INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (603,3,'2019-01-09 16:45:27','2019-01-09 22:45:27','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. The board, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, is the first of its kind and will provide localized oversight for the UT Martin campus. Gov. Bill Haslam attended the inaugural meeting.\r\n<blockquote>“As you know, when we passed the UT FOCUS Act last legislative session, one of the key pieces of that was to shrink the board for the UT System from 26 members down to 11. … But I didn’t want to lose the fact that we are a system, and that system has very different pieces and parts to it, all of which play a very different and important role to making the system whole. I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_606\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-606 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_607\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-607 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Devin Majors (center), a junior political science major from Nashville, was elected to serve as student representative on the UT Martin Advisory Board. Majors is the current UT Martin Student Government Association president.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1934. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_604\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-604 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (center) and University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver (third from right) are pictured with current members of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Chris Caldwell, faculty representative; Monice Hagler, of Memphis; Hal Bynum, of Sharon; Devin Majors, student representative; and Art Sparks, of Union City. Julia Wells, of Bells, participated in the meeting via telephone.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAdditional photos from the board meeting can be found 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=\"G00003Pp01PzadgQ\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-holds-first-meeting-governor-attends','','','2019-01-10 08:11:27','2019-01-10 14:11:27','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=603',0,'post','',0),(563,3,'2019-01-02 11:20:30','2019-01-02 17:20:30','','McPhearson_Petra_horizontal','Petra McPhearson, vice chancellor for finance and administration','inherit','closed','closed','','mcphearson_petra_horizontal-2','','','2019-01-02 11:20:44','2019-01-02 17:20:44','',557,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/McPhearson_Petra_horizontal-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(564,3,'2019-01-02 11:20:46','2019-01-02 17:20:46','University of Tennessee Interim President Randy Boyd announced the creation of a new task force to examine university administration effectiveness in an effort to clarify the roles and responsibilities between the University of Tennessee System administration and the individual campuses and institutes it serves. This announcement came Dec. 17 and is one of several changes already implemented as part of Boyd’s six priorities while in office.\r\n\r\nThe task force is co-chaired by David Miller, UT’s chief financial officer, and Richard Brown, executive vice chancellor for administration at UT Chattanooga. Each UT campus and institute has representation on the task force, and UT Martin is represented by Petra McPhearson, vice chancellor for finance and administration.\r\n\r\nOne of the core responsibilities of the UT System administration is to perform operations on behalf of UT’s campuses and institutes that would create duplication and additional costs if each entity performed the work independently. This approach saves the institutions, taxpayers and students significant costs.\r\n\r\n“The faculty and staff that make up the University of Tennessee are our greatest asset to helping ensure students can fulfill their dream of graduating college,” said Boyd. “My main goal is to determine if there are opportunities to share best practices, streamline processes, identify practical ways to do our jobs better and ultimately reduce costs.”\r\n\r\nUT has engaged in periodic reviews of roles and efficiency projects since the 1980s. Boyd has encouraged the task force to seek best practices from the business world and adapt them for higher education.\r\n\r\nInitially, the task force will explore five departments within institutional support. These areas include capital projects, communications and marketing, human resources, information technology, and procurement and contracting. The task force will provide recommendations to Boyd for consideration by late spring.\r\n\r\nTask force members include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>David Miller, UT System, chief financial officer (co-chair)</li>\r\n 	<li>Richard Brown, UT Chattanooga, executive vice chancellor for administration (co-chair)</li>\r\n 	<li>Tonja Johnson, UT System, executive vice president and chief operating officer</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Cimino, UT Knoxville, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration</li>\r\n 	<li>Petra McPhearson, UT Martin, vice chancellor for finance and administration</li>\r\n 	<li>Tony Ferrara, UT Health Science Center, vice chancellor and chief financial officer</li>\r\n 	<li>Tim Fawver, UT Institute of Agriculture, chief business officer</li>\r\n 	<li>Gail White, UT Institute for Public Service, budget director</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information, contact Melissa Tindell, UT System director of communications, at 865-974-0741or <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','McPhearson represents UT Martin on new UT System task force','UT Interim President Randy Boyd recently announced the creation of a new task force to examine university administration effectiveness. ','inherit','closed','closed','','557-autosave-v1','','','2019-01-02 11:20:46','2019-01-02 17:20:46','',557,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/02/557-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(565,3,'2019-01-02 16:50:35','2019-01-02 22:50:35','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center. One member unable to be present will participate by telephone.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Review of UT FOCUS Act legislation and the role of the advisory board</li>\r\n 	<li>Adoption of bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Appointment of a student board member</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a secretary</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of future dates for regular board meetings</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of the UT Martin strategic plan, student profileand impact study</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEach UT campus across the state will be served by an advisory board comprised of five public members, one faculty member and one student member. The following UT Martin Advisory Board members were appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam, confirmed by the General Assembly and announced late last year:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ‘76</li>\r\n 	<li>Kyle Spurgeon, of Jackson, Jackson Chamber of Commerce</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUT Martin’s faculty representative elected by the Faculty Senate is Dr. Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics and past president of the UT Martin Faculty Senate. Caldwell will serve a two-year term.\r\n\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or pdf at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8. 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 30 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut 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. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold first meeting Jan. 9','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-hold-first-meeting-jan-9','','','2019-01-02 16:50:35','2019-01-02 22:50:35','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=565',0,'post','',0),(566,3,'2019-01-02 16:31:23','2019-01-02 22:31:23','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center. One member unable to be present will participate by telephone.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Review of UT FOCUS Act legislation and the role of the advisory board</li>\r\n 	<li>Adoption of bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Appointment of a student board member</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a secretary</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of future dates for regular board meetings</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of the UT Martin strategic plan, student profileand impact study</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEach UT campus across the state will be served by an advisory board comprised of five public members, one faculty member and one student member. The following UT Martin Advisory Board members were appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam, confirmed by the General Assembly and announced late last year:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ‘76</li>\r\n 	<li>Kyle Spurgeon, of Jackson, Jackson Chamber of Commerce</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUT Martin’s faculty representative elected by the Faculty Senate is Dr. Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics and past president of the UT Martin Faculty Senate. Caldwell will serve a two-year term.\r\n\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or pdf at utm.edu/advisoryboard. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8. 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 30 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut 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. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold first meeting Jan. 9','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','565-revision-v1','','','2019-01-02 16:31:23','2019-01-02 22:31:23','',565,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/02/565-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(567,3,'2019-01-02 16:33:04','2019-01-02 22:33:04','','03212018_SpringCampusScenery16','','inherit','closed','closed','','03212018_springcampusscenery16','','','2019-01-02 16:33:04','2019-01-02 22:33:04','',565,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/03212018_SpringCampusScenery16.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(568,3,'2019-01-02 16:50:35','2019-01-02 22:50:35','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center. One member unable to be present will participate by telephone.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Review of UT FOCUS Act legislation and the role of the advisory board</li>\r\n 	<li>Adoption of bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Appointment of a student board member</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of a secretary</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of future dates for regular board meetings</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of the UT Martin strategic plan, student profileand impact study</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEach UT campus across the state will be served by an advisory board comprised of five public members, one faculty member and one student member. The following UT Martin Advisory Board members were appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam, confirmed by the General Assembly and announced late last year:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ‘76</li>\r\n 	<li>Kyle Spurgeon, of Jackson, Jackson Chamber of Commerce</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUT Martin’s faculty representative elected by the Faculty Senate is Dr. Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics and past president of the UT Martin Faculty Senate. Caldwell will serve a two-year term.\r\n\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or pdf at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8. 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 30 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut 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. CDT, Tuesday, Jan. 8.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold first meeting Jan. 9','A new advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin will hold its first meeting beginning at 1 p.m. CST, Jan. 9, in room 206 of the UT Martin Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','565-revision-v1','','','2019-01-02 16:50:35','2019-01-02 22:50:35','',565,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/02/565-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(569,3,'2019-01-03 11:48:38','2019-01-03 17:48:38','The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester. Recent high school graduates, nontraditional students, returning adult learners and transfer students are all eligible to apply. Academic advising begins Jan. 9, and registration extends Jan. 10-16.\r\n\r\nSpring classes begin Jan. 10 on the UT Martin main campus and at all five centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. Online and hybrid courses are also available to accommodate individual academic needs.\r\n\r\nUT Martin currently offers more than 100 undergraduate areas of study within 18 degree programs as well as five graduate-level degree programs with 17 specialized concentrations. Approximately 71 percent of UT Martin faculty hold the highest degree in their field, and more than 81 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students.\r\n\r\nApproximately 92 percent of degree-seeking undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, which included $16.3 million awarded in grants and $22.6 million awarded in scholarships during the 2017-18 academic year.\r\n\r\nVisit utm.edu/apply to submit an online application today. For assistance or more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Programs at 731-881-7012.\r\n\r\n###','Applications still accepted for spring 2019 semester','The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester.','publish','closed','closed','','applications-still-accepted-for-spring-2019-semester','','','2019-01-03 11:48:38','2019-01-03 17:48:38','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=569',0,'post','',0),(570,3,'2019-01-03 11:41:11','2019-01-03 17:41:11','','03212018_SpringCampusScenery01','','inherit','closed','closed','','03212018_springcampusscenery01','','','2019-01-03 11:41:11','2019-01-03 17:41:11','',569,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/03212018_SpringCampusScenery01.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(579,3,'2019-01-03 11:48:14','2019-01-03 17:48:14','The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester. Recent high school graduates, nontraditional students, returning adult learners and transfer students are all eligible to apply. Academic advising begins Jan. 9, and registration extends Jan. 10-16.\r\n\r\nSpring classes begin Jan. 10 on the UT Martin main campus and at all five centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. Online and hybrid courses are also available to accommodate individual academic needs.\r\n\r\nUT Martin currently offers more than 100 undergraduate areas of study within 18 degree programs as well as five graduate-level degree programs with 17 specialized concentrations. Approximately 71 percent of UT Martin faculty hold the highest degree in their field, and more than 81 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students.\r\n\r\nApproximately 92 percent of degree-seeking undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, which included $16.3 million awarded in grants and $22.6 million awarded in scholarships during the 2017-18 academic year.\r\n\r\nVisit utm.edu/apply to submit an online application today. For assistance or more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Programs at 731-881-7012.\r\n\r\n###','Applications still accepted for spring 2019 semester','The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester.','inherit','closed','closed','','569-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 11:48:14','2019-01-03 17:48:14','',569,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/569-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(575,3,'2019-01-03 11:45:48','2019-01-03 17:45:48','<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester. Recent high school graduates, nontraditional students, returning adult learners and transfer students are all eligible to apply. Academic advising begins Jan. 9, and registration extends Jan. 10-16.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Spring classes begin Jan. 10 on the UT Martin main campus and at all five centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. Online and hybrid courses are also available to accommodate individual academic needs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">UT Martin currently offers more than 100 undergraduate areas of study within 18 degree programs as well as five graduate-level degree programs with 17 specialized concentrations. Approximately 71 percent of UT Martin faculty hold the highest degree in their field, and more than 81 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Approximately 92 percent of degree-seeking undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, which included $16.3 million awarded in grants and $22.6 million awarded in scholarships during the 2017-18 academic year.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Visit utm.edu/apply to submit an online application today. For assistance or more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or the Office of Graduate Programs at 731-881-7012.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Applications still accepted for spring 2019 semester','The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester.','inherit','closed','closed','','569-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 11:45:48','2019-01-03 17:45:48','',569,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/569-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(572,3,'2019-01-03 11:44:49','2019-01-03 17:44:49','<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">The University of Tennessee at Martin is still accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester. Recent high school graduates, nontraditional students, returning adult learners and transfer students are all eligible to apply. Academic advising begins Jan. 9, and registration extends Jan. 10-16.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Spring classes begin Jan. 10 on the UT Martin main campus and at all five centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. Online and hybrid courses are also available to accommodate individual academic needs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">UT Martin currently offers more than 100 undergraduate areas of study within 18 degree programs as well as five graduate-level degree programs with 17 specialized concentrations. Approximately 71 percent of UT Martin faculty hold the highest degree in their field, and more than 81 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Approximately 92 percent of degree-seeking undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, which included $16.3 million awarded in grants and $22.6 million awarded in scholarships during the 2017-18 academic year.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Visit utm.edu/apply to submit an online application today. 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Recent high school graduates, nontraditional students, returning adult learners and transfer students are all eligible to apply.<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Academic advising begins Jan. 9, and registration extends Jan. 10-16.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Spring classes begin Jan. 10 on the UT Martin main campus and at all five centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. 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Giles served UT Martin from 1952 until her retirement in 1995 and was instrumental in the establishment of women’s intercollegiate athletics programs at UT Martin and across the country.\r\n\r\nWhen she first entered the higher education field, women were only permitted to play sports on the intramural level. Some exceptional players were added to “extra-mural” teams that visited other schools to play off-campus games, but there was no budget for transportation or accommodations for these trips.\r\n\r\n“Our players bought their own food and, if we stayed overnight, we slept on the floor in our sleeping bags in the opponents’ locker rooms. I can remember we would stop at the grocery store and buy bologna, bread and Cokes,” said Giles in a 2011 interview with the Weakley County Press.\r\n\r\nGiles and other athletic administrators across the state, particularly at Memphis State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, gathered to establish the Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation in 1966 to promote intercollegiate competition and organize state championships for a variety of women’s sports. This organization grew from an initial group of 18 colleges and universities to 34 institutions by 1973. Giles served as the organization’s first president.\r\n\r\nThese efforts eventually contributed to the passing of the Educational Amendment Act of 1972, a piece of national legislation most famous for its Title IX component – the requirement that higher education institutions provide equal opportunities for women’s athletics in order to receive federal funding. This legislation began a gradual change in women’s athletics nationwide that Giles says is still a work in progress.\r\n\r\n“Things are not totally equal, but they are getting that way. So, things are getting better as far as women in colleges with athletic opportunities,” said Giles in a recent interview with WBBJ-TV.\r\n\r\nGiles began her UT Martin career as an associate professor of physical education and served as UT Martin’s cheerleader sponsor from 1952-1973. She also started the women’s tennis program in 1952 and coached that team for eight years. Tennis ultimately became the first women’s sport to achieve varsity status at UT Martin. Giles became the university’s first and only director of women’s athletics in 1971 and held the position until 1994.\r\n\r\nGiles influenced countless athletes during her decades at UT Martin, including Pat Head Summitt, the basketball player who would later become the winningest coach in the history of women’s basketball during her tenure as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, and Jerry Reese, former general manager of the New York Giants.\r\n\r\nShe is the recipient of numerous awards from both academic and athletic organizations, and she was inducted into the UT Martin Athletics Hall of Fame in 1985. The UT Martin Bettye Giles Softball Field is named in her honor, as is the university’s Bettye Giles Female Athlete of the Year Award. Summitt also established the Bettye Giles/Nadine Gearin Endowed Scholarship in honor of her mentorship as well as that of Nadine Gearin, who coached the women’s basketball team of which Summitt was a part. All three of these women are memorialized in a bronze statue titled “Coaches,” which stands outside the main entrance of the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center where the Skyhawk basketball teams play on Pat Head Summitt court.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0 !important; padding-bottom: 75% !important; width: 100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000qeczTRpW2Fo\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Bettye Giles turns 90','The University of Tennessee at Martin hosted a birthday party to honor Bettye Giles, former director of women’s athletics, on her 90th birthday Jan. 11 in the Champions Club of the university’s Hardy Graham Stadium. 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This position is also responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHolland will interview on campus Jan. 14. He has worked with UT Extension since 1993. He has filled a variety of positions throughout his tenure and is currently responsible for the development, implementation and reporting of UT Extension educational programs in value-added enterprise development, among other duties. He received the 2018 UT Institute of Agriculture Downen Award for Leadership Development.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_583\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-583 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Holland-Rob-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /> Rob Holland, extension specialist and director of the UT Center for Profitable Agriculture[/caption]\r\n\r\nHolland holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from UT Martin and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has also completed the Corporate Leadership Development program at Belmont University and the LEAD21 program for land-grant university leaders.\r\n\r\nDeal will complete his interview Jan. 15. He has worked with UT Martin since 2002 and has held positions in the Division of Student Affairs, Division of University Advancement and Office of Intercollegiate Athletics before accepting a position as associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and annual giving, which he held from 2004-2018. Deal currently oversees the Office of Research, Grants and Contracts. He is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_582\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-582 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Deal-Charley-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /> Dr. Charley Deal, special advisor to the chancellor and UT Martin interim director of research, grants and contracts[/caption]\r\n\r\nDeal holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized.\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, is serving as chair of the search committee, which includes representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members are Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, interim assistant vice chancellor for student affairs; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nAshlie Czyz, director of human resources programs and executive recruiter for the University of Tennessee System, is serving as executive recruiter for this position. 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This position is also responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHolland will interview on campus Jan. 14. He has worked with UT Extension since 1993. He has filled a variety of positions throughout his tenure and is currently responsible for the development, implementation and reporting of UT Extension educational programs in value-added enterprise development, among other duties. He received the 2018 UT Institute of Agriculture Downen Award for Leadership Development.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_583\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-583 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Holland-Rob-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /> Rob Holland, extension specialist and director of the UT Center for Profitable Agriculture[/caption]\r\n\r\nHolland holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from UT Martin and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has also completed the Corporate Leadership Development program at Belmont University and the LEAD21 program for land-grant university leaders.\r\n\r\nDeal will complete his interview Jan. 15. He has worked with UT Martin since 2002 and has held positions in the Division of Student Affairs, Division of University Advancement and Office of Intercollegiate Athletics before accepting a position as associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and annual giving, which he held from 2004-2018. Deal currently oversees the Office of Research, Grants and Contracts. He is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-582\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Deal-Charley-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nDeal holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized.\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, is serving as chair of the search committee, which includes representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members are Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, interim assistant vice chancellor for student affairs; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nAshlie Czyz, director of human resources programs and executive recruiter for the University of Tennessee System, is serving as executive recruiter for this position. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/roedsearch\">utm.edu/roedsearch</a>.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Candidates announced for executive director of research, outreach and economic development','After a national search for candidates, the University of Tennessee at Martin has invited two individuals to interview for the position of executive director of research, outreach and economic development.','inherit','closed','closed','','580-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 12:17:11','2019-01-03 18:17:11','',580,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/580-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(585,3,'2019-01-03 12:17:43','2019-01-03 18:17:43','After a national search for candidates, the University of Tennessee at Martin has invited Rob Holland, current extension specialist and director of the UT Center for Profitable Agriculture, and Dr. Charley Deal, current special advisor to the chancellor and UT Martin interim director of research, grants and contracts, to interview for the position of executive director of research, outreach and economic development Jan. 14-15.\r\n\r\n“This position is a direct result of our new strategic plan,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “We are committed to strengthening our existing public and private partnerships, expanding our research portfolio and becoming an integral part of the economic development initiatives across the region.”\r\n\r\nThe executive director of research, outreach and economic development will report directly to Carver and work closely with the UT System’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in support of state and regional relationships. This position is also responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHolland will interview on campus Jan. 14. He has worked with UT Extension since 1993. He has filled a variety of positions throughout his tenure and is currently responsible for the development, implementation and reporting of UT Extension educational programs in value-added enterprise development, among other duties. He received the 2018 UT Institute of Agriculture Downen Award for Leadership Development.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_583\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-583 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Holland-Rob-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /> Rob Holland, extension specialist and director of the UT Center for Profitable Agriculture[/caption]\r\n\r\nHolland holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from UT Martin and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has also completed the Corporate Leadership Development program at Belmont University and the LEAD21 program for land-grant university leaders.\r\n\r\nDeal will complete his interview Jan. 15. He has worked with UT Martin since 2002 and has held positions in the Division of Student Affairs, Division of University Advancement and Office of Intercollegiate Athletics before accepting a position as associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and annual giving, which he held from 2004-2018. Deal currently oversees the Office of Research, Grants and Contracts. He is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_582\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-582 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Deal-Charley-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /> Dr. Charley Deal, special advisor to the chancellor and UT Martin interim director of research, grants and contracts[/caption]\r\n\r\nDeal holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized.\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, is serving as chair of the search committee, which includes representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members are Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, interim assistant vice chancellor for student affairs; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nAshlie Czyz, director of human resources programs and executive recruiter for the University of Tennessee System, is serving as executive recruiter for this position. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/roedsearch\">utm.edu/roedsearch</a>.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Candidates announced for executive director of research, outreach and economic development','After a national search for candidates, the University of Tennessee at Martin has invited two individuals to interview for the position of executive director of research, outreach and economic development.','inherit','closed','closed','','580-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 12:17:43','2019-01-03 18:17:43','',580,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/580-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(586,3,'2019-01-03 15:22:59','2019-01-03 21:22:59','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents. Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions 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 Somerville site will be Southwest’s seventh location in the region and will allow students in the Fayette County area to complete community college coursework without commuting into Shelby County. Faculty from Southwest will move into the UT Martin Somerville Center over the winter break, and classes will begin with the spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_588\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-588 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Southwest Tennessee Community College will begin using classroom space at the UT Martin Somerville Center this spring.[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>“Southwest is proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin to extend our reach and better serve the residents of Fayette County,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College. “Our goal is to provide access to education that leads to careers and continued education, and having a presence at the UT Martin Somerville Center is an excellent way to do just that. Southwest students in Fayette County will benefit from convenient access to a tuition-free education while they travel a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree and beyond at UT Martin. It’s a win-win-win for Southwest, UT Martin and Fayette County residents.”</blockquote>\r\nInitially, Southwest will offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in business management with co-requisite courses in English, reading and mathematics, as well as additional courses to complement existing UT Martin offerings at the center.\r\n\r\nAdditional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow full degreeavailability within the next 12-18 months. Courses completed through Southwest will be transferrable to UT Martin through the Tennessee Transfer Pathway for those wishing to complete four-year degrees.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin announces partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-announces-partnership-with-southwest-tennessee-community-college','','','2019-01-04 10:49:23','2019-01-04 16:49:23','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=586',0,'post','',0),(587,3,'2019-01-03 15:19:16','2019-01-03 21:19:16','','08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening155','','inherit','closed','closed','','08242017_somervillecenteropening155','','','2019-01-03 15:19:16','2019-01-03 21:19:16','',586,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening155.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(588,3,'2019-01-03 15:20:39','2019-01-03 21:20:39','','08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09','Southwest Tennessee Community College will begin using classroom space at the UT Martin Somerville Center in spring 2019.','inherit','closed','closed','','08242017_somervillecenteropening09','','','2019-01-03 15:21:33','2019-01-03 21:21:33','',586,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(589,3,'2019-01-03 15:21:54','2019-01-03 21:21:54','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents. Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions 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 Somerville site will be Southwest’s seventh location in the region and will allow students in the Fayette County area to complete community college coursework without commuting into Shelby County. Faculty from Southwest will move into the UT Martin Somerville Center over the winter break, and classes will begin with the spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-588\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n<blockquote>“Southwest is proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin to extend our reach and better serve the residents of Fayette County,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College. “Our goal is to provide access to education that leads to careers and continued education, and having a presence at the UT Martin Somerville Center is an excellent way to do just that. Southwest students in Fayette County will benefit from convenient access to a tuition-free education while they travel a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree and beyond at UT Martin. It’s a win-win-win for Southwest, UT Martin and Fayette County residents.”</blockquote>\r\nInitially, Southwest will offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in business management with co-requisite courses in English, reading and mathematics, as well as additional courses to complement existing UT Martin offerings at the center.\r\n\r\nAdditional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow full degreeavailability within the next 12-18 months. Courses completed through Southwest will be transferrable to UT Martin through the Tennessee Transfer Pathway for those wishing to complete four-year degrees.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin announces partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents.','inherit','closed','closed','','586-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 15:21:54','2019-01-03 21:21:54','',586,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/586-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(590,3,'2019-01-03 15:22:26','2019-01-03 21:22:26','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents. Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions 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 Somerville site will be Southwest’s seventh location in the region and will allow students in the Fayette County area to complete community college coursework without commuting into Shelby County. Faculty from Southwest will move into the UT Martin Somerville Center over the winter break, and classes will begin with the spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_588\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-588 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Southwest Tennessee Community College will begin using classroom space at the UT Martin Somerville Center in spring 2019.[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>“Southwest is proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin to extend our reach and better serve the residents of Fayette County,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College. “Our goal is to provide access to education that leads to careers and continued education, and having a presence at the UT Martin Somerville Center is an excellent way to do just that. Southwest students in Fayette County will benefit from convenient access to a tuition-free education while they travel a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree and beyond at UT Martin. It’s a win-win-win for Southwest, UT Martin and Fayette County residents.”</blockquote>\r\nInitially, Southwest will offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in business management with co-requisite courses in English, reading and mathematics, as well as additional courses to complement existing UT Martin offerings at the center.\r\n\r\nAdditional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow full degreeavailability within the next 12-18 months. 