crafton family’s 300-acre property in Portland. The family’s strawberries are even famous in Knoxville, thanks to a community member who delivers several crates every year to UT Knoxville athletics.  Now Crafton Farms will be known throughout the region for one more thing—a 20-foot “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural, visible to an estimated 3.25 million people a year.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 4:  Robertson County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://highlandrim.tennessee.edu/\">Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. CDT – 3181 Experiment Station Road, Springfield</li>\r\n 	<li>The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, established in 1943 and covers 615 acres, is known for its research in cow-calf management and dark-fired and burley tobacco production efficiency. The center conducts cow-calf research emphasizing forage utilization and breeding efficiency and fire and air-cured dark and burley tobacco breeding, management and</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Monroe County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://generainc.com/\">Genera</a></li>\r\n 	<li>1 p.m. EDT – 167 Tellico Port Road, Vonore</li>\r\n 	<li>Genera, a Tennessee-based ag fiber manufacturer, works to simplify supply chains with domestically sourced and produced ag-based pulp and molded fiber products. Partnering with local farmers, Genera provides a sustainable farm-to-finished product solution for a wide array of applications including compostable food service tableware, to-go containers, packaging, paper, tissue and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 10:  Meigs County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Mural visit at the <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/decatur/\">Historic Rockholt Building and Meigs Theater</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. EDT – 17209 TN-58, Decatur</li>\r\n 	<li>Built in 1948 by Calvin Rockholt’s grandfather, W.H. Rockholt, the Meigs Theatre was the weekend destination for local movie goers. In 1950, the Rockholt Building was constructed next door, housing a dry goods store selling furniture, appliances and clothing. The theatre closed in 1960 and was used for storage until the two spaces were combined. The Rockholt Furniture Store was in business for 58 years before closing in 2008. The Rockholt Building now bears the 50-foot UT mural visible to approximately 1.8 million travelers a year and is being renovated for lease to the State Departments of Children’s Services and Human Services.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Cumberland County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://plateau.tennessee.edu/\">Plateau AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>9 a.m. CDT – 320 Experiment Station Road, Crossville</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Equal distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center provides 2,100 acres in three locations for research in beef, fruits, vegetables, field crops and swine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 11:  Fentress County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/jamestown/\">Highland Manor Winery</a> mural visit</li>\r\n 	<li>11 a.m. CDT – 2965 South York Highway, Jamestown</li>\r\n 	<li>Located on the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Manor Winery in has produced fine Tennessee wines for more than three decades. More than 8,000 cars a day travel past the 40-foot-wide mural on the side of the winery.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Rutherford County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://rutherford.tennessee.edu/\">Rutherford County Extension office</a></li>\r\n 	<li>2 p.m. CDT – 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rutherford County Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to residents of Rutherford County. Working with farmers, families, youth and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues in Rutherford County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Aug. 12:  Maury County</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://middletn.tennessee.edu/\">Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center</a></li>\r\n 	<li>4 p.m. CDT – 1000 Main Entrance Drive, Spring Hill</li>\r\n 	<li>The Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center conducts research and demonstration trials that provide solutions and education to the community, state and nation’s agricultural producers and the many non-agricultural producing public that rely on a safe and economical food supply, fiber and more.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe tour comes to Weakly County on Aug. 25 with a stop at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center (REED Center) in downtown Martin.\r\n\r\nFor more information on upcoming visits, please visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.  Media wishing to participate in these events must RSVP in advance by contacting Melissa Tindell at <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.','“Everywhere you look, UT” Tour Starts Aug. 3','The unique stories of how the University of Tennessee System serves the state of Tennessee will come to life beginning in August as part of the “Everywhere you look, UT” tour.','inherit','closed','closed','','3442-revision-v1','','','2021-07-28 14:26:17','2021-07-28 19:26:17','',3442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/28/3442-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3449,7,'2021-07-30 14:00:32','2021-07-30 19:00:32','','Vet School Students_Woods 2021','Pictured during spring commencement in May is Devon Woods, of Escondido, California, who will attend the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville. Woods was a member of the UT Martin equestrian team. Also pictured in the foreground is Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and to his left Dr. Todd Winters, dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. 	','inherit','closed','closed','','vet-school-students_woods-2021','','','2021-07-30 14:01:08','2021-07-30 19:01:08','',3448,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Vet-School-Students_Woods-2021.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3450,7,'2021-07-30 14:01:54','2021-07-30 19:01:54','Seventeen members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2021 graduating class have been accepted into veterinary schools, according to Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and director of the Veterinary Health Technology Program. The group is one of the largest to be accepted from UT Martin.\r\n\r\nNicole King, of Collierville; Sarah Hawk, of Dandridge; Celia Gelpey, of Knoxville; Emily Sutherland, of Hendersonville; Erica Brown, of McEwen; Matthew Katzmarek, of Bruceton; Elizabeth Whitt, of Murfreesboro; Jordan Wilburn, of Leoma; Mary Yarbrough, of Memphis; and Devon Woods, of Escondido, California, will attend the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nKatelynn Hacker, of Atoka, will be attending Mississippi State University, and Marissa Parks, of Tomball, Texas, will be attending the University of Florida. Taylor Heathcock, of South Fulton, will begin at the University of Missouri; Kiara Nobbe, of Greensburg, Indiana, is enrolled in Purdue University.\r\n\r\nSome students been accepted to study at international universities. Becca Byrd, of Germantown, will be attending the Royal Veterinary College in London. Johnnie Parker, of Newport, will be a student at the University of Melbourne; and Gwen Bracey, of Goodlettsville, is enrolled at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.\r\n<blockquote>“The faculty and staff understand what it takes for these students to be successful, and they are passionate about relaying this information to students beginning in their first semester as freshman and continuing that advising and support through graduation,” said Roberts.</blockquote>\r\n“The faculty and staff understand what it takes for these students to be successful, and they are passionate about relaying this information to students beginning in their first semester as freshman and continuing that advising and support through graduation,” said Roberts. “We also have a large teaching and demonstration farm, which includes veterinary facilities where students can gain hands-on experience throughout their undergraduate careers. These experiential learning opportunities, in addition to multiple internship opportunities, really strengthen the applications of these aspiring veterinarians.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin animal science program and pre-veterinary track, contact Roberts at <a href=\"mailto:jrober29@utm.edu\">jrober29@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7952.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Seventeen UT Martin graduates accepted to veterinary school','Seventeen members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2021 graduating class have been accepted into veterinary schools, according to Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and director of the Veterinary Health Technology Program. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3448-revision-v1','','','2021-07-30 14:01:54','2021-07-30 19:01:54','',3448,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/07/30/3448-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3452,7,'2021-08-05 08:10:50','2021-08-05 13:10:50','<a href=\"https://www.bachelorsdegreecenter.org/\">Bachelorsdegreecenter.org</a> ranked the University of Tennessee at Martin’s online agricultural business degree 11<sup>th</sup> nationally in their “15 Best Online Bachelor’s in Agriculture and Agribusiness for 2021” list. UT Martin was the only Tennessee university included in the list.\r\n\r\nDegree programs were ranked based on the cost, reputation and salary potential from accredited and respected institutions. UT Martin’s online agricultural business degree was praised for the availability of campus resources and faculty members’ willingness to help students, which allows students to leave prepared for the future.\r\n\r\n“Between our dedicated online faculty and the strong career applicability, UT Martin’s online programs offer great opportunities for students looking to continue their education, all while providing flexibility to accommodate a busy life schedule,” Dr. Adam Wilson, UT Martin Online director, said.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Online includes 10 undergraduate degrees and nine graduate degrees that can be earned entirely online. Online courses follow the same academic schedule as courses taught on campus and typically follow the same objectives and share the same instructors.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin agricultural business degree, visit <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/onlinestudies/\">utm.edu/onlinestudies/</a> or contact Wilson at 731-881-7959 or <a href=\"mailto:awilson9@utm.edu\">awilson9@utm.edu</a>.','Online agricultural business degree earns national ranking','Bachelorsdegreecenter.org ranked the University of Tennessee at Martin’s online agricultural business degree 11th nationally in their “15 Best Online Bachelor’s in Agriculture and Agribusiness for 2021” list.','publish','closed','closed','','online-agricultural-business-degree-earns-national-ranking','','','2021-08-05 08:11:47','2021-08-05 13:11:47','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3452',0,'post','',0),(3453,7,'2021-08-05 08:09:50','2021-08-05 13:09:50','','07012021_AgScenics001 copy','The recognition badge provided by bachelorsdegreecenter.org is shown with UT Martin agricultural land pictured in the background. 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The Runway serves as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on various projects. Attendees are welcome to tour the space, enjoy coffee and donuts, and learn about the amenities offered.\r\n\r\nThree Runway membership levels are available. The Pilot level is $50 monthly and allows for use of the facilities from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. The Aviator level is $100 monthly and allows for 24/7 access. The Flying Ace level is $150 monthly and provides 24/7 access, as well as a designated desk with lockable storage. Runway membership for UT Martin students with a valid Skyhawk card is $25 monthly.\r\n\r\nRunway amenities include a business address, 1GIG Wi-Fi, Sit/Stand desks, 27” Dell monitors, a copier, security cameras, multiple seating areas, scheduled use of training rooms, access to virtual conferencing technology, on-site business seminars, on-site economic development specialists and connections to subject matter experts, UT Martin faculty, staff and student interns. For non-members, access to The Runway is $20 per day, and allows for access from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a> or contact Landy Fuqua, director of the REED Center, at REED@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grand opening for The Runway set August 25','The University of Tennessee at Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (REED) Center will open its new coworking space named The Runway with a grand-opening celebration from 10 a.m.-noon, Wed., Aug. 25, at 240 Lindell Street in Martin.','publish','closed','closed','','grand-opening-for-the-runway-set-august-25','','','2021-08-16 10:00:16','2021-08-16 15:00:16','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3458',0,'post','',0),(3459,7,'2021-08-16 09:57:44','2021-08-16 14:57:44','','08132021_REEDCenter001','The photo shows the new Runway coworking space, located in the UT Martin REED Center in downtown Martin. 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The Flying Ace level is $150 monthly and provides 24/7 access, as well as a designated desk with lockable storage. Runway membership for UT Martin students with a valid Skyhawk card is $25 monthly.\r\n\r\nRunway amenities include a business address, 1GIG Wi-Fi, Sit/Stand desks, 27” Dell monitors, a copier, security cameras, multiple seating areas, scheduled use of training rooms, access to virtual conferencing technology, on-site business seminars, on-site economic development specialists and connections to subject matter experts, UT Martin faculty, staff and student interns. For non-members, access to The Runway is $20 per day, and allows for access from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a> or contact Landy Fuqua, director of the REED Center, at REED@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grand opening for The Runway set August 25','The University of Tennessee at Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (REED) Center will open its new coworking space named The Runway with a grand-opening celebration from 10 a.m.-noon, Wed., Aug. 25, at 240 Lindell Street in Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3458-revision-v1','','','2021-08-16 09:59:08','2021-08-16 14:59:08','',3458,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/16/3458-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3461,7,'2021-08-16 15:22:34','2021-08-16 20:22:34','Two-term Tennessee Gov. 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According to an amazon.com review, the book examines Haslam’s vision “for the redemptive role of faith in politics while examining some of the most complex issues of our time.”\r\n\r\n“It’s no secret to anybody, regardless of what your politics are, that the country is really divided, right? If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\r\n\r\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\r\n<blockquote>“What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”</blockquote>\r\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\r\n\r\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. I’m here to learn.’”\r\n\r\n“The second thing we should do is say, ‘We’re going to approach this not to win the argument but to get the best answer.’” Haslam said that trying not to win the argument is hard for many people, but in the end, elected officials at all levels should seek to arrive at the best answers to problems, which led to his final point about elected officials making a difference.\r\n<blockquote>“… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.”</blockquote>\r\n“It’s really easy in today’s political world to make a point,” he said, referencing the use of social media. “… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.” He referenced his own experiences as governor by adding, “And when you’re in office, and I don’t care what office it is, the chances to make a difference are way greater than you think they are. The decisions made can either help more people or not to a greater extent than I ever dreamed possible.”\r\n\r\nHe closed by saying that people of faith can solve problems right where they are, and Haslam cited the advice given to the captive people of Israel by the biblical prophet Jeremiah who said, “Seek the welfare of the places where you were called, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” His book’s title “Faithful Presence” was inspired by these words.\r\n\r\n“I think that’s what we’re supposed to be doing,” Haslam said. “And whether you’re in a school, in a hospital, in a government job, you’re working on a farm, whatever it is, what we’re supposed to do is to seek the welfare of that place we’re called … and have a faithful presence in those places where God has called us to, whatever that looks like.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style><div style=\"position:relative;height:0 !important;padding-bottom: 75% !important;width:100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000BoaQTEVrpUM\"></div><script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Former Tennessee governor says people of faith can make a difference','Two-term Tennessee Gov. 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The noon event was held at the Southwest Tennessee Development District in Jackson.\n\nThe program was part of the “Lunch Learn Leadership” series sponsored by UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and offered to WestStar alumni throughout the year. The former governor signed copies of his book following lunch and his comments to more than 90 invited guests from around West Tennessee. According to an amazon.com review, the book examines Haslam’s vision “for the redemptive role of faith in politics while examining some of the most complex issues of our time.”\n\n“It’s no secret to anybody, regardless of what your politics are, that the country is really divided, right? If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\n\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\n<blockquote>“What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”</blockquote>\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\n\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. I’m here to learn.’”