(3483,2,'2021-08-23 12:28:48','2021-08-23 17:28:48','The University of Tennessee System today announced increased face-covering requirements at university campuses based on the rise in COVID-19 Delta variant numbers across the state. UT Martin’s main campus and five regional centers will join the UT System to adjust mask requirements for at least the next two weeks.\r\n\r\nWith today’s UT System guidance, the mask requirement is being extended starting today, Aug. 23, to all UT Martin indoor public spaces, except in private offices, residence hall rooms, while engaging in fitness activities, and while actively eating and drinking. More details about face coverings in classrooms were outlined in an Aug. 20 email from Academic Affairs to faculty members. Athletics will make decisions about masking at indoor athletic facilities.\r\n\r\nAs announced by the UT System, we’ll re-evaluate the need for the expanded face-covering requirement by Sept. 7. I also remind students to continue reporting COVID-19 symptoms to Student Health and Counseling, employees to the Office of Human Resources, and isolate yourself when necessary. As noted on the UT Martin coronavirus website, all members of the university community are expected to consistently report symptoms and follow isolation and/or quarantine guidance from university medical officials.\r\n\r\nThe goal to open in-person this fall semester is accomplished, but we have much more work to do. We’ll regularly monitor conditions and adjust as needed to keep the UT Martin community safe, and we’ll continue to communicate with you. If you haven’t been vaccinated, please protect yourself and others by getting the vaccine, and help yourself and your fellow Skyhawks by following current face-covering requirements.\r\n\r\nWe value each of you as part of the UT Martin family, and I thank you in advance for helping us to keep our university community safe for everyone.','Chancellor’s Corner: Revised Masking Requirements','The University of Tennessee System today announced increased face-covering requirements at university campuses based on the rise in COVID-19 Delta variant numbers across the state.','publish','closed','closed','','chancellors-corner-revised-masking-requirements','','','2021-08-23 12:29:24','2021-08-23 17:29:24','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3483',0,'post','',0),(3484,2,'2021-08-23 12:27:14','2021-08-23 17:27:14','','08232021_FirstDayClass(Nathan)031','','inherit','closed','closed','','08232021_firstdayclassnathan031','','','2021-08-23 12:27:14','2021-08-23 17:27:14','',3483,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08232021_FirstDayClassNathan031.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3485,2,'2021-08-23 12:28:48','2021-08-23 17:28:48','The University of Tennessee System today announced increased face-covering requirements at university campuses based on the rise in COVID-19 Delta variant numbers across the state. UT Martin’s main campus and five regional centers will join the UT System to adjust mask requirements for at least the next two weeks.\r\n\r\nWith today’s UT System guidance, the mask requirement is being extended starting today, Aug. 23, to all UT Martin indoor public spaces, except in private offices, residence hall rooms, while engaging in fitness activities, and while actively eating and drinking. More details about face coverings in classrooms were outlined in an Aug. 20 email from Academic Affairs to faculty members. Athletics will make decisions about masking at indoor athletic facilities.\r\n\r\nAs announced by the UT System, we’ll re-evaluate the need for the expanded face-covering requirement by Sept. 7. I also remind students to continue reporting COVID-19 symptoms to Student Health and Counseling, employees to the Office of Human Resources, and isolate yourself when necessary. As noted on the UT Martin coronavirus website, all members of the university community are expected to consistently report symptoms and follow isolation and/or quarantine guidance from university medical officials.\r\n\r\nThe goal to open in-person this fall semester is accomplished, but we have much more work to do. We’ll regularly monitor conditions and adjust as needed to keep the UT Martin community safe, and we’ll continue to communicate with you. If you haven’t been vaccinated, please protect yourself and others by getting the vaccine, and help yourself and your fellow Skyhawks by following current face-covering requirements.\r\n\r\nWe value each of you as part of the UT Martin family, and I thank you in advance for helping us to keep our university community safe for everyone.','Chancellor’s Corner: Revised Masking Requirements','The University of Tennessee System today announced increased face-covering requirements at university campuses based on the rise in COVID-19 Delta variant numbers across the state.','inherit','closed','closed','','3483-revision-v1','','','2021-08-23 12:28:48','2021-08-23 17:28:48','',3483,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/23/3483-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3488,7,'2021-08-30 15:13:35','2021-08-30 20:13:35','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. The University of Tennessee System president and businessman was clearly in his element when the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin. Known as the REED Center, the facility houses the Tennessee Small Development Center and supports existing and potential business owners with individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\n“My dad is an entrepreneur. I’m an entrepreneur. I’ve always supported entrepreneurship,” Boyd said to those gathered for the tour stop. “I’m a little biased, but I really believe entrepreneurs actually create so much good in the world. The more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.”\r\n\r\nThe tour began Aug. 3 and will travel to more than 50 counties celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee. The initiative also doubles as a listening tour as Boyd considers ideas to enhance the university’s service to Tennesseans. In addition to visiting the REED Center, the tour stop provided an opportunity for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the center’s new Runway co-working space. Tour-stop attendees included Dr. Nassar Nassar, CEO of Savant Learning Systems Inc. and his wife, Tracy; Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynun; Cathy Dunagan, UT President’s Council member and wife of UT Martin Chancellor Emeritus Nick Dunagan; and Brooxsie Carlton, deputy assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver opened with comments about UT’s economic impact statewide and UT Martin’s economic benefit to the immediate region. He referenced a study released in 2019 by the UT Knoxville Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research that shows the university impact to the state’s economy at approximately $9 billion. “The study also revealed that UT Martin added $198 million income for the region,” Carver said, adding, “And UT Martin creates a positive return on investments made by students, taxpayers and society as a whole.”\r\n\r\nCarver then focused his comments on the REED Center, which was established in 2005 in cooperation with the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. “Economic development is exactly what the REED Center is all about,” Carver said. “… We offer courses, workshops and training sessions to meet the needs of small businesses, and it (the center) supports regional economic development.” He also noted that the REED Center became a service center of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center network in July 2009 “as the only center affiliated with a UT institution.”\r\n\r\nCarver closed by highlighting the significance of the center’s current location and intentional space for small businesses. “The REED Center moved here in March of 2019 with the intention of expanding and creating some co-working space to provide entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers a shared space to connect with others on a professional level,” he said. He credited Landy Fuqua for her leadership of the center.\r\n\r\nFuqua was appointed director in 2012 and shared client-verified information about the center’s impact, which included providing 66 businesses with disaster relief assistance in 2020 during the pandemic. “So out of those 66 businesses that we assisted last year, there were 238 jobs that were retained, and $1.8 million in disaster relief were provided to those businesses,” she said. “We’ve had an additional 58 businesses this year that we have assisted with disaster relief, and they have received $2.2 million in disaster funding, and we have retained 248 jobs that they have reported.”\r\n\r\nFuqua also reported that eight businesses were started through the center last year, and seven more businesses have started to date this year with another potential business funded only recently. “Last year, our businesses reported 128 jobs created, 50 jobs retained and $9.3 (million) of capital infusion to the economy,” she added. “So, we’re very, very proud of that for our businesses.”\r\n\r\nIn an example of business supporting business and the university, Fuqua credited Dr. Nassar Nassar and his wife, Tracy, for making building space available for the center when it moved a short distance north from the location now occupied by the new Martin Public Library. Discussion of new co-working space also began at that time, and the center’s new location took shape. “He worked with us financially,” she said. “He worked with us on making this space exactly right … and I want to thank you, Dr. Nassar, for your team, for Tracy.”\r\n\r\nBoyd also expressed his gratitude to Nassar for the REED Center space. “He’s involved in everything, but he is an entrepreneur,” Boyd said of the Martin business leader. “It takes that entrepreneurship not just for business but for social good as well, and so the more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.” He also focused on other aspects of the university’s service to the state that are being highlighted during the tour, including UT Extension offices in all 95 Tennessee counties; the UT Health Science Center’s free dental clinic in Union City and similar clinics planned in other locations around the state; and UT Martin’s five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed by reminding attendees about his optimism for the university’s and UT Martin’s futures. “This is going to be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee. After 225 years, that is a bold statement, but I think we’ve got the team, the resources, the energy, to be able to get it done,” he said. “It can’t be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee if it’s not the greatest decade for the University of Tennessee Martin. I think we’ve got a great leader (Keith Carver) to help make sure that happens.”\r\n\r\nThe program concluded with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Runway co-working space, which will serve as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on business-related projects. For more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a>, or contact Landy Fuqua at <a href=\"mailto:REED@utm.edu\">REED@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nOther August 25 tour stops included the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dentistry Clinic in Union City and the UT AgResearch and Education Center in Milan. The Everywhere You Look, UT Tour is scheduled to conclude in November with stops in Roane and Pickett counties in East Tennessee. For more information about the tour, visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Everywhere UT tour stops at REED Center in Martin','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. The University of Tennessee System president and businessman was clearly in his element when the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin.','publish','closed','closed','','everywhere-ut-tour-stops-at-reed-center-in-martin','','','2021-08-30 15:23:57','2021-08-30 20:23:57','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3488',0,'post','',0),(3489,7,'2021-08-30 15:09:28','2021-08-30 20:09:28','','08252021_EverywhereYouLookUTTour040','UT System President Randy Boyd and the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin. The program concluded with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Runway co-working space located in the REED Center, which will serve as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on business-related projects. Pictured shortly before the ribbon was cut are (l to r) Valerie Freeman, administrative support assistant, REED Center; Dr. Nassar Nassar, CEO of Savant Learning Systems Inc., Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, dean, UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Landy Fuqua, director, REED Center; Boyd; Brooxie Carlton, deputy assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; Jake Bynum, Weakley County mayor; and Linda Rinker, administrative support assistant, REED Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','08252021_everywhereyoulookuttour040','','','2021-08-30 15:13:14','2021-08-30 20:13:14','',3488,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08252021_EverywhereYouLookUTTour040.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3490,7,'2021-08-30 15:13:35','2021-08-30 20:13:35','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. The University of Tennessee System president and businessman was clearly in his element when the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin. Known as the REED Center, the facility houses the Tennessee Small Development Center and supports existing and potential business owners with individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\n“My dad is an entrepreneur. I’m an entrepreneur. I’ve always supported entrepreneurship,” Boyd said to those gathered for the tour stop. “I’m a little biased, but I really believe entrepreneurs actually create so much good in the world. The more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.”\r\n\r\nThe tour began Aug. 3 and will travel to more than 50 counties celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee. The initiative also doubles as a listening tour as Boyd considers ideas to enhance the university’s service to Tennesseans. In addition to visiting the REED Center, the tour stop provided an opportunity for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the center’s new Runway co-working space. Tour-stop attendees included Dr. Nassar Nassar, CEO of Savant Learning Systems Inc. and his wife, Tracy; Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynun; Cathy Dunagan, UT President’s Council member and wife of UT Martin Chancellor Emeritus Nick Dunagan; and Brooxsie Carlton, deputy assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver opened with comments about UT’s economic impact statewide and UT Martin’s economic benefit to the immediate region. He referenced a study released in 2019 by the UT Knoxville Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research that shows the university impact to the state’s economy at approximately $9 billion. “The study also revealed that UT Martin added $198 million income for the region,” Carver said, adding, “And UT Martin creates a positive return on investments made by students, taxpayers and society as a whole.”\r\n\r\nCarver then focused his comments on the REED Center, which was established in 2005 in cooperation with the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. “Economic development is exactly what the REED Center is all about,” Carver said. “… We offer courses, workshops and training sessions to meet the needs of small businesses, and it (the center) supports regional economic development.” He also noted that the REED Center became a service center of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center network in July 2009 “as the only center affiliated with a UT institution.”