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Students wishing to complete coursework through both institutions 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 Somerville site will be Southwest’s seventh location in the region and will allow students in the Fayette County area to complete community college coursework without commuting into Shelby County. Faculty from Southwest will move into the UT Martin Somerville Center over the winter break, and classes will begin with the spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_588\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-588 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/08242017_SomervilleCenterOpening09-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Southwest Tennessee Community College will begin using classroom space at the UT Martin Somerville Center this spring.[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>“Southwest is proud to partner with the University of Tennessee at Martin to extend our reach and better serve the residents of Fayette County,” said Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College. “Our goal is to provide access to education that leads to careers and continued education, and having a presence at the UT Martin Somerville Center is an excellent way to do just that. Southwest students in Fayette County will benefit from convenient access to a tuition-free education while they travel a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree and beyond at UT Martin. It’s a win-win-win for Southwest, UT Martin and Fayette County residents.”</blockquote>\r\nInitially, Southwest will offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in business management with co-requisite courses in English, reading and mathematics, as well as additional courses to complement existing UT Martin offerings at the center.\r\n\r\nAdditional degree programs will become available over the next year to allow full degreeavailability within the next 12-18 months. Courses completed through Southwest will be transferrable to UT Martin through the Tennessee Transfer Pathway for those wishing to complete four-year degrees.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin announces partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College','The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center will soon be home to a Southwest Tennessee Community College location, which will offer a selection of community colleges courses for area residents.','inherit','closed','closed','','586-revision-v1','','','2019-01-03 15:22:47','2019-01-03 21:22:47','',586,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/03/586-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(713,3,'2019-02-05 08:19:48','2019-02-05 14:19:48','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program selected 30 business and education leaders from 16 counties in West Tennessee as the class of 2019. The following class participants are noted with their business or organization affiliation and home county:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Kayce Beam, director of the UT Martin Jackson Center, Madison County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Skipper Bondurant, administrator and chief executive officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City, Obion County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Joyce Brown, county clerk of Gibson County, Gibson County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Reba Celsor, chief executive officer of West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jim Cheatham, president of Universal Contractors, LLC, Obion County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jenna Cole-Wilson, executive director of the Benton County/Camden Chamber of Commerce, Benton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Al Da Silva, director of operations for University Plastic Surgeons, Shelby County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Sybil Dancer, director of Selmer Parks and Recreation, McNairy County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Davis, executive director of special services for Haywood County Schools, Haywood County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Amber Greene, recycling coordinator of the West Tennessee Regional Recycling Hub, Chester County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Justin Hargrove, agriculture and natural resources extension agent with the University of Tennessee Extension in Benton County, Benton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Nichole Lawrence, community relations officer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Larry Lusk, director of Dyer County School System, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Andrew Maddox, president of Maddox Insurance, LLC, Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jason Martin, commercial print and promotional manager of Tri-County Publishing Inc., Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Travis McLeese, executive director of Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, Henry County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Civil Miller-Watkins, board member for Fayette County Schools, Fayette County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Erica Moore, communications director for Weakley County government and executive assistant to the Weakley County mayor, Weakley County;</li>\r\n 	<li>LaShell Moore, pre-kindergarten teacher at Selmer Elementary School and president and founder of Mary Lou Johnson Inc., McNairy County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Sharron Murden, northwest district manager and vice president of CB&amp;S Bank in Bolivar, Hardeman County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Paul Newbill, senior vice president and commercial lender for First Citizens National Bank, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jeffery Richmond, nylon maintenance manager of Teknor Apex Co.-Tennessee, Haywood County;</li>\r\n 	<li>John Penn Ridgeway, vice president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie, Henry County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Derick Seaton, manager at Savannah-Hardin County Airport, Hardin County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Lucianne Shoffner, publisher at River Willow Co., LLC (doing business as Cypress Magazine), Tipton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Lori Weir, chief executive officer and founder of Relationship Architects, LLC, Madison County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Ron Wells, director of the Millington Center at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Shelby County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Bryce West, vice president of BancorpSouth in Trenton, Gibson County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Mark Woodruff, owner and operator of the UPS Store in Savannah, Hardin County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jamie Worrell, human resource client manager at Center Point Business Solutions, LLC, Obion County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nParticipants attend a series of sessions held through June focusing on topics such as economic development, public policy, education and technology. The WestStar Leadership Program was founded at UT Martin in 1989 and is the state’s oldest and largest regional leadership program. The program equips regional leaders with new skills and knowledge designed to impact the educational, economic and social development of West Tennessee. The program also provides members with a growing network of community-minded people committed to serving the area. Dr. Charley Deal serves as WestStar executive director.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Leadership Program announces class of 2019','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program selected 30 business and education leaders from 16 counties in West Tennessee as the class of 2019. ','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-leadership-program-announces-class-of-2019','','','2019-02-13 15:21:49','2019-02-13 21:21:49','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=713',0,'post','',0),(594,3,'2019-01-07 15:32:09','2019-01-07 21:32:09','<a href=\"https://www.khemiaensemble.com/about/\">Khemia Ensemble</a>, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series. Khemia Ensemble is made up of artists and composers from four countries and has been featured in both domestic and international venues and festivals.\r\n\r\nTickets are available online now at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/musicevents\">utm.edu/musicevents</a> and at the door on the night of the performance. General admission tickets are $10 and school-aged children at $5 each. UT Martin students can enter free with a valid UT Martin ID. A post-concert question-and-answer session will begin at 8:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nKhemia Ensemble includes 10 members, two of whom are currently faculty members at UT Martin. The husband-and-wife duo of Dr. Shane Jones and Chelsea Jones both play percussion in the ensemble. Shane is the group’s logistics manager and a UT Martin assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies. Chelsea serves as ensemble manager and is a UT Martin lecturer of music and coordinator of events and programs.\r\n\r\nOther members include Carolina Heredia, composer-in-residence and assistant professor of composition at the University of Missouri; Bret Bohman, composer-in-residence and lecturer of music at the University of Missouri; Amy Petrongelli, soprano and assistant professor of voice at Baylor University; Mary Matthews, flute and assistant professor of flute at Tennessee Technological University; Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet and adjunct instructor at the University of Dubuque; Minju, violin and visiting professor at the University of Akron; Eli Lara, cello and assistant professor of cello at the University of Missouri; and Cole Anderson, piano and adjunct instructor at Jackson College.\r\n\r\nThe ensemble is the third group to participate in UT Martin’s Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, which brings high-profile musical artists from around the globe to UT Martin’s campus. It was established in fall 2018 to honor Dr. Allison Nelson, UT Martin professor emeritus of music.\r\n\r\nNelson, a native of Australia, has performed worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Nelson and Neal piano duo with her late first husband Harry Neal, a native of Paris, Tennessee. Nelson served on the UT Martin faculty for 20 years and helped establish the Bachelor of Music in piano performance and founded the UT Martin Piano Ensemble.\r\n\r\nThe series will continue March 18 with a performance by the Gaudete Brass Quintet, the current ensemble-in-residence at Roosevelt University\'s Chicago College of Performing Arts.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Khemia Ensemble or the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, or for assistance purchasing online tickets, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402.\r\n\r\n###','Khemia Ensemble to perform at UT Martin','Khemia Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series.','publish','closed','closed','','khemia-ensemble-to-perform-at-ut-martin','','','2019-01-16 10:00:39','2019-01-16 16:00:39','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=594',0,'post','',0),(595,3,'2019-01-07 15:30:53','2019-01-07 21:30:53','','Works in Progress Sophia Brous, Yuka Honda, Khemia Ensemble','Khemia Ensemble is shown during a previous performance. 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UT Martin students can enter free with a valid UT Martin ID. A post-concert question-and-answer session will begin at 8:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nKhemia Ensemble includes 10 members, two of whom are currently faculty members at UT Martin. The husband-and-wife duo of Dr. Shane Jones and Chelsea Jones both play percussion in the ensemble. Shane is the group’s logistics manager and a UT Martin assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies. Chelsea serves as ensemble manager and is a UT Martin lecturer of music and coordinator of events and programs.\r\n\r\nOther members include Carolina Heredia, composer-in-residence and assistant professor of composition at the University of Missouri; Bret Bohman, composer-in-residence and lecturer of music at the University of Missouri; Amy Petrongelli, soprano and assistant professor of voice at Baylor University; Mary Matthews, flute and assistant professor of flute at Tennessee Technological University; Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet and adjunct instructor at the University of Dubuque; Minju, violin and visiting professor at the University of Akron; Eli Lara, cello and assistant professor of cello at the University of Missouri; and Cole Anderson, piano and adjunct instructor at Jackson College.\r\n\r\nThe ensemble is the third group to participate in UT Martin’s Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, which brings high-profile musical artists from around the globe to UT Martin’s campus. 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Nelson served on the UT Martin faculty for 20 years and helped establish the Bachelor of Music in piano performance and founded the UT Martin Piano Ensemble.\r\n\r\nThe series will continue Jan. 28 with a performance by Simone Parker, adjunct instructor of music at Austin Peay State University and private instructor of piano, violin and viola.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Khemia Ensemble or the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, or for assistance purchasing online tickets, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402.\r\n\r\n###','Khemia Ensemble to perform at UT Martin','Khemia Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series.','inherit','closed','closed','','594-revision-v1','','','2019-01-07 15:31:59','2019-01-07 21:31:59','',594,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/07/594-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(597,3,'2019-01-08 16:07:31','2019-01-08 22:07:31','<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program is launching a quarterly “Lunch, Learn, Leadership” program for WestStar graduates across the region. 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Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.','inherit','closed','closed','','utmadvisoryboard2','','','2019-01-09 16:42:14','2019-01-09 22:42:14','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(607,3,'2019-01-09 16:39:27','2019-01-09 22:39:27','','UTMAdvisoryBoard3','Devin Majors (center), a junior political science major from Nashville, was elected to serve as student representative on the UT Martin Advisory Board. Majors is the current UT Martin Student Government Association president.','inherit','closed','closed','','utmadvisoryboard3','','','2019-01-09 16:42:34','2019-01-09 22:42:34','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(608,3,'2019-01-09 16:39:56','2019-01-09 22:39:56','','UTMAdvisoryBoard4','','inherit','closed','closed','','utmadvisoryboard4','','','2019-01-09 16:39:56','2019-01-09 22:39:56','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(609,3,'2019-01-09 16:43:47','2019-01-09 22:43:47','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. The board, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, is the first of its kind and will provide localized oversight for the UT Martin campus. Gov. Bill Haslam attended the inaugural meeting.\r\n<blockquote>“As you know, when we passed the UT FOCUS Act last legislative session, one of the key pieces of that was to shrink the board for the UT System from 26 members down to 11. … But I didn’t want to lose the fact that we are a system, and that system has very different pieces and parts to it, all of which play a very different and important role to making the system whole. I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2019. Future chairs will serve two-year terms beginning July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-606\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-607\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1936. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at utm.edu/advisoryboard along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-604\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. 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I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2019. Future chairs will serve two-year terms beginning July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-606\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-607\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1936. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-604\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. 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I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2019. Future chairs will serve two-year terms beginning July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_606\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-606 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-607\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1936. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-large wp-image-604\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','603-revision-v1','','','2019-01-09 16:44:50','2019-01-09 22:44:50','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/09/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(612,3,'2019-01-09 16:45:14','2019-01-09 22:45:14','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. The board, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, is the first of its kind and will provide localized oversight for the UT Martin campus. Gov. Bill Haslam attended the inaugural meeting.\r\n<blockquote>“As you know, when we passed the UT FOCUS Act last legislative session, one of the key pieces of that was to shrink the board for the UT System from 26 members down to 11. … But I didn’t want to lose the fact that we are a system, and that system has very different pieces and parts to it, all of which play a very different and important role to making the system whole. I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2019. Future chairs will serve two-year terms beginning July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_606\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-606 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_607\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-607 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Devin Majors (center), a junior political science major from Nashville, was elected to serve as student representative on the UT Martin Advisory Board. Majors is the current UT Martin Student Government Association president.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1936. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_604\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-604 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (center) and University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver (third from right) are pictured with current members of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Chris Caldwell, faculty representative; Monice Hagler, of Memphis; Hal Bynum, of Sharon; Devin Majors, student representative; and Art Sparks, of Union City. Julia Wells, of Bells, participated in the meeting via telephone.[/caption]','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','603-revision-v1','','','2019-01-09 16:45:14','2019-01-09 22:45:14','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/09/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(613,3,'2019-01-10 08:11:04','2019-01-10 14:11:04','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. The board, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, is the first of its kind and will provide localized oversight for the UT Martin campus. Gov. Bill Haslam attended the inaugural meeting.\r\n<blockquote>“As you know, when we passed the UT FOCUS Act last legislative session, one of the key pieces of that was to shrink the board for the UT System from 26 members down to 11. … But I didn’t want to lose the fact that we are a system, and that system has very different pieces and parts to it, all of which play a very different and important role to making the system whole. I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_606\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-606 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_607\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-607 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Devin Majors (center), a junior political science major from Nashville, was elected to serve as student representative on the UT Martin Advisory Board. Majors is the current UT Martin Student Government Association president.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1934. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_604\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-604 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (center) and University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver (third from right) are pictured with current members of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Chris Caldwell, faculty representative; Monice Hagler, of Memphis; Hal Bynum, of Sharon; Devin Majors, student representative; and Art Sparks, of Union City. Julia Wells, of Bells, participated in the meeting via telephone.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAdditional photos from the board meeting can be found 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=\"G00003Pp01PzadgQ\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','603-autosave-v1','','','2019-01-10 08:11:04','2019-01-10 14:11:04','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/10/603-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(614,3,'2019-01-10 08:11:27','2019-01-10 14:11:27','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. The board, created by the UT FOCUS Act passed by the state legislature in 2018, is the first of its kind and will provide localized oversight for the UT Martin campus. Gov. Bill Haslam attended the inaugural meeting.\r\n<blockquote>“As you know, when we passed the UT FOCUS Act last legislative session, one of the key pieces of that was to shrink the board for the UT System from 26 members down to 11. … But I didn’t want to lose the fact that we are a system, and that system has very different pieces and parts to it, all of which play a very different and important role to making the system whole. I want to make certain that each campus has the attention that I feel like it deserves,” said Haslam in his opening remarks.</blockquote>\r\nHaslam discussed the responsibilities of the new advisory board and charged board members to use insight from their areas of personal and professional experience to help UT Martin continue to grow and serve its student population in the best ways possible.\r\n\r\nAgenda items for this first meeting included the election of a board chair. Art Sparks, of Union City, was selected by unanimous vote. Sparks is a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold and is a 1976 UT Martin graduate. He will serve as chair until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_606\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-606 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (left) congratulates Art Sparks, of Union City, on his election as chair of the UT Martin Advisory Board.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoard members also passed bylaws to govern the board and elected a board secretary and student representative. Edie Gibson, executive assistant to the UT Martin chancellor, will serve as advisory board secretary until such time as the board should elect a new secretary. Devin Majors, a junior political science major from Nashville, will serve as student representative. Majors is UT Martin’s current Student Government Association president and will serve as a voting member of the board until June 30, 2019. Future student representatives will serve a full year beginning July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_607\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-607 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Devin Majors (center), a junior political science major from Nashville, was elected to serve as student representative on the UT Martin Advisory Board. Majors is the current UT Martin Student Government Association president.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver recommended an election procedure that would allow the UT Martin student body to have a formal voice in the selection of their representative in future years. The process would allow the student body to select three potential representatives by popular vote, who would then be interviewed by the chancellor, board chair and board faculty representative before a final name is presented to the board for approval. These procedures were passed by unanimous vote and will begin with the next student government election in April.\r\n\r\nAs designated by the UT FOCUS Act, the board consists of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty representative chosen by the UT Martin Faculty Senate and one student member elected by the board. Currently serving on the UT Martin Advisory Board are:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Hal Bynum, of Sharon, Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monice Hagler, of Memphis; The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, and Archway Title and Escrow, LLC; UT Martin ’75, UT Knoxville ‘78</li>\r\n 	<li>Art Sparks, of Union City, Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, UT Martin ’76, board chair</li>\r\n 	<li>Julia Wells, of Bells, The Pictsweet Company, UT Knoxville ‘61</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Caldwell, professor of mathematics, Faculty Senate representative</li>\r\n 	<li>Devin Majors, junior, student representative</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nA fifth voting member will be appointed by the governor at a later date.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m excited and encouraged about what this could mean for UT Martin, and I’m grateful for your being willing to serve,” said Haslam. “Like I said, it’s an important thing to be the first of anything, and you all will set the model for what this looks like for a long time to come. I appreciate you taking this on with responsibility and seriousness about the impact that you could have.”</blockquote>\r\nDuring the meeting, Carver presented each board member with a piece of the handrail from the UT Martin Communications Building, which was built in 1934. This building is scheduled to be torn down later this year to make way for the new Latimer Engineering and Science Building on the south side of the university’s quadrangle.\r\n\r\n“That building was here when we were established in 1927 as the UT Martin Junior College, and then in 1951 when we became the University of Tennessee at Martin Branch, and then in 1967 when we received full four-year university status,” said Carver. “So we thought, in moving forward, we would give you all a memento for your desks to signify where we’ve been, but also to signify progress.”\r\n\r\nFuture board meeting dates will be published at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> along with all agenda items and meeting minutes.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_604\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-604 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UTMAdvisoryBoard5-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" /> Gov. Bill Haslam (center) and University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver (third from right) are pictured with current members of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Chris Caldwell, faculty representative; Monice Hagler, of Memphis; Hal Bynum, of Sharon; Devin Majors, student representative; and Art Sparks, of Union City. Julia Wells, of Bells, participated in the meeting via telephone.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAdditional photos from the board meeting can be found 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=\"G00003Pp01PzadgQ\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','UT Martin Advisory Board holds first meeting, governor attends','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board held its inaugural meeting Jan. 9 on the UT Martin main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','603-revision-v1','','','2019-01-10 08:11:27','2019-01-10 14:11:27','',603,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/10/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(640,4,'2019-01-18 09:34:32','2019-01-18 15:34:32','The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball program will hold its annual First Pitch Dinner at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. This year’s featured speaker is Chicago Cubs right-handed pitcher Alec Mills, who is the first Skyhawk baseball alum to play in the major leagues.\r\n\r\nMills, a Clarksville native, began his UT Martin career as a walk-on before blossoming into the staff ace. He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2016 after being selected in the 22<sup>nd</sup> round of the 2012 MLB Draft, and he is now entering his third full season with the Cubs organization.\r\n\r\nSkyhawk Baseball head coach Ryan Jenkins is in his second season at the helm of the UT Martin program. The Skyhawks return 21 players (including three All-Ohio Valley Conference honorees) and welcome 13 newcomers for the upcoming 2019 campaign, which starts Feb. 15.\r\n\r\nTables for the First Pitch Dinner are available for $200 and single tickets are available for $30. All tips during the evening will benefit the UT Martin baseball program. Those interested in attending are asked to send an RSVP email to Lora McDonald at <a href=\"mailto:lmcdon13@utm.edu\">lmcdon13@utm.edu</a>. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.\r\n\r\nHighlights from Mills’ journey to the Kansas City Royals can be found on <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/univrel/_pdfs/CampusScene_Summer-Fall2016(web).pdf\">page 16 of the summer/fall 2016 issue of UT Martin’s Campus Scene alumni magazine</a>.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Ryne Rickman, UT Martin director of sports information, at 731-881-7632 or <a href=\"mailto:rrickman@utm.edu\">rrickman@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-642\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mills_Alec_action-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','Chicago Cub pitcher Alec Mills to speak at First Pitch Dinner','The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball program will hold its annual First Pitch Dinner at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. ','publish','closed','closed','','chicago-cub-pitcher-alec-mills-to-speak-at-first-pitch-dinner','','','2019-01-18 12:28:55','2019-01-18 18:28:55','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=640',0,'post','',0),(616,3,'2019-01-10 10:51:26','2019-01-10 16:51:26','Bill Haltom, a Memphis lawyer and author of six books, will discuss his latest publication, “Full Court Press,” during a reading and signing event at 3 p.m., Jan. 24, in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\n“Full Court Press” discusses Victoria Cape v. the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, a 1970s legal case that won female basketball players the right to play full-court basketball and featured star witness Pat Head Summitt, a UT Martin alumna and newly-appointed head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers.\r\n\r\nHaltom has partnered with Amanda Swanson, a law student and former women’s basketball operations assistant at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, to tell the story of the historic case. Cape, a high school player, sued the TSSAA in protest of their stance that female basketball players only play half-court basketball, and her lawsuit changed the rules of the game.\r\n\r\nSummitt served as a witness on Cape’s behalf. Summitt went on to become the winningest women’s basketball coach in the sport’s history and coached the Tennessee Lady Vols at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for 38 years before her retirement. Summitt won eight NCAA championships during her career, as well as a silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She died June 28, 2016, after a battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.\r\n\r\nHaltom is an attorney with the firm of Lewis Thomason in Memphis and has been a practicing attorney for four decades. He has served as president of the Tennessee Bar Association and the Memphis Bar Association, and he is the author of six books and countless newspaper columns. “Full Court Press” is published by UT Press and available on Amazon.com. Books will also be available for sale at the Jan. 24 event and in the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Haltom’s work, visit <a href=\"http://www.billhaltom.com\">billhaltom.com</a>. 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The deadline to register is Feb. 11, and the $40 registration fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.\r\n\r\nThe theme of this year’s conference is “A League of Our Own” and features session topics such as “Team Roster: Who’s on Your Team?” and “Conquering the Fear of Striking Out.” Joan Cronan, women’s athletic director emeritus for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of “Sport is Life with the Volume Turned Up: Lessons Learned That Apply to Business and Life,” will give the keynote address. Dee Henderson, executive director for Institutional Advancement at Jackson State Community College, will serve as conference emcee.\r\n\r\nAdditional conference speakers include Jamie Worrell, client manager for Center Point Business Solutions, LLC; James Dusenberry, commercial banking leader of Tennessee-Kentucky markets for Regions Bank; Lin Dunn, special assistant to the head coach for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team; Jodie Parrish, broker and owner of RE/MAX Realty Source; Kristen Doyle White, owner of Atlas Fitness Jackson and CrossFit 731; Gladys Warren, CHOICES Program coordinator for the Southwest Tennessee Development District; Dr. Teresa Collard, UT Martin associate professor of communications; and Dr. Lisa LeBleu, UT Martin professor of family and consumer sciences.\r\n\r\nTo register for the conference, visit utm.edu/weststar. 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Giles served UT Martin from 1952 until her retirement in 1995 and was instrumental in the establishment of women’s intercollegiate athletics programs at UT Martin and across the country.\r\n\r\nWhen she first entered the higher education field, women were only permitted to play sports on the intramural level. Some exceptional players were added to “extra-mural” teams that visited other schools to play off-campus games, but there was no budget for transportation or accommodations for these trips.\r\n\r\n“Our players bought their own food and, if we stayed overnight, we slept on the floor in our sleeping bags in the opponents’ locker rooms. 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Some exceptional players were added to “extra-mural” teams that visited other schools to play off-campus games, but there was no budget for transportation or accommodations for these trips.\r\n\r\n“Our players bought their own food and, if we stayed overnight, we slept on the floor in our sleeping bags in the opponents’ locker rooms. I can remember we would stop at the grocery store and buy bologna, bread and Cokes,” said Giles in a 2011 interview with the Weakley County Press.\r\n\r\nGiles and other athletic administrators across the state, particularly at Memphis State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, gathered to establish the Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation in 1966 to promote intercollegiate competition and organize state championships for a variety of women’s sports. This organization grew from an initial group of 18 colleges and universities to 34 institutions by 1973. Giles served as the organization’s first president.\r\n\r\nThese efforts eventually contributed to the passing of the Educational Amendment Act of 1972, a piece of national legislation most famous for its Title IX component – the requirement that higher education institutions provide equal opportunities for women’s athletics in order to receive federal funding. This legislation began a gradual change in women’s athletics nationwide that Giles says is still a work in progress.\r\n\r\n“Things are not totally equal, but they are getting that way. So, things are getting better as far as women in colleges with athletic opportunities,” said Giles in a recent interview with WBBJ-TV.\r\n\r\nGiles began her UT Martin career as an associate professor of physical education and served as UT Martin’s cheerleader sponsor from 1952-1973. She also started the women’s tennis program in 1952 and coached that team for eight years. Tennis ultimately became the first women’s sport to achieve varsity status at UT Martin. Giles became the university’s first and only director of women’s athletics in 1971 and held the position until 1994.\r\n\r\nGiles influenced countless athletes during her decades at UT Martin, including Pat Head Summitt, the basketball player who would later become the winningest coach in the history of women’s basketball during her tenure as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, and Jerry Reese, former general manager of the New York Giants.\r\n\r\nShe is the recipient of numerous awards from both academic and athletic organizations, and she was inducted into the UT Martin Athletics Hall of Fame in 1985. The UT Martin Bettye Giles Softball Field is named in her honor, as is the university’s Bettye Giles Female Athlete of the Year Award. Summitt also established the Bettye Giles/Nadine Gearin Endowed Scholarship in honor of her mentorship as well as that of Nadine Gearin, who coached the women’s basketball team of which Summitt was a part. All three of these women are memorialized in a bronze statue titled “Coaches,” which stands outside the main entrance of the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center where the Skyhawk basketball teams play on Pat Head Summitt court.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>\r\n<style>[data-ps-embed-type=slideshow] > iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;}</style>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0 !important; padding-bottom: 75% !important; width: 100% !important;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000qeczTRpW2Fo\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Bettye Giles turns 90','The University of Tennessee at Martin hosted a birthday party to honor Bettye Giles, former director of women’s athletics, on her 90th birthday Jan. 11 in the Champions Club of the university’s Hardy Graham Stadium. ','inherit','closed','closed','','625-revision-v1','','','2019-01-14 15:36:29','2019-01-14 21:36:29','',625,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/14/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(630,3,'2019-01-16 09:59:49','2019-01-16 15:59:49','<a href=\"https://www.khemiaensemble.com/about/\">Khemia Ensemble</a>, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series. Khemia Ensemble is made up of artists and composers from four countries and has been featured in both domestic and international venues and festivals.\n\nTickets are available online now at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/musicevents\">utm.edu/musicevents</a> and at the door on the night of the performance. General admission tickets are $10 and school-aged children at $5 each. UT Martin students can enter free with a valid UT Martin ID. A post-concert question-and-answer session will begin at 8:45 p.m.\n\nKhemia Ensemble includes 10 members, two of whom are currently faculty members at UT Martin. The husband-and-wife duo of Dr. Shane Jones and Chelsea Jones both play percussion in the ensemble. Shane is the group’s logistics manager and a UT Martin assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies. Chelsea serves as ensemble manager and is a UT Martin lecturer of music and coordinator of events and programs.\n\nOther members include Carolina Heredia, composer-in-residence and assistant professor of composition at the University of Missouri; Bret Bohman, composer-in-residence and lecturer of music at the University of Missouri; Amy Petrongelli, soprano and assistant professor of voice at Baylor University; Mary Matthews, flute and assistant professor of flute at Tennessee Technological University; Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet and adjunct instructor at the University of Dubuque; Minju, violin and visiting professor at the University of Akron; Eli Lara, cello and assistant professor of cello at the University of Missouri; and Cole Anderson, piano and adjunct instructor at Jackson College.\n\nThe ensemble is the third group to participate in UT Martin’s Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, which brings high-profile musical artists from around the globe to UT Martin’s campus. It was established in fall 2018 to honor Dr. Allison Nelson, UT Martin professor emeritus of music.