\n\n“The second thing we should do is say, ‘We’re going to approach this not to win the argument but to get the best answer.’” Haslam said that trying not to win the argument is hard for many people, but in the end, elected officials at all levels should seek to arrive at the best answers to problems, which led to his final point about elected officials making a difference.\n<blockquote>“… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.”</blockquote>\n“It’s really easy in today’s political world to make a point,” he said, referencing the use of social media. “… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.” He referenced his own experiences as governor by adding, “And when you’re in office, and I don’t care what office it is, the chances to make a difference are way greater than you think they are. 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If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\r\n\r\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\r\n\r\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\r\n\r\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. 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Pictured with Haslam during the former governor’s presentation is Dr. Keith Carver (right), UT Martin chancellor.','inherit','closed','closed','','08112021_weststarbillhaslamevent047','','','2021-08-16 15:23:48','2021-08-16 20:23:48','',3461,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08112021_WestStarBillHaslamEvent047.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3466,7,'2021-08-16 16:09:03','2021-08-16 21:09:03','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2021 semester Aug. 23, and incoming freshmen students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 19. Face masks/coverings will be required in classrooms, laboratories and other spaces where attendance is required.\r\n\r\nFirst-Year Initiative, a special program for incoming freshmen, begins with Move-In Mania at 6 a.m., Aug. 19, when student organizations and community groups gather at the residence halls to assist students as they move into their rooms. This annual event is the first major welcome new students receive from the community as they adjust to their new homes.\r\n\r\nInformal sessions will occur throughout the weekend, and new students will attend convocation at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Convocation is a special ceremony to begin a new student’s collegiate career and remind them that the end goal is ultimately graduation in the same arena.\r\n\r\nNew students will have the opportunity to attend a comedy show featuring Buzz Sutherland in Watkins Auditorium, a Welcome Back Block Party hosted by the Office of Housing and play games at the Student Recreation Center. For a full list of Welcome Weekend events, visit <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/fyi/\">utm.edu/fyi</a>.\r\n\r\nUpperclassmen and transfer students began moving into campus residences over the past weekend, and classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the main campus and five UT Martin regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nAny accepted students who have not yet registered for fall classes should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin to welcome students back August 19','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2021 semester Aug. 23, and incoming freshmen students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 19.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-welcome-students-back-august-19','','','2021-08-16 16:09:33','2021-08-16 21:09:33','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3466',0,'post','',0),(3467,7,'2021-08-16 16:07:39','2021-08-16 21:07:39','','08272018_FirstDayOfClass','Photo taken first day of fall semester 2018.','inherit','closed','closed','','08272018_firstdayofclass','','','2021-08-16 16:08:46','2021-08-16 21:08:46','',3466,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08272018_FirstDayOfClass.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3468,7,'2021-08-16 16:09:03','2021-08-16 21:09:03','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2021 semester Aug. 23, and incoming freshmen students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 19. Face masks/coverings will be required in classrooms, laboratories and other spaces where attendance is required.\r\n\r\nFirst-Year Initiative, a special program for incoming freshmen, begins with Move-In Mania at 6 a.m., Aug. 19, when student organizations and community groups gather at the residence halls to assist students as they move into their rooms. This annual event is the first major welcome new students receive from the community as they adjust to their new homes.\r\n\r\nInformal sessions will occur throughout the weekend, and new students will attend convocation at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Convocation is a special ceremony to begin a new student’s collegiate career and remind them that the end goal is ultimately graduation in the same arena.\r\n\r\nNew students will have the opportunity to attend a comedy show featuring Buzz Sutherland in Watkins Auditorium, a Welcome Back Block Party hosted by the Office of Housing and play games at the Student Recreation Center. For a full list of Welcome Weekend events, visit <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/fyi/\">utm.edu/fyi</a>.\r\n\r\nUpperclassmen and transfer students began moving into campus residences over the past weekend, and classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the main campus and five UT Martin regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nAny accepted students who have not yet registered for fall classes should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin to welcome students back August 19','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2021 semester Aug. 23, and incoming freshmen students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 19.','inherit','closed','closed','','3466-revision-v1','','','2021-08-16 16:09:03','2021-08-16 21:09:03','',3466,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/16/3466-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3469,7,'2021-08-16 16:13:16','2021-08-16 21:13:16','Two-term Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam sees an almost equal political divide in America, but his hope is that people of faith can help to solve problems and restore unity. His comments came as he talked about his new book “Faithful Presence: The Promise and Peril of Faith in the Public Square” during an Aug. 11 program sponsored by UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program. The noon event was held at the Southwest Tennessee Development District in Jackson.\r\n\r\nThe program was part of the “Lunch Learn Leadership” series sponsored by UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and offered to WestStar alumni throughout the year. The former governor signed copies of his book following lunch and his comments to more than 90 invited guests from around West Tennessee. According to an amazon.com review, the book examines Haslam’s vision “for the redemptive role of faith in politics while examining some of the most complex issues of our time.”\r\n\r\n“It’s no secret to anybody, regardless of what your politics are, that the country is really divided, right? If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\r\n\r\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\r\n<blockquote>“What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”</blockquote>\r\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\r\n\r\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. I’m here to learn.’”\r\n\r\n“The second thing we should do is say, ‘We’re going to approach this not to win the argument but to get the best answer.’” Haslam said that trying not to win the argument is hard for many people, but in the end, elected officials at all levels should seek to arrive at the best answers to problems, which led to his final point about elected officials making a difference.\r\n<blockquote>“… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.”</blockquote>\r\n“It’s really easy in today’s political world to make a point,” he said, referencing the use of social media. “… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.” He referenced his own experiences as governor by adding, “And when you’re in office, and I don’t care what office it is, the chances to make a difference are way greater than you think they are. The decisions made can either help more people or not to a greater extent than I ever dreamed possible.”\r\n\r\nHe closed by saying that people of faith can solve problems right where they are, and Haslam cited the advice given to the captive people of Israel by the biblical prophet Jeremiah who said, “Seek the welfare of the places where you were called, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” His book’s title “Faithful Presence” was inspired by these words.\r\n\r\n“I think that’s what we’re supposed to be doing,” Haslam said. “And whether you’re in a school, in a hospital, in a government job, you’re working on a farm, whatever it is, what we’re supposed to do is to seek the welfare of that place we’re called … and have a faithful presence in those places where God has called us to, whatever that looks like.