\r\n\r\nCarver closed by highlighting the significance of the center’s current location and intentional space for small businesses. “The REED Center moved here in March of 2019 with the intention of expanding and creating some co-working space to provide entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers a shared space to connect with others on a professional level,” he said. He credited Landy Fuqua for her leadership of the center.\r\n\r\nFuqua was appointed director in 2012 and shared client-verified information about the center’s impact, which included providing 66 businesses with disaster relief assistance in 2020 during the pandemic. “So out of those 66 businesses that we assisted last year, there were 238 jobs that were retained, and $1.8 million in disaster relief were provided to those businesses,” she said. “We’ve had an additional 58 businesses this year that we have assisted with disaster relief, and they have received $2.2 million in disaster funding, and we have retained 248 jobs that they have reported.”\r\n\r\nFuqua also reported that eight businesses were started through the center last year, and seven more businesses have started to date this year with another potential business funded only recently. “Last year, our businesses reported 128 jobs created, 50 jobs retained and $9.3 (million) of capital infusion to the economy,” she added. “So, we’re very, very proud of that for our businesses.”\r\n\r\nIn an example of business supporting business and the university, Fuqua credited Dr. Nassar Nassar and his wife, Tracy, for making building space available for the center when it moved a short distance north from the location now occupied by the new Martin Public Library. Discussion of new co-working space also began at that time, and the center’s new location took shape. “He worked with us financially,” she said. “He worked with us on making this space exactly right … and I want to thank you, Dr. Nassar, for your team, for Tracy.”\r\n\r\nBoyd also expressed his gratitude to Nassar for the REED Center space. “He’s involved in everything, but he is an entrepreneur,” Boyd said of the Martin business leader. “It takes that entrepreneurship not just for business but for social good as well, and so the more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.” He also focused on other aspects of the university’s service to the state that are being highlighted during the tour, including UT Extension offices in all 95 Tennessee counties; the UT Health Science Center’s free dental clinic in Union City and similar clinics planned in other locations around the state; and UT Martin’s five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed by reminding attendees about his optimism for the university’s and UT Martin’s futures. “This is going to be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee. After 225 years, that is a bold statement, but I think we’ve got the team, the resources, the energy, to be able to get it done,” he said. “It can’t be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee if it’s not the greatest decade for the University of Tennessee Martin. I think we’ve got a great leader (Keith Carver) to help make sure that happens.”\r\n\r\nThe program concluded with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Runway co-working space, which will serve as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on business-related projects. For more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a>, or contact Landy Fuqua at <a href=\"mailto:REED@utm.edu\">REED@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nOther August 25 tour stops included the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dentistry Clinic in Union City and the UT AgResearch and Education Center in Milan. The Everywhere You Look, UT Tour is scheduled to conclude in November with stops in Roane and Pickett counties in East Tennessee. For more information about the tour, visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Everywhere UT tour stops at Reed Center in Martin','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs.','inherit','closed','closed','','3488-revision-v1','','','2021-08-30 15:13:35','2021-08-30 20:13:35','',3488,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/30/3488-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3491,7,'2021-08-30 15:15:54','2021-08-30 20:15:54','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. The University of Tennessee System president and businessman was clearly in his element when the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin. Known as the REED Center, the facility houses the Tennessee Small Development Center and supports existing and potential business owners with individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\n“My dad is an entrepreneur. I’m an entrepreneur. I’ve always supported entrepreneurship,” Boyd said to those gathered for the tour stop. “I’m a little biased, but I really believe entrepreneurs actually create so much good in the world. The more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.”\r\n\r\nThe tour began Aug. 3 and will travel to more than 50 counties celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee. The initiative also doubles as a listening tour as Boyd considers ideas to enhance the university’s service to Tennesseans. In addition to visiting the REED Center, the tour stop provided an opportunity for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the center’s new Runway co-working space. Tour-stop attendees included Dr. Nassar Nassar, CEO of Savant Learning Systems Inc. and his wife, Tracy; Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynun; Cathy Dunagan, UT President’s Council member and wife of UT Martin Chancellor Emeritus Nick Dunagan; and Brooxsie Carlton, deputy assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver opened with comments about UT’s economic impact statewide and UT Martin’s economic benefit to the immediate region. He referenced a study released in 2019 by the UT Knoxville Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research that shows the university impact to the state’s economy at approximately $9 billion. “The study also revealed that UT Martin added $198 million income for the region,” Carver said, adding, “And UT Martin creates a positive return on investments made by students, taxpayers and society as a whole.”\r\n\r\nCarver then focused his comments on the REED Center, which was established in 2005 in cooperation with the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. “Economic development is exactly what the REED Center is all about,” Carver said. “… We offer courses, workshops and training sessions to meet the needs of small businesses, and it (the center) supports regional economic development.” He also noted that the REED Center became a service center of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center network in July 2009 “as the only center affiliated with a UT institution.”\r\n\r\nCarver closed by highlighting the significance of the center’s current location and intentional space for small businesses. “The REED Center moved here in March of 2019 with the intention of expanding and creating some co-working space to provide entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers a shared space to connect with others on a professional level,” he said. He credited Landy Fuqua for her leadership of the center.\r\n\r\nFuqua was appointed director in 2012 and shared client-verified information about the center’s impact, which included providing 66 businesses with disaster relief assistance in 2020 during the pandemic. “So out of those 66 businesses that we assisted last year, there were 238 jobs that were retained, and $1.8 million in disaster relief were provided to those businesses,” she said. “We’ve had an additional 58 businesses this year that we have assisted with disaster relief, and they have received $2.2 million in disaster funding, and we have retained 248 jobs that they have reported.”\r\n\r\nFuqua also reported that eight businesses were started through the center last year, and seven more businesses have started to date this year with another potential business funded only recently. “Last year, our businesses reported 128 jobs created, 50 jobs retained and $9.3 (million) of capital infusion to the economy,” she added. “So, we’re very, very proud of that for our businesses.”\r\n\r\nIn an example of business supporting business and the university, Fuqua credited Dr. Nassar Nassar and his wife, Tracy, for making building space available for the center when it moved a short distance north from the location now occupied by the new Martin Public Library. Discussion of new co-working space also began at that time, and the center’s new location took shape. “He worked with us financially,” she said. “He worked with us on making this space exactly right … and I want to thank you, Dr. Nassar, for your team, for Tracy.”\r\n\r\nBoyd also expressed his gratitude to Nassar for the REED Center space. “He’s involved in everything, but he is an entrepreneur,” Boyd said of the Martin business leader. “It takes that entrepreneurship not just for business but for social good as well, and so the more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.” He also focused on other aspects of the university’s service to the state that are being highlighted during the tour, including UT Extension offices in all 95 Tennessee counties; the UT Health Science Center’s free dental clinic in Union City and similar clinics planned in other locations around the state; and UT Martin’s five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed by reminding attendees about his optimism for the university’s and UT Martin’s futures. “This is going to be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee. After 225 years, that is a bold statement, but I think we’ve got the team, the resources, the energy, to be able to get it done,” he said. “It can’t be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee if it’s not the greatest decade for the University of Tennessee Martin. I think we’ve got a great leader (Keith Carver) to help make sure that happens.”\r\n\r\nThe program concluded with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Runway co-working space, which will serve as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on business-related projects. For more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a>, or contact Landy Fuqua at <a href=\"mailto:REED@utm.edu\">REED@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nOther August 25 tour stops included the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dentistry Clinic in Union City and the UT AgResearch and Education Center in Milan. The Everywhere You Look, UT Tour is scheduled to conclude in November with stops in Roane and Pickett counties in East Tennessee. For more information about the tour, visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Everywhere UT tour stops at REED Center in Martin','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs.','inherit','closed','closed','','3488-revision-v1','','','2021-08-30 15:15:54','2021-08-30 20:15:54','',3488,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/08/30/3488-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3493,7,'2021-08-30 15:23:46','2021-08-30 20:23:46','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. The University of Tennessee System president and businessman was clearly in his element when the Everywhere You Look, UT statewide tour made a stop August 25 at the UT Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in downtown Martin. Known as the REED Center, the facility houses the Tennessee Small Development Center and supports existing and potential business owners with individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\n“My dad is an entrepreneur. I’m an entrepreneur. I’ve always supported entrepreneurship,” Boyd said to those gathered for the tour stop. “I’m a little biased, but I really believe entrepreneurs actually create so much good in the world. The more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.”\r\n\r\nThe tour began Aug. 3 and will travel to more than 50 counties celebrating UT’s impact across Tennessee. The initiative also doubles as a listening tour as Boyd considers ideas to enhance the university’s service to Tennesseans. In addition to visiting the REED Center, the tour stop provided an opportunity for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the center’s new Runway co-working space. Tour-stop attendees included Dr. Nassar Nassar, CEO of Savant Learning Systems Inc. and his wife, Tracy; Weakley County Mayor Jake Bynun; Cathy Dunagan, UT President’s Council member and wife of UT Martin Chancellor Emeritus Nick Dunagan; and Brooxsie Carlton, deputy assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver opened with comments about UT’s economic impact statewide and UT Martin’s economic benefit to the immediate region. He referenced a study released in 2019 by the UT Knoxville Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research that shows the university impact to the state’s economy at approximately $9 billion. “The study also revealed that UT Martin added $198 million income for the region,” Carver said, adding, “And UT Martin creates a positive return on investments made by students, taxpayers and society as a whole.”\r\n\r\nCarver then focused his comments on the REED Center, which was established in 2005 in cooperation with the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. “Economic development is exactly what the REED Center is all about,” Carver said. “… We offer courses, workshops and training sessions to meet the needs of small businesses, and it (the center) supports regional economic development.” He also noted that the REED Center became a service center of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center network in July 2009 “as the only center affiliated with a UT institution.”\r\n\r\nCarver closed by highlighting the significance of the center’s current location and intentional space for small businesses. “The REED Center moved here in March of 2019 with the intention of expanding and creating some co-working space to provide entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers a shared space to connect with others on a professional level,” he said. He credited Landy Fuqua for her leadership of the center.\r\n\r\nFuqua was appointed director in 2012 and shared client-verified information about the center’s impact, which included providing 66 businesses with disaster relief assistance in 2020 during the pandemic. “So out of those 66 businesses that we assisted last year, there were 238 jobs that were retained, and $1.8 million in disaster relief were provided to those businesses,” she said. “We’ve had an additional 58 businesses this year that we have assisted with disaster relief, and they have received $2.2 million in disaster funding, and we have retained 248 jobs that they have reported.”\r\n\r\nFuqua also reported that eight businesses were started through the center last year, and seven more businesses have started to date this year with another potential business funded only recently. “Last year, our businesses reported 128 jobs created, 50 jobs retained and $9.3 (million) of capital infusion to the economy,” she added. “So, we’re very, very proud of that for our businesses.”\r\n\r\nIn an example of business supporting business and the university, Fuqua credited Dr. Nassar Nassar and his wife, Tracy, for making building space available for the center when it moved a short distance north from the location now occupied by the new Martin Public Library. Discussion of new co-working space also began at that time, and the center’s new location took shape. “He worked with us financially,” she said. “He worked with us on making this space exactly right … and I want to thank you, Dr. Nassar, for your team, for Tracy.”