\n\nNelson, a native of Australia, has performed worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Nelson and Neal piano duo with her late first husband Harry Neal, a native of Paris, Tennessee. Nelson served on the UT Martin faculty for 20 years and helped establish the Bachelor of Music in piano performance and founded the UT Martin Piano Ensemble.\n\nThe series will continue March 18 with a performance by the Gaudete Brass Quintet, the .\n\nFor more information on Khemia Ensemble or the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, or for assistance purchasing online tickets, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402.\n\n###','Khemia Ensemble to perform at UT Martin','Khemia Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series.','inherit','closed','closed','','594-autosave-v1','','','2019-01-16 09:59:49','2019-01-16 15:59:49','',594,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/16/594-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(631,3,'2019-01-16 10:00:39','2019-01-16 16:00:39','<a href=\"https://www.khemiaensemble.com/about/\">Khemia Ensemble</a>, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series. Khemia Ensemble is made up of artists and composers from four countries and has been featured in both domestic and international venues and festivals.\r\n\r\nTickets are available online now at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/musicevents\">utm.edu/musicevents</a> and at the door on the night of the performance. General admission tickets are $10 and school-aged children at $5 each. UT Martin students can enter free with a valid UT Martin ID. A post-concert question-and-answer session will begin at 8:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nKhemia Ensemble includes 10 members, two of whom are currently faculty members at UT Martin. The husband-and-wife duo of Dr. Shane Jones and Chelsea Jones both play percussion in the ensemble. Shane is the group’s logistics manager and a UT Martin assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies. Chelsea serves as ensemble manager and is a UT Martin lecturer of music and coordinator of events and programs.\r\n\r\nOther members include Carolina Heredia, composer-in-residence and assistant professor of composition at the University of Missouri; Bret Bohman, composer-in-residence and lecturer of music at the University of Missouri; Amy Petrongelli, soprano and assistant professor of voice at Baylor University; Mary Matthews, flute and assistant professor of flute at Tennessee Technological University; Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet and adjunct instructor at the University of Dubuque; Minju, violin and visiting professor at the University of Akron; Eli Lara, cello and assistant professor of cello at the University of Missouri; and Cole Anderson, piano and adjunct instructor at Jackson College.\r\n\r\nThe ensemble is the third group to participate in UT Martin’s Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, which brings high-profile musical artists from around the globe to UT Martin’s campus. It was established in fall 2018 to honor Dr. Allison Nelson, UT Martin professor emeritus of music.\r\n\r\nNelson, a native of Australia, has performed worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Nelson and Neal piano duo with her late first husband Harry Neal, a native of Paris, Tennessee. Nelson served on the UT Martin faculty for 20 years and helped establish the Bachelor of Music in piano performance and founded the UT Martin Piano Ensemble.\r\n\r\nThe series will continue March 18 with a performance by the Gaudete Brass Quintet, the current ensemble-in-residence at Roosevelt University\'s Chicago College of Performing Arts.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Khemia Ensemble or the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series, or for assistance purchasing online tickets, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402.\r\n\r\n###','Khemia Ensemble to perform at UT Martin','Khemia Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Blankenship Recital Hall as part of the Allison Nelson Guest Artist Series.','inherit','closed','closed','','594-revision-v1','','','2019-01-16 10:00:39','2019-01-16 16:00:39','',594,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/16/594-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(632,3,'2019-01-16 10:25:30','2019-01-16 16:25:30','Students who have been accepted to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the fall 2019 semester are invited to one of several Future Skyhawk Receptions in the coming weeks.\r\n\r\nThe first of four receptions will be held at 6 p.m., Jan. 17, at The Gathering Place in Humboldt. This reception is for accepted students from Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy and Perry counties. RSVPs are requested by Jan. 15.\r\n\r\nThe second reception will be held in Martin at 6 p.m., Jan. 22, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. This reception is for future Skyhawks from Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Obion, Stewart and Weakley counties in Tennessee and Fulton, Graves and Hickman counties in Kentucky. RSVPs are requested by Jan. 18.\r\n\r\nReceptions will also be held in Memphis on Jan. 30 and in Nashville on Feb. 19 for students from those areas.\r\n\r\nFamilies are invited to attend. Refreshments will be provided, and university administrators and personnel from the areas of housing, financial aid and the academic colleges will be present to answer questions and help students navigate the next steps in the registration process. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver is also scheduled to attend these events.\r\n\r\nAll students are asked to RSVP to Rachel McCollough, admissions counselor, at <a href=\"mailto:rmccol1@utm.edu\">rmccol1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7025.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact McCollough or the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7020.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin hosts Future Skyhawk Receptions','Students who have been accepted to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the fall 2019 semester are invited to one of several Future Skyhawk Receptions in the coming weeks.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-hosts-future-skyhawk-receptions','','','2019-01-16 10:25:30','2019-01-16 16:25:30','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=632',0,'post','',0),(633,3,'2019-01-16 10:24:36','2019-01-16 16:24:36','','06162017_SomervilleEdit48','','inherit','closed','closed','','06162017_somervilleedit48','','','2019-01-16 10:24:36','2019-01-16 16:24:36','',632,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/06162017_SomervilleEdit48.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(634,3,'2019-01-16 10:25:24','2019-01-16 16:25:24','Students who have been accepted to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the fall 2019 semester are invited to one of several Future Skyhawk Receptions in the coming weeks.\r\n\r\nThe first of four receptions will be held at 6 p.m., Jan. 17, at The Gathering Place in Humboldt. This reception is for accepted students from Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy and Perry counties. RSVPs are requested by Jan. 15.\r\n\r\nThe second reception will be held in Martin at 6 p.m., Jan. 22, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. This reception is for future Skyhawks from Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Obion, Stewart and Weakley counties in Tennessee and Fulton, Graves and Hickman counties in Kentucky. RSVPs are requested by Jan. 18.\r\n\r\nReceptions will also be held in Memphis on Jan. 30 and in Nashville on Feb. 19 for students from those areas.\r\n\r\nFamilies are invited to attend. Refreshments will be provided, and university administrators and personnel from the areas of housing, financial aid and the academic colleges will be present to answer questions and help students navigate the next steps in the registration process. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver is also scheduled to attend these events.\r\n\r\nAll students are asked to RSVP to Rachel McCollough, admissions counselor, at <a href=\"mailto:rmccol1@utm.edu\">rmccol1@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7025.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact McCollough or the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7020.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin hosts Future Skyhawk Receptions','Students who have been accepted to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the fall 2019 semester are invited to one of several Future Skyhawk Receptions in the coming weeks.','inherit','closed','closed','','632-revision-v1','','','2019-01-16 10:25:24','2019-01-16 16:25:24','',632,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/16/632-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(635,3,'2019-01-16 16:52:30','2019-01-16 22:52:30','The seventh-annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast will be held at 8:45 a.m., Jan. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. Anthony Stewart, head coach of the UT Martin men’s basketball team, will serve as keynote speaker. There is no charge to attend the event, but pre-registration is required.\r\n\r\nAll community members are invited. Those planning to attend must pre-register for an online ticket at Eventbrite.com by searching for “Martin Luther King” in Martin. All attendees should bring their digital or printed tickets to the event, and tickets will be checked at the door.\r\n\r\nThe 2019 event is co-hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin, the city of Martin and the UT Martin Black Student Association.\r\n\r\nFor more information or assistance, call Martin City Hall at 731-587-3126.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast slated for Jan. 21','The seventh-annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast will be held at 8:45 a.m., Jan. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. 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All attendees should bring their digital or printed tickets to the event, and tickets will be checked at the door.\r\n\r\nThe 2019 event is co-hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin, the city of Martin and the UT Martin Black Student Association.\r\n\r\nFor more information or assistance, call Martin City Hall at 731-587-3126.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast slated for Jan. 21','The seventh-annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast will be held at 8:45 a.m., Jan. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. 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He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2016 after being selected in the 22<sup>nd</sup> round of the 2012 MLB Draft, and he is now entering his third full season with the Cubs organization.\r\n\r\nSkyhawk Baseball head coach Ryan Jenkins is in his second season at the helm of the UT Martin program. The Skyhawks return 21 players (including three All-Ohio Valley Conference honorees) and welcome 13 newcomers for the upcoming 2019 campaign, which starts Feb. 15.\r\n\r\nTables for the First Pitch Dinner are available for $200 and single tickets are available for $30. All tips during the evening will benefit the UT Martin baseball program. Those interested in attending are asked to send an RSVP email to Lora McDonald at <a href=\"mailto:lmcdon13@utm.edu\">lmcdon13@utm.edu</a>. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.\r\n\r\nHighlights from Mills’ journey to the Kansas City Royals can be found on page 16 of the summer/fall 2016 issue of UT Martin’s Campus Scene alumni magazine.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Ryne Rickman, UT Martin director of sports information, at 731-881-7632 or <a href=\"mailto:rrickman@utm.edu\">rrickman@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-642\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mills_Alec_action-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','Chicago Cub pitcher Alec Mills to speak at First Pitch Dinner','The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball program will hold its annual First Pitch Dinner at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. ','inherit','closed','closed','','640-revision-v1','','','2019-01-18 09:34:32','2019-01-18 15:34:32','',640,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/18/640-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(644,3,'2019-01-18 12:28:55','2019-01-18 18:28:55','The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball program will hold its annual First Pitch Dinner at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. This year’s featured speaker is Chicago Cubs right-handed pitcher Alec Mills, who is the first Skyhawk baseball alum to play in the major leagues.\r\n\r\nMills, a Clarksville native, began his UT Martin career as a walk-on before blossoming into the staff ace. He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2016 after being selected in the 22<sup>nd</sup> round of the 2012 MLB Draft, and he is now entering his third full season with the Cubs organization.\r\n\r\nSkyhawk Baseball head coach Ryan Jenkins is in his second season at the helm of the UT Martin program. The Skyhawks return 21 players (including three All-Ohio Valley Conference honorees) and welcome 13 newcomers for the upcoming 2019 campaign, which starts Feb. 15.\r\n\r\nTables for the First Pitch Dinner are available for $200 and single tickets are available for $30. All tips during the evening will benefit the UT Martin baseball program. Those interested in attending are asked to send an RSVP email to Lora McDonald at <a href=\"mailto:lmcdon13@utm.edu\">lmcdon13@utm.edu</a>. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.\r\n\r\nHighlights from Mills’ journey to the Kansas City Royals can be found on <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/univrel/_pdfs/CampusScene_Summer-Fall2016(web).pdf\">page 16 of the summer/fall 2016 issue of UT Martin’s Campus Scene alumni magazine</a>.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Ryne Rickman, UT Martin director of sports information, at 731-881-7632 or <a href=\"mailto:rrickman@utm.edu\">rrickman@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-642\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mills_Alec_action-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" />','Chicago Cub pitcher Alec Mills to speak at First Pitch Dinner','The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball program will hold its annual First Pitch Dinner at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. ','inherit','closed','closed','','640-revision-v1','','','2019-01-18 12:28:55','2019-01-18 18:28:55','',640,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/18/640-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(647,2,'2019-01-21 17:46:25','2019-01-21 23:46:25','Celebration, reflection and remembrance highlighted the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast held Jan. 21 in the Duncan Ballroom of UT Martin’s Boling University Center. The event is sponsored by the city of Martin and the university’s Black Student Association to honor the memory of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees included business leaders, community members, elected officials, university faculty and staff, and UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nMartin Alderman David Belote, also a staff member in the university’s Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, emceed the event that included welcoming remarks from Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Courtney Price, UT Martin Black Student Association president. Jackie Thomas, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor, offered the invocation.\r\n\r\nFollowing the meal, UT Martin student Tyra Hawkins and Skyhawk head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart served as keynote speakers. Hawkins is a psychology major from Jackson and is past president of the Black Student Association. She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\r\n\r\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\r\n\r\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that”; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”; and “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”\r\n\r\n“Dr. King was clearly the most important voice of the human rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all,” Stewart said, noting that King refused to use violence to advance the movement and his ideas. Unfortunately, Stewart said that Americans often take basic freedoms for granted and added, “I also just think that we take for granted respect, common decency to one another, the ability to be able to be heard and have an opinion regardless of your race, religious views or political views.”\r\n\r\nStewart was not raised during the civil rights era, but his grandparents were. They took him in at age 15, and the life lessons that he was taught by them saved his life. He observed that they were never bitter, angry or unforgiving because of all they had seen and experienced. Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\r\n\r\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\r\n\r\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed my opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\r\n\r\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\r\n\r\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\r\n\r\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\r\n\r\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\r\n\r\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. 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The event is sponsored by the city of Martin and the university’s Black Student Association to honor the memory of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees included business leaders, community members, elected officials, university faculty and staff, and UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nMartin Alderman David Belote, also a staff member in the university’s Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, emceed the event that included welcoming remarks from Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Courtney Price, UT Martin Black Student Association president. Jackie Thomas, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor, offered the invocation.\r\n\r\nFollowing the meal, UT Martin student Tyra Hawkins and Skyhawk head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart served as keynote speakers. Hawkins is a psychology major from Jackson and is past president of the Black Student Association. She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\r\n\r\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\r\n\r\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that”; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”; and “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”\r\n\r\n“Dr. King was clearly the most important voice of the human rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all,” Stewart said, noting that King refused to use violence to advance the movement and his ideas. Unfortunately, Stewart said that Americans often take basic freedoms for granted and added, “I also just think that we take for granted respect, common decency to one another, the ability to be able to be heard and have an opinion regardless of your race, religious views or political views.”\r\n\r\nStewart was not raised during the civil rights era, but his grandparents were. They took him in at age 15, and the life lessons that he was taught by them saved his life. He observed that they were never bitter, angry or unforgiving because of all they had seen and experienced. Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\r\n\r\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\r\n\r\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed by opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\r\n\r\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\r\n\r\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\r\n\r\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\r\n\r\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\r\n\r\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. 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She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\n\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\n\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that”; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”; and “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”\n\n“Dr. King was clearly the most important voice of the human rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all,” Stewart said, noting that King refused to use violence to advance the movement and his ideas. Unfortunately, Stewart said that Americans often take basic freedoms for granted and added, “I also just think that we take for granted respect, common decency to one another, the ability to be able to be heard and have an opinion regardless of your race, religious views or political views.”\n\nStewart was not raised during the civil rights era, but his grandparents were. They took him in at age 15, and the life lessons that he was taught by them saved his life. He observed that they were never bitter, angry or unforgiving because of all they had seen and experienced. Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\n\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\n\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed by opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\n\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\n\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\n\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\n\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\n\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\n\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. Harold Conner, the first African American administrator employed by UT Martin after the university was desegregated in 1969.\n\nBrad Thompson, city of Martin economic and community development director, described the annual breakfast as a highlight of the positive town-and-gown relationship shared by the community and the university. “From its humble beginnings, this program has evolved into a sellout event,” Thompson said in statement following the event. “The MLK breakfast is inspirational and challenging for those who attend, and I know this year everyone left with a renewed sense of living with purpose.”\n\n###','City and University honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.','Celebration, reflection and remembrance highlighted the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast held Jan. 21 in the Duncan Ballroom of UT Martin’s Boling University Center. 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The event is sponsored by the city of Martin and the university’s Black Student Association to honor the memory of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees included business leaders, community members, elected officials, university faculty and staff, and UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nMartin Alderman David Belote, also a staff member in the university’s Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, emceed the event that included welcoming remarks from Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Courtney Price, UT Martin Black Student Association president. Jackie Thomas, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor, offered the invocation.\r\n\r\nFollowing the meal, UT Martin student Tyra Hawkins and Skyhawk head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart served as keynote speakers. Hawkins is a psychology major from Jackson and is past president of the Black Student Association. She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\r\n\r\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\r\n\r\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. 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Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\r\n\r\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\r\n\r\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed by opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\r\n\r\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\r\n\r\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\r\n\r\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\r\n\r\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\r\n\r\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. Harold Conner, the first African American administrator employed by UT Martin after the university was desegregated in 1969.\r\n\r\nBrad Thompson, city of Martin economic and community development director, described the annual breakfast as a highlight of the positive town-and-gown relationship shared by the community and the university. “From its humble beginnings, this program has evolved into a sellout event,” Thompson said in statement following the event. “The MLK breakfast is inspirational and challenging for those who attend, and I know this year everyone left with a renewed sense of living with purpose.”\r\n\r\n###','City and University honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.','Celebration, reflection and remembrance highlighted the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast held Jan. 21 in the Duncan Ballroom. 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Institutional data was self-reported through statistical questionnaires distributed in the fall of 2018.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s program is also first in the state and 11<sup>th</sup> overall among the top 30 accelerated online MBA programs for 2019 by CollegeValuesOnline.com. UT Martin is the only Tennessee program to be included on this particular list.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin MBA program is delivered in both online and hybrid formats with an additional concentration option in agricultural business. The program typically takes only 20 months to complete and is regularly included in national and regional rankings and is accredited by AASCB International.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin MBA program, visit utm.edu/mba or contact Dr. Christie Chen, associate professor of management and MBA coordinator, at 731-881-7208 or mba@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Online MBA program ranked best in Tennessee','U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Tennessee at Martin’s online Master of Business Administration program tied for 34th in the country in the most recent ranking of more than 300 online MBA programs. 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The event is sponsored by the city of Martin and the university’s Black Student Association to honor the memory of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees included business leaders, community members, elected officials, university faculty and staff, and UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nMartin Alderman David Belote, also a staff member in the university’s Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, emceed the event that included welcoming remarks from Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Courtney Price, UT Martin Black Student Association president. Jackie Thomas, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor, offered the invocation.\r\n\r\nFollowing the meal, UT Martin student Tyra Hawkins and Skyhawk head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart served as keynote speakers. Hawkins is a psychology major from Jackson and is past president of the Black Student Association. She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\r\n\r\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\r\n\r\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that”; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”; and “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”\r\n\r\n“Dr. King was clearly the most important voice of the human rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all,” Stewart said, noting that King refused to use violence to advance the movement and his ideas. Unfortunately, Stewart said that Americans often take basic freedoms for granted and added, “I also just think that we take for granted respect, common decency to one another, the ability to be able to be heard and have an opinion regardless of your race, religious views or political views.”\r\n\r\nStewart was not raised during the civil rights era, but his grandparents were. They took him in at age 15, and the life lessons that he was taught by them saved his life. He observed that they were never bitter, angry or unforgiving because of all they had seen and experienced. Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\r\n\r\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\r\n\r\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed my opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\r\n\r\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\r\n\r\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\r\n\r\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\r\n\r\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\r\n\r\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. Harold Conner, the first African American administrator employed by UT Martin after the university was desegregated in 1969.\r\n\r\nBrad Thompson, city of Martin economic and community development director, described the annual breakfast as a highlight of the positive town-and-gown relationship shared by the community and the university. “From its humble beginnings, this program has evolved into a sellout event,” Thompson said in statement following the event. “The MLK breakfast is inspirational and challenging for those who attend, and I know this year everyone left with a renewed sense of living with purpose.”\r\n\r\n###','City and University honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.','Celebration, reflection and remembrance highlighted the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast held Jan. 21 in the Duncan Ballroom. 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The event is sponsored by the city of Martin and the university’s Black Student Association to honor the memory of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Attendees included business leaders, community members, elected officials, university faculty and staff, and UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nMartin Alderman David Belote, also a staff member in the university’s Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, emceed the event that included welcoming remarks from Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Courtney Price, UT Martin Black Student Association president. Jackie Thomas, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor, offered the invocation.\r\n\r\nFollowing the meal, UT Martin student Tyra Hawkins and Skyhawk head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart served as keynote speakers. Hawkins is a psychology major from Jackson and is past president of the Black Student Association. She spoke about having passion and the important role it plays when seeking and achieving life’s goals. She told of entering the university in 2013 as a nursing major, being accepted into the program in spring 2015, but deciding that she lacked the passion to continue. She also remembered a Twitter post she saw then that asked, “Are you living, or are you just existing?”\r\n\r\nShe re-examined both her academic path and her campus involvement and decided to become more active. “And I found that I was really passionate about helping the black community,” she said, so Hawkins became active in the Black Student Association and was eventually elected BSA president. “But I say all of this to say that you are enough,” she said. “You know, when I started out, no one knew me on campus. I really didn’t know a lot of people, but I had a passion for something, and I just went for it.” She quoted King who said, “‘Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase,’ and that’s basically what I did. … Any worries or doubts that you have about your goals, just put them aside. Throw them out the window, because everything that you need to be great is already inside of you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have it.”\r\n\r\nStewart is in his third season leading Skyhawk men’s basketball and followed a similar theme by urging those in attendance to step outside of their comfort zones to achieve success and to make a difference in the world. He noted three King quotes that had influenced his life: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. 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Perhaps the biggest lesson Stewart said that he learned from his grandparents and King was, “You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in order to tear down certain walls, and stereotypes and ignorance.”\r\n\r\nAs recently as 2000, Stewart would not have believed that he could become UT Martin’s head men’s basketball coach. He attributed this to not applying what he learned from his grandparents and the slain civil rights leader. He began his career in the transportation industry in which few black employees worked. His first experience in Tennessee was coming to a West Tennessee town in 1999 and quickly discovering that he was out of place because of his race. The experience affected his attitude about ever returning to the state.\r\n\r\nLater, when the opportunity came to join the UT Martin coaching staff, he was reluctant to accept, but after talking with his wife, he reflected on what he had learned in life. “Due to my own ignorance, my own misinformation, my own stereotype, I just about missed my opportunity to be here (at UT Martin) today,” he said. “I almost missed my opportunity to be a head coach.” The decision to forgive, to love and not to hate has paid dividends in his life.\r\n\r\nStewart credited basketball with offering fulfillment in life not available to him in the corporate world. While holding a full-time company position in Columbus, Ohio, a friend urged him to accept a part-time coaching job, and Stewart was paid a small amount for the extra work. He had a great job and lifestyle, “But I got more fulfillment out of helping these kids, in particular, that looked like me. ... I had to do some reflection on my life.” Many breaks had come his way to achieve personal and financial success, but he viewed himself as a “taker.” His basketball coaching experience convinced him that it was time to give back. He resigned his corporate position in 2004 and, with his wife’s support, he accepted a coaching position at Long Beach State University in California.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do (coaching), and I’m only able to do it because of what Dr. King did for me and what Dr. King has done for everybody everywhere. He’s given us a blueprint, he’s given us the scheme as to how you can be successful and still help others.” He urged everyone to follow King’s example and become “comfortable with being uncomfortable,” which provides opportunities for personal growth and helping others.\r\n\r\nMusic and award presentations were also featured in the program. UT Martin student Jarvis Banks-Lee, a music major from Ripley, performed “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Dr. Danny Donaldson accompanied him on piano.\r\n\r\nIndividual Awards included the Alpha Award, which is given to a UT Martin faculty member and a student in memory of King, who was an Alpha Pi Alpha member. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership on campus in the area of civil rights. In addition, the Torch Award is given by the Black Student Association and honors individuals who are symbolically “carrying the torch” as a leader in civil rights.  John Abel and Miguel Gutierrez both received the Alpha Award of Merit, and the Black Student Association Torch Award was presented to Dr. David Barber.\r\n\r\nAbel is assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and was honored for his work with students, while Gutierrez, a psychology major, was recognized for his work with Latino students who attend the university. Barber, a UT Martin professor of history, was honored for long association and leadership with the university’s Civil Rights Conference.\r\n\r\nThe final award, the Harold Conner City of Martin Award, was presented by Mayor Brundige to Dr. Danny Donaldson, a Martin optometrist and UT Martin graduate who annually plays piano for the breakfast. The award recognizes longtime leadership, service and dedication to the community and is named for the Rev. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','647-revision-v1','','','2019-01-22 14:04:22','2019-01-22 20:04:22','',647,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/22/647-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(655,3,'2019-01-22 14:49:08','2019-01-22 20:49:08','Twelve University of Tennessee at Martin students will work alongside hospitality management at Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the sixth UT Martin cohort to work the event.\r\n\r\nDr. Dexter Davis, UT Martin associate professor of sport management, has taken students from the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs to the Super Bowl for the past five years.\r\n<blockquote>“For many of these kids it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Davis. “It’s also a powerful brand to have on your resume. They can legitimately say that they have worked for one of the most valuable brands in the world at the largest single-day sporting event in the world.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents will work with On Location Experiences, the National Football League’s premium hospitality business, serving as talent concierges on game day. This role includes coordinating player appearances, escorting players between venues and helping with on-field activities. Throughout the week, students will also assist with Super Bowl Live and be on call for the Local Organizing Committee.\r\n\r\n“It seems chaotic and stressful in the moment, though it really is not,” said Leighton Chappell, a junior from Flushing, Michigan, who will work the event for the second time after attending last year in Minnesota. “Dr. Davis does a great job ensuring that his students are having a good time and that we gain valuable experience from the event.”\r\n\r\nAlso attending are students Casey Allen, a senior from Vandergrift, Pennsylvania; Jodie Duncan, a graduate student from Munford; Mary Lane Harmon, a junior from Dickson; Daniel Jones, a senior from Nolensville; Ty Minton, a junior from Pleasant View; Shelby Nicholas, a senior from Lavinia; Victoria Page, a junior from Henry; Katie Reece, a senior from Louisburg, Kansas; Gracie Sills, a senior from Brownsville; Macy Slaughter, a senior from Dyersburg; and Peyton Wolfe, a senior from Ramer.\r\n\r\nThe group will leave Jan. 28 and have the opportunity to attend a symposium lead by NFL executives on the Super Bowl planning team, meet with executives from the Atlanta Braves baseball team, tour the Atlanta Hawks’ facilities and attend a Georgia Tech basketball game while in the Atlanta area.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the trip, contact Davis at <a href=\"mailto:ddavis78@utm.edu\">ddavis78@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin students to work hospitality at Super Bowl LIII','Twelve University of Tennessee at Martin students will work alongside hospitality management at Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, in Atlanta, Georgia. 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They can legitimately say that they have worked for one of the most valuable brands in the world at the largest single-day sporting event in the world.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents will work with On Location Experiences, the National Football League’s premium hospitality business, serving as talent concierges on game day. This role includes coordinating player appearances, escorting players between venues and helping with on-field activities. Throughout the week, students will also assist with Super Bowl Live and be on call for the Local Organizing Committee.\r\n\r\n“It seems chaotic and stressful in the moment, though it really is not,” said Leighton Chappell, a junior from Flushing, Michigan, who will work the event for the second time after attending last year in Minnesota. “Dr. Davis does a great job ensuring that his students are having a good time and that we gain valuable experience from the event.”\r\n\r\nAlso attending are students Casey Allen, a senior from Vandergrift, Pennsylvania; Jodie Duncan, a graduate student from Munford; Mary Lane Harmon, a junior from Dickson; Daniel Jones, a senior from Nolensville; Ty Minton, a junior from Pleasant View; Shelby Nicholas, a senior from Lavinia; Victoria Page, a junior from Henry; Katie Reece, a senior from Louisburg, Kansas; Gracie Sills, a senior from Brownsville; Macy Slaughter, a senior from Dyersburg; and Peyton Wolfe, a senior from Ramer.\r\n\r\nThe group will leave Jan. 28 and have the opportunity to attend a symposium lead by NFL executives on the Super Bowl planning team, meet with executives from the Atlanta Braves baseball team, tour the Atlanta Hawks’ facilities and attend a Georgia Tech basketball game while in the Atlanta area.