INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1038,3,'2019-05-09 14:31:38','2019-05-09 19:31:38','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s student-run campus radio station – WUTM-FM 90.3 “The Hawk” – represented the university during the 2018 Tennessee Associated Press Career Day and College Awards held April 27, 2019, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville. UT Martin students received first or second-place awards in six of the nine radio categories and brought home both awards for best radio sports coverage or program.\r\n\r\nOnly first and second-place awards were given this year, and UT Martin earned four first-place trophies and three second-place awards. First-place recognitions include Kait Scott, of Martin, for “best newscast”; Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, for “best radio news story”; Brian Affolter, of Spring Hill, and Moncrief for “best use of sound”; and John Thornton, of Atoka, and Jordan Taylor, of Medon, for “best radio sports coverage/program.”\r\n\r\nSecond-place honors include Kayla Brooks, of Dickson, for “best radio feature story”; Thornton for “best radio sports reporting”; and Thornton, Taylor and Haley Carpenter, of Decaturville, for “best radio sports coverage/program.”\r\n\r\nScott and Affolter both graduated from UT Martin on May 4 with bachelor’s degrees in communications.\r\n\r\nWUTM is a nine-time Platinum Award winning station with the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System and has been named the best college radio station with under 10,000 students enrolled on multiple occasions.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the campus radio station or the broadcasting academic sequence, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and station faculty adviser, at 731-881-7555 or <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','WUTM staff members win seven awards from Tennessee Associated Press','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s student-run campus radio station – WUTM-FM 90.3 “The Hawk” – represented the university during the 2018 Tennessee Associated Press Career Day and College Awards held April 27, 2019, in Nashville. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1036-revision-v1','','','2019-05-09 14:31:38','2019-05-09 19:31:38','',1036,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/09/1036-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1039,3,'2019-05-09 14:51:19','2019-05-09 19:51:19','Almost 250 people representing 28 colleges and universities from six states attended the inaugural Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit held at the University of Tennessee at Martin on May 7-8. Attendees and facilitators brought perspectives from two and four-year, public and private, faith-based and state institutions to the discussion on student success and perseverance to graduation across the southeastern United States.\r\n<blockquote>“Obviously, we want to deepen our understanding of the issues that hinder our students in persisting to graduation. That’s an incredibly simple statement with an incredibly complicated set of answers,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, when discussing the purpose of the summit. He said he also hopes the institutions in attendance will build networks and create partnerships with others based on the ideas presented during the various discussions.</blockquote>\r\n“(This summit) is a lot bigger than we expected, but what it communicates is that, … in this region, we all have the same challenges, and we understand that those challenges don’t stop at the state lines,” Cavalier continued.\r\n\r\nThe main day of summit activities began May 8 with a welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, who discussed the importance of developing relationships with each student and finding out what barriers may exist in their lives to keep them from completing their degrees. He then stressed the difference one faculty or staff member can make in the life of a struggling student by simply taking steps to help them overcome those barriers.\r\n\r\n“That’s why we’re all here today. It’s our responsibility. We’re in this for the people business, but we’re really in this to help our students persist and succeed and graduate and contribute back,” he said.\r\n\r\nSummit keynote speaker Dr. John Gardner, chief executive office of The Gardner Institute, spoke on the lessons institutions in the United States have learned about student success and retention in the past 50 years, focusing on the need to increase equity and opportunity for students of all backgrounds.\r\n\r\nHe presented data to show the nationwide decline in enrollment across higher education institutions at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, and stressed the importance of reaching students during their first transition year into college, whether that be as traditional freshmen straight out of high school, as dual-enrollment students or as transfer students from another institution.\r\n\r\nGardner is nationally known in the education field as the founder of “The First-Year Experience” movement, which he says should focus on those areas of college life that are truly shared by all incoming students. These areas include introductory courses in the common curriculum as well as experiences with parking, dining services and registration, among others.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1041\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1041 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RetentionSummit_Gardner-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Dr. John Gardner, chief executive officer at The Gardner Institute, served as summit keynote speaker.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, spoke during the lunch hour and discussed changes needed in higher education in Tennessee. He highlighted several state institutions that have made changes to their orientation, registration and first-year experience processes with promising results and proposed ideas for new initiatives in other areas.\r\n<blockquote>“(THEC) brought a tribe out here from our office because we want to learn from you. Nobody graduates from THEC. We want to support you all; we want to come to campus and find out how, as a coordinating agency, we can help you succeed,” Krause said.</blockquote>\r\nCavalier says the summit was a success overall, and plans are already underway to host a second event next May. 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That’s an incredibly simple statement with an incredibly complicated set of answers,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, when discussing the purpose of the summit. He said he also hopes the institutions in attendance will build networks and create partnerships with others based on the ideas presented during the various discussions.</blockquote>\r\n“(This summit) is a lot bigger than we expected, but what it communicates is that, … in this region, we all have the same challenges, and we understand that those challenges don’t stop at the state lines,” Cavalier continued.\r\n\r\nThe main day of summit activities began May 8 with a welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, who discussed the importance of developing relationships with each student and finding out what barriers may exist in their lives to keep them from completing their degrees. He then stressed the difference one faculty or staff member can make in the life of a struggling student by simply taking steps to help them overcome those barriers.\r\n\r\n“That’s why we’re all here today. It’s our responsibility. 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We want to support you all; we want to come to campus and find out how, as a coordinating agency, we can help you succeed,” Krause said.</blockquote>\r\nCavalier says the summit was a success overall, and plans are already underway to host a second event next May. 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We’re in this for the people business, but we’re really in this to help our students persist and succeed and graduate and contribute back,” he said.\r\n\r\nSummit keynote speaker Dr. John Gardner, chief executive office of The Gardner Institute, spoke on the lessons institutions in the United States have learned about student success and retention in the past 50 years, focusing on the need to increase equity and opportunity for students of all backgrounds.\r\n\r\nHe presented data to show the nationwide decline in enrollment across higher education institutions at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, and stressed the importance of reaching students during their first transition year into college, whether that be as traditional freshmen straight out of high school, as dual-enrollment students or as transfer students from another institution.\r\n\r\nGardner is nationally known in the education field as the founder of “The First-Year Experience” movement, which he says should focus on those areas of college life that are truly shared by all incoming students. 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The last-dollar scholarship is used to fill any gaps remaining after other financial aid options have been applied. “It’s helped me a lot to go to school and know that I would have enough to go to school and finish my degree on time,” said Evbuomwan.\r\n\r\nEvbuomwan currently works in corrections at the Carroll County Jail in Huntingdon. However, he wants to use his degree to help young people stay away from that environment.\r\n\r\n“I’m hoping to try to work with maybe high school kids to become a coach. … (Sports) build character. 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She was 20 years old.\r\n\r\nAlexander was majoring in health and human performance during her freshman year at UT Martin. She was part of the 11-member Skyhawk dance squad that regularly entertained the crowds at UT Martin’s home basketball games as well as the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship tournament held in Evansville, Ind.\r\n\r\n“Although Decora was young, she had a strong positive influence on all of her teammates,” Skyhawk head dance coach Jessi Woody said. “She was always working to be a better dancer and wanted to see her teammates grow and succeed with her. 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The first class block begins at 9 a.m., and final pick-up is at 3 p.m. Individual schedules will vary based on class selection. Some courses have individual supply fees which must be paid directly to the course instructor on the first day of class. The initial registration fee includes a Kid College T-shirt.\r\n\r\nClass choices for children entering kindergarten through second grade include disc golf, science lab, kids in the kitchen, bowling, mission to mars, basketball and painting, among others. Options for children entering third through fifth grades include adventures in engineering, animal careers, karate, yoga, violin, mission to mars, science lab, painting and soccer, among others. A full list of available courses can be found on the Kid College website at utm.edu/kidcollege.\r\n\r\nKid College will also be held at the UT Martin Somerville Center from 8:15-11:50 a.m., June 3-7, and include courses on scientific explorers, outdoor adventures, art and reading. The Parsons Center will host Kid College from 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., June 24-27, and include courses on animal habitats, outdoor adventures, theatre and recycled crafts. The McNairy County Center/Selmer will host activities from 8:30-11:45 a.m., June 24-28, and include courses on exploring the rainforest, creating jungle art and cultures of the jungle.\r\n\r\nRegistration at these three locations is $95 per child and includes a Kid College T-shirt and supplies for all courses.\r\n\r\nParents will be sent an email the week prior to Kid College containing additional information for this year’s activities. Please contact UT Martin outreach at 731-881-7104 if you do not receive this email.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/kidcollege.php\">utm.edu/kidcollege</a> to register online, see a complete list of course options and find extended information for parents. 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Some courses have individual supply fees which must be paid directly to the course instructor on the first day of class. The initial registration fee includes a Kid College T-shirt.\r\n\r\nClass choices for children entering kindergarten through second grade include disc golf, science lab, kids in the kitchen, bowling, mission to mars, basketball and painting, among others. Options for children entering third through fifth grades include adventures in engineering, animal careers, karate, yoga, violin, mission to mars, science lab, painting and soccer, among others. A full list of available courses can be found on the Kid College website at utm.edu/kidcollege.\r\n\r\nKid College will also be held at the UT Martin Somerville Center from 8:15-11:50 a.m., June 3-7, and include courses on scientific explorers, outdoor adventures, art and reading. 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While several UT Martin students have visited the Società Dante Alighieri di Siena in Siena, Italy, in previous years, this agreement opens the doors for other universities to join UT Martin in sending students to participate in semester-long study-abroad experiences. All trips are open to all students. Pictured after the signing are (l-r) Dr. Joe DiPietro, former president of the UT System; Carver; Dr. Joe Ostenson, associate professor of psychology and coordinator of the Italian study-abroad program; and Luca Bonomi, president of the Società Dante Alighieri di Siena. Bonomi signed the agreement on behalf of both Italian institutions. 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A photo of the Martin native went viral online in 2017 after a bystander saw him stand at attention to salute a passing funeral procession in the pouring rain.\r\n\r\nMembers of the Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 in Union City will present the colors, and Hannah Kent, a UT Martin music education major from Humboldt, will sing the national anthem at the start of the program. Usery will speak following an official welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, will play Taps at the conclusion of the program.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in the protection of the United States of America. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was renamed upon becoming a federal holiday in 1971.\r\n\r\nIn case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dorothy Gillon, UT Martin coordinator of public occasions, at 731-881-7501.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-annual-memorial-day-commemoration-ceremony','','','2019-05-29 15:39:09','2019-05-29 20:39:09','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1067',0,'post','',0),(1068,3,'2019-05-13 15:34:06','2019-05-13 20:34:06','','FieldOfFlags','A row of American flags is shown as part of the Field of Flags display along University Street in Martin. 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A photo of the Martin native went viral online in 2017 after a bystander saw him stand at attention to salute a passing funeral procession in the pouring rain.\r\n\r\nMembers of the Union City JFW John-Walker Post will present the colors, and Hannah Kent, a UT Martin music education major from Humboldt, will sing the national anthem at the start of the program. Usery will speak following an official welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, will play Taps at the conclusion of the program.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in the protection of the United States of America. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was renamed upon becoming a federal holiday in 1971.\r\n\r\nIn case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dorothy Gillon, UT Martin coordinator of public occasions, at 731-881-7501.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','1067-revision-v1','','','2019-05-13 15:34:46','2019-05-13 20:34:46','',1067,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/13/1067-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1070,3,'2019-05-13 15:55:52','2019-05-13 20:55:52','I am Holly Seng, of Union City, and for the past four years I have studied at the University of Tennessee at Martin majoring in communications with a sequence in public relations and a minor in marketing.\r\n\r\nThere is a saying many of us have heard throughout our lives along the lines of “never say never.” Growing up on UT Martin’s campus, I spent countless hours of my childhood at the Margaret N. Perry Children’s Center and summer days in the classrooms of Gooch Hall for Kid’s College, both as a participant and later a volunteer.\r\n<blockquote>I had often stated as a child that I would never attend the university I have proudly called home these last four years. Looking back on both my reasoning at the time and the outcome of my undergraduate experience, my previous mindset could not have been more wrong.</blockquote>\r\nMy entire philosophy shifted during the summer of 2014 when I attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for Humanities hosted on the UT Martin campus. For four weeks, I learned from some of the best faculty members on campus, developed lifelong friendships, and discovered that the freedom I was looking for in a college was attainable at a university so close to home, even while my mother, Dr. Victoria Seng, associate provost, worked at the university. In this moment of realization, I knew UT Martin was the university for me. I have yet to look back.\r\n<blockquote>While at UT Martin, I had countless opportunities to sharpen my skills through hands-on learning experiences in my communications and marketing courses, which greatly prepared me to enter the workforce. From day one I was able to read the news and work the switchboard at the campus student-run radio station WUTM F.M. 90.3 “The Hawk,” assist with planning and implementing the College of Business and Global Affairs 2018 Awards Banquet and create a strategic public relations campaign for a real-world client. Travel-studies, including trips to Australia, the British Isles and America’s Northeast, allowed me to expand my world-view and gave me a greater appreciation for West Tennessee.</blockquote>\r\nUniversity Scholars, Chi Omega and the Student Government Association are a few of the organizations I was involved with on campus, and each played a role in shaping my leadership skills. I completed a two-year research project as part of the University Scholars program, during which I applied crisis communication theories to the 2018 Nashville Mayor crisis through analysis of volume and sentiment on Twitter. Analyzing a crisis, especially using reactions on social media, put into perspective the responsibility that comes with leadership and the accountability expected from those you lead. My time as Chi Omega’s director of community service enabled me to lead through acts of service and has largely influenced my leadership style. I carried this mindset with me during my time as secretary general of the Student Government Association by taking time to listen to student concerns, serving on committees and maintaining the organization’s various records.\r\n\r\nUT Martin gave me extensive preparation for my future career, but it also allowed me to continue the legacy of my mother and sister, Tori Seng, who both graduated before me. Continuing a legacy is more than just following a path, as I had previously envisioned. A legacy is about taking guidance from those who have come before you and creating your own unique path. Through my experience at GSH and the love I saw my mother and sister share for UT Martin, I chose to extend the legacy they started.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s commencement exercises May 4 completed two chapters in my family’s UT Martin legacy. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree, I have returned to Union City to work for the Obion County Chamber of Commerce. For my mother, it was her last time participating on-stage in commencement as the dean of graduate studies following a recent promotion to associate provost. She was able to see both my sister and I walk across the stage she first crossed from the unique perspective of the stage itself. The timing could not have been more perfect, and it leaves me with one thought: “It could never be any university but UT Martin.”\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1072\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1072 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HollySeng_Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" /> Holly Seng (center) graduated May 4 from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is pictured with her father, Dr. Lowis Seng, and sister, Tori Seng. Her mother, Dr. Victoria Seng, is UT Martin assistant provost.[/caption]','Holly Seng leaves advice for future students','I am Holly Seng, of Union City, and for the past four years I have studied at the University of Tennessee at Martin majoring in communications with a sequence in public relations and a minor in marketing.','publish','closed','closed','','holly-seng-leaves-advice-for-future-students','','','2019-05-14 14:33:56','2019-05-14 19:33:56','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1070',0,'post','',0),(1071,3,'2019-05-13 15:53:31','2019-05-13 20:53:31','','HollySeng','Holly Seng (right) is shown embracing UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver as she crosses the commencement stage May 4 to receive her bachelor’s degree in communications. ','inherit','closed','closed','','hollyseng','','','2019-05-13 15:54:26','2019-05-13 20:54:26','',1070,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HollySeng.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1072,3,'2019-05-13 15:54:40','2019-05-13 20:54:40','','HollySeng_Family','Holly Seng (center) graduated May 4 from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is pictured with her father, Dr. Lowis Seng, and sister, Tori Seng. Her mother, Dr. Victoria Seng, is UT Martin assistant provost.','inherit','closed','closed','','hollyseng_family','','','2019-05-13 15:55:20','2019-05-13 20:55:20','',1070,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HollySeng_Family.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1073,3,'2019-05-13 15:55:52','2019-05-13 20:55:52','I am Holly Seng, of Union City, and for the past four years I have studied at the University of Tennessee at Martin majoring in communications with a sequence in public relations and a minor in marketing.\r\n\r\nThere is a saying many of us have heard throughout our lives along the lines of “never say never.” Growing up on UT Martin’s campus, I spent countless hours of my childhood at the Margaret N. Perry Children’s Center and summer days in the classrooms of Gooch Hall for Kid’s College, both as a participant and later a volunteer.\r\n<blockquote>I had often stated as a child that I would never attend the university I have proudly called home these last four years. Looking back on both my reasoning at the time and the outcome of my undergraduate experience, my previous mindset could not have been more wrong.</blockquote>\r\nMy entire philosophy shifted during the summer of 2014 when I attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for Humanities hosted on the UT Martin campus. For four weeks, I learned from some of the best faculty members on campus, developed lifelong friendships, and discovered that the freedom I was looking for in a college was attainable at a university so close to home, even while my mother, Dr. Victoria Seng, associate provost, worked at the university. In this moment of realization, I knew UT Martin was the university for me. I have yet to look back.\r\n<blockquote>While at UT Martin, I had countless opportunities to sharpen my skills through hands-on learning experiences in my communications and marketing courses, which greatly prepared me to enter the workforce. From day one I was able to read the news and work the switchboard at the campus student-run radio station WUTM F.M. 90.3 “The Hawk,” assist with planning and implementing the College of Business and Global Affairs 2018 Awards Banquet and create a strategic public relations campaign for a real-world client. Travel-studies, including trips to Australia, the British Isles and America’s Northeast, allowed me to expand my world-view and gave me a greater appreciation for West Tennessee.</blockquote>\r\nUniversity Scholars, Chi Omega and the Student Government Association are a few of the organizations I was involved with on campus, and each played a role in shaping my leadership skills. I completed a two-year research project as part of the University Scholars program, during which I applied crisis communication theories to the 2018 Nashville Mayor crisis through analysis of volume and sentiment on Twitter. Analyzing a crisis, especially using reactions on social media, put into perspective the responsibility that comes with leadership and the accountability expected from those you lead. My time as Chi Omega’s director of community service enabled me to lead through acts of service and has largely influenced my leadership style. I carried this mindset with me during my time as secretary general of the Student Government Association by taking time to listen to student concerns, serving on committees and maintaining the organization’s various records.\r\n\r\nUT Martin gave me extensive preparation for my future career, but it also allowed me to continue the legacy of my mother and sister, Tori Seng, who both graduated before me. Continuing a legacy is more than just following a path, as I had previously envisioned. A legacy is about taking guidance from those who have come before you and creating your own unique path. Through my experience at GSH and the love I saw my mother and sister share for UT Martin, I chose to extend the legacy they started.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s commencement exercises May 4 completed two chapters in my family’s UT Martin legacy. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree, I have returned to Union City to work for the Obion County Chamber of Commerce. For my mother, it was her last time participating on-stage in commencement as the dean of graduate studies following a recent promotion to associate provost. She was able to see both my sister and I walk across the stage she first crossed from the unique perspective of the stage itself. The timing could not have been more perfect, and it leaves me with one thought: “It could never be any university but UT Martin.”\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1072\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1072 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HollySeng_Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" /> Holly Seng (center) graduated May 4 from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is pictured with her father, Dr. Lowis Seng, and sister, Tori Seng. 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I have yet to look back.\n<blockquote>While at UT Martin, I had countless opportunities to sharpen my skills through hands-on learning experiences in my communications and marketing courses, which greatly prepared me to enter the workforce. From day one I was able to read the news and work the switchboard at the campus student-run radio station WUTM F.M. 90.3 “The Hawk,” assist with planning and implementing the College of Business and Global Affairs 2018 Awards Banquet and create a strategic public relations campaign for a real-world client. Travel-studies, including trips to Australia, the British Isles and America’s Northeast, allowed me to expand my world-view and gave me a greater appreciation for West Tennessee.</blockquote>\nUniversity Scholars, Chi Omega and the Student Government Association are a few of the organizations I was involved with on campus, and each played a role in shaping my leadership skills. I completed a two-year research project as part of the University Scholars program, during which I applied crisis communication theories to the 2018 Nashville Mayor crisis through analysis of volume and sentiment on Twitter. Analyzing a crisis, especially using reactions on social media, put into perspective the responsibility that comes with leadership and the accountability expected from those you lead. My time as Chi Omega’s director of community service enabled me to lead through acts of service and has largely influenced my leadership style. I carried this mindset with me during my time as secretary general of the Student Government Association by taking time to listen to student concerns, serving on committees and maintaining the organization’s various records.\n\nUT Martin gave me extensive preparation for my future career, but it also allowed me to continue the legacy of my mother and sister, Tori Seng, who both graduated before me. Continuing a legacy is more than just following a path, as I had previously envisioned. A legacy is about taking guidance from those who have come before you and creating your own unique path. Through my experience at GSH and the love I saw my mother and sister share for UT Martin, I chose to extend the legacy they started.\n\nUT Martin’s commencement exercises May 4 completed two chapters in my family’s UT Martin legacy. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree, I have returned to Union City to work for the Obion County Chamber of Commerce. For my mother, it was her last time participating on-stage in commencement as the dean of graduate studies following a recent promotion to associate provost. She was able to see both my sister and I walk across the stage she first crossed from the unique perspective of the stage itself. The timing could not have been more perfect, and it leaves me with one thought: “It could never be any university but UT Martin.”\n\n###\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1072\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1072 size-full\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HollySeng_Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" /> Holly Seng (center) graduated May 4 from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is pictured with her father, Dr. Lowis Seng, and sister, Tori Seng. Her mother, Dr. Victoria Seng, is UT Martin assistant provost.[/caption]','Holly Seng leaves advice for future students','I am Holly Seng, of Union City, and for the past four years I have studied at the University of Tennessee at Martin majoring in communications with a sequence in public relations and a minor in marketing.','inherit','closed','closed','','1070-autosave-v1','','','2019-05-13 15:56:16','2019-05-13 20:56:16','',1070,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/13/1070-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1075,3,'2019-05-14 09:22:16','2019-05-14 14:22:16','The American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities elevated the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Veterinary Health Technology Program to full accreditation status during its April 25-28 meeting. The program has enjoyed initial accreditation status since it was first reviewed during the spring 2014 semester.\r\n\r\nThe program welcomed its first students in 2011 as one of fewer than 25 four-year veterinary health technology programs nationwide, and the first class graduated in spring 2014. Since the program’s creation, 176 students have completed both academic and internship requirements for graduation. Program graduates each earn a bachelor’s degree in agriculture with a major in animal science and an emphasis in veterinary health technology. They must then sit for the Veterinary Technician National Exam to become licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin program features hands-on experience with small, large and exotic animal species in areas such as surgery, nursing, radiology and others. Four veterinarians and four veterinary technologists teach in the program, which includes a required six-week internship with a veterinary clinic, referral or teaching hospital, zoo or laboratory prior to graduation.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Jason Roberts, veterinarian, professor and program director, at<a href=\"mailto:jroberts@utm.edu\"> jroberts@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin vet tech program granted full accreditation','The American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities elevated UT Martin’s Veterinary Health Technology Program to full accreditation status during its April 25-28 meeting.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-vet-tech-program-granted-full-accreditation','','','2019-05-22 11:51:02','2019-05-22 16:51:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1075',0,'post','',0),(1076,3,'2019-05-14 09:20:31','2019-05-14 14:20:31','','VetTech2019','Amanda Waldon (left), licensed veterinary medical technologist and instructor in the UT Martin program, shows students Dominique Scandrett (center), of Greenfield, and De’ja Patterson, of LeVergne, the proper way to handle a rabbit during examination. 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Program graduates each earn a bachelor’s degree in agriculture with a major in animal science and an emphasis in veterinary health technology. They must then sit for the Veterinary Technician National Exam to become licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin program features hands-on experience with small, large and exotic animal species in areas such as surgery, nursing, radiology and others. Four veterinarians and three veterinary technologists teach in the program, which includes a required six-week internship with a veterinary clinic, referral or teaching hospital, zoo or laboratory prior to graduation.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Jason Roberts, veterinarian, professor and program director, at<a href=\"mailto:jroberts@utm.edu\"> jroberts@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin vet tech program granted full accreditation','The American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities elevated UT Martin’s Veterinary Health Technology Program to full accreditation status during its April 25-28 meeting.','inherit','closed','closed','','1075-revision-v1','','','2019-05-14 09:22:16','2019-05-14 14:22:16','',1075,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/14/1075-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1078,3,'2019-05-14 15:06:08','2019-05-14 20:06:08','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus. The ceremony will include the installation of a military battle cross outside the library. An open house for the UT Martin Veteran’s Lounge, which has relocated to room 131 in Gooch Hall, will follow the ceremony.\r\n\r\nCol. Jack Usery (U.S. Army) will serve as this year’s ceremony speaker. Usery graduated from UT Martin in 1991 and has served in the military for more than 30 years. He is currently the senior adviser to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville. A photo of the Martin native went viral online in 2017 after a bystander saw him stand at attention to salute a passing funeral procession in the pouring rain.\r\n\r\nMembers of the Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 in Union City will present the colors, and Hannah Kent, a UT Martin music education major from Humboldt, will sing the national anthem at the start of the program. Usery will speak following an official welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, will play Taps at the conclusion of the program.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in the protection of the United States of America. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was renamed upon becoming a federal holiday in 1971.\r\n\r\nIn case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dorothy Gillon, UT Martin coordinator of public occasions, at 731-881-7501.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','1067-revision-v1','','','2019-05-14 15:06:08','2019-05-14 20:06:08','',1067,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/14/1067-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1079,3,'2019-05-14 19:51:25','2019-05-15 00:51:25','The American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities elevated the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Veterinary Health Technology Program to full accreditation status during its April 25-28 meeting. The program has enjoyed initial accreditation status since it was first reviewed during the spring 2014 semester.\r\n\r\nThe program welcomed its first students in 2011 as one of fewer than 25 four-year veterinary health technology programs nationwide, and the first class graduated in spring 2014. Since the program’s creation, 176 students have completed both academic and internship requirements for graduation. Program graduates each earn a bachelor’s degree in agriculture with a major in animal science and an emphasis in veterinary health technology. They must then sit for the Veterinary Technician National Exam to become licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin program features hands-on experience with small, large and exotic animal species in areas such as surgery, nursing, radiology and others. Four veterinarians and four veterinary technologists teach in the program, which includes a required six-week internship with a veterinary clinic, referral or teaching hospital, zoo or laboratory prior to graduation.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Jason Roberts, veterinarian, professor and program director, at<a href=\"mailto:jroberts@utm.edu\"> jroberts@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin vet tech program granted full accreditation','The American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities elevated UT Martin’s Veterinary Health Technology Program to full accreditation status during its April 25-28 meeting.','inherit','closed','closed','','1075-revision-v1','','','2019-05-14 19:51:25','2019-05-15 00:51:25','',1075,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/14/1075-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1080,3,'2019-05-15 11:29:13','2019-05-15 16:29:13','The University of Tennessee at Martin is the safest college campus in the state of Tennessee, according to the 2019 ranking by <a href=\"https://www.yourlocalsecurity.com/blog/your-guide-to-the-nations-safest-college-campuses/\">yourlocalsecurity.com</a>. This website uses the U.S. Department of Education’s campus safety and security analysis as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s uniform crime report to rank colleges in each state and nationwide.\r\n\r\nThe ranking includes 435 public, private and non-profit colleges offering both two and four-year degrees with at least 5,000 students enrolled. The study primarily considers four main factors: hate crimes per enrolled students, violence against women per enrolled females, property crimes per population and violent crimes per population. According to the ranking site, these factors were calculated based on every 1,000 students, females or residents in each location, as appropriate.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently released the Crime on Campus Report for 2018 and shows low crime numbers for UT Martin. University data shows that 61 group A, or more serious, offenses were reported on the UT Martin campus in 2018, and 34 of these were resolved by the department. The highest number of offenses occurred in the categories for larceny/theft and drug/narcotic violations. Group B, or less serious, offenses totaled 26 reported incidents in 2018, with the highest number of reports falling into the liquor law violations category. Clearance rates for these are not included in the TBI report.\r\n\r\nThis news comes soon after the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program granted the UT Martin Department of Public Safety full accreditation status during the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police meeting held April 3 in Franklin.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Scott Robbins, director, UT Martin Department of Public Safety, at 731-881-7775 or <a href=\"mailto:sdrobbins@utm.edu\">sdrobbins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin is safest college in Tennessee','The University of Tennessee at Martin is the safest college campus in the state of Tennessee, according to the 2019 ranking by yourlocalsecurity.com. 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The study primarily considers four main factors: hate crimes per enrolled students, violence against women per enrolled females, property crimes per population and violent crimes per population. According to the ranking site, these factors were calculated based on every 1,000 students, females or residents in each location, as appropriate.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently released the Crime on Campus Report for 2018 and shows low crime numbers for UT Martin. University data shows that 61 group A, or more serious, offenses were reported on the UT Martin campus in 2018, and 34 of these were resolved by the department. The highest number of offenses occurred in the categories for larceny/theft and drug/narcotic violations. Group B, or less serious, offenses totaled 26 reported incidents in 2018, with the highest number of reports falling into the liquor law violations category. Clearance rates for these are not included in the TBI report.\r\n\r\nThis news comes soon after the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program granted the UT Martin Department of Public Safety full accreditation status during the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police meeting held April 3 in Franklin.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Scott Robbins, director, UT Martin Department of Public Safety, at 731-881-7775 or <a href=\"mailto:sdrobbins@utm.edu\">sdrobbins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin is safest college in Tennessee','The University of Tennessee at Martin is the safest college campus in the state of Tennessee, according to the 2019 ranking by yourlocalsecurity.com. 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Friends, family, classmates, faculty and community members are invited to attend.','Candlelight vigil planned in memory of Decora Alexander','A candlelight vigil will be held at 8:30 p.m., tonight, May 16, at UT Martin\'s Hardy Graham Stadium in memory of Decora Alexander, a freshman from South Fulton who died Saturday, May 11. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1082-autosave-v1','','','2019-05-16 08:35:01','2019-05-16 13:35:01','',1082,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/16/1082-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1086,3,'2019-05-16 08:35:15','2019-05-16 13:35:15','A candlelight vigil will be held at 8:30 p.m., tonight, May 16, at UT Martin\'s Hardy Graham Stadium in memory of Decora Alexander, a freshman from South Fulton who died Saturday, May 11. 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He is currently senior adviser to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville.\r\n\r\nAfter members of Union City’s Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 posted the colors outside the Boling University Center and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed audience members, Usrey reminded those in attendance to think not only of the importance of Memorial Day throughout history but also of the individual stories of heroes who have given their lives for our country.\r\n<blockquote>“During my 12-month deployment in Afghanistan in 2011, we lost 144 heroes. Part of my responsibility was casualty operations during that year, and I have a three-by-five (inch) index card that I keep on the table in my office today of every one of those 144 heroes,” he said. “I think about them almost daily, and the others we have lost in other operations I have been on. I will never forget them, and I will never forget their stories because the stories are what is important.”</blockquote>\r\nUsrey told the crowd of men and women who served alongside him on various battlefields throughout his career and of the sacrifices they made to protect not only their country but their fellow service members. Many of these comrades-in-arms were young and had hardly begun their own lives before giving them in service for another.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1103\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1103 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WalkerBrothers-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Col. Jack Usrey (left) took a moment during his Memorial Day address to thank Martin residents (seated, from left) Raphael and Joe Walker, who are veterans of the Korean War and World War II, respectively.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUsrey then painted the picture of a scene not often witnessed by civilians – a battlefield memorial service.\r\n<blockquote>“We conduct a memorial service for every hero we send home, no matter what. No one leaves our theater of combat without being recognized,” he said. “A large formation stands as a Humvee moves slowly toward the back of an airplane that has its gate down. … Everything we do is intentional and precise because of the mission that we have at that moment. When the Humvee stops, pallbearers from that unit where the hero fought slowly pull the flag-draped coffin off the back of the Humvee, and they turn toward the plane. Staged in front of the coffin are the fallen hero’s leadership. We bring them in by helicopter. Nothing is more important than a proper farewell.</blockquote>\r\n“There’s an honor guard holding the American colors, and on that staff there are 190 battle streamers, one for all of the major conflicts recognized by our military. … It is hard to handle, even on a good day,” Usrey continued. “(The pallbearers) start marching toward the plane, and as they approach it, the chaplain steps onto the plane and the honor guard with the colors take a 90 degree turn to the right … so that as the hero comes by we can lower the colors and give our last pledge of respect to the man or woman we are sending home.\r\n\r\n“During one particular ceremony, we were hit by a wind storm on the airfield. The soldier that was carrying the colors was struggling as he was walking in front of the hero’s coffin. … As they turned right to set up, he was doing all he could do to hold those colors in the right position. … Without a single command, two soldiers broke away from our formation and ran toward their brother and stood behind him, and they leaned in so that the colors were where they needed to be when our hero came by,” Usrey said. This picture of determination to show honor and respect for a fallen hero is one Usrey says will never leave his mind and will always remind him of the importance of each and every hero’s story.\r\n<blockquote>“Stories are what keep us who we are. We have to always remember, and we have to keep telling their stories, and we can never forget their names,” he concluded.