\r\n\r\nBoyd also expressed his gratitude to Nassar for the REED Center space. “He’s involved in everything, but he is an entrepreneur,” Boyd said of the Martin business leader. “It takes that entrepreneurship not just for business but for social good as well, and so the more entrepreneurs we can create, the better.” He also focused on other aspects of the university’s service to the state that are being highlighted during the tour, including UT Extension offices in all 95 Tennessee counties; the UT Health Science Center’s free dental clinic in Union City and similar clinics planned in other locations around the state; and UT Martin’s five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed by reminding attendees about his optimism for the university’s and UT Martin’s futures. “This is going to be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee. After 225 years, that is a bold statement, but I think we’ve got the team, the resources, the energy, to be able to get it done,” he said. “It can’t be the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee if it’s not the greatest decade for the University of Tennessee Martin. I think we’ve got a great leader (Keith Carver) to help make sure that happens.”\r\n\r\nThe program concluded with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Runway co-working space, which will serve as an office space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and remote workers to connect and collaborate on business-related projects. For more information or to become a member of The Runway, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/reed\">www.utm.edu/reed</a>, or contact Landy Fuqua at <a href=\"mailto:REED@utm.edu\">REED@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nOther August 25 tour stops included the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dentistry Clinic in Union City and the UT AgResearch and Education Center in Milan. The Everywhere You Look, UT Tour is scheduled to conclude in November with stops in Roane and Pickett counties in East Tennessee. For more information about the tour, visit <a href=\"https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour\">https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/tour</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Everywhere UT tour stops at REED Center in Martin','Randy Boyd doesn’t hide his enthusiasm for entrepreneurs. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','museum_before-the-first-performance-standing-outside-the-east-gate-edit','','','2021-08-31 16:37:46','2021-08-31 21:37:46','',3494,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Museum_Before-the-First-Performance-Standing-Outside-the-East-Gate-edit.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3497,7,'2021-08-31 16:38:20','2021-08-31 21:38:20','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host the opening reception for its new Johnny Cash exhibit titled “1968: A Folsom Redemption” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the Special Collections Reading Room. The exhibit opens Sept. 1, and both the exhibit and the Sept. 9 reception, which will feature a performance by the university’s House Band, are open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began.\r\n\r\nBeley will give a public lecture about his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear cloth face coverings inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the reception will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives, at 731-881-7094.','J. Houston Gordon Museum features Johnny Cash Concert Exhibit','The J. 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The exhibit opens Sept. 1, and both the exhibit and the Sept. 9 reception, which will feature a performance by the university’s House Band, are open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began.\r\n\r\nBeley will give a public lecture about his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. 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We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”</blockquote>\r\n“We are pumped to work with UT Martin student leaders to build momentum around voting,” Hargett said. “The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”\r\n\r\nElections for local and statewide office are happening in 2022, and last year Tennesseans broke voter turnout and participation records. Election experts will attend the tailgate to answer questions about Tennessee’s easy voting process. 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The program is the largest and oldest regional leadership program in Tennessee, boasts 886 graduates to date and will welcome its 32st class. The application deadline is Oct. 18. Anyone can apply to participate; nominations are accepted but not required.\r\n\r\nThe program includes eight sessions addressing contemporary issues important to West Tennessee’s development, including agriculture, economics and public policy, transportation, education, tourism and technology. Each session takes place over one-and-a-half days and are held across the region aside from a March session in Nashville. The program begins Dec. 9 with an opening one-day retreat and ends June 21, 2022, with an evening graduation ceremony.\r\n\r\nWestStar’s 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 their potential. Participants also become part of a growing network of fellow alumni and community leaders who help to shape West Tennessee’s future. WestStar is committed to advancing the regional and global community through outreach and service.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to apply, contact the WestStar Leadership Program at 731-881-7298 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/weststar\">www.utm.edu/weststar</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestStar Leadership Program accepting 2022 class applications','Applications are now being accepted for the University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2022. ','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-leadership-program-accepting-2022-class-applications','','','2021-09-17 09:04:55','2021-09-17 14:04:55','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3530',0,'post','',0),(3576,7,'2021-10-13 14:03:55','2021-10-13 19:03:55','A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 9 during UT Martin Homecoming for the new Blaylock Inspirational Oracle. The structure will be named for Dr. Paul Blaylock, a UT Martin graduate from South Fulton, Tennessee, who has worked more than four decades as both a trauma physician and as a trial attorney in the Portland, Oregon, area. The structure will be designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon and will be located near the Boling University Center. Some of the expected uses include as a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and as a meeting space. The facility will include a fountain and a large plaza. Participating in the groundbreaking were (l to r) Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Petra McPhearson, UT Martin senior vice chancellor for finance and administration; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Blaylock; Dr. Phil Watkins, UT Martin vice chancellor emeritus of student affairs; and Dr. Andy Lewter, UT Martin vice chancellor for student affairs. Watkins was a close friend and mentor to Blaylock during Dr. Blaylock’s time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3578 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ei.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">                                                                        ###</p>','Groundbreaking held for Blaylock Inspirational Oracle','A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 9 during UT Martin Homecoming for the new Blaylock Inspirational Oracle.','publish','closed','closed','','groundbreaking-held-for-blaylock-inspirational-oracle','','','2021-10-14 08:19:26','2021-10-14 13:19:26','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3576',0,'post','',0),(3507,7,'2021-09-07 08:06:50','2021-09-07 13:06:50','','votesregistrationtailgate','','inherit','closed','closed','','votesregistrationtailgate','','','2021-09-07 08:06:50','2021-09-07 13:06:50','',3500,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/votesregistrationtailgate.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3508,7,'2021-09-07 08:10:46','2021-09-07 13:10:46','A Voter Registration Tailgate event to register Tennessee voters will be held 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at Hardy M. Graham Stadium on the University of Tennessee at Martin main campus. The event supports National Voter Registration Month throughout September and is sponsored by the Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and the university’s Student Government Association. The tailgate also coincides with UT Martin’s Family Weekend Tailgate Party, which includes the Skyhawk football home opener with Samford University at 6 p.m. Anyone who needs to register to vote can do so at the tailgate.\r\n<blockquote>“The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”</blockquote>\r\n“We are pumped to work with UT Martin student leaders to build momentum around voting,” Hargett said. “The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”\r\n\r\nElections for local and statewide office are happening in 2022, and last year Tennesseans broke voter turnout and participation records. Election experts will attend the tailgate to answer questions about Tennessee’s easy voting process. 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Mehlhorn has served as the interim dean since 2019.\r\n\r\n“During the last two years as interim dean, Dr. Mehlhorn has overseen significant increases in graduate programs, developed strong partnerships with the program coordinators in each graduate program, improved the application and review process, and coordinated the graduate program components of the strategic enrollment plan,” Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, wrote in an email announcement to university faculty. “… I am confident that Dr. Mehlhorn’s skills as a leader and collaborator will contribute to the continued growth of graduate studies at UTM.”\r\n\r\nMehlhorn joined UT Martin in 2003 as a faculty member and has since also served as both assistant director and director of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences; chair of the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources; interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; and director of the Center of Excellence in Experiential Learning in the Agricultural Sciences. 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Mehlhorn has served as the interim dean since 2019.\r\n\r\n“During the last two years as interim dean, Dr. Mehlhorn has overseen significant increases in graduate programs, developed strong partnerships with the program coordinators in each graduate program, improved the application and review process, and coordinated the graduate program components of the strategic enrollment plan,” Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, wrote in an email announcement to university faculty. “… I am confident that Dr. Mehlhorn’s skills as a leader and collaborator will contribute to the continued growth of graduate studies at UTM.”\r\n\r\nMehlhorn joined UT Martin in 2003 as a faculty member and has since also served as both assistant director and director of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences; chair of the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources; interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; and director of the Center of Excellence in Experiential Learning in the Agricultural Sciences. He earned the rank of full professor in 2008 and will retain his position as Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.\r\n\r\nMehlhorn holds a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness economics from Tennessee Technological University, and both master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural economics from Mississippi State University.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.','Mehlhorn named dean of graduate studies','Dr. Joey Mehlhorn, professor of agricultural economics and chair holder for the Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources, was appointed in July as graduate studies dean at the University of Tennessee at Martin.','inherit','closed','closed','','3509-revision-v1','','','2021-09-07 08:34:34','2021-09-07 13:34:34','',3509,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/07/3509-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3513,7,'2021-09-07 08:37:23','2021-09-07 13:37:23','A Voter Registration Tailgate event to register Tennessee voters will be held 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at Hardy M. 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We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”</blockquote>\r\n“We are pumped to work with UT Martin student leaders to build momentum around voting,” Hargett said. “The Voter Registration Tailgate is an excellent opportunity for all Skyhawk fans to take advantage of how easy it is to register to vote in Tennessee, so they are ready to make their voice heard on Election Day. We are grateful to Dr. (Keith) Carver (UT Martin chancellor) and the entire Skyhawk Nation for welcoming us.”\r\n\r\nElections for local and statewide office are happening in 2022, and last year Tennesseans broke voter turnout and participation records. Election experts will attend the tailgate to answer questions about Tennessee’s easy voting process. 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The opening reception for the exhibit is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room, which includes a performance by the university’s House Band. The reception and House Band performance are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin event will be followed Friday night, Sept. 10, with “The Man in Black – A Tribute to Johnny Cash” starting at 8 p.m. in the WK&amp;T Amphitheatre in downtown Martin. The Friday night Johnny Cash tribute performance is also free and open to the public and will be preceded at 6 p.m. by Resurrection: The Journey Tribute Band and followed at 10 p.m. with a performance by Ryan Daniel.\r\n\r\nThe Johnny Cash exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began. Beley will share his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nShawn Barker has performed his tribute to Johnny Cash around the world. Raised in the metro St. Louis area, his website notes that he auditioned in 2004 for the part of Elvis Presley in the Broadway production of “Million Dollar Quartet.” The director, Floyd Mutrux, recognized Barker’s talent and asked that he submit an audition for the part of Johnny Cash. From there, Barker has toured and performed his Johnny Cash tribute for fans in Australia, Europe, Canada and across the U.S.\r\n\r\nCall Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives, at 731-881-7094 for more information about the Johnny Cash exhibit and opening reception Sept. 9. 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The opening reception for the exhibit is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room, which includes a performance by the university’s House Band. The reception and House Band performance are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin event will be followed Friday night, Sept. 10, with “The Man in Black – A Tribute to Johnny Cash” starting at 8 p.m. in the WK&amp;T Amphitheatre in downtown Martin. The Friday night Johnny Cash tribute performance is also free and open to the public and will be preceded at 6 p.m. by Resurrection: The Journey Tribute Band and followed at 10 p.m. with a performance by Ryan Daniel.\r\n\r\nThe Johnny Cash exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began. Beley will share his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nShawn Barker has performed his tribute to Johnny Cash around the world. Raised in the metro St. Louis area, his website notes that he auditioned in 2004 for the part of Elvis Presley in the Broadway production of “Million Dollar Quartet.” The director, Floyd Mutrux, recognized Barker’s talent and asked that he submit an audition for the part of Johnny Cash. From there, Barker has toured and performed his Johnny Cash tribute for fans in Australia, Europe, Canada and across the U.S.\r\n\r\nCall Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives, at 731-881-7094 for more information about the Johnny Cash exhibit and opening reception Sept. 9. Learn more about Shawn Barker and his Johnny Cash tribute at <a href=\"http://www.themaninblack.com\">www.themaninblack.com</a>.','Johnny Cash Celebrated with exhibit and tribute performance','Fans of the late Johnny Cash can remember the legendary performer this week through a new museum exhibit and plenty of live music. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3514-revision-v1','','','2021-09-07 10:48:59','2021-09-07 15:48:59','',3514,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/07/3514-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3517,7,'2021-09-07 13:56:36','2021-09-07 18:56:36','','ShawnBarker','','inherit','closed','closed','','shawnbarker','','','2021-09-07 13:56:36','2021-09-07 18:56:36','',3514,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ShawnBarker.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3518,7,'2021-09-07 14:26:03','2021-09-07 19:26:03','Fans of the late Johnny Cash can remember the legendary performer this week through a new museum exhibit and plenty of live music. The Johnny Cash exhibit titled “1968: A Folsom Redemption” opened Sept. 1 in the J. Houston Gordon Museum located in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library. The opening reception for the exhibit is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room, which includes a performance by the university’s House Band. The reception and House Band performance are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin event will be followed Friday night, Sept. 10, with “The Man in Black – A Tribute to Johnny Cash” starting at 8 p.m. in the WK&amp;T Amphitheatre in downtown Martin. The Friday night Johnny Cash tribute performance is also free and open to the public and will be preceded at 6 p.m. by Resurrection: The Journey Tribute Band and followed at 10 p.m. with a performance by Ryan Daniel.\r\n\r\nThe Johnny Cash exhibit includes photos and firsthand accounts highlighting the singer’s golden era from January 1968, when Cash released his acclaimed album “At Folsom Prison,” to a March 1, 1969, concert in Anaheim, California, before the launch of his network television show. The artifacts were compiled by photographer Dan Poush and writer Gene Beley, who attended the concerts and met Cash and his family before the concerts began. Beley will share his accounts of the concerts and the work that went into developing the exhibit at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the Special Collections Reading Room.\r\n\r\nShawn Barker has performed his tribute to Johnny Cash around the world. Raised in the metro St. Louis area, his website notes that he auditioned in 2004 for the part of Elvis Presley in the Broadway production of “Million Dollar Quartet.” The director, Floyd Mutrux, recognized Barker’s talent and asked that he submit an audition for the part of Johnny Cash. From there, Barker has toured and performed his Johnny Cash tribute for fans in Australia, Europe, Canada and across the U.S.\r\n\r\nCall Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives, at 731-881-7094 for more information about the Johnny Cash exhibit and opening reception Sept. 9. Learn more about Shawn Barker and his Johnny Cash tribute at <a href=\"http://www.themaninblack.com\">www.themaninblack.com</a>.','Johnny Cash Celebrated with exhibit and tribute performance','Fans of the late Johnny Cash can remember the legendary performer this week through a new museum exhibit and plenty of live music. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3514-autosave-v1','','','2021-09-07 14:26:03','2021-09-07 19:26:03','',3514,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/07/3514-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3520,7,'2021-09-13 08:26:51','2021-09-13 13:26:51','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual fall meeting in person at 1 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 17, in room 206AB of the Boling University Center. The meeting will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisory\">www.utm.edu/advisory</a> and archived for later viewing. Those attending in person are required to wear a face covering.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Enrollment update</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>  or by contacting Bud Grimes, Office of University Relations, at <a href=\"mailto:rgrimes@utm.edu\">rgrimes@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this virtual meeting may contact Grimes 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, Wednesday, Sept. 15.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet September 17','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual fall meeting in person at 1 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 17, in room 206AB of the Boling University Center.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-meet-september-17','','','2021-09-13 08:27:07','2021-09-13 13:27:07','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3520',0,'post','',0),(3521,7,'2021-09-13 08:04:29','2021-09-13 13:04:29','','05212021_AdvisoryBoardMeeting001','(l to r) Art Sparks, of Union City, UT Martin Advisory Board chair, and Dr. Keith Carver, university chancellor, are pictured during the May 2021 meeting of the board. The board will hold its annual fall meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 17, in room 206AB of the Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','05212021_advisoryboardmeeting001','','','2021-09-13 08:06:14','2021-09-13 13:06:14','',3520,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/05212021_AdvisoryBoardMeeting001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3522,7,'2021-09-13 08:26:51','2021-09-13 13:26:51','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual fall meeting in person at 1 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 17, in room 206AB of the Boling University Center. The meeting will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisory\">www.utm.edu/advisory</a> and archived for later viewing. Those attending in person are required to wear a face covering.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Enrollment update</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>  or by contacting Bud Grimes, Office of University Relations, at <a href=\"mailto:rgrimes@utm.edu\">rgrimes@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this virtual meeting may contact Grimes 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, Wednesday, Sept. 15.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet September 17','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual fall meeting in person at 1 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 17, in room 206AB of the Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','3520-revision-v1','','','2021-09-13 08:26:51','2021-09-13 13:26:51','',3520,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/13/3520-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3523,7,'2021-09-14 11:51:19','2021-09-14 16:51:19','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach will provide free ACT workshops over Zoom for Tennessee teachers throughout the fall semester.\r\n\r\nEach two-hour Zoom session teaches educators how to access and understand their school’s ACT data, what resources are available to them, how to connect lessons to ACT standards, as well as strategies to help students study for the test, prepare for potential challenges and efficiently work through test questions. Teachers can also receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session. The workshops are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the sessions is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 20, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 27, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 1, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe sessions will be taught by Dana Gatewood, UT Martin lecturer of mathematics, and Alex Beene, UT Martin adjunct faculty member and author. Beene has taught UT Martin’s ACT prep courses since 2013.\r\n\r\nTeachers must register before the session. For more information or to register, go to <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/nondegree/courses/children/actprep.php\">http://www.utm.edu/actprep</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','University Outreach offers free ACT workshops for teachers','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach will provide free ACT workshops over Zoom for Tennessee teachers throughout the fall semester.','publish','closed','closed','','university-outreach-offers-free-act-workshops-for-teachers','','','2021-09-14 11:52:46','2021-09-14 16:52:46','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3523',0,'post','',0),(3524,7,'2021-09-14 11:50:37','2021-09-14 16:50:37','','Administration Building_UTM','','inherit','closed','closed','','administration-building_utm','','','2021-09-14 11:50:37','2021-09-14 16:50:37','',3523,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Administration-Building_UTM.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3525,7,'2021-09-14 11:51:19','2021-09-14 16:51:19','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach will provide free ACT workshops over Zoom for Tennessee teachers throughout the fall semester.\r\n\r\nEach two-hour Zoom session teaches educators how to access and understand their school’s ACT data, what resources are available to them, how to connect lessons to ACT standards, as well as strategies to help students study for the test, prepare for potential challenges and efficiently work through test questions. Teachers can also receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session. The workshops are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the sessions is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 20, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 27, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 1, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe sessions will be taught by Dana Gatewood, UT Martin lecturer of mathematics, and Alex Beene, UT Martin adjunct faculty member and author. Beene has taught UT Martin’s ACT prep courses since 2013.\r\n\r\nTeachers must register before the session. 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The workshops are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the sessions is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 20, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 27, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 1, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe sessions will be taught by Dana Gatewood, UT Martin lecturer of mathematics, and Alex Beene, UT Martin adjunct faculty member and author. Beene has taught UT Martin’s ACT prep courses since 2013.\r\n\r\nTeachers must register before the session. 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Teachers can also receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session. The workshops are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the sessions is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 20, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 27, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 1, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe sessions will be taught by Dana Gatewood, UT Martin lecturer of mathematics, and Alex Beene, UT Martin adjunct faculty member and author. Beene has taught UT Martin’s ACT prep courses since 2013.\r\n\r\nTeachers must register before the session. 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Teachers can also receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session. The workshops are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the sessions is as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 20, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Sept. 27, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 1, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, Nov. 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe sessions will be taught by Dana Gatewood, UT Martin lecturer of mathematics, and Alex Beene, UT Martin adjunct faculty member and author. Beene has taught UT Martin’s ACT prep courses since 2013.\r\n\r\nTeachers must register before the session. 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The program is the largest and oldest regional leadership program in Tennessee, boasts 886 graduates to date and will welcome its 32st class. The application deadline is Oct. 18. Anyone can apply to participate; nominations are accepted but not required.\r\n\r\nThe program includes eight sessions addressing contemporary issues important to West Tennessee’s development, including agriculture, economics and public policy, transportation, education, tourism and technology. Each session takes place over one-and-a-half days and are held across the region aside from a March session in Nashville. The program begins Dec. 9 with an opening one-day retreat and ends June 21, 2022, with an evening graduation ceremony.\r\n\r\nWestStar’s 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 their potential. Participants also become part of a growing network of fellow alumni and community leaders who help to shape West Tennessee’s future. WestStar is committed to advancing the regional and global community through outreach and service.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to apply, contact the WestStar Leadership Program at 731-881-7298 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/weststar\">www.utm.edu/weststar</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestStar Leadership Program accepting 2022 class applications','Applications are now being accepted for the University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program’s class of 2022. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3530-revision-v1','','','2021-09-17 09:04:40','2021-09-17 14:04:40','',3530,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/17/3530-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3533,7,'2021-09-20 15:42:57','2021-09-20 20:42:57','Fall enrollment and new academic programs were highlighted as the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met Friday, Sept. 17, in the Boling University Center for its scheduled fall meeting. Art Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member advisory board that includes Hal Bynum, Sharon; Dr. Philip Smartt, faculty member, Dresden; Kelsea Koonce, student member, Newbern; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County. The meeting was the first official meeting for Koonce as she begins a one-year board term.\r\n\r\nSparks opened the meeting and introduced Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, who offered a brief COVID-19 report in which he noted a downward trend in both active virus cases and in total quarantines and isolations among university faculty, staff members and students. The previous meeting minutes were then approved, and an enrollment report and an overview of new academic programs were then presented by Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.\r\n\r\nCavalier reported strong application numbers for this fall and a positive response to the university’s intent-to-enroll survey, but more students “melted” or didn’t enroll as expected. He said that personal and family finances likely played a role in many decisions not to attend. “I think we all suspect that some of those students just felt like, at the last minute, they were not able to pay, that the financial picture … it wasn’t going to work this semester,” he told the board. First-time freshmen attending UT Martin this fall total 1,042 students, down about 6% from 2020 as reported by the university’s Office of Institutional Research.\r\n\r\nTotal fall enrollment reached just over 6,700 students, compared to 7,119 students who attended the university last fall, a decline that Cavalier said can be traced largely to multiple factors related to the pandemic. He said the university is moving forward proactively and will re-recruit many of the students who chose not to return this fall. A search is also underway to hire a new director this fall to coordinate retention efforts across the university.