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the trip, contact Davis at <a href=\"mailto:ddavis78@utm.edu\">ddavis78@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin students to work hospitality at Super Bowl LIII','Twelve University of Tennessee at Martin students will work alongside hospitality management at Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, in Atlanta, Georgia. 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She also made more than 150 appearances on “Around the Horn,” and she served as the show’s first female host in 2017.\r\n\r\nBorn in Schenectady, New York, Fagan is also the author of “What Made Maddy Run,” which spent one month as the No. 1 New York Times best-seller on the sports list. The 2017 book addresses the important issues of anxiety, depression and suicide in a perfectionist, social media-driven society. She is also the author of the memoir “The Reappearing Act” about her experience coming out as a women’s basketball student-athlete at the University of Colorado.\r\n\r\nIn addition to her work with ESPN, Fagan is a sought-after speaker on athlete mental health and the variables facing female athletes. She served as commencement speaker at her alma mater in May 2017 while also routinely hosting events and moderating panels both for brands and non-profits.\r\n\r\nFagan is a co-host of the “Free Cookies” podcast, which blends wellness, food and humor. 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The event is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nFagan served as a columnist and feature writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, as well as an on-air talent for ESPN for seven years. She frequently appeared on “Outside the Lines” and “E:60” and was a core member of The Friday Four. She also made more than 150 appearances on “Around the Horn,” and she served as the show’s first female host in 2017.\r\n\r\nBorn in Schenectady, New York, Fagan is also the author of “What Made Maddy Run,” which spent one month as the No. 1 New York Times best-seller on the sports list. The 2017 book addresses the important issues of anxiety, depression and suicide in a perfectionist, social media-driven society. 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She received financial assistance from Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, a foundation at the cancer center where she was receiving treatment.\r\n\r\nThis event is open to the public, and a variety of beverages and desserts will be available.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','University to host third-annual Cups for the Cure','The third-annual Cups for the Cure event, co-hosted by UT Martin Department of Visual and Theatre Arts and The Wesley Foundation, will be held from 2-4 p.m., Feb. 2, at the UT Martin Wesley Foundation building.','publish','closed','closed','','university-to-host-third-annual-cups-for-the-cure','','','2019-01-23 16:11:41','2019-01-23 22:11:41','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=662',0,'post','',0),(663,3,'2019-01-23 16:07:42','2019-01-23 22:07:42','','02012017_DavidMcBethPottery09','','inherit','closed','closed','','02012017_davidmcbethpottery09','','','2019-01-23 16:07:42','2019-01-23 22:07:42','',662,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/02012017_DavidMcBethPottery09.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(664,3,'2019-01-23 16:11:31','2019-01-23 22:11:31','The third-annual Cups for the Cure event, co-hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Visual and Theatre Arts and The Wesley Foundation, will be held from 2-4 p.m., Feb. 2, at the UT Martin Wesley Foundation building on Lovelace Avenue.\r\n\r\nDavid McBeth, UT Martin professor of art, and his students will be selling handmade ceramic cups and mugs for a $15 donation. One hundred percent of funds raised will be donated to cancer research foundations in the region.\r\n\r\nMcBeth created Cups for the Cure in 2017 to support cancer patients and their families. McBeth’s mother was diagnosed with cancer on Feb. 4, 2014, and passed away 21 days later. She received financial assistance from Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, a foundation at the cancer center where she was receiving treatment.\r\n\r\nThis event is open to the public, and a variety of beverages and desserts will be available.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','University to host third-annual Cups for the Cure','The third-annual Cups for the Cure event, co-hosted by UT Martin Department of Visual and Theatre Arts and The Wesley Foundation, will be held from 2-4 p.m., Feb. 2, at the UT Martin Wesley Foundation building.','inherit','closed','closed','','662-revision-v1','','','2019-01-23 16:11:31','2019-01-23 22:11:31','',662,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/23/662-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(665,3,'2019-01-31 08:30:13','2019-01-31 14:30:13','<blockquote>Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement.</blockquote>\r\nHis presentation on “The Poetry of Remembrance” will begin at 6:30 p.m., March 14, in the university’s Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nWilson’s presentation is sponsored by the UT Martin Honors Programs. For more information about the speaker or the honors programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436.\r\n\r\n###','Honors Programs speaker rescheduled','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement.','publish','closed','closed','','honors-programs-to-bring-award-winning-poet-to-campus','','','2019-01-31 08:26:56','2019-01-31 14:26:56','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=665',0,'post','',0),(666,3,'2019-01-24 14:17:36','2019-01-24 20:17:36','','Wilson_Ryan_WPhoriz','Ryan Wilson is pictured in this submitted photo.','inherit','closed','closed','','wilson_ryan_wphoriz','','','2019-01-24 14:18:27','2019-01-24 20:18:27','',665,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Wilson_Ryan_WPhoriz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(667,3,'2019-01-24 14:18:13','2019-01-24 20:18:13','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson will speak on “The Poetry of Remembrance” beginning at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 31, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nWilson’s presentation is sponsored by the UT Martin Honors Programs. 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Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. 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For more information about the speaker or the honors programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436.\r\n\r\n###','Honors Programs speaker rescheduled','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement.','inherit','closed','closed','','665-autosave-v1','','','2019-01-31 08:26:28','2019-01-31 14:26:28','',665,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/24/665-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(671,3,'2019-01-28 14:28:45','2019-01-28 20:28:45','','02092018_WorkingWomensConference066','Caty Davis, Miss Tennessee 2017, was a featured speaker during the 2018 Working Women\'s Conference. ','inherit','closed','closed','','02092018_workingwomensconference066','','','2019-01-28 14:31:14','2019-01-28 20:31:14','',670,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/02092018_WorkingWomensConference066.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(672,3,'2019-01-28 14:31:36','2019-01-28 20:31:36','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21st-annual Working Women’s Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Feb. 15, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom on the UT Martin campus. The deadline to register is Feb. 11, and the $40 registration fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.\r\n\r\nThe theme of this year’s conference is “A League of Our Own” and features session topics such as “Team Roster: Who’s on Your Team?” and “Conquering the Fear of Striking Out.” Joan Cronan, women’s athletic director emeritus for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of “Sport is Life with the Volume Turned Up: Lessons Learned That Apply to Business and Life,” will give the keynote address. Dee Henderson, executive director for Institutional Advancement at Jackson State Community College, will serve as conference emcee.\r\n\r\nAdditional conference speakers include Jamie Worrell, client manager for Center Point Business Solutions, LLC; James Dusenberry, commercial banking leader of Tennessee-Kentucky markets for Regions Bank; Lin Dunn, special assistant to the head coach for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team; Jodie Parrish, broker and owner of RE/MAX Realty Source; Kristen Doyle White, owner of Atlas Fitness Jackson and CrossFit 731; Gladys Warren, CHOICES Program coordinator for the Southwest Tennessee Development District; Dr. Teresa Collard, UT Martin associate professor of communications; and Dr. Lisa LeBleu, UT Martin professor of family and consumer sciences.\r\n\r\nTo register for the conference, visit utm.edu/weststar. Select the “Conferences” tab under “Conference &amp; Events” and go to “Register Now.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the conference or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Working Women\'s Conference scheduled for Feb. 15','The WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21st-annual Working Women’s Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Feb. 15, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom on the UT Martin campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','670-revision-v1','','','2019-01-28 14:31:36','2019-01-28 20:31:36','',670,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/28/670-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(673,3,'2019-01-28 14:46:32','2019-01-28 20:46:32','Bill Haltom, co-author of “Full Court Press,” discussed the history of women’s basketball and several key figures who changed the game during a book signing event Jan 24 at the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library.\r\n<blockquote>“This is a story of courageous women,” said Haltom. “It’s the story, first of all, of a courageous young woman named Victoria Cape who was 15 years old from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and wanted to play basketball. But she didn’t want to play half-court; she wanted to play full-court basketball. Believe it or not, prior to the lawsuit of Cape v. TSSAA, girls playing high school basketball in Tennessee were not allowed to play a full-court game. It was considered dangerous for sweet little girls.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter Cape’s father became upset that his high school daughter was only allowed to play half-court basketball, he sought the legal counsel of Ann Mostoller and Dorothy Stulberg, both graduates of the University of Tennessee School of Law. Mostoller and Stulberg filed a lawsuit against the TSSAA on Cape’s behalf and went to trail in 1976, calling star witness Pat Head (Summitt), a UT Martin alumna and newly-appointed head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers who would go on to become the winningest college basketball coach in the sport’s history.\r\n\r\nSummitt, only 26 years old at the time, had been coaching full-court college basketball for three years when she participated in the Cape trial. According to Haltom, she was not called to testify on the ability of female players to play a full-court basketball game. She was instead asked to testify to damages that would be incurred by female high school athletes if the rules of the game were not changed in their favor.\r\n\r\n“She prophesied what was coming for women in this country. She said to the judge, ‘Because of Title IX, in the years to come, women are going to get scholarships to college to play sports. They’re going to be student-athletes. … Victoria (Cape) can’t be a part of this. I can’t recruit to play college basketball a young lady who has never run a full-court game. … I’m going to have to go out of state,’” said Haltom. “On the basis of her testimony, Judge Robert Taylor ruled in (Cape’s) favor and granted the injunction that would require the TSSAA to change their rules.\r\n\r\nChange did not ultimately happen until years later following several rounds of legal appeals by the TSSAA, but Cape’s lawsuit opened the door for full-court women’s basketball in high schools across the state and the country.\r\n<blockquote>“If Pat had not testified in that case, if it had not been for the courage of Victoria Cape and the courage of her lawyers … that victory would not have changed the game for my daughter and for generations of young women,” finished Haltom.</blockquote>\r\nHe then took questions from audience members, many of whom attended UT Martin with Summitt and remember her as a personal friend and Pacer athlete.\r\n\r\nHaltom’s book is available for purchase in the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Haltom discusses history of Tennessee basketball in \'Full Court Press\'','Bill Haltom, co-author of “Full Court Press,” discussed the history of women’s basketball and several key figures who changed the game during a book signing event Jan 24 at the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library.','publish','closed','closed','','haltom-discusses-history-of-tennessee-basketball-in-full-court-press','','','2019-01-28 14:46:54','2019-01-28 20:46:54','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=673',0,'post','',0),(674,3,'2019-01-28 14:44:54','2019-01-28 20:44:54','','BillHaltom','Bill Haltom is shown speaking to UT Martin faculty, staff, students and community members during his presentation Jan. 24. ','inherit','closed','closed','','billhaltom','','','2019-01-28 14:45:16','2019-01-28 20:45:16','',673,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BillHaltom.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(675,3,'2019-01-28 14:45:49','2019-01-28 20:45:49','Bill Haltom, co-author of “Full Court Press,” discussed the history of women’s basketball and several key figures who changed the game during a book signing event Jan 24 at the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library.\r\n<blockquote>“This is a story of courageous women,” said Haltom. “It’s the story, first of all, of a courageous young woman named Victoria Cape who was 15 years old from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and wanted to play basketball. But she didn’t want to play half-court; she wanted to play full-court basketball. Believe it or not, prior to the lawsuit of Cape v. TSSAA, girls playing high school basketball in Tennessee were not allowed to play a full-court game. It was considered dangerous for sweet little girls.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter Cape’s father became upset that his high school daughter was only allowed to play half-court basketball, he sought the legal counsel of Ann Mostoller and Dorothy Stulberg, both graduates of the University of Tennessee School of Law. Mostoller and Stulberg filed a lawsuit against the TSSAA on Cape’s behalf and went to trail in 1976, calling star witness Pat Head (Summitt), a UT Martin alumna and newly-appointed head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers who would go on to become the winningest college basketball coach in the sport’s history.\r\n\r\nSummitt, only 26 years old at the time, had been coaching full-court college basketball for three years when she participated in the Cape trial. According to Haltom, she was not called to testify on the ability of female players to play a full-court basketball game. She was instead asked to testify to damages that would be incurred by female high school athletes if the rules of the game were not changed in their favor.\r\n\r\n“She prophesied what was coming for women in this country. She said to the judge, ‘Because of Title IX, in the years to come, women are going to get scholarships to college to play sports. They’re going to be student-athletes. … Victoria (Cape) can’t be a part of this. I can’t recruit to play college basketball a young lady who has never run a full-court game. … I’m going to have to go out of state,’” said Haltom. “On the basis of her testimony, Judge Robert Taylor ruled in (Cape’s) favor and granted the injunction that would require the TSSAA to change their rules.\r\n\r\nChange did not ultimately happen until years later following several rounds of legal appeals by the TSSAA, but Cape’s lawsuit opened the door for full-court women’s basketball in high schools across the state and the country.\r\n<blockquote>“If Pat had not testified in that case, if it had not been for the courage of Victoria Cape and the courage of her lawyers … that victory would not have changed the game for my daughter and for generations of young women,” finished Haltom. 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But she didn’t want to play half-court; she wanted to play full-court basketball. Believe it or not, prior to the lawsuit of Cape v. TSSAA, girls playing high school basketball in Tennessee were not allowed to play a full-court game. It was considered dangerous for sweet little girls.”</blockquote>\r\nAfter Cape’s father became upset that his high school daughter was only allowed to play half-court basketball, he sought the legal counsel of Ann Mostoller and Dorothy Stulberg, both graduates of the University of Tennessee School of Law. 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I can’t recruit to play college basketball a young lady who has never run a full-court game. … I’m going to have to go out of state,’” said Haltom. “On the basis of her testimony, Judge Robert Taylor ruled in (Cape’s) favor and granted the injunction that would require the TSSAA to change their rules.\r\n\r\nChange did not ultimately happen until years later following several rounds of legal appeals by the TSSAA, but Cape’s lawsuit opened the door for full-court women’s basketball in high schools across the state and the country.\r\n<blockquote>“If Pat had not testified in that case, if it had not been for the courage of Victoria Cape and the courage of her lawyers … that victory would not have changed the game for my daughter and for generations of young women,” finished Haltom.</blockquote>\r\nHe then took questions from audience members, many of whom attended UT Martin with Summitt and remember her as a personal friend and Pacer athlete.\r\n\r\nHaltom’s book is available for purchase in the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Haltom discusses history of Tennessee basketball in \'Full Court Press\'','Bill Haltom, co-author of “Full Court Press,” discussed the history of women’s basketball and several key figures who changed the game during a book signing event Jan 24 at the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library.','inherit','closed','closed','','673-revision-v1','','','2019-01-28 14:46:15','2019-01-28 20:46:15','',673,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/28/673-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(742,3,'2019-02-07 10:47:52','2019-02-07 16:47:52','The University of Tennessee at Martin Vanguard Theatre will present “Marjorie Prime” from Feb. 21-26 in UT Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre. The cast will perform at 8 p.m., Feb. 21-23, 25 and 26, and at 3 p.m., Feb. 24.\r\n\r\n“Marjorie Prime,” written by Jordan Harrison, is a science-fiction drama about an 85-year-old woman’s fading memories and the new companion who relays her life’s account back to her. The play comments on the limits of technology and the mysteries of human identity. “Marjorie Prime” was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist.\r\n\r\nTickets go on sale Feb. 18 and are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Patrons can reserve tickets by calling 731-881-7400 or by visiting the Department of Visual and Theatre Arts located in room 201 of the Fine Arts Building between 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets will also be available for cash payments only in the theatre lobby beginning one hour before the show. Support the ARTS Program contributors can reserve tickets beginning Feb. 15. UT Martin students can also purchase tickets online at utm.edu/departments/finearts at “Ticket Sales For Events” under “Related Links.”\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Theatre is UT Martin’s resident theatre production company, consisting of both students and community members.\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Little Theatre is located in room 167 of the Fine Arts Building, which is located at 16 Mt. Pelia Road in Martin. For more information, contact Dr. Kevin Shell, Vanguard Theatre director, at 731-881-7487.\r\n\r\n###','Vanguard Theatre production of \'Marjorie Prime\' set for Feb. 21-26','The University of Tennessee at Martin Vanguard Theatre will present “Marjorie Prime” from Feb. 21-26 in UT Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre. 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Kean’s books discuss the ways science and the elements of nature have influenced noteworthy people and historic events throughout history. “The Disappearing Spoon” will be available for purchase through the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore, and Kean will sign copies in the Boling University Center Welcome Center following his presentation.\r\n\r\nKean’s work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. He has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “Radiolab,” “Science Friday” and “All Things Considered,” among other broadcasts.\r\n\r\nKean’s appearance is co-sponsored by the UT Martin Paul Meek Library and Honors Programs, and the conference is coordinated by the Department of Chemistry and Physics. For more information, contact Dr. Abigail Shelton, associate professor of chemistry, at ashelt18@utm.edu or 731-881-7462.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Science author Sam Kean to keynote research conference','Best-selling science author Sam Kean will speak at 7 p.m., Feb. 8, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Watkins Auditorium as part of the 51st-annual Southeastern Undergraduate Research Conference.','publish','closed','closed','','science-author-sam-kean-to-keynote-research-conference','','','2019-02-07 10:22:30','2019-02-07 16:22:30','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=678',0,'post','',0),(679,3,'2019-01-29 08:09:42','2019-01-29 14:09:42','','Kean_Sam_WPhoriz','','inherit','closed','closed','','kean_sam_wphoriz','','','2019-01-29 08:09:42','2019-01-29 14:09:42','',678,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kean_Sam_WPhoriz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(682,3,'2019-01-29 08:11:35','2019-01-29 14:11:35','Best-selling science author Sam Kean will speak at 7 p.m., Feb. 8, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Watkins Auditorium as part of the 51st-annual Southeastern Undergraduate Research Conference. UT Martin will host the conference Feb. 8-9, and Kean will be the keynote speaker. His presentation is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nKean is the author of four science-based books including “The Disappearing Spoon,” which will be the subject of his conference presentation. Kean’s books discuss the ways science and the elements of nature have influenced noteworthy people and historic events throughout history. “The Disappearing Spoon” will be available for purchase through the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore, and Kean will sign copies in the Boling University Center Welcome Center following his presentation.\r\n\r\nKean’s work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. He has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “Radiolab,” “Science Friday” and “All Things Considered,” among other broadcasts.\r\n\r\nKean’s appearance is co-sponsored by the UT Martin Paul Meek Library and Honors Programs, and the conference is coordinated by the Department of Chemistry and Physics. 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UT Martin will host the conference Feb. 8-9, and Kean will be the keynote speaker. His presentation is free and open to the public.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kean is the author of four science-based books including “The Disappearing Spoon,” which will be the subject of his conference presentation. 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UT Martin will host the conference Feb. 8-9, and Kean will be the keynote speaker. His presentation is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nKean is the author of four science-based books including “The Disappearing Spoon,” which will be the subject of his conference presentation. Kean’s books discuss the ways science and the elements of nature have influenced noteworthy people and historic events throughout history. “The Disappearing Spoon” will be available for purchase through the UT Martin Barnes and Noble Bookstore, and Kean will sign copies in the Boling University Center Welcome Center following his presentation.\r\n\r\nKean’s work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. 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His art focuses on formal and figurative abstraction with themes such as power, history and identity portrayed through elements of Southern culture. His work has been showcased in private and public collections at the University of West Georgia, Jacksonville State University and UT Martin, among others. He has been featured in more than 40 exhibitions within the last three years, including three solo shows and seven national exhibition catalogs. Stout is represented by REM Gallery in San Antonio, Texas, and Circuitous Succession Gallery in Memphis.\r\n\r\nStout holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UT Martin and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2015-16 Texas Art Education Association Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award and the 2016 Best of Show Award for the Art of the South exhibition.\r\n\r\nPhi Kappa Phi is a national honors society whose mission is to recognize and encourage superior scholarship and integrity in all academic disciplines. The organization aims to “Let the love of learning rule humanity.” Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded on the UT Martin campus in 1971 and hosts the Muriel Tomlinson Memorial Lecture each spring. For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, contact Dr. Chris Hill, chapter president, at 731-881-7292.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the lecture, contact Stout at 731-881-3402.\r\n\r\n###','Phi Kappa Phi Muriel Tomlinson Lecture set for Feb. 5','Jason Stout, associate professor of art, will present the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Phi Kappa Phi Muriel Tomlinson Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m., Feb. 5, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.','publish','closed','closed','','phi-kappa-phi-muriel-tomlinson-lecture-set-for-feb-5','','','2019-02-07 10:22:37','2019-02-07 16:22:37','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=683',0,'post','',0),(684,3,'2019-01-29 08:19:33','2019-01-29 14:19:33','','Stout_Jason_WPhoriz','Jason Stout, associate professor of art','inherit','closed','closed','','stout_jason_wphoriz','','','2019-01-29 08:20:24','2019-01-29 14:20:24','',683,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Stout_Jason_WPhoriz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(685,3,'2019-01-29 08:20:02','2019-01-29 14:20:02','Jason Stout, associate professor of art, will present the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Phi Kappa Phi Muriel Tomlinson Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m., Feb. 5, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nStout will discuss a select history of paintings and pictures associated with his artistic works involving the Post Modern Age. His art focuses on formal and figurative abstraction with themes such as power, history and identity portrayed through elements of Southern culture. His work has been showcased in private and public collections at the University of West Georgia, Jacksonville State University and UT Martin, among others. He has been featured in more than 40 exhibitions within the last three years, including three solo shows and seven national exhibition catalogs. Stout is represented by REM Gallery in San Antonio, Texas, and Circuitous Succession Gallery in Memphis.\r\n\r\nStout holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UT Martin and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2015-16 Texas Art Education Association Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award and the 2016 Best of Show Award for the Art of the South exhibition.\r\n\r\nPhi Kappa Phi is a national honors society whose mission is to recognize and encourage superior scholarship and integrity in all academic disciplines. The organization aims to “Let the love of learning rule humanity.” Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded on the UT Martin campus in 1971 and hosts the Muriel Tomlinson Memorial Lecture each spring. 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These changes will allow students majoring in computer science to focus on either data science or digital hardware and embedded systems beginning with the fall 2019 semester. These additions are designed to help fill growing student demand and industry needs in the field.\r\n<blockquote>“These are areas where we’ve been seeing increased interest in recent years,” said Dr. Joshua Guerin, associate professor and department chair. “Data science is a rapidly growing field combining computer science, mathematics and statistics to gain insight from various forms of information. Likewise, many new computing platforms come in the form of embedded or ‘internet of things’-style devices. Many students who come to our program want to develop software for platforms that require hardware that interfaces with the world around us.”</blockquote>\r\nThe expansion into these new areas of computing marks a transition for the department from having a singular focus on the field of computer science to one that includes specialized coursework in mathematics, engineering and other disciplines.\r\n\r\n“The computing landscape has been moving forward rapidly in recent decades, and many emerging fields are materializing to meet the demands of an interdisciplinary world. Computer science and computer technologies are a part of virtually every modern field and area of academic study,” said Guerin. “We are seeing an increased need in the field for students who have a solid background in computer science but have additional knowledge and expertise in another field in the arts, humanities or sciences.”\r\n\r\nDr. Shadow Robinson, dean of the UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, in which the Department of Computer Science is housed, said these additions will expand career options for students and better equip them to handle the digital landscape of the future.\r\n<blockquote>“Thanks to the growth in the number of connected, or ‘smart,’ devices, we now double the amount of information that exists every year or two. The ability to navigate this explosive growth in both data and devices will be critical in the modern digital workforce. These concentrations prepare our graduates to be leaders in that space,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nThe Department of Computer Science has seen an increase in the number of program applicants and graduates in recent years and expects these increases to continue with the construction of the university’s new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, projected for completion in 2021, and a proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility for commercial and corporate workspace.\r\n\r\nThis announcement comes shortly after Core10, a fintech software development company based in Nashville, opened a location in downtown Martin to take advantage of graduates from the UT Martin program.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in computer science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. For more information about ABET accreditation, visit abet.org.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin Department of Computer Science, contact the department at 731-881-7391.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin announces new computer science programs','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently approved two new concentration areas for the Department of Computer Science.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-announces-new-computer-science-programs','','','2019-02-04 08:29:28','2019-02-04 14:29:28','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=686',0,'post','',0),(687,3,'2019-01-29 10:28:51','2019-01-29 16:28:51','','Hinton_Christina','Christina Hinton, a senior computer science major from Henry, is part of a growing class of students in the UT Martin computer science program. 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Likewise, many new computing platforms come in the form of embedded or ‘internet of things’-style devices. Many students who come to our program want to develop software for platforms that require hardware that interfaces with the world around us.”\r\n\r\nThe expansion into these new areas of computing marks a transition for the department from having a singular focus on the field of computer science to one that includes specialized coursework in mathematics, engineering and other disciplines.\r\n\r\n“The computing landscape has been moving forward rapidly in recent decades, and many emerging fields are materializing to meet the demands of an interdisciplinary world. Computer science and computer technologies are a part of virtually every modern field and area of academic study,” said Guerin. “We are seeing an increased need in the field for students who have a solid background in computer science but have additional knowledge and expertise in another field in the arts, humanities or sciences.”\r\n\r\nDr. Shadow Robinson, dean of the UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, in which the Department of Computer Science is housed, said these additions will expand career options for students and better equip them to handle the digital landscape of the future.\r\n\r\n“Thanks to the growth in the number of connected, or ‘smart,’ devices, we now double the amount of information that exists every year or two. The ability to navigate this explosive growth in both data and devices will be critical in the modern digital workforce. These concentrations prepare our graduates to be leaders in that space,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe Department of Computer Science has seen an increase in the number of program applicants and graduates in recent years and expects these increases to continue with the construction of the university’s new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, projected for completion in 2021, and a proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility for commercial and corporate workspace.\r\n\r\nThis announcement comes shortly after Core10, a fintech software development company based in Nashville, opened a location in downtown Martin to take advantage of graduates from the UT Martin program.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in computer science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. 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These additions are designed to help fill growing student demand and industry needs in the field.\r\n<blockquote>“These are areas where we’ve been seeing increased interest in recent years,” said Dr. Joshua Guerin, associate professor and department chair. “Data science is a rapidly growing field combining computer science, mathematics and statistics to gain insight from various forms of information. Likewise, many new computing platforms come in the form of embedded or ‘internet of things’-style devices. Many students who come to our program want to develop software for platforms that require hardware that interfaces with the world around us.”</blockquote>\r\nThe expansion into these new areas of computing marks a transition for the department from having a singular focus on the field of computer science to one that includes specialized coursework in mathematics, engineering and other disciplines.\r\n\r\n“The computing landscape has been moving forward rapidly in recent decades, and many emerging fields are materializing to meet the demands of an interdisciplinary world. 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These concentrations prepare our graduates to be leaders in that space,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nThe Department of Computer Science has seen an increase in the number of program applicants and graduates in recent years and expects these increases to continue with the construction of the university’s new Latimer Engineering and Science Building, projected for completion in 2021, and a proposed Innovation and Product Realization Facility for commercial and corporate workspace.\r\n\r\nThis announcement comes shortly after Core10, a fintech software development company based in Nashville, opened a location in downtown Martin to take advantage of graduates from the UT Martin program.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin bachelor’s degree program in computer science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. 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These additions are designed to help fill growing student demand and industry needs in the field.\r\n<blockquote>“These are areas where we’ve been seeing increased interest in recent years,” said Dr. Joshua Guerin, associate professor and department chair. “Data science is a rapidly growing field combining computer science, mathematics and statistics to gain insight from various forms of information. Likewise, many new computing platforms come in the form of embedded or ‘internet of things’-style devices. Many students who come to our program want to develop software for platforms that require hardware that interfaces with the world around us.”</blockquote>\r\nThe expansion into these new areas of computing marks a transition for the department from having a singular focus on the field of computer science to one that includes specialized coursework in mathematics, engineering and other disciplines.\r\n\r\n“The computing landscape has been moving forward rapidly in recent decades, and many emerging fields are materializing to meet the demands of an interdisciplinary world. 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Institutional data was self-reported through statistical questionnaires distributed in the fall of 2018.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s program is also first in the state and 11<sup>th</sup> overall among the top 30 accelerated online MBA programs for 2019 by CollegeValuesOnline.com. UT Martin is the only Tennessee program to be included on this particular list.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin MBA program is delivered in both online and hybrid formats with an additional concentration option in agricultural business. The program typically takes only 20 months to complete and is regularly included in national and regional rankings and is accredited by AASCB International.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Martin MBA program, visit utm.edu/mba or contact Dr. Christie Chen, associate professor of management and MBA coordinator, at 731-881-7208 or mba@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Online MBA program ranked best in Tennessee','U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Tennessee at Martin’s online Master of Business Administration program tied for 34th in the country in the most recent ranking of more than 300 online MBA programs. 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This exhibit was organized by The Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.','inherit','closed','closed','','df-barry-exhibit','','','2019-03-04 08:29:37','2019-03-04 14:29:37','',790,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DF-Barry-Exhibit.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(795,3,'2019-03-04 09:11:43','2019-03-04 15:11:43','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting held at the UT Martin, UT Board Chair John Compton said the board should begin a dialogue and working toward what the university needs to be successful in 2030.\r\n\r\n“We all recognize the world is changing. There is transformation that could be coming to education,” Compton said. “That is what we should be considering in our meetings.”\r\n\r\nCompton said the board needs to think strategically about what it would take to grow enrollment and graduate those students as well as to increase research that impacts the world. With UT graduating the majority students in the state, what happens at the university matters.\r\n\r\n“If you want a strong state of Tennessee, we need a strong University of Tennessee,” he said.\r\n\r\nCompton said it will take time to develop ideas and choose the best to pursue as a board.\r\n\r\n“In the business world, I can look back on one or two decisions that mattered. There are one or two decisions that we could make that will materially matter,” Compton said. “If we get it right, it will materially matter for the good.”