</blockquote>\r\nFollowing the annual ceremony was the installation of a battlefield cross outside the university’s Paul Meek Library. The cross, donated to the university by members of the 83<sup>rd</sup> Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter, will remain to honor the nation’s fallen heroes for years to come.\r\n\r\nIn his remarks, Carver explained that the memorial’s components – a trooper’s rifle, helmet and combat boots – indicate the importance of remembering each fallen service member. The helmet stands for the fallen hero, the inverted rifle symbolizes a pause in battle to allow time for prayer for the fallen, and the boots symbolize the service member’s final march in one last battle.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1102\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1102 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BattlefieldCross-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> A battlefield cross, newly installed outside the UT Martin Paul Meek Library, was donated by members of the 83rd Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, is shown playing “Taps” at the conclusion of the program.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe university also opened a new Veteran’s Lounge to the public after relocating the lounge to room 131 of Gooch Hall from its previous home in the Boling University Center. This new space will allow a place for student-veterans and active service members to congregate and support each other through the transition to college life. The bust of Marine Capt. Brent Morel, a Martin native and 1999 UT Martin graduate who gave his life in Iraq in 2004, has also been relocated to this new lounge area after spending many years standing guard in the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7612.\r\n\r\n###','Usrey reminds Memorial Day crowd to remember each fallen hero\'s story','Col. Jack Usrey, United States Army, served as speaker May 24 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on the main campus. Usrey graduated from UT Martin in 1991 and has served in the military for more than 30 years. ','publish','closed','closed','','usrey-reminds-memorial-day-crowd-to-remember-each-fallen-heros-story','','','2019-05-29 15:39:23','2019-05-29 20:39:23','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1100',0,'post','',0),(1088,4,'2019-05-16 11:17:37','2019-05-16 16:17:37','Kavarius Hester is rightfully proud of the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree that he received May 4 during commencement exercises at the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nHis accomplishment was also a point of pride for students, faculty and staff at the UT Martin Somerville Center, as well as a contingent of supporters from Fayette County who were present to see Hester walk across the commencement stage. The new college graduate holds the distinction of being the first student to enroll in UT Martin classes when they were first offered in Somerville and then complete all of his college credits at the center to earn his degree. His success will help to inspire others who can follow in his footsteps and earn a University of Tennessee degree without leaving Fayette County.\r\n\r\nHester graduated from Fayette-Ware High School in 2014 and enrolled in UT Martin classes at the Fayette County Career Center. “I chose UTM because I think it’s a good school,” he said of this college choice. “I have some relatives that went there, and I went to UT Martin at Somerville because I wanted to stay close to home.”\r\n\r\nAlthough he remained in Somerville to attend college, his path to a degree was not easy. He worked part-time at Walmart in the lawn and garden department and then attended classes, completed homework and studied during his off hours. “I say the challenge (of working and going to school) is having enough time to get schoolwork done after work on a daily basis,” Hester said. Even with a challenging work schedule, he averaged 12 to 15 credit hours per semester and never enrolled in a class at the main campus. He credits his family, UTM faculty members and center director Kara Tapp for supporting his educational journey.\r\n<blockquote>Hester not only earned a college degree, but he also followed his interest in criminal justice that will allow him to pursue his law enforcement career goals. “It (law enforcement) was something that I always wanted to do because I love watching shows like Law and Order, SVU and CSI, and it was something that always grabbed my interest,” he said, adding, “The main thing is I like to help people.”</blockquote>\r\nDiscussions to create college opportunities in Fayette County for students like Hester began in 2004. The University of Tennessee and UT Martin became involved in higher-education discussions in 2012, and a new building to serve as the center’s home was originally proposed. However, while the project was deemed cost-prohibitive, the goal to create a higher-education center remained, and university classes were offered for the first time in 2014 in downtown Somerville.\r\n\r\nMethodist Fayette Hospital then closed in March 2015, and Somerville officials approached Methodist Healthcare about donating the facility to the town. The building was transferred in July 2015, and Methodist Healthcare also gave the city $250,000 to assist with the facility’s renovation. The State Building Commission approved a lease on July 25, 2016, between the University of Tennessee and the town of Somerville to house the UT Martin Somerville Center in the former hospital building.\r\n\r\nEarlier in 2016, the Tennessee General Assembly approved $250,000 in recurring funding for the center in the state’s 2016-17 budget. Also approved was $875,000 in one-time funding to help renovate the facility, which matched local funds raised by private citizens, Somerville and Fayette County. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam visited Somerville on July 26 to formally present UT Martin with the total $1.125 million in state funding to establish the new center. A ground-breaking event was held Dec. 7 to officially begin the renovation project that was completed in time for 2017 fall classes.\r\n\r\nTapp, who became full-time center director in 2016, was among those who attended commencement with Hester, and she said his success is important to her personally and to the community. “Being from Somerville, and being a part of the community, and being able to offer access to higher education within our community, it is huge,” she said. “To be able to give this opportunity to Kavarius is something that I will always remember until the day I die because we gave him something that can never be taken away from him, which is an education.”\r\n\r\nShe added that Hester wasn’t alone in his journey to a college degree. “He was successful because he had a support team,” Tapp said. “The whole community was supporting him, was standing beside him, rooting him on, made sure he was doing everything he possibly could to get there and achieve the goal of a degree right there in our hometown.”\r\n\r\nSomerville Mayor Ronnie Neill also accompanied the Fayette County group to commencement. He has watched the center evolve from the beginning, and Hester’s graduation is an important milestone. “To go from the facilities that we started out with on the square in two rooms to what we have now, … it just shows what you can do when everybody pulls together with a common goal in the end, and you know what you’re trying to accomplish,” he said.\r\n\r\nHester’s graduation provided an occasion to celebrate, and more graduations are sure to follow as Neill sees a bright future for the Somerville Center. “Well, I think it (the center) can be very big. I think we have an additional 30,000 square feet there that I hope at some point we will need to use for the UTM center,” he said. “That was the whole purpose of it – to bring programs in there to help people earn a living and to improve their lives.”\r\n\r\nSo, when you see Kavarius Hester working in law enforcement, know that he is pursuing his passion, all because he earned a University of Tennessee degree and never had to leave Fayette County to reach his goal.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','First UT Martin Somerville Center grad sets sights on law enforcement career','Kavarius Hester is rightfully proud of the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree that he received May 4 during commencement exercises at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','publish','closed','closed','','first-ut-martin-somerville-center-grad-sets-sights-on-law-enforcement-career','','','2019-05-20 13:42:07','2019-05-20 18:42:07','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1088',0,'post','',0),(1090,4,'2019-05-16 11:17:37','2019-05-16 16:17:37','Kavarius Hester is rightfully proud of the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree that he received May 4 during commencement exercises at the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nHis accomplishment was also a point of pride for students, faculty and staff at the UT Martin Somerville Center, as well as a contingent of supporters from Fayette County who were present to see Hester walk across the commencement stage. The new college graduate holds the distinction of being the first student to enroll in UT Martin classes when they were first offered in Somerville and then complete all of his college credits at the center to earn his degree. His success will help to inspire others who can follow in his footsteps and earn a University of Tennessee degree without leaving Fayette County.\r\n\r\nHester graduated from Fayette-Ware High School in 2014 and enrolled in UT Martin classes at the Fayette County Career Center. “I chose UTM because I think it’s a good school,” he said of this college choice. “I have some relatives that went there, and I went to UT Martin at Somerville because I wanted to stay close to home.”\r\n\r\nAlthough he remained in Somerville to attend college, his path to a degree was not easy. He worked part-time at Walmart in the lawn and garden department and then attended classes, completed homework and studied during his off hours. “I say the challenge (of working and going to school) is having enough time to get schoolwork done after work on a daily basis,” Hester said. Even with a challenging work schedule, he averaged 12 to 15 credit hours per semester and never enrolled in a class at the main campus. He credits his family, UTM faculty members and center director Kara Tapp for supporting his educational journey.\r\n<blockquote>Hester not only earned a college degree, but he also followed his interest in criminal justice that will allow him to pursue his law enforcement career goals. “It (law enforcement) was something that I always wanted to do because I love watching shows like Law and Order, SVU and CSI, and it was something that always grabbed my interest,” he said, adding, “The main thing is I like to help people.”</blockquote>\r\nDiscussions to create college opportunities in Fayette County for students like Hester began in 2004. The University of Tennessee and UT Martin became involved in higher-education discussions in 2012, and a new building to serve as the center’s home was originally proposed. However, while the project was deemed cost-prohibitive, the goal to create a higher-education center remained, and university classes were offered for the first time in 2014 in downtown Somerville.\r\n\r\nMethodist Fayette Hospital then closed in March 2015, and Somerville officials approached Methodist Healthcare about donating the facility to the town. The building was transferred in July 2015, and Methodist Healthcare also gave the city $250,000 to assist with the facility’s renovation. The State Building Commission approved a lease on July 25, 2016, between the University of Tennessee and the town of Somerville to house the UT Martin Somerville Center in the former hospital building.\r\n\r\nEarlier in 2016, the Tennessee General Assembly approved $250,000 in recurring funding for the center in the state’s 2016-17 budget. Also approved was $875,000 in one-time funding to help renovate the facility, which matched local funds raised by private citizens, Somerville and Fayette County. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam visited Somerville on July 26 to formally present UT Martin with the total $1.125 million in state funding to establish the new center. A ground-breaking event was held Dec. 7 to officially begin the renovation project that was completed in time for 2017 fall classes.\r\n\r\nTapp, who became full-time center director in 2016, was among those who attended commencement with Hester, and she said his success is important to her personally and to the community. “Being from Somerville, and being a part of the community, and being able to offer access to higher education within our community, it is huge,” she said. “To be able to give this opportunity to Kavarius is something that I will always remember until the day I die because we gave him something that can never be taken away from him, which is an education.”\r\n\r\nShe added that Hester wasn’t alone in his journey to a college degree. “He was successful because he had a support team,” Tapp said. “The whole community was supporting him, was standing beside him, rooting him on, made sure he was doing everything he possibly could to get there and achieve the goal of a degree right there in our hometown.”\r\n\r\nSomerville Mayor Ronnie Neill also accompanied the Fayette County group to commencement. He has watched the center evolve from the beginning, and Hester’s graduation is an important milestone. “To go from the facilities that we started out with on the square in two rooms to what we have now, … it just shows what you can do when everybody pulls together with a common goal in the end, and you know what you’re trying to accomplish,” he said.\r\n\r\nHester’s graduation provided an occasion to celebrate, and more graduations are sure to follow as Neill sees a bright future for the Somerville Center. “Well, I think it (the center) can be very big. 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For every 13 white women who die of childbirth-related issues, 44 black women (die),” said Graham. “That hit me close to the heart because I want to go into OB, and I want to be an advocate. There are so many stereotypes about how black women have a higher pain threshold or how we just complain. I know a lot of (black women) who are afraid and intimidated to go to the doctor because they feel like they’re going to be experimented on or they’re going to die.”\r\n\r\nGraham knows her experience with the UT Martin nursing program has prepared her to be that voice of support. While the program is challenging, it is designed to produce the best possible health-care professionals, and Graham says the program is successful for a reason.\r\n<blockquote>“(Our faculty members) are always making sure we have all our stuff together and challenging us to think and picking our brains to make sure that we know that we know. They push us,” she said. “Do not study for a grade. Study like you’re going to save someone’s life, because you will be the deciding factor one day (between) life and death for one person. It’s scary to think like that, but if you’re only studying to pass, and you’re not studying to know it like you’re potentially going to save someone, then you’re not going to be good nurse.”</blockquote>\r\nGraham also says the UT Martin nursing faculty create a vital support system for students involved in the program.\r\n\r\n“I went through a lot my last two years of nursing school, and I thought I wasn’t going to make it (to graduation),” she said. “They sat down with me and really helped me and told me that I’m going to make it. … I feel like we do have teachers here that really do love you and care for you, and they’re going to work really hard with you so that you can be successful.”\r\n\r\nGraham sees herself as a leader among nursing students of color, and she wants to encourage those coming behind her to continue the fight.\r\n\r\n“I originated from one of the poorest parts of Memphis, and now I am (graduating) from the second most renowned nursing school in Tennessee. It hasn’t been easy at all, but it feels so good when other black students tell me that I am leading as an example and giving them hope,” she said. “I don’t want to be an exception to the rule. … I’m no different from any other person of color. We are all capable and more than qualified. … I want to see more people of color be great, because 9.9 percent out of three million nurses in American is not enough. It’s not enough. We need more people who look like us to advocate for us, because no one else will if we don’t.”\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Graham stands up for women of color','Ajia Graham, of Memphis, graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during the university’s spring commencement exercises May 4. 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He also helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society.\r\n\r\nAiree chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\r\n<blockquote>“Professor S.K. Airee, the faculty adviser of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Student Affiliates chapter, deserves special commendation. Few faculty members are willing to make the great commitment of time and energy that a successful chapter requires of its adviser. It takes more than exceptional effort to be recognized as an outstanding chapter; it takes the nurturing attention of dedicated staff. Professor Airee’s efforts certainly represent the best in undergraduate education and mentoring around the country,” wrote ACS President Brian Rushton in a letter to then-UT Martin Chancellor Margaret Perry in 1995.</blockquote>\r\n“Remarks like these humbled and inspired me, but the most cherished reward was the light of pride in the students’ eyes after they successfully executed a difficult project year in and year out,” said Airee. “Dr. Abigail Shelton has now very ably taken over as (chapter) adviser.”\r\n\r\nUnder Airee’s leadership, the chapter has coordinated more than 35 high school science bowls,\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">30 area collegiate chemistry meetings, 30 Boy Scouts of America chemistry merit badge clinics, 20 local chemistry Olympiads, and 30 weeks of National Chemistry Week activities.</p>\r\nAiree has been affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He also spent eight years as co-editor and producer of the Kentucky-Illinois-Missouri-Arkansas-Tennessee Chemistry News and Views Exchange, a publication sponsored by five chemistry departments and two local ACS sections. This publication was distributed to approximately 1,000 high school chemistry teachers and ACS members in the five-state region.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1097\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1097 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Airee2-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" /> Dr. S.K. Airee served as macebearer during UT Martin commencement exercises in spring 2016.[/caption]\r\n\r\nHe is the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\r\n<blockquote>“Scientists have the uncanny ability to be critical about everything and focus mainly on what needs improvement/optimization. S.K. has an eye for what is good. He recognizes the positive aspects of any accomplishment and readily shows pride for good work, whether his own or that of others. S.K. sees the best in people and believes the best about people,” said Dr. Genessa Smith, UT Martin associate professor of chemistry and one of Airee’s longtime colleagues. “He has been a champion of chemistry for a very long time, and I have no doubt retirement will not change that.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Dr. S.K. 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He also helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society.\r\n\r\nAiree chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\r\n<blockquote>“Professor S.K. Airee, the faculty adviser of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Student Affiliates chapter, deserves special commendation. Few faculty members are willing to make the great commitment of time and energy that a successful chapter requires of its adviser. It takes more than exceptional effort to be recognized as an outstanding chapter; it takes the nurturing attention of dedicated staff. Professor Airee’s efforts certainly represent the best in undergraduate education and mentoring around the country,” wrote ACS President Brian Rushton in a letter to then-UT Martin Chancellor Margaret Perry in 1995.</blockquote>\r\n“Remarks like these humbled and inspired me, but the most cherished reward was the light of pride in the students’ eyes after they successfully executed a difficult project year in and year out,” said Airee. “Dr. Abigail Shelton has now very ably taken over as (chapter) adviser.”\r\n\r\nUnder Airee’s leadership, the chapter has coordinated more than 35 high school science bowls,\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">30 area collegiate chemistry meetings, 30 Boy Scouts of America chemistry merit badge clinics, 20 local chemistry Olympiads, and 30 weeks of National Chemistry Week activities.</p>\r\nAiree has been affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He also spent eight years as co-editor and producer of the Kentucky-Illinois-Missouri-Arkansas-Tennessee Chemistry News and Views Exchange, a publication sponsored by five chemistry departments and two local ACS sections. This publication was distributed to approximately 1,000 high school chemistry teachers and ACS members in the five-state region.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1097\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1097 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Airee2-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" /> Dr. S.K. Airee served as macebearer during UT Martin commencement exercises in spring 2016.[/caption]\r\n\r\nHe is the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\r\n<blockquote>“Scientists have the uncanny ability to be critical about everything and focus mainly on what needs improvement/optimization. S.K. has an eye for what is good. He recognizes the positive aspects of any accomplishment and readily shows pride for good work, whether his own or that of others. S.K. sees the best in people and believes the best about people,” said Dr. Genessa Smith, UT Martin associate professor of chemistry and one of Airee’s longtime colleagues. “He has been a champion of chemistry for a very long time, and I have no doubt retirement will not change that.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Dr. S.K. 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He is pictured with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during his retirement reception held April 27.','inherit','closed','closed','','airee1','','','2019-05-22 12:48:51','2019-05-22 17:48:51','',1095,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Airee1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1099,3,'2019-05-23 08:25:23','2019-05-23 13:25:23','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus. The ceremony will include the installation of a military battle cross outside the library. An open house for the UT Martin Veteran’s Lounge, which has relocated to room 131 in Gooch Hall, will follow the ceremony.\r\n\r\nCol. Jack Usrey (U.S. Army) will serve as this year’s ceremony speaker. Usery graduated from UT Martin in 1991 and has served in the military for more than 30 years. He is currently the senior adviser to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville. A photo of the Martin native went viral online in 2017 after a bystander saw him stand at attention to salute a passing funeral procession in the pouring rain.\r\n\r\nMembers of the Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 in Union City will present the colors, and Hannah Kent, a UT Martin music education major from Humboldt, will sing the national anthem at the start of the program. Usery will speak following an official welcome from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, will play Taps at the conclusion of the program.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in the protection of the United States of America. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was renamed upon becoming a federal holiday in 1971.\r\n\r\nIn case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dorothy Gillon, UT Martin coordinator of public occasions, at 731-881-7501.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at 9 a.m., May 24, in the north plaza between the Boling University center and the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','1067-revision-v1','','','2019-05-23 08:25:23','2019-05-23 13:25:23','',1067,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/23/1067-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1101,3,'2019-05-24 14:43:37','2019-05-24 19:43:37','','memorialdaytwitteralt002','Col. Jack Usrey (U.S. Army) speaks May 24 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony. ','inherit','closed','closed','','memorialdaytwitteralt002','','','2019-05-24 14:45:00','2019-05-24 19:45:00','',1100,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/memorialdaytwitteralt002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1102,3,'2019-05-24 14:46:05','2019-05-24 19:46:05','','BattlefieldCross','A battlefield cross, newly installed outside the UT Martin Paul Meek Library, was donated by members of the 83rd Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, is shown playing “Taps” at the conclusion of the program.','inherit','closed','closed','','battlefieldcross','','','2019-05-24 14:53:59','2019-05-24 19:53:59','',1100,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BattlefieldCross.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1103,3,'2019-05-24 14:54:38','2019-05-24 19:54:38','','WalkerBrothers','Col. Jack Usrey (left) took a moment during his Memorial Day address to thank Martin residents (seated, from left) Raphael and Joe Walker, who are veterans of the Korean War and World War II, respectively.','inherit','closed','closed','','walkerbrothers','','','2019-05-24 14:57:09','2019-05-24 19:57:09','',1100,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WalkerBrothers.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1104,3,'2019-05-24 14:57:18','2019-05-24 19:57:18','Col. Jack Usrey, United States Army, served as speaker May 24 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on the main campus. Usrey graduated from UT Martin in 1991 and has served in the military for more than 30 years. He is currently senior adviser to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville.\r\n\r\nAfter members of Union City’s Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 posted the colors outside the Boling University Center and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed audience members, Usrey reminded those in attendance to think not only of the importance of Memorial Day throughout history but also of the individual stories of heroes who have given their lives for our country.\r\n<blockquote>“During my 12-month deployment in Afghanistan in 2011, we lost 144 heroes. Part of my responsibility was casualty operations during that year, and I have a three-by-five (inch) index card that I keep on the table in my office today of every one of those 144 heroes,” he said. “I think about them almost daily, and the others we have lost in other operations I have been on. I will never forget them, and I will never forget their stories because the stories are what is important.”</blockquote>\r\nUsrey told the crowd of men and women who served alongside him on various battlefields throughout his career and of the sacrifices they made to protect not only their country but their fellow service members. Many of these comrades-in-arms were young and had hardly begun their own lives before giving them in service for another.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-1103\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WalkerBrothers-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nUsrey then painted the picture of a scene not often witnessed by civilians – a battlefield memorial service.\r\n<blockquote>“We conduct a memorial service for every hero we send home, no matter what. No one leaves our theater of combat without being recognized,” he said. “A large formation stands as a Humvee moves slowly toward the back of an airplane that has its gate down. … Everything we do is intentional and precise because of the mission that we have at that moment. When the Humvee stops, pallbearers from that unit where the hero fought slowly pull the flag-draped coffin off the back of the Humvee, and they turn toward the plane. Staged in front of the coffin are the fallen hero’s leadership. We bring them in by helicopter. Nothing is more important than a proper farewell.</blockquote>\r\n“There’s an honor guard holding the American colors, and on that staff there are 190 battle streamers, one for all of the major conflicts recognized by our military. … It is hard to handle, even on a good day,” Usrey continued. “(The pallbearers) start marching toward the plane, and as they approach it, the chaplain steps onto the plane and the honor guard with the colors take a 90 degree turn to the right … so that as the hero comes by we can lower the colors and give our last pledge of respect to the man or woman we are sending home.\r\n\r\n“During one particular ceremony, we were hit by a wind storm on the airfield. The soldier that was carrying the colors was struggling as he was walking in front of the hero’s coffin. … As they turned right to set up, he was doing all he could do to hold those colors in the right position. … Without a single command, two soldiers broke away from our formation and ran toward their brother and stood behind him, and they leaned in so that the colors were where they needed to be when our hero came by,” Usrey said. This picture of determination to show honor and respect for a fallen hero is one Usrey says will never leave his mind and will always remind him of the importance of each and every hero’s story.\r\n<blockquote>“Stories are what keep us who we are. We have to always remember, and we have to keep telling their stories, and we can never forget their names,” he concluded.</blockquote>\r\nFollowing the annual ceremony was the installation of a battlefield cross outside the university’s Paul Meek Library. The cross, donated to the university by members of the 83<sup>rd</sup> Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter, will remain to honor the nation’s fallen heroes for years to come.\r\n\r\nIn his remarks, Carver explained that the memorial’s components – a trooper’s rifle, helmet and combat boots – indicate the importance of remembering each fallen service member. The helmet stands for the fallen hero, the inverted rifle symbolizes a pause in battle to allow time for prayer for the fallen, and the boots symbolize the service member’s final march in one last battle.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1102\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1102 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BattlefieldCross-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> A battlefield cross, newly installed outside the UT Martin Paul Meek Library, was donated by members of the 83rd Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, is shown playing “Taps” at the conclusion of the program.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe university also opened a new Veteran’s Lounge to the public after relocating the lounge to room 131 of Gooch Hall from its previous home in the Boling University Center. This new space will allow a place for student-veterans and active service members to congregate and support each other through the transition to college life. The bust of Marine Capt. Brent Morel, a Martin native and 1999 UT Martin graduate who gave his life in Iraq in 2004, has also been relocated to this new lounge area after spending many years standing guard in the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7612.\r\n\r\n###','Usrey reminds Memorial Day crowd to remember each fallen hero\'s story','Col. 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I will never forget them, and I will never forget their stories because the stories are what is important.”</blockquote>\r\nUsrey told the crowd of men and women who served alongside him on various battlefields throughout his career and of the sacrifices they made to protect not only their country but their fellow service members. Many of these comrades-in-arms were young and had hardly begun their own lives before giving them in service for another.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1103\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1103 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WalkerBrothers-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Col. Jack Usrey (left) took a moment during his Memorial Day address to thank Martin residents (seated, from left) Raphael and Joe Walker, who are veterans of the Korean War and World War II, respectively.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUsrey then painted the picture of a scene not often witnessed by civilians – a battlefield memorial service.\r\n<blockquote>“We conduct a memorial service for every hero we send home, no matter what. No one leaves our theater of combat without being recognized,” he said. “A large formation stands as a Humvee moves slowly toward the back of an airplane that has its gate down. … Everything we do is intentional and precise because of the mission that we have at that moment. When the Humvee stops, pallbearers from that unit where the hero fought slowly pull the flag-draped coffin off the back of the Humvee, and they turn toward the plane. Staged in front of the coffin are the fallen hero’s leadership. We bring them in by helicopter. Nothing is more important than a proper farewell.</blockquote>\r\n“There’s an honor guard holding the American colors, and on that staff there are 190 battle streamers, one for all of the major conflicts recognized by our military. … It is hard to handle, even on a good day,” Usrey continued. “(The pallbearers) start marching toward the plane, and as they approach it, the chaplain steps onto the plane and the honor guard with the colors take a 90 degree turn to the right … so that as the hero comes by we can lower the colors and give our last pledge of respect to the man or woman we are sending home.\r\n\r\n“During one particular ceremony, we were hit by a wind storm on the airfield. The soldier that was carrying the colors was struggling as he was walking in front of the hero’s coffin. … As they turned right to set up, he was doing all he could do to hold those colors in the right position. … Without a single command, two soldiers broke away from our formation and ran toward their brother and stood behind him, and they leaned in so that the colors were where they needed to be when our hero came by,” Usrey said. This picture of determination to show honor and respect for a fallen hero is one Usrey says will never leave his mind and will always remind him of the importance of each and every hero’s story.\r\n<blockquote>“Stories are what keep us who we are. We have to always remember, and we have to keep telling their stories, and we can never forget their names,” he concluded.</blockquote>\r\nFollowing the annual ceremony was the installation of a battlefield cross outside the university’s Paul Meek Library. The cross, donated to the university by members of the 83<sup>rd</sup> Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter, will remain to honor the nation’s fallen heroes for years to come.\r\n\r\nIn his remarks, Carver explained that the memorial’s components – a trooper’s rifle, helmet and combat boots – indicate the importance of remembering each fallen service member. The helmet stands for the fallen hero, the inverted rifle symbolizes a pause in battle to allow time for prayer for the fallen, and the boots symbolize the service member’s final march in one last battle.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1102\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1102 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BattlefieldCross-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> A battlefield cross, newly installed outside the UT Martin Paul Meek Library, was donated by members of the 83rd Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter. 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He is currently senior adviser to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville.\r\n\r\nAfter members of Union City’s Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 posted the colors outside the Boling University Center and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed audience members, Usrey reminded those in attendance to think not only of the importance of Memorial Day throughout history but also of the individual stories of heroes who have given their lives for our country.\r\n<blockquote>“During my 12-month deployment in Afghanistan in 2011, we lost 144 heroes. Part of my responsibility was casualty operations during that year, and I have a three-by-five (inch) index card that I keep on the table in my office today of every one of those 144 heroes,” he said. “I think about them almost daily, and the others we have lost in other operations I have been on. I will never forget them, and I will never forget their stories because the stories are what is important.”</blockquote>\r\nUsrey told the crowd of men and women who served alongside him on various battlefields throughout his career and of the sacrifices they made to protect not only their country but their fellow service members. Many of these comrades-in-arms were young and had hardly begun their own lives before giving them in service for another.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1103\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1103 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WalkerBrothers-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Col. Jack Usrey (left) took a moment during his Memorial Day address to thank Martin residents (seated, from left) Raphael and Joe Walker, who are veterans of the Korean War and World War II, respectively.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUsrey then painted the picture of a scene not often witnessed by civilians – a battlefield memorial service.\r\n<blockquote>“We conduct a memorial service for every hero we send home, no matter what. No one leaves our theater of combat without being recognized,” he said. “A large formation stands as a Humvee moves slowly toward the back of an airplane that has its gate down. … Everything we do is intentional and precise because of the mission that we have at that moment. When the Humvee stops, pallbearers from that unit where the hero fought slowly pull the flag-draped coffin off the back of the Humvee, and they turn toward the plane. Staged in front of the coffin are the fallen hero’s leadership. We bring them in by helicopter. Nothing is more important than a proper farewell.</blockquote>\r\n“There’s an honor guard holding the American colors, and on that staff there are 190 battle streamers, one for all of the major conflicts recognized by our military. … It is hard to handle, even on a good day,” Usrey continued. “(The pallbearers) start marching toward the plane, and as they approach it, the chaplain steps onto the plane and the honor guard with the colors take a 90 degree turn to the right … so that as the hero comes by we can lower the colors and give our last pledge of respect to the man or woman we are sending home.\r\n\r\n“During one particular ceremony, we were hit by a wind storm on the airfield. The soldier that was carrying the colors was struggling as he was walking in front of the hero’s coffin. … As they turned right to set up, he was doing all he could do to hold those colors in the right position. … Without a single command, two soldiers broke away from our formation and ran toward their brother and stood behind him, and they leaned in so that the colors were where they needed to be when our hero came by,” Usrey said. This picture of determination to show honor and respect for a fallen hero is one Usrey says will never leave his mind and will always remind him of the importance of each and every hero’s story.\r\n<blockquote>“Stories are what keep us who we are. We have to always remember, and we have to keep telling their stories, and we can never forget their names,” he concluded.</blockquote>\r\nFollowing the annual ceremony was the installation of a battlefield cross outside the university’s Paul Meek Library. The cross, donated to the university by members of the 83<sup>rd</sup> Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter, will remain to honor the nation’s fallen heroes for years to come.\r\n\r\nIn his remarks, Carver explained that the memorial’s components – a trooper’s rifle, helmet and combat boots – indicate the importance of remembering each fallen service member. The helmet stands for the fallen hero, the inverted rifle symbolizes a pause in battle to allow time for prayer for the fallen, and the boots symbolize the service member’s final march in one last battle.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1102\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1102 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BattlefieldCross-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> A battlefield cross, newly installed outside the UT Martin Paul Meek Library, was donated by members of the 83rd Infantry Division, Dixie Chapter. Chloe Lollar, a UT Martin alumna from Martin, is shown playing “Taps” at the conclusion of the program.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe university also opened a new Veteran’s Lounge to the public after relocating the lounge to room 131 of Gooch Hall from its previous home in the Boling University Center. This new space will allow a place for student-veterans and active service members to congregate and support each other through the transition to college life. The bust of Marine Capt. Brent Morel, a Martin native and 1999 UT Martin graduate who gave his life in Iraq in 2004, has also been relocated to this new lounge area after spending many years standing guard in the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7612.\r\n\r\n###','Usrey reminds Memorial Day crowd to remember each fallen hero\'s story','Col. Jack Usrey, United States Army, served as speaker May 24 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on the main campus. Usrey graduated from UT Martin in 1991 and has served in the military for more than 30 years. 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UT Martin is the top-ranked Tennessee school on both these websites.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s online master’s degree in education with a major in school counseling places <a href=\"https://www.topcounselingschools.org/best/online-masters-educational-counseling/\">18<sup>th</sup> among the top 30 programs of this type nationwide</a>, according to TopCounselingSchools.org. This ranking considers factors such as graduate tuition rates, student-to-faculty ratio, accreditation, support services and internship or practicum opportunities. UT Martin is the second Tennessee school on this list, with the University of Memphis ranked in 11<sup>th</sup> place.\r\n\r\nThe same program ranks <a href=\"https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/best-online-masters-school-counseling-programs/\">20<sup>th</sup> among the “best online master’s in school counseling programs”</a> according to BestColleges.com, which considers tuition rates and student debt information, admission and retention rates, and the results of a national institution survey circulated in summer 2018.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.rncareers.org/rn-programs/tennessee/#bsn-rankings-nclex-pass-rates\">number one among the “best-ranked nursing programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a> by RNCareers.org. The program currently has a 100 percent pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.\r\n\r\nThe undergraduate graphic design program, housed within the UT Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts, is ranked <a href=\"https://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/top-10-graphic-design-school-programs-tennessee-2019-college-rankings\">sixth among the “top 10 design school programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a>.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is the highest ranked West Tennessee institution on this list, with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, taking first place. This ranking, published by AnimationCareerReview.com, considers criteria such as academic reputation, admission selectivity, value (as it relates to tuition and student loan statistics), and the depth and breadth of the program. 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UT Martin is the second Tennessee school on this list, with the University of Memphis ranked in 11<sup>th</sup> place.\n\nThe same program ranks <a href=\"https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/best-online-masters-school-counseling-programs/\">20<sup>th</sup> among the “best online master’s in school counseling programs”</a> according to BestColleges.com, which considers tuition rates and student debt information, admission and retention rates, and the results of a national institution survey circulated in summer 2018.\n\nUT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.rncareers.org/rn-programs/tennessee/#bsn-rankings-nclex-pass-rates\">number one among the “best-ranked nursing programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a> by RNCareers.org. The program currently has a 100 percent pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.\n\nThe undergraduate graphic design program, housed within the UT Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts, is ranked <a href=\"https://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/top-10-graphic-design-school-programs-tennessee-2019-college-rankings\">sixth among the “top 10 design school programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a>.\n\nUT Martin is the highest ranked West Tennessee institution on this list, with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, taking first place. This ranking, published by AnimationCareerReview.com, considers criteria such as academic reputation, admission selectivity, value (as it relates to tuition and student loan statistics), and the depth and breadth of the program. 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UT Martin is the top-ranked Tennessee school on both these websites.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s online master’s degree in education with a major in school counseling places <a href=\"https://www.topcounselingschools.org/best/online-masters-educational-counseling/\">18<sup>th</sup> among the top 30 programs of this type nationwide</a>, according to TopCounselingSchools.org. This ranking considers factors such as graduate tuition rates, student-to-faculty ratio, accreditation, support services and internship or practicum opportunities. UT Martin is the second Tennessee school on this list, with the University of Memphis ranked in 11<sup>th</sup> place.