\r\n\r\nCavalier’s enrollment report transitioned to an overview of new academic programs that will address workforce needs and appeal to a wider range of students. Those programs include a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, which is available this fall, and a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity that is set to be available in fall 2022. A new Master of Science in Criminal Justice will begin in spring 2022.\r\n\r\nCavalier also said that a bachelor’s degree in construction management and a master’s in music education are currently under faculty review as potential new degree programs. “We really believe that these (new academic programs) will help us as we try and counteract the effect of COVID,” he said.\r\n\r\nCarver followed the academic reports by reviewing the status of major capital projects on the main campus, including completion of the Clement Hall renovation that will house undergraduate admissions and other student-centered services. He also previewed a possible Latimer Engineering and Science Building move-in sometime in April ahead of the first classes scheduled for fall 2022 in the facility.\r\n<blockquote>“Our faculty being willing to come back and do face-to-face (teaching) – some folks are nervous about it, but they are absolutely making it work,” Carver said. “Our students are telling us great things about them.”</blockquote>\r\nEven with the pandemic and other challenges, he noted major fundraising progress, recognized the work of the student affairs staff in keeping residence halls safe and cited record academic achievements for student athletes. He closed by thanking the university’s faculty for teaching under difficult and unpredictable circumstances. “Our faculty being willing to come back and do face-to-face (teaching) – some folks are nervous about it, but they are absolutely making it work,” Carver said. “Our students are telling us great things about them.”\r\n\r\nSparks closed the meeting by reminding the board of UT Martin graduate Brandon Rowland’s 2021 induction into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The Jackson, Tennessee, native is a double amputee and accomplished athlete who led the Jackson Generals wheelchair basketball team to two National Wheelchair Basketball Association titles in the early 2000s. Sparks is a member of the TSHF board of directors.\r\n\r\nThe advisory board meeting is archived at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisory\">www.utm.edu/advisory</a>. 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Pictured at the meeting were (l to r) Art Sparks, of Union City, advisory board chair; Hal Bynum (foreground), board member from Sharon; and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. ','inherit','closed','closed','','09172021_advisoryboardmeeting005','','','2021-09-20 15:24:23','2021-09-20 20:24:23','',3533,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09172021_AdvisoryBoardMeeting005.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3535,7,'2021-09-20 15:42:57','2021-09-20 20:42:57','Fall enrollment and new academic programs were highlighted as the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met Friday, Sept. 17, in the Boling University Center for its scheduled fall meeting. Art Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member advisory board that includes Hal Bynum, Sharon; Dr. Philip Smartt, faculty member, Dresden; Kelsea Koonce, student member, Newbern; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County. The meeting was the first official meeting for Koonce as she begins a one-year board term.\r\n\r\nSparks opened the meeting and introduced Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, who offered a brief COVID-19 report in which he noted a downward trend in both active virus cases and in total quarantines and isolations among university faculty, staff members and students. The previous meeting minutes were then approved, and an enrollment report and an overview of new academic programs were then presented by Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.\r\n\r\nCavalier reported strong application numbers for this fall and a positive response to the university’s intent-to-enroll survey, but more students “melted” or didn’t enroll as expected. He said that personal and family finances likely played a role in many decisions not to attend. “I think we all suspect that some of those students just felt like, at the last minute, they were not able to pay, that the financial picture … it wasn’t going to work this semester,” he told the board. First-time freshmen attending UT Martin this fall total 1,042 students, down about 6% from 2020 as reported by the university’s Office of Institutional Research.\r\n\r\nTotal fall enrollment reached just over 6,700 students, compared to 7,119 students who attended the university last fall, a decline that Cavalier said can be traced largely to multiple factors related to the pandemic. He said the university is moving forward proactively and will re-recruit many of the students who chose not to return this fall. A search is also underway to hire a new director this fall to coordinate retention efforts across the university.\r\n\r\nCavalier’s enrollment report transitioned to an overview of new academic programs that will address workforce needs and appeal to a wider range of students. Those programs include a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Science and Technology, which is available this fall, and a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity that is set to be available in fall 2022. A new Master of Science in Criminal Justice will begin in spring 2022.\r\n\r\nCavalier also said that a bachelor’s degree in construction management and a master’s in music education are currently under faculty review as potential new degree programs. “We really believe that these (new academic programs) will help us as we try and counteract the effect of COVID,” he said.\r\n\r\nCarver followed the academic reports by reviewing the status of major capital projects on the main campus, including completion of the Clement Hall renovation that will house undergraduate admissions and other student-centered services. He also previewed a possible Latimer Engineering and Science Building move-in sometime in April ahead of the first classes scheduled for fall 2022 in the facility.\r\n<blockquote>“Our faculty being willing to come back and do face-to-face (teaching) – some folks are nervous about it, but they are absolutely making it work,” Carver said. “Our students are telling us great things about them.”</blockquote>\r\nEven with the pandemic and other challenges, he noted major fundraising progress, recognized the work of the student affairs staff in keeping residence halls safe and cited record academic achievements for student athletes. He closed by thanking the university’s faculty for teaching under difficult and unpredictable circumstances. “Our faculty being willing to come back and do face-to-face (teaching) – some folks are nervous about it, but they are absolutely making it work,” Carver said. “Our students are telling us great things about them.”\r\n\r\nSparks closed the meeting by reminding the board of UT Martin graduate Brandon Rowland’s 2021 induction into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The Jackson, Tennessee, native is a double amputee and accomplished athlete who led the Jackson Generals wheelchair basketball team to two National Wheelchair Basketball Association titles in the early 2000s. Sparks is a member of the TSHF board of directors.\r\n\r\nThe advisory board meeting is archived at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisory\">www.utm.edu/advisory</a>. The next UT Martin Advisory Board meeting will be held Jan. 21.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin advisory board fall meeting covers enrollment and new academic programs','Fall enrollment and new academic programs were highlighted as the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met Friday, Sept. 17, in the Boling University Center for its scheduled fall meeting.','inherit','closed','closed','','3533-revision-v1','','','2021-09-20 15:42:57','2021-09-20 20:42:57','',3533,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/20/3533-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3536,7,'2021-09-21 09:37:58','2021-09-21 14:37:58','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. The annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, with the homecoming football game against Murray State University starting at 2 p.m. in Hardy Graham Stadium. Masks are not required for homecoming events held outside, but they are recommended when social distancing is not possible. Masks are required for all indoor public events.\r\n\r\nAttendees can reserve homecoming T-shirts and view the homecoming schedule at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. T-shirts range from $15 to $17, and shipping is available.\r\n\r\nThe 2021 homecoming theme is “There’s No Place Like Homecoming,” and various campus organizations will “follow the yellow brick road” during Quad City and other homecoming events.\r\n\r\nTraditional homecoming events include rope pull at 4 p.m. daily with championships beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 8; lip sync at 7 p.m., Oct. 5; the pyramid competition and pep rally at 7 p.m., Oct. 8; and the National Pan-Hellenic Council step show at 7 p.m., Oct. 9.\r\n\r\nThe annual University Choirs’ Dessert Evening will also be held at 7 p.m., Oct. 9, outside at the City of Martin Public Library. Admission is free and desserts will be available to purchase in the courtyard. Contact the Department of Music at 731-881-7402 for more information.\r\n\r\nThe Blaylock Inspirational Oracle will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 9, on the lawn between Clement Hall and the Boling University Center. This space is named in honor of Dr. Paul D. Blaylock (’68). “The Blaylock Inspirational Oracle is a multi-purpose building that is designed for use by the campus and community for various activities. It is designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon that is home to the greatest and wisest philosophers waiting to inspire students and anyone else who visits.  Some of the expected uses include a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and a meeting space. It will include a magnificent fountain and a large plaza to host various activities,” said Dr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for University Advancement.\r\n\r\nSaturday, Oct. 9, is the primary day for homecoming activities and includes the Letterwinner’s Breakfast and Athletics Hall of Fame inductions, and the Chancellor’s Brunch and Alumni Awards Program (both by invitation only) prior to the opening of Quad City at 10:30 a.m. The Skyhawk football team will take its traditional “Hawk Walk” through the festival at 11 a.m. Homecoming week will end with brunch from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 10, in the Skyhawk Dining Hall.\r\n\r\nA complete schedule of events is available at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. For more information about UT Martin homecoming activities, contact Jackie Johnson, assistant vice chancellor of alumni relations and annual giving, at 731-881-7610 or <a href=\"mailto:jjohn253@utm.edu\">jjohn253@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Homecoming scheduled for Oct. 4-10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','utmvssamford2021-2','','','2021-09-21 09:23:34','2021-09-21 14:23:34','',3536,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/UTMvsSamford2021-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3539,7,'2021-09-21 09:37:58','2021-09-21 14:37:58','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. The annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, with the homecoming football game against Murray State University starting at 2 p.m. in Hardy Graham Stadium. Masks are not required for homecoming events held outside, but they are recommended when social distancing is not possible. Masks are required for all indoor public events.\r\n\r\nAttendees can reserve homecoming T-shirts and view the homecoming schedule at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. T-shirts range from $15 to $17, and shipping is available.\r\n\r\nThe 2021 homecoming theme is “There’s No Place Like Homecoming,” and various campus organizations will “follow the yellow brick road” during Quad City and other homecoming events.\r\n\r\nTraditional homecoming events include rope pull at 4 p.m. daily with championships beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 8; lip sync at 7 p.m., Oct. 5; the pyramid competition and pep rally at 7 p.m., Oct. 8; and the National Pan-Hellenic Council step show at 7 p.m., Oct. 9.\r\n\r\nThe annual University Choirs’ Dessert Evening will also be held at 7 p.m., Oct. 9, outside at the City of Martin Public Library. Admission is free and desserts will be available to purchase in the courtyard. Contact the Department of Music at 731-881-7402 for more information.\r\n\r\nThe Blaylock Inspirational Oracle will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 9, on the lawn between Clement Hall and the Boling University Center. This space is named in honor of Dr. Paul D. Blaylock (’68). “The Blaylock Inspirational Oracle is a multi-purpose building that is designed for use by the campus and community for various activities. It is designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon that is home to the greatest and wisest philosophers waiting to inspire students and anyone else who visits.  Some of the expected uses include a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and a meeting space. It will include a magnificent fountain and a large plaza to host various activities,” said Dr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for University Advancement.\r\n\r\nSaturday, Oct. 9, is the primary day for homecoming activities and includes the Letterwinner’s Breakfast and Athletics Hall of Fame inductions, and the Chancellor’s Brunch and Alumni Awards Program (both by invitation only) prior to the opening of Quad City at 10:30 a.m. The Skyhawk football team will take its traditional “Hawk Walk” through the festival at 11 a.m. Homecoming week will end with brunch from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 10, in the Skyhawk Dining Hall.\r\n\r\nA complete schedule of events is available at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. For more information about UT Martin homecoming activities, contact Jackie Johnson, assistant vice chancellor of alumni relations and annual giving, at 731-881-7610 or <a href=\"mailto:jjohn253@utm.edu\">jjohn253@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Homecoming scheduled for Oct. 4-10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. The annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, with the homecoming football game against Murray State University starting at 2 p.m. in Hardy Graham Stadium.','inherit','closed','closed','','3536-revision-v1','','','2021-09-21 09:37:58','2021-09-21 14:37:58','',3536,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/21/3536-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3540,7,'2021-09-21 10:11:26','2021-09-21 15:11:26','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. The annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, with the homecoming football game against Murray State University starting at 2 p.m. in Hardy Graham Stadium. Masks are not required for homecoming events held outside, but they are recommended when social distancing is not possible. Masks are required for all indoor public events.\r\n\r\nAttendees can reserve homecoming T-shirts and view the homecoming schedule at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. T-shirts range from $15 to $17, and shipping is available.\r\n\r\nThe 2021 homecoming theme is “There’s No Place Like Homecoming,” and various campus organizations will “follow the yellow brick road” during Quad City and other homecoming events.\r\n\r\nTraditional homecoming events include rope pull at 4 p.m. daily with championships beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 8; lip sync at 7 p.m., Oct. 5; the pyramid competition and pep rally at 7 p.m., Oct. 8; and the National Pan-Hellenic Council step show at 7 p.m., Oct. 9.