\r\n\r\nTrustees agreed to continue discussions regarding working toward UT 2030.\r\n\r\n“It’s a good time to do this,” said Trustee Amy Miles. “We have a new board. We have a new leader in Randy (Boyd, UT interim president). I’m glad we’re headed in this direction.”\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting, trustees also discussed the State Comptroller’s Report on Sex Week at UT Knoxville, which was released in mid-February. The board approved eliminating student-organized programming, the Student Programming Allocation Committee and the opt-in process for fees. As part of that decision, the campus programming boards and registered student organizations will no longer receive student programs and services fee to organize programs. In the board meeting scheduled for June, the UT Knoxville administration will present a process of how it will decide what programming to fund, including sex education, with input from students.\r\n\r\n“As an administration and board, we are completely supportive of the right of free speech and the First Amendment and the right of student programming, which is critical to the success of students at our university,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nTrustees approved a second year of no student tuition and fee increases for UT Health Science Center undergraduates. Since the Health Science Center’s academic year begins in July, the board considers its fee increases during its March meeting. Tuition and fees for the other campuses will be considered during the June meeting.\r\n\r\nThey also approved a $200 maintenance fee increase for graduate and professional programs. They approved reducing out-of-state tuition reduction for three programs: pharmacy, graduate health sciences and dental hygiene. UTHSC officials said the reduction would allow them to maintain and grow enrollment for those programs.\r\n\r\nDuring the president’s report, Boyd discussed his Transparent UT initiative, which is geared toward providing easier access to information. In December, UT launched a dedicated website, <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=2197a6d310&amp;e=09a9032c1a\">tennessee.edu/transparency/</a>, to provide access to the information in one location. He also established a Transparency Advisory Group to identify ways to increase transparency. The group consists of individuals from each campus, a student, a reporter and a former legislator.\r\n\r\n“In our Transparent UT initiative, we’re making sure the things we’re proud of and what people want to know about us are easy to find,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nThe board also approved a long-term ground lease for a private housing development at UT Health Science Center. Ken Brown, UTHSC executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer, said the almost 10-acre Memphis Medical District Apartments project would create 400 residences. He said quality housing close to campus was a concern with 90 percent of the campuses’ students coming from outside of the Memphis area.\r\n\r\nThe lease would allow the Henry Turley Company to plan, design finance and build the multi-family housing development. The company would pay the university ground rent. UTHSC students, faculty and staff would be allowed to rent residences as well as the general public.\r\n\r\nIn other business, trustees approved:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Naming the UT Knoxville Center for Leadership and Service in honor of Clay and Debbie Jones.</li>\r\n 	<li>Amended bylaws to require the president to inform and seek the advice of the chair of the board and any appropriate committee chair before changing the compensation and employment terms of chancellors and other officers.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised the standing rule on requests to address the board to allow one hour instead of 30 minutes.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for campus advisory boards to provide recommendations to the president on the proposed strategic plans and annual operating budget, including tuition and fees, for campuses.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a non-voting student member of the board.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a faculty member to the Education, Research, and Service Committee.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville policies and procedures governing application for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville procedures for enhanced tenure-track review.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revisions to the UT Health Science Center Faculty Handbook on peer review of teaching and on relationships with students.</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs of a Master of Science in Data Analytics at UT Chattanooga and Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences at UT Knoxville.</li>\r\n 	<li>The student code of conduct and proposed honor code for UT Chattanooga.</li>\r\n 	<li>The revised fiscal year 2018-2019 operating budget.</li>\r\n 	<li>Use of proceeds for renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the UT Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at 865-974-5179 or <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>.','UT Board of Trustees looks toward 2030 during March 1 meeting','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.','publish','closed','closed','','795','','','2019-03-04 09:35:43','2019-03-04 15:35:43','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=795',0,'post','',0),(696,4,'2019-01-30 17:07:01','2019-01-30 23:07:01','Dr. Charley Deal has been named executive director of research, outreach and economic development at the University of Tennessee at Martin, effective Feb. 1, 2019. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver made the announcement Jan. 30 after conducting a national search for qualified candidates.\r\n\r\n“After spending 14 years with the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving and a year as interim director of research, grants and contracts, I feel Dr. Deal has a unique blend of knowledge and experience to keep UT Martin moving forward in this new position. He has a special touch with both the campus and external communities, including donors and legislators, and I am confident he will be able to help us make an even greater, positive impact on our city, our region and our state in the years to come,” said Carver.\r\n\r\nDeal, currently serving as special adviser to the chancellor and interim director of research, grants and contracts, will lead the newly created Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development. This new position reports directly to Carver and works closely with the UT System’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in support of state and regional relationships. Deal will also be responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHe has worked at UT Martin since 1992 and served in the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving from 2004-2018, moving from assistant to associate vice chancellor. Deal is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized that year.\r\n\r\n“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee,” said Deal. “As part of the university’s strategic plan, we want to be West Tennessee’s university of choice for problem-solving programs and opportunities for personal growth. I am grateful to Chancellor Carver and the search committee for providing me this opportunity.”\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, served as chair of the search committee, which included representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members were Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, director of the Office of Career Planning and Development; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Charley Deal named executive director of research, outreach and economic development','“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee.\"','publish','closed','closed','','charley-deal-named-executive-director-of-research-outreach-and-economic-development','','','2019-02-04 08:29:36','2019-02-04 14:29:36','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=696',0,'post','',0),(697,4,'2019-01-30 17:02:28','2019-01-30 23:02:28','','03072018_WestStarNashvilleSession001','','inherit','closed','closed','','03072018_weststarnashvillesession001','','','2019-01-30 17:02:28','2019-01-30 23:02:28','',696,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/03072018_WestStarNashvilleSession001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(745,3,'2019-02-11 12:07:59','2019-02-11 18:07:59','Wyatt Cole, a rodeo student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died Feb. 10 after a car accident near Martin. He was 20 years old.\r\n\r\nCole, a junior from Owenton, Kentucky, was majoring in agricultural business and in his second season with the UT Martin rodeo team. He graduated from Owen County High School before attending UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“Wyatt was a super good kid with a great attitude,” said John Luthi, head coach of the UT Martin rodeo team. “He had a hard work ethic and came from a great family. Our prayers go out to his family – he will be missed.”\r\n\r\nCole advanced to the finals of three collegiate rodeos during the 2018-19 season, representing UT Martin in team roping at Missouri Valley College (Sept. 20-22) and in steer wrestling at both Three Rivers College (Oct. 11-13) and Murray State (Nov. 15-17). He accumulated team points in each of his steer wrestling performances, including a career-best third-place finish in average (13.6 seconds) at Murray State.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin mourns loss of rodeo team member','Wyatt Cole, a rodeo student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died Feb. 10 after a car accident near Martin. 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UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver made the announcement Jan. 30 after conducting a national search for qualified candidates.\r\n\r\n“After spending 14 years as associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and annual giving and a year as interim director of research, grants and contracts, I feel Dr. Deal has a unique blend of knowledge and experience to keep UT Martin moving forward in this new position. He has a special touch with both the campus and external communities, including donors and legislators, and I am confident he will be able to help us make an even greater, positive impact on our city, our region and our state in the years to come,” said Carver.\r\n\r\nDeal, currently serving as special adviser to the chancellor and interim director of research, grants and contracts, will lead the newly created Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development. This new position reports directly to Carver and works closely with the UT System’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in support of state and regional relationships. Deal will also be responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHe has worked at UT Martin since 1992 and served in the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving from 2004-2018, moving from assistant to associate vice chancellor. Deal is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized that year.\r\n\r\n“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee,” said Deal. “As part of the university’s strategic plan, we want to be West Tennessee’s university of choice for problem-solving programs and opportunities for personal growth. I am grateful to Chancellor Carver and the search committee for providing me this opportunity.”\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, served as chair of the search committee, which included representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members were Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, director of the Office of Career Planning and Development; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Charley Deal named executive director of research, outreach and economic development','“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee,” said Deal.','inherit','closed','closed','','696-revision-v1','','','2019-01-30 17:06:00','2019-01-30 23:06:00','',696,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/30/696-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(701,4,'2019-01-30 17:07:01','2019-01-30 23:07:01','Dr. Charley Deal has been named executive director of research, outreach and economic development at the University of Tennessee at Martin, effective Feb. 1, 2019. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver made the announcement Jan. 30 after conducting a national search for qualified candidates.\r\n\r\n“After spending 14 years as associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and annual giving and a year as interim director of research, grants and contracts, I feel Dr. Deal has a unique blend of knowledge and experience to keep UT Martin moving forward in this new position. He has a special touch with both the campus and external communities, including donors and legislators, and I am confident he will be able to help us make an even greater, positive impact on our city, our region and our state in the years to come,” said Carver.\r\n\r\nDeal, currently serving as special adviser to the chancellor and interim director of research, grants and contracts, will lead the newly created Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development. This new position reports directly to Carver and works closely with the UT System’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in support of state and regional relationships. Deal will also be responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHe has worked at UT Martin since 1992 and served in the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving from 2004-2018, moving from assistant to associate vice chancellor. Deal is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized that year.\r\n\r\n“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee,” said Deal. “As part of the university’s strategic plan, we want to be West Tennessee’s university of choice for problem-solving programs and opportunities for personal growth. I am grateful to Chancellor Carver and the search committee for providing me this opportunity.”\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, served as chair of the search committee, which included representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members were Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, director of the Office of Career Planning and Development; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Charley Deal named executive director of research, outreach and economic development','“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee.\"','inherit','closed','closed','','696-revision-v1','','','2019-01-30 17:07:01','2019-01-30 23:07:01','',696,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/30/696-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(702,3,'2019-01-31 08:26:46','2019-01-31 14:26:46','<blockquote>Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement.</blockquote>\r\nHis presentation on “The Poetry of Remembrance” will begin at 6:30 p.m., March 14, in the university’s Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nWilson’s presentation is sponsored by the UT Martin Honors Programs. For more information about the speaker or the honors programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436.\r\n\r\n###','Honors Programs speaker rescheduled','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement.','inherit','closed','closed','','665-revision-v1','','','2019-01-31 08:26:46','2019-01-31 14:26:46','',665,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/31/665-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(703,3,'2019-01-31 09:34:30','2019-01-31 15:34:30','Dr. Charley Deal has been named executive director of research, outreach and economic development at the University of Tennessee at Martin, effective Feb. 1, 2019. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver made the announcement Jan. 30 after conducting a national search for qualified candidates.\r\n\r\n“After spending 14 years with the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving and a year as interim director of research, grants and contracts, I feel Dr. Deal has a unique blend of knowledge and experience to keep UT Martin moving forward in this new position. He has a special touch with both the campus and external communities, including donors and legislators, and I am confident he will be able to help us make an even greater, positive impact on our city, our region and our state in the years to come,” said Carver.\r\n\r\nDeal, currently serving as special adviser to the chancellor and interim director of research, grants and contracts, will lead the newly created Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development. This new position reports directly to Carver and works closely with the UT System’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in support of state and regional relationships. Deal will also be responsible for oversight and compliance of university-sponsored programs, and the promotion and coordination of outreach activities including non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nHe has worked at UT Martin since 1992 and served in the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving from 2004-2018, moving from assistant to associate vice chancellor. Deal is also executive director of the university’s regional WestStar Leadership Program. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UT Martin and a doctoral degree in learning and leadership from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received one of four University of Tennessee President’s Awards in 2018 and was the only UT Martin nominee to be recognized that year.\r\n\r\n“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee,” said Deal. “As part of the university’s strategic plan, we want to be West Tennessee’s university of choice for problem-solving programs and opportunities for personal growth. I am grateful to Chancellor Carver and the search committee for providing me this opportunity.”\r\n\r\nDr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, served as chair of the search committee, which included representation from UT Martin faculty and staff as well as an outside representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Committee members were Harriet Cannon, assistant to the state director and administrative programs director for the USDA (retired); Dr. John Oelrich, director of bands and associate professor of music; Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the UT Martin Parsons Center; Landy Fuqua, director of the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center; Dr. Mark McCloud, director of the Office of Career Planning and Development; and Dr. Rachna Tewari, associate professor of agricultural economics.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Charley Deal named executive director of research, outreach and economic development','“I am truly excited about the opportunity to build upon our university’s success in research and outreach and lead our efforts to expand economic development opportunities across West Tennessee.\"','inherit','closed','closed','','696-revision-v1','','','2019-01-31 09:34:30','2019-01-31 15:34:30','',696,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/31/696-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(704,3,'2019-01-31 11:31:43','2019-01-31 17:31:43','FIRST WESTTEACH CLASS GRADUATES PROGRAM – Members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestTeach class of 2018 graduated from the program during a banquet Jan. 29 at the Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. WestTeach is a teacher-development program created as a class project by the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2017. WestTeach members participated in four sessions on West Tennessee agriculture, the humanity of leadership, creating partnerships for economic development and building communities. Members of the 2017 WestStar class have remained engaged with the new program. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Holly Owen, of Dyer County; Cindy Landry, of Henderson County; Franky Hodges, of Gibson County; Beth McManus, of Obion County; Autumn Ratliff, of Benton County; (back row) Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director; Tracy Connell and Lindsey Parham, both of Carroll County; Kimberly Elliott, of Weakley County; Lauren Newell, of Dyersburg; Jill Baker, of Shelby County; Christy Buckelew, of Henry County; and Virginia Grimes, WestStar program coordinator. Not pictured is Todd Alexander, of Hardin County. 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WestTeach is a teacher-development program created as a class project by the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2017. WestTeach members participated in four sessions on West Tennessee agriculture, the humanity of leadership, creating partnerships for economic development and building communities. Members of the 2017 WestStar class have remained engaged with the new program. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Holly Owen, of Dyer County; Cindy Landry, of Henderson County; Franky Hodges, of Gibson County; Beth McManus, of Obion County; Autumn Ratliff, of Benton County; (back row) Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director; Tracy Connell and Lindsey Parham, both of Carroll County; Kimberly Elliott, of Weakley County; Lauren Newell, of Dyersburg; Jill Baker, of Shelby County; Christy Buckelew, of Henry County; and Virginia Grimes, WestStar program coordinator. Not pictured is Todd Alexander, of Hardin County. 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WestTeach members participated in four sessions on West Tennessee agriculture, the humanity of leadership, creating partnerships for economic development and building communities. Members of the 2017 WestStar class have remained engaged with the new program. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Holly Owen, of Dyer County; Cindy Landry, of Henderson County; Franky Hodges, of Gibson County; Beth McManus, of Obion County; Autumn Ratliff, of Benton County; (back row) Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director; Tracy Connell and Lindsey Parham, both of Carroll County; Kimberly Elliott, of Weakley County; Lauren Newell, of Dyersburg; Jill Baker, of Shelby County; Christy Buckelew, of Henry County; and Virginia Grimes, WestStar program coordinator. Not pictured is Todd Alexander, of Hardin County. For more information about WestTeach or the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Grimes at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','First WestTeach class graduates from program','Members of the University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestTeach class of 2018 graduated from the program during a banquet Jan. 29 at the Madison Downs Venue in Jackson.','inherit','closed','closed','','704-revision-v1','','','2019-01-31 11:32:19','2019-01-31 17:32:19','',704,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/31/704-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1947,6,'2020-03-18 17:02:03','2020-03-18 22:02:03','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT on March 27.\r\n\r\nFollowing <a title=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=b01f1fc640&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\" href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=b01f1fc640&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">interim guidance</a> issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), the meeting will be held virtually. All board members will participate electronically or by telephone. Interested individuals are encouraged to watch the meeting online. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=4f11c6c5ce&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nThe Board’s <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=f892d179b7&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">Standing Rule Governing Requests to Address the Board</a> has been extended to include this special meeting.  Requests 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=73d556f352&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board/</a>.  Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 23. While the <a name=\"_Hlk35184771\"></a>Board’s Standing Rule will apply, given the current environment regarding COVID-19, accommodations will be granted to allow for remote participation by scheduled speakers.\r\n\r\nAt the meeting, the Board of Trustees will consider appointing Interim President Randy Boyd to the position of president up to June 30, 2025.  In addition, the Board will be briefed on the University’s actions and plans in response to COVID-19 and may take action, as necessary, including considering revisions to the tenure policy to extend the probationary period.\r\n\r\nBoyd, a UT Knoxville alumnus and Knoxville businessman, has served as interim president since November 2018. At the November 2019 Board of Trustees meeting, discussions began to consider removing the interim title.  In December 2019, Board Chair John Compton initiated a formal review of Boyd’s performance, which included requesting feedback from leadership of faculty, staff and students as well as alumni, legislators and others. After extensive discussion of Boyd’s review and leadership during the February 2020 Board meeting, Compton recommended to the Board consideration of the appointment of Boyd without undertaking a national search.\r\n\r\n“The recommendation was informed by a number of considerations, including the positive momentum of the University, the strategic initiatives that are underway, and, most notably, the favorable feedback received from key stakeholders,” Compton said.\r\n\r\nThe Board requested that Boyd participate in a series of town hall meetings across the state to share his vision for leading the University and to give constituents the opportunity to ask questions. Town hall meetings were held in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Martin and Memphis between March 4-11. Recordings of those meetings are available <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=50399bc66b&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">online</a>.\r\n\r\nThe agenda for the meeting has been posted to the Board website and is accessible at: <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=72acf3fc30&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">trustees.tennessee.edu/</a>.  Meeting materials are anticipated to be available online no later than March 20.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance to attend this virtual meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in writing, by email, or by telephone and should be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, March 25.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=74fccab02a&amp;e=8e2b37ad4b\">cdc.gov/COVID19</a> for the latest information and resources about COVID-19.  The designated location for the meeting is the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials Executive Conference Room, UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm, 2641 Osprey Vista Way, Knoxville.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee System distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.','UT Board of Trustees to Hold Special Meeting March 27','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT on March 27. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-board-of-trustees-to-hold-special-meeting-march-27','','','2020-05-26 08:19:10','2020-05-26 13:19:10','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1947',0,'post','',0),(711,3,'2019-01-31 12:06:00','2019-01-31 18:06:00','The University of Tennessee at Martin offers a variety of financial aid and academic assistance options for military service members transitioning into a college atmosphere.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Office of Veteran Services provides each enrolled service member with counseling regarding their federal veteran’s affairs benefits, guidance regarding financial aid opportunities, academic counseling and connection to other available campus resources. The Skyhawk Veteran’s Association also connects service members with other student veterans who can share their collegiate experience and understand their transition.\r\n\r\n“UTM is very veteran friendly, and I have not met anyone yet that would not do what they could to help if you are ever in need,” said Michael Johnson, a sophomore currently living in Greenfield. Johnson served as a sergeant in the 188<sup>th</sup> Steel Eagles Battalion at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, before returning to West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded UT Martin a 2018 Veteran Reconnect Grant to improve prior learning assessments for service members. This assessment process examines a veteran’s military training and grants equivalent college credit for skills obtained during service, potentially allowing student veterans to complete their degrees faster. As a result, all student veterans have the opportunity to submit military training credits for standardized review toward their current degree program.\r\n\r\nUT Martin also connects student veterans with the Office of Career Planning and Development, which provides career counseling, resume workshops, mock interviews and assistance with job and internship placements.\r\n\r\nThe university is included on the 2019-2020 list of Military FriendlyÒ schools, as designated by VIQTORY. This list evaluates institutions based on retention, graduation and job placement rates, as well as available federal assistance programs for veterans, among other criteria.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Higher Education Commission designated UT Martin a Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Campus in 2017 in recognition of the university’s dedication to allocating resources to assist veterans with the transition from military service to college enrollment.\r\n\r\nIn addition, UT Martin also offers assistance through the statewide Tennessee STRONG Act, made official by the Tennessee General Assembly in May 2017. The act provides tuition reimbursement to service members who meet certain qualifications and are already using federal tuition assistance to obtain their degrees. This additional assistance is used to fill any gaps the service member may experience in the cost of his or her education and supports former Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative.\r\n\r\nFor more information on financial aid opportunities, prior learning assessments or special programs for military service members or their dependents, visit utm.edu/veteranaffairs or contact Johnny Dyer, veteran services coordinator, at jdyer@utm.edu or 731-881-1689.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin offers options for student veterans','The University of Tennessee at Martin offers a variety of financial aid and academic assistance options for military service members transitioning into a college atmosphere.','inherit','closed','closed','','709-revision-v1','','','2019-01-31 12:06:00','2019-01-31 18:06:00','',709,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/31/709-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(712,3,'2019-01-31 12:06:14','2019-01-31 18:06:14','The University of Tennessee at Martin offers a variety of financial aid and academic assistance options for military service members transitioning into a college atmosphere.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Office of Veteran Services provides each enrolled service member with counseling regarding their federal veteran’s affairs benefits, guidance regarding financial aid opportunities, academic counseling and connection to other available campus resources. The Skyhawk Veteran’s Association also connects service members with other student veterans who can share their collegiate experience and understand their transition.\r\n\r\n“UTM is very veteran friendly, and I have not met anyone yet that would not do what they could to help if you are ever in need,” said Michael Johnson, a sophomore currently living in Greenfield. Johnson served as a sergeant in the 188<sup>th</sup> Steel Eagles Battalion at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, before returning to West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded UT Martin a 2018 Veteran Reconnect Grant to improve prior learning assessments for service members. This assessment process examines a veteran’s military training and grants equivalent college credit for skills obtained during service, potentially allowing student veterans to complete their degrees faster. As a result, all student veterans have the opportunity to submit military training credits for standardized review toward their current degree program.\r\n\r\nUT Martin also connects student veterans with the Office of Career Planning and Development, which provides career counseling, resume workshops, mock interviews and assistance with job and internship placements.\r\n\r\nThe university is included on the 2019-2020 list of Military FriendlyÒ schools, as designated by VIQTORY. This list evaluates institutions based on retention, graduation and job placement rates, as well as available federal assistance programs for veterans, among other criteria.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Higher Education Commission designated UT Martin a Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Campus in 2017 in recognition of the university’s dedication to allocating resources to assist veterans with the transition from military service to college enrollment.\r\n\r\nIn addition, UT Martin also offers assistance through the statewide Tennessee STRONG Act, made official by the Tennessee General Assembly in May 2017. The act provides tuition reimbursement to service members who meet certain qualifications and are already using federal tuition assistance to obtain their degrees. This additional assistance is used to fill any gaps the service member may experience in the cost of his or her education and supports former Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative.\r\n\r\nFor more information on financial aid opportunities, prior learning assessments or special programs for military service members or their dependents, visit utm.edu/veteranaffairs or contact Johnny Dyer, veteran services coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:jdyer@utm.edu\">jdyer@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-1689.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin offers options for student veterans','The University of Tennessee at Martin offers a variety of financial aid and academic assistance options for military service members transitioning into a college atmosphere.','inherit','closed','closed','','709-revision-v1','','','2019-01-31 12:06:14','2019-01-31 18:06:14','',709,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/01/31/709-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(714,3,'2019-02-04 10:51:11','2019-02-04 16:51:11','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program selected 30 business and education leaders from 16 counties in West Tennessee as the class of 2019. The following class participants are noted with their business or organization affiliation and home county:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Kayce Beam, director of the UT Martin Jackson Center, Madison County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Skipper Bondurant, administrator and chief executive officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City, Obion County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Joyce Brown, county clerk of Gibson County, Gibson County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Reba Celsor, chief executive officer of West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jim Cheatham, president of Universal Contractors, LLC, Obion County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jenna Cole-Wilson, executive director of the Benton County/Camden Chamber of Commerce, Benton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Al Da Silva, director of operations for University Plastic Surgeons, Shelby County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Sybil Dancer, director of Selmer Parks and Recreation, McNairy County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Chris Davis, executive director of special services for Haywood County Schools, Haywood County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Amber Greene, recycling coordinator of the West Tennessee Regional Recycling Hub, Chester County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Justin Hargrove, agriculture and natural resources extension agent with the University of Tennessee Extension in Benton County, Benton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Nichole Lawrence, community relations officer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Larry Lusk, director of Dyer County School System, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Andrew Maddox, president of Maddox Insurance, LLC, Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jason Martin, commercial print and promotional manager of Tri-County Publishing Inc., Carroll County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Travis McLeese, executive director of Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, Henry County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Civil Miller-Watkins, board member for Fayette County Schools, Fayette County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Erica Moore, communications director for Weakley County government and executive assistant to the Weakley County mayor, Weakley County;</li>\r\n 	<li>LaShell Moore, pre-kindergarten teacher at Selmer Elementary School and president and founder of Mary Lou Johnson Inc., McNairy County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Sharron Murden, northwest district manager and vice president of CB&amp;S Bank in Bolivar, Hardeman County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Paul Newbill, senior vice president and commercial lender for First Citizens National Bank, Dyer County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jeffery Richmond, nylon maintenance manager of Teknor Apex Co.-Tennessee, Haywood County;</li>\r\n 	<li>John Penn Ridgeway, vice president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie, Henry County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Derick Seaton, manager at Savannah-Hardin County Airport, Hardin County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Lucianne Shoffner, publisher at River Willow Co., LLC (doing business as Cypress Magazine), Tipton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Lori Weir, chief executive officer and founder of Relationship Architects, LLC, Madison County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Ron Wells, director of the Millington Center at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Shelby County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Bryce West, vice president of BancorpSouth in Trenton, Gibson County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Mark Woodruff, owner and operator of the UPS Store in Savannah, Hardin County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jamie Worrell, human resource client manager at Center Point Business Solutions, LLC, Obion County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nParticipants attend a series of sessions held through June focusing on topics such as economic development, public policy, education and technology. The WestStar Leadership Program was founded at UT Martin in 1989 and is the state’s oldest and largest regional leadership program. The program equips regional leaders with new skills and knowledge designed to impact the educational, economic and social development of West Tennessee. The program also provides members with a growing network of community-minded people committed to serving the area. Dr. Charley Deal serves as WestStar executive director.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298.\r\n\r\n###','WestStar Leadership Program announces class of 2019','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program selected 30 business and education leaders from 16 counties in West Tennessee as the class of 2019. ','inherit','closed','closed','','713-revision-v1','','','2019-02-04 10:51:11','2019-02-04 16:51:11','',713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/04/713-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(715,3,'2019-02-04 10:53:59','2019-02-04 16:53:59','Luca Bonomi, president of the <a href=\"https://www.dantealighieri.com/\">Società Dante Alighieri in Siena, Italy</a>, will return to the University of Tennessee at Martin after hosting UT Martin students at his school during a fall 2018 Italian study-abroad program. Bonomi will discuss the importance of female characters in 19th century Italian opera beginning at 6 p.m., Feb. 12, in room 117 of Gooch Hall.