\r\n\r\nThe same program ranks <a href=\"https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/best-online-masters-school-counseling-programs/\">20<sup>th</sup> among the “best online master’s in school counseling programs”</a> according to BestColleges.com, which considers tuition rates and student debt information, admission and retention rates, and the results of a national institution survey circulated in summer 2018.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.rncareers.org/rn-programs/tennessee/#bsn-rankings-nclex-pass-rates\">number one among the “best-ranked nursing programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a> by RNCareers.org. The program currently has a 100 percent pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.\r\n\r\nThe undergraduate graphic design program, housed within the UT Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts, is ranked <a href=\"https://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/top-10-graphic-design-school-programs-tennessee-2019-college-rankings\">sixth among the “top 10 design school programs in Tennessee” for 2019</a>.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is the highest ranked West Tennessee institution on this list, with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, taking first place. This ranking, published by AnimationCareerReview.com, considers criteria such as academic reputation, admission selectivity, value (as it relates to tuition and student loan statistics), and the depth and breadth of the program. 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The proposed increases range from 2 to 2.5 percent, which are within the range set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.\r\n\r\nUT began self-limiting tuition increases in 2015, and these are the first five consecutive years of undergraduate tuition increases of 3 percent or less in 51 years.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee continues to do all that it can to make sure that higher education is accessible for all Tennesseans,” said UT System Interim President Randy Boyd. “From keeping our tuition low to establishing UT Promise, we want to help ease the financial burden for our students and their families.”\r\n\r\nUT Knoxville has proposed a 2 percent increase, which is a $258 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. The majority of the increase is for tuition, but also includes a $26 increase to the student programs and services fee, which will be used toward a future recreational sports project anticipated for fiscal year 2023-2024. The rate also includes a $10 library fee increase, which will be used to help offset annual inflation rates.\r\n\r\nUT Chattanooga has proposed a 2.5 increase, which would result in a $216 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. UT Chattanooga also has proposed a new tuition structure called Soar in Four for new students starting in fall 2019. Students entering under the Soar in Four program, similar to programs already established at UT Knoxville and UT Martin, will pay a flat rate of $9,656 for 15 credit hours or more a semester rather than the current rate based on 12 hours a semester. By taking at least 15 hours a semester, students should be able to graduate in four years.\r\n\r\nUT Martin has proposed a 2.5 percent increase, which is $236 more from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. The proposed increase will cover the growth in costs of providing programs to its students.\r\n\r\nEarlier this year UT unveiled the UT Promise scholarship, which will start during the fall of 2020. It is a last-dollar scholarship program that will guarantee free tuition and fees for students with a family household income of under $50,000 after other financial aid is received (such as Pell Grants, HOPE Scholarship or other institutional scholarships). Students must qualify for the Hope Scholarship and meet the academic qualifications for the institution to be eligible for the UT Promise scholarship. To help ensure success, students will also be matched with volunteer mentors and complete four hours of service learning each semester.\r\n\r\nProposal and comment forms can be found at <a href=\"https://trustees.tennessee.edu/tuition-and-fee-proposals\">trustees.tennessee.edu/tuition-and-fee-proposals</a>.\r\n\r\nFeedback from students, parents and the public is requested.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a> or 865-974-5179.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###','UT releases proposed tuition and fee increases','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a record fifth year of low tuition increases when it meets June 21.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-releases-proposed-tuition-and-fee-increases','','','2019-06-05 11:02:24','2019-06-05 16:02:24','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1113',0,'post','',0),(1114,3,'2019-06-05 10:58:38','2019-06-05 15:58:38','','04162019_SpringRecruitmentShoot035','','inherit','closed','closed','','04162019_springrecruitmentshoot035','','','2019-06-05 10:58:38','2019-06-05 15:58:38','',1113,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/04162019_SpringRecruitmentShoot035.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1115,3,'2019-06-05 11:01:49','2019-06-05 16:01:49','KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a record fifth year of low tuition increases when it meets June 21.\r\n\r\nIn preparation of that meeting and to meet new legislative guidelines, the University released the proposed tuition increases for UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga and UT Martin on June 5 and requested feedback from students and the public. The proposed increases range from 2 to 2.5 percent, which are within the range set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.\r\n\r\nUT began self-limiting tuition increases in 2015, and these are the first five consecutive years of undergraduate tuition increases of 3 percent or less in 51 years.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee continues to do all that it can to make sure that higher education is accessible for all Tennesseans,” said UT System Interim President Randy Boyd. “From keeping our tuition low to establishing UT Promise, we want to help ease the financial burden for our students and their families.”\r\n\r\nUT Knoxville has proposed a 2 percent increase, which is a $258 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. The majority of the increase is for tuition, but also includes a $26 increase to the student programs and services fee, which will be used toward a future recreational sports project anticipated for fiscal year 2023-2024. The rate also includes a $10 library fee increase, which will be used to help offset annual inflation rates.\r\n\r\nUT Chattanooga has proposed a 2.5 increase, which would result in a $216 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. UT Chattanooga also has proposed a new tuition structure called Soar in Four for new students starting in fall 2019. Students entering under the Soar in Four program, similar to programs already established at UT Knoxville and UT Martin, will pay a flat rate of $9,656 for 15 credit hours or more a semester rather than the current rate based on 12 hours a semester. By taking at least 15 hours a semester, students should be able to graduate in four years.\r\n\r\nUT Martin has proposed a 2.5 percent increase, which is $236 more from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. 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To help ensure success, students will also be matched with volunteer mentors and complete four hours of service learning each semester.\r\n\r\nProposal and comment forms can be found at trustees.tennessee.edu/tuition-and-fee-proposals.\r\n\r\nFeedback from students, parents and the public is requested.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a> or 865-974-5179.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###','UT releases proposed tuition and fee increases','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a record fifth year of low tuition increases when it meets June 21.','inherit','closed','closed','','1113-revision-v1','','','2019-06-05 11:01:49','2019-06-05 16:01:49','',1113,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/05/1113-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1116,3,'2019-06-05 11:02:24','2019-06-05 16:02:24','KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a record fifth year of low tuition increases when it meets June 21.\r\n\r\nIn preparation of that meeting and to meet new legislative guidelines, the University released the proposed tuition increases for UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga and UT Martin on June 5 and requested feedback from students and the public. The proposed increases range from 2 to 2.5 percent, which are within the range set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.\r\n\r\nUT began self-limiting tuition increases in 2015, and these are the first five consecutive years of undergraduate tuition increases of 3 percent or less in 51 years.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee continues to do all that it can to make sure that higher education is accessible for all Tennesseans,” said UT System Interim President Randy Boyd. “From keeping our tuition low to establishing UT Promise, we want to help ease the financial burden for our students and their families.”\r\n\r\nUT Knoxville has proposed a 2 percent increase, which is a $258 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. The majority of the increase is for tuition, but also includes a $26 increase to the student programs and services fee, which will be used toward a future recreational sports project anticipated for fiscal year 2023-2024. The rate also includes a $10 library fee increase, which will be used to help offset annual inflation rates.\r\n\r\nUT Chattanooga has proposed a 2.5 increase, which would result in a $216 increase from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. UT Chattanooga also has proposed a new tuition structure called Soar in Four for new students starting in fall 2019. Students entering under the Soar in Four program, similar to programs already established at UT Knoxville and UT Martin, will pay a flat rate of $9,656 for 15 credit hours or more a semester rather than the current rate based on 12 hours a semester. By taking at least 15 hours a semester, students should be able to graduate in four years.\r\n\r\nUT Martin has proposed a 2.5 percent increase, which is $236 more from fiscal year 2018-2019 to fiscal year 2019-2020. The proposed increase will cover the growth in costs of providing programs to its students.\r\n\r\nEarlier this year UT unveiled the UT Promise scholarship, which will start during the fall of 2020. It is a last-dollar scholarship program that will guarantee free tuition and fees for students with a family household income of under $50,000 after other financial aid is received (such as Pell Grants, HOPE Scholarship or other institutional scholarships). Students must qualify for the Hope Scholarship and meet the academic qualifications for the institution to be eligible for the UT Promise scholarship. To help ensure success, students will also be matched with volunteer mentors and complete four hours of service learning each semester.\r\n\r\nProposal and comment forms can be found at <a href=\"https://trustees.tennessee.edu/tuition-and-fee-proposals\">trustees.tennessee.edu/tuition-and-fee-proposals</a>.\r\n\r\nFeedback from students, parents and the public is requested.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a> or 865-974-5179.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###','UT releases proposed tuition and fee increases','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a record fifth year of low tuition increases when it meets June 21.','inherit','closed','closed','','1113-revision-v1','','','2019-06-05 11:02:24','2019-06-05 16:02:24','',1113,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/05/1113-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1118,3,'2019-06-07 12:29:48','2019-06-07 17:29:48','A 65-foot-tall grain bin serves as the latest canvas for the University of Tennessee System’s 46-feet-high by 66-feet-wide mural aimed at educating Tennesseans on the significant impact the university has across the state.\r\n\r\nThe “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural was celebrated today in Sharon just seven miles south of the UT Martin campus. The grain bin is owned by Robinson &amp; Belew Inc., a family-run business founded in 1950 that ships corn, soybeans and wheat around the world.\r\n\r\n“I thought this was something that we could do to help UT and help UT Martin and just give back a little bit,” said Keith Fowler, president of Robinson &amp; Belew, who, along with his wife Linda Robinson Fowler, is a 1985 graduate of UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAs the company\'s history goes, Bob Robinson established a small business selling strawberries and coal near the railroad tracks in Sharon, Tennessee, during the first half of the 20th century. He used the railroad to ship sweet potato slips throughout the United States. In 1950, he purchased the Sharon Feed Mill with his partner and brother-in-law, A.L. Belew, and Robinson &amp; Belew Grain was born. Robinson’s son, Robert Dean “R.D.” Robinson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the UT Martin in 1961, expanded the business even further.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson family boasts three generations of UT Martin ties beginning with R.D. and including his sister, Betty Robinson Eddings (’72); his wife, Dianne Palmer Robinson (‘71); the Fowlers, and two of the Fowlers’ three children: Chris in 2012 and Rachel in 2015. R.D. and Dianne Robinson recently established the R.D. and Dianne Robinson Agriculture Scholarship for students attending UT Martin. Fowler’s father, Larry Fowler, also graduated from UT in 1960 and his mother, Mary Fowler, worked at the UT Martin bookstore for 33 years.\r\n<blockquote>“UT Martin means a lot to me and my family, and it plays a vital role in our community,” Fowler said. So, when (the University of Tennessee) asked (to paint the mural), I thought it was something we definitely wanted to be a part of to help promote UT and UT Martin.”</blockquote>\r\nUT System Interim President Randy Boyd said during his time leading UT, he’s learned how the university serves Tennesseans across the state.\r\n\r\n“I realized everywhere you look, there’s UT,” Boyd said. “Having murals all across the state will help reinforce the message. People will see the murals and then realize, ‘You know, they’re right. Everywhere you look, I do see UT.’”\r\n\r\nPlus, there’s another aspect of the mural that excites Boyd.\r\n\r\n“My family is from West Tennessee and so having a mural in West Tennessee, about 30 miles from where my ancestors all grew up, including my father, is pretty cool,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe mural site is about 500 feet from US-45E with unobstructed visibility from the highway. Information compiled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation estimates annual average daily traffic counts total 5,385—thus, it’s possible the mural will be seen by as many as 1.9 million people a year.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver said the mural will be a powerful statement of the Fowler family’s belief in the university and its impact across Tennessee to all who pass.\r\n<blockquote>“Oftentimes when we think about higher education, we think about a campus or we think about a building, but having it in a rural area, in an agrarian community, on the side of a huge grain bin, it’s just a reminder that UT is not just on a campus, but it’s in the communities, it’s in our farms, it’s helping transportation,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nThe Robinson and Belew grain bin is the second installment of the UT System statewide marketing campaign. In August 2018, the first mural was painted on a water tower in the heart of downtown Knoxville on a property owned by Boyd.\r\n\r\nThe water tower—overlooking Jackson Avenue just east of the Old City and is visible from I-40 and Hall of Fame Boulevard—catches the attention of every passerby and yields an estimated 6.4 million impressions a year. The mural is approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet high.\r\n\r\nThe UT System continues to look for high-traffic, high-visibility properties for future mural campaigns. Preferred locations include Tennessee interstates, highways and waterways, or nestled in the center of town. For more information and to submit ideas for other locations, please visit everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/campaign.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1122\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1122 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mural_Fowler-family-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Members of the Robinson and Fowler families are pictured in front of the new mural painted on the side of a grain bin at Robinson &amp; Belew Inc. in Sharon.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT celebrates second mural in West Tennessee','A 65-foot-tall grain bin serves as the latest canvas for the University of Tennessee System’s 46-feet-high by 66-feet-wide mural aimed at educating Tennesseans on the significant impact the university has across the state.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-celebrates-second-mural-in-west-tennessee','','','2019-06-07 13:06:53','2019-06-07 18:06:53','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1118',0,'post','',0),(1119,3,'2019-06-07 12:29:48','2019-06-07 17:29:48','A 65-foot-tall grain bin serves as the latest canvas for the University of Tennessee System’s 46-feet-high by 66-feet-wide mural aimed at educating Tennesseans on the significant impact the university has across the state.\r\n\r\nThe “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural was celebrated today in Sharon just seven miles south of the UT Martin campus. The grain bin is owned by Robinson &amp; Belew Inc., a family-run business founded in 1950 that ships corn, soybeans and wheat around the world.\r\n\r\n“I thought this was something that we could do to help UT and help UT Martin and just give back a little bit,” said Keith Fowler, president of Robinson &amp; Belew, who, along with his wife Linda Robinson Fowler, is a 1985 graduate of UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAs the company\'s history goes, Bob Robinson established a small business selling strawberries and coal near the railroad tracks in Sharon, Tennessee, during the first half of the 20th century. He used the railroad to ship sweet potato slips throughout the United States. In 1950, he purchased the Sharon Feed Mill with his partner and brother-in-law, A.L. Belew, and Robinson &amp; Belew Grain was born. Robinson’s son, Robert Dean “R.D.” Robinson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the UT Martin in 1961, expanded the business even further.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson family boasts three generations of UT Martin ties beginning with R.D. and including his sister, Betty Robinson Eddings (’72); his wife, Dianne Palmer Robinson (‘71); the Fowlers, and two of the Fowlers’ three children: Chris in 2012 and Rachel in 2015. R.D. and Dianne Robinson recently established the R.D. and Dianne Robinson Agriculture Scholarship for students attending UT Martin. Fowler’s father, Larry Fowler, also graduated from UT in 1960 and his mother, Mary Fowler, worked at the UT Martin bookstore for 33 years.\r\n\r\n“UT Martin means a lot to me and my family, and it plays a vital role in our community,” Fowler said. So, when (the University of Tennessee) asked (to paint the mural), I thought it was something we definitely wanted to be a part of to help promote UT and UT Martin.”\r\n\r\nUT System Interim President Randy Boyd said during his time leading UT, he’s learned how the university serves Tennesseans across the state.\r\n\r\n“I realized everywhere you look, there’s UT,” Boyd said. “Having murals all across the state will help reinforce the message. People will see the murals and then realize, ‘You know, they’re right. Everywhere you look, I do see UT.’”\r\n\r\nPlus, there’s another aspect of the mural that excites Boyd.\r\n\r\n“My family is from West Tennessee and so having a mural in West Tennessee, about 30 miles from where my ancestors all grew up, including my father, is pretty cool,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe mural site is about 500 feet from US-45E with unobstructed visibility from the highway. Information compiled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation estimates annual average daily traffic counts total 5,385—thus, it’s possible the mural will be seen by as many as 1.9 million people a year.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver said the mural will be a powerful statement of the Fowler family’s belief in the university and its impact across Tennessee to all who pass.\r\n\r\n“Oftentimes when we think about higher education, we think about a campus or we think about a building, but having it in a rural area, in an agrarian community, on the side of a huge grain bin, it’s just a reminder that UT is not just on a campus, but it’s in the communities, it’s in our farms, it’s helping transportation,” Carver said.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson and Belew grain bin is the second installment of the UT System statewide marketing campaign. In August 2018, the first mural was painted on a water tower in the heart of downtown Knoxville on a property owned by Boyd.\r\n\r\nThe water tower—overlooking Jackson Avenue just east of the Old City and is visible from I-40 and Hall of Fame Boulevard—catches the attention of every passerby and yields an estimated 6.4 million impressions a year. The mural is approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet high.\r\n\r\nThe UT System continues to look for high-traffic, high-visibility properties for future mural campaigns. Preferred locations include Tennessee interstates, highways and waterways, or nestled in the center of town. 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The grain bin is owned by Robinson &amp; Belew Inc., a family-run business founded in 1950 that ships corn, soybeans and wheat around the world.\r\n\r\n“I thought this was something that we could do to help UT and help UT Martin and just give back a little bit,” said Keith Fowler, president of Robinson &amp; Belew, who, along with his wife Linda Robinson Fowler, is a 1985 graduate of UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAs the company\'s history goes, Bob Robinson established a small business selling strawberries and coal near the railroad tracks in Sharon, Tennessee, during the first half of the 20th century. He used the railroad to ship sweet potato slips throughout the United States. In 1950, he purchased the Sharon Feed Mill with his partner and brother-in-law, A.L. Belew, and Robinson &amp; Belew Grain was born. Robinson’s son, Robert Dean “R.D.” Robinson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the UT Martin in 1961, expanded the business even further.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson family boasts three generations of UT Martin ties beginning with R.D. and including his sister, Betty Robinson Eddings (’72); his wife, Dianne Palmer Robinson (‘71); the Fowlers, and two of the Fowlers’ three children: Chris in 2012 and Rachel in 2015. R.D. and Dianne Robinson recently established the R.D. and Dianne Robinson Agriculture Scholarship for students attending UT Martin. Fowler’s father, Larry Fowler, also graduated from UT in 1960 and his mother, Mary Fowler, worked at the UT Martin bookstore for 33 years.\r\n\r\n“UT Martin means a lot to me and my family, and it plays a vital role in our community,” Fowler said. So, when (the University of Tennessee) asked (to paint the mural), I thought it was something we definitely wanted to be a part of to help promote UT and UT Martin.”\r\n\r\nUT System Interim President Randy Boyd said during his time leading UT, he’s learned how the university serves Tennesseans across the state.\r\n\r\n“I realized everywhere you look, there’s UT,” Boyd said. “Having murals all across the state will help reinforce the message. People will see the murals and then realize, ‘You know, they’re right. Everywhere you look, I do see UT.’”\r\n\r\nPlus, there’s another aspect of the mural that excites Boyd.\r\n\r\n“My family is from West Tennessee and so having a mural in West Tennessee, about 30 miles from where my ancestors all grew up, including my father, is pretty cool,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe mural site is about 500 feet from US-45E with unobstructed visibility from the highway. Information compiled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation estimates annual average daily traffic counts total 5,385—thus, it’s possible the mural will be seen by as many as 1.9 million people a year.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver said the mural will be a powerful statement of the Fowler family’s belief in the university and its impact across Tennessee to all who pass.\r\n\r\n“Oftentimes when we think about higher education, we think about a campus or we think about a building, but having it in a rural area, in an agrarian community, on the side of a huge grain bin, it’s just a reminder that UT is not just on a campus, but it’s in the communities, it’s in our farms, it’s helping transportation,” Carver said.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson and Belew grain bin is the second installment of the UT System statewide marketing campaign. In August 2018, the first mural was painted on a water tower in the heart of downtown Knoxville on a property owned by Boyd.\r\n\r\nThe water tower—overlooking Jackson Avenue just east of the Old City and is visible from I-40 and Hall of Fame Boulevard—catches the attention of every passerby and yields an estimated 6.4 million impressions a year. The mural is approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet high.\r\n\r\nThe UT System continues to look for high-traffic, high-visibility properties for future mural campaigns. Preferred locations include Tennessee interstates, highways and waterways, or nestled in the center of town. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','mural_carver-and-boyd','','','2019-06-07 13:05:53','2019-06-07 18:05:53','',1118,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mural_Carver-and-Boyd.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1122,3,'2019-06-07 13:04:43','2019-06-07 18:04:43','','Mural_Fowler family','Members of the Robinson and Fowler families are pictured in front of the new mural painted on the side of a grain bin at Robinson & Belew Inc. in Sharon.','inherit','closed','closed','','mural_fowler-family','','','2019-06-07 13:06:08','2019-06-07 18:06:08','',1118,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mural_Fowler-family.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1123,3,'2019-06-07 13:06:53','2019-06-07 18:06:53','A 65-foot-tall grain bin serves as the latest canvas for the University of Tennessee System’s 46-feet-high by 66-feet-wide mural aimed at educating Tennesseans on the significant impact the university has across the state.\r\n\r\nThe “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural was celebrated today in Sharon just seven miles south of the UT Martin campus. The grain bin is owned by Robinson &amp; Belew Inc., a family-run business founded in 1950 that ships corn, soybeans and wheat around the world.\r\n\r\n“I thought this was something that we could do to help UT and help UT Martin and just give back a little bit,” said Keith Fowler, president of Robinson &amp; Belew, who, along with his wife Linda Robinson Fowler, is a 1985 graduate of UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAs the company\'s history goes, Bob Robinson established a small business selling strawberries and coal near the railroad tracks in Sharon, Tennessee, during the first half of the 20th century. He used the railroad to ship sweet potato slips throughout the United States. In 1950, he purchased the Sharon Feed Mill with his partner and brother-in-law, A.L. Belew, and Robinson &amp; Belew Grain was born. Robinson’s son, Robert Dean “R.D.” Robinson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the UT Martin in 1961, expanded the business even further.\r\n\r\nThe Robinson family boasts three generations of UT Martin ties beginning with R.D. and including his sister, Betty Robinson Eddings (’72); his wife, Dianne Palmer Robinson (‘71); the Fowlers, and two of the Fowlers’ three children: Chris in 2012 and Rachel in 2015. R.D. and Dianne Robinson recently established the R.D. and Dianne Robinson Agriculture Scholarship for students attending UT Martin. Fowler’s father, Larry Fowler, also graduated from UT in 1960 and his mother, Mary Fowler, worked at the UT Martin bookstore for 33 years.\r\n<blockquote>“UT Martin means a lot to me and my family, and it plays a vital role in our community,” Fowler said. So, when (the University of Tennessee) asked (to paint the mural), I thought it was something we definitely wanted to be a part of to help promote UT and UT Martin.”</blockquote>\r\nUT System Interim President Randy Boyd said during his time leading UT, he’s learned how the university serves Tennesseans across the state.\r\n\r\n“I realized everywhere you look, there’s UT,” Boyd said. “Having murals all across the state will help reinforce the message. People will see the murals and then realize, ‘You know, they’re right. Everywhere you look, I do see UT.’”\r\n\r\nPlus, there’s another aspect of the mural that excites Boyd.\r\n\r\n“My family is from West Tennessee and so having a mural in West Tennessee, about 30 miles from where my ancestors all grew up, including my father, is pretty cool,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe mural site is about 500 feet from US-45E with unobstructed visibility from the highway. Information compiled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation estimates annual average daily traffic counts total 5,385—thus, it’s possible the mural will be seen by as many as 1.9 million people a year.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver said the mural will be a powerful statement of the Fowler family’s belief in the university and its impact across Tennessee to all who pass.\r\n<blockquote>“Oftentimes when we think about higher education, we think about a campus or we think about a building, but having it in a rural area, in an agrarian community, on the side of a huge grain bin, it’s just a reminder that UT is not just on a campus, but it’s in the communities, it’s in our farms, it’s helping transportation,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nThe Robinson and Belew grain bin is the second installment of the UT System statewide marketing campaign. In August 2018, the first mural was painted on a water tower in the heart of downtown Knoxville on a property owned by Boyd.\r\n\r\nThe water tower—overlooking Jackson Avenue just east of the Old City and is visible from I-40 and Hall of Fame Boulevard—catches the attention of every passerby and yields an estimated 6.4 million impressions a year. The mural is approximately 15 feet wide by 30 feet high.\r\n\r\nThe UT System continues to look for high-traffic, high-visibility properties for future mural campaigns. Preferred locations include Tennessee interstates, highways and waterways, or nestled in the center of town. 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Brady Brown, of Lawrenceburg; Hannah Haynes, of Gallatin; and Caylin Potter, of Glendale Height, Illinois, are all incoming students at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n\r\nMarissa Howard, of Rives, and Megan Thomas, of Adamsville, will both begin at the Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine; and Amanda Harrell, of Smyrna, is enrolling at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Meera Patel, of Arlington, will become UT Martin’s first student to attend the Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n\r\nKatelynn Hacker, of Atoka, was accepted into Lincoln Memorial University, and Savanna Metheny, of Weston, West Virginia, was accepted to both Virginia Tech and Mississippi State University’s colleges of veterinary medicine, although both have decided to defer and reapply next year.\r\n\r\nThe Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine recently announced that Brown received one of 12 Bardsley Scholarships for the class of 2023. Bardsley Scholarship applications are reviewed by a panel and evaluated for both academic and extracurricular activities as well as leadership potential. Recipients must maintain a 3.5 grade point average during their time in the college of veterinary medicine.\r\n<blockquote>“UT Martin’s veterinary science program prepares students for veterinary school with a good balance of classroom preparation and experiential learning opportunities. The students have many opportunities to apply concepts learned in the classroom while working with veterinary professionals in a clinical setting on the UT Martin teaching and demonstration farm,” said Roberts. “We are fortunate to have both veterinarians and veterinary technicians with years of private practice experience who are now teaching these students to excel. The yearly success rate of students being accepted to veterinary school speaks to the quality of the preparation at UT Martin.”</blockquote>\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin animal science program and pre-veterinary track, contact Roberts at <a href=\"mailto:jroberts@utm.edu\">jroberts@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-1071.\r\n\r\n###','Thirteen UT Martin grads accepted to veterinary school','Thirteen members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 graduating class have been accepted into veterinary schools across the region, according to Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science.','publish','closed','closed','','thirteen-ut-martin-grads-accepted-to-veterinary-school','','','2019-06-10 15:09:32','2019-06-10 20:09:32','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1124',0,'post','',0),(1125,3,'2019-06-10 15:08:33','2019-06-10 20:08:33','','Walker_prevet','Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science, is shown teaching a course at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Walker, a licensed veterinarian, is one of the primary faculty members in the UT Martin veterinary science program.','inherit','closed','closed','','walker_prevet','','','2019-06-10 15:08:59','2019-06-10 20:08:59','',1124,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Walker_prevet.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1126,3,'2019-06-10 15:09:32','2019-06-10 20:09:32','Thirteen members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 graduating class have been accepted into veterinary schools across the region, according to Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science.\r\n\r\nSamantha Drury, of Ashland City; Kamryn Gitchell, of Ripley; Erin Keenan, of Greenbrier; and Olivia Trasolini, of Newbern, will all begin classes at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville this fall. Brady Brown, of Lawrenceburg; Hannah Haynes, of Gallatin; and Caylin Potter, of Glendale Height, Illinois, are all incoming students at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n\r\nMarissa Howard, of Rives, and Megan Thomas, of Adamsville, will both begin at the Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine; and Amanda Harrell, of Smyrna, is enrolling at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Meera Patel, of Arlington, will become UT Martin’s first student to attend the Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n\r\nKatelynn Hacker, of Atoka, was accepted into Lincoln Memorial University, and Savanna Metheny, of Weston, West Virginia, was accepted to both Virginia Tech and Mississippi State University’s colleges of veterinary medicine, although both have decided to defer and reapply next year.\r\n\r\nThe Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine recently announced that Brown received one of 12 Bardsley Scholarships for the class of 2023. Bardsley Scholarship applications are reviewed by a panel and evaluated for both academic and extracurricular activities as well as leadership potential. Recipients must maintain a 3.5 grade point average during their time in the college of veterinary medicine.\r\n<blockquote>“UT Martin’s veterinary science program prepares students for veterinary school with a good balance of classroom preparation and experiential learning opportunities. The students have many opportunities to apply concepts learned in the classroom while working with veterinary professionals in a clinical setting on the UT Martin teaching and demonstration farm,” said Roberts. “We are fortunate to have both veterinarians and veterinary technicians with years of private practice experience who are now teaching these students to excel. The yearly success rate of students being accepted to veterinary school speaks to the quality of the preparation at UT Martin.”</blockquote>\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin animal science program and pre-veterinary track, contact Roberts at <a href=\"mailto:jroberts@utm.edu\">jroberts@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-1071.\r\n\r\n###','Thirteen UT Martin grads accepted to veterinary school','Thirteen members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 graduating class have been accepted into veterinary schools across the region, according to Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science.','inherit','closed','closed','','1124-revision-v1','','','2019-06-10 15:09:32','2019-06-10 20:09:32','',1124,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/10/1124-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1127,3,'2019-06-11 12:37:29','2019-06-11 17:37:29','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.\r\n\r\nThe program is in its 30<sup>th</sup> year and has 828 graduates to date, most of whom are from West Tennessee. The 2019 class includes 30 participants who were competitively selected to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential.\r\n\r\nThe public is welcome to purchase tickets to attend the graduation reception, ceremony and dinner. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased from the WestStar Office in room 321 of the Hall-Moody Administration Building on the UT Martin main campus.\r\n\r\nFor more information on this event or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Leadership Program to hold graduation ceremony June 25','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-leadership-program-to-hold-graduation-ceremony-june-25','','','2019-06-24 08:50:51','2019-06-24 13:50:51','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1127',0,'post','',0),(1128,3,'2019-06-11 12:36:42','2019-06-11 17:36:42','','05162019_WestStarParisSession001','The WestStar Leadership Program class of 2019 is pictured with Mike McWherter (center), son of former Gov. Ned Ray McWherter, during a recent WestStar session in Paris.','inherit','closed','closed','','05162019_weststarparissession001','','','2019-06-11 12:37:18','2019-06-11 17:37:18','',1127,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/05162019_WestStarParisSession001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1129,3,'2019-06-11 12:37:29','2019-06-11 17:37:29','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.\r\n\r\nThe program is in its 30<sup>th</sup> year and has 828 graduates to date, most of whom are from West Tennessee. The 2019 class includes 30 participants who were competitively selected to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential.\r\n\r\nThe public is welcome to purchase tickets to attend the graduation reception, ceremony and dinner. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased from the WestStar Office in room 321 of the Hall-Moody Administration Building on the UT Martin main campus.\r\n\r\nFor more information on this event or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Leadership Program to hold graduation ceremony June 25','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.','inherit','closed','closed','','1127-revision-v1','','','2019-06-11 12:37:29','2019-06-11 17:37:29','',1127,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/11/1127-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1130,3,'2019-06-11 12:37:57','2019-06-11 17:37:57','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.\n\nThe program is in its 30<sup>th</sup> year and has 828 graduates to date, most of whom are from West Tennessee. The 2019 class includes 30 participants who were competitively selected to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential.\n\nThe public is welcome to purchase tickets to attend the graduation reception, ceremony and dinner. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased from the WestStar Office in room 321 of the Hall-Moody Administration Building on the UT Martin main campus.\n\nFor more information on this event or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\n\n###','WestStar Leadership Program to hold graduation ceremony June 25','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate members of its 2019 class June 25 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner and a graduation ceremony.','inherit','closed','closed','','1127-autosave-v1','','','2019-06-11 12:37:57','2019-06-11 17:37:57','',1127,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/11/1127-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1131,3,'2019-06-11 14:16:17','2019-06-11 19:16:17','Summer orientation and registration sessions for freshman, transfer and adult students will continue throughout the months of June and July at the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nSOAR is required for all incoming freshman students, and sessions are scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., June 21, July 12 and July 22. Students must have received an official acceptance letter from UT Martin to attend orientation. Registration $45 per student and $20 for each additional guest, including parents, guardians, siblings and friends. No tuition or fee payments are due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nOrientation begins with check-in and an administrative fair, and an official welcome will begin at 9. Break-out sessions discussing Greek life, student organizations, choosing a major and preparing for academic success will be held later in the morning.\r\n\r\nAdditional sessions on the transition to college, housing and meal plans, travel-study and study-abroad opportunities will follow lunch in the Skyhawk Dining Hall. Students will then meet with a faculty advisor to register for classes.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/soar\">utm.edu/soar</a> to register.\r\n\r\nTransfer and Adult Orientation is optional for students in those categories, and sessions are scheduled from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., June 18 and July 19. Special interest sessions on similar topics will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., and academic advising with faculty advisors will begin at 10:45. Optional campus tours will leave the Boling University Center at 1 p.m. There is no cost to attend.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/transferorientation\">utm.edu/transferorientation</a> to register.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.','UT Martin to continue summer orientation schedule June 18, 21','Summer orientation and registration sessions for freshman, transfer and adult students will continue throughout the months of June and July at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-continue-summer-orientation-schedule-june-18-21','','','2019-06-24 08:50:57','2019-06-24 13:50:57','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1131',0,'post','',0),(1132,3,'2019-06-11 14:16:17','2019-06-11 19:16:17','Summer orientation and registration sessions for freshman, transfer and adult students will continue throughout the months of June and July at the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nSOAR is required for all incoming freshman students, and sessions are scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., June 21, July 12 and July 22. Students must have received an official acceptance letter from UT Martin to attend orientation. Registration $45 per student and $20 for each additional guest, including parents, guardians, siblings and friends. No tuition or fee payments are due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nOrientation begins with check-in and an administrative fair, and an official welcome will begin at 9. Break-out sessions discussing Greek life, student organizations, choosing a major and preparing for academic success will be held later in the morning.\r\n\r\nAdditional sessions on the transition to college, housing and meal plans, travel-study and study-abroad opportunities will follow lunch in the Skyhawk Dining Hall. Students will then meet with a faculty advisor to register for classes.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/soar\">utm.edu/soar</a> to register.\r\n\r\nTransfer and Adult Orientation is optional for students in those categories, and sessions are scheduled from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., June 18 and July 19. Special interest sessions on similar topics will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., and academic advising with faculty advisors will begin at 10:45. Optional campus tours will leave the Boling University Center at 1 p.m. There is no cost to attend.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/transferorientation\">utm.edu/transferorientation</a> to register.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.','UT Martin to continue summer orientation schedule June 18, 21','Summer orientation and registration sessions for freshman, transfer and adult students will continue throughout the months of June and July at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','1131-revision-v1','','','2019-06-11 14:16:17','2019-06-11 19:16:17','',1131,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/11/1131-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1134,3,'2019-06-17 16:47:40','2019-06-17 21:47:40','Six students from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 22, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Preliminary competitions will begin June 19 and run through June 21. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"http://www.eplustv6.com\">eplustv6.com</a> at 8 p.m. each evening.