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Former Tennessee governor says people of faith can make a difference','Two-term Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam sees an almost equal political divide in America, but his hope is that people of faith can help to solve problems and restore unity.','inherit','closed','closed','','3461-revision-v1','','','2021-08-16 16:13:16','2021-08-16 21:13:16','',3461,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/16/3461-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3500,7,'2021-09-06 16:15:22','2021-09-06 21:15:22','A Voter Registration Tailgate event to register Tennessee voters will be held 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at Hardy M. Graham Stadium on the University of Tennessee at Martin main campus. The event supports National Voter Registration Month throughout September and is sponsored by the Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and the university’s Student Government Association. The tailgate also coincides with UT Martin’s Family Weekend Tailgate Party, which includes the Skyhawk football home opener with Samford University at 6 p.m. Anyone who needs to register to vote can do so at the tailgate.\r\n<blockquote>“The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”</blockquote>\r\n“We are pumped to work with UT Martin student leaders to build momentum around voting,” Hargett said. “The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”\r\n\r\nElections for local and statewide office are happening in 2022, and last year Tennesseans broke voter turnout and participation records. Election experts will attend the tailgate to answer questions about Tennessee’s easy voting process. Tennessee voters can also visit <a href=\"https://govotetn.gov/\">GoVoteTn.gov</a> or call the Secretary of State’s Division of Elections at 1-877-850-4959 for more information.','Voter registration tailgate set for Sept. 11 at UT Martin\'s Hardy Graham Stadium','A Voter Registration Tailgate event to register Tennessee voters will be held 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at Hardy M. 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The former governor signed copies of his book following lunch and his comments to more than 90 invited guests from around West Tennessee. According to an amazon.com review, the book examines Haslam’s vision “for the redemptive role of faith in politics while examining some of the most complex issues of our time.”\r\n\r\n“It’s no secret to anybody, regardless of what your politics are, that the country is really divided, right? If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\r\n\r\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\r\n<blockquote>“What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”</blockquote>\r\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\r\n\r\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. I’m here to learn.’”\r\n\r\n“The second thing we should do is say, ‘We’re going to approach this not to win the argument but to get the best answer.’” Haslam said that trying not to win the argument is hard for many people, but in the end, elected officials at all levels should seek to arrive at the best answers to problems, which led to his final point about elected officials making a difference.\r\n<blockquote>“… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.”</blockquote>\r\n“It’s really easy in today’s political world to make a point,” he said, referencing the use of social media. “… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.” He referenced his own experiences as governor by adding, “And when you’re in office, and I don’t care what office it is, the chances to make a difference are way greater than you think they are. The decisions made can either help more people or not to a greater extent than I ever dreamed possible.”\r\n\r\nHe closed by saying that people of faith can solve problems right where they are, and Haslam cited the advice given to the captive people of Israel by the biblical prophet Jeremiah who said, “Seek the welfare of the places where you were called, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” His book’s title “Faithful Presence” was inspired by these words.\r\n\r\n“I think that’s what we’re supposed to be doing,” Haslam said. “And whether you’re in a school, in a hospital, in a government job, you’re working on a farm, whatever it is, what we’re supposed to do is to seek the welfare of that place we’re called … and have a faithful presence in those places where God has called us to, whatever that looks like.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style><div style=\"position:relative;height:0 !important;padding-bottom: 75% !important;width:100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000BoaQTEVrpUM\"></div><script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Former Tennessee governor says people of faith can make a difference','Two-term Tennessee Gov. 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The noon event was held at the Southwest Tennessee Development District in Jackson.\r\n\r\nThe program was part of the “Lunch Learn Leadership” series sponsored by UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and offered to WestStar alumni throughout the year. The former governor signed copies of his book following lunch and his comments to more than 90 invited guests from around West Tennessee. According to an amazon.com review, the book examines Haslam’s vision “for the redemptive role of faith in politics while examining some of the most complex issues of our time.”\r\n\r\n“It’s no secret to anybody, regardless of what your politics are, that the country is really divided, right? If I took a show of hands, everybody would be there,” Haslam said, noting that the last nine presidential elections were decided by single digits, the U.S. Senate is split 50-50, and the U.S. House of Representatives is separated by only four votes, but a deeper issue exists.\r\n\r\n“We’re not just divided, but we’re really mad at the other side, and we’ve become contemptuous of the other side,” he said. “In other words, the other side is not just wrong, they’re wrong for bad motives.” It’s a concept known as motivation attribution asymmetry, and he added, “Today in the United States, the motivation attribution asymmetry between Republicans and Democrats is more than between Israelis and Palestinians.”\r\n<blockquote>“What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”</blockquote>\r\nWith these points in mind, Haslam said that he wrote the book for people of faith but hopes others will benefit by reading it and using the ideas to solve problems. “Remember Jesus saying look at the log in your own eye before you get the speck out of someone else’s eye,” he said. “What I’m saying is maybe in this country that’s evenly divided and mad and contemptuous of the other side, maybe people of faith can be part of the answer.”\r\n\r\nHaslam highlighted three main points covered in the book, starting with something he learned from his political mentor, the late Tennessee senator and statesman Howard Baker Jr. The one-time majority leader of the Senate and President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff said, “Always remember, the other fellow might be right.” Applying Baker’s advice, Haslam said “we should approach the public square with humility, meaning ‘I don’t always get this right. I’m here to learn.’”\r\n\r\n“The second thing we should do is say, ‘We’re going to approach this not to win the argument but to get the best answer.’” Haslam said that trying not to win the argument is hard for many people, but in the end, elected officials at all levels should seek to arrive at the best answers to problems, which led to his final point about elected officials making a difference.\r\n<blockquote>“… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.”</blockquote>\r\n“It’s really easy in today’s political world to make a point,” he said, referencing the use of social media. “… But the thing I always say is it’s much easier to make a point than it is to make a difference.” He referenced his own experiences as governor by adding, “And when you’re in office, and I don’t care what office it is, the chances to make a difference are way greater than you think they are. The decisions made can either help more people or not to a greater extent than I ever dreamed possible.”\r\n\r\nHe closed by saying that people of faith can solve problems right where they are, and Haslam cited the advice given to the captive people of Israel by the biblical prophet Jeremiah who said, “Seek the welfare of the places where you were called, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” His book’s title “Faithful Presence” was inspired by these words.\r\n\r\n“I think that’s what we’re supposed to be doing,” Haslam said. “And whether you’re in a school, in a hospital, in a government job, you’re working on a farm, whatever it is, what we’re supposed to do is to seek the welfare of that place we’re called … and have a faithful presence in those places where God has called us to, whatever that looks like.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style><div style=\"position:relative;height:0 !important;padding-bottom: 75% !important;width:100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000BoaQTEVrpUM\"></div><script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Former Tennessee governor says people of faith can make a difference','Two-term Tennessee Gov. 