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on both the importance of and the complexity behind women’s portraits in Giacomo Puccini’s 19th century Italian lyric operas. Bonomi will discuss the most significant aspects of female characters in narrative dynamics and stage presence, including emotions, affections and feelings. He will also explain how the topic helps understand 20th-century European society from cultural and social perspectives. The presentation is co-sponsored by the UT Martin University Honors Programs and the provost’s office.\r\n\r\nBonomi teaches courses in Italian language, culture, opera and the history of Italian cinema for the Società Dante Alighieri di Siena, a multinational school of language, culture and gastronomy. The school hosted 20 UT Martin students in an extended study-abroad program this past fall.\r\n\r\nBonomi will also meet with university officials and faculty during his visit to discuss the future of the study-abroad program in Siena and throughout Italy. UT Martin will send another group of students to participate in the program this fall.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Bonomi’s visit or travel opportunities to the Società Dante Alighieri, contact Dr. Joseph Ostenson, associate professor of psychology, at 731-881-7542 or email <a href=\"mailto:jostenso@utm.edu\">jostenso@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Luca Bonomi returns to campus Feb. 12','Luca Bonomi, president of the Società Dante Alighieri in Siena, Italy, will return to the University of Tennessee at Martin after hosting UT Martin students at his school during a fall 2018 Italian study-abroad program.','publish','closed','closed','','luca-bonomi-returns-to-campus-feb-12','','','2019-02-12 09:15:32','2019-02-12 15:15:32','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=715',0,'post','',0),(716,3,'2019-02-04 10:53:05','2019-02-04 16:53:05','','Luca Bonomi_WPhoriz','','inherit','closed','closed','','luca-bonomi_wphoriz','','','2019-02-04 10:53:05','2019-02-04 16:53:05','',715,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Luca-Bonomi_WPhoriz.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(717,3,'2019-02-04 10:53:59','2019-02-04 16:53:59','Luca Bonomi, president of the <a href=\"https://www.dantealighieri.com/\">Società Dante Alighieri in Siena, Italy</a>, will return to the University of Tennessee at Martin after hosting UT Martin students at his school during a fall 2018 Italian study-abroad program. Bonomi will discuss the importance of female characters in 19th century Italian opera beginning at 6 p.m., Feb. 12, in room 117 of Gooch Hall.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on both the importance of and the complexity behind women’s portraits in Giacomo Puccini’s 19th century Italian lyric operas. Bonomi will discuss the most significant aspects of female characters in narrative dynamics and stage presence, including emotions, affections and feelings. He will also explain how the topic helps understand 20th-century European society from cultural and social perspectives. The presentation is co-sponsored by the UT Martin University Honors Programs and the provost’s office.\r\n\r\nBonomi teaches courses in Italian language, culture, opera and the history of Italian cinema for the Società Dante Alighieri di Siena, a multinational school of language, culture and gastronomy. The school hosted 20 UT Martin students in an extended study-abroad program this past fall.\r\n\r\nBonomi will also meet with university officials and faculty during his visit to discuss the future of the study-abroad program in Siena and throughout Italy. UT Martin will send another group of students to participate in the program this fall.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Bonomi’s visit or travel opportunities to the Società Dante Alighieri, contact Dr. Joseph Ostenson, associate professor of psychology, at 731-881-7542 or email <a href=\"mailto:jostenso@utm.edu\">jostenso@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Luca Bonomi returns to campus Feb. 12','Luca Bonomi, president of the Società Dante Alighieri in Siena, Italy, will return to the University of Tennessee at Martin after hosting UT Martin students at his school during a fall 2018 Italian study-abroad program.','inherit','closed','closed','','715-revision-v1','','','2019-02-04 10:53:59','2019-02-04 16:53:59','',715,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/04/715-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(718,3,'2019-02-04 14:30:32','2019-02-04 20:30:32','Autumn Ratliff loves to teach school and also be a leader. Her selection last May to participate in the first WestTeach class for K-12 teachers, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program, was the perfect professional-development opportunity. The information she learned, the communities she visited and the contacts she made will make her a better fourth-grade teacher at Briarwood Elementary School in Camden.\r\n\r\nThose same experiences will also make her a better elected official. In November, the 28-year-old Big Sandy native was elected the first female and youngest mayor in the city’s history. She won the election unopposed, fulfilling a dream and a goal to serve the community she never plans to leave. Ratliff joined fellow class members for a recognition and graduation event Jan. 29 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson.\r\n\r\nWestTeach is a teacher-development program created as a class project by the 2017 WestStar Leadership Program class. Prospective WestTeach participants must be K-12 teachers who want to remain in the classroom but also aspire to be leaders in their respective schools and communities. Program applicants must be recommended by their principal, director of schools or superintendent, and only one teacher per school district is chosen to participate. Four sessions held across West Tennessee from August through November covered topics in agriculture, leadership, education partnerships for economic development and building communities. Several 2017 WestStar class members attended the program sessions along with the 12 teachers chosen for the inaugural class.\r\n\r\nSpeaking before the event, Ratliff said that the decision to apply for WestTeach wasn’t difficult to make. “I think about my classroom and community all the time, and I was like, ‘You know what? I’ll give it a shot,’ and I didn’t know how great this was going to be,” she said. “And I’m so glad that I took that shot.” The WestTeach sessions provided practical information that she can use in her school, as well as important connections across the region that will benefit her as Big Sandy mayor.\r\n<blockquote>“The biggest takeaway is that no matter where you are in West Tennessee, the same issues are occurring in different school districts,” Ratliff said. “And we learned so many great tips and helpful things that we could use to take back to our classrooms and to fix some of these issues.”</blockquote>\r\nFollowing a reception and dinner, Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director, welcomed the WestTeach class, WestStar board members and other WestStar alumni in attendance. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver who served as the event’s keynote speaker. Carver recalled a 2018 list released by the financial website WalletHub that ranked Tennessee as the “angriest state in the nation” and said that members of the WestTeach class can play a role in moving the state down that list through their work with young people.\r\n\r\n“And I think if we just keep talking and keep working together across city and county lines, and keep investing and being an example for the youth, that’s going to be the key for our future,” Carver said. He closed by saying, “Thank you so much for what you’ve done this year. Thank you for the investments that you make into your communities. We are so proud to have you as members of the WestStar family.”\r\n\r\nFollowing plaque presentations and the event’s conclusion, other WestTeach graduates shared Autumn Ratliff’s enthusiasm for the experience. “One of the first things we did was a poverty simulation, and although we know some of our students in school actually live in poverty … it’s different when you’re put in that poverty simulation where you’re playing the part of the child whose mom doesn’t have the money (to fully care for her children),” said Beth McManus, a Spanish I and II teacher at Union City High School. She also gained valuable insights to share with her students by meeting business and industry officials who talked about the skills needed in today’s workforce. McManus said that she pursues professional-development opportunities for her classroom teaching through translating, traveling, mission trips and other activities. “But growing your understanding of how the community works together with the school system comes from WestTeach,” she said.\r\n\r\nFranky Hodges, who teaches U.S. history and economics at Peabody High School in Trenton, valued his interactions with other West Tennessee teachers. “This gave us an opportunity to come together and say, ‘Well, this is what I do and this is working. What do you do that’s working?’ And we could throw ideas off of each other to see what exactly is working in the field of education, and we could only make education better when we start sharing,” he said. “We’re in the kid business from Johnson City to Memphis and everywhere in between, and we need to share ideas with each other, and this (WestTeach) allowed us to share ideas.”\r\n\r\nDr. Norma Gerrell, Paris Special School district superintendent, was pleased to support Christy Buckelew from Paris Elementary School as a WestTeach class member. “One of the things that my teacher has seen, even though she works with third, fourth and fifth-grade students, is what we need to be doing to prepare students for work and the world, even in younger and younger years,” Gerrell said. “And I think that’s one of the things that we have to be looking for constantly is how are we going to promote college and career readiness, because we know that the majority of our children are going to stay at home. What are they going to be doing? We need them ready for that work.”\r\n\r\nNicole Kincade was a member of the 2017 WestStar class that created WestTeach and participated in all but one of the sessions. Kincade, chief operating officer for technology solutions company Twin Oaks, saw firsthand the program’s benefits. “I think the teachers really enjoyed it,” she said. “We enjoyed going through the program with them learning, you know, their perspective, allowing them to see our perspective, and so I think it’s (WestTeach) going to grow.”\r\n\r\nMembers of the first graduating class are: Todd Alexander, Hardin County High School, Savannah; Jill Baker, Lakeland Elementary, Lakeland; Christy Buckelew, Paris Elementary School, Paris; Tracy Connell, Huntingdon High School, Huntingdon; Kimberly Elliott, Westview High School, Martin; Franky Hodges, Peabody High School, Trenton; Cindy Landry, Scotts Hill High School, Reagan; Beth McManus, Union City High School, Union City; Lauren Newell, Dyersburg Intermediate School, Dyersburg; Holly Owen, Fifth Consolidated Elementary, Dyersburg; Lindsey Parham, McKenzie High School, McKenzie; and Autumn Ratliff, Briarwood Elementary School, Camden.\r\n\r\n###','Fourth-grade teacher, Big Sandy mayor learns from WestTeach experience','The first class of the WestTeach professional development program, sponsored by the WestStar Leadership Program, graduated during a reception and ceremony Jan. 29 in Jackson. ','publish','closed','closed','','fourth-grade-teacher-big-sandy-mayor-learns-from-westteach-experience','','','2019-02-06 11:55:04','2019-02-06 17:55:04','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=718',0,'post','',0),(719,3,'2019-02-04 12:54:50','2019-02-04 18:54:50','','01292019_WestTeachInauguralClassGraduation 027','Autumn Ratliff (left), a teacher at Briarwood Elementary School, graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestTeach Program during a banquet Jan. 29. She is pictured with Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director.','inherit','closed','closed','','01292019_westteachinauguralclassgraduation-027','','','2019-02-04 12:55:56','2019-02-04 18:55:56','',718,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/01292019_WestTeachInauguralClassGraduation-027.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(720,3,'2019-02-04 12:57:12','2019-02-04 18:57:12','Autumn Ratliff loves to teach school and also be a leader. Her selection last May to participate in the first WestTeach class for K-12 teachers, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program, was the perfect professional-development opportunity. The information she learned, the communities she visited and the contacts she made will make her a better fourth-grade teacher at Briarwood Elementary School in Camden.\r\n\r\nThose same experiences will also make her a better elected official. In November, the 28-year-old Big Sandy native was elected the first female and youngest mayor in the city’s history. She won the election unopposed, fulfilling a dream and a goal to serve the community she never plans to leave. Ratliff joined fellow class members for a recognition and graduation event Jan. 29 at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson.\r\n\r\nWestTeach is a teacher-development program created as a class project by the 2017 WestStar Leadership Program class. Prospective WestTeach participants must be K-12 teachers who want to remain in the classroom but also aspire to be leaders in their respective schools and communities. Program applicants must be recommended by their principal, director of schools or superintendent, and only one teacher per school district is chosen to participate. Four sessions held across West Tennessee from August through November covered topics in agriculture, leadership, education partnerships for economic development and building communities. Several 2017 WestStar class members attended the program sessions along with the 12 teachers chosen for the inaugural class.\r\n\r\nSpeaking before the event, Ratliff said that the decision to apply for WestTeach wasn’t difficult to make. “I think about my classroom and community all the time, and I was like, ‘You know what? I’ll give it a shot,’ and I didn’t know how great this was going to be,” she said. “And I’m so glad that I took that shot.” The WestTeach sessions provided practical information that she can use in her school, as well as important connections across the region that will benefit her as Big Sandy mayor.\r\n<blockquote>“The biggest takeaway is that no matter where you are in West Tennessee, the same issues are occurring in different school districts,” Ratliff said. “And we learned so many great tips and helpful things that we could use to take back to our classrooms and to fix some of these issues.”</blockquote>\r\nFollowing a reception and dinner, Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director, welcomed the WestTeach class, WestStar board members and other WestStar alumni in attendance. He introduced UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver who served as the event’s keynote speaker. Carver recalled a 2018 list released by the financial website WalletHub that ranked Tennessee as the “angriest state in the nation” and said that members of the WestTeach class can play a role in moving the state down that list through their work with young people.\r\n\r\n“And I think if we just keep talking and keep working together across city and county lines, and keep investing and being an example for the youth, that’s going to be the key for our future,” Carver said. He closed by saying, “Thank you so much for what you’ve done this year. Thank you for the investments that you make into your communities. We are so proud to have you as members of the WestStar family.”\r\n\r\nFollowing plaque presentations and the event’s conclusion, other WestTeach graduates shared Autumn Ratliff’s enthusiasm for the experience. “One of the first things we did was a poverty simulation, and although we know some of our students in school actually live in poverty … it’s different when you’re put in that poverty simulation where you’re playing the part of the child whose mom doesn’t have the money (to fully care for her children),” said Beth McManus, a Spanish I and II teacher at Union City High School. She also gained valuable insights to share with her students by meeting business and industry officials who talked about the skills needed in today’s workforce. McManus said that she pursues professional-development opportunities for her classroom teaching through translating, traveling, mission trips and other activities. “But growing your understanding of how the community works together with the school system comes from WestTeach,” she said.\r\n\r\nFranky Hodges, who teaches U.S. history and economics at Peabody High School in Trenton, valued his interactions with other West Tennessee teachers. “This gave us an opportunity to come together and say, ‘Well, this is what I do and this is working. What do you do that’s working?’ And we could throw ideas off of each other to see what exactly is working in the field of education, and we could only make education better when we start sharing,” he said. “We’re in the kid business from Johnson City to Memphis and everywhere in between, and we need to share ideas with each other, and this (WestTeach) allowed us to share ideas.”\r\n\r\nDr. Norma Gerrell, Paris Special School district superintendent, was pleased to support Christy Buckelew from Paris Elementary School as a WestTeach class member. “One of the things that my teacher has seen, even though she works with third, fourth and fifth-grade students, is what we need to be doing to prepare students for work and the world, even in younger and younger years,” Gerrell said. “And I think that’s one of the things that we have to be looking for constantly is how are we going to promote college and career readiness, because we know that the majority of our children are going to stay at home. What are they going to be doing? We need them ready for that work.”\r\n\r\nNicole Kincade was a member of the 2017 WestStar class that created WestTeach and participated in all but one of the sessions. Kincade, chief operating officer for technology solutions company Twin Oaks, saw firsthand the program’s benefits. “I think the teachers really enjoyed it,” she said. “We enjoyed going through the program with them learning, you know, their perspective, allowing them to see our perspective, and so I think it’s (WestTeach) going to grow.”\r\n\r\nMembers of the first graduating class are: Todd Alexander, Hardin County High School, Savannah; Jill Baker, Lakeland Elementary, Lakeland; Christy Buckelew, Paris Elementary School, Paris; Tracy Connell, Huntingdon High School, Huntingdon; Kimberly Elliott, Westview High School, Martin; Franky Hodges, Peabody High School, Trenton; Cindy Landry, Scotts Hill High School, Reagan; Beth McManus, Union City High School, Union City; Lauren Newell, Dyersburg Intermediate School, Dyersburg; Holly Owen, Fifth Consolidated Elementary, Dyersburg; Lindsey Parham, McKenzie High School, McKenzie; and Autumn Ratliff, Briarwood Elementary School, Camden.\r\n\r\n###','Fourth-grade teacher, Big Sandy mayor learns from WestTeach experience','The first class of the WestTeach professional development program, sponsored by the WestStar Leadership Program, graduated during a reception and ceremony Jan. 29 in Jackson. ','inherit','closed','closed','','718-revision-v1','','','2019-02-04 12:57:12','2019-02-04 18:57:12','',718,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/04/718-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(757,3,'2019-02-14 12:29:48','2019-02-14 18:29:48','Students hoping to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville now have two new pathways through the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 3+3 legal studies concentrations. These programs, designed for majors in either English or political science, allow qualified UT Martin students to begin law school during their senior year of undergraduate school and complete both undergraduate and juris doctor degrees in six years.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re proud to offer these new options to our students and hope they will make use of the opportunity to finish two degrees in a shorter amount of time,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.</blockquote>\r\nBeginning with the fall 2019 semester, UT Martin students choosing to major in English or political science (on the Bachelor of Arts degree path) can add a concentration in legal studies through their respective departments. This path will include three years of general education and upper-division courses before students take the law school admissions test in their junior year.\r\n\r\nThose who meet admissions criteria for the UT College of Law will transfer to complete their fourth year of undergraduate school and begin their juris doctor degrees. They would then complete two additional years of law school study. Any student who does not qualify for early admission to the UT College of Law can complete a different concentration and reapply to law school after finishing their traditional four-year degree.\r\n<blockquote>“We look forward to this expansion of our 3+3 program helping us attract really talented students from Martin and paving the way for enhanced educational opportunities for students who live in West Tennessee,” said Melanie Wilson, dean of the UT College of Law. “Our 3+3 partnership with Martin is the first with another UT campus and reflects our great relationship with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents who participate in the 3+3 program will still earn a UT Martin undergraduate degree  and be considered UT Martin alumni even though undergraduate degree hours will be completed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\r\n\r\nWhile law school hopefuls are often political science or history majors, this new path will also benefit English majors who can apply their writing and communications education to the legal profession.\r\n\r\n“Law school has always been an attractive option for English majors at UT Martin, but the new legal studies option places them on a more direct path from here to a top law school in the state,” said Dr. David Carithers, associate professor and chair of the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages. “(UT) Knoxville has a program like this on their campus, but it is only for Bachelor of Science degrees. Ours is unique in its basis in the humanities.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on legal studies within the English major, contact Dr. David Carithers, chair of the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, at 731-881-7300 or dcarithers@utm.edu. For more information on legal studies within the political science major, contact Dr. Chris Baxter, chair of the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science, at 731-881-7367 or cbaxter@utm.edu.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin offers new options for law school hopefuls','Students hoping to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville now have two new pathways through the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 3+3 legal studies concentrations. 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She discussed the story of Madison Holleran, an all-star athlete at the University of Pennsylvania, and the mental health issues that can stem from the transition to collegiate life and athletics.\r\n\r\nHolleran was a 19-year-old freshman and track-and-field runner at the University of Pennsylvania when she took her own life Jan. 17, 2014. She had struggled with the transition to collegiate life, both in the academic and athletic worlds, and sank into depression during her first semester on campus. That spring, she acted on suicidal thoughts and jumped from the top of a campus parking garage in Philadelphia.\r\n\r\nFagan featured Holleran’s story in an article for ESPN The Magazine titled “Split Image,” which discussed the disconnect between the life one shows on social media and the life one experiences behind closed doors. The response to this article and the accompanying 10-minute video on Holleran prompted Fagan to research and write “What Made Maddy Run.”\r\n<blockquote>“Most of the time, when you put an article out – specifically for ESPN, which is seen as more of a national organization – you don’t get a lot of feedback. You don’t get a lot of emails in your inbox. But after ‘Split Image’ and after this (video) came out, I was flooded with emails,” said Fagan. “The interesting thing about those emails was that they were from high school and college students and student-athletes. … It’s not a typical thing for high school and college-aged kids to do. Those emails had so many more questions about this story, or they wanted to relate how they saw themselves in Maddy to me, or they wanted us at ESPN to focus on more than just the technological piece and some of the cultural pieces (of the story). … So that was really the catalyst for writing the book in the first place.”</blockquote>\r\n“What Made Maddy Run” is not simply a look at the life and death of Madison Holleran. Rather, it examines the technological, cultural and mental health components that influence student-athletes like Holleran all over the world. It also shares Fagan’s own story of dealing with anxiety associated with collegiate sports.\r\n\r\n“I played hoops in college (at the University of Colorado) and, as I write about in the book, my first year at Colorado was a struggle for me. It started a couple months into practice where I started ruminating and anxiously obsessing over the next practice the minute the first one ended. Where, it was like ‘Oh my God, I’m only 22 hours from the next time I have to go through this.’ And panic would start to set in. This was going on for probably the better part of a month, just this anxiety building and building,” said Fagan.\r\n\r\nThis anxiety culminated in a spontaneous decision to take an entire bottle of her roommate’s iron pills in a desperate attempt to make herself sick enough to avoid basketball practice. While she did not become physically ill, she realized that her mental and emotional states needed to be addressed and approached her trainer for help. After several months of counseling, Fagan learned to cope with the stress of life as a student-athlete.\r\n<blockquote>“What was right for me was to continue playing basketball, and I finished my career at Colorado. But I will say to this day that college was the hardest thing I ever did. There’s a lot of things I would go back in my life and I would be desperate to do over again, but playing college basketball is actually not one of them,” said Fagan. “I’m happy that I stuck with it, and I’m very happy that I learned the lessons that I did, but it was a very difficult thing. I think that’s something we don’t talk about enough is the transition to college, whether you’re a student or a student-athlete. I think a lot of people offer up the messaging that it’s going to be the best four years of your life, and for some of us who are lucky it is a great time in our lives. But for more people than we usually talk about, it actually is a time of difficult transition.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile Fagan says there is no definitive explanation for why Holleran – and so many students like her – took her own life, she says cultural expectations play a part in the final decision. When a student is never required to face failure; sets unreasonable expectations for his or her academic, athletic and social lives; and sees the highly polished photos that others post on social media as “real life,” it can provide an atmosphere for depression to begin. Those with genetic predispositions to mental health issues, like Holleran, are especially vulnerable.\r\n\r\nFagan urged audience members to begin talking about personal struggles and opening the doors to conversations about the challenges of real life and the coping mechanisms all students need to deal with adversity. She stayed after her public presentation for a closed question-and-answer session with UT Martin student-athletes. Dr. Lisa Piercey, former executive vice president at West Tennessee Healthcare and newly appointed commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, moderated the discussion.\r\n\r\nFagan’s appearance was sponsored by the UT Martin Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nAdditional photos from the event 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=\"G00002vFQq9paaVg\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Kate Fagan discusses mental health with UT Martin student-athletes','Kate Fagan, former ESPN sports journalist and author of the book “What Made Maddy Run,” spoke Feb. 4 to student-athletes and community members in the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawk Fieldhouse.','publish','closed','closed','','kate-fagan-discusses-mental-health-with-ut-martin-student-athletes','','','2019-02-06 11:54:50','2019-02-06 17:54:50','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=724',0,'post','',0),(725,3,'2019-02-05 11:55:28','2019-02-05 17:55:28','','Fagan, Kate 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','fagan-kate-1','','','2019-02-05 11:55:28','2019-02-05 17:55:28','',724,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Fagan-Kate-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(726,3,'2019-02-05 12:01:18','2019-02-05 18:01:18','','Fagan, Kate 1','Fagan, Kate 1.JPG\nFagan, Kate 2.JPG\nFagan, Kate 3.JPG\nKate Fagan discusses mental health','inherit','closed','closed','','fagan-kate-1-2','','','2019-02-05 12:02:55','2019-02-05 18:02:55','',724,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Fagan-Kate-1-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(727,3,'2019-02-05 12:03:48','2019-02-05 18:03:48','Kate Fagan, former ESPN sports journalist and author of the book “What Made Maddy Run,” spoke Feb. 4 to student-athletes and community members in the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawk Fieldhouse. She discussed the story of Madison Holleran, an all-star athlete at the University of Pennsylvania, and the mental health issues that can stem from the transition to collegiate life and athletics.\r\n\r\nHolleran was a 19-year-old freshman and track-and-field runner at the University of Pennsylvania when she took her own life Jan. 17, 2014. She had struggled with the transition to collegiate life, both in the academic and athletic worlds, and sank into depression during her first semester on campus. That spring, she acted on suicidal thoughts and jumped from the top of a campus parking garage in Philadelphia.\r\n\r\nFagan featured Holleran’s story in an article for ESPN The Magazine titled “Split Image,” which discussed the disconnect between the life one shows on social media and the life one experiences behind closed doors. The response to this article and the accompanying 10-minute video on Holleran prompted Fagan to research and write “What Made Maddy Run.”\r\n<blockquote>“Most of the time, when you put an article out – specifically for ESPN, which is seen as more of a national organization – you don’t get a lot of feedback. You don’t get a lot of emails in your inbox. But after ‘Split Image’ and after this (video) came out, I was flooded with emails,” said Fagan. “The interesting thing about those emails was that they were from high school and college students and student-athletes. … It’s not a typical thing for high school and college-aged kids to do. Those emails had so many more questions about this story, or they wanted to relate how they saw themselves in Maddy to me, or they wanted us at ESPN to focus on more than just the technological piece and some of the cultural pieces (of the story). … So that was really the catalyst for writing the book in the first place.”</blockquote>\r\n“What Made Maddy Run” is not simply a look at the life and death of Madison Holleran. Rather, it examines the technological, cultural and mental health components that influence student-athletes like Holleran all over the world. It also shares Fagan’s own story of dealing with anxiety associated with collegiate sports.\r\n\r\n“I played hoops in college (at the University of Colorado) and, as I write about in the book, my first year at Colorado was a struggle for me. It started a couple months into practice where I started ruminating and anxiously obsessing over the next practice the minute the first one ended. Where, it was like ‘Oh my God, I’m only 22 hours from the next time I have to go through this.’ And panic would start to set in. This was going on for probably the better part of a month, just this anxiety building and building,” said Fagan.\r\n\r\nThis anxiety culminated in a spontaneous decision to take an entire bottle of her roommate’s iron pills in a desperate attempt to make herself sick enough to avoid basketball practice. While she did not become physically ill, she realized that her mental and emotional states needed to be addressed and approached her trainer for help. After several months of counseling, Fagan learned to cope with the stress of life as a student-athlete.\r\n<blockquote>“What was right for me was to continue playing basketball, and I finished my career at Colorado. But I will say to this day that college was the hardest thing I ever did. There’s a lot of things I would go back in my life and I would be desperate to do over again, but playing college basketball is actually not one of them,” said Fagan. “I’m happy that I stuck with it, and I’m very happy that I learned the lessons that I did, but it was a very difficult thing. I think that’s something we don’t talk about enough is the transition to college, whether you’re a student or a student-athlete. I think a lot of people offer up the messaging that it’s going to be the best four years of your life, and for some of us who are lucky it is a great time in our lives. But for more people than we usually talk about, it actually is a time of difficult transition.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile Fagan says there is no definitive explanation for why Holleran – and so many students like her – took her own life, she says cultural expectations play a part in the final decision. 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The response to this article and the accompanying 10-minute video on Holleran prompted Fagan to research and write “What Made Maddy Run.”\r\n<blockquote>“Most of the time, when you put an article out – specifically for ESPN, which is seen as more of a national organization – you don’t get a lot of feedback. You don’t get a lot of emails in your inbox. But after ‘Split Image’ and after this (video) came out, I was flooded with emails,” said Fagan. “The interesting thing about those emails was that they were from high school and college students and student-athletes. … It’s not a typical thing for high school and college-aged kids to do. Those emails had so many more questions about this story, or they wanted to relate how they saw themselves in Maddy to me, or they wanted us at ESPN to focus on more than just the technological piece and some of the cultural pieces (of the story). … So that was really the catalyst for writing the book in the first place.”</blockquote>\r\n“What Made Maddy Run” is not simply a look at the life and death of Madison Holleran. Rather, it examines the technological, cultural and mental health components that influence student-athletes like Holleran all over the world. It also shares Fagan’s own story of dealing with anxiety associated with collegiate sports.\r\n\r\n“I played hoops in college (at the University of Colorado) and, as I write about in the book, my first year at Colorado was a struggle for me. It started a couple months into practice where I started ruminating and anxiously obsessing over the next practice the minute the first one ended. Where, it was like ‘Oh my God, I’m only 22 hours from the next time I have to go through this.’ And panic would start to set in. This was going on for probably the better part of a month, just this anxiety building and building,” said Fagan.\r\n\r\nThis anxiety culminated in a spontaneous decision to take an entire bottle of her roommate’s iron pills in a desperate attempt to make herself sick enough to avoid basketball practice. While she did not become physically ill, she realized that her mental and emotional states needed to be addressed and approached her trainer for help. After several months of counseling, Fagan learned to cope with the stress of life as a student-athlete.\r\n<blockquote>“What was right for me was to continue playing basketball, and I finished my career at Colorado. But I will say to this day that college was the hardest thing I ever did. There’s a lot of things I would go back in my life and I would be desperate to do over again, but playing college basketball is actually not one of them,” said Fagan. “I’m happy that I stuck with it, and I’m very happy that I learned the lessons that I did, but it was a very difficult thing. I think that’s something we don’t talk about enough is the transition to college, whether you’re a student or a student-athlete. I think a lot of people offer up the messaging that it’s going to be the best four years of your life, and for some of us who are lucky it is a great time in our lives. But for more people than we usually talk about, it actually is a time of difficult transition.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile Fagan says there is no definitive explanation for why Holleran – and so many students like her – took her own life, she says cultural expectations play a part in the final decision. When a student is never required to face failure; sets unreasonable expectations for his or her academic, athletic and social lives; and sees the highly polished photos that others post on social media as “real life,” it can provide an atmosphere for depression to begin. Those with genetic predispositions to mental health issues, like Holleran, are especially vulnerable.\r\n\r\nFagan urged audience members to begin talking about personal struggles and opening the doors to conversations about the challenges of real life and the coping mechanisms all students need to deal with adversity. She stayed after her public presentation for a closed question-and-answer session with UT Martin student-athletes. 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The response to this article and the accompanying 10-minute video on Holleran prompted Fagan to research and write “What Made Maddy Run.”\r\n<blockquote>“Most of the time, when you put an article out – specifically for ESPN, which is seen as more of a national organization – you don’t get a lot of feedback. You don’t get a lot of emails in your inbox. But after ‘Split Image’ and after this (video) came out, I was flooded with emails,” said Fagan. “The interesting thing about those emails was that they were from high school and college students and student-athletes. … It’s not a typical thing for high school and college-aged kids to do. Those emails had so many more questions about this story, or they wanted to relate how they saw themselves in Maddy to me, or they wanted us at ESPN to focus on more than just the technological piece and some of the cultural pieces (of the story). … So that was really the catalyst for writing the book in the first place.”</blockquote>\r\n“What Made Maddy Run” is not simply a look at the life and death of Madison Holleran. Rather, it examines the technological, cultural and mental health components that influence student-athletes like Holleran all over the world. It also shares Fagan’s own story of dealing with anxiety associated with collegiate sports.\r\n\r\n“I played hoops in college (at the University of Colorado) and, as I write about in the book, my first year at Colorado was a struggle for me. It started a couple months into practice where I started ruminating and anxiously obsessing over the next practice the minute the first one ended. Where, it was like ‘Oh my God, I’m only 22 hours from the next time I have to go through this.’ And panic would start to set in. This was going on for probably the better part of a month, just this anxiety building and building,” said Fagan.\r\n\r\nThis anxiety culminated in a spontaneous decision to take an entire bottle of her roommate’s iron pills in a desperate attempt to make herself sick enough to avoid basketball practice. While she did not become physically ill, she realized that her mental and emotional states needed to be addressed and approached her trainer for help. After several months of counseling, Fagan learned to cope with the stress of life as a student-athlete.\r\n<blockquote>“What was right for me was to continue playing basketball, and I finished my career at Colorado. But I will say to this day that college was the hardest thing I ever did. There’s a lot of things I would go back in my life and I would be desperate to do over again, but playing college basketball is actually not one of them,” said Fagan. “I’m happy that I stuck with it, and I’m very happy that I learned the lessons that I did, but it was a very difficult thing. I think that’s something we don’t talk about enough is the transition to college, whether you’re a student or a student-athlete. I think a lot of people offer up the messaging that it’s going to be the best four years of your life, and for some of us who are lucky it is a great time in our lives. But for more people than we usually talk about, it actually is a time of difficult transition.