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a senior geoscience major currently living in Union City, will represent the university as Miss UT Martin. Her platform is “Stand for STEM – Promoting Earth Science Education in the Classroom.” Mayo, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, was named Miss UT Martin 2019 during the combined Miss UT Martin/Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival Scholarship Pageant in November 2018.\r\n\r\nKerri Arnold, a junior interdisciplinary studies major from Holladay, will compete as Miss Scenic City, a title based in Hamilton County. She is using her platform to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior nursing major also from Holladay, will compete as Miss Greater Weakley County. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness. She attends classes at the UT Martin Parsons Center.\r\n\r\nSable Estes, a senior family and consumer sciences major from Trenton, will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee, a title based in Obion County. Her platform promotes “All Help Matters.”\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a spring 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is preparing to begin classes at the Union University College of Pharmacy this fall. She graduated from UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Operation Stand Down.” Martin will compete as Miss Mid-South, a title based in Tipton County.\r\n\r\nMadison Sisco, a sophomore communications major from Mercer, will compete as Miss Heritage, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes Alzheimer’s awareness.\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.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7612.\r\n\r\n###','Six UT Martin students to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant this week','Six students from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 22, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. ','publish','closed','closed','','six-ut-martin-students-to-compete-in-miss-tennessee-volunteer-scholarship-pageant-this-week','','','2019-06-24 08:51:02','2019-06-24 13:51:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1134',0,'post','',0),(1135,3,'2019-06-17 16:46:28','2019-06-17 21:46:28','','03252019_TheSkyhawkSix002','(l-r) Amanda Mayo, Miss UT Martin; Morgan Martin, Miss Mid-South; Kailey Duffy, Miss Greater Weakley County; Kerri Arnold, Miss Scenic City; Madison Sisco, Miss Heritage; and Sable Estes, Miss Northwest Tennessee, will all compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant this week in Jackson. The women all received their titles while current students at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and Martin earned her degree in spring 2019. They are shown giving the “Skyhawk” hand sign. ','inherit','closed','closed','','03252019_theskyhawksix002','','','2019-06-17 16:47:09','2019-06-17 21:47:09','',1134,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/03252019_TheSkyhawkSix002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1136,3,'2019-06-17 16:47:40','2019-06-17 21:47:40','Six students from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 22, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Preliminary competitions will begin June 19 and run through June 21. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"http://www.eplustv6.com\">eplustv6.com</a> at 8 p.m. each evening.\r\n\r\nAmanda Mayo, a senior geoscience major currently living in Union City, will represent the university as Miss UT Martin. Her platform is “Stand for STEM – Promoting Earth Science Education in the Classroom.” Mayo, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, was named Miss UT Martin 2019 during the combined Miss UT Martin/Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival Scholarship Pageant in November 2018.\r\n\r\nKerri Arnold, a junior interdisciplinary studies major from Holladay, will compete as Miss Scenic City, a title based in Hamilton County. She is using her platform to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior nursing major also from Holladay, will compete as Miss Greater Weakley County. Duffy’s platform promotes “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness. She attends classes at the UT Martin Parsons Center.\r\n\r\nSable Estes, a senior family and consumer sciences major from Trenton, will compete as Miss Northwest Tennessee, a title based in Obion County. Her platform promotes “All Help Matters.”\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a spring 2019 UT Martin alumna from Springville, is preparing to begin classes at the Union University College of Pharmacy this fall. She graduated from UT Martin with a degree in health and human performance and is using her platform to promote “Operation Stand Down.” Martin will compete as Miss Mid-South, a title based in Tipton County.\r\n\r\nMadison Sisco, a sophomore communications major from Mercer, will compete as Miss Heritage, a title based in Gibson County. Her platform promotes Alzheimer’s awareness.\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.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7612.\r\n\r\n###','Six UT Martin students to compete in Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant this week','Six students from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 8 p.m., June 22, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1134-revision-v1','','','2019-06-17 16:47:40','2019-06-17 21:47:40','',1134,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/17/1134-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1137,3,'2019-06-18 11:08:07','2019-06-18 16:08:07','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet June 21 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nThe meeting of the full board will begin at 1 p.m. EDT/noon CDT in the UT Conference Center, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville. Public parking is available in nearby commercial lots. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at tennessee.edu.\r\n\r\nTwo board committees are scheduled to meet prior to the meeting of the full board. All meetings will be in the UT Conference Center. Committee meetings, which will be webcast, are scheduled as follows:\r\n\r\n8 a.m. – Education, Research and Service Committee\r\n10:15 a.m. – Finance and Administration Committee\r\n\r\nAll meeting times are approximate. If a meeting ends earlier or later than expected, the next meeting will begin following a short break.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for the trustees to consider include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Strategic plan refresh, 2019-2025</li>\r\n 	<li>Report of the Task Force on Effective Administration and Management</li>\r\n 	<li>Fiscal year 2019-2020 operating budget with salary plan, student tuition, fees, and room and board rates</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga out-of-state undergraduate tuition proposal</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga proposed increase in differential tuition for the College of Nursing</li>\r\n 	<li>Procedures governing compensation increases during FY 2019-20</li>\r\n 	<li>Report on campus processes for determining programs to be funded by the student programs and services fee</li>\r\n 	<li>Unifying the UT Institute of Agriculture with UT Knoxville and creating the Oak Ridge Institute at the University of Tennessee</li>\r\n 	<li>Tenure recommendations requiring board approval</li>\r\n 	<li>Capital projects</li>\r\n 	<li>Authorization to file a cy pres action in Knox County Chancery Court to sell property acquired from the Eugenia Williams estate</li>\r\n 	<li>Authorization to execute a nonjudicial settlement agreement and purchase and sale agreement with respect to UT’s beneficial interest in a certain trust property</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga voluntary retirement incentive plan</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised board policy statement on travel</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda for each meeting and materials will be available at <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=23d343b6d6&amp;e=dc98c7a7ae\">https://trustees.tennessee.edu/</a> or by contacting Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System at <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a> or 864-974-5179.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or the pdf at: <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=d5d957425b&amp;e=dc98c7a7ae\">trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board/</a>. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 18. In accordance with the Standing Rule Governing Requests to Address the Board (also at the above link), persons who have preregistered to speak will be scheduled to speak in a committee meeting or the full board meeting on a first come, first served basis. Speakers will be limited to five minutes each, and the total time available for speakers will be 60 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 19.','UT Board of Trustees to meet June 21 in Knoxville','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet June 21 in Knoxville. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at tennessee.edu.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-board-of-trustees-to-meet-june-21-in-knoxville','','','2019-06-18 11:08:17','2019-06-18 16:08:17','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1137',0,'post','',0),(1138,3,'2019-06-18 11:08:07','2019-06-18 16:08:07','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet June 21 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nThe meeting of the full board will begin at 1 p.m. EDT/noon CDT in the UT Conference Center, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville. Public parking is available in nearby commercial lots. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at tennessee.edu.\r\n\r\nTwo board committees are scheduled to meet prior to the meeting of the full board. All meetings will be in the UT Conference Center. Committee meetings, which will be webcast, are scheduled as follows:\r\n\r\n8 a.m. – Education, Research and Service Committee\r\n10:15 a.m. – Finance and Administration Committee\r\n\r\nAll meeting times are approximate. If a meeting ends earlier or later than expected, the next meeting will begin following a short break.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for the trustees to consider include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Strategic plan refresh, 2019-2025</li>\r\n 	<li>Report of the Task Force on Effective Administration and Management</li>\r\n 	<li>Fiscal year 2019-2020 operating budget with salary plan, student tuition, fees, and room and board rates</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga out-of-state undergraduate tuition proposal</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga proposed increase in differential tuition for the College of Nursing</li>\r\n 	<li>Procedures governing compensation increases during FY 2019-20</li>\r\n 	<li>Report on campus processes for determining programs to be funded by the student programs and services fee</li>\r\n 	<li>Unifying the UT Institute of Agriculture with UT Knoxville and creating the Oak Ridge Institute at the University of Tennessee</li>\r\n 	<li>Tenure recommendations requiring board approval</li>\r\n 	<li>Capital projects</li>\r\n 	<li>Authorization to file a cy pres action in Knox County Chancery Court to sell property acquired from the Eugenia Williams estate</li>\r\n 	<li>Authorization to execute a nonjudicial settlement agreement and purchase and sale agreement with respect to UT’s beneficial interest in a certain trust property</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Chattanooga voluntary retirement incentive plan</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised board policy statement on travel</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda for each meeting and materials will be available at <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=23d343b6d6&amp;e=dc98c7a7ae\">https://trustees.tennessee.edu/</a> or by contacting Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System at <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a> or 864-974-5179.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or the pdf at: <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=d5d957425b&amp;e=dc98c7a7ae\">trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board/</a>. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 18. In accordance with the Standing Rule Governing Requests to Address the Board (also at the above link), persons who have preregistered to speak will be scheduled to speak in a committee meeting or the full board meeting on a first come, first served basis. Speakers will be limited to five minutes each, and the total time available for speakers will be 60 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 19.','UT Board of Trustees to meet June 21 in Knoxville','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet June 21 in Knoxville. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at tennessee.edu.','inherit','closed','closed','','1137-revision-v1','','','2019-06-18 11:08:07','2019-06-18 16:08:07','',1137,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/18/1137-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1139,3,'2019-06-21 10:33:36','2019-06-21 15:33:36','Bill and Rosann Nunnelly believe in the value of education, and a bequest to the University of Tennessee at Martin will assure that future generations of students have the financial means to attend college. A $22 million gift from the couple to the university was announced by University of Tennessee Interim President Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during the summer meeting of the UT Board of Trustees on Friday in Knoxville. The gift is the largest ever made to UT Martin and will provide scholarships to students who attend the university.\r\n<blockquote>“We appreciate the Nunnelly family opening doors for students from rural counties to attend UT Martin,” Boyd said. “They are helping to change not only the lives of students, but also of families, communities and the state. The impact of their gift will reverberate through generations of Tennesseans.”</blockquote>\r\nBill Nunnelly received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1970 from UT Martin and later earned a Master of Education from Boston University. The scholarship awards from the gift will give preference to students from Hickman County, Tennessee, where he was raised on a cattle and feed grain farm in the community that bears the family name. Although the gift is a bequest and will not be realized until the couple is deceased, the financial benefits begin immediately when four Hickman County students receive UT Martin scholarships this fall. Qualified students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships. More than 90 scholarships could be awarded annually through the gift.\r\n\r\nNunnelly says education is a pathway to a better life. “I think at a minimum one needs a degree unless you’re going to be into the trades,” he said. “In a lot of cases you need a master’s degree. You can get a job with a degree, and I think that’s what’s important to young adults as they come to UT Martin.”\r\n<blockquote>“Bill and Rosann Nunnelly have honored UT Martin with a transformational gift that will help many future generations of students attend the university,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “Bill’s UT Martin experience shaped who he is as a person and successful entrepreneur, and we’re grateful that he and his wife have chosen to give back in this generous way.”</blockquote>\r\nNunnelly grew up working on the family farm and was drawn to the discipline of the military. His grandfather and father served in World War I and II respectively. His mother and father also attended UT Junior College, predecessor to UT Martin. Nunnelly attended his first three years of high school at Columbia Military Academy in nearby Maury County before completing his senior year in Hickman County. So, it followed that the ROTC program became an important part of his UT Martin experience.\r\n\r\n“ROTC just kind of fit into my life well,” he said. “I understood the military and what it offered. … I learned how to grow up at UT Martin, and it was a wonderful experience.” Also important to Nunnelly was his involvement in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. “My fraternity experience at ATO was hugely important. … We had guys there that were interested in academics and good people that taught me how to be a man. … I grew up at UTM, and the fraternity experience helped set me on the road to success.”\r\n\r\nNunnelly was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army upon graduation from UT Martin. He completed his military service, but instead of returning to the family farm, Nunnelly pursued various business interests over the years, became a successful entrepreneur and is now semi-retired. 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A $22 million gift from the couple to the university was announced by University of Tennessee Interim President Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during the summer meeting of the UT Board of Trustees on Friday in Knoxville. The gift is the largest ever made to UT Martin and will provide scholarships to students who attend the university.\r\n\r\n“We appreciate the Nunnelly family opening doors for students from rural counties to attend UT Martin,” Boyd said. “They are helping to change not only the lives of students, but also of families, communities and the state. The impact of their gift will reverberate through generations of Tennesseans.”\r\n\r\nBill Nunnelly received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1970 from UT Martin and later earned a Master of Education from Boston University. The scholarship awards from the gift will give preference to students from Hickman County, Tennessee, where he was raised on a cattle and feed grain farm in the community that bears the family name. Although the gift is a bequest and will not be realized until the couple is deceased, the financial benefits begin immediately when four Hickman County students receive UT Martin scholarships this fall. Qualified students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships. More than 90 scholarships could be awarded annually through the gift.\r\n\r\nNunnelly says education is a pathway to a better life. “I think at a minimum one needs a degree unless you’re going to be into the trades,” he said. “In a lot of cases you need a master’s degree. 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A $22 million gift from the couple to the university was announced by University of Tennessee Interim President Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during the summer meeting of the UT Board of Trustees on Friday in Knoxville. The gift is the largest ever made to UT Martin and will provide scholarships to students who attend the university.\n<blockquote>“We appreciate the Nunnelly family opening doors for students from rural counties to attend UT Martin,” Boyd said. “They are helping to change not only the lives of students, but also of families, communities and the state. The impact of their gift will reverberate through generations of Tennesseans.”</blockquote>\nBill Nunnelly received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1970 from UT Martin and later earned a Master of Education from Boston University. The scholarship awards from the gift will give preference to students from Hickman County, Tennessee, where he was raised on a cattle and feed grain farm in the community that bears the family name. Although the gift is a bequest and will not be realized until the couple is deceased, the financial benefits begin immediately when four Hickman County students receive UT Martin scholarships this fall. Qualified students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships. More than 90 scholarships could be awarded annually through the gift.\n\nNunnelly says education is a pathway to a better life. “I think at a minimum one needs a degree unless you’re going to be into the trades,” he said. “In a lot of cases you need a master’s degree. 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A $22 million gift from the couple to the university was announced by University of Tennessee Interim President Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during the summer meeting of the UT Board of Trustees on Friday in Knoxville. The gift is the largest ever made to UT Martin and will provide scholarships to students who attend the university.\r\n<blockquote>“We appreciate the Nunnelly family opening doors for students from rural counties to attend UT Martin,” Boyd said. “They are helping to change not only the lives of students, but also of families, communities and the state. The impact of their gift will reverberate through generations of Tennesseans.”</blockquote>\r\nBill Nunnelly received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1970 from UT Martin and later earned a Master of Education from Boston University. The scholarship awards from the gift will give preference to students from Hickman County, Tennessee, where he was raised on a cattle and feed grain farm in the community that bears the family name. Although the gift is a bequest and will not be realized until the couple is deceased, the financial benefits begin immediately when four Hickman County students receive UT Martin scholarships this fall. Qualified students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships. More than 90 scholarships could be awarded annually through the gift.\r\n\r\nNunnelly says education is a pathway to a better life. “I think at a minimum one needs a degree unless you’re going to be into the trades,” he said. “In a lot of cases you need a master’s degree. 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Arnold is a junior interdisciplinary studies major at the University of Tennessee at Martin and will spend the next year serving as Gov. Bill Lee’s character education spokesperson to schoolchildren across the state.\r\n\r\nArnold competed in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant as Miss Scenic City, a title based in Hamilton County. This is her first pageant appearance since participating in Miss Tennessee Teen while still in high school. She is using her new title to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.\r\n\r\nMiss Tennessee Volunteer wins a $25,000 academic scholarship, the use of a new car for travel to and from her appearances and a public wardrobe from JoAnn’s in Union City for the next year.\r\n\r\nFour other UT Martin students and one spring graduate also competed in the pageant. Amanda Mayo, currently of Union City and originally from Atlanta, Georgia, competed as Miss UT Martin and advanced to the top 10 contestants. She was also selected as Miss Congeniality by her fellow pageant competitors. Mayo is a senior geoscience major at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a spring 2019 alumna from Springville, received one of five non-finalist awards during the pageant. Martin graduated from UT Martin with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance and is preparing to begin classes at the Union University College of Pharmacy this fall.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior nursing major from Holladay; Sable Estes, a senior family and consumer sciences major from Trenton; and Madison Sisco, a sophomore communications major from Mercer, also competed in the pageant.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin student crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019','Kerri Arnold, of Holladay, was crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019 on June 22 in Jackson. 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Arnold is a junior interdisciplinary studies major at the University of Tennessee at Martin and will spend the next year serving as Gov. Bill Lee’s character education spokesperson to schoolchildren across the state.\r\n\r\nArnold competed in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant as Miss Scenic City, a title based in Hamilton County. This is her first pageant appearance since participating in Miss Tennessee Teen while still in high school. She is using her new title to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.\r\n\r\nMiss Tennessee Volunteer wins a $25,000 academic scholarship, the use of a new car for travel to and from her appearances and a public wardrobe from JoAnn’s in Union City for the next year.\r\n\r\nFour other UT Martin students and one spring graduate also competed in the pageant. Amanda Mayo, currently of Union City and originally from Atlanta, Georgia, competed as Miss UT Martin and advanced to the top 10 contestants. She was also selected as Miss Congeniality by her fellow pageant competitors. Mayo is a senior geoscience major at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a spring 2019 alumna from Springville, received one of five non-finalist awards during the pageant. Martin graduated from UT Martin with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance and is preparing to begin classes at the Union University College of Pharmacy this fall.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior nursing major from Holladay; Sable Estes, a senior family and consumer sciences major from Trenton; and Madison Sisco, a sophomore communications major from Mercer, also competed in the pageant.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin student crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019','Kerri Arnold, of Holladay, was crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019 on June 22 in Jackson. 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Bill Lee’s character education spokesperson to schoolchildren across the state.\r\n\r\nArnold competed in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant as Miss Scenic City, a title based in Hamilton County. This is her first pageant appearance since participating in Miss Tennessee Teen while still in high school. She is using her new title to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.\r\n\r\nMiss Tennessee Volunteer wins a $25,000 academic scholarship, the use of a new car for travel to and from her appearances and a public wardrobe from JoAnn’s in Union City for the next year.\r\n\r\nFour other UT Martin students and one spring graduate also competed in the pageant. Amanda Mayo, currently of Union City and originally from Atlanta, Georgia, competed as Miss UT Martin and advanced to the top 10 contestants. She was also selected as Miss Congeniality by her fellow pageant competitors. Mayo is a senior geoscience major at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nMorgan Martin, a spring 2019 alumna from Springville, received one of five non-finalist awards during the pageant. Martin graduated from UT Martin with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance and is preparing to begin classes at the Union University College of Pharmacy this fall.\r\n\r\nKailey Duffy, a junior nursing major from Holladay; Sable Estes, a senior family and consumer sciences major from Trenton; and Madison Sisco, a sophomore communications major from Mercer, also competed in the pageant.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin student crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019','Kerri Arnold, of Holladay, was crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2019 on June 22 in Jackson. Arnold is a junior interdisciplinary studies major at UT Martin and will spend the next year serving as Gov. 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He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.\r\n\r\nAiree is survived by his wife and three children, Hans Airee, of Cary, North Carolina; Anita Airee, of Knoxville; and Richa Airee, of Brentwood. Funeral arrangements will begin at 2 p.m., June 28, at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. Friday until funeral time.\r\n<blockquote>“Dr. S.K. Airee was a tremendous asset to the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and that department and the chemistry degree program would not be what they are today without his influence and guidance over the past five and a half decades,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “He leaves behind the kind of legacy an educator dreams about, with hundreds of former students impacting the field of chemistry around the world – many of them even educating a third or fourth generation of young scientists. Dr. Airee’s absence will be felt not only on campus but also throughout the region as others continue his work with the American Chemical Society and other organizations.”</blockquote>\r\nAiree joined the UT Martin faculty July 7, 1965, as an assistant professor of physical sciences at the UT Martin Branch and helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society. He also chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\r\n\r\nAiree was affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He was the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\r\n\r\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Longtime professor of chemistry dies at age 84','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.','publish','closed','closed','','longtime-professor-of-chemistry-dies-at-age-84','','','2019-06-25 10:30:44','2019-06-25 15:30:44','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1152',0,'post','',0),(1153,3,'2019-06-25 10:29:19','2019-06-25 15:29:19','','SKAireeRetirementReception','Dr. S.K. 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Funeral arrangements will begin at 2 p.m., June 28, at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. Friday until funeral time.\r\n\r\n“Dr. S.K. Airee was a tremendous asset to the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and that department and the chemistry degree program would not be what they are today without his influence and guidance over the past five and a half decades,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “He leaves behind the kind of legacy an educator dreams about, with hundreds of former students impacting the field of chemistry around the world – many of them even educating a third or fourth generation of young scientists. Dr. Airee’s absence will be felt not only on campus but also throughout the region as others continue his work with the American Chemical Society and other organizations.”\r\n\r\nAiree joined the UT Martin faculty July 7, 1965, as an assistant professor of physical sciences at the UT Martin Branch and helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society. He also chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\r\n\r\nAiree was affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He was the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\r\n\r\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Longtime professor of chemistry dies at age 84','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.','inherit','closed','closed','','1152-revision-v1','','','2019-06-25 10:30:26','2019-06-25 15:30:26','',1152,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/25/1152-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1155,3,'2019-06-25 10:30:42','2019-06-25 15:30:42','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.\n\nAiree is survived by his wife and three children, Hans Airee, of Cary, North Carolina; Anita Airee, of Knoxville; and Richa Airee, of Brentwood. Funeral arrangements will begin at 2 p.m., June 28, at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. Friday until funeral time.\n\n“Dr. S.K. Airee was a tremendous asset to the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and that department and the chemistry degree program would not be what they are today without his influence and guidance over the past five and a half decades,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “He leaves behind the kind of legacy an educator dreams about, with hundreds of former students impacting the field of chemistry around the world – many of them even educating a third or fourth generation of young scientists. Dr. Airee’s absence will be felt not only on campus but also throughout the region as others continue his work with the American Chemical Society and other organizations.”\n\nAiree joined the UT Martin faculty July 7, 1965, as an assistant professor of physical sciences at the UT Martin Branch and helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society. He also chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\n\nAiree was affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He was the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\n\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\n\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\n\n###','Longtime professor of chemistry dies at age 84','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.','inherit','closed','closed','','1152-autosave-v1','','','2019-06-25 10:30:42','2019-06-25 15:30:42','',1152,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/25/1152-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1156,3,'2019-06-25 10:30:44','2019-06-25 15:30:44','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.\r\n\r\nAiree is survived by his wife and three children, Hans Airee, of Cary, North Carolina; Anita Airee, of Knoxville; and Richa Airee, of Brentwood. Funeral arrangements will begin at 2 p.m., June 28, at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. Friday until funeral time.\r\n<blockquote>“Dr. S.K. Airee was a tremendous asset to the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and that department and the chemistry degree program would not be what they are today without his influence and guidance over the past five and a half decades,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “He leaves behind the kind of legacy an educator dreams about, with hundreds of former students impacting the field of chemistry around the world – many of them even educating a third or fourth generation of young scientists. Dr. Airee’s absence will be felt not only on campus but also throughout the region as others continue his work with the American Chemical Society and other organizations.”</blockquote>\r\nAiree joined the UT Martin faculty July 7, 1965, as an assistant professor of physical sciences at the UT Martin Branch and helped the UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in chemistry earn accreditation from the American Chemical Society. He also chartered the UT Martin chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (now known as the Student Members of the American Chemical Society) in 1971. This chapter is the most decorated chapter in ACS history and holds more than 30 Outstanding Ratings, more than any chapter in the nation, and has received a Green Chapter Award every year since the award was created, an honor no other chapter can claim.\r\n\r\nAiree was affiliated with the American Chemical Society in one way or another for the past 61 years. In addition to his classroom work, he worked closely with the Kentucky Lake Section of the ACS and served as chair in 1992 and councilor from 1999-2010. He was the recipient of numerous university, industry and community service awards, including the UT Distinguished Service Professorship Award in 2016, the Dr. Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award from the University of Tennessee System in 2015, the UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006 and Kiwanian of the Year in 1968.\r\n\r\nThe Airee family has initiated three endowment funds – the Martin Kiwanis Award for Leadership and Service, the S.K. and Shashi Airee Scholarship, and the Monsanto SAACS Fund – to help UT Martin students fund their education. Airee is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Martin, and he and his wife, Shashi, have three children, all of whom are UT Martin and UT Health Science Center alumni.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Longtime professor of chemistry dies at age 84','Dr. S.K. Airee, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died June 23 at the age of 84. He retired from UT Martin on May 31 after serving the university for 54 years and is UT Martin’s longest-serving faculty member to date.','inherit','closed','closed','','1152-revision-v1','','','2019-06-25 10:30:44','2019-06-25 15:30:44','',1152,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/25/1152-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1157,3,'2019-06-25 16:15:49','2019-06-25 21:15:49','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual meeting June 21 in Knoxville. This is the fifth year in a row that tuition increases have been kept below 3 percent across the UT System.\r\n\r\nThe total increase to tuition and required fees for UT Martin undergraduate students is $236 for the year. This includes a $162 increase to the maintenance fee (also known as in-state tuition) and a $74 increase in student fees. These additions bring the cost of full-time, in-state tuition and fees to $9,748 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state tuition and fees to $15,788 per academic year for undergraduate students. Full-time status is based on enrollment in 12 or more credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nTuition and fees for graduate students will increase by $252 for the year, which includes an additional $178 for the maintenance fee and $74 for other student fees. This brings the cost of full-time, in-state graduate tuition and fees to $10,616 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state graduate tuition and fees to $16,656 per academic year. Full-time status for graduate students is based on enrollment in nine credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nCosts for international students have increased at the same rates for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.\r\n\r\nFor more information on UT Martin cost of attendance, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Studies at 731-881-7012.\r\n\r\n###','UT Board of Trustees approves 2.5 percent tuition increase for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual meeting June 21 in Knoxville. 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This is the fifth year in a row that tuition increases have been kept below 3 percent across the UT System.\r\n\r\nThe total increase to tuition and required fees for UT Martin undergraduate students is $236 for the year. This includes a $162 increase to the maintenance fee (also known as in-state tuition) and a $74 increase in student fees. These additions bring the cost of full-time, in-state tuition and fees to $9,748 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state tuition and fees to $15,788 per academic year for undergraduate students. Full-time status is based on enrollment in 12 or more credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nTuition and fees for graduate students will increase by $252 for year, which includes an additional $178 for the maintenance fee and $74 for other student fees. This brings the cost of full-time, in-state graduate tuition and fees to $10,616 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state graduate tuition and fees to $16,656 per academic year. Full-time status for graduate students is based on enrollment in nine credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nCosts for international students have increased at the same rates for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.\r\n\r\nFor more information on UT Martin cost of attendance, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Studies at 731-881-7012.\r\n\r\n###','UT Board of Trustees approves 2.5 percent tuition increase for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual meeting June 21 in Knoxville. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1157-revision-v1','','','2019-06-25 16:15:49','2019-06-25 21:15:49','',1157,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/25/1157-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1160,3,'2019-06-27 11:29:54','2019-06-27 16:29:54','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual meeting June 21 in Knoxville. This is the fifth year in a row that tuition increases have been kept below 3 percent across the UT System.\r\n\r\nThe total increase to tuition and required fees for UT Martin undergraduate students is $236 for the year. This includes a $162 increase to the maintenance fee (also known as in-state tuition) and a $74 increase in student fees. These additions bring the cost of full-time, in-state tuition and fees to $9,748 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state tuition and fees to $15,788 per academic year for undergraduate students. Full-time status is based on enrollment in 12 or more credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nTuition and fees for graduate students will increase by $252 for the year, which includes an additional $178 for the maintenance fee and $74 for other student fees. This brings the cost of full-time, in-state graduate tuition and fees to $10,616 per academic year and full-time, out-of-state graduate tuition and fees to $16,656 per academic year. Full-time status for graduate students is based on enrollment in nine credit hours per semester.\r\n\r\nCosts for international students have increased at the same rates for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.\r\n\r\nFor more information on UT Martin cost of attendance, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Studies at 731-881-7012.\r\n\r\n###','UT Board of Trustees approves 2.5 percent tuition increase for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition increase for students attending the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual meeting June 21 in Knoxville. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1157-revision-v1','','','2019-06-27 11:29:54','2019-06-27 16:29:54','',1157,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/06/27/1157-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1175,3,'2019-07-08 15:54:14','2019-07-08 20:54:14','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium. There is no charge to attend the presentation, and members of both the on and off-campus communities are invited.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful collegiate football career, where he was named a Heisman Trophy finalist after a 1997 season where he quarterbacked Washington State to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years. He also earned first team All-American accolades before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in the aforementioned 1998 NFL Draft.\r\n\r\nAfter Leaf’s professional playing career was limited to four seasons, he struggled with opioid addiction and found himself in legal troubles. The Great Falls, Montana, native served time in prison but used that experience as an opportunity to accomplish something of greater importance, describing it as a time of “spiritual growth and humility.”\r\n\r\nThe 43-year old has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. Leaf hopes to inspire others to begin their road to recovery to see that happiness and health can always be achieved. He chooses to share his story dealing with mental health issues and substance abuse in order to reach the person who cannot yet imagine a better life for themselves. His wish is to be an example that a better life is always possible while working to eliminate the mental health stigma.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Former NFL player Ryan Leaf to speak at UT Martin, July 12','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium.','inherit','closed','closed','','1170-revision-v1','','','2019-07-08 15:54:14','2019-07-08 20:54:14','',1170,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/08/1170-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1162,3,'2019-07-01 12:14:21','2019-07-01 17:14:21','Members of the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2019 graduated Tuesday, June 25, during WestStar’s closing event held at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A 5:15 p.m. reception was followed by dinner and the graduation ceremony. WestStar is the University of Tennessee at Martin’s regional leadership program that is supported by corporate sponsors and individual donors.\r\n\r\nThis marked the program’s 30<sup>th</sup> class and brings the total to 857 graduates since WestStar was established in 1989. The 2019 class included 30 members who were competitively selected to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential. Each 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. The class members, selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement, complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director, welcomed class members, alumni, the WestStar Board of Directors and other guests to the graduation event and ceremony. He also introduced UT Martin chancellor and 2009 WestStar graduate Keith Carver who welcomed attendees and noted the important work ahead for the program graduates.\r\n<blockquote>“Tonight is all about you,” Carver said to the class. “You’re now (part of) this much larger WestStar family, and I think any time you come through something like this you think about what’s next. … So, I just want to tell our graduates that the journey is really just starting, and it’s time to invest back into WestStar but more importantly back into your communities and back into West Tennessee.”</blockquote>\r\nDeal reviewed WestStar-sponsored conferences and youth activities held during the past year. He also announced three major awards presented annually during the program’s graduation and\r\n\r\nWestStar’s most recent scholarship recipients:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Erica Moore, of Dresden, communications director for Weakley County Government and executive assistant to Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynum, received the 2019 Class Representative Award. Moore was selected by current class members to represent the class in future WestStar activities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Dr. Larry Lusk, of Dyersburg, director of the Dyer County School System, received the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award. The award, named for the late Haywood County community leader and educator Dr. C.P. Boyd, recognizes the person who best reflects compassion and leadership for West Tennessee, as selected by the WestStar class.</li>\r\n 	<li>Jai Templeton, McNairy County farmer and former Tennessee commissioner of agriculture, received the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award. The award is named for the late Jimmy Daniel, a 1990 WestStar graduate, founding program trustee member and a field representative during the Gov. Don Sundquist administration. Recipients must be WestStar graduates who have had positive impacts in their city or county during the past five years and possess strong records of leadership in West Tennessee. Templeton completed the WestStar program in 1999.</li>\r\n 	<li>Morgan Sturgis, of Huntingdon, daughter of Joel and Amy Sturgis, received the RisingStar Leadership Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded to students who attended WestStar’s RisingStar Leadership Program held for selected high school juniors and seniors each fall and who plan to attend UT Martin. Selections are made by a university committee.