\r\n\r\nThe annual University Choirs’ Dessert Evening will also be held at 7 p.m., Oct. 9, outside at the City of Martin Public Library. Admission is free and desserts will be available to purchase in the courtyard. Contact the Department of Music at 731-881-7402 for more information.\r\n\r\nThe Blaylock Inspirational Oracle will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 9, on the lawn between Clement Hall and the Boling University Center. This space is named in honor of Dr. Paul D. Blaylock (’68). “The Blaylock Inspirational Oracle is a multi-purpose building that is designed for use by the campus and community for various activities. It is designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon that is home to the greatest and wisest philosophers waiting to inspire students and anyone else who visits.  Some of the expected uses include a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and a meeting space. It will include a magnificent fountain and a large plaza to host various activities,” said Dr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for University Advancement.\r\n\r\nSaturday, Oct. 9, is the primary day for homecoming activities and includes the Letterwinner’s Breakfast and Athletics Hall of Fame inductions, and the Chancellor’s Brunch and Alumni Awards Program (both by invitation only) prior to the opening of Quad City at 10:30 a.m. The Skyhawk football team will take its traditional “Hawk Walk” through the festival at 11 a.m. Homecoming week will end with brunch from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 10, in the Skyhawk Dining Hall.\r\n\r\nA complete schedule of events is available at <a href=\"https://alumni.utm.edu/s/1341/utm/19/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=13917\">alumni.utm.edu/homecoming</a>. For more information about UT Martin homecoming activities, contact Jackie Johnson, assistant vice chancellor of alumni relations and annual giving, at 731-881-7610 or <a href=\"mailto:jjohn253@utm.edu\">jjohn253@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Homecoming scheduled for Oct. 4-10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2021 homecoming festivities Oct. 4-10 on the main campus. The annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, with the homecoming football game against Murray State University starting at 2 p.m. in Hardy Graham Stadium.','inherit','closed','closed','','3536-autosave-v1','','','2021-09-21 10:11:26','2021-09-21 15:11:26','',3536,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/21/3536-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3542,7,'2021-09-28 10:26:48','2021-09-28 15:26:48','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host freelance journalist Gene Beley at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room. Beley’s lecture is in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” and will discuss the stories behind Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts and behind developing the exhibit.\r\n\r\nBeley’s writings for the exhibit come from his firsthand experience of attending the concerts, his conversations with the Cash family before the concerts and his knowledge of the background storylines of the era.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3544\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09232021_JohnnyCashPhotoExhibit005.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Mr. Beley will share his experiences of a long friendship with Cash,” Sam Richardson, head of special collections and curator of the museum said. “I hope (attendees) come away with a larger knowledge of Johnny Cash as a person and an appreciation of his artistry and life.”\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear masks inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the lecture will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit, which opened Sept. 1, is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Richardson at 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Journalist Gene Beley to give lecture Sept. 30','The J. 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Beley’s lecture is in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” and will discuss the stories behind Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts and behind developing the exhibit.\r\n\r\nBeley’s writings for the exhibit come from his firsthand experience of attending the concerts, his conversations with the Cash family before the concerts and his knowledge of the background storylines of the era.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3543\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09232021_JohnnyCashPhotoExhibit001.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Mr. Beley will share his experiences of a long friendship with Cash,” Sam Richardson, head of special collections and curator of the museum said. “I hope (attendees) come away with a larger knowledge of Johnny Cash as a person and an appreciation of his artistry and life.”\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear masks inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the lecture will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit, which opened Sept. 1, is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Richardson at 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Journalist Gene Beley to give lecture Sept. 30','','inherit','closed','closed','','3542-revision-v1','','','2021-09-28 10:26:48','2021-09-28 15:26:48','',3542,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/28/3542-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3546,7,'2021-09-28 10:32:59','2021-09-28 15:32:59','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host freelance journalist Gene Beley at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room. Beley’s lecture is in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” and will discuss the stories behind Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts and behind developing the exhibit.\r\n\r\nBeley’s writings for the exhibit come from his firsthand experience of attending the concerts, his conversations with the Cash family before the concerts and his knowledge of the background storylines of the era.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3544\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09232021_JohnnyCashPhotoExhibit005.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Mr. Beley will share his experiences of a long friendship with Cash,” Sam Richardson, head of special collections and curator of the museum said. “I hope (attendees) come away with a larger knowledge of Johnny Cash as a person and an appreciation of his artistry and life.”\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear masks inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the lecture will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit, which opened Sept. 1, is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Richardson at 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Journalist Gene Beley to give lecture Sept. 30','','inherit','closed','closed','','3542-autosave-v1','','','2021-09-28 10:32:59','2021-09-28 15:32:59','',3542,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/28/3542-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3547,7,'2021-09-28 10:33:12','2021-09-28 15:33:12','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host freelance journalist Gene Beley at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room. Beley’s lecture is in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” and will discuss the stories behind Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts and behind developing the exhibit.\r\n\r\nBeley’s writings for the exhibit come from his firsthand experience of attending the concerts, his conversations with the Cash family before the concerts and his knowledge of the background storylines of the era.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3544\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09232021_JohnnyCashPhotoExhibit005.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Mr. Beley will share his experiences of a long friendship with Cash,” Sam Richardson, head of special collections and curator of the museum said. “I hope (attendees) come away with a larger knowledge of Johnny Cash as a person and an appreciation of his artistry and life.”\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear masks inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the lecture will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit, which opened Sept. 1, is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Richardson at 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Journalist Gene Beley to give lecture Sept. 30','','inherit','closed','closed','','3542-revision-v1','','','2021-09-28 10:33:12','2021-09-28 15:33:12','',3542,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/09/28/3542-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3548,7,'2021-09-28 10:33:26','2021-09-28 15:33:26','The J. Houston Gordon Museum, located in the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will host freelance journalist Gene Beley at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the library’s Special Collections Reading Room. Beley’s lecture is in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” and will discuss the stories behind Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts and behind developing the exhibit.\r\n\r\nBeley’s writings for the exhibit come from his firsthand experience of attending the concerts, his conversations with the Cash family before the concerts and his knowledge of the background storylines of the era.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3544\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09232021_JohnnyCashPhotoExhibit005.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Mr. Beley will share his experiences of a long friendship with Cash,” Sam Richardson, head of special collections and curator of the museum said. “I hope (attendees) come away with a larger knowledge of Johnny Cash as a person and an appreciation of his artistry and life.”\r\n\r\nThe museum is open to the public from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no admission fee. Visitors are required to wear masks inside the library.\r\n\r\nParking for the lecture will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link.\r\n\r\nThe exhibit, which opened Sept. 1, is scheduled to run through Oct. 15. For more information, contact Richardson at 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Journalist Gene Beley to give lecture Sept. 30','The J. 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He earned a UT Martin bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1967 and formed West Tennessee Personnel Agency in 1971.\r\n\r\nGallimore is a senior advisor of finance and risk management at Hamilton-Ryker Group. He earned a UT Martin bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1971 and joined McCreight at West Tennessee Personnel Agency in 1972.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3565\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3565\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MelanieTaylor-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"425\" /> Melanie Smith Taylor[/caption]\r\n\r\nTaylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in equestrian, will receive the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for University Service, which honors an individual or individuals for exemplary service to the university. In summer 2021, Taylor and her family announced that Wildwood Farm will be transferred to the university upon her death. 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The UT Martin REED Center joined the Southern Illinois Research Park at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (CEED) in applying for the $150,000 award.\r\n\r\nAs the lead applicant, the SIU Southern Illinois Research Park Corporation will split the award with UT Martin and Murray State to develop a sustainable rural partnership network and a research and development ecosystem in the north delta region.\r\n\r\nThe partnership of the three centers will focus on increasing awareness of SBIR opportunities, connecting business and industry owners with university researchers, and enhancing the success of SBIR proposals submitted by underrepresented, rural small businesses.\r\n\r\nThe project will also target STEM technology and innovation and will work to bring awareness and networks, resources and support to rural entrepreneurs for commercialization through training, workshops and other assistance. 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This alliance of Delta Leadership Network partners in the northern area of the Delta Regional Authority footprint are working to establish regional sustainability in economic and academic growth.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n“Participation in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute ultimately resulted in collaboration of the UT Martin, SIU and Murray State supported entrepreneurial centers.  Through bi-weekly discussions of the recently formed North Delta Economic Alliance, it became apparent each of our rural centers are experiencing similar circumstances related to entrepreneurial growth and economic development,” said Landy Fuqua, director of UT Martin’s REED Center.  “We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”\r\n\r\nThe REED Center, home to the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), was established to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. 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Participating in the groundbreaking were (l to r) Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Petra McPhearson, UT Martin vice chancellor for business and finance; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Blaylock; Dr. Phil Watkins, UT Martin vice chancellor emeritus of student affairs; and Dr. Andy Lewter, UT Martin vice chancellor for student affairs. 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The structure will be located near the Boling University Center and will be a multi-purpose building designed for use by the campus and community for various activities. The building will be designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon that is home to the greatest and wisest philosophers waiting to inspire students and anyone else who visits. Some of the expected uses include as a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and as a meeting space. The facility will include a fountain and a large plaza. Participating in the groundbreaking were (l to r) Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Petra McPhearson, UT Martin vice chancellor for business and finance; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Blaylock; Dr. Phil Watkins, UT Martin vice chancellor emeritus of student affairs; and Dr. Andy Lewter, UT Martin vice chancellor for student affairs. Watkins was a close friend and mentor to Blaylock during Dr. Blaylock’s time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3578 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ei.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">                                                                        ###</p>','Groundbreaking held for Blaylock Inspirational Oracle','','inherit','closed','closed','','3576-revision-v1','','','2021-10-13 14:05:08','2021-10-13 19:05:08','',3576,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/10/13/3576-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3584,7,'2021-10-13 14:05:47','2021-10-13 19:05:47','A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 9 during UT Martin Homecoming for the new Blaylock Inspirational Oracle. The structure is named for Paul Blaylock, M.D, J.D., a UT Martin graduate from South Fulton, Tennessee, who has worked more than four decades as both a trauma physician and as a trial lawyer in the Portland, Oregon, area. The structure will be located near the Boling University Center and will be a multi-purpose building designed for use by the campus and community for various activities. The building will be designed as an open-air Greek Parthenon that is home to the greatest and wisest philosophers waiting to inspire students and anyone else who visits. Some of the expected uses include as a reflection area for students and alumni, an outdoor classroom and as a meeting space. The facility will include a fountain and a large plaza. Participating in the groundbreaking were (l to r) Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Petra McPhearson, UT Martin vice chancellor for business and finance; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Blaylock; Dr. Phil Watkins, UT Martin vice chancellor emeritus of student affairs; and Dr. Andy Lewter, UT Martin vice chancellor for student affairs. Watkins was a close friend and mentor to Blaylock during Dr. Blaylock’s time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3578 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ei.