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile Fagan says there is no definitive explanation for why Holleran – and so many students like her – took her own life, she says cultural expectations play a part in the final decision. When a student is never required to face failure; sets unreasonable expectations for his or her academic, athletic and social lives; and sees the highly polished photos that others post on social media as “real life,” it can provide an atmosphere for depression to begin. Those with genetic predispositions to mental health issues, like Holleran, are especially vulnerable.\r\n\r\nFagan urged audience members to begin talking about personal struggles and opening the doors to conversations about the challenges of real life and the coping mechanisms all students need to deal with adversity. She stayed after her public presentation for a closed question-and-answer session with UT Martin student-athletes. Dr. Lisa Piercey, former executive vice president at West Tennessee Healthcare and newly appointed commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, moderated the discussion.\r\n\r\nFagan’s appearance was sponsored by the UT Martin Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nAdditional photos from the event 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=\"G00002vFQq9paaVg\"></div>\r\n<script src=\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com/js/psEmbed.js\"></script>\r\n<script>_psEmbed(\"https://utmartin.photoshelter.com\");</script>','Kate Fagan discusses mental health with UT Martin student-athletes','Kate Fagan, former ESPN sports journalist and author of the book “What Made Maddy Run,” spoke Feb. 4 to student-athletes and community members in the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawk Fieldhouse.','inherit','closed','closed','','724-revision-v1','','','2019-02-05 12:11:54','2019-02-05 18:11:54','',724,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/05/724-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(730,3,'2019-02-05 12:18:48','2019-02-05 18:18:48','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23 on the UT Martin main campus.\r\n\r\nThe Rev. Dr. William Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, will give the keynote address at 7 p.m., Feb. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nBarber is president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP and a political activist. He works to confront systemic racism, poverty, environmental devastation, war economy and the moral narrative of religious nationalism in America today. Barber founded “Moral Monday” rallies in Raleigh, North Carolina, to protest laws that suppress voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrants’ rights, public education and LGBTQ rights. Barber is also a distinguished professor and published author.\r\n\r\nAll events are free to the public and located in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise noted. A schedule of events is as follows:\r\n\r\nFeb. 12\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “The Black Experience in the Classroom”; 7:30 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Government Association’s Multicultural Affairs Committee, the Civil Rights Conference and the Black Student Association</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 17\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Movie screening: “Get Out”; 6 and 9 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Activities Council</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 18\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Roundtable: “Black Writers Reading Roundtable”; Hortense Parrish Writing Center, Andy Holt Humanities Building, room 209; 3-4 p.m.; co-sponsored by the English and Modern Foreign Languages Writing Center and the Civil Rights Conference Planning Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Poor People Matter,” a Florence Roach original play; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 19\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “Segregation in West Tennessee”; 1 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: \"Immigration as a Civil Rights Issue,\" Tom Castelli, legal director, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 20\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Night of Dance: Reflections of African American Culture”; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 21\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Black Women in the Struggle for Black Freedom,” Dr. Courtney Pace, associate professor of church history and director of admissions, Memphis Theological Seminary; 9:30 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Education and Race, Today,” Dr. William Carson Byrd, associate professor for the department of sociology, the University of Louisville; 11 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Gospel Music and the African American Experience,” Dr. Mark Simmons, UT Martin associate professor of music, and Henrietta Giles, UT Martin communications lecturer; 1 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “What I Gave and What I Got: Here I Am, LGBT in Tennessee,” Morgan Robertson, UT Martin alumna and Northwest Tennessee representative of the Tennessee Equality Project, and Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project; 2:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keynote speaker: “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values,” the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP; 7 p.m.; accompanied by a performance from the UT Martin Voices of Harmony</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 23\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>National Civil Rights Museum trip, sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church in Martin; bus will leave the Boling University Center at 7:15 a.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Feb. 12 panel discussion on “The Black Experience in the Classroom” will discuss how race affects African American students at a predominantly white institution. Four UT Martin students, one from each classification (freshman, sophomore, etc.), will serve as panelists.\r\n\r\nThe public is also invited to participate in the “Black Writers Reading Roundtable” from 3-4 p.m., Feb. 18, in the Hortense Parrish Writing Center. Volunteers may read a three to five-minute passage from a speech, essay, poem, creative non-fiction or fiction publication by an African American author that is related to the conference theme. Interested participants should contact Dr. Heidi Huse, assistant professor of English, no later than Feb.13 with their name and reading selection.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Civil Rights Conference, contact Dr. David Barber, associate professor of history and conference organizer, at 731-881-7465.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference','UT Martin\'s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-19th-annual-civil-rights-conference','','','2019-02-13 15:22:03','2019-02-13 21:22:03','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=730',0,'post','',0),(731,3,'2019-02-05 12:17:00','2019-02-05 18:17:00','','CivilRightsConferenceBarber2016','Rev. 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Dr. William Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, will give the keynote address at 7 p.m., Feb. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nBarber is president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP and a political activist. He works to confront systemic racism, poverty, environmental devastation, war economy and the moral narrative of religious nationalism in America today. Barber founded “Moral Monday” rallies in Raleigh, North Carolina, to protest laws that suppress voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrants’ rights, public education and LGBTQ rights. Barber is also a distinguished professor and published author.\r\n\r\nAll events are free to the public and located in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise noted. A schedule of events is as follows:\r\n\r\nFeb. 12\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “The Black Experience in the Classroom”; 7:30 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Government Association’s Multicultural Affairs Committee, the Civil Rights Conference and the Black Student Association</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 17\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Movie screening: “Get Out”; 6 and 9 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Activities Council</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 18\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Roundtable: “Black Writers Reading Roundtable”; Hortense Parrish Writing Center, Andy Holt Humanities Building, room 209; 3-4 p.m.; co-sponsored by the English and Modern Foreign Languages Writing Center and the Civil Rights Conference Planning Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Poor People Matter,” a Florence Roach original play; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 19\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “Segregation in West Tennessee”; 1:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 20\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Night of Dance: Reflections of African American Culture”; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 21\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Black Women in the Struggle for Black Freedom”; Dr. Courtney Pace, associate professor of church history and director of admissions, Memphis Theological Seminary; 9:30 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Education and Race, Today”; Dr. William Carson Byrd, associate professor for the department of sociology, the University of Louisville; 11 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Gospel Music and the African American Experience”; Dr. Mark Simmons, UT Martin associate professor of music, and Henrietta Giles, UT Martin communications lecturer; 1 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “What I Gave and What I Got: Here I Am, LGBT in Tennessee”; Morgan Robertson, UT Martin alumna and Northwest Tennessee representative of the Tennessee Equality Project, and Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project; 2:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keynote speaker: “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values”; the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP; 7 p.m.; accompanied by a performance from the UT Martin Voices of Harmony</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 23\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>National Civil Rights Museum trip, sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church in Martin; bus will leave the Boling University Center at 7:15 a.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Feb. 12 panel discussion on “The Black Experience in the Classroom” will discuss how race affects African American students at a predominantly white institution. Four UT Martin students, one from each classification (freshman, sophomore, etc.), will serve as panelists.\r\n\r\nThe public is also invited to participate in the “Black Writers Reading Roundtable” from 3-4 p.m., Feb. 18, in the Hortense Parrish Writing Center. Volunteers may read a three to five-minute passage from a speech, essay, poem, creative non-fiction or fiction publication by an African American author that is related to the conference theme. Interested participants should contact Dr. Heidi Huse, assistant professor of English, no later than Feb.13 with their name and reading selection.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Civil Rights Conference, contact Dr. David Barber, associate professor of history and conference organizer, at 731-881-7465.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference','UT Martin\'s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23.','inherit','closed','closed','','730-revision-v1','','','2019-02-05 12:18:48','2019-02-05 18:18:48','',730,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/05/730-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(733,3,'2019-02-05 14:32:45','2019-02-05 20:32:45','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23 on the UT Martin main campus.\n\nThe Rev. Dr. William Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, will give the keynote address at 7 p.m., Feb. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.\n\nBarber is president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP and a political activist. He works to confront systemic racism, poverty, environmental devastation, war economy and the moral narrative of religious nationalism in America today. Barber founded “Moral Monday” rallies in Raleigh, North Carolina, to protest laws that suppress voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrants’ rights, public education and LGBTQ rights. Barber is also a distinguished professor and published author.\n\nAll events are free to the public and located in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise noted. A schedule of events is as follows:\n\nFeb. 12\n<ul>\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “The Black Experience in the Classroom”; 7:30 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Government Association’s Multicultural Affairs Committee, the Civil Rights Conference and the Black Student Association</li>\n</ul>\nFeb. 17\n<ul>\n 	<li>Movie screening: “Get Out”; 6 and 9 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Activities Council</li>\n</ul>\nFeb. 18\n<ul>\n 	<li>Roundtable: “Black Writers Reading Roundtable”; Hortense Parrish Writing Center, Andy Holt Humanities Building, room 209; 3-4 p.m.; co-sponsored by the English and Modern Foreign Languages Writing Center and the Civil Rights Conference Planning Committee</li>\n 	<li>Performance: “Poor People Matter,” a Florence Roach original play; 7 p.m.</li>\n</ul>\nFeb. 19\n<ul>\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “Segregation in West Tennessee”; 1 p.m.</li>\n 	<li>Speaker: \"Immigration as a Civil Rights Issue,\" Tom Castelli, legal director</li>\n</ul>\nFeb. 20\n<ul>\n 	<li>Performance: “Night of Dance: Reflections of African American Culture”; 7 p.m.</li>\n</ul>\nFeb. 21\n<ul>\n 	<li>Speaker: “Black Women in the Struggle for Black Freedom,” Dr. Courtney Pace, associate professor of church history and director of admissions, Memphis Theological Seminary; 9:30 a.m.</li>\n 	<li>Speaker: “Education and Race, Today,” Dr. William Carson Byrd, associate professor for the department of sociology, the University of Louisville; 11 a.m.</li>\n 	<li>Performance: “Gospel Music and the African American Experience,” Dr. Mark Simmons, UT Martin associate professor of music, and Henrietta Giles, UT Martin communications lecturer; 1 p.m.</li>\n 	<li>Speaker: “What I Gave and What I Got: Here I Am, LGBT in Tennessee,” Morgan Robertson, UT Martin alumna and Northwest Tennessee representative of the Tennessee Equality Project, and Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project; 2:30 p.m.</li>\n 	<li>Keynote speaker: “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values,” the Rev. 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Interested participants should contact Dr. Heidi Huse, assistant professor of English, no later than Feb.13 with their name and reading selection.\n\nFor more information about the Civil Rights Conference, contact Dr. David Barber, associate professor of history and conference organizer, at 731-881-7465.\n\n###','UT Martin to host 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference','UT Martin\'s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23.','inherit','closed','closed','','730-autosave-v1','','','2019-02-05 14:32:45','2019-02-05 20:32:45','',730,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/05/730-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1149,3,'2019-06-24 15:56:51','2019-06-24 20:56:51','','07172017_KerriArnold03','Kerri Arnold is pictured in this 2017 image.','inherit','closed','closed','','07172017_kerriarnold03','','','2019-06-24 15:57:26','2019-06-24 20:57:26','',1144,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/07172017_KerriArnold03.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(737,2,'2019-02-05 14:03:50','2019-02-05 20:03:50','','12112018_WestStarRetreat0002','','inherit','closed','closed','','12112018_weststarretreat0002','','','2019-02-05 14:03:50','2019-02-05 20:03:50','',713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12112018_WestStarRetreat0002-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(738,2,'2019-02-05 14:04:14','2019-02-05 20:04:14','','12112018_WestStarRetreat0006','','inherit','closed','closed','','12112018_weststarretreat0006','','','2019-02-05 14:04:14','2019-02-05 20:04:14','',713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12112018_WestStarRetreat0006-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(739,2,'2019-02-05 14:04:33','2019-02-05 20:04:33','','12112018_WestStarRetreat0011','Members of the WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2019 participate in a team-building activity Dec. 11, 2018, during the group\'s first meeting.','inherit','closed','closed','','12112018_weststarretreat0011','','','2019-02-05 14:07:53','2019-02-05 20:07:53','',713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12112018_WestStarRetreat0011.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(740,2,'2019-02-05 14:04:54','2019-02-05 20:04:54','','12112018_WestStarRetreat0017','','inherit','closed','closed','','12112018_weststarretreat0017','','','2019-02-05 14:04:54','2019-02-05 20:04:54','',713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12112018_WestStarRetreat0017.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(741,3,'2019-02-05 14:33:05','2019-02-05 20:33:05','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23 on the UT Martin main campus.\r\n\r\nThe Rev. Dr. William Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, will give the keynote address at 7 p.m., Feb. 21, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nBarber is president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP and a political activist. He works to confront systemic racism, poverty, environmental devastation, war economy and the moral narrative of religious nationalism in America today. Barber founded “Moral Monday” rallies in Raleigh, North Carolina, to protest laws that suppress voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrants’ rights, public education and LGBTQ rights. Barber is also a distinguished professor and published author.\r\n\r\nAll events are free to the public and located in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise noted. A schedule of events is as follows:\r\n\r\nFeb. 12\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “The Black Experience in the Classroom”; 7:30 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Government Association’s Multicultural Affairs Committee, the Civil Rights Conference and the Black Student Association</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 17\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Movie screening: “Get Out”; 6 and 9 p.m.; sponsored by the Student Activities Council</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 18\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Roundtable: “Black Writers Reading Roundtable”; Hortense Parrish Writing Center, Andy Holt Humanities Building, room 209; 3-4 p.m.; co-sponsored by the English and Modern Foreign Languages Writing Center and the Civil Rights Conference Planning Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Poor People Matter,” a Florence Roach original play; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 19\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Panel discussion: “Segregation in West Tennessee”; 1 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: \"Immigration as a Civil Rights Issue,\" Tom Castelli, legal director, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 20\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Night of Dance: Reflections of African American Culture”; 7 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFeb. 21\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Black Women in the Struggle for Black Freedom,” Dr. Courtney Pace, associate professor of church history and director of admissions, Memphis Theological Seminary; 9:30 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “Education and Race, Today,” Dr. William Carson Byrd, associate professor for the department of sociology, the University of Louisville; 11 a.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Performance: “Gospel Music and the African American Experience,” Dr. Mark Simmons, UT Martin associate professor of music, and Henrietta Giles, UT Martin communications lecturer; 1 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Speaker: “What I Gave and What I Got: Here I Am, LGBT in Tennessee,” Morgan Robertson, UT Martin alumna and Northwest Tennessee representative of the Tennessee Equality Project, and Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project; 2:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Keynote speaker: “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values,” the Rev. 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Interested participants should contact Dr. Heidi Huse, assistant professor of English, no later than Feb.13 with their name and reading selection.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Civil Rights Conference, contact Dr. David Barber, associate professor of history and conference organizer, at 731-881-7465.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference','UT Martin\'s 19th-annual Civil Rights Conference will address the theme “Toward a Radical Revolution of Values: A New Poor People’s Campaign” with events Feb. 12 and the week of Feb. 17-23.','inherit','closed','closed','','730-revision-v1','','','2019-02-05 14:33:05','2019-02-05 20:33:05','',730,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/05/730-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(743,3,'2019-02-07 10:45:57','2019-02-07 16:45:57','','VanguardTheCrucible2018','Members of the Vanguard Theatre ensemble are shown depicting a courtroom scene during their fall 2018 production of Arthur Miller\'s \"The Crucible.\"','inherit','closed','closed','','vanguardthecrucible2018','','','2019-02-07 10:47:26','2019-02-07 16:47:26','',742,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/VanguardTheCrucible2018.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(744,3,'2019-02-07 10:47:52','2019-02-07 16:47:52','The University of Tennessee at Martin Vanguard Theatre will present “Marjorie Prime” from Feb. 21-26 in UT Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre. The cast will perform at 8 p.m., Feb. 21-23, 25 and 26, and at 3 p.m., Feb. 24.\r\n\r\n“Marjorie Prime,” written by Jordan Harrison, is a science-fiction drama about an 85-year-old woman’s fading memories and the new companion who relays her life’s account back to her. The play comments on the limits of technology and the mysteries of human identity. “Marjorie Prime” was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist.\r\n\r\nTickets go on sale Feb. 18 and are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Patrons can reserve tickets by calling 731-881-7400 or by visiting the Department of Visual and Theatre Arts located in room 201 of the Fine Arts Building between 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets will also be available for cash payments only in the theatre lobby beginning one hour before the show. Support the ARTS Program contributors can reserve tickets beginning Feb. 15. UT Martin students can also purchase tickets online at utm.edu/departments/finearts at “Ticket Sales For Events” under “Related Links.”\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Theatre is UT Martin’s resident theatre production company, consisting of both students and community members.\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Little Theatre is located in room 167 of the Fine Arts Building, which is located at 16 Mt. Pelia Road in Martin. For more information, contact Dr. Kevin Shell, Vanguard Theatre director, at 731-881-7487.\r\n\r\n###','Vanguard Theatre production of \'Marjorie Prime\' set for Feb. 21-26','The University of Tennessee at Martin Vanguard Theatre will present “Marjorie Prime” from Feb. 21-26 in UT Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre. The cast will perform at 8 p.m., Feb. 21-23, 25 and 26, and at 3 p.m., Feb. 24.','inherit','closed','closed','','742-revision-v1','','','2019-02-07 10:47:52','2019-02-07 16:47:52','',742,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/07/742-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(746,3,'2019-02-11 12:07:33','2019-02-11 18:07:33','','wyatt_cole_passes_away','','inherit','closed','closed','','wyatt_cole_passes_away','','','2019-02-11 12:07:33','2019-02-11 18:07:33','',745,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wyatt_cole_passes_away.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(747,3,'2019-02-11 12:07:59','2019-02-11 18:07:59','Wyatt Cole, a rodeo student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died Feb. 10 after a car accident near Martin. He was 20 years old.\r\n\r\nCole, a junior from Owenton, Kentucky, was majoring in agricultural business and in his second season with the UT Martin rodeo team. He graduated from Owen County High School before attending UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“Wyatt was a super good kid with a great attitude,” said John Luthi, head coach of the UT Martin rodeo team. “He had a hard work ethic and came from a great family. Our prayers go out to his family – he will be missed.”\r\n\r\nCole advanced to the finals of three collegiate rodeos during the 2018-19 season, representing UT Martin in team roping at Missouri Valley College (Sept. 20-22) and in steer wrestling at both Three Rivers College (Oct. 11-13) and Murray State (Nov. 15-17). He accumulated team points in each of his steer wrestling performances, including a career-best third-place finish in average (13.6 seconds) at Murray State.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin mourns loss of rodeo team member','Wyatt Cole, a rodeo student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died Feb. 10 after a car accident near Martin. 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Our prayers go out to his family – he will be missed.”\r\n\r\nCole advanced to the finals of three collegiate rodeos during the 2018-19 season, representing UT Martin in team roping at Missouri Valley College (Sept. 20-22) and in steer wrestling at both Three Rivers College (Oct. 11-13) and Murray State (Nov. 15-17). He accumulated team points in each of his steer wrestling performances, including a career-best third-place finish in average (13.6 seconds) at Murray State.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin mourns loss of rodeo team member','Wyatt Cole, a rodeo student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Martin, died Feb. 10 after a car accident near Martin. 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Donavant was selected for his work on the development of the ACT preparation program at the UT Martin Ripley Center.\r\n\r\nThe ACT College and Career Readiness Champion Award recognizes students, educators and professionals who both support ACT’s mission to promote education and workplace success and work to advance college and career readiness in their communities. The ACT State Council in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., select one champion in each state for the high school senior, K-12, postsecondary and workforce-professional categories.\r\n\r\nDonavant helped develop daylong ACT prep courses taught by university faculty that focus on test-taking strategies for each of the four sections on the ACT exam. The UT Martin Ripley Center offered the course to all high school juniors in the Lauderdale County School District free of charge and saw up to a seven-point increase in individual composite test scores for participating students. The program also served as a structure for a pilot summer professional-development program for local teachers taught by doctoral-level university faculty.\r\n<blockquote>“The University of Tennessee’s land-grant mission means that we reach beyond the campus and classroom to serve local communities,” said Donavant. “Many students are overwhelmed and intimidated by college entrance requirements, and we want to help remove these obstacles to their dreams of a college education.”</blockquote>\r\nShawn Kimble, Lauderdale County Schools superintendent, and Susan Farris, director of secondary and career-technical education for Lauderdale County Schools, coordinated with Donavant on the project.\r\n\r\n“Partnering with local teachers and administrators to increase college-readiness and access to opportunities that often seem unattainable is a unique privilege, and we are excited for the milestones these students achieve,” Donavant said.\r\n\r\nDonavant developed the program while serving as interim executive director for the UT Martin Office of Educational Outreach, which has also offered the ACT prep course at other locations through its non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information on this award, contact Donavant at 731-881-3510 or email <a href=\"mailto:bdonavant@utm.edu\">bdonavant@utm.edu</a>. For information on the ACT programs in Lauderdale County, contact the Lauderdale County School District at 731-635-2941 or Debbie Mount, UT Martin Non-Degree Programs, at 731-881-7984.\r\n\r\n###','Donavant named Tennessee ACT Champion','ACT, the company responsible for the ACT college entrance exam, has named Dr. Brian Donavant, criminal justice professor, the 2019 Tennessee ACT College and Career Readiness Postsecondary Champion. ','publish','closed','closed','','donavant-named-tennessee-act-champion','','','2019-02-18 09:27:37','2019-02-18 15:27:37','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=751',0,'post','',0),(767,3,'2019-02-20 08:37:36','2019-02-20 14:37:36','Several students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications earned awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference held Feb. 14-16 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.\r\n\r\nCompetition was divided into previously submitted work and on-site competitions. For work submitted from the previous semester, Olivia Johnston, a fall 2018 graduate from Hohenwald, won second place in the category for best radio hard news reporter, and Jillianne Moncrief, a junior from McLemoresville, won second place for best radio feature news reporter. Jenson Greenburg, a senior from Cordova, also won third place for best college journalist and a $250 cash award.\r\n\r\nIn the on-site competitions, Sarah Knapp, a senior from Moscow, won second place for sports photography, and Brooke Boshers, a junior from Mt. Pleasant; Kait Scott, a senior from Martin; and Emily Wilson, a junior from Lawrenceburg, collectively won second place in the public relations campaign team competition.\r\n\r\nWUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run campus radio station, won first place for best audio newscast for the fourth consecutive year and second place in the “Best College Radio Station in the South” competition. The station has had eight first-place finishes in this category since its inception in 2005.\r\n\r\nFor more information on WUTM or the Southeast Journalism Conference, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and station adviser, at 731-881-7555 or rrobins@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin students bring home conference honors','Several students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications earned awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference held Feb. 14-16 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-students-bring-home-conference-honors','','','2019-02-20 08:44:37','2019-02-20 14:44:37','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=767',0,'post','',0),(768,3,'2019-02-20 08:36:10','2019-02-20 14:36:10','','SEJC2019','Communications majors (l-r) Kait Scott, a senior from Martin; Kayla Brooks, a sophomore from Dickson; Jillianne Moncrief, a junior from McLemoresville; and Brian Affolter, a senior from Brentwood, are pictured Feb. 15 following the awards ceremony at the Southeast Journalism Conference.','inherit','closed','closed','','sejc2019','','','2019-02-20 08:37:03','2019-02-20 14:37:03','',767,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SEJC2019.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(753,3,'2019-02-12 11:42:00','2019-02-12 17:42:00','ACT, the company responsible for the ACT college entrance exam, has named Dr. Brian Donavant, criminal justice professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the 2019 Tennessee ACT College and Career Readiness Postsecondary Champion. Donavant was selected for his work on the development of the ACT preparation program at the UT Martin Ripley Center.\r\n\r\nThe ACT College and Career Readiness Champion Award recognizes students, educators and professionals who both support ACT’s mission to promote education and workplace success and work to advance college and career readiness in their communities. The ACT State Council in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., select one champion in each state for the high school senior, K-12, postsecondary and workforce-professional categories.\r\n\r\nDonavant helped develop daylong ACT prep courses taught by university faculty that focus on test-taking strategies for each of the four sections on the ACT exam. The UT Martin Ripley Center offered the course to all high school juniors in the Lauderdale County School District free of charge and saw up to a seven-point increase in individual composite test scores for participating students. The program also served as a structure for a pilot summer professional-development program for local teachers taught by doctoral-level university faculty.\r\n<blockquote>“The University of Tennessee’s land-grant mission means that we reach beyond the campus and classroom to serve local communities,” said Donavant. “Many students are overwhelmed and intimidated by college entrance requirements, and we want to help remove these obstacles to their dreams of a college education.”</blockquote>\r\nShawn Kimble, Lauderdale County Schools superintendent, and Susan Farris, director of secondary and career-technical education for Lauderdale County Schools, coordinated with Donavant on the project.\r\n\r\n“Partnering with local teachers and administrators to increase college-readiness and access to opportunities that often seem unattainable is a unique privilege, and we are excited for the milestones these students achieve,” Donavant said.\r\n\r\nDonavant developed the program while serving as interim executive director for the UT Martin Office of Educational Outreach, which has also offered the ACT prep course at other locations through its non-degree programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information on this award, contact Donavant at 731-881-3510 or email <a href=\"mailto:bdonavant@utm.edu\">bdonavant@utm.edu</a>. For information on the ACT programs in Lauderdale County, contact the Lauderdale County School District at 731-635-2941 or Debbie Mount, UT Martin Non-Degree Programs, at 731-881-7984.\r\n\r\n###','Donavant named Tennessee ACT Champion','ACT, the company responsible for the ACT college entrance exam, has named Dr. Brian Donavant, criminal justice professor, the 2019 Tennessee ACT College and Career Readiness Postsecondary Champion. ','inherit','closed','closed','','751-revision-v1','','','2019-02-12 11:42:00','2019-02-12 17:42:00','',751,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/12/751-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1336,3,'2019-09-16 15:40:41','2019-09-16 20:40:41','','06252019_WestStarGraduation076','Members of the WestStar class of 2019 are pictured following their graduation ceremony in June.','inherit','closed','closed','','06252019_weststargraduation076','','','2019-09-16 15:41:27','2019-09-16 20:41:27','',1335,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/06252019_WestStarGraduation076.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1337,3,'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. ','inherit','closed','closed','','1335-revision-v1','','','2019-09-16 15:41:36','2019-09-16 20:41:36','',1335,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/09/16/1335-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(759,3,'2019-02-14 12:29:48','2019-02-14 18:29:48','Students hoping to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville now have two new pathways through the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 3+3 legal studies concentrations. These programs, designed for majors in either English or political science, allow qualified UT Martin students to begin law school during their senior year of undergraduate school and complete both undergraduate and juris doctor degrees in six years.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re proud to offer these new options to our students and hope they will make use of the opportunity to finish two degrees in a shorter amount of time,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.</blockquote>\r\nBeginning with the fall 2019 semester, UT Martin students choosing to major in English or political science (on the Bachelor of Arts degree path) can add a concentration in legal studies through their respective departments. This path will include three years of general education and upper-division courses before students take the law school admissions test in their junior year.\r\n\r\nThose who meet admissions criteria for the UT College of Law will transfer to complete their fourth year of undergraduate school and begin their juris doctor degrees. They would then complete two additional years of law school study. Any student who does not qualify for early admission to the UT College of Law can complete a different concentration and reapply to law school after finishing their traditional four-year degree.\r\n<blockquote>“We look forward to this expansion of our 3+3 program helping us attract really talented students from Martin and paving the way for enhanced educational opportunities for students who live in West Tennessee,” said Melanie Wilson, dean of the UT College of Law. “Our 3+3 partnership with Martin is the first with another UT campus and reflects our great relationship with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents who participate in the 3+3 program will still earn a UT Martin undergraduate degree  and be considered UT Martin alumni even though undergraduate degree hours will be completed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\r\n\r\nWhile law school hopefuls are often political science or history majors, this new path will also benefit English majors who can apply their writing and communications education to the legal profession.\r\n\r\n“Law school has always been an attractive option for English majors at UT Martin, but the new legal studies option places them on a more direct path from here to a top law school in the state,” said Dr. David Carithers, associate professor and chair of the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages. “(UT) Knoxville has a program like this on their campus, but it is only for Bachelor of Science degrees. Ours is unique in its basis in the humanities.”\r\n\r\nFor more information on legal studies within the English major, contact Dr. David Carithers, chair of the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, at 731-881-7300 or dcarithers@utm.edu. For more information on legal studies within the political science major, contact Dr. Chris Baxter, chair of the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science, at 731-881-7367 or cbaxter@utm.edu.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','UT Martin offers new options for law school hopefuls','Students hoping to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville now have two new pathways through the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 3+3 legal studies concentrations. ','inherit','closed','closed','','757-revision-v1','','','2019-02-14 12:29:48','2019-02-14 18:29:48','',757,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/14/757-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(760,3,'2019-02-15 13:18:36','2019-02-15 19:18:36','The University of Tennessee at Martin is working to combat food insecurity for its students by opening Captain’s Pantry, a food pantry operation open to all enrolled students regardless of housing situation. Students in need can pick up food items between 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily in the lobbies of either Ellington or Cooper halls.\r\n\r\nThe university previously operated a food pantry out of Ellington Hall for students living in on-campus housing; however, the expanded Captain’s Pantry is open to all students. The new pantry officially opens Feb. 15, and those wishing to donate items can do so at any time in the Ellington Hall lobby.