</li>\r\n 	<li>Mallory Shell, of Dyersburg, Tanner Ream, of Ripley, and Brennan Brown, of Martin, received the Nick Dunagan Leadership Scholarships. Shell is the stepdaughter of Tony Childress, WestStar Class of 2018, and the daughter of LeAnn Childress, WestStar Class of 2013. Ream is the son of David and Cindy Ream and the grandson of Donna Buckner, WestStar Class of 2002. Brennan is the daughter of Andrew (WestStar Class of 2001) and Amy Brown. These scholarships are named for Dr. Nick Dunagan, UT Martin chancellor emeritus and former WestStar executive director. Recipients are chosen by the WestStar Board of Trustees.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFollowing recognition of the graduates, Deal quoted President Ronald Reagan who said, “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He or she is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” He closed the event by challenging everyone present to make a positive difference in the region. “Let us all leave here tonight committed to making a positive impact in our community, influencing positive change in West Tennessee and inspiring the next generation of leaders to commit to making our state even better than it is today.”\r\n\r\nThe 2019 WestStar graduating class members and their hometowns are: Kayce Beam, Jackson; Skipper Bondurant, Union City; Joyce Brooks-Brown, Trenton; Reba Celsor, Dyersburg; Jim Cheatham, Dyersburg; Jenna Cole-Wilson, Camden; Al Da Silva, Memphis; Sybil Dancer, Selmer; Chris Davis, Brownsville; Amber Greene, Henderson; Justin Hargrove, Camden; Nichole Lawrence, McLemoresville; Dr. Larry Lusk, Dyersburg; Andrew Maddox, Huntingdon; Jason Martin, McKenzie; Travis McLeese, Paris; Civil Miller-Watkins, Somerville; Erica Moore, Dresden; LaShell Moore, Selmer; Sharron Murden, Bolivar; Paul Newbill, Dyersburg; Jeffrey Richmond, Brownsville; John Penn Ridgeway, Paris; Derick Seaton, Savannah; Lucianne Shoffner, Munford; Lori Weir, Jackson; Ron Wells, Millington; Bryce West, Trenton; Mark Woodruff, Counce; and Jamie Worrell, Union City. Jordan Gardner, WestStar staff member, was made an honorary member of the 2019 class.\r\n\r\nApplications for the 2020 WestStar class are being accepted after Sept. 1, and members of the new class will be selected later this fall. WestStar’s 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary will be celebrated during an event Nov. 9 at Discovery Park in Union City. Find out more about WestStar at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestStar Leadership Program graduates class of 2019 on June 25','Members of the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2019 graduated Tuesday, June 25, during WestStar’s closing event held at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. ','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-leadership-program-graduates-class-of-2019-on-june-25','','','2019-07-01 12:14:29','2019-07-01 17:14:29','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1162',0,'post','',0),(1163,3,'2019-07-01 12:03:54','2019-07-01 17:03:54','','06252019_WestStarGraduation074_MEDIA','Members of the 2019 WestStar graduating class are (seated, l to r) Erica Moore, Reba Celsor, Kayce Beam, Amber Greene, Jason Martin, Sharron Murden, Chris Davis, Joyce Brown, Skipper Bondurant, Bryce West and LaShell Moore; (standing, l to r) Jordan Gardner (WestStar staff and honorary member of the 2019 WestStar class), Jim Cheatham, Paul Newbill, Al Da Silva, Justin Hargrove, Mark Woodruff, Nichole Lawrence, Lucianne Shoffner, Derick Seaton, Jenna Cole-Wilson, Travis McLeese, Sybil Dancer, John Penn Ridgeway, Civil Miller-Watkins, Jeffrey Richmond, Lori Weir, Ron Wells, Dr. Larry Lusk and Jamie Worrell. (Not pictured is Andrew Maddox.)','inherit','closed','closed','','06252019_weststargraduation074_media','','','2019-07-01 12:14:08','2019-07-01 17:14:08','',1162,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/06252019_WestStarGraduation074_MEDIA.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1164,3,'2019-07-01 12:14:21','2019-07-01 17:14:21','Members of the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2019 graduated Tuesday, June 25, during WestStar’s closing event held at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A 5:15 p.m. reception was followed by dinner and the graduation ceremony. WestStar is the University of Tennessee at Martin’s regional leadership program that is supported by corporate sponsors and individual donors.\r\n\r\nThis marked the program’s 30<sup>th</sup> class and brings the total to 857 graduates since WestStar was established in 1989. The 2019 class included 30 members who were competitively selected to learn new leadership skills and develop strategies for assisting communities in solving problems and maximizing potential. Each 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. The class members, selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement, complete eight sessions covering topics including agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education and tourism.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director, welcomed class members, alumni, the WestStar Board of Directors and other guests to the graduation event and ceremony. He also introduced UT Martin chancellor and 2009 WestStar graduate Keith Carver who welcomed attendees and noted the important work ahead for the program graduates.\r\n<blockquote>“Tonight is all about you,” Carver said to the class. “You’re now (part of) this much larger WestStar family, and I think any time you come through something like this you think about what’s next. … So, I just want to tell our graduates that the journey is really just starting, and it’s time to invest back into WestStar but more importantly back into your communities and back into West Tennessee.”</blockquote>\r\nDeal reviewed WestStar-sponsored conferences and youth activities held during the past year. He also announced three major awards presented annually during the program’s graduation and\r\n\r\nWestStar’s most recent scholarship recipients:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Erica Moore, of Dresden, communications director for Weakley County Government and executive assistant to Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynum, received the 2019 Class Representative Award. Moore was selected by current class members to represent the class in future WestStar activities.</li>\r\n 	<li>Dr. Larry Lusk, of Dyersburg, director of the Dyer County School System, received the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award. The award, named for the late Haywood County community leader and educator Dr. C.P. Boyd, recognizes the person who best reflects compassion and leadership for West Tennessee, as selected by the WestStar class.</li>\r\n 	<li>Jai Templeton, McNairy County farmer and former Tennessee commissioner of agriculture, received the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award. The award is named for the late Jimmy Daniel, a 1990 WestStar graduate, founding program trustee member and a field representative during the Gov. Don Sundquist administration. Recipients must be WestStar graduates who have had positive impacts in their city or county during the past five years and possess strong records of leadership in West Tennessee. Templeton completed the WestStar program in 1999.</li>\r\n 	<li>Morgan Sturgis, of Huntingdon, daughter of Joel and Amy Sturgis, received the RisingStar Leadership Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded to students who attended WestStar’s RisingStar Leadership Program held for selected high school juniors and seniors each fall and who plan to attend UT Martin. Selections are made by a university committee.</li>\r\n 	<li>Mallory Shell, of Dyersburg, Tanner Ream, of Ripley, and Brennan Brown, of Martin, received the Nick Dunagan Leadership Scholarships. Shell is the stepdaughter of Tony Childress, WestStar Class of 2018, and the daughter of LeAnn Childress, WestStar Class of 2013. Ream is the son of David and Cindy Ream and the grandson of Donna Buckner, WestStar Class of 2002. Brennan is the daughter of Andrew (WestStar Class of 2001) and Amy Brown. These scholarships are named for Dr. Nick Dunagan, UT Martin chancellor emeritus and former WestStar executive director. Recipients are chosen by the WestStar Board of Trustees.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFollowing recognition of the graduates, Deal quoted President Ronald Reagan who said, “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He or she is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” He closed the event by challenging everyone present to make a positive difference in the region. “Let us all leave here tonight committed to making a positive impact in our community, influencing positive change in West Tennessee and inspiring the next generation of leaders to commit to making our state even better than it is today.”\r\n\r\nThe 2019 WestStar graduating class members and their hometowns are: Kayce Beam, Jackson; Skipper Bondurant, Union City; Joyce Brooks-Brown, Trenton; Reba Celsor, Dyersburg; Jim Cheatham, Dyersburg; Jenna Cole-Wilson, Camden; Al Da Silva, Memphis; Sybil Dancer, Selmer; Chris Davis, Brownsville; Amber Greene, Henderson; Justin Hargrove, Camden; Nichole Lawrence, McLemoresville; Dr. Larry Lusk, Dyersburg; Andrew Maddox, Huntingdon; Jason Martin, McKenzie; Travis McLeese, Paris; Civil Miller-Watkins, Somerville; Erica Moore, Dresden; LaShell Moore, Selmer; Sharron Murden, Bolivar; Paul Newbill, Dyersburg; Jeffrey Richmond, Brownsville; John Penn Ridgeway, Paris; Derick Seaton, Savannah; Lucianne Shoffner, Munford; Lori Weir, Jackson; Ron Wells, Millington; Bryce West, Trenton; Mark Woodruff, Counce; and Jamie Worrell, Union City. Jordan Gardner, WestStar staff member, was made an honorary member of the 2019 class.\r\n\r\nApplications for the 2020 WestStar class are being accepted after Sept. 1, and members of the new class will be selected later this fall. WestStar’s 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary will be celebrated during an event Nov. 9 at Discovery Park in Union City. Find out more about WestStar at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestStar Leadership Program graduates class of 2019 on June 25','Members of the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2019 graduated Tuesday, June 25, during WestStar’s closing event held at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1162-revision-v1','','','2019-07-01 12:14:21','2019-07-01 17:14:21','',1162,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/01/1162-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1165,3,'2019-07-01 16:27:25','2019-07-01 21:27:25','Students planning to be freshmen at the University of Tennessee at Martin during the fall 2019 semester have two remaining opportunities to attend Summer Orientation and Registration this year. Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., July 12 and 22, in the UT Martin Boling University Center. Students attending classes at all UT Martin center locations are required to attend SOAR on the main campus.\r\n\r\nStudents must have received an official acceptance letter from UT Martin to attend orientation. Registration $45 per student and $20 for each additional guest, including parents, guardians, siblings and friends. No tuition or fee payments are due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nOrientation begins with check-in and an administrative fair, and an official welcome will begin at 9. Break-out sessions discussing Greek life, student organizations, choosing a major and preparing for academic success will be held later in the morning.\r\n\r\nAdditional sessions on the transition to college, housing and meal plans, travel-study and study-abroad opportunities will follow lunch in the Skyhawk Dining Hall. Students will then meet with a faculty advisor to register for classes.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/soar\">utm.edu/soar</a> to register.\r\n\r\nSpecial orientation sessions for transfer and adult students will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., July 19. Special interest sessions on similar topics will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., and academic advising with faculty advisors will begin at 10:45. Optional campus tours will leave the Boling University Center at 1 p.m. Attendance at in-person orientation is optional for transfer and adult students, and there is no cost to attend.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/transferorientation\">utm.edu/transferorientation</a> to register.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.\r\n\r\n###','Summer orientation sessions wrap up in July','Students planning to be freshmen at UT Martin during the fall 2019 semester have two remaining opportunities to attend Summer Orientation and Registration this year. 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Students attending classes at all UT Martin center locations are required to attend SOAR on the main campus.\r\n\r\nStudents must have received an official acceptance letter from UT Martin to attend orientation. Registration $45 per student and $20 for each additional guest, including parents, guardians, siblings and friends. No tuition or fee payments are due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nOrientation begins with check-in and an administrative fair, and an official welcome will begin at 9. Break-out sessions discussing Greek life, student organizations, choosing a major and preparing for academic success will be held later in the morning.\r\n\r\nAdditional sessions on the transition to college, housing and meal plans, travel-study and study-abroad opportunities will follow lunch in the Skyhawk Dining Hall. Students will then meet with a faculty advisor to register for classes.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/soar\">utm.edu/soar</a> to register.\r\n\r\nSpecial orientation sessions for transfer and adult students will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., July 19. Special interest sessions on similar topics will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., and academic advising with faculty advisors will begin at 10:45. Optional campus tours will leave the Boling University Center at 1 p.m. Attendance at in-person orientation is optional for transfer and adult students, and there is no cost to attend.\r\n\r\nVisit utm.edu/transferorientation to register.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020.\r\n\r\n###','Summer orientation sessions wrap up in July','Students planning to be freshmen at UT Martin during the fall 2019 semester have two remaining opportunities to attend Summer Orientation and Registration this year. 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No tuition or fee payments are due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nOrientation begins with check-in and an administrative fair, and an official welcome will begin at 9. Break-out sessions discussing Greek life, student organizations, choosing a major and preparing for academic success will be held later in the morning.\r\n\r\nAdditional sessions on the transition to college, housing and meal plans, travel-study and study-abroad opportunities will follow lunch in the Skyhawk Dining Hall. Students will then meet with a faculty advisor to register for classes.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/soar\">utm.edu/soar</a> to register.\r\n\r\nSpecial orientation sessions for transfer and adult students will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., July 19. Special interest sessions on similar topics will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., and academic advising with faculty advisors will begin at 10:45. 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Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., July 12 and 22.','inherit','closed','closed','','1165-revision-v1','','','2019-07-01 16:27:51','2019-07-01 21:27:51','',1165,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/01/1165-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1170,3,'2019-07-08 14:48:45','2019-07-08 19:48:45','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium. There is no charge to attend the presentation, and members of both the on and off-campus communities are invited.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful collegiate football career, where he was named a Heisman Trophy finalist after a 1997 season where he quarterbacked Washington State to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years. He also earned first team All-American accolades before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in the aforementioned 1998 NFL Draft.\r\n\r\nAfter Leaf’s professional playing career was limited to four seasons, he struggled with opioid addiction and found himself in legal troubles. The Great Falls, Montana, native served time in prison but used that experience as an opportunity to accomplish something of greater importance, describing it as a time of “spiritual growth and humility.”\r\n\r\nThe 43-year old has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. Leaf hopes to inspire others to begin their road to recovery to see that happiness and health can always be achieved. He chooses to share his story dealing with mental health issues and substance abuse in order to reach the person who cannot yet imagine a better life for themselves. His wish is to be an example that a better life is always possible while working to eliminate the mental health stigma.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Former NFL player Ryan Leaf to speak at UT Martin, July 12','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium.','publish','closed','closed','','nfl-player-ryan-leaf-to-speak-at-ut-martin-july-12','','','2019-07-08 15:54:14','2019-07-08 20:54:14','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1170',0,'post','',0),(1171,3,'2019-07-08 14:36:16','2019-07-08 19:36:16','','ryan_leaf','Ryan Leaf is pictured in this publicity photo, courtesy of his agency. 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He also earned first team All-American accolades before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in the aforementioned 1998 NFL Draft.\r\n\r\nAfter Leaf’s professional playing career was limited to four seasons, he struggled with opioid addiction and found himself in legal troubles. The Great Falls, Montana, native served time in prison but used that experience as an opportunity to accomplish something of greater importance, describing it as a time of “spiritual growth and humility.”\r\n\r\nThe 43-year old has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. Leaf hopes to inspire others to begin their road to recovery to see that happiness and health can always be achieved. He chooses to share his story dealing with mental health issues and substance abuse in order to reach the person who cannot yet imagine a better life for themselves. His wish is to be an example that a better life is always possible while working to eliminate the mental health stigma.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium.','inherit','closed','closed','','1170-revision-v1','','','2019-07-08 14:48:45','2019-07-08 19:48:45','',1170,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/08/1170-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1173,3,'2019-07-08 14:49:14','2019-07-08 19:49:14','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium. There is no charge to attend the presentation, and members of both the on and off-campus communities are invited.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful collegiate football career, where he was named a Heisman Trophy finalist after a 1997 season where he quarterbacked Washington State to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years. He also earned first team All-American accolades before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in the aforementioned 1998 NFL Draft.\r\n\r\nAfter Leaf’s professional playing career was limited to four seasons, he struggled with opioid addiction and found himself in legal troubles. The Great Falls, Montana, native served time in prison but used that experience as an opportunity to accomplish something of greater importance, describing it as a time of “spiritual growth and humility.”\r\n\r\nThe 43-year old has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. Leaf hopes to inspire others to begin their road to recovery to see that happiness and health can always be achieved. He chooses to share his story dealing with mental health issues and substance abuse in order to reach the person who cannot yet imagine a better life for themselves. His wish is to be an example that a better life is always possible while working to eliminate the mental health stigma.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','NFL player Ryan Leaf to speak at UT Martin, July 12','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium.','inherit','closed','closed','','1170-autosave-v1','','','2019-07-08 14:49:14','2019-07-08 19:49:14','',1170,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/08/1170-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1174,3,'2019-07-08 14:49:23','2019-07-08 19:49:23','Ryan Leaf, the no. 2 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft who is now an ambassador for mental and behavioral health issues, will speak at 4 p.m., July 12, in the University of Tennessee at Martin\'s Watkins Auditorium. There is no charge to attend the presentation, and members of both the on and off-campus communities are invited.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful collegiate football career, where he was named a Heisman Trophy finalist after a 1997 season where he quarterbacked Washington State to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years. He also earned first team All-American accolades before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in the aforementioned 1998 NFL Draft.\r\n\r\nAfter Leaf’s professional playing career was limited to four seasons, he struggled with opioid addiction and found himself in legal troubles. The Great Falls, Montana, native served time in prison but used that experience as an opportunity to accomplish something of greater importance, describing it as a time of “spiritual growth and humility.”\r\n\r\nThe 43-year old has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. 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This scholarship, funded by Sandy and Martha Coleman Edinger, of Weakley and Obion Counties, recognizes the importance of diversity within the student body. The award is open to all students, and first consideration is given to students of African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American decent. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Luz Morales, a senior biology major from Union City; Sinahi Carrizales, a sophomore communications major from Somerville; Andre Espinoza, a junior music major from Murfreesboro; Katherine Lopez, a senior animal science major from Martin; (back row) Mayralin Ponce, a sophomore biology major from Memphis; Janaina Machado-McFarlin, a senior Spanish major from Jackson; Anthony Prewitt, UT Martin assistant director of multicultural affairs; and Magdalena Martinez, a junior music education major from Medina. Not pictured are Abril Sosa, a senior communications major from Atoka, and Aliya Weaver, a senior international studies major from Jackson. For more information on the Coleman Opportunity Scholarship, contact Prewitt at 731-881-1864 or <a href=\"mailto:aprewitt@utm.edu\">aprewitt@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Nine students receive Coleman Opportunity Scholarships','Nine students from the University of Tennessee at Martin earned a Coleman Opportunity Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year. 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The award is open to all students, and first consideration is given to students of African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American decent. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Luz Morales, a senior biology major from Union City; Sinahi Carrizales, a sophomore communications major from Somerville; Andre Espinoza, a junior music major from Murfreesboro; Katherine Lopez, a senior animal science major from Martin; (back row) Mayralin Ponce, a sophomore biology major from Memphis; Janaina Machado-McFarlin, a senior Spanish major from Jackson; Anthony Prewitt, UT Martin assistant director of multicultural affairs; and Magdalena Martinez, a junior music education major from Medina. Not pictured are Abril Sosa, a senior communications major from Atoka, and Aliya Weaver, a senior international studies major from Jackson. For more information on the Coleman Opportunity Scholarship, contact Prewitt at 731-881-1864 or <a href=\"mailto:aprewitt@utm.edu\">aprewitt@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Nine students receive Coleman Opportunity Scholarships','Nine students from the University of Tennessee at Martin earned a Coleman Opportunity Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1176-revision-v1','','','2019-07-10 09:03:15','2019-07-10 14:03:15','',1176,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/10/1176-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1179,3,'2019-07-10 13:44:02','2019-07-10 18:44:02','Nine students and two faculty members from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music recently returned from Ghana, where they spent 14 days studying Ghanaian culture and musical styles from the various ethnic groups that make up the nation’s heritage. Dr. Shane Jones and his wife, Chelsea Jones, both faculty members in the Department of Music, led the trip and say the experience has brought them full-circle.\r\n\r\n“When Chelsea and I were in our undergraduate degrees at the Hartt School, University of Hartford (Connecticut), we studied West African percussion music for two semesters, and then had the opportunity to travel to Ghana for a travel-study trip with our percussion studio,” said Shane. “This trip changed our lives and the trajectories of our careers.”\r\n\r\nThe group visited the Dagara Music Center and spent eight days taking lessons in drumming, singing and dancing, among other cultural arts. The UT Martin ensemble then performed their new skills during a celebration on the final day of their stay. The students also visited several UNESCO Cultural Heritage sites to learn about the Atlantic slave trade and how it influenced the culture of Ghana and other countries featured in the UT Martin percussion curriculum.\r\n<blockquote>“The modern percussionist is expected to be proficient in a large variety of percussion instruments and musical styles from around the globe. The percussion studio at UT Martin is a total percussion program, in which students study music from Africa and the African-diaspora (including Ghana) in addition to the classical and popular musical styles that are common in music programs in the U.S.,” said Shane.</blockquote>\r\n“This gives our students the opportunity to understand music styles from around the globe and makes them more marketable as future performers and teaches. Traveling to Ghana not only solidified the material learned in the students’ curriculum, but it also gave them first-hand experience of music from another culture. It is one thing to learn about another culture in a classroom or from a textbook, and it is quite another to be fully immersed in a new environment,” he added.\r\n\r\nThe Joneses believe the impact of travel-study opportunities extends beyond the classroom, however, and hope their students will finish their degrees with a broader view of the world than when they started.\r\n<blockquote>“More important than any curricular knowledge gained by our students on this travel study were the experiences and relationships that reached their core, teaching them how to be global citizens,” said Shane. “Traveling to a developing country is a powerful experience, especially for students who have never been on an airplane. It is important to both Chelsea and I that our students are aware of how they fit into our planet, both culturally and environmentally. … The opportunity of a travel-study course provides UT Martin students with first-hand experiences in engaging with their curricular content on a global level, putting their entire lives, communities and educations into a larger perspective.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents from the UT Martin percussion studio routinely visit and perform in other countries, both as an ensemble and individuals. Previous trips have included Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Mexico. Dr. Kelle Alden, UT Martin assistant professor of English, and Justin Anderson, a student from the University of Texas at El Paso, also joined the group this year.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the percussion studio, which is part of the Department of Music housed within the UT Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts, contact Dr. Shane Jones, director of percussion, at 731-881-7748 or <a href=\"mailto:shanejones@utm.edu\">shanejones@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin percussion students study in Ghana','Nine students and two faculty members from the UT Martin Department of Music recently returned from Ghana, where they spent 14 days studying Ghanaian culture and musical styles.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-percussion-students-study-in-ghana','','','2019-07-10 13:44:02','2019-07-10 18:44:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1179',0,'post','',0),(1180,3,'2019-07-10 13:42:50','2019-07-10 18:42:50','','Percussion ensemble in Ghana','Members of the UT Martin percussion studio recently spent 14 days studying the music and culture of Ghana. Pictured are UT Martin students and faculty members (front row, l-r) Emily Sanford, of Huntingdon; Michaela Johnson, of Martin; Mary Emmons, of Selmer; Jonathan Tyree, of Nashville; (second row) Hamzah Harunua, Ghanaian tour guide; Dr. Kelle Alden, assistant professor of English; Chelsea Jones, lecturer of music; Hohner Porter, of Brazil, Tennessee; Jacob Hargrove, of Memphis; Steve Frempong, Ghanaian tour driver; Dr. Shane Jones, assistant professor of music and director of the percussion studio; Nathanial O’Neal, of Smyrna; Rob Skoglund, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota; and Justin Anderson, a student from the University of Texas at El Paso.','inherit','closed','closed','','percussion-ensemble-in-ghana','','','2019-07-10 13:43:15','2019-07-10 18:43:15','',1179,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Percussion-ensemble-in-Ghana.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1181,3,'2019-07-10 13:44:02','2019-07-10 18:44:02','Nine students and two faculty members from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music recently returned from Ghana, where they spent 14 days studying Ghanaian culture and musical styles from the various ethnic groups that make up the nation’s heritage. Dr. Shane Jones and his wife, Chelsea Jones, both faculty members in the Department of Music, led the trip and say the experience has brought them full-circle.\r\n\r\n“When Chelsea and I were in our undergraduate degrees at the Hartt School, University of Hartford (Connecticut), we studied West African percussion music for two semesters, and then had the opportunity to travel to Ghana for a travel-study trip with our percussion studio,” said Shane. “This trip changed our lives and the trajectories of our careers.”\r\n\r\nThe group visited the Dagara Music Center and spent eight days taking lessons in drumming, singing and dancing, among other cultural arts. The UT Martin ensemble then performed their new skills during a celebration on the final day of their stay. The students also visited several UNESCO Cultural Heritage sites to learn about the Atlantic slave trade and how it influenced the culture of Ghana and other countries featured in the UT Martin percussion curriculum.\r\n<blockquote>“The modern percussionist is expected to be proficient in a large variety of percussion instruments and musical styles from around the globe. The percussion studio at UT Martin is a total percussion program, in which students study music from Africa and the African-diaspora (including Ghana) in addition to the classical and popular musical styles that are common in music programs in the U.S.,” said Shane.</blockquote>\r\n“This gives our students the opportunity to understand music styles from around the globe and makes them more marketable as future performers and teaches. Traveling to Ghana not only solidified the material learned in the students’ curriculum, but it also gave them first-hand experience of music from another culture. It is one thing to learn about another culture in a classroom or from a textbook, and it is quite another to be fully immersed in a new environment,” he added.\r\n\r\nThe Joneses believe the impact of travel-study opportunities extends beyond the classroom, however, and hope their students will finish their degrees with a broader view of the world than when they started.\r\n<blockquote>“More important than any curricular knowledge gained by our students on this travel study were the experiences and relationships that reached their core, teaching them how to be global citizens,” said Shane. “Traveling to a developing country is a powerful experience, especially for students who have never been on an airplane. It is important to both Chelsea and I that our students are aware of how they fit into our planet, both culturally and environmentally. … The opportunity of a travel-study course provides UT Martin students with first-hand experiences in engaging with their curricular content on a global level, putting their entire lives, communities and educations into a larger perspective.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents from the UT Martin percussion studio routinely visit and perform in other countries, both as an ensemble and individuals. Previous trips have included Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Mexico. Dr. Kelle Alden, UT Martin assistant professor of English, and Justin Anderson, a student from the University of Texas at El Paso, also joined the group this year.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the percussion studio, which is part of the Department of Music housed within the UT Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts, contact Dr. Shane Jones, director of percussion, at 731-881-7748 or <a href=\"mailto:shanejones@utm.edu\">shanejones@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin percussion students study in Ghana','Nine students and two faculty members from the UT Martin Department of Music recently returned from Ghana, where they spent 14 days studying Ghanaian culture and musical styles.','inherit','closed','closed','','1179-revision-v1','','','2019-07-10 13:44:02','2019-07-10 18:44:02','',1179,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/10/1179-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1184,3,'2019-07-15 09:33:48','2019-07-15 14:33:48','Rising high school seniors from across the region are invited to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin’s fourth-annual End of Summer Bash from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., July 26, on the main campus.\r\n\r\nRegistration will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Boling University Center, and campus tours will follow an official welcome. A party including refreshments, team and individual activities, and displays from various campus departments and social organizations will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. Those who have already attended a campus tour are welcome to arrive for the party at 12:30. 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UT Martin student-athletes as well as members of local high school sports teams attended the presentation to hear Leaf’s story of how the stress of pro-football fame led him to depression and drug addiction before spending 32 months in prison.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful football career at Washington State University, where he led his team to its first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years and was named a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in 1998. However, life did not go as planned for Leaf, and he says his arrogance ultimately caused him to push everyone away until he found himself dealing with the pressures of pro-football life alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I tell people I was a drug addict long before I ever took a drug,” he said. “My first drug of choice was competition. I competed at everything, and I had to win at everything. If I lost, I’d want to run it back immediately and embarrass you in the process. That’s how I won. I didn’t have a lot of friends. … I pushed a lot of people away. All I wanted to do was be a professional athlete, and I was willing to do anything … to make that happen.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter four seasons in the NFL, Leaf eventually quit pro-football and began taking Vicodin to cope with the feeling of constant scrutiny and hatred that he felt for himself and from the larger sports community. This addiction would grow for the next eight years before he was finally arrested for stealing narcotics from the homes of people in his hometown in Montana.\r\n\r\nAfter 32 months in prison and the help of many therapists, friends and supporters, Leaf now travels the country to speak with other athletes on the issues of mental health.\r\n<blockquote>“There’s a stigma that exists that disallows us from having that conversation (about mental health),” he said. “Administrations don’t want to talk about it because … it’s been shown to us as an ugly truth for so long. It’s not (an ugly truth) – it’s human nature. Mental health is something that all of you have, whether you’re dealing with something problematic or whether you have good mental health at this time. Mental health is a part of our life. I was a big, strong football player. You can’t show weakness, … right? But having vulnerability and transparency is probably the strongest thing anybody will ever do. The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. I’m struggling here, and I need some help.’”</blockquote>\r\nLeaf urged those in the audience to take a look at themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own actions, rather than blaming those around them when things don’t go as planned.\r\n\r\n“If there’s anything you take away from today and institute in your life, try these three ideals: accountability, community and spirituality, three things that weren’t even in my vocabulary until (I got out of prison),” he said. “I was never accountable to anybody or anything in my whole life. I blamed the media. I blamed the NFL. I was resentful of others, of my family, the doctors. I never looked at myself. When I finally walked by my prison cell mirror and looked at myself and said, ‘Ryan, you are here because of what you did, and nobody else,’ that was freeing. You can’t blame anybody else.”\r\n\r\nHe also stressed the importance of a supportive community and a sense of spirituality to help each person through the hard times in life. While Leaf is ultimately grateful that his struggles played out on a national stage that forced him to come to terms with his actions, most will not have that spotlight and find themselves struggling alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I really just had a rough patch that I had to get through, the difference was that everybody saw it and I was confronted to get help. Many of you know people who are going through similar things that no spotlight is ever shown on them and no one ever sees them, and all of a sudden, they are gone. Let’s not allow that to happen,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“These are diseases just like cancer or diabetes. If you told me that 75 percent of the people with those diseases didn’t go and get help, that would crazy, but that’s what the numbers are for people who have mental health and addiction issues. They don’t go and get the help they need. It doesn’t make you less-than. It doesn’t make you weak,” Leaf added.\r\n\r\nHe remained behind after the main presentation to speak privately with members of the UT Martin football team and address concerns they have regarding mental health and the pressures of collegiate competition. Leaf has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. 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UT Martin student-athletes as well as members of local high school sports teams attended the presentation to hear Leaf’s story of how the stress of pro-football fame led him to depression and drug addiction before spending 32 months in prison.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful football career at Washington State University, where he led his team to its first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years and was named a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in 1998. However, life did not go as planned for Leaf, and he says his arrogance ultimately caused him to push everyone away until he found himself dealing with the pressures of pro-football life alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I tell people I was a drug addict long before I ever took a drug,” he said. “My first drug of choice was competition. I competed at everything, and I had to win at everything. If I lost, I’d want to run it back immediately and embarrass you in the process. That’s how I won. I didn’t have a lot of friends. … I pushed a lot of people away. All I wanted to do was be a professional athlete, and I was willing to do anything … to make that happen.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter four seasons in the NFL, Leaf eventually quit pro-football and began taking Vicodin to cope with the feeling of constant scrutiny and hatred that he felt for himself and from the larger sports community. This addiction would grow for the next eight years before he was finally arrested for stealing narcotics from the homes of people in his hometown in Montana.\r\n\r\nAfter 32 months in prison and the help of many therapists, friends and supporters, Leaf now travels the country to speak with other athletes on the issues of mental health.\r\n<blockquote>“There’s a stigma that exists that disallows us from having that conversation (about mental health),” he said. “Administrations don’t want to talk about it because … it’s been shown to us as an ugly truth for so long. It’s not (an ugly truth) – it’s human nature. Mental health is something that all of you have, whether you’re dealing with something problematic or whether you have good mental health at this time. Mental health is a part of our life. I was a big, strong football player. You can’t show weakness, … right? But having vulnerability and transparency is probably the strongest thing anybody will ever do. The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. I’m struggling here, and I need some help.’”</blockquote>\r\nLeaf urged those in the audience to take a look at themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own actions, rather than blaming those around them when things don’t go as planned.\r\n\r\n“If there’s anything you take away from today and institute in your life, try these three ideals: accountability, community and spirituality, three things that weren’t even in my vocabulary until (I got out of prison),” he said. “I was never accountable to anybody or anything in my whole life. I blamed the media. I blamed the NFL. I was resentful of others, of my family, the doctors. I never looked at myself. When I finally walked by my prison cell mirror and looked at myself and said, ‘Ryan, you are here because of what you did, and nobody else,’ that was freeing. 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However, life did not go as planned for Leaf, and he says his arrogance ultimately caused him to push everyone away until he found himself dealing with the pressures of pro-football life alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I tell people I was a drug addict long before I ever took a drug,” he said. “My first drug of choice was competition. I competed at everything, and I had to win at everything. If I lost, I’d want to run it back immediately and embarrass you in the process. That’s how I won. I didn’t have a lot of friends. … I pushed a lot of people away. All I wanted to do was be a professional athlete, and I was willing to do anything … to make that happen.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter four seasons in the NFL, Leaf eventually quit pro-football and began taking Vicodin to cope with the feeling of constant scrutiny and hatred that he felt for himself and from the larger sports community. 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The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. I’m struggling here, and I need some help.’”</blockquote>\r\nLeaf urged those in the audience to take a look at themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own actions, rather than blaming those around them when things don’t go as planned.\r\n\r\n“If there’s anything you take away from today and institute in your life, try these three ideals: accountability, community and spirituality, three things that weren’t even in my vocabulary until (I got out of prison),” he said. “I was never accountable to anybody or anything in my whole life. I blamed the media. I blamed the NFL. I was resentful of others, of my family, the doctors. I never looked at myself. When I finally walked by my prison cell mirror and looked at myself and said, ‘Ryan, you are here because of what you did, and nobody else,’ that was freeing. You can’t blame anybody else.”\r\n\r\nHe also stressed the importance of a supportive community and a sense of spirituality to help each person through the hard times in life. While Leaf is ultimately grateful that his struggles played out on a national stage that forced him to come to terms with his actions, most will not have that spotlight and find themselves struggling alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I really just had a rough patch that I had to get through, the difference was that everybody saw it and I was confronted to get help. Many of you know people who are going through similar things that no spotlight is ever shown on them and no one ever sees them, and all of a sudden, they are gone. Let’s not allow that to happen,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“These are diseases just like cancer or diabetes. If you told me that 75 percent of the people with those diseases didn’t go and get help, that would crazy, but that’s what the numbers are for people who have mental health and addiction issues. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','1187-revision-v1','','','2019-07-15 15:05:56','2019-07-15 20:05:56','',1187,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/15/1187-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1212,3,'2019-07-24 10:37:25','2019-07-24 15:37:25','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer two online courses in cybersecurity during the fall 2019 semester. These classes are open to all current students and community members as well as computer science and cybersecurity professionals seeking additional certifications. Enrollment in the university as a special-admit student is necessary, and course tuition and fees will apply.