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In addition to the first-ever virtual WestStar sessions, members also stayed connected through a new virtual WestStar series named Zoom Leadership: Looking Through Zoom Lenses. The series welcomed both current class members and WestStar alumni to hear featured presenters that included Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.\r\n<blockquote>“While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”</blockquote>\r\nClass member Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement at UT Martin, said the pandemic caused his class “to miss the continuity and momentum of the experience that seems to occur as the program progresses.” However, he credited WestStar for providing virtual options to keep the class connected and extending the program so that the class could continue. “While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”\r\n\r\nRetired physician Dr. Cheryl Browne, of Fayette County, agreed that some class bonding time was lost initially because of the pandemic, but the transition to virtual content helped class members stay connected. “Once we were able to meet in person again, I strongly believe it enhanced our bonding and relationships because we missed each other and realized the blessing of being together should not be taken for granted,” Browne said. “The extended experience made us want to stay connected beyond graduation.” She said that a class Bible study will resume monthly in August, and options for the class to meet quarterly for dinner in counties not visited during the sessions will be offered.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, presided over the class’s graduation event that welcomed approximately 120 attendees. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as the event’s keynote speaker, who focused on “lessons from adversity” that considered what class members experienced during the pandemic by focusing on the life of James “Jimmy” Braddock. The famous boxer overcame poverty, overwhelming adversity and a severe boxing injury to win a heavyweight boxing title in 1935 and later enjoy success in the military and in business. His life was the subject of the 2005 movie Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard.\r\n\r\n“It’s been quite a year, or two years, for our graduates who are going through the WestStar program tonight,” Carver said, adding, “And so when we look at the things that we’ve experienced, one of the great things we can do is just look back at history and look at other tough times and find individuals that we can lift up as people that have come through tough times and persevered.”\r\n\r\nCarver told how Braddock lived through many highs and lows to achieve boxing and financial success. He said that finding ways to persevere through the valleys is a key to emerging on top in life. “Braddock was always prepared. He was always working. He was always looking to the future,” Carver said. “He was always learning so that he could succeed the next time he hit that valley, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”\r\n<blockquote>“And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed by telling how Braddock gave back later in life by supporting orphanages so that disadvantaged children would have the opportunities he had. “And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”\r\n\r\nDeal followed Carver’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award recipient chosen by the class to Dr. Jamie Mantooth and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award presented to 2014 program graduate Brooxie Carlton, director of federal programs with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville. Gemiah Bell, a UT Martin sophomore from Brownsville, received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship. The program’s board of trustees then welcomed the 29 new graduates that included members representing 18 West Tennessee counties.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement and complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism. Including this class, the program has graduated 886 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nGraduating class members were: Andy Anderson, attorney, Henderson County; Jennifer Bane, executive director, Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, Weakley County; Monte Belew, public safety director, UT Martin, Henry County; Lowell Beller, manager, Central Distributors, Madison County; Dr Cheryl Browne, retired physician, Fayette County; Jason Compton, director of operations, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Madison County;\r\n\r\nChris Donaldson, owner/operator, Tencom Services, Dyer County; Debbie Dunaway, public information officer/executive assistant, Southwest Tennessee Development District; Kyle East, financial representative, WoodmenLife &amp; Woodmen Financial Services, Crockett County; Mike Enoch, plant manager, Marvin Windows and Doors of Tennessee, Lauderdale County; Dr. Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District, Henry County; Monica Heath, executive director, McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, Carroll County; Jessica Huff, director of chamber and tourism, McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce, McNairy County; Barry Hutcherson, mayor, Chester County; George Leake, supervisor of secondary instruction, Obion County Schools, Obion County; Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director, enrollment services and student engagement, UT Martin, Weakley County; Lee Mills, captain, FedEx Express, Shelby County; Victor Parkins, owner and publisher, Gibson County Publishing Newspaper Group, Gibson County; Jennifer Perryman, director, Savannah Industrial Development Corp., Hardin County; Jessi Pruett, attorney, Byrd &amp; Byrd, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Gibson County; Teresa Russell, assistant principal, Anderson Early Childhood Center, Haywood County Board of Education, Haywood County; Shalondria Shaw, community development and engagement liaison, City of Brownsville, Haywood County; Dakota Simpson, special projects director, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Dyer County; Ty Smithson, financial officer, Tennessee Farm Credit, Weakley County; Katelyn Spivey, marketing director, Carroll Bank &amp; Trust, Benton County; DeLaney Timberman, executive director, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County; Jamey Tosh, owner and partner, Tosh Farms, Henry County; Wendell Wainwright, chairperson pro temp, Fayette County Public Schools District, Fayette County; and William Wooten, president, Wooten Law Office, LLC, Tipton County.\r\n\r\nInformation about the WestStar Leadership Program is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or call Virgina Grimes, WestStar assistant director, at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2020-21 WestStar class works through pandemic to complete program','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3423-revision-v1','','','2021-08-18 16:33:24','2021-08-18 21:33:24','',3423,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/18/3423-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3475,7,'2021-08-18 16:35:15','2021-08-18 21:35:15','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin. However, the 2020-21 WestStar class experience was anything but traditional. Class members graduated Tuesday, June 22, at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson following 18 months in a seven-month program.\r\n\r\nThe class began in-person sessions in December 2019, transitioned to virtual sessions through June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then resumed meeting in person in March of this year to complete the program. In addition to the first-ever virtual WestStar sessions, members also stayed connected through a new virtual WestStar series named Zoom Leadership: Looking Through Zoom Lenses. The series welcomed both current class members and WestStar alumni to hear featured presenters that included Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.\r\n<blockquote>“While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”</blockquote>\r\nClass member Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement at UT Martin, said the pandemic caused his class “to miss the continuity and momentum of the experience that seems to occur as the program progresses.” However, he credited WestStar for providing virtual options to keep the class connected and extending the program so that the class could continue. “While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”\r\n\r\nRetired physician Dr. Cheryl Browne, of Fayette County, agreed that some class bonding time was lost initially because of the pandemic, but the transition to virtual content helped class members stay connected. “Once we were able to meet in person again, I strongly believe it enhanced our bonding and relationships because we missed each other and realized the blessing of being together should not be taken for granted,” Browne said. “The extended experience made us want to stay connected beyond graduation.” She said that a class Bible study will resume monthly in August, and options for the class to meet quarterly for dinner in counties not visited during the sessions will be offered.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, presided over the class’s graduation event that welcomed approximately 120 attendees. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as the event’s keynote speaker, who focused on “lessons from adversity” that considered what class members experienced during the pandemic by focusing on the life of James “Jimmy” Braddock. The famous boxer overcame poverty, overwhelming adversity and a severe boxing injury to win a heavyweight boxing title in 1935 and later enjoy success in the military and in business. His life was the subject of the 2005 movie Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard.\r\n\r\n“It’s been quite a year, or two years, for our graduates who are going through the WestStar program tonight,” Carver said, adding, “And so when we look at the things that we’ve experienced, one of the great things we can do is just look back at history and look at other tough times and find individuals that we can lift up as people that have come through tough times and persevered.”\r\n\r\nCarver told how Braddock lived through many highs and lows to achieve boxing and financial success. He said that finding ways to persevere through the valleys is a key to emerging on top in life. “Braddock was always prepared. He was always working. He was always looking to the future,” Carver said. “He was always learning so that he could succeed the next time he hit that valley, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”\r\n<blockquote>“And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed by telling how Braddock gave back later in life by supporting orphanages so that disadvantaged children would have the opportunities he had. “And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”\r\n\r\nDeal followed Carver’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award recipient chosen by the class to Dr. Jamie Mantooth and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award presented to 2014 program graduate Brooxie Carlton, director of federal programs with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville. Gemiah Bell, a UT Martin sophomore from Brownsville, received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship. The program’s board of trustees then welcomed the 29 new graduates that included members representing 18 West Tennessee counties.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement and complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism. Including this class, the program has graduated 886 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nGraduating class members were: Andy Anderson, attorney, Henderson County; Jennifer Bane, executive director, Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, Weakley County; Monte Belew, public safety director, UT Martin, Henry County; Lowell Beller, manager, Central Distributors, Madison County; Dr Cheryl Browne, retired physician, Fayette County; Jason Compton, director of operations, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Madison County; Chris Donaldson, owner/operator, Tencom Services, Dyer County; Debbie Dunaway, public information officer/executive assistant, Southwest Tennessee Development District; Kyle East, financial representative, WoodmenLife &amp; Woodmen Financial Services, Crockett County; Mike Enoch, plant manager, Marvin Windows and Doors of Tennessee, Lauderdale County; Dr. Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District, Henry County; Monica Heath, executive director, McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, Carroll County; Jessica Huff, director of chamber and tourism, McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce, McNairy County; Barry Hutcherson, mayor, Chester County; George Leake, supervisor of secondary instruction, Obion County Schools, Obion County; Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director, enrollment services and student engagement, UT Martin, Weakley County; Lee Mills, captain, FedEx Express, Shelby County; Victor Parkins, owner and publisher, Gibson County Publishing Newspaper Group, Gibson County; Jennifer Perryman, director, Savannah Industrial Development Corp., Hardin County; Jessi Pruett, attorney, Byrd &amp; Byrd, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Gibson County; Teresa Russell, assistant principal, Anderson Early Childhood Center, Haywood County Board of Education, Haywood County; Shalondria Shaw, community development and engagement liaison, City of Brownsville, Haywood County; Dakota Simpson, special projects director, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Dyer County; Ty Smithson, financial officer, Tennessee Farm Credit, Weakley County; Katelyn Spivey, marketing director, Carroll Bank &amp; Trust, Benton County; DeLaney Timberman, executive director, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County; Jamey Tosh, owner and partner, Tosh Farms, Henry County; Wendell Wainwright, chairperson pro temp, Fayette County Public Schools District, Fayette County; and William Wooten, president, Wooten Law Office, LLC, Tipton County.\r\n\r\nInformation about the WestStar Leadership Program is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or call Virgina Grimes, WestStar assistant director, at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2020-21 WestStar class works through pandemic to complete program','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3423-revision-v1','','','2021-08-18 16:35:15','2021-08-18 21:35:15','',3423,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/18/3423-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3476,7,'2021-08-18 16:36:34','2021-08-18 21:36:34','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin. However, the 2020-21 WestStar class experience was anything but traditional. Class members graduated Tuesday, June 22, at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson following 18 months in a seven-month program.\r\n\r\nThe class began in-person sessions in December 2019, transitioned to virtual sessions through June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then resumed meeting in person in March of this year to complete the program. In addition to the first-ever virtual WestStar sessions, members also stayed connected through a new virtual WestStar series named Zoom Leadership: Looking Through Zoom Lenses. The series welcomed both current class members and WestStar alumni to hear featured presenters that included Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett.\r\n<blockquote>“While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”</blockquote>\r\nClass member Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement at UT Martin, said the pandemic caused his class “to miss the continuity and momentum of the experience that seems to occur as the program progresses.” However, he credited WestStar for providing virtual options to keep the class connected and extending the program so that the class could continue. “While the continuity was disrupted, the experience was not,” he said. “Honestly, I think there was some extra bonding time and shared experiences for our class that may not have happened without the pandemic. I like to say we took our victory lap.”\r\n\r\nRetired physician Dr. Cheryl Browne, of Fayette County, agreed that some class bonding time was lost initially because of the pandemic, but the transition to virtual content helped class members stay connected. “Once we were able to meet in person again, I strongly believe it enhanced our bonding and relationships because we missed each other and realized the blessing of being together should not be taken for granted,” Browne said. “The extended experience made us want to stay connected beyond graduation.” She said that a class Bible study will resume monthly in August, and options for the class to meet quarterly for dinner in counties not visited during the sessions will be offered.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, presided over the class’s graduation event that welcomed approximately 120 attendees. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as the event’s keynote speaker, who focused on “lessons from adversity” that considered what class members experienced during the pandemic by focusing on the life of James “Jimmy” Braddock. The famous boxer overcame poverty, overwhelming adversity and a severe boxing injury to win a heavyweight boxing title in 1935 and later enjoy success in the military and in business. His life was the subject of the 2005 movie Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard.\r\n\r\n“It’s been quite a year, or two years, for our graduates who are going through the WestStar program tonight,” Carver said, adding, “And so when we look at the things that we’ve experienced, one of the great things we can do is just look back at history and look at other tough times and find individuals that we can lift up as people that have come through tough times and persevered.”\r\n\r\nCarver told how Braddock lived through many highs and lows to achieve boxing and financial success. He said that finding ways to persevere through the valleys is a key to emerging on top in life. “Braddock was always prepared. He was always working. He was always looking to the future,” Carver said. “He was always learning so that he could succeed the next time he hit that valley, and that’s what we’ve got to do.”\r\n<blockquote>“And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed by telling how Braddock gave back later in life by supporting orphanages so that disadvantaged children would have the opportunities he had. “And when I think about programs such as WestStar, it’s really about learning from each other but then going back to our communities here in West Tennessee and giving back and make sure every day we’re circling back and investing in those people that invested in us, but also making West Tennessee the best it can be.”