\r\n\r\nThe Alliance of Women Philanthropists recently awarded UT Martin a Giving Circle Grant in excess of $4,600 to begin the pantry program.\r\n<blockquote>Community members and students wishing to donate food items to the pantry are asked to bring any of the following items: applesauce, canned beans, canned chicken, canned fish (tuna and salmon), canned meat, canned vegetables, cooking oils (olive and canola), crackers, dried herbs and spices, fruit (canned or dried), granola bars, instant mashed potatoes, boxed meals, nuts, pasta, peanut butter, rice, shelf-stable and powdered milk, whole grain cereal, soup, stew and chili.</blockquote>\r\nThis initiative is an expansion of the Skyhawks Share Meal Program, which provides discounted meals in the Skyhawk Dining Hall to students who are in need. On designated in-person donation days, students with surplus meal plan swipes can donate them to the meal program, and community members can add meals to the bank for $5 each. Online contributions are accepted any time at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/skyhawksshare\">utm.edu/skyhawksshare</a>.\r\n\r\nFeb. 15 is a designated donation day for the Skyhawks Share Meal Program, and donated meals will be accepted in the Skyhawk Dining Hall during the lunch and dinner meal periods. This program was launched in fall 2017 as a joint initiative by the UT Martin Student Government Association and the Division of Student Affairs to combat food insecurity. Since that time, more than 60 students have received more than 900 meals from the bank.\r\n\r\nStudents in need of assistance can request meals at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/skyhawksshare\">utm.edu/skyhawksshare</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin launches Captain\'s Pantry to combat food insecurity','The University of Tennessee at Martin is working to combat food insecurity for its students by opening Captain’s Pantry, a food pantry operation open to all enrolled students regardless of housing situation.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-launches-captains-pantry-to-combat-food-insecurity','','','2019-02-18 09:21:32','2019-02-18 15:21:32','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=760',0,'post','',0),(761,3,'2019-02-14 13:18:02','2019-02-14 19:18:02','','Captains Pantry','','inherit','closed','closed','','captains-pantry','','','2019-02-14 13:18:02','2019-02-14 19:18:02','',760,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Captains-Pantry.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(762,3,'2019-02-14 13:18:36','2019-02-14 19:18:36','The University of Tennessee at Martin is working to combat food insecurity for its students by opening Captain’s Pantry, a food pantry operation open to all enrolled students regardless of housing situation. Students in need can pick up food items between 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily in the lobbies of either Ellington or Cooper halls.\r\n\r\nThe university previously operated a food pantry out of Ellington Hall for students living in on-campus housing; however, the expanded Captain’s Pantry is open to all students. The new pantry officially opens Feb. 15, and those wishing to donate items can do so at any time in the Ellington Hall lobby.\r\n\r\nThe Alliance of Women Philanthropists recently awarded UT Martin a Giving Circle Grant in excess of $4,600 to begin the pantry program.\r\n<blockquote>Community members and students wishing to donate food items to the pantry are asked to bring any of the following items: applesauce, canned beans, canned chicken, canned fish (tuna and salmon), canned meat, canned vegetables, cooking oils (olive and canola), crackers, dried herbs and spices, fruit (canned or dried), granola bars, instant mashed potatoes, boxed meals, nuts, pasta, peanut butter, rice, shelf-stable and powdered milk, whole grain cereal, soup, stew and chili.</blockquote>\r\nThis initiative is an expansion of the Skyhawks Share Meal Program, which provides discounted meals in the Skyhawk Dining Hall to students who are in need. On designated in-person donation days, students with surplus meal plan swipes can donate them to the meal program, and community members can add meals to the bank for $5 each. Online contributions are accepted any time at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/skyhawksshare\">utm.edu/skyhawksshare</a>.\r\n\r\nFeb. 15 is a designated donation day for the Skyhawks Share Meal Program, and donated meals will be accepted in the Skyhawk Dining Hall during the lunch and dinner meal periods. This program was launched in fall 2017 as a joint initiative by the UT Martin Student Government Association and the Division of Student Affairs to combat food insecurity. Since that time, more than 60 students have received more than 900 meals from the bank.\r\n\r\nStudents in need of assistance can request meals at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/skyhawksshare\">utm.edu/skyhawksshare</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin launches Captain\'s Pantry to combat food insecurity','The University of Tennessee at Martin is working to combat food insecurity for its students by opening Captain’s Pantry, a food pantry operation open to all enrolled students regardless of housing situation.','inherit','closed','closed','','760-revision-v1','','','2019-02-14 13:18:36','2019-02-14 19:18:36','',760,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/14/760-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(779,3,'2019-02-25 09:16:15','2019-02-25 15:16:15','The University of Tennessee at Martin has seen an enrollment increase of 355 undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester. The total undergraduate enrollment stands at 6,165 students as compared to 5,810 undergraduate students for the spring 2018 semester, representing a 6.1 percent increase. Total headcount, including both undergraduate and graduate-level students, is up 316 students (5.1 percent) compared to last spring.\r\n<blockquote>“The increase is due in part to our retention efforts to keep students from the past two years’ increased freshman classes enrolled and working toward graduation requirements,” said Destin Tucker, director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.</blockquote>\r\nThe university also experienced a significant increase in the number of high school students earning college credit through UT Martin, with 580 more dual-enrollment students enrolled in courses this spring as compared to last spring. This represents a 96.3 percent increase in this particular category.\r\n\r\nHowever, UT Martin’s full-time equivalency is down from spring 2018. This number is not based on headcount but rather on the total number of credit hours administered during a semester divided by 15 for undergraduate students and 12 for graduate students, which represents one full-time student in each category. This number plays a factor in determining state funding for the coming academic year.\r\n<blockquote>“Two consecutive years of increased fall headcount enrollment contributed to the positive spring enrollment numbers that we’re now seeing,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “Our full-time equivalency is still not where it needs to be, but the trend toward more freshman students choosing to attend UT Martin as full-time students, combined with our retention efforts, will help improve this important number.”</blockquote>\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin sees spring semester enrollment growth','The University of Tennessee at Martin has seen an enrollment increase of 355 undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester. 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For work submitted from the previous semester, Olivia Johnston, a fall 2018 graduate from Hohenwald, won second place in the category for best radio hard news reporter, and Jillianne Moncrief, a junior from McLemoresville, won second place for best radio feature news reporter. Jenson Greenburg, a senior from Cordova, also won third place for best college journalist and a $250 cash award.\r\n\r\nIn the on-site competitions, Sarah Knapp, a senior from Moscow, won second place for sports photography, and Brooke Boshers, a junior from Mt. Pleasant; Kait Scott, a senior from Martin; and Emily Wilson, a junior from Lawrenceburg, collectively won second place in the public relations campaign team competition.\r\n\r\nWUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run campus radio station, won first place for best audio newscast for the fourth consecutive year and second place in the “Best College Radio Station in the South” competition. The station has had eight first-place finishes in this category since its inception in 2005.\r\n\r\nFor more information on WUTM or the Southeast Journalism Conference, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and station adviser, at 731-881-7555 or rrobins@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin students bring home conference honors','Several students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications earned awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference held Feb. 14-16 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.','inherit','closed','closed','','767-revision-v1','','','2019-02-20 08:37:36','2019-02-20 14:37:36','',767,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/20/767-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(770,3,'2019-02-20 08:39:20','2019-02-20 14:39:20','','SEJC2019','','inherit','closed','closed','','sejc2019-2','','','2019-02-20 08:39:20','2019-02-20 14:39:20','',767,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SEJC2019-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(771,3,'2019-02-20 08:44:29','2019-02-20 14:44:29','Several students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications earned awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference held Feb. 14-16 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.\r\n\r\nCompetition was divided into previously submitted work and on-site competitions. For work submitted from the previous semester, Olivia Johnston, a fall 2018 graduate from Hohenwald, won second place in the category for best radio hard news reporter, and Jillianne Moncrief, a junior from McLemoresville, won second place for best radio feature news reporter. Jenson Greenburg, a senior from Cordova, also won third place for best college journalist and a $250 cash award.\r\n\r\nIn the on-site competitions, Sarah Knapp, a senior from Moscow, won second place for sports photography, and Brooke Boshers, a junior from Mt. Pleasant; Kait Scott, a senior from Martin; and Emily Wilson, a junior from Lawrenceburg, collectively won second place in the public relations campaign team competition.\r\n\r\nWUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run campus radio station, won first place for best audio newscast for the fourth consecutive year and second place in the “Best College Radio Station in the South” competition. The station has had eight first-place finishes in this category since its inception in 2005.\r\n\r\nFor more information on WUTM or the Southeast Journalism Conference, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and station adviser, at 731-881-7555 or rrobins@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin students bring home conference honors','Several students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications earned awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference held Feb. 14-16 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.','inherit','closed','closed','','767-autosave-v1','','','2019-02-20 08:44:29','2019-02-20 14:44:29','',767,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/20/767-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(773,3,'2019-02-21 16:06:53','2019-02-21 22:06:53','MARTIN, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2019 – KUSTOFF ATTENDS UT MARTIN MEETING – The University of Tennessee at Martin and the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking hosted U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-8<sup>th</sup> District) on campus Feb. 19 for a roundtable meeting with local community bankers and insurance representatives. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Sam Lewallen, Simmons Bank; Greg Gunter, First Community Bank; Kustoff; Ben Beard, a sophomore finance major from Union City; Ty Smith, a senior finance major from Selmer; Terri Brundige, BancorpSouth; Ryan Ellegood, The Citizens Bank; (back row) Randy Huffstetler, Greenfield Banking Company; Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin executive director of research, outreach and economic development; Portis Tanner, Westan Insurance; Josh Gibson, Carroll Bank and Trust; Bryant Rhodes, Weakley County Farm Bureau; Andy Page, Security Bank and Trust Company; Tom Seratt, First Citizens National Bank; and Alan Cary, Cary Insurance.\r\n\r\n###','Congressman Kustoff attends UT Martin meeting','The University of Tennessee at Martin and the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking hosted U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-8th District) on campus Feb. 19 for a roundtable meeting with local community bankers and insurance representatives.','publish','closed','closed','','congressman-kustoff-attends-ut-martin-meeting','','','2019-02-21 16:07:19','2019-02-21 22:07:19','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=773',0,'post','',0),(774,3,'2019-02-21 16:06:16','2019-02-21 22:06:16','','02192019_KustoffRoundTable002','','inherit','closed','closed','','02192019_kustoffroundtable002','','','2019-02-21 16:06:16','2019-02-21 22:06:16','',773,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02192019_KustoffRoundTable002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(775,3,'2019-02-21 16:06:53','2019-02-21 22:06:53','MARTIN, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2019 – KUSTOFF ATTENDS UT MARTIN MEETING – The University of Tennessee at Martin and the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking hosted U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-8<sup>th</sup> District) on campus Feb. 19 for a roundtable meeting with local community bankers and insurance representatives. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Sam Lewallen, Simmons Bank; Greg Gunter, First Community Bank; Kustoff; Ben Beard, a sophomore finance major from Union City; Ty Smith, a senior finance major from Selmer; Terri Brundige, BancorpSouth; Ryan Ellegood, The Citizens Bank; (back row) Randy Huffstetler, Greenfield Banking Company; Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin executive director of research, outreach and economic development; Portis Tanner, Westan Insurance; Josh Gibson, Carroll Bank and Trust; Bryant Rhodes, Weakley County Farm Bureau; Andy Page, Security Bank and Trust Company; Tom Seratt, First Citizens National Bank; and Alan Cary, Cary Insurance.\r\n\r\n###','Congressman Kustoff attends UT Martin meeting','The University of Tennessee at Martin and the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking hosted U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-8th District) on campus Feb. 19 for a roundtable meeting with local community bankers and insurance representatives.','inherit','closed','closed','','773-revision-v1','','','2019-02-21 16:06:53','2019-02-21 22:06:53','',773,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/21/773-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(776,3,'2019-02-21 16:07:15','2019-02-21 22:07:15','MARTIN, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2019 – KUSTOFF ATTENDS UT MARTIN MEETING – The University of Tennessee at Martin and the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking hosted U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-8<sup>th</sup> District) on campus Feb. 19 for a roundtable meeting with local community bankers and insurance representatives. 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The meeting of the full board will begin at 1 p.m. in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing at <a href=\"http://www.tennessee.edu\">tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nTwo board committees are scheduled to meet prior to the meeting of the full board. All meetings will be held in the Duncan Ballroom. Committee meetings, which will also be webcast live, are scheduled as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>8 a.m. – Education, Research and Service Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>10:15 a.m. – Finance and Administration Committee</li>\r\n</ul>\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 full board meeting include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>President’s address</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of UT 2030</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised standing rule on requests to address the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Bylaw amendment on changes in compensation and other terms of employment of chancellors and other officers</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of state comptroller’s report on Sex Week at UT Knoxville/revised board policy on a student programs and services fee</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for campus advisory boards to provide recommendations to the president on the proposed strategic plans and annual operating budget, including tuition and fees, for campuses</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for appointment of a non-voting student member of the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for appointment of a faculty member to the Education, Research and Service Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>Tenure for two faculty members upon initial appointment with UT Institute of Agriculture</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville policies and procedures governing application for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville procedures for enhanced tenure-track review</li>\r\n 	<li>Revisions to the UT Health Science Center Faculty Handbook on peer review of teaching and on relationships with students</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs at UT Chattanooga and UT Knoxville</li>\r\n 	<li>Proposed Student Code of Conduct and proposed Honor Code for UT Chattanooga</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised fiscal year 2018-19 operating budget</li>\r\n 	<li>Set fiscal year 2019-20 tuition and fees for the UT Health Science Center</li>\r\n 	<li>Use of proceeds for renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the UT Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology</li>\r\n 	<li>Long-term ground lease for a private housing development at UT Health Science Center</li>\r\n 	<li>Real property acquisitions for UT Martin and UT Institute of Agriculture</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda for each meeting and meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://trustees.tennessee.edu\">trustees.tennessee.edu</a> or by contacting Melissa Tindell, director of UT System communications, at 865-974-4721 or <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>, or Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of UT System media relations, at 865-974-5179 or <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or the pdf at <a href=\"http://trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board\">trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board</a>. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 25. 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 30 minutes.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Tindell or Sicking 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. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 27.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n&nbsp;','UT Board of Trustees to meet March 1 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet March 1 on the University of Tennessee at Martin main campus. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-board-of-trustees-to-meet-march-1-at-ut-martin','','','2019-02-22 08:48:09','2019-02-22 14:48:09','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=777',0,'post','',0),(778,3,'2019-02-22 08:48:03','2019-02-22 14:48:03','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will meet March 1 on the University of Tennessee at Martin main campus. The meeting of the full board will begin at 1 p.m. in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing at <a href=\"http://www.tennessee.edu\">tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nTwo board committees are scheduled to meet prior to the meeting of the full board. All meetings will be held in the Duncan Ballroom. Committee meetings, which will also be webcast live, are scheduled as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>8 a.m. – Education, Research and Service Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>10:15 a.m. – Finance and Administration Committee</li>\r\n</ul>\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 full board meeting include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>President’s address</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of UT 2030</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised standing rule on requests to address the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Bylaw amendment on changes in compensation and other terms of employment of chancellors and other officers</li>\r\n 	<li>Discussion of state comptroller’s report on Sex Week at UT Knoxville/revised board policy on a student programs and services fee</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for campus advisory boards to provide recommendations to the president on the proposed strategic plans and annual operating budget, including tuition and fees, for campuses</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for appointment of a non-voting student member of the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Process for appointment of a faculty member to the Education, Research and Service Committee</li>\r\n 	<li>Tenure for two faculty members upon initial appointment with UT Institute of Agriculture</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville policies and procedures governing application for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville procedures for enhanced tenure-track review</li>\r\n 	<li>Revisions to the UT Health Science Center Faculty Handbook on peer review of teaching and on relationships with students</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs at UT Chattanooga and UT Knoxville</li>\r\n 	<li>Proposed Student Code of Conduct and proposed Honor Code for UT Chattanooga</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised fiscal year 2018-19 operating budget</li>\r\n 	<li>Set fiscal year 2019-20 tuition and fees for the UT Health Science Center</li>\r\n 	<li>Use of proceeds for renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the UT Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology</li>\r\n 	<li>Long-term ground lease for a private housing development at UT Health Science Center</li>\r\n 	<li>Real property acquisitions for UT Martin and UT Institute of Agriculture</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda for each meeting and meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://trustees.tennessee.edu\">trustees.tennessee.edu</a> or by contacting Melissa Tindell, director of UT System communications, at 865-974-4721 or <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>, or Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of UT System media relations, at 865-974-5179 or <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nRequests to address the board may be submitted using the online form or the pdf at <a href=\"http://trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board\">trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board</a>. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','777-revision-v1','','','2019-02-22 08:48:03','2019-02-22 14:48:03','',777,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/22/777-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(780,3,'2019-02-25 09:15:09','2019-02-25 15:15:09','','04102018_SpringRecruitmentShoot053','Students are shown outside the Boling University Center in this spring 2018 photo.','inherit','closed','closed','','04102018_springrecruitmentshoot053','','','2019-02-25 09:16:05','2019-02-25 15:16:05','',779,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/04102018_SpringRecruitmentShoot053.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(781,3,'2019-02-25 09:16:15','2019-02-25 15:16:15','The University of Tennessee at Martin has seen an enrollment increase of 355 undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester. The total undergraduate enrollment stands at 6,165 students as compared to 5,810 undergraduate students for the spring 2018 semester, representing a 6.1 percent increase. Total headcount, including both undergraduate and graduate-level students, is up 316 students (5.1 percent) compared to last spring.\r\n<blockquote>“The increase is due in part to our retention efforts to keep students from the past two years’ increased freshman classes enrolled and working toward graduation requirements,” said Destin Tucker, director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.</blockquote>\r\nThe university also experienced a significant increase in the number of high school students earning college credit through UT Martin, with 580 more dual-enrollment students enrolled in courses this spring as compared to last spring. This represents a 96.3 percent increase in this particular category.\r\n\r\nHowever, UT Martin’s full-time equivalency is down from spring 2018. This number is not based on headcount but rather on the total number of credit hours administered during a semester divided by 15 for undergraduate students and 12 for graduate students, which represents one full-time student in each category. This number plays a factor in determining state funding for the coming academic year.\r\n<blockquote>“Two consecutive years of increased fall headcount enrollment contributed to the positive spring enrollment numbers that we’re now seeing,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “Our full-time equivalency is still not where it needs to be, but the trend toward more freshman students choosing to attend UT Martin as full-time students, combined with our retention efforts, will help improve this important number.”</blockquote>\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin sees spring semester enrollment growth','The University of Tennessee at Martin has seen an enrollment increase of 355 undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester. ','inherit','closed','closed','','779-revision-v1','','','2019-02-25 09:16:15','2019-02-25 15:16:15','',779,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/25/779-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(782,3,'2019-02-25 09:48:02','2019-02-25 15:48:02','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Communications, as one of two recipients of this year’s $25,000 scholarship award. Faculty members Dr. Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed, along with four students, accepted the award during the organization’s Country Radio Seminar held Feb. 13 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville.\r\n<blockquote>“All of us at the CRB were very impressed at the curriculum and the type of students the school brings us. After having a chance to meet some of the them at our recent Country Radio Seminar, our feeling was definitely reinforced,” said John Shomby, chairperson of the CRB scholarship committee. “It’s very encouraging to see so many young people eager to get into this business and UTM being one of the main catalysts behind that.”</blockquote>\r\nThis is the first time UT Martin has received this award, which will be used to help fund the education of a student pursuing the broadcasting sequence each year. Interested colleges and universities had to apply for the scholarship and submit letters of support to qualify for consideration.\r\n<blockquote>“The Communications Department was honored to be chosen for the Country Radio Broadcasters scholarship endowment,” said Rodney Freed, instructor of communications and director of the department’s broadcasting sequence. “Our program is focused on giving students a wide range of professional experiences to prepare them for their professional careers. With this generous endowment, we’ll be able to offer an ongoing scholarship to assist students financially in pursuing careers in the broadcast field.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents in attendance were Brian Affolter, a senior from Brentwood; Jessica Davis, a junior from Sharon; Emma Bruner, a junior from South Fulton; and John Thornton, a junior from Atoka.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the award or the UT Martin broadcasting sequence, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and WUTM faculty adviser, at 731-881-7555 or <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. grants UT Martin department $25,000','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Communications, as one of two recipients of this year’s $25,000 scholarship award.','publish','closed','closed','','country-radio-broadcasters-inc-grants-ut-martin-department-25000','','','2019-02-26 08:05:55','2019-02-26 14:05:55','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=782',0,'post','',0),(783,3,'2019-02-25 09:42:04','2019-02-25 15:42:04','','Country music grant','Pictured accepting the scholarship check during the Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. Country Radio Seminar in Nashville are (l-r) Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communication and WUTM faculty adviser; Brian Affolter, a senior from Brentwood; Jessica Davis, a junior from Sharon; Emma Bruner, a junior from South Fulton; and John Thornton, a junior from Atoka; and Rodney Freed, instructor of communication and UTM Television faculty adviser. ','inherit','closed','closed','','country-music-grant','','','2019-02-25 09:47:37','2019-02-25 15:47:37','',782,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Country-music-grant.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(784,3,'2019-02-25 09:48:02','2019-02-25 15:48:02','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Communications, as one of two recipients of this year’s $25,000 scholarship award. Faculty members Dr. Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed, along with four students, accepted the award during the organization’s Country Radio Seminar held Feb. 13 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville.\r\n<blockquote>“All of us at the CRB were very impressed at the curriculum and the type of students the school brings us. After having a chance to meet some of the them at our recent Country Radio Seminar, our feeling was definitely reinforced,” said John Shomby, chairperson of the CRB scholarship committee. “It’s very encouraging to see so many young people eager to get into this business and UTM being one of the main catalysts behind that.”</blockquote>\r\nThis is the first time UT Martin has received this award, which will be used to help fund the education of a student pursuing the broadcasting sequence each year. Interested colleges and universities had to apply for the scholarship and submit letters of support to qualify for consideration.\r\n<blockquote>“The Communications Department was honored to be chosen for the Country Radio Broadcasters scholarship endowment,” said Rodney Freed, instructor of communications and director of the department’s broadcasting sequence. “Our program is focused on giving students a wide range of professional experiences to prepare them for their professional careers. With this generous endowment, we’ll be able to offer an ongoing scholarship to assist students financially in pursuing careers in the broadcast field.”</blockquote>\r\nStudents in attendance were Brian Affolter, a senior from Brentwood; Jessica Davis, a junior from Sharon; Emma Bruner, a junior from South Fulton; and John Thornton, a junior from Atoka.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the award or the UT Martin broadcasting sequence, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and WUTM faculty adviser, at 731-881-7555 or <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. grants UT Martin department $25,000','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Communications, as one of two recipients of this year’s $25,000 scholarship award.','inherit','closed','closed','','782-revision-v1','','','2019-02-25 09:48:02','2019-02-25 15:48:02','',782,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/25/782-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(785,3,'2019-02-27 12:37:04','2019-02-27 18:37:04','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear April 25 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. His presentation on “The Poetry of Remembrance” will begin at 7:30 p.m., April 25, in the Paul Meek Library as part of the 2019 Meek Literacy Legacy Program. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the speaker, contact Mary Ann Rea, Paul Meek Library, at 731-881-7075.\r\n\r\n###','Poet Ryan Wilson to speak April 25','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will appear April 25 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. ','publish','closed','closed','','poet-ryan-wilson-to-speak-march-14','','','2019-03-11 16:09:44','2019-03-11 21:09:44','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=785',0,'post','',0),(819,3,'2019-03-11 16:07:50','2019-03-11 21:07:50','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will now appear April 25 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. His presentation on “The Poetry of Remembrance” will begin at 7:30 p.m., April 25, in the Paul Meek Library as the 2019 Meek Literacy Legacy Program. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the speaker, contact Mary Ann Rea, Paul Meek Library, at 731-881-7075.\r\n\r\n###','Poet Ryan Wilson to speak April 25','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will appear April 25 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. ','inherit','closed','closed','','785-revision-v1','','','2019-03-11 16:07:50','2019-03-11 21:07:50','',785,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/11/785-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(786,3,'2019-02-27 12:37:04','2019-02-27 18:37:04','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. His presentation on “The Poetry of Remembrance” will begin at 6:30 p.m., March 14, in the university’s Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Wilson is returning to campus after being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.\r\n\r\nWilson’s presentation is sponsored by the UT Martin Honors Programs. For more information about the speaker or the honors programs, contact Dr. John Glass, director, at 731-881-7436.\r\n\r\n###','Poet Ryan Wilson to speak March 14','Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson, originally scheduled to speak Jan. 31 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will appear March 14 after severe weather prevented travel for the original engagement. ','inherit','closed','closed','','785-revision-v1','','','2019-02-27 12:37:04','2019-02-27 18:37:04','',785,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/02/27/785-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(787,3,'2019-02-28 13:48:47','2019-02-28 19:48:47','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Joe and Pat Johnson Nutrition Symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., March 15, in room 206 of the Boling University Center. Dietetic professionals and interested community members can attend for $25, and UT Martin students and dietetic program preceptors can attend for $15. The fee includes a continental breakfast, lunch and 5.5 continuing professional education credits. Pre-registration at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/johnsonsymposium\">utm.edu/johnsonsymposium</a> is required.\r\n\r\nThis year’s symposium will focus on “Making Nutrition Great Again” and feature 10 15-minute presentations by UT Martin dietetic interns. These students have all received bachelor’s degrees from various institutions, including UT Martin, and are now enrolled in the UT Martin dietetic internship program to complete requirements for licensure as registered dietitians. Student research topics can be found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/johnsonsymposium\">utm.edu/johnsonsymposium</a>.\r\n\r\nThe symposium will also feature presentations by Karman Meyer, a registered dietitian nutritionist and director of communications with the Tennessee Beef Industry Council, on beef’s role in a healthy diet; Dr. Ajit Korgaokar, assistant professor and director of UT Martin’s didactic program in dietetics, on nitrate supplementation and exercise performance; and Dr. Heidi Silver, a registered dietitian nutritionist and research associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University, on insulin resistance and obesity.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Brian Carroll, UT Martin lecturer and dietetic internship director, at 731-881-7100 or <a href=\"mailto:bcarro18@utm.edu\">bcarro18@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Joe and Pat Johnson Nutrition Symposium scheduled for March 15','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Joe and Pat Johnson Nutrition Symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., March 15, in room 206 of the Boling University Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','joe-and-pat-johnson-nutrition-symposium-scheduled-for-march-15','','','2019-03-07 10:31:04','2019-03-07 16:31:04','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=787',0,'post','',0),(810,3,'2019-03-07 16:05:52','2019-03-07 22:05:52','Dr. John Burch, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will give a presentation titled “D.F. Barry, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Construction of Memory” at 7 p.m., March 12, in the Corbitt Special Collections Reading Room located inside the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will follow the photography exhibit “Little Shadow Catchers: The Life and Works of David F. Barry” displayed Feb. 4-April 11 in the library’s J. Houston Gordon Museum. Barry, a renowned photographer of the American West, is known for his photos of Native American reservations and military outposts. His works include images of soldiers and Lakota people involved in the Sioux War of 1876 and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.\r\n\r\nBurch holds a doctoral degree in history from the University of Kentucky. He has authored or co-authored nine books, including “The Great Society and the War on Poverty: An Economic Legacy in Essays and Documents.” Two of his works, “The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States” and “Water Rights and the Environment in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide,” were named Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice Reviews.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Sam Richardson, UT Martin assistant professor and chief archivist and curator, at 731-881-7094.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin library director to speak on the life of D.F. Barry','Dr. John Burch, director of the Paul Meek Library, will give a presentation titled “D.F. 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Pre-registration at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/johnsonsymposium\">utm.edu/johnsonsymposium</a> is required.\r\n\r\nThis year’s symposium will focus on “Making Nutrition Great Again” and feature 10 15-minute presentations by UT Martin dietetic interns. These students have all received bachelor’s degrees from various institutions, including UT Martin, and are now enrolled in the UT Martin dietetic internship program to complete requirements for licensure as registered dietitians. Student research topics can be found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/johnsonsymposium\">utm.edu/johnsonsymposium</a>.\r\n\r\nThe symposium will also feature presentations by Karman Meyer, a registered dietitian nutritionist and director of communications with the Tennessee Beef Industry Council, on beef’s role in a healthy diet; Dr. Ajit Korgaokar, assistant professor and director of UT Martin’s didactic program in dietetics, on nitrate supplementation and exercise performance; and Dr. Heidi Silver, a registered dietitian nutritionist and research associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University, on insulin resistance and obesity.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Brian Carroll, UT Martin lecturer and dietetic internship director, at 731-881-7100 or <a href=\"mailto:bcarro18@utm.edu\">bcarro18@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Joe and Pat Johnson Nutrition Symposium scheduled for March 15','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Joe and Pat Johnson Nutrition Symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., March 15, in room 206 of the Boling University Center. 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