\r\n\r\nThe classes – designated CSCI 290 Cybersecurity Literacy and CSCI 290 Cybersecurity Analyst Training – have been designed by UT Martin faculty to prepare participants for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam. Passing this exam results in a Security+ certification, which is a globally recognized credential in the information technology and cybersecurity professions. The courses can be taken in sequence or simultaneously.\r\n\r\nAccording to the computer science industry, a shortfall in cybersecurity graduates has resulted in open positions in companies around the world seeking this type of specialized industry training.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the program, or to find an application to become a non-degree-seeking student at UT Martin, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/cybersecurity\">utm.edu/cybersecurity</a>. Interested students can also contact Dr. Joshua Guerin, chair of the Department of Computer Science, at 731-881-7391 or <a href=\"mailto:jguerin@utm.edu\">jguerin@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to offer online cybersecurity courses in fall 2019','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer two online courses in cybersecurity during the fall 2019 semester. 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It’s not (an ugly truth) – it’s human nature. Mental health is something that all of you have, whether you’re dealing with something problematic or whether you have good mental health at this time. Mental health is a part of our life. I was a big, strong football player. You can’t show weakness, … right? But having vulnerability and transparency is probably the strongest thing anybody will ever do. The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. 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You can’t blame anybody else.”\r\n\r\nHe also stressed the importance of a supportive community and a sense of spirituality to help each person through the hard times in life. While Leaf is ultimately grateful that his struggles played out on a national stage that forced him to come to terms with his actions, most will not have that spotlight and find themselves struggling alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I really just had a rough patch that I had to get through, the difference was that everybody saw it and I was confronted to get help. Many of you know people who are going through similar things that no spotlight is ever shown on them and no one ever sees them, and all of a sudden, they are gone. Let’s not allow that to happen,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“These are diseases just like cancer or diabetes. If you told me that 75 percent of the people with those diseases didn’t go and get help, that would crazy, but that’s what the numbers are for people who have mental health and addiction issues. They don’t go and get the help they need. It doesn’t make you less-than. It doesn’t make you weak,” Leaf added.\r\n\r\nHe remained behind after the main presentation to speak privately with members of the UT Martin football team and address concerns they have regarding mental health and the pressures of collegiate competition. Leaf has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','1187-autosave-v1','','','2019-07-15 15:42:35','2019-07-15 20:42:35','',1187,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/15/1187-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1191,3,'2019-07-15 15:08:34','2019-07-15 20:08:34','Ryan Leaf, former NFL quarterback and number two overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft, spoke July 12 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. UT Martin student-athletes as well as members of local high school sports teams attended the presentation to hear Leaf’s story of how the stress of pro-football fame led him to depression and drug addiction before spending 32 months in prison.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful football career at Washington State University, where he led his team to its first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years and was named a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in 1998. However, life did not go as planned for Leaf, and he says his arrogance ultimately caused him to push everyone away until he found himself dealing with the pressures of pro-football life alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I tell people I was a drug addict long before I ever took a drug,” he said. “My first drug of choice was competition. I competed at everything, and I had to win at everything. If I lost, I’d want to run it back immediately and embarrass you in the process. That’s how I won. I didn’t have a lot of friends. … I pushed a lot of people away. All I wanted to do was be a professional athlete, and I was willing to do anything … to make that happen.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter four seasons in the NFL, Leaf eventually quit pro-football and began taking Vicodin to cope with the feeling of constant scrutiny and hatred that he felt for himself and from the larger sports community. This addiction would grow for the next eight years before he was finally arrested for stealing narcotics from the homes of people in his hometown in Montana.\r\n\r\nAfter 32 months in prison and the help of many therapists, friends and supporters, Leaf now travels the country to speak with other athletes on the issues of mental health.\r\n<blockquote>“There’s a stigma that exists that disallows us from having that conversation (about mental health),” he said. “Administrations don’t want to talk about it because … it’s been shown to us as an ugly truth for so long. It’s not (an ugly truth) – it’s human nature. Mental health is something that all of you have, whether you’re dealing with something problematic or whether you have good mental health at this time. Mental health is a part of our life. I was a big, strong football player. You can’t show weakness, … right? But having vulnerability and transparency is probably the strongest thing anybody will ever do. The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. I’m struggling here, and I need some help.’”</blockquote>\r\nLeaf urged those in the audience to take a look at themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own actions, rather than blaming those around them when things don’t go as planned.\r\n\r\n“If there’s anything you take away from today and institute in your life, try these three ideals: accountability, community and spirituality, three things that weren’t even in my vocabulary until (I got out of prison),” he said. “I was never accountable to anybody or anything in my whole life. I blamed the media. I blamed the NFL. I was resentful of others, of my family, the doctors. I never looked at myself. When I finally walked by my prison cell mirror and looked at myself and said, ‘Ryan, you are here because of what you did, and nobody else,’ that was freeing. You can’t blame anybody else.”\r\n\r\nHe also stressed the importance of a supportive community and a sense of spirituality to help each person through the hard times in life. While Leaf is ultimately grateful that his struggles played out on a national stage that forced him to come to terms with his actions, most will not have that spotlight and find themselves struggling alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I really just had a rough patch that I had to get through, the difference was that everybody saw it and I was confronted to get help. Many of you know people who are going through similar things that no spotlight is ever shown on them and no one ever sees them, and all of a sudden, they are gone. Let’s not allow that to happen,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“These are diseases just like cancer or diabetes. If you told me that 75 percent of the people with those diseases didn’t go and get help, that would crazy, but that’s what the numbers are for people who have mental health and addiction issues. They don’t go and get the help they need. It doesn’t make you less-than. It doesn’t make you weak,” Leaf added.\r\n\r\nHe remained behind after the main presentation to speak privately with members of the UT Martin football team and address concerns they have regarding mental health and the pressures of collegiate competition. Leaf has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. He chooses to share his story in order to reach those who cannot imagine better lives for themselves.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nAdditional photos are available below.\r\n\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=\"G00009oI0syIcFII\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"></span></script>','Ryan Leaf urges local athletes to break mental health stigmas','Ryan Leaf, former NFL quarterback and number two overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft, spoke July 12 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1187-revision-v1','','','2019-07-15 15:08:34','2019-07-15 20:08:34','',1187,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/15/1187-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1195,2,'2019-07-15 15:43:16','2019-07-15 20:43:16','Ryan Leaf, former NFL quarterback and number two overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft, spoke July 12 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. UT Martin student-athletes as well as members of local high school sports teams attended the presentation to hear Leaf’s story of how the stress of pro-football fame led him to depression and drug addiction before spending 32 months in prison.\r\n\r\nLeaf gained notoriety after a successful football career at Washington State University, where he led his team to its first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years and was named a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 before being picked by the San Diego Chargers in 1998. However, life did not go as planned for Leaf, and he says his arrogance ultimately caused him to push everyone away until he found himself dealing with the pressures of pro-football life alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I tell people I was a drug addict long before I ever took a drug,” he said. “My first drug of choice was competition. I competed at everything, and I had to win at everything. If I lost, I’d want to run it back immediately and embarrass you in the process. That’s how I won. I didn’t have a lot of friends. … I pushed a lot of people away. All I wanted to do was be a professional athlete, and I was willing to do anything … to make that happen.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter four seasons in the NFL, Leaf eventually quit pro-football and began taking Vicodin to cope with the feeling of constant scrutiny and hatred that he felt for himself and from the larger sports community. This addiction would grow for the next eight years before he was finally arrested for stealing narcotics from the homes of people in his hometown in Montana.\r\n\r\nAfter 32 months in prison and the help of many therapists, friends and supporters, Leaf now travels the country to speak with other athletes on the issues of mental health.\r\n<blockquote>“There’s a stigma that exists that disallows us from having that conversation (about mental health),” he said. “Administrations don’t want to talk about it because … it’s been shown to us as an ugly truth for so long. It’s not (an ugly truth) – it’s human nature. Mental health is something that all of you have, whether you’re dealing with something problematic or whether you have good mental health at this time. Mental health is a part of our life. I was a big, strong football player. You can’t show weakness, … right? But having vulnerability and transparency is probably the strongest thing anybody will ever do. The strongest thing I’ve ever done is being able to stand in front of another human being and say, ‘I’m hurting. I’m struggling here, and I need some help.’”</blockquote>\r\nLeaf urged those in the audience to take a look at themselves and hold themselves accountable for their own actions, rather than blaming those around them when things don’t go as planned.\r\n\r\n“If there’s anything you take away from today and institute in your life, try these three ideals: accountability, community and spirituality, three things that weren’t even in my vocabulary until (I got out of prison),” he said. “I was never accountable to anybody or anything in my whole life. I blamed the media. I blamed the NFL. I was resentful of others, of my family, the doctors. I never looked at myself. When I finally walked by my prison cell mirror and looked at myself and said, ‘Ryan, you are here because of what you did, and nobody else,’ that was freeing. You can’t blame anybody else.”\r\n\r\nHe also stressed the importance of a supportive community and a sense of spirituality to help each person through the hard times in life. While Leaf is ultimately grateful that his struggles played out on a national stage that forced him to come to terms with his actions, most will not have that spotlight and find themselves struggling alone.\r\n<blockquote>“I really just had a rough patch that I had to get through, the difference was that everybody saw it and I was confronted to get help. Many of you know people who are going through similar things that no spotlight is ever shown on them and no one ever sees them, and all of a sudden, they are gone. Let’s not allow that to happen,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“These are diseases just like cancer or diabetes. If you told me that 75 percent of the people with those diseases didn’t go and get help, that would crazy, but that’s what the numbers are for people who have mental health and addiction issues. They don’t go and get the help they need. It doesn’t make you less-than. It doesn’t make you weak,” Leaf added.\r\n\r\nHe remained behind after the main presentation to speak privately with members of the UT Martin football team and address concerns they have regarding mental health and the pressures of collegiate competition. Leaf has now been sober for seven years and is a voice for the recovery community. He chooses to share his story in order to reach those who cannot imagine better lives for themselves.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at 731-881-7660.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\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=\"G00009oI0syIcFII\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Ryan Leaf urges local athletes to break mental health stigmas','Ryan Leaf, former NFL quarterback and number two overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft, spoke July 12 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1187-revision-v1','','','2019-07-15 15:43:16','2019-07-15 20:43:16','',1187,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/15/1187-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1196,3,'2019-07-16 08:20:01','2019-07-16 13:20:01','Rising high school seniors from across the region are invited to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin’s fourth-annual End of Summer Bash from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., July 26, on the main campus.\r\n\r\nRegistration will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Boling University Center, and campus tours will follow an official welcome. A party including refreshments, team and individual activities, and displays from various campus departments and social organizations will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. Those who have already attended a campus tour are welcome to arrive for the party at 12:30. Parking will be available in front of the Boling University Center and across the road near Pacer Pond.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/summerbash\">utm.edu/summerbash</a>, or contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host End of Summer Bash on July 26','Rising high school seniors from across the region are invited to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin’s fourth-annual End of Summer Bash from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., July 26, on the main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','1184-revision-v1','','','2019-07-16 08:20:01','2019-07-16 13:20:01','',1184,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/16/1184-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1323,3,'2019-09-13 10:52:50','2019-09-13 15:52:50','The University of Tennessee System will officially begin a campaign to permanently fund the UT Promise Scholarship during the inter-system football game between the UT Knoxville Volunteers and the UT Chattanooga Mocs, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Sept. 14, in Neyland Stadium.\r\n\r\nThe $100 million endowment campaign has already raised $17.5 million since March of this year. UT Promise scholarships will be awarded to qualified students across the UT System beginning with the fall 2020 semester, and the system will cover the cost until the endowment is fully funded.\r\n\r\nUT Promise, unveiled in March by UT System Interim President Randy Boyd, is a last-dollar scholarship program that guarantees free tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduate students with a family household income of less than $50,000 annually. This scholarship will be applied after other financial aid – including Pell Grants, Hope Scholarships and other institutional awards – is received by students attending UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Martin and the UT Health Science Center.\r\n\r\nStudents must qualify for the Hope Scholarship and meet the academic qualifications for the institution to which they have applied in order to be eligible for this new scholarship. Students will also be matched with volunteer mentors and must complete eight hours of service each semester to help ensure success.\r\n\r\nWhile 46 percent of students in the UT System graduate without debt, the goal of UT Promise is to make higher education even more accessible and affordable for Tennessee students. UT Promise will welcome its first class in the fall of 2020, and the program will include those students who were already enrolled in college when the program begins.\r\n<blockquote>“UT wants to ensure that Tennessee residents can achieve their dreams with college degrees,” said Boyd. “We want to ease the financial burden for the state’s middle and working-class families, as we know education is the route to change lives, which then change communities and the state.”</blockquote>\r\nIn addition to money raised through the campaign, proceeds from the sale of the Eugenia Williams house in Knoxville will go into the endowment, which will be formally known as the UT Promise Dr. David Hitt Williams Endowment in honor of Eugenia Williams’ father, whose will gave the house and acreage on the Tennessee River to the university upon his daughter’s death.\r\n\r\nUT Promise is another tool the university is using to help the state’s Drive to 55 workforce development initiative, which aims to have 55 percent of Tennesseans equipped with a college degree or certificate by 2025.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to make a donation to the UT Promise endowment campaign, visit tennessee.edu/ut-promise.\r\n\r\n###','UT kicks off UT Promise endowment campaign','The UT System will officially begin a campaign to permanently fund the UT Promise Scholarship on Sept. 14 during the inter-system football game between the UT Knoxville Volunteers and the UT Chattanooga Mocs.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-kicks-off-ut-promise-endowment-campaign','','','2019-09-16 15:35:01','2019-09-16 20:35:01','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1323',0,'post','',0),(1198,3,'2019-07-16 10:50:31','2019-07-16 15:50:31','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville and now living in Austin, Texas, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Jarman is a 2016 graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin and received bachelor’s degrees in both English and natural resources management.\r\n\r\nThe Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society accepts nominations from Phi Kappa Phi chapters across the country each spring and choses 50 recipients nationwide. Jarman is the second UT Martin nominee to receive a Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Graduate Fellowship in the past five years. The first was her husband, Cody Jarman, in 2016.\r\n\r\nAfter moving to Austin, Texas, in 2017, Madilyn began working at the Austin Nature and Science Center while Cody pursued a doctoral degree. “I really enjoyed my job, but it didn’t feel like what I wanted long-term,” she said. “I was still in contact with my (UT Martin) advisers, and Dr. (Eric) Pelren suggested I apply for an internship writing about federal policy for The Wildlife Society. …\r\n<blockquote>“I spent eight months watching congressional committee hearings and deciphering appropriations documents and discovered I really enjoyed learning how government affected the work of federal agencies and land managers. We had learned about it in class, but it was different watching it happen. I realized I had a passion for public policy, and I was already living a few minutes down the road from one of the top public affairs programs in the country,” she added.</blockquote>\r\nNow, Madilyn hopes to work in local government after finishing her master’s degree. “Currently, my policy interests are focused on environmental and agricultural policy, especially on sustainability and how land use and development can benefit both the human and natural communities,” she said.\r\n\r\nBoth Madilyn and Cody Jarman have taken advantage of the opportunities available for high-achieving students. Madilyn graduated from UT Martin as a member of the University Scholars Program – the highest academic scholarship honor on campus – and Cody spent a year in Cork City, Ireland, pursing a master’s degree as UT Martin’s first student Fulbright Scholarship recipient.\r\n<blockquote>“I think the most valuable things I got out of my time at UTM were the relationships with my professors. There were so many faculty members who were amazing teachers and were really interested in helping me succeed, both in their class(es) and in other aspects of my life,” Madilyn said. “The small class sizes and the work they do with student organizations allowed me to build relationships with them that would not have been possible at a larger university. Both Cody and I have had some amazing opportunities that would not have been possible without our professors; they usually suggested we pursue the opportunities in the first place and went above-and-beyond to advocate for us during (the) application processes.”</blockquote>\r\nPhi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and largest academic excellence society and includes both students and faculty across a variety of academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded at UT Martin in 1971.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin chapter or the various awards available through Phi Kappa Phi membership, contact Dr. Robbie Montgomery, chapter president, at <a href=\"mailto:rmontgomery@utm.edu\">rmontgomery@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Madilyn Jarman honored with Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education.','publish','closed','closed','','madilyn-jarman-honored-with-phi-kappa-phi-graduate-fellowship','','','2019-07-22 10:46:06','2019-07-22 15:46:06','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1198',0,'post','',0),(1199,3,'2019-07-16 10:47:42','2019-07-16 15:47:42','','Jarman, Madilyn','','inherit','closed','closed','','jarman-madilyn','','','2019-07-16 10:47:42','2019-07-16 15:47:42','',1198,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jarman-Madilyn.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1200,3,'2019-07-16 10:48:29','2019-07-16 15:48:29','','Jarman, Madilyn_WP','','inherit','closed','closed','','jarman-madilyn_wp','','','2019-07-16 10:48:29','2019-07-16 15:48:29','',1198,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jarman-Madilyn_WP.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1201,3,'2019-07-16 10:50:31','2019-07-16 15:50:31','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville and now living in Austin, Texas, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Jarman is a 2016 graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin and received bachelor’s degrees in both English and natural resources management.\r\n\r\nThe Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society accepts nominations from Phi Kappa Phi chapters across the country each spring and choses 50 recipients nationwide. Jarman is the second UT Martin nominee to receive a Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Graduate Fellowship in the past five years. The first was her husband, Cody Jarman, in 2016.\r\n\r\nAfter moving to Austin, Texas, in 2017, Madilyn began working at the Austin Nature and Science Center while Cody pursued a doctoral degree. “I really enjoyed my job, but it didn’t feel like what I wanted long-term,” she said. “I was still in contact with my (UT Martin) advisers, and Dr. (Eric) Pelren suggested I apply for an internship writing about federal policy for The Wildlife Society. …\r\n<blockquote>“I spent eight months watching congressional committee hearing and deciphering appropriations documents and discovered I really enjoyed learning how government affected the work of federal agencies and land managers. We had learned about it in class, but it was different watching it happen. I realized I had a passion for public policy, and I was already living a few minutes down the road from one of the top public affairs programs in the country,” she added.</blockquote>\r\nNow, Madilyn hopes to work in local government after finishing her master’s degree. “Currently, my policy interests are focused on environmental and agricultural policy, especially on sustainability and how land use and development can benefit both the human and natural communities,” she said.\r\n\r\nBoth Madilyn and Cody Jarman have taken advantage of the opportunities available for high-achieving students. Madilyn graduated from UT Martin as a member of the University Scholars Organization – the highest academic scholarship honor on campus – and Cody spent a year in Cork City, Ireland, pursing a master’s degree as UT Martin’s first student Fulbright Scholarship recipient.\r\n<blockquote>“I think the most valuable things I got out of my time at UTM were the relationships with my professors. There were so many faculty members who were amazing teachers and were really interested in helping me succeed, both in their class(es) and in other aspects of my life,” Madilyn said. “The small class sizes and the work they do with student organizations allowed me to build relationships with them that would not have been possible at a larger university. Both Cody and I have had some amazing opportunities that would not have been possible without our professors; they usually suggested we pursue the opportunities in the first place and went above-and-beyond to advocate for us during (the) application processes.”</blockquote>\r\nPhi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and largest academic excellence society and includes both students and faculty across a variety of academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded at UT Martin in 1971.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin chapter or the various awards available through Phi Kappa Phi membership, contact Dr. Robbie Montgomery, chapter president, at <a href=\"mailto:rmontgomery@utm.edu\">rmontgomery@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Madilyn Jarman honored with Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education.','inherit','closed','closed','','1198-revision-v1','','','2019-07-16 10:50:31','2019-07-16 15:50:31','',1198,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/16/1198-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1202,3,'2019-07-16 14:27:59','2019-07-16 19:27:59','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently received official notice of a positive accreditation mid-term review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the university’s primary accrediting body.\r\n<blockquote>“Every person in every unit of our campus has contributed in some way to this critical work to clear these standards and to prepare our fifth-year report,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver in a message to the campus. “UT Martin is an exceptional university. … The feedback we received from SACSCOC demonstrates UT Martin has progressed and transformed its assessment protocols to become a more innovative and responsive campus.”</blockquote>\r\nUT Martin experienced difficulties with the accreditation process in 2015 after being put on probation for issues related to the documentation of program assessment strategies. Now, Carver says the campus has established a thriving culture of assessment in all areas and uses research-based feedback to improve university processes and curricula.\r\n\r\nUniversity accreditation is re-evaluated every 10 years, and the fifth-year report is a mid-cycle progress report designed to catch problem areas in the early stages. Of the 22 standards addressed in this report, SACSCOC asked for additional information in two areas, both of which had incomplete information at the time the report was submitted. No other problem areas were identified. SACSCOC also cleared the university of all concerns found in the previous 10-year review.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the university’s accreditation process or reports, contact the Office of Accreditation and Assessment at 731-881-7477.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin accreditation mid-term review shows significant progress','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently received official notice of a positive accreditation mid-term review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the university’s primary accrediting body.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-accreditation-mid-term-review-shows-significant-progress','','','2019-07-16 14:28:10','2019-07-16 19:28:10','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1202',0,'post','',0),(1203,3,'2019-07-16 14:27:59','2019-07-16 19:27:59','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently received official notice of a positive accreditation mid-term review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the university’s primary accrediting body.\r\n\r\n“Every person in every unit of our campus has contributed in some way to this critical work to clear these standards and to prepare our fifth-year report,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver in a message to the campus. “UT Martin is an exceptional university. … The feedback we received from SACSCOC demonstrates UT Martin has progressed and transformed its assessment protocols to become a more innovative and responsive campus.”\r\n\r\nUT Martin experienced difficulties with the accreditation process in 2015 after being put on probation for issues related to the documentation of program assessment strategies. Now, Carver says the campus has established a thriving culture of assessment in all areas and uses research-based feedback to improve university processes and curricula.\r\n\r\nUniversity accreditation is re-evaluated every 10 years, and the fifth-year report is a mid-cycle progress report designed to catch problem areas in the early stages. Of the 22 standards addressed in this report, SACSCOC asked for additional information in two areas, both of which had incomplete information at the time the report was submitted. No other problem areas were identified. 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Now, Carver says the campus has established a thriving culture of assessment in all areas and uses research-based feedback to improve university processes and curricula.\r\n\r\nUniversity accreditation is re-evaluated every 10 years, and the fifth-year report is a mid-cycle progress report designed to catch problem areas in the early stages. Of the 22 standards addressed in this report, SACSCOC asked for additional information in two areas, both of which had incomplete information at the time the report was submitted. No other problem areas were identified. SACSCOC also cleared the university of all concerns found in the previous 10-year review.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the university’s accreditation process or reports, contact the Office of Accreditation and Assessment at 731-881-7477.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin accreditation mid-term review shows significant progress','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently received official notice of a positive accreditation mid-term review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the university’s primary accrediting body.','inherit','closed','closed','','1202-revision-v1','','','2019-07-16 14:28:10','2019-07-16 19:28:10','',1202,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/16/1202-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1205,3,'2019-07-17 14:45:13','2019-07-17 19:45:13','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville and now living in Austin, Texas, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Jarman is a 2016 graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin and received bachelor’s degrees in both English and natural resources management.\r\n\r\nThe Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society accepts nominations from Phi Kappa Phi chapters across the country each spring and choses 50 recipients nationwide. Jarman is the second UT Martin nominee to receive a Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Graduate Fellowship in the past five years. The first was her husband, Cody Jarman, in 2016.\r\n\r\nAfter moving to Austin, Texas, in 2017, Madilyn began working at the Austin Nature and Science Center while Cody pursued a doctoral degree. “I really enjoyed my job, but it didn’t feel like what I wanted long-term,” she said. “I was still in contact with my (UT Martin) advisers, and Dr. (Eric) Pelren suggested I apply for an internship writing about federal policy for The Wildlife Society. …\r\n<blockquote>“I spent eight months watching congressional committee hearings and deciphering appropriations documents and discovered I really enjoyed learning how government affected the work of federal agencies and land managers. We had learned about it in class, but it was different watching it happen. I realized I had a passion for public policy, and I was already living a few minutes down the road from one of the top public affairs programs in the country,” she added.</blockquote>\r\nNow, Madilyn hopes to work in local government after finishing her master’s degree. “Currently, my policy interests are focused on environmental and agricultural policy, especially on sustainability and how land use and development can benefit both the human and natural communities,” she said.\r\n\r\nBoth Madilyn and Cody Jarman have taken advantage of the opportunities available for high-achieving students. Madilyn graduated from UT Martin as a member of the University Scholars Program – the highest academic scholarship honor on campus – and Cody spent a year in Cork City, Ireland, pursing a master’s degree as UT Martin’s first student Fulbright Scholarship recipient.\r\n<blockquote>“I think the most valuable things I got out of my time at UTM were the relationships with my professors. There were so many faculty members who were amazing teachers and were really interested in helping me succeed, both in their class(es) and in other aspects of my life,” Madilyn said. “The small class sizes and the work they do with student organizations allowed me to build relationships with them that would not have been possible at a larger university. Both Cody and I have had some amazing opportunities that would not have been possible without our professors; they usually suggested we pursue the opportunities in the first place and went above-and-beyond to advocate for us during (the) application processes.”</blockquote>\r\nPhi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and largest academic excellence society and includes both students and faculty across a variety of academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded at UT Martin in 1971.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin chapter or the various awards available through Phi Kappa Phi membership, contact Dr. Robbie Montgomery, chapter president, at <a href=\"mailto:rmontgomery@utm.edu\">rmontgomery@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Madilyn Jarman honored with Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship','Madilyn Peay Jarman, originally from Readyville, has received a Walter and Aldeheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society to help finance her graduate education.','inherit','closed','closed','','1198-revision-v1','','','2019-07-17 14:45:13','2019-07-17 19:45:13','',1198,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/17/1198-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1206,3,'2019-07-22 14:52:07','2019-07-22 19:52:07','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location. Approximately 21 potential students attended the event, which included a center tour, refreshments and a drawing for an $800 UT Martin scholarship.\r\n\r\nRochelli Hunter, of Oakland, won the scholarship to attend classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall. Hunter will be a freshman and plans to major in psychology.\r\n\r\n“The Fayette County community is a blessing to the center. It was wonderful to have so many local business leaders come out not only to support the center but also to encourage new and potential students who came to the open house. Our community is truly a star in West Tennessee and across our state,” said Kara Tapp, center director.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/somerville/\">UT Martin Somerville Center</a> offers general education and undergraduate courses supporting bachelor’s degree requirement in more than 80 specialized programs, including agriculture, business, criminal justice, history, social work, political science, psychology and interdisciplinary studies.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Tapp at 901-465-7313 or email <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Somerville Center hosts open house, awards scholarship','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-somerville-center-hosts-open-house-awards-scholarship','','','2019-07-22 14:52:36','2019-07-22 19:52:36','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1206',0,'post','',0),(1207,3,'2019-07-22 14:51:26','2019-07-22 19:51:26','','Hunter, Rochelli','Scholarship winner Rochelli Hunter (center), of Oakland, is pictured with Kara Tapp (right), director of the UT Martin Somerville Center, and Kayla Dillon, program resource specialist.','inherit','closed','closed','','hunter-rochelli','','','2019-07-22 14:51:50','2019-07-22 19:51:50','',1206,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Hunter-Rochelli.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1208,3,'2019-07-22 14:52:07','2019-07-22 19:52:07','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location. Approximately 21 potential students attended the event, which included a center tour, refreshments and a drawing for an $800 UT Martin scholarship.\r\n\r\nRochelli Hunter, of Oakland, won the scholarship to attend classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall. Hunter will be a freshman and plans to major in psychology.\r\n\r\n“The Fayette County community is a blessing to the center. It was wonderful to have so many local business leaders come out not only to support the center but also to encourage new and potential students who came to the open house. Our community is truly a star in West Tennessee and across our state,” said Kara Tapp, center director.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Somerville Center offers general education and undergraduate courses supporting bachelor’s degree requirement in more than 80 specialized programs, including agriculture, business, criminal justice, history, social work, political science, psychology and interdisciplinary studies.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Tapp at 901-465-7313 or email <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Somerville Center hosts open house, awards scholarship','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location.','inherit','closed','closed','','1206-revision-v1','','','2019-07-22 14:52:07','2019-07-22 19:52:07','',1206,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/22/1206-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1209,3,'2019-07-22 14:52:18','2019-07-22 19:52:18','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location. Approximately 21 potential students attended the event, which included a center tour, refreshments and a drawing for an $800 UT Martin scholarship.\n\nRochelli Hunter, of Oakland, won the scholarship to attend classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall. Hunter will be a freshman and plans to major in psychology.\n\n“The Fayette County community is a blessing to the center. It was wonderful to have so many local business leaders come out not only to support the center but also to encourage new and potential students who came to the open house. 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Approximately 21 potential students attended the event, which included a center tour, refreshments and a drawing for an $800 UT Martin scholarship.\r\n\r\nRochelli Hunter, of Oakland, won the scholarship to attend classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall. Hunter will be a freshman and plans to major in psychology.\r\n\r\n“The Fayette County community is a blessing to the center. It was wonderful to have so many local business leaders come out not only to support the center but also to encourage new and potential students who came to the open house. Our community is truly a star in West Tennessee and across our state,” said Kara Tapp, center director.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/somerville/\">UT Martin Somerville Center</a> offers general education and undergraduate courses supporting bachelor’s degree requirement in more than 80 specialized programs, including agriculture, business, criminal justice, history, social work, political science, psychology and interdisciplinary studies.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Tapp at 901-465-7313 or email <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Somerville Center hosts open house, awards scholarship','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center hosted an open house event July 9 for area students seeking to learn more about programs available at the location.','inherit','closed','closed','','1206-revision-v1','','','2019-07-22 14:52:36','2019-07-22 19:52:36','',1206,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/22/1206-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1214,3,'2019-07-24 10:37:25','2019-07-24 15:37:25','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer two online courses in cybersecurity during the fall 2019 semester. These classes are open to all current students and community members as well as computer science and cybersecurity professionals seeking additional certifications. Enrollment in the university as a special-admit student is necessary, and course tuition and fees will apply.\r\n\r\nThe classes – designated CSCI 290 Cybersecurity Literacy and CSCI 290 Cybersecurity Analyst Training – have been designed by UT Martin faculty to prepare participants for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam. Passing this exam results in a Security+ certification, which is a globally recognized credential in the information technology and cybersecurity professions. The courses can be taken in sequence or simultaneously.\r\n\r\nAccording to the computer science industry, a shortfall in cybersecurity graduates has resulted in open positions in companies around the world seeking this type of specialized industry training.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the program, or to find an application to become a non-degree-seeking student at UT Martin, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/cybersecurity\">utm.edu/cybersecurity</a>. Interested students can also contact Dr. Joshua Guerin, chair of the Department of Computer Science, at 731-881-7391 or <a href=\"mailto:jguerin@utm.edu\">jguerin@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to offer online cybersecurity courses in fall 2019','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer two online courses in cybersecurity during the fall 2019 semester. These classes are open to all current students, community members and computer science professionals. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1212-revision-v1','','','2019-07-24 10:37:25','2019-07-24 15:37:25','',1212,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/24/1212-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1215,3,'2019-07-29 15:29:47','2019-07-29 20:29:47','FOUR HICKMAN COUNTY STUDENTS RECEIVE FIRST UT MARTIN NUNNELLY SCHOLARSHIPS – Elias Istre and Jacob Bybee, both of Centerville; Cierra Russell, of Duck River; and Emmalee Mathews, of Lyles, are the first four students to receive scholarships to the University of Tennessee at Martin provided by Bill and Rosann Nunnelly, of Hickman County. The couple recently announced a $22 million bequest to fund scholarships at the university where Bill earned his degree in 1970, making their gift the largest in university history. The four-year scholarships are open to incoming UT Martin freshman students from Hickman County. The Nunnellys visited UT Martin on July 26 and met with two of the four scholarship recipients. Pictured (l-r) are Bybee, Rosann Nunnelly, Russell and Bill Nunnelly. Istre and Mathews were unable to attend. 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The couple recently announced a $22 million bequest to fund scholarships at the university where Bill earned his degree in 1970, making their gift the largest in university history. The four-year scholarships are open to incoming UT Martin freshman students from Hickman County. The Nunnellys visited UT Martin on July 26 and met with two of the four scholarship recipients. Pictured (l-r) are Bybee, Rosann Nunnelly, Russell and Bill Nunnelly. Istre and Mathews were unable to attend. 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The couple recently announced a $22 million bequest to fund scholarships at the university where Bill earned his degree in 1970, making their gift the largest in university history. The four-year scholarships are open to incoming UT Martin freshman students from Hickman County. The Nunnellys visited UT Martin on July 26 and met with two of the four scholarship recipients. Pictured (l-r) are Bybee, Rosann Nunnelly, Russell and Bill Nunnelly. Istre and Mathews were unable to attend. 