\r\n\r\nDeal followed Carver’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award recipient chosen by the class to Dr. Jamie Mantooth and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award presented to 2014 program graduate Brooxie Carlton, director of federal programs with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville. Gemiah Bell, a UT Martin sophomore from Brownsville, received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship. The program’s board of trustees then welcomed the 29 new graduates that included members representing 18 West Tennessee counties.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement and complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism. Including this class, the program has graduated 886 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nGraduating class members were: Andy Anderson, attorney, Henderson County; Jennifer Bane, executive director, Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, Weakley County; Monte Belew, public safety director, UT Martin, Henry County; Lowell Beller, manager, Central Distributors, Madison County; Dr Cheryl Browne, retired physician, Fayette County; Jason Compton, director of operations, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Madison County; Chris Donaldson, owner/operator, Tencom Services, Dyer County; Debbie Dunaway, public information officer/executive assistant, Southwest Tennessee Development District; Kyle East, financial representative, WoodmenLife &amp; Woodmen Financial Services, Crockett County; Mike Enoch, plant manager, Marvin Windows and Doors of Tennessee, Lauderdale County; Dr. Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District, Henry County; Monica Heath, executive director, McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, Carroll County; Jessica Huff, director of chamber and tourism, McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce, McNairy County; Barry Hutcherson, mayor, Chester County; George Leake, supervisor of secondary instruction, Obion County Schools, Obion County; Dr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director, enrollment services and student engagement, UT Martin, Weakley County; Lee Mills, captain, FedEx Express, Shelby County; Victor Parkins, owner and publisher, Gibson County Publishing Newspaper Group, Gibson County; Jennifer Perryman, director, Savannah Industrial Development Corp., Hardin County; Jessi Pruett, attorney, Byrd &amp; Byrd, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Gibson County; Teresa Russell, assistant principal, Anderson Early Childhood Center, Haywood County Board of Education, Haywood County; Shalondria Shaw, community development and engagement liaison, City of Brownsville, Haywood County; Dakota Simpson, special projects director, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Dyer County; Ty Smithson, financial officer, Tennessee Farm Credit, Weakley County; Katelyn Spivey, marketing director, Carroll Bank &amp; Trust, Benton County; DeLaney Timberman, executive director, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County; Jamey Tosh, owner and partner, Tosh Farms, Henry County; Wendell Wainwright, chairperson pro temp, Fayette County Public Schools District, Fayette County; and William Wooten, president, Wooten Law Office, LLC, Tipton County.\r\n\r\nInformation about the WestStar Leadership Program is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or call Virgina Grimes, WestStar assistant director, at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2020-21 WestStar class works through pandemic to complete program','The WestStar Leadership Program’s annual graduation ceremony is a traditional event for class members who complete the program, which is sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3423-autosave-v1','','','2021-08-18 16:36:34','2021-08-18 21:36:34','',3423,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/18/3423-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3477,7,'2021-08-20 09:52:39','2021-08-20 14:52:39','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history. A property appraisal announced today, which includes the property value and $3 million in new construction, confirmed the total commitment’s value at $79,534,920 – the largest ever to the UT System.\r\n\r\nMelanie Smith Taylor and her family announced in June that Wildwood Farm will be transferred to the university upon her death. The commitment will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future. The commitment will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nUT System President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official June announcement. The commitment will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management, and natural resources management. Early programming will prioritize adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n<blockquote>“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\n“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said. “The extraordinary generosity of Melanie Taylor and the Taylor family will allow UT Martin programs to expand into Shelby County and will greatly enhance our ability to promote agriculture, horsemanship, and plant and soil science. We are extremely grateful.”\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.\r\n<blockquote>“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.</blockquote>\r\n“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nKerry Witcher, UT Foundation Inc. president and CEO, said, “This commitment is the direct result of building lasting relationships between friends and alumni and our university. Transformational commitments of this magnitude positively impact generations to come, and the UT Foundation is excited to play a role in helping Ms. Taylor realize her dream.”\r\n\r\nIn her comments at the June announcement, Melanie Taylor recalled her late husband, Lee, and this vision for Wildwood Farm. “Lee wanted to be sure the farm continued to be enjoyed by me and the Wildwood family for the duration of my lifetime,” she told those present for the announcement. “But he also hoped it would be a gift that keeps on giving and growing through scholarship, horsemanship and friendship to best promote this unparalleled natural resource by an equestrian and an agrarian focus. … And, so for the Taylor family and all of us at Wildwood, we welcome UT Martin to our home and shared dreams.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Largest commitment in UT System history totals $79.5 million','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history.','publish','closed','closed','','largest-commitment-in-ut-system-history-totals-79-5-million','','','2021-08-20 09:54:58','2021-08-20 14:54:58','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3477',0,'post','',0),(3478,7,'2021-08-20 09:52:07','2021-08-20 14:52:07','','06242021_wildwoodfarms106','University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd speaks June 24 during the Wildwood Farm commitment announcement in Germantown, Tennessee, when Melanie Smith Taylor (center) signed the letter of intent that outlines the agreement by Taylor and her family for transfer of the Germantown farm to UT Martin upon Taylor’s death. The commitment is the largest in UT System and UT Martin history and will allow the university to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines. Also pictured is Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor.	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The commitment will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nUT System President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official June announcement. The commitment will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management, and natural resources management. Early programming will prioritize adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n\r\n“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said. “The extraordinary generosity of Melanie Taylor and the Taylor family will allow UT Martin programs to expand into Shelby County and will greatly enhance our ability to promote agriculture, horsemanship, and plant and soil science. We are extremely grateful.”\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.\r\n\r\n“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nKerry Witcher, UT Foundation Inc. president and CEO, said, “This commitment is the direct result of building lasting relationships between friends and alumni and our university. Transformational commitments of this magnitude positively impact generations to come, and the UT Foundation is excited to play a role in helping Ms. Taylor realize her dream.”\r\n\r\nIn her comments at the June announcement, Melanie Taylor recalled her late husband, Lee, and this vision for Wildwood Farm. “Lee wanted to be sure the farm continued to be enjoyed by me and the Wildwood family for the duration of my lifetime,” she told those present for the announcement. “But he also hoped it would be a gift that keeps on giving and growing through scholarship, horsemanship and friendship to best promote this unparalleled natural resource by an equestrian and an agrarian focus. … And, so for the Taylor family and all of us at Wildwood, we welcome UT Martin to our home and shared dreams.