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The couple recently announced a $22 million bequest to fund scholarships at the university where Bill earned his degree in 1970, making their gift the largest in university history. The four-year scholarships are open to incoming UT Martin freshman students from Hickman County. The Nunnellys visited UT Martin on July 26 and met with two of the four scholarship recipients. Pictured (l-r) are Bybee, Rosann Nunnelly, Russell and Bill Nunnelly. Istre and Mathews were unable to attend. For more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships are 731-881-7040.\r\n\r\n###','Four students become first Nunnelly Scholarship recipients','Four Hickman County students are the first to receive scholarships to the University of Tennessee at Martin provided by Bill and Rosann Nunnelly.','inherit','closed','closed','','1215-revision-v1','','','2019-07-29 15:31:56','2019-07-29 20:31:56','',1215,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/29/1215-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1220,3,'2019-07-29 15:56:32','2019-07-29 20:56:32','Fourteen teachers from across West Tennessee attended the 2019 Summer Colloquium for Teachers held June 24-28 by the University of Tennessee at Martin Honors Programs. Teachers from kindergarten through 12<sup>th</sup>-grade classrooms focused on “The ‘Odyssey,’ the ‘Aeneid’ and the inheritance of Homer and Virgil” during the weeklong professional development workshop.\r\n\r\nThis is the first colloquium UT Martin Honors Programs has hosted for area educators, and Dr. John Glass, director of UT Martin Honors Programs, intends for it to become an annual event to help university honors programs provide educational outreach for the region. The cooperation between UT Martin Honors Programs and the West Tennessee Writing Project allows regional educators to come together and discuss literature and world history as they relate to the more specific topics they teach in their classrooms each year.\r\n<blockquote>“The best stories speak to me in different ways each time I read them, and sharing that experience with an excellent group of teachers has been the highlight of my summer on a professional level so far,” said Dr. David Carithers, chair of the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages and director of the West Tennessee Writing Project. “It was a refreshing change in our normal work schedules and definitely a new approach to professional development as we know it – to take time to read and discuss deeply these classic works that have withstood the test of time and still have so much to teach us today.”</blockquote>\r\n“The colloquium was a wonderful week. I really enjoyed learning from the different people who came. It was great to get the different perspectives that came with the different backgrounds in the room, and I walked away feeling enriched and refreshed after the week of discussion,” said Kaitlyn Laubach, a first-year teacher at Savannah Christian Academy. Laubach graduated from UT Martin in 2018.\r\n\r\nOther colloquium attendees include Shelia Rogers, retired from teaching in McKenzie; Ashley Meadows, of Westview High School in Martin; DesiRee Ewer, of Bolivar Central High School in Bolivar; Marion Fryer, of Oak Elementary School in Cordova; Ellen Nance, of St. Paul\r\n\r\nCatholic School in Memphis; Jonathan Patel, of Chester County High School in Henderson; Anita Medford and Lora Blankenship, both of Ripley Elementary School in Ripley; Doug Billings, of Ripley Middle School in Ripley; Corrine Landry, of Crestview Middle School in Covington; Hollye Sims, of Bradford Elementary School in Bradford; and Emma Massey and Shanna Watkins, both of Inman Middle School in Paris.\r\n\r\nFor more information on upcoming professional development events hosted by UT Martin Honors Programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436 or <a href=\"mailto:jglass@utm.edu\">jglass@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Regional educators attend UT Martin summer colloquium','Fourteen teachers from across West Tennessee attended the 2019 Summer Colloquium for Teachers held June 24-28 by the University of Tennessee at Martin Honors Programs.','publish','closed','closed','','regional-educators-attend-ut-martin-summer-colloquium','','','2019-07-29 15:56:46','2019-07-29 20:56:46','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1220',0,'post','',0),(1221,3,'2019-07-29 15:55:44','2019-07-29 20:55:44','','06272019_HighSchoolColloquium002','Pictured during the 2019 Summer Colloquium for Teachers, held June 24-28 by the University of Tennessee at Martin Honors Programs, are (front row, l-r) Ashley Meadows, of Westview High School in Martin; Marion Fryer, of Oak Elementary School in Cordova; Anita Medford and Lora Blankenship, both of Ripley Elementary School in Ripley; Corrine Landry, of Crestview Middle School in Covington; Hollye Sims, of Bradford Elementary School in Bradford; Shanna Watkins, of Inman Middle School in Paris; (back row) Shelia Rogers, retired from teaching in McKenzie; DesiRee Ewer, of Bolivar Central High School in Bolivar; Ellen Nance, of St. Paul Catholic School in Memphis; Jonathan Patel, of Chester County High School in Henderson; Doug Billings, of Ripley Middle School in Ripley; Dr. David Carithers, chair of the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages and director of the West Tennessee Writing Project; Dr. John Glass, director of UT Martin Honors Programs; Kaitlyn Laubach, of Savannah Christian Academy in Savannah; and Emma Massey, of Inman Middle School in Paris. ','inherit','closed','closed','','06272019_highschoolcolloquium002','','','2019-07-29 15:56:17','2019-07-29 20:56:17','',1220,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/06272019_HighSchoolColloquium002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1222,3,'2019-07-29 15:56:32','2019-07-29 20:56:32','Fourteen teachers from across West Tennessee attended the 2019 Summer Colloquium for Teachers held June 24-28 by the University of Tennessee at Martin Honors Programs. Teachers from kindergarten through 12<sup>th</sup>-grade classrooms focused on “The ‘Odyssey,’ the ‘Aeneid’ and the inheritance of Homer and Virgil” during the weeklong professional development workshop.\r\n\r\nThis is the first colloquium UT Martin Honors Programs has hosted for area educators, and Dr. John Glass, director of UT Martin Honors Programs, intends for it to become an annual event to help university honors programs provide educational outreach for the region. The cooperation between UT Martin Honors Programs and the West Tennessee Writing Project allows regional educators to come together and discuss literature and world history as they relate to the more specific topics they teach in their classrooms each year.\r\n<blockquote>“The best stories speak to me in different ways each time I read them, and sharing that experience with an excellent group of teachers has been the highlight of my summer on a professional level so far,” said Dr. David Carithers, chair of the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages and director of the West Tennessee Writing Project. “It was a refreshing change in our normal work schedules and definitely a new approach to professional development as we know it – to take time to read and discuss deeply these classic works that have withstood the test of time and still have so much to teach us today.”</blockquote>\r\n“The colloquium was a wonderful week. I really enjoyed learning from the different people who came. It was great to get the different perspectives that came with the different backgrounds in the room, and I walked away feeling enriched and refreshed after the week of discussion,” said Kaitlyn Laubach, a first-year teacher at Savannah Christian Academy. Laubach graduated from UT Martin in 2018.\r\n\r\nOther colloquium attendees include Shelia Rogers, retired from teaching in McKenzie; Ashley Meadows, of Westview High School in Martin; DesiRee Ewer, of Bolivar Central High School in Bolivar; Marion Fryer, of Oak Elementary School in Cordova; Ellen Nance, of St. Paul\r\n\r\nCatholic School in Memphis; Jonathan Patel, of Chester County High School in Henderson; Anita Medford and Lora Blankenship, both of Ripley Elementary School in Ripley; Doug Billings, of Ripley Middle School in Ripley; Corrine Landry, of Crestview Middle School in Covington; Hollye Sims, of Bradford Elementary School in Bradford; and Emma Massey and Shanna Watkins, both of Inman Middle School in Paris.\r\n\r\nFor more information on upcoming professional development events hosted by UT Martin Honors Programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436 or <a href=\"mailto:jglass@utm.edu\">jglass@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Regional educators attend UT Martin summer colloquium','Fourteen teachers from across West Tennessee attended the 2019 Summer Colloquium for Teachers held June 24-28 by the University of Tennessee at Martin Honors Programs.','inherit','closed','closed','','1220-revision-v1','','','2019-07-29 15:56:32','2019-07-29 20:56:32','',1220,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/07/29/1220-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1223,3,'2019-07-30 09:00:07','2019-07-30 14:00:07','Dr. Debra Messenger-Smith and Dr. Dedrick Messenger, siblings from Bolivar, earned bachelor’s degrees in education from UT Martin in 1985 and 1990, respectively. Both have gone on to influence thousands of students over the courses of their careers, and both were honored by the Greater Nashville Alliance of Black School Educators this past spring.\r\n\r\nMessenger-Smith, who retired June 28 after more than 30 years in the education field, was honored with the Principal of the Year Award, and Messenger was named Teacher of the Year.\r\n\r\n“I decided to become a teacher because I had teachers (who) were caring and built relationships with me,” said Messenger-Smith. “Miss Melverta Scott, my first-grade teacher, was stern, strict, and made sure we were able to read, write, do math and get along with each other. She made school fun!” Messenger-Smith says she knew she wanted to follow in Scott’s footsteps as early as the first grade, and she became not only a teacher but a counselor, assistant principal, principal, executive school director and adjunct university professor along the way as well.\r\n\r\nDr. Dedrick Messenger found his calling a bit later in life when a UT Martin professor encouraged him to volunteer at Westview High School in Martin. He has since spent more than 24 years in the education field and served in three different school systems. Messenger teaches in the art classroom and wants to use this creative outlet to help his students see “they can be anything that they want to be,” he said. “There is no limit to their success. The winner is not always the one who wins the race.” In addition to the 2019 Teacher of the Year title for the Nashville area, Messenger also took home the 2018 Distinguished Educator Award from the Tennessee Education Association.\r\n\r\nMessenger-Smith may have finished her formal career, but she intends to continue to assist principals and teachers throughout her district. She also offers words of wisdom to future teachers and those preparing to begin their careers in the coming year:\r\n\r\n“Being a teacher is more than teaching academics. You must learn things about your student to build a relationship with each one of them,” she said. “Do not complain about what their guardians are doing; you do what you can do to make your classroom a fun, happy place. When you do this, you will be able to connect with your students socially, emotionally and academically. 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She made school fun!” Messenger-Smith says she knew she wanted to follow in Scott’s footsteps as early as the first grade, and she became not only a teacher but a counselor, assistant principal, principal, executive school director and adjunct university professor along the way as well.\r\n\r\nDr. Dedrick Messenger found his calling a bit later in life when a UT Martin professor encouraged him to volunteer at Westview High School in Martin. He has since spent more than 24 years in the education field and served in three different school systems. Messenger teaches in the art classroom and wants to use this creative outlet to help his students see “they can be anything that they want to be,” he said. “There is no limit to their success. 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She made school fun!” Messenger-Smith says she knew she wanted to follow in Scott’s footsteps as early as the first grade, and she became not only a teacher but a counselor, assistant principal, principal, executive school director and adjunct university professor along the way as well.\r\n\r\nDr. Dedrick Messenger found his calling a bit later in life when a UT Martin professor encouraged him to volunteer at Westview High School in Martin. He has since spent more than 24 years in the education field and served in three different school systems. Messenger teaches in the art classroom and wants to use this creative outlet to help his students see “they can be anything that they want to be,” he said. “There is no limit to their success. 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All three students are studying to become teachers in K-5 classrooms.\r\n\r\nFerguson was an Obion County native and spent 11 years in the local school system before she passed away Sept. 18, 2016, after a battle with breast cancer. Her husband, Scott Ferguson, established the scholarship endowment in her name in 2017 to help future Obion County educators benefit from his wife’s legacy. Annette graduated from UT Martin in 1982 before also finishing a master’s degree in 2005. She taught at both Ridgemont and Lake Road elementary schools and was twice selected at the Obion County Teacher of the Year.\r\n\r\nPreuett and Partin are both seniors and plan to graduate in 2020 to pursue careers in early childhood education in Obion County. Shupp is currently a junior and plans to teach in Tennessee immediately following graduation before pursuing her dream of teaching in England. All three are the daughters of educators who once worked alongside Ferguson in the Obion County School System.\r\n<blockquote>“My mom taught across the hall from Mrs. Annette and loved her deeply. … Mrs. Annette was not only a wonderful teacher, but a strong Christian as well. She taught her students how to be good people as well as how to read and write,” wrote Partin in her application essay. “Learning doesn’t end with the school day or the school year. A good teacher truly cares and makes time to connect with each student. I hope to be the kind of teacher and person who students return to the school year after year to visit. These kids are our future. I want to make a difference in the lives of kids in Obion County.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Annette Sublett Ferguson Scholarship is open to junior and senior-level students from Obion County schools upon entry into the educator preparation program. For more information on this scholarship, contact Donna Neblett, director of the UT Martin Educator Preparation Program, at 731-881-7686 or <a href=\"mailto:dneblet1@utm.edu\">dneblet1@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','First Obion County students receive Annette Sublett Ferguson Scholarships','Stella Preuett and Avery Partin, both of Union City, and Mikayla Shupp, of Troy, are the first recipients of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Annette Sublett Ferguson Scholarship.','publish','closed','closed','','first-obion-county-students-receive-annette-sublett-ferguson-scholarships','','','2019-08-01 13:22:36','2019-08-01 18:22:36','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1230',0,'post','',0),(1231,3,'2019-08-01 13:21:06','2019-08-01 18:21:06','','AnnetteSublettFergusonScholarship2019','Pictured are (l-r) Donna Neblett, director of the UT Martin Educator Preparation Program; Stella Preuett and Avery Partin, both seniors from Union City; and Mikayla Shupp, a junior from Troy. 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Annette graduated from UT Martin in 1982 before also finishing a master’s degree in 2005. She taught at both Ridgemont and Lake Road elementary schools and was twice selected at the Obion County Teacher of the Year.\r\n\r\nPreuett and Partin are both seniors and plan to graduate in 2020 to pursue careers in early childhood education in Obion County. Shupp is currently a junior and plans to teach in Tennessee immediately following graduation before pursuing her dream of teaching in England. All three are the daughters of educators who once worked alongside Ferguson in the Obion County School System.\r\n<blockquote>“My mom taught across the hall from Mrs. Annette and loved her deeply. … Mrs. Annette was not only a wonderful teacher, but a strong Christian as well. She taught her students how to be good people as well as how to read and write,” wrote Partin in her application essay. “Learning doesn’t end with the school day or the school year. 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This annual competition is the only international collegiate rocket engineering competition in the world.\r\n\r\nCy Pemberton, of Milan; Nathan Williamson, of Martin; and Enrico Zoboli, originally from Italy, composed this year’s team and competed in the 10k SRAD solid motor category. This means their rocket had to reach or exceed 10,000 feet above ground level, and the propulsion system had to be entirely student researched, designed and fabricated as opposed to purchasing a pre-made propulsion system.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin rocket, known as the “Skyhawk Screamer,” reached 10,650 feet and achieved a maximum velocity of 850 feet per second. The team also designed the rocket to carry a minimum 8.8-pound payload, use redundant electronic deployment systems for parachutes and allow GPS tracking of the rocket and all free-falling payloads.\r\n<blockquote>“The biggest benefit to me as a student was how this project (like many other senior projects) manages to tie together all of the various classes taught in undergrad engineering,” said Pemberton, who acted as team captain during the competition. “The process as a whole taught me a lot about the project management side of engineering and how to better work with peers to achieve goals and deadlines. I also learned the importance of considering small details as early as possible in the engineering process since these can cost more time downstream. …</blockquote>\r\n“UTM\'s engineering program is unique in its size and ability to promote hands-on and face-to-face experience for all of its students during their time in the program. I certainly believe that these developed faculty-student relationships are a large part of how UTM prepares students for dealing with these challenges up to and through their completion,” he added.\r\n\r\nPemberton and Williamson both graduated from UT Martin with bachelor’s degrees in engineering in spring 2019, and Zoboli is now a junior engineering student.\r\n\r\nThe Spaceport America Cup is sponsored by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association and the Spaceport America Crew, as well as such international companies as Virgin Galactic, Jet Blue, Boeing and others.\r\n\r\nUT Martin offers a major in engineering with six concentration areas – civil, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, mechatronics and mechanical engineering – in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/engineering\">utm.edu/engineering</a> or call 731-881-7571 to speak with a faculty adviser.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin engineers place 12th in the world','Three engineering students from the University of Tennessee at Martin placed fourth in their category and 12th overall in the third-annual Spaceport America Cup, held June 18-22 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 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This annual competition is the only international collegiate rocket engineering competition in the world.\r\n\r\nCy Pemberton, of Milan; Nathan Williamson, of Martin; and Enrico Zoboli, originally from Italy, composed this year’s team and competed in the 10k SRAD solid motor category. This means their rocket had to reach or exceed 10,000 feet above ground level, and the propulsion system had to be entirely student researched, designed and fabricated as opposed to purchasing a pre-made propulsion system.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin rocket, known as the “Skyhawk Screamer,” reached 10,650 feet and achieved a maximum velocity of 850 feet per second. The team also designed the rocket to carry a minimum 8.8-pound payload, use redundant electronic deployment systems for parachutes and allow GPS tracking of the rocket and all free-falling payloads.\r\n<blockquote>“The biggest benefit to me as a student was how this project (like many other senior projects) manages to tie together all of the various classes taught in undergrad engineering,” said Pemberton, who acted as team captain during the competition. “The process as a whole taught me a lot about the project management side of engineering and how to better work with peers to achieve goals and deadlines. I also learned the importance of considering small details as early as possible in the engineering process since these can cost more time downstream. …</blockquote>\r\n“UTM\'s engineering program is unique in its size and ability to promote hands-on and face-to-face experience for all of its students during their time in the program. I certainly believe that these developed faculty-student relationships are a large part of how UTM prepares students for dealing with these challenges up to and through their completion,” he added.\r\n\r\nPemberton and Williamson both graduated from UT Martin with bachelor’s degrees in engineering in spring 2019, and Zoboli is now a junior engineering student.\r\n\r\nThe Spaceport America Cup is sponsored by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association and the Spaceport America Crew, as well as such international companies as Virgin Galactic, Jet Blue, Boeing and others.\r\n\r\nUT Martin offers a major in engineering with six concentration areas – civil, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, mechatronics and mechanical engineering – in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 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The center is located at 214 Lakeview Road in Somerville, and all are invited to attend.\r\n\r\nSouthwest Tennessee Community College will begin offering eight freshman-level courses at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall semester to provide local residents with a convenient location to begin their two-year degrees. All eight courses are transferrable to UT Martin through the Tennessee Transfer Pathway for those wishing to complete a four-year degree. Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions simultaneously will be able to transfer courses and share financial aid as needed.\r\n<blockquote>“We are excited to help offer these opportunities to students in the Fayette County region who may be looking for an alternative route to higher education,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “We look forward to being able to serve the region in bigger and better ways, and collaborating with Southwest Tennessee Community College will help us better serve area residents where they are.”</blockquote>\r\nThe courses currently available through Southwest are introduction to business, English composition, English support, introduced to statistics – enhanced, support course for math 1530, pre-calculus algebra, reading support of ACAD 1100, and academic success seminar. Additional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow the completion of a full degree at the new location within 12-18 months.\r\n\r\n“We are proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center. This partnership empowers us to provide a seamless pathway to a credential, a career or continued education at UT Martin and other colleges for Fayette County residents,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, Southwest president.\r\n\r\nThe open house event will feature a book scholarship giveaway as well as the opportunity to ask questions about registration and other aspects of college life. For more information, contact the UT Martin Somerville Center at 901-465-7313 or Southwest Tennessee Community College at 901-333-4108. 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The center is located at 214 Lakeview Road in Somerville, and all are invited to attend.\r\n\r\nSouthwest Tennessee Community College will begin offering eight freshman-level courses at the UT Martin Somerville Center this fall semester to provide local residents with a convenient location to begin their two-year degrees. All eight courses are transferrable to UT Martin through the Tennessee Transfer Pathway for those wishing to complete a four-year degree. Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions simultaneously will be able to transfer courses and share financial aid as needed.\r\n<blockquote>“We are excited to help offer these opportunities to students in the Fayette County region who may be looking for an alternative route to higher education,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “We look forward to being able to serve the region in bigger and better ways, and collaborating with Southwest Tennessee Community College will help us better serve area residents where they are.”</blockquote>\r\nThe courses currently available through Southwest are introduction to business, English composition, English support, introduced to statistics – enhanced, support course for math 1530, pre-calculus algebra, reading support of ACAD 1100, and academic success seminar. Additional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow the completion of a full degree at the new location within 12-18 months.\r\n\r\n“We are proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center. This partnership empowers us to provide a seamless pathway to a credential, a career or continued education at UT Martin and other colleges for Fayette County residents,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, Southwest president.\r\n\r\nThe open house event will feature a book scholarship giveaway as well as the opportunity to ask questions about registration and other aspects of college life. For more information, contact the UT Martin Somerville Center at 901-465-7313 or Southwest Tennessee Community College at 901-333-4108. Prospective applicants should contact the Southwest Office of Admissions at <a href=\"http://www.southwest.tn.edu/admissions\">southwest.tn.edu/admissions</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Open house celebrates UT Martin, Southwest partnership','A partnership between the University of Tennessee at Martin and Southwest Tennessee Community College will officially begin with an open house event from 4-6 p.m., Aug. 13, at the UT Martin Somerville Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','1236-revision-v1','','','2019-08-05 15:45:46','2019-08-05 20:45:46','',1236,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/05/1236-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1239,3,'2019-08-06 16:39:35','2019-08-06 21:39:35','The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team will host a fast pitch foundations camp for third through fifth-grade students from 4-5 p.m., Aug. 19-21, at Bettye Giles Softball Field. The registration fee is $90 per athlete, and all students interested in fast-pitch softball are welcome to participate. Previous experience is not required.\r\n\r\nThis camp is designed to provide participants with the fundamental skills needed to progress in the sport. Covered skills include fielding, hitting, base running and basic game knowledge in addition to a discussion of how to mentally approach the sport of softball. Campers will have hands-on experience both on the field and in the Skyhawk batting cages.\r\n\r\nAll campers should bring their own softball bat and glove each day.\r\n\r\nRegistration is available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/camps/softball.php\">utm.edu/departments/nondegree/camps/softball.php</a>. For additional information or registration assistance, contact Chelsea Farmer, UT Martin assistant softball coach, at <a href=\"mailto:coach19jones@gmail.com\">coach19jones@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin offers elementary school softball camp, Aug. 19-21','The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team will host a fast pitch foundations camp for third through fifth-grade students from 4-5 p.m., Aug. 19-21, at Bettye Giles Softball Field. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-offers-elementary-school-softball-camp-aug-19-21','','','2019-08-06 16:39:45','2019-08-06 21:39:45','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1239',0,'post','',0),(1240,3,'2019-08-06 16:38:30','2019-08-06 21:38:30','','PaigeClark','Skyhawk outfielder Paige Clark, a junior from Lafayette, plays in a March home game against the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.  ','inherit','closed','closed','','paigeclark','','','2019-08-06 16:39:16','2019-08-06 21:39:16','',1239,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PaigeClark.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1241,3,'2019-08-06 16:39:35','2019-08-06 21:39:35','The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team will host a fast pitch foundations camp for third through fifth-grade students from 4-5 p.m., Aug. 19-21, at Bettye Giles Softball Field. The registration fee is $90 per athlete, and all students interested in fast-pitch softball are welcome to participate. Previous experience is not required.\r\n\r\nThis camp is designed to provide participants with the fundamental skills needed to progress in the sport. Covered skills include fielding, hitting, base running and basic game knowledge in addition to a discussion of how to mentally approach the sport of softball. Campers will have hands-on experience both on the field and in the Skyhawk batting cages.\r\n\r\nAll campers should bring their own softball bat and glove each day.\r\n\r\nRegistration is available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/camps/softball.php\">utm.edu/departments/nondegree/camps/softball.php</a>. For additional information or registration assistance, contact Chelsea Farmer, UT Martin assistant softball coach, at <a href=\"mailto:coach19jones@gmail.com\">coach19jones@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin offers elementary school softball camp, Aug. 19-21','The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team will host a fast pitch foundations camp for third through fifth-grade students from 4-5 p.m., Aug. 19-21, at Bettye Giles Softball Field. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1239-revision-v1','','','2019-08-06 16:39:35','2019-08-06 21:39:35','',1239,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/06/1239-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1242,3,'2019-08-08 10:51:24','2019-08-08 15:51:24','Twenty-four students participated in the state’s first-ever Transfer Boot Camp held Aug. 2-4 at Camp Linden in Perry County. This weekend event, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin and funded by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, was designed to help incoming transfer students understand the opportunities and resources available to them at UT Martin and connect with other transfer students to create a support network before the start of the fall semester.\r\n<blockquote>“The reality on most college campuses is that not every student enrolls directly after high school. As such, we need to make sure transfer students feel equally welcome when they enroll on campus, and (UT Martin) Chancellor (Keith) Carver’s dedication to transfer student success has been an exciting partnership for our agency,” said Mike Krause, THEC executive director.</blockquote>\r\nOf the 28 participants, five have transferred from out-of-state institutions, and eight have attended at least two other colleges or universities before beginning at UT Martin this fall. The group was able to connect with UT Martin college deans and department heads as well as five peer mentors and other staff members from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.\r\n\r\nMartina Roznovsky, an incoming sophomore from Trenton, has already attended two institutions without finding the perfect fit. Her experience during the boot camp has already made her confident that UT Martin will be her home until graduation.\r\n<blockquote>“A few weeks ago, I received an email about a Transfer Boot Camp that was offered for a few days. I decided to attend, not knowing exactly what I was in for. … I gained so many new friendships and had the opportunity to learn about everyone that attended and about the history of the beautiful campus,” she said. “One thing that was very beneficial at the camp was all of the resources the leaders and professors offered to all of us. This experience has definitely made me feel more comfortable going into my sophomore year. … To say the least, the University of Tennessee at Martin makes me feel like I am home – home to a campus that holds endless opportunities for me and my fellow classmates.”</blockquote>\r\n“The Transfer Boot Camp is a program that I would recommend every transfer student take advantage of before attending classes in the fall,” said Kim Gordon, from Brooksville, Mississippi. “I was able to step outside of my comfort zone and try new things. … Not only did I have a lot of fun and make new friends, I also had the opportunity to reflect on my goals and decide how I want to spend my time this upcoming school year. I cannot be more thankful for all the amazing things I have already experienced, and I am even more excited to see all the great things UT Martin has to offer this fall.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on admission and resources for transfer students, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Transfer students participate in pilot boot camp program','Twenty-four students participated in the state’s first-ever Transfer Boot Camp held Aug. 2-4 at Camp Linden in Perry County. ','publish','closed','closed','','transfer-students-participate-in-pilot-boot-camp-program','','','2019-08-08 10:51:32','2019-08-08 15:51:32','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1242',0,'post','',0),(1243,3,'2019-08-08 10:50:20','2019-08-08 15:50:20','','TransferBootCamp2019','Twenty-four incoming transfer students and several staff members from the University of Tennessee at Martin participated in the first Transfer Boot Camp event Aug. 2-4. This group photo was taken outside the Dunagan Alumni Center on the UT Martin main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','transferbootcamp2019','','','2019-08-08 10:51:06','2019-08-08 15:51:06','',1242,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TransferBootCamp2019.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1244,3,'2019-08-08 10:51:24','2019-08-08 15:51:24','Twenty-four students participated in the state’s first-ever Transfer Boot Camp held Aug. 2-4 at Camp Linden in Perry County. This weekend event, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin and funded by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, was designed to help incoming transfer students understand the opportunities and resources available to them at UT Martin and connect with other transfer students to create a support network before the start of the fall semester.\r\n<blockquote>“The reality on most college campuses is that not every student enrolls directly after high school. As such, we need to make sure transfer students feel equally welcome when they enroll on campus, and (UT Martin) Chancellor (Keith) Carver’s dedication to transfer student success has been an exciting partnership for our agency,” said Mike Krause, THEC executive director.</blockquote>\r\nOf the 28 participants, five have transferred from out-of-state institutions, and eight have attended at least two other colleges or universities before beginning at UT Martin this fall. The group was able to connect with UT Martin college deans and department heads as well as five peer mentors and other staff members from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.\r\n\r\nMartina Roznovsky, an incoming sophomore from Trenton, has already attended two institutions without finding the perfect fit. Her experience during the boot camp has already made her confident that UT Martin will be her home until graduation.\r\n<blockquote>“A few weeks ago, I received an email about a Transfer Boot Camp that was offered for a few days. I decided to attend, not knowing exactly what I was in for. … I gained so many new friendships and had the opportunity to learn about everyone that attended and about the history of the beautiful campus,” she said. “One thing that was very beneficial at the camp was all of the resources the leaders and professors offered to all of us. This experience has definitely made me feel more comfortable going into my sophomore year. … To say the least, the University of Tennessee at Martin makes me feel like I am home – home to a campus that holds endless opportunities for me and my fellow classmates.”</blockquote>\r\n“The Transfer Boot Camp is a program that I would recommend every transfer student take advantage of before attending classes in the fall,” said Kim Gordon, from Brooksville, Mississippi. “I was able to step outside of my comfort zone and try new things. … Not only did I have a lot of fun and make new friends, I also had the opportunity to reflect on my goals and decide how I want to spend my time this upcoming school year. I cannot be more thankful for all the amazing things I have already experienced, and I am even more excited to see all the great things UT Martin has to offer this fall.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on admission and resources for transfer students, contact the UT Martin Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Transfer students participate in pilot boot camp program','Twenty-four students participated in the state’s first-ever Transfer Boot Camp held Aug. 2-4 at Camp Linden in Perry County. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1242-revision-v1','','','2019-08-08 10:51:24','2019-08-08 15:51:24','',1242,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/08/1242-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1246,3,'2019-08-09 12:53:38','2019-08-09 17:53:38','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018. The program first became externally accredited in 1974 and has successfully completed each reaccreditation cycle since that time.\r\n\r\n“The UT Martin social work program’s mission is to provide top-notch education to each student, preparing them for entry-level employment within the profession as well as graduate studies. This is achieved both inside and outside of the classroom through various community service and volunteer experiences as well as semester-long internship placements that prepare students for real-life experiences within the social work profession,” said Alicia Maya Donaldson, program director and associate professor of social work. “The UT Martin social work faculty work tirelessly not just to produce ‘good’ social workers, but to ensure that the program is producing ‘exceptional’ social workers that are prepared to make a difference in the lives of those that they serve.”\r\n\r\nThe program began on the UT Martin main campus in 1970 and expanded to provide the full curriculum at UT Martin’s five centers in 2008. The Council on Social Work Education is a national association of social work education programs that works to ensure and enhance the quality of social work education by maintaining accreditation standards for both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s social work program is housed within the Department of Behavioral Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/socialwork\">utm.edu/socialwork</a> or contact the department at 731-881-7576.\r\n\r\n###','Accreditation reaffirmed for UT Martin social work program','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018.','publish','closed','closed','','accreditation-reaffirmed-for-ut-martin-social-work-program','','','2019-08-09 12:54:02','2019-08-09 17:54:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1246',0,'post','',0),(1247,3,'2019-08-09 12:53:38','2019-08-09 17:53:38','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018. The program first became externally accredited in 1974 and has successfully completed each reaccreditation cycle since that time.\r\n\r\n“The UT Martin social work program’s mission is to provide top-notch education to each student, preparing them for entry-level employment within the profession as well as graduate studies. This is achieved both inside and outside of the classroom through various community service and volunteer experiences as well as semester-long internship placements that prepare students for real-life experiences within the social work profession,” said Alicia Maya Donaldson, program director and associate professor of social work. “The UT Martin social work faculty work tirelessly not just to produce ‘good’ social workers, but to ensure that the program is producing ‘exceptional’ social workers that are prepared to make a difference in the lives of those that they serve.”\r\n\r\nThe program began on the UT Martin main campus in 1970 and expanded to provide the full curriculum at UT Martin’s five centers in 2008. The Council on Social Work Education is a national association of social work education programs that works to ensure and enhance the quality of social work education by maintaining accreditation standards for both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s social work program is housed within the Department of Behavioral Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/socialwork\">utm.edu/socialwork</a> or contact the department at 731-881-7576.\r\n\r\n###','Accreditation reaffirmed for UT Martin social work program','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018.','inherit','closed','closed','','1246-revision-v1','','','2019-08-09 12:53:38','2019-08-09 17:53:38','',1246,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/09/1246-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1248,3,'2019-08-09 12:53:51','2019-08-09 17:53:51','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018. The program first became externally accredited in 1974 and has successfully completed each reaccreditation cycle since that time.\n\n“The UT Martin social work program’s mission is to provide top-notch education to each student, preparing them for entry-level employment within the profession as well as graduate studies. This is achieved both inside and outside of the classroom through various community service and volunteer experiences as well as semester-long internship placements that prepare students for real-life experiences within the social work profession,” said Alicia Maya Donaldson, program director and associate professor of social work. “The UT Martin social work faculty work tirelessly not just to produce ‘good’ social workers, but to ensure that the program is producing ‘exceptional’ social workers that are prepared to make a difference in the lives of those that they serve.”\n\nThe program began on the UT Martin main campus in 1970 and expanded to provide the full curriculum at UT Martin’s five centers in 2008. The Council on Social Work Education is a national association of social work education programs that works to ensure and enhance the quality of social work education by maintaining accreditation standards for both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.\n\nUT Martin’s social work program is housed within the Department of Behavioral Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/socialwork\">utm.edu/socialwork</a> or contact the department at 731-881-7576.\n\n###','Accreditation reaffirmed for UT Martin social work program','The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018.','inherit','closed','closed','','1246-autosave-v1','','','2019-08-09 12:53:51','2019-08-09 17:53:51','',1246,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/09/1246-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1249,3,'2019-08-09 14:39:52','2019-08-09 19:39:52','University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver was among 45 Tennessee leaders to graduate from the sixth Leadership Tennessee class during a ceremony held June 3. The 10-month, five-session course includes leaders from both rural and urban communities statewide and encourages collaborative, non-partisan conversations on issues that affect all Tennesseans.\r\n\r\n“Leadership Tennessee offered the opportunity to take an intimate look into Tennessee’s challenges and opportunities,” said Carver. “It also created a platform to interact with leaders from across the state and created a vehicle for seeing how UT Martin might partner with other state organizations.”\r\n\r\nParticipants represented communities from across the state and many professional sectors, including health care, education, economic development, government, tourism and agriculture. Other class members from West Tennessee outside of Memphis included Jake Bynum, Weakley County mayor; Jai Templeton, former commissioner, Tennessee Department of Agriculture; Dr. Logan Hampton, president, Lane College; Justice Roger Page, Tennessee Supreme Court; Dr. Lisa Piercey, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health; and Lindsay Frilling, certified economic developer and CEO, Obion County Joint Economic Development Council. Carver, Templeton, Bynum, Piercy and Frilling are all graduates of the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program, which is in its 30th year of leadership development in West Tennessee and has graduated 856 class members since the program began.\r\n\r\nLeadership Tennessee, an initiative of the Lipscomb University College of Leadership and Public Service in Nashville, has built a network of more than 200 leaders statewide since its inception.\r\n\r\n###','Chancellor Keith Carver graduates from Leadership Tennessee','University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver was among 45 Tennessee leaders to graduate from the sixth Leadership Tennessee class during a ceremony held June 3. 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The 10-month, five-session course includes leaders from both rural and urban communities statewide and encourages collaborative, non-partisan conversations on issues that affect all Tennesseans.\r\n\r\n“Leadership Tennessee offered the opportunity to take an intimate look into Tennessee’s challenges and opportunities,” said Carver. “It also created a platform to interact with leaders from across the state and created a vehicle for seeing how UT Martin might partner with other state organizations.”\r\n\r\nParticipants represented communities from across the state and many professional sectors, including health care, education, economic development, government, tourism and agriculture. Other class members from West Tennessee outside of Memphis included Jake Bynum, Weakley County mayor; Jai Templeton, former commissioner, Tennessee Department of Agriculture; Dr. Logan Hampton, president, Lane College; Justice Roger Page, Tennessee Supreme Court; Dr. Lisa Piercey, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health; and Lindsay Frilling, certified economic developer and CEO, Obion County Joint Economic Development Council. Carver, Templeton, Bynum, Piercy and Frilling are all graduates of the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program, which is in its 30th year of leadership development in West Tennessee and has graduated 856 class members since the program began.\r\n\r\nLeadership Tennessee, an initiative of the Lipscomb University College of Leadership and Public Service in Nashville, has built a network of more than 200 leaders statewide since its inception.\r\n\r\n###','Chancellor Keith Carver graduates from Leadership Tennessee','University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver was among 45 Tennessee leaders to graduate from the sixth Leadership Tennessee class during a ceremony held June 3. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1249-revision-v1','','','2019-08-09 14:39:52','2019-08-09 19:39:52','',1249,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/09/1249-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1252,3,'2019-08-13 15:13:37','2019-08-13 20:13:37','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2019 semester Aug. 26, and incoming freshman students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 22. Many groups, including student-athletes, have already returned to the area.\r\n\r\nFirst-Year Initiative, a special program for incoming freshmen, begins with Move-In Mania at 6 a.m., Aug. 22, 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\nInformational sessions throughout the day will end with convocation at 5 p.m. in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center prior to the Skyhawk Family Picnic and Celebration at 6 p.m. in Graham Stadium. 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\nUpperclassmen and transfer students will begin moving into campus residences over the weekend, and classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday morning.\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 as soon as possible.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to welcome students back Aug. 22','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2019 semester Aug. 26, and incoming freshman students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 22. 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Many groups, including student-athletes, have already returned to the area.\r\n\r\nFirst-Year Initiative, a special program for incoming freshmen, begins with Move-In Mania at 6 a.m., Aug. 22, 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\nInformational sessions throughout the day will end with convocation at 5 p.m. in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center prior to the Skyhawk Family Picnic and Celebration at 6 p.m. in Graham Stadium. 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\nUpperclassmen and transfer students will begin moving into campus residences over the weekend, and classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday morning.\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 as soon as possible.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to welcome students back Aug. 22','The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin the fall 2019 semester Aug. 26, and incoming freshman students begin moving into campus residence halls Aug. 22. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1252-revision-v1','','','2019-08-13 15:13:37','2019-08-13 20:13:37','',1252,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/13/1252-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1255,3,'2019-08-13 16:31:58','2019-08-13 21:31:58','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer training courses this fall for those wishing to become pharmacy or phlebotomy technicians or clinical medical assistants. Participants do not need to be UT Martin students to enroll, and classes are offered at the UT Martin centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nCertification courses for future pharmacy technicians is offered at the following times and locations:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Somerville, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 3-Dec. 17</li>\r\n 	<li>Selmer, 6-9:30 p.m., Thursdays, Sept. 5-Dec. 19</li>\r\n 	<li>Parsons, 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Sept. 7-Dec. 14</li>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 10-Oct. 31</li>\r\n 	<li>Jackson, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17-Nov. 12</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nRegistration is $1,199 and includes all textbooks and supplies. This comprehensive 50-hour course will prepare students to pass the pharmacy technician certification exam and work in a pharmacy setting. Topics covered include pharmacy measures, Roman numerals and abbreviations; prescription label requirements; major drug classes; formularies and unit dose systems; allegation methods and math review; total parenteral nutrition and others. The course also includes an optional 80-hour clinical rotation. Interested participants can visit <a href=\"http://wwww.utm.edu/pharmacy\">utm.edu/pharmacy</a> to register online.\r\n\r\nA certification course for future phlebotomy technicians is offered at the following time and location:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 5-Dec. 12</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe registration fee is $1,799 per student and includes all required textbooks and course supplies. This 90-hour training program will prepare students to pass the National Healthcare Association Certification exam, offered at the end of the course. Class topics focus on medical terminology; anatomy and physiology; and blood collection procedures. Students will also gain hands-on experience collecting and handling specimen. Interested students can register online at <a href=\"http://wwww.utm.edu/phlebotomy\">utm.edu/phlebotomy</a>.\r\n\r\nA certification course for future clinical medical assistants is offered at the following time and location:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Sept. 7, 2019-June 27, 2020</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe registration fee is $2,599 per student and includes all textbooks and supplies. This course includes 140 hours of classroom instruction and 160 hours of clinical rotation. Class topics include patient care and safety; medical and legal issues; vital signs and documentation; phlebotomy skills; specimen collection and handling; and performing 12-lead EKGs, among other skills. Interested students can visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/medassistant\">utm.edu/medassistant</a> to register online.\r\n\r\nFor more information about any of these courses, contact UT Martin outreach at 731-881-7082.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to offer medical certification courses this fall','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer training courses this fall for those wishing to become pharmacy or phlebotomy technicians or clinical medical assistants. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-offer-medical-certification-courses-this-fall','','','2019-08-13 16:32:10','2019-08-13 21:32:10','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1255',0,'post','',0),(1256,3,'2019-08-13 16:31:58','2019-08-13 21:31:58','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer training courses this fall for those wishing to become pharmacy or phlebotomy technicians or clinical medical assistants. Participants do not need to be UT Martin students to enroll, and classes are offered at the UT Martin centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nCertification courses for future pharmacy technicians is offered at the following times and locations:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Somerville, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 3-Dec. 17</li>\r\n 	<li>Selmer, 6-9:30 p.m., Thursdays, Sept. 5-Dec. 19</li>\r\n 	<li>Parsons, 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Sept. 7-Dec. 14</li>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 10-Oct. 31</li>\r\n 	<li>Jackson, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17-Nov. 12</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nRegistration is $1,199 and includes all textbooks and supplies. This comprehensive 50-hour course will prepare students to pass the pharmacy technician certification exam and work in a pharmacy setting. Topics covered include pharmacy measures, Roman numerals and abbreviations; prescription label requirements; major drug classes; formularies and unit dose systems; allegation methods and math review; total parenteral nutrition and others. The course also includes an optional 80-hour clinical rotation. Interested participants can visit <a href=\"http://wwww.utm.edu/pharmacy\">utm.edu/pharmacy</a> to register online.\r\n\r\nA certification course for future phlebotomy technicians is offered at the following time and location:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 5-Dec. 12</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe registration fee is $1,799 per student and includes all required textbooks and course supplies. This 90-hour training program will prepare students to pass the National Healthcare Association Certification exam, offered at the end of the course. Class topics focus on medical terminology; anatomy and physiology; and blood collection procedures. Students will also gain hands-on experience collecting and handling specimen. Interested students can register online at <a href=\"http://wwww.utm.edu/phlebotomy\">utm.edu/phlebotomy</a>.\r\n\r\nA certification course for future clinical medical assistants is offered at the following time and location:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Ripley, 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Sept. 7, 2019-June 27, 2020</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe registration fee is $2,599 per student and includes all textbooks and supplies. This course includes 140 hours of classroom instruction and 160 hours of clinical rotation. Class topics include patient care and safety; medical and legal issues; vital signs and documentation; phlebotomy skills; specimen collection and handling; and performing 12-lead EKGs, among other skills. Interested students can visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/medassistant\">utm.edu/medassistant</a> to register online.\r\n\r\nFor more information about any of these courses, contact UT Martin outreach at 731-881-7082.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to offer medical certification courses this fall','The University of Tennessee at Martin will offer training courses this fall for those wishing to become pharmacy or phlebotomy technicians or clinical medical assistants. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1255-revision-v1','','','2019-08-13 16:31:58','2019-08-13 21:31:58','',1255,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/13/1255-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1257,3,'2019-08-14 13:17:11','2019-08-14 18:17:11','Brayden Faulkner, of Henderson; Chris Humphreys, of Martin; and Lucian Freeze, of Hornbeak, represented the University of Tennessee at Martin in the national 2019 Cyber FastTrack Competition, which began in April and finished the formal competitive rounds in July. All three computer science students were named quarter-finalists, and Faulkner and Humphreys both advanced to the semi-finals round. Faulkner also received one of 200 scholarships for his score in the contest.\r\n\r\nMore than 13,000 students nationwide began the competition in April, and 2,579 advanced to the quarter-finals round in May. Of these, 541 scored high enough to advance to the semi-finals and gain access to CyberStart Essentials, an online course to help students gain proficiency in a variety of cybersecurity skills.\r\n\r\nHumphreys and Faulkner both advanced to the semi-finals, where 200 high-scoring students were chosen at random to receive $500 scholarships. Faulkner was chosen for one of these awards. Both students are now participating in the online course, sponsored by the cybersecurity corporation SANS, and hope to continue their professional skills with further training.\r\n\r\nThe contest is designed to help fill the workforce gap in cybersecurity professionals at all levels, including the health care, government, public health, corporate and other fields.\r\n<blockquote>“Now, more than ever, information technology is a part of our everyday lives. Almost everything we do, from shopping to entertainment to voting to even basic utilities, is now online or digital in one form or another. This means that the world is now more vulnerable to cyber-attack than ever,” said Faulkner, who plans to enter the field after his graduation from UT Martin.</blockquote>\r\n“The competition has provided me with the resources and opportunities to develop and expand a wide variety of skills and allowed me to practice these skills in a practical setting. Many concepts in cybersecurity are difficult to understand in full until you are allowed to actually use them and see how they work,” he continued. “My (UT Martin) education has not only taught me much of the technical background knowledge needed to understand many of the concepts and tools used in the competition, but also gave me the ability to learn new tools and skills on my own.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1259\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1259 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HumphreysChris-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Chris Humphreys, of Martin, also advanced to the semi-final round and is now participating in an exclusive SANS cybersecurity training course.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhile the competition was open to all students with an interest in cybersecurity, the challenges required contenders to learn and apply complicated computer science concepts beyond basic classroom knowledge.\r\n<blockquote>“I have used tools that I have learned in all my (computer science) classes, including advanced 400-level classes, in this competition, and it pulls from all areas of computer science. The knowledge required has to be both deep and broad to do well,” said Humphreys. “We were all thrown in the deep end, and then they watched to see who would sink and who would swim. While this made it a difficult competition, it also made it extremely rewarding to solve a problem. …</blockquote>\r\n“I have learned an absolute ton in this competition, everything from very low-level assembly and machine languages to web applications and networking. I really enjoy it because it utilizes everything I have learned in my time here at UTM. Our computer science department has really prepared us well to deal with competitions like these and to understand computing in general,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Department of Computer Science has introduced two new concentration areas this fall, allowing students to focus on either data science or digital hardware and embedded systems throughout their undergraduate studies. The department is also hosting two online cybersecurity courses this fall, which are open to all interested students, professionals and community members.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the department at 731-881-7391 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/department/compsci\">utm.edu/department/compsci</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Three UT Martin students compete in national cybersecurity competition','Brayden Faulkner, Chris Humphreys, and Lucian Freeze represented UT Martin in the national 2019 Cyber FastTrack Competition, which began in April and finished the formal competitive rounds in July. ','publish','closed','closed','','three-ut-martin-students-compete-in-national-cybersecurity-competition','','','2019-08-14 13:17:31','2019-08-14 18:17:31','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1257',0,'post','',0),(1258,3,'2019-08-14 12:00:13','2019-08-14 17:00:13','','FaulknerBrayden','Brayden Faulkner, of Henderson, won a scholarship as part of the Cyber FastTrack Competition.','inherit','closed','closed','','faulknerbrayden','','','2019-08-14 12:01:48','2019-08-14 17:01:48','',1257,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FaulknerBrayden.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1259,3,'2019-08-14 12:00:47','2019-08-14 17:00:47','','HumphreysChris','Chris Humphreys, of Martin, also advanced to the semi-final round and is now participating in an exclusive SANS cybersecurity training course.','inherit','closed','closed','','humphreyschris','','','2019-08-14 12:02:26','2019-08-14 17:02:26','',1257,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HumphreysChris.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1260,3,'2019-08-14 13:17:11','2019-08-14 18:17:11','Brayden Faulkner, of Henderson; Chris Humphreys, of Martin; and Lucian Freeze, of Hornbeak, represented the University of Tennessee at Martin in the national 2019 Cyber FastTrack Competition, which began in April and finished the formal competitive rounds in July. All three computer science students were named quarter-finalists, and Faulkner and Humphreys both advanced to the semi-finals round. Faulkner also received one of 200 scholarships for his score in the contest.\r\n\r\nMore than 13,000 students nationwide began the competition in April, and 2,579 advanced to the quarter-finals round in May. Of these, 541 scored high enough to advance to the semi-finals and gain access to CyberStart Essentials, an online course to help students gain proficiency in a variety of cybersecurity skills.\r\n\r\nHumphreys and Faulkner both advanced to the semi-finals, where 200 high-scoring students were chosen at random to receive $500 scholarships. Faulkner was chosen for one of these awards. Both students are now participating in the online course, sponsored by the cybersecurity corporation SANS, and hope to continue their professional skills with further training.\r\n\r\nThe contest is designed to help fill the workforce gap in cybersecurity professionals at all levels, including the health care, government, public health, corporate and other fields.\r\n<blockquote>“Now, more than ever, information technology is a part of our everyday lives. Almost everything we do, from shopping to entertainment to voting to even basic utilities, is now online or digital in one form or another. This means that the world is now more vulnerable to cyber-attack than ever,” said Faulkner, who plans to enter the field after his graduation from UT Martin.</blockquote>\r\n“The competition has provided me with the resources and opportunities to develop and expand a wide variety of skills and allowed me to practice these skills in a practical setting. Many concepts in cybersecurity are difficult to understand in full until you are allowed to actually use them and see how they work,” he continued. “My (UT Martin) education has not only taught me much of the technical background knowledge needed to understand many of the concepts and tools used in the competition, but also gave me the ability to learn new tools and skills on my own.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1259\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1259 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HumphreysChris-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Chris Humphreys, of Martin, also advanced to the semi-final round and is now participating in an exclusive SANS cybersecurity training course.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhile the competition was open to all students with an interest in cybersecurity, the challenges required contenders to learn and apply complicated computer science concepts beyond basic classroom knowledge.\r\n<blockquote>“I have used tools that I have learned in all my (computer science) classes, including advanced 400-level classes, in this competition, and it pulls from all areas of computer science. The knowledge required has to be both deep and broad to do well,” said Humphreys. “We were all thrown in the deep end, and then they watched to see who would sink and who would swim. While this made it a difficult competition, it also made it extremely rewarding to solve a problem. …</blockquote>\r\n“I have learned an absolute ton in this competition, everything from very low-level assembly and machine languages to web applications and networking. I really enjoy it because it utilizes everything I have learned in my time here at UTM. Our computer science department has really prepared us well to deal with competitions like these and to understand computing in general,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Department of Computer Science has introduced two new concentration areas this fall, allowing students to focus on either data science or digital hardware and embedded systems throughout their undergraduate studies. The department is also hosting two online cybersecurity courses this fall, which are open to all interested students, professionals and community members.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the department at 731-881-7391 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/department/compsci\">utm.edu/department/compsci</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Three UT Martin students compete in national cybersecurity competition','Brayden Faulkner, Chris Humphreys, and Lucian Freeze represented UT Martin in the national 2019 Cyber FastTrack Competition, which began in April and finished the formal competitive rounds in July. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1257-revision-v1','','','2019-08-14 13:17:11','2019-08-14 18:17:11','',1257,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/14/1257-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1261,3,'2019-08-15 13:33:52','2019-08-15 18:33:52','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located inside the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library, is hosting the “Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature” exhibit now through Nov. 22. This exhibit, organized by the Knox County Public Library and the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, aims to show a more complete picture of the literary heritage of the Appalachian region.\r\n\r\nShowcasing life-size characters from regional tales, the exhibit explores books published from the late 1800s to the present and is based on research by Jamie Osborn, manager of the Halls branch of the Knox County Public Library. Visitors can stand eye-to-eye with characters from “Journey Cake Ho,” “A Mountain Rose,” “When Otter Tricked Rabbit,” “When I Was Young” and other tales of childhood in Appalachia. The exhibit also includes hands-on activities to bring the subject to life.\r\n\r\nThis is the first traveling exhibit of this scale to address Appalachian children’s literature and is made possible through the support of Clayton Homes, the Jane L. Pettway Foundation, Friends of the Knox County Public Library, and the University of Tennessee’s Center for Children and Young Adult Literature.\r\n\r\nThe J. Houston Gordon Museum is open from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. All off-campus visitors must request a visitor’s parking pass from the registration desk upon entry.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Paul Meek Library at 731-881-7464.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin library hosts \'Reading Appalachia\' exhibit','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located inside the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library, is hosting the “Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature” exhibit now through Nov. 22. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-library-hosts-reading-appalachia-exhibit','','','2019-08-16 09:32:59','2019-08-16 14:32:59','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1261',0,'post','',0),(1262,3,'2019-08-15 13:33:12','2019-08-15 18:33:12','','FSA/8b35000/8b350008b35062a.tif','This Library of Congress image shows a group of Appalachian children studying. ','inherit','closed','closed','','fsa-8b35000-8b350008b35062a-tif','','','2019-08-15 13:33:40','2019-08-15 18:33:40','',1261,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/08142019_ReadingAppalachia01_MEDIA.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1263,3,'2019-08-15 13:33:52','2019-08-15 18:33:52','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located inside the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library, is hosting the “Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature” exhibit now through Nov. 22. This exhibit, organized by the Knox County Public Library and the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, aims to show a more complete picture of the literary heritage of the Appalachian region.\r\n\r\nShowcasing life-size characters from regional tales, the exhibit explores books published from the late 1800s to the present and is based on research by Jamie Osborn, manager of the Halls branch of the Knox County Public Library. Visitors can stand eye-to-eye with characters from “Journey Cake Ho,” “A Mountain Rose,” “When Otter Tricked Rabbit,” “When I Was Young” and other tales of childhood in Appalachia. The exhibit also includes hands-on activities to bring the subject to life.\r\n\r\nThis is the first traveling exhibit of this scale to address Appalachian children’s literature and is made possible through the support of Clayton Homes, the Jane L. Pettway Foundation, Friends of the Knox County Public Library, and the University of Tennessee’s Center for Children and Young Adult Literature.\r\n\r\nThe J. Houston Gordon Museum is open from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. All off-campus visitors must request a visitor’s parking pass from the registration desk upon entry.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Paul Meek Library at 731-881-7464.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin library hosts \'Reading Appalachia\' exhibit','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located inside the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library, is hosting the “Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature” exhibit now through Nov. 22. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1261-revision-v1','','','2019-08-15 13:33:52','2019-08-15 18:33:52','',1261,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/15/1261-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1335,3,'2019-09-16 15:41:36','2019-09-16 20:41:36','Applications are now being accepted to participate in the University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2020. This program, the largest and oldest regional leadership development program in Tennessee, boasts 856 graduates to date and will celebrate its 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary this fall.\r\n\r\nThe WestStar program consists of eight specially designed seminar programs addressing contemporary issues important to West Tennessee’s development, including agriculture, transportation, economic development, public policy, education, tourism and technology. Each seminar takes place over one-and-a-half days. The program begins Dec. 10 with an opening one-day retreat and ends June 25, 2020, with an evening graduation ceremony.\r\n\r\nThe WestStar mission is to identify, encourage and equip community-minded people who want to become involved in West Tennessee’s economic success and are willing to accept leadership roles.\r\n\r\nParticipants learn leadership skills and develop strategies to help communities solve problems and maximize potential. Participants also become part of a growing network of WestStar alumni who help shape West Tennessee’s future. WestStar is committed to advancing the regional and global community through outreach and service.\r\n\r\nFor additional information or to apply, contact the WestStar Leadership Program at 731-881-7298 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/weststar\">utm.edu/weststar</a>. The application deadline is Oct. 11. Anyone can apply to participate in the program; nominations are accepted but not required.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Leadership Program accepting applications to class of 2020','Applications are now being accepted to participate in the University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2020. ','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-leadership-program-accepting-applications-to-class-of-2020','','','2019-09-23 11:13:05','2019-09-23 16:13:05','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1335',0,'post','',0),(1265,3,'2019-08-19 16:10:13','2019-08-19 21:10:13','The city of Martin, the University of Tennessee at Martin, and other sponsors have again partnered to bring the 26<sup>th</sup> annual <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">Tennessee Soybean Festival</a> to Martin on Sept. 1-7.\r\n\r\nMore than 100 events for children, adults and families are scheduled during the festival this year, including appearances by the Sea Lion Splash traveling show and the Incredible Chinese Acrobats. Labor Day children’s events include Touch-A-Truck in downtown Martin and the annual sidewalk chalk art contest at the C.E. Weldon Public Library, both from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Magical Martin Day from 3-7 p.m. in Virginia Weldon Park.\r\n\r\nA full concert lineup is expected on the main stage, and tickets are on sale now at <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">tnsoybeanfestival.org</a>. Runaway June and Walker Hayes will perform beginning at 8 p.m., Sept. 5; the Oak Ridge Boys will take the stage at 7 p.m., Sept. 6; and Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx will perform at 7 p.m., Sept. 7. Several free concerts are also scheduled, including Seven Bridges at 8 p.m., Sept. 3, and the Bethel Renaissance Choir at 7 p.m., Sept. 4.\r\n<blockquote>“The Tennessee Soybean Festival is as much a part of our local heritage as the university itself,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “Every year I get excited to see thousands of people return to our city to introduce their parents, children and spouses to the festival they knew as children or as students here at UT Martin. The list of activities has grown exponentially since that first festival 26 years ago, and I can only imagine what kind of regional event we will have in another 26 years. UT Martin is proud to partner with the city of Martin and other area businesses to make sure this iconic event continues every September.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Tennessee Soybean Festival Hall of Fame includes many with UT Martin connections, including the late Dr. Jerry Gresham, former festival director, festival founder and UT Martin professor emeritus of animal science; Steve Vantrease, former festival director and current director of the UT Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute; and David Belote, current festival director, former UT Martin assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and current co-director of the university’s First-Year Initiative Program.\r\n\r\nA complete schedule of events and concert ticket prices are available at <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">tnsoybeanfestival.org</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin co-sponsors the 2019 Tennessee Soybean Festival','The city of Martin, the University of Tennessee at Martin, and other sponsors have again partnered to bring the 26th annual Tennessee Soybean Festival to Martin on Sept. 1-7.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-co-sponsors-the-2019-tennessee-soybean-festival','','','2019-08-19 16:10:22','2019-08-19 21:10:22','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1265',0,'post','',0),(1266,3,'2019-08-19 16:07:25','2019-08-19 21:07:25','','09072018_Soybean38Special&Foreigner0034','The 2018 Tennessee Soybean Festival featured 38 Special and Foreigner during UT Martin student night.','inherit','closed','closed','','09072018_soybean38specialforeigner0034','','','2019-08-19 16:09:54','2019-08-19 21:09:54','',1265,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/09072018_Soybean38SpecialForeigner0034.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1267,3,'2019-08-19 16:10:13','2019-08-19 21:10:13','The city of Martin, the University of Tennessee at Martin, and other sponsors have again partnered to bring the 26<sup>th</sup> annual <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">Tennessee Soybean Festival</a> to Martin on Sept. 1-7.\r\n\r\nMore than 100 events for children, adults and families are scheduled during the festival this year, including appearances by the Sea Lion Splash traveling show and the Incredible Chinese Acrobats. Labor Day children’s events include Touch-A-Truck in downtown Martin and the annual sidewalk chalk art contest at the C.E. Weldon Public Library, both from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Magical Martin Day from 3-7 p.m. in Virginia Weldon Park.\r\n\r\nA full concert lineup is expected on the main stage, and tickets are on sale now at <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">tnsoybeanfestival.org</a>. Runaway June and Walker Hayes will perform beginning at 8 p.m., Sept. 5; the Oak Ridge Boys will take the stage at 7 p.m., Sept. 6; and Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx will perform at 7 p.m., Sept. 7. Several free concerts are also scheduled, including Seven Bridges at 8 p.m., Sept. 3, and the Bethel Renaissance Choir at 7 p.m., Sept. 4.\r\n<blockquote>“The Tennessee Soybean Festival is as much a part of our local heritage as the university itself,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “Every year I get excited to see thousands of people return to our city to introduce their parents, children and spouses to the festival they knew as children or as students here at UT Martin. The list of activities has grown exponentially since that first festival 26 years ago, and I can only imagine what kind of regional event we will have in another 26 years. UT Martin is proud to partner with the city of Martin and other area businesses to make sure this iconic event continues every September.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Tennessee Soybean Festival Hall of Fame includes many with UT Martin connections, including the late Dr. Jerry Gresham, former festival director, festival founder and UT Martin professor emeritus of animal science; Steve Vantrease, former festival director and current director of the UT Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute; and David Belote, current festival director, former UT Martin assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and current co-director of the university’s First-Year Initiative Program.\r\n\r\nA complete schedule of events and concert ticket prices are available at <a href=\"http://www.tnsoybeanfestival.org\">tnsoybeanfestival.org</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin co-sponsors the 2019 Tennessee Soybean Festival','The city of Martin, the University of Tennessee at Martin, and other sponsors have again partnered to bring the 26th annual Tennessee Soybean Festival to Martin on Sept. 1-7.','inherit','closed','closed','','1265-revision-v1','','','2019-08-19 16:10:13','2019-08-19 21:10:13','',1265,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/19/1265-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1268,3,'2019-08-19 16:31:01','2019-08-19 21:31:01','A routine inspection of the University of Tennessee at Martin ROTC Building, which includes visitors seating on Hardy M. Graham Stadium’s east side, identified structural and safety issues that are under review. As a precautionary measure, university officials are closing the building and visitors seating until more detailed inspections are made and the issues are resolved. The building opened in 1987 and is home to the university’s ROTC Program and houses the indoor range for the Skyhawk rifle team. Relocation plans are underway for ROTC classrooms and offices and the Skyhawk rifle team.\r\n\r\nGraham Stadium also serves as the home football field for Westview High School, which hosts the season opener with Dresden High School this Friday night. Game parking and stadium access will not be affected, but visitors-side concessions and restrooms will be closed until further notice. The Skyhawks’ season-opening football game with Northwestern State on Aug. 29 will also be played in Graham Stadium along with the remainder of the UT Martin home football schedule.\r\n\r\nThe stadium’s visitors side includes seating for 1,200 persons, while the press box side of the stadium seats approximately 3,000. “Our first concern is safety, both for spectators and ROTC Building users,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “We look forward to correcting these problems and resuming use of an important university building.”\r\n\r\nThe technical evaluation of the building’s seating was completed by TLM Associates Inc., of Jackson, and KSi Structural Engineering Inc., of Nashville.\r\n\r\n###','Repairs to affect Hardy Graham Stadium seating','A routine inspection of the University of Tennessee at Martin ROTC Building, which includes visitors seating on Hardy M. Graham Stadium’s east side, identified structural and safety issues that are under review. ','publish','closed','closed','','repairs-to-affect-hardy-graham-stadium-seating','','','2019-08-20 11:53:10','2019-08-20 16:53:10','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1268',0,'post','',0),(1269,3,'2019-08-19 16:28:01','2019-08-19 21:28:01','','062019_StadiumScenic009','This photo shows the east side of UT Martin’s Hardy M. Graham Stadium, which is being closed until further notice to review structural and safety issues. Friday night’s high school football opening game between Westview High School and Dresden High School will be played as scheduled with all fans seated on the press box side of Graham Stadium. Game parking and stadium access will not be affected, but visitors-side concessions and restrooms will be closed until further notice.','inherit','closed','closed','','062019_stadiumscenic009','','','2019-08-19 16:28:37','2019-08-19 21:28:37','',1268,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/062019_StadiumScenic009.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1270,3,'2019-08-19 16:31:01','2019-08-19 21:31:01','A routine inspection of the University of Tennessee at Martin ROTC Building, which includes visitors seating on Hardy M. Graham Stadium’s east side, identified structural and safety issues that are under review. As a precautionary measure, university officials are closing the building and visitors seating until more detailed inspections are made and the issues are resolved. The building opened in 1987 and is home to the university’s ROTC Program and houses the indoor range for the Skyhawk rifle team. Relocation plans are underway for ROTC classrooms and offices and the Skyhawk rifle team.\r\n\r\nGraham Stadium also serves as the home football field for Westview High School, which hosts the season opener with Dresden High School this Friday night. Game parking and stadium access will not be affected, but visitors-side concessions and restrooms will be closed until further notice. The Skyhawks’ season-opening football game with Northwestern State on Aug. 29 will also be played in Graham Stadium along with the remainder of the UT Martin home football schedule.\r\n\r\nThe stadium’s visitors side includes seating for 1,200 persons, while the press box side of the stadium seats approximately 3,000. “Our first concern is safety, both for spectators and ROTC Building users,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “We look forward to correcting these problems and resuming use of an important university building.”\r\n\r\nThe technical evaluation of the building’s seating was completed by TLM Associates Inc., of Jackson, and KSi Structural Engineering Inc., of Nashville.\r\n\r\n###','Repairs to affect Hardy Graham Stadium seating','A routine inspection of the University of Tennessee at Martin ROTC Building, which includes visitors seating on Hardy M. Graham Stadium’s east side, identified structural and safety issues that are under review. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1268-revision-v1','','','2019-08-19 16:31:01','2019-08-19 21:31:01','',1268,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/19/1268-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1271,3,'2019-08-20 11:55:10','2019-08-20 16:55:10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the second Healthy Steps program this fall for community members seeking to lose weight, create healthy lifestyles and combat chronic diseases such as diabetes type 2, hypertension, heart disease and cancer.\r\n\r\nThe 16-week program will begin Sept. 3 and meet at 6 p.m. each Tuesday night through Dec. 17 in room 120 of Gooch Hall on the UT Martin main campus. Diane Austin, an assistant professor in the UT Martin Department of Nursing, and Allicia Austin, certified lifestyle coach, will conduct the sessions using the Prevent T2 program. This course was designed by the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\r\n\r\nThe program’s goal is to help participants permanently lose five to seven percent of their body weight through healthy eating and increased physical activity. Participants move through the program as a group, providing a personal support network in addition to the help of a registered nurse and certified lifestyle coach. The program is open to all, and there is no cost to participate.\r\n\r\nInterested participants should email <a href=\"mailto:allica.austin@gmail.com\">allica.austin@gmail.com</a> or <a href=\"mailto:daustin@utm.edu\">daustin@utm.edu</a> to enroll in the program. Registration emails should include each individual’s name, phone number and email address. For more information, contact either Allicia or Diane Austin at the email addresses above.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host second Healthy Steps Program this fall','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the second Healthy Steps program this fall for community members seeking to lose weight, create healthy lifestyles and combat chronic diseases.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-second-healthy-steps-program-this-fall','','','2019-08-21 14:09:02','2019-08-21 19:09:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1271',0,'post','',0),(1272,3,'2019-08-20 11:53:59','2019-08-20 16:53:59','','04252018_KeithCarverHealthyHawkWalk04','This photo was taken during a Hawk Walk with Chancellor Carver event in 2018.','inherit','closed','closed','','04252018_keithcarverhealthyhawkwalk04','','','2019-08-20 11:54:55','2019-08-20 16:54:55','',1271,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/04252018_KeithCarverHealthyHawkWalk04.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1273,3,'2019-08-20 11:55:10','2019-08-20 16:55:10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the second Healthy Steps program this fall for community members seeking to lose weight, create healthy lifestyles and combat chronic diseases such as diabetes type 2, hypertension, heart disease and cancer.\r\n\r\nThe 16-week program will begin Sept. 3 and meet at 6 p.m. each Tuesday night through Dec. 17 in room 120 of Gooch Hall on the UT Martin main campus. Diane Austin, an assistant professor in the UT Martin Department of Nursing, and Allicia Austin, certified lifestyle coach, will conduct the sessions using the Prevent T2 program. This course was designed by the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\r\n\r\nThe program’s goal is to help participants permanently lose five to seven percent of their body weight through healthy eating and increased physical activity. Participants move through the program as a group, providing a personal support network in addition to the help of a registered nurse and certified lifestyle coach. The program is open to all, and there is no cost to participate.\r\n\r\nInterested participants should email <a href=\"mailto:allica.austin@gmail.com\">allica.austin@gmail.com</a> or <a href=\"mailto:daustin@utm.edu\">daustin@utm.edu</a> to enroll in the program. Registration emails should include each individual’s name, phone number and email address. For more information, contact either Allicia or Diane Austin at the email addresses above.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host second Healthy Steps Program this fall','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the second Healthy Steps program this fall for community members seeking to lose weight, create healthy lifestyles and combat chronic diseases.','inherit','closed','closed','','1271-revision-v1','','','2019-08-20 11:55:10','2019-08-20 16:55:10','',1271,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/08/20/1271-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1274,3,'2019-08-20 14:17:31','2019-08-20 19:17:31','Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, will speak at 7 p.m., Sept. 3, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Skyhawk Fieldhouse as part of the university’s <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/engage\">ENGAGE Civic Initiative</a>. Twenge will focus on “iGen: The Smartphone Generation” from a psychological perspective.\r\n\r\nTwenge is the author of more than 140 scientific publications and three books discussing the ways the “iGen” generation – children born after 1995 – are growing up more slowly and struggling with more instances of anxiety and depression than previous generations. Her research has been featured in “Time,” “Newsweek,” “The New York Times,” “USA Today,” “U.S. News and World Report” and “The Washington Post,” and she has appeared on several national television and radio shows. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin ENGAGE program is new this fall semester and aims to help promote the common good, civic responsibility, diverse perspectives, free speech, service and environmental sustainability among members of the campus community. Twenge is the first speaker in the program’s series of guest presentations, video screenings, community discussion forums and a campus-wide common reader curriculum.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin ENGAGE Program, contact Dr. Arthur Hunt, program co-director, at <a href=\"mailto:ahunt@utm.edu\">ahunt@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Dr. Jean Twenge to speak Sept. 3 as part of UT Martin ENGAGE Program','Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, will speak at 7 p.m., Sept. 3, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Skyhawk Fieldhouse as part of the university’s ENGAGE Civic Initiative. 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