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Largest commitment in UT System history totals $79.5 million','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history.','inherit','closed','closed','','3477-revision-v1','','','2021-08-20 09:52:39','2021-08-20 14:52:39','',3477,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/20/3477-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3480,7,'2021-08-20 09:54:46','2021-08-20 14:54:46','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history. A property appraisal announced today, which includes the property value and $3 million in new construction, confirmed the total commitment’s value at $79,534,920 – the largest ever to the UT System.\r\n\r\nMelanie Smith Taylor and her family announced in June that Wildwood Farm will be transferred to the university upon her death. The commitment will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future. The commitment will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nUT System President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official June announcement. The commitment will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management, and natural resources management. Early programming will prioritize adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n<blockquote>“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\n“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said. “The extraordinary generosity of Melanie Taylor and the Taylor family will allow UT Martin programs to expand into Shelby County and will greatly enhance our ability to promote agriculture, horsemanship, and plant and soil science. We are extremely grateful.”\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.\r\n<blockquote>“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.</blockquote>\r\n“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nKerry Witcher, UT Foundation Inc. president and CEO, said, “This commitment is the direct result of building lasting relationships between friends and alumni and our university. Transformational commitments of this magnitude positively impact generations to come, and the UT Foundation is excited to play a role in helping Ms. Taylor realize her dream.”\r\n\r\nIn her comments at the June announcement, Melanie Taylor recalled her late husband, Lee, and this vision for Wildwood Farm. “Lee wanted to be sure the farm continued to be enjoyed by me and the Wildwood family for the duration of my lifetime,” she told those present for the announcement. “But he also hoped it would be a gift that keeps on giving and growing through scholarship, horsemanship and friendship to best promote this unparalleled natural resource by an equestrian and an agrarian focus. … And, so for the Taylor family and all of us at Wildwood, we welcome UT Martin to our home and shared dreams.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Largest commitment in UT System history totals $79.5 million','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history.','inherit','closed','closed','','3477-autosave-v1','','','2021-08-20 09:54:46','2021-08-20 14:54:46','',3477,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/20/3477-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3481,7,'2021-08-20 09:54:58','2021-08-20 14:54:58','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history. A property appraisal announced today, which includes the property value and $3 million in new construction, confirmed the total commitment’s value at $79,534,920 – the largest ever to the UT System.\r\n\r\nMelanie Smith Taylor and her family announced in June that Wildwood Farm will be transferred to the university upon her death. The commitment will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural disciplines in the near future. The commitment will also provide opportunities for UT Martin to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.\r\n\r\nUT System President Randy Boyd, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, were among those making the official June announcement. The commitment will make possible educational opportunities in animal science and horsemanship, plant and soil science, environmental management, and natural resources management. Early programming will prioritize adding a cohort for veterinary health technology.\r\n<blockquote>“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\n“This transformational commitment will support our academic and research mission for generations to come,” Carver said. “The extraordinary generosity of Melanie Taylor and the Taylor family will allow UT Martin programs to expand into Shelby County and will greatly enhance our ability to promote agriculture, horsemanship, and plant and soil science. We are extremely grateful.”\r\n\r\nThe farm includes 350 acres of mixed pasture and mature oak woodlots surrounded by dense residential development. The Big Barn was completed in 1935 and became the hub of equestrian history in the Mid-South. Originally built as one of the top American Saddlebred show stables in the country, Wildwood transformed into the setting for many equestrian events.\r\n\r\nThe farm was originally chosen as the site for the National Steeplechase Tour and the U.S. Open Polo Championship. The property has served as a world-class training ground for polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and pleasure horses. In March 2017, Carnival Memphis presented Melanie Smith Taylor and Wildwood Farm a joint award of excellence “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the sports industry and the Mid-South community.”\r\n\r\nThe relationship between Wildwood Farm and UT Martin began in 2015 and led to the announcement and plans for the property’s future. The plan meets Taylor’s vision to both preserve the farm in the current state and to honor the Taylor family while providing a benefit to students studying all agriculture disciplines. The farm will be used in a similar manner to the UT Martin Teaching Farm located adjacent to the university’s main campus. Wildwood Farm will remain in its current state and provide a much-needed hands-on teaching and demonstration laboratory in agricultural sciences in Shelby County.\r\n<blockquote>“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.</blockquote>\r\n“The Wildwood Farm and UT Martin partnership will keep the beauty of this incredible land while leveraging its multi-use property to create new opportunities to benefit faculty and students for generations to come, and also sustain Wildwood Farm – which is the ultimate goal of the Taylor family,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nKerry Witcher, UT Foundation Inc. president and CEO, said, “This commitment is the direct result of building lasting relationships between friends and alumni and our university. Transformational commitments of this magnitude positively impact generations to come, and the UT Foundation is excited to play a role in helping Ms. Taylor realize her dream.”\r\n\r\nIn her comments at the June announcement, Melanie Taylor recalled her late husband, Lee, and this vision for Wildwood Farm. “Lee wanted to be sure the farm continued to be enjoyed by me and the Wildwood family for the duration of my lifetime,” she told those present for the announcement. “But he also hoped it would be a gift that keeps on giving and growing through scholarship, horsemanship and friendship to best promote this unparalleled natural resource by an equestrian and an agrarian focus. … And, so for the Taylor family and all of us at Wildwood, we welcome UT Martin to our home and shared dreams.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Largest commitment in UT System history totals $79.5 million','Officials with the University of Tennessee System and the University of Tennessee at Martin knew that the Wildwood Farm commitment to UT Martin announced June 24 in Germantown was the largest in university history.','inherit','closed','closed','','3477-revision-v1','','','2021-08-20 09:54:58','2021-08-20 14:54:58','',3477,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/20/3477-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3494,7,'2021-08-31 16:38:20','2021-08-31 21:38:20','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host the opening reception for its new Johnny Cash exhibit titled “1968: A Folsom Redemption” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the Special Collections Reading Room. The exhibit opens Sept. 1, and both the exhibit and the Sept. 9 reception, which will feature a performance by the university’s House Band, are open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began.\r\n\r\nBeley will give a public lecture about his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear cloth face coverings inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the reception will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives, at 731-881-7094.','J. Houston Gordon Museum features Johnny Cash concert exhibit','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host the opening reception for its new Johnny Cash exhibit titled “1968: A Folsom Redemption” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the Special Collections Reading Room.','publish','closed','closed','','j-houston-gordon-museum-features-johnny-cash-concert-exhibit','','','2021-09-06 20:43:27','2021-09-07 01:43:27','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3494',0,'post','',0),