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">                                                                        ###</p>','Groundbreaking held for Blaylock Inspirational Oracle','A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 9 during UT Martin Homecoming for the new Blaylock Inspirational Oracle.','inherit','closed','closed','','3576-revision-v1','','','2021-10-13 14:05:47','2021-10-13 19:05:47','',3576,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/10/13/3576-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3586,7,'2021-10-14 08:19:26','2021-10-14 13:19:26','A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 9 during UT Martin Homecoming for the new Blaylock Inspirational Oracle. 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Nile University is in Giza City, Sheikh Zayed District, which is about 28 minutes driving distance south of Cairo, Egypt. The agreement allows Nile University students to take UT Martin’s core courses and MBA capstone course, in addition to enrolling for courses at Nile University. Students who successfully complete the curriculum will be awarded the dual degree from UT Martin’s AACSB-accredited program. AACSB is the top business-school accreditation and is achieved by only five percent of the world’s university business programs. “Our university’s reputation will be affected positively, our college’s reputation will be affected positively, and then when the AACSB peer review team comes for accreditation visit around October 2024 … this will be one of the highlights in our report,” said Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi about the partnership’s significance. Tootoonchi is UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs dean. 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Nile University is in Giza City, Sheikh Zayed District, which is about 28 minutes driving distance south of Cairo, Egypt. The agreement allows Nile University students to take UT Martin’s core courses and MBA capstone course, in addition to enrolling for courses at Nile University. Students who successfully complete the curriculum will be awarded the dual degree from UT Martin’s AACSB-accredited program. AACSB is the top business-school accreditation and is achieved by only five percent of the world’s university business programs. “Our university’s reputation will be affected positively, our college’s reputation will be affected positively, and then when the AACSB peer review team comes for accreditation visit around October 2024 … this will be one of the highlights in our report,” said Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi about the partnership’s significance. Tootoonchi is UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs dean. 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The book, entitled “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present,” was recently published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nA graduate of UT Martin, Herron served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and West Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. This new volume collects many of these pieces and investigates how faith and politics are not mutually exclusive, as well as Herron’s belief that faith and spirituality should affect decision making and advocacy in public life.\r\n\r\nThe event is sponsored by the Paul Meek Library and will be held in the library’s north reading room. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of Herron’s book will be available for purchase, and the author will be available to sign copies.\r\n\r\nParking for the event will be in the Paul Meek Library parking lot on Wayne Fisher Drive off Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits are available online at <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety/\">www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety</a> by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link. 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The book, entitled “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present,” was recently published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nA graduate of UT Martin, Herron served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and West Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. 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This is the first time the pageant has been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director.</blockquote>\r\n“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director. For the continued health and safety of the campus and community, masks will be required for those attending the event.\r\n\r\nThe pageant is divided into four phases of competition, including private interview, fitness and wellness, talent, and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category.\r\n\r\nThe contestant crowned Miss UT Martin will receive $2,000 in scholarship money, and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival will receive $1,500 if she is a UT Martin student or $500 if not. The first runner-up for Miss UT Martin will receive $750 and the second runner-up will receive $500. There is no financial award for runners-up in the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title.\r\n\r\nBoth titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant in Jackson next summer, and the winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education across the state and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nTickets are available now at the Boling University Center Welcome Desk outside Watkins Auditorium. 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For the continued health and safety of the campus and community, masks will be required for those attending the event.\r\n\r\nThe pageant is divided into four phases of competition, including private interview, fitness and wellness, talent, and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category.\r\n\r\nThe contestant crowned Miss UT Martin will receive $2,000 in scholarship money, and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival will receive $1,500 if she is a UT Martin student or $500 if not. The first runner-up for Miss UT Martin will receive $750 and the second runner-up will receive $500. There is no financial award for runners-up in the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title.\r\n\r\nBoth titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant in Jackson next summer, and the winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education across the state and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nTickets are available now at the Boling University Center Welcome Desk outside Watkins Auditorium. A limited number of tickets can also be purchased at the door beginning at 5 p.m. the night of the competition.\r\n\r\nThe admission charge is $15 for the general public and $10 for UT Martin students with their university ID. 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This is the first time the pageant has been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director.</blockquote>\r\n“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director. For the continued health and safety of the campus and community, masks will be required for those attending the event.\r\n\r\nThe pageant is divided into four phases of competition, including private interview, fitness and wellness, talent, and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category.\r\n\r\nThe contestant crowned Miss UT Martin will receive $2,000 in scholarship money, and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival will receive $1,500 if she is a UT Martin student or $500 if not. The first runner-up for Miss UT Martin will receive $750 and the second runner-up will receive $500. There is no financial award for runners-up in the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title.\r\n\r\nBoth titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant in Jackson next summer, and the winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education across the state and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nTickets are available now at the Boling University Center Welcome Desk outside Watkins Auditorium. 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This is the first time the pageant has been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director.</blockquote>\r\n“I’m very excited about the number of contestants we have competing this year. I think the number of contestants is proof of how happy we all are to be able to come together again for group activities,” said Katrina Cobb, pageant director. For the continued health and safety of the campus and community, masks will be required for those attending the event.\r\n\r\nThe pageant is divided into four phases of competition, including private interview, fitness and wellness, talent, and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category.\r\n\r\nThe contestant crowned Miss UT Martin will receive $2,000 in scholarship money, and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival will receive $1,500 if she is a UT Martin student or $500 if not. The first runner-up for Miss UT Martin will receive $750 and the second runner-up will receive $500. There is no financial award for runners-up in the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title.\r\n\r\nBoth titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant in Jackson next summer, and the winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education across the state and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nTickets are available now at the Boling University Center Welcome Desk outside Watkins Auditorium. A limited number of tickets can also be purchased at the door beginning at 5 p.m. the night of the competition.\r\n\r\nThe admission charge is $15 for the general public and $10 for UT Martin students with their university ID. 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The Skyhawk football game against Tennessee State will kick off at 2 p.m. and include free admission for all active military service members and veterans with identification.\r\n\r\nOn Monday, Nov. 8, the 129th Army Band will perform from noon-12:30 p.m. in room 136 of the Fine Arts Building. The 129th Army Band is headquartered at Houston Barracks in Nashville and led by Chief Warrant Officer Billy Stepp and Acting First Sergeant, Sergeant First Class Tim Keyser.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Veterans Services team and ROTC students will travel to W.D. Bill Manning State Veterans’ Home in Humboldt on Tuesday, Nov. 9, to thank the residents for their service.\r\n\r\nFaculty, staff and students are invited to join the “veterans walk” through the quad at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Participants are encouraged to wear patriotic clothing. The walk will begin at the battlefield cross monument outside Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, Nov. 11, a Veterans Day program will be broadcast at utm.edu/veteransday2021 and will be archived on the UT Martin YouTube account for later viewing. This year’s keynote speaker is Assistant Commissioner Patrick Rice of Tennessee Veteran Affairs.\r\n\r\nThe community is invited to a Zoom event on Friday, Nov. 12, to hear from local veteran groups. Speakers will include representatives from the Weakley County Veterans Affairs office, Combat Veterans Association, and many others. Contact Jason Earley, veteran services coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:jearley3@utm.edu\">jearley3@utm.edu</a> for the link. The week will conclude with a Veterans Bowl flag football game at 11 a.m. at the intramural field behind the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.\r\n\r\nFor more information about these events, call 731-881-1689.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin to host Veterans Week Activities','The University of Tennessee at Martin will honor active military personnel and veterans during the week of Nov. 8-12, as well as during the UT Martin football game on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Hardy Graham Stadium.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-veterans-week-activities','','','2021-11-04 15:20:30','2021-11-04 20:20:30','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3614',0,'post','',0),(3615,7,'2021-11-04 15:18:58','2021-11-04 20:18:58','','UTM_ROTC','UT Martin Army ROTC Skyhawk Battalion cadets present the colors during Family Weekend 2019. 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The 129th Army Band is headquartered at Houston Barracks in Nashville and led by Chief Warrant Officer Billy Stepp and Acting First Sergeant, Sergeant First Class Tim Keyser.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Veterans Services team and ROTC students will travel to W.D. Bill Manning State Veterans’ Home in Humboldt on Tuesday, Nov. 9, to thank the residents for their service.\r\n\r\nFaculty, staff and students are invited to join the “veterans walk” through the quad at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Participants are encouraged to wear patriotic clothing. The walk will begin at the battlefield cross monument outside Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, Nov. 11, a Veterans Day program will be broadcast at utm.edu/veteransday2021 and will be archived on the UT Martin YouTube account for later viewing. This year’s keynote speaker is Assistant Commissioner Patrick Rice of Tennessee Veteran Affairs.\r\n\r\nThe community is invited to a Zoom event on Friday, Nov. 12, to hear from local veteran groups. Speakers will include representatives from the Weakley County Veterans Affairs office, Combat Veterans Association, and many others. Contact Jason Earley, veteran services coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:jearley3@utm.edu\">jearley3@utm.edu</a> for the link. 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The Skyhawk football game against Tennessee State will kick off at 2 p.m. and include free admission for all active military service members and veterans with identification.\r\n\r\nOn Monday, Nov. 8, the 129th Army Band will perform from noon-12:30 p.m. in room 136 of the Fine Arts Building. The 129th Army Band is headquartered at Houston Barracks in Nashville and led by Chief Warrant Officer Billy Stepp and Acting First Sergeant, Sergeant First Class Tim Keyser.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Veterans Services team and ROTC students will travel to W.D. Bill Manning State Veterans’ Home in Humboldt on Tuesday, Nov. 9, to thank the residents for their service.\r\n\r\nFaculty, staff and students are invited to join the “veterans walk” through the quad at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Participants are encouraged to wear patriotic clothing. 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Online sales of handcrafted bowls will begin Nov. 13 and continue through Nov. 21. Empty Bowls is sponsored by UT Martin and the university’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts.\r\n\r\nDonors will receive a handcrafted bowl for each $15 donation with all proceeds supporting We Care Ministries, Inc. The bowls are made by UT Martin art professor and potter David McBeth, his students and other volunteers. McBeth founded Martin Empty Bowls in 2003, which has grown to an annual event where every donation to the We Care Ministries Food Pantry is acknowledged with the gift of a bowl. The traditional Empty Bowls soup meal will not be held this year because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said.</blockquote>\r\n“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said. “We do this because food insecurity affects our neighbors and fighting world hunger begins in our own community. I’m grateful to the many volunteers and community supporters who make Empty Bowls possible.”\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. All monetary donations are used to assist Weakley County families through 11 assistance programs that include the food bank, education and literacy, child care and direct aid.\r\n\r\nInformation about the Empty Bowls fundraiser is available at <a href=\"http://www.martinemptybowls.com\">www.martinemptybowls.com</a> and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls\">www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls</a>. 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McBeth founded Martin Empty Bowls in 2003, which has grown to an annual event where every donation to the We Care Ministries Food Pantry is acknowledged with the gift of a bowl. The traditional Empty Bowls soup meal will not be held this year because of the pandemic.\r\n\r\n“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said. “We do this because food insecurity affects our neighbors and fighting world hunger begins in our own community. I’m grateful to the many volunteers and community supporters who make Empty Bowls possible.”\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. All monetary donations are used to assist Weakley County families through 11 assistance programs that include the food bank, education and literacy, child care and direct aid.\r\n\r\nInformation about the Empty Bowls fundraiser is available at <a href=\"http://www.martinemptybowls.com\">www.martinemptybowls.com</a> and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls\">www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls</a>. 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Empty Bowls is sponsored by UT Martin and the university’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts.\r\n\r\nDonors will receive a handcrafted bowl for each $15 donation with all proceeds supporting We Care Ministries, Inc. The bowls are made by UT Martin art professor and potter David McBeth, his students and other volunteers. McBeth founded Martin Empty Bowls in 2003, which has grown to an annual event where every donation to the We Care Ministries Food Pantry is acknowledged with the gift of a bowl. The traditional Empty Bowls soup meal will not be held this year because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said.</blockquote>\r\n“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said. “We do this because food insecurity affects our neighbors and fighting world hunger begins in our own community. I’m grateful to the many volunteers and community supporters who make Empty Bowls possible.”\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. All monetary donations are used to assist Weakley County families through 11 assistance programs that include the food bank, education and literacy, child care and direct aid.\r\n\r\nInformation about the Empty Bowls fundraiser is available at <a href=\"http://www.martinemptybowls.com\">www.martinemptybowls.com</a> and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls\">www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls</a>. 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Empty Bowls is sponsored by UT Martin and the university’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts.\r\n\r\nDonors will receive a handcrafted bowl for each $15 donation with all proceeds supporting We Care Ministries, Inc. The bowls are made by UT Martin art professor and potter David McBeth, his students and other volunteers. McBeth founded Martin Empty Bowls in 2003, which has grown to an annual event where every donation to the We Care Ministries Food Pantry is acknowledged with the gift of a bowl. The traditional Empty Bowls soup meal will not be held this year because of the pandemic.\r\n<blockquote>“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said.</blockquote>\r\n“This is a labor of love involving both the university and community,” McBeth said. “We do this because food insecurity affects our neighbors and fighting world hunger begins in our own community. I’m grateful to the many volunteers and community supporters who make Empty Bowls possible.”\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. All monetary donations are used to assist Weakley County families through 11 assistance programs that include the food bank, education and literacy, child care and direct aid.\r\n\r\nInformation about the Empty Bowls fundraiser is available at <a href=\"http://www.martinemptybowls.com\">www.martinemptybowls.com</a> and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls\">www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls</a>. 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The former Tennessee state senator and Dresden, Tennessee, native makes the case for connecting faith and politics in his latest book, “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present.” He discussed the book and shared reasons for his optimism about the future during a presentation Tuesday, Nov. 2, in UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library. The book is published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher, and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin and Vanderbilt University graduate is a well-known leader and political figure who served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and 10 other counties in West and Middle Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. This new volume collects almost 50 of those pieces and investigates how faith and politics are not mutually exclusive, as well as Herron’s belief that faith and spirituality should guide decision making and advocacy in public life.\r\n\r\n“I think these essays are at least my best attempt to argue that there’s a place for our faith in politics and that when our politics is shaped by our faith, by the best and deepest of our values, that our politics could be lifegiving and life enhancing and can help us be who we are called to be,” Herron said to the audience. He offered several examples both personally and from the book where elected officials from the major political parties cooperated so that government worked for the benefit of the people they served.\r\n\r\nHerron’s most personal story recalled the complicated pregnancy of his wife, Nancy, that threatened the lives of the couple’s twin sons. Thanks to a talented physician educated in public universities, surfactant developed through publicly funded research, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit that also benefited from government research, both babies were safely born. “By God’s grace and what we, the American people, did through our governments, those babies survived,” Herron said.\r\n<blockquote>“At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile noting the good that government can accomplish, the author and attorney described what he called “endless partisanship” that threatens the cooperation needed to move the country forward. “At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.” His examples of bipartisan accomplishments included famous Tennessee leaders Howard Baker, Ned Ray McWherter, Jimmy Quillen and Lamar Alexander.\r\n\r\nHerron described Baker as one of his heroes and the “father of the modern Republican Party in Tennessee.” Baker worked with President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, to pass the Panama Canal Treaty and with other Democrats to establish the Clean Air Act. “Give him his credit. He (Baker) could be and was at times partisan when the election time came around,” Herron said. “But when it wasn\'t election time, when it was time to govern, Howard Baker treated everybody the way you\'d want to be treated in accordance with the Golden Rule – he worked with everybody in both parties.”\r\n\r\nAlso gifted at working across political party lines was Weakley County’s native Ned Ray McWherter. The former Democratic Tennessee speaker of the house and governor worked with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Quillen, a Republican representing the state’s first congressional district, to establish East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. McWherter was speaker of the house at the time and understood that the Tri-Cities was closer to Canada than the one state medical school in Memphis, and that part of the state desperately needed a medical school. “Ned McWherter and Jimmy Quillen worked together, and lives were saved because of that effort, because of that work,” he said.\r\n\r\nAlso saving lives was the work of then Republican Gov. Lamar Alexander and Speaker McWherter to create a road program in Tennessee that began under Alexander and was completed when McWherter became governor. In addition to creating economic opportunities, Herron said the road program also saved countless lives. “We may not think of that first, but not only does it make it quicker, more convenient and easier to travel, but those divided highways have saved thousands of lives across this state, and that’s something they (McWherter and Alexander) did in a bipartisan way,” he said.\r\n\r\nHerron closed by telling the audience that his “faith in politics” is really about his faith in people and what we can do collectively to address important challenges.  “In a word, if my message tonight is anything, it is that I do have faith in politics because I have faith in ‘we the people,’ and I think the possibilities for us when we do it right, when we do it loving one another, the possibilities are enormous,” he said.\r\n\r\n“Faith in Politics” includes historic photos and cartoons drawn by well-known Knoxville editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel. The book is available through the University of Tennessee Press at <a href=\"http://www.utpress.org\">www.utpress.org</a> or by calling 1-800-621-2736 with 100% of Herron’s royalties going to support college scholarships for Tennessee students.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Roy Herron connects faith and politics in new book','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people.','publish','closed','closed','','roy-herron-connects-faith-and-politics-in-new-book','','','2021-11-05 16:49:56','2021-11-05 21:49:56','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3624',0,'post','',0),(3625,7,'2021-11-05 16:41:05','2021-11-05 21:41:05','','10022021_RoyHerronBookSigning028','Roy Herron, former Tennessee state senator and Dresden, Tennessee, native, makes the case for connecting faith and politics in his latest book, “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present.” ','inherit','closed','closed','','10022021_royherronbooksigning028','','','2021-11-05 16:48:54','2021-11-05 21:48:54','',3624,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/10022021_RoyHerronBookSigning028.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3626,7,'2021-11-05 16:49:10','2021-11-05 21:49:10','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people. The former Tennessee state senator and Dresden, Tennessee, native makes the case for connecting faith and politics in his latest book, “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present.” He discussed the book and shared reasons for his optimism about the future during a presentation Tuesday, Nov. 2, in UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library. The book is published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher, and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin and Vanderbilt University graduate is a well-known leader and political figure who served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and 10 other counties in West and Middle Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. This new volume collects almost 50 of those pieces and investigates how faith and politics are not mutually exclusive, as well as Herron’s belief that faith and spirituality should guide decision making and advocacy in public life.\r\n\r\n“I think these essays are at least my best attempt to argue that there’s a place for our faith in politics and that when our politics is shaped by our faith, by the best and deepest of our values, that our politics could be lifegiving and life enhancing and can help us be who we are called to be,” Herron said to the audience. He offered several examples both personally and from the book where elected officials from the major political parties cooperated so that government worked for the benefit of the people they served.\r\n\r\nHerron’s most personal story recalled the complicated pregnancy of his wife, Nancy, that threatened the lives of the couple’s twin sons. Thanks to a talented physician educated in public universities, surfactant developed through publicly funded research, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit that also benefited from government research, both babies were safely born. “By God’s grace and what we, the American people, did through our governments, those babies survived,” Herron said.\r\n\r\nWhile noting the good that government can accomplish, the author and attorney described what he called “endless partisanship” that threatens the cooperation needed to move the country forward. “At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.” His examples of bipartisan accomplishments included famous Tennessee leaders Howard Baker, Ned Ray McWherter, Jimmy Quillen and Lamar Alexander.\r\n\r\nHerron described Baker as one of his heroes and the “father of the modern Republican Party in Tennessee.” Baker worked with President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, to pass the Panama Canal Treaty and with other Democrats to establish the Clean Air Act. “Give him his credit. He (Baker) could be and was at times partisan when the election time came around,” Herron said. “But when it wasn\'t election time, when it was time to govern, Howard Baker treated everybody the way you\'d want to be treated in accordance with the Golden Rule – he worked with everybody in both parties.”\r\n\r\nAlso gifted at working across political party lines was Weakley County’s native Ned Ray McWherter. The former Democratic Tennessee speaker of the house and governor worked with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Quillen, a Republican representing the state’s first congressional district, to establish East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. McWherter was speaker of the house at the time and understood that the Tri-Cities was closer to Canada than the one state medical school in Memphis, and that part of the state desperately needed a medical school. “Ned McWherter and Jimmy Quillen worked together, and lives were saved because of that effort, because of that work,” he said.\r\n\r\nAlso saving lives was the work of then Republican Gov. Lamar Alexander and Speaker McWherter to create a road program in Tennessee that began under Alexander and was completed when McWherter became governor. In addition to creating economic opportunities, Herron said the road program also saved countless lives. “We may not think of that first, but not only does it make it quicker, more convenient and easier to travel, but those divided highways have saved thousands of lives across this state, and that’s something they (McWherter and Alexander) did in a bipartisan way,” he said.\r\n\r\nHerron closed by telling the audience that his “faith in politics” is really about his faith in people and what we can do collectively to address important challenges.  “In a word, if my message tonight is anything, it is that I do have faith in politics because I have faith in ‘we the people,’ and I think the possibilities for us when we do it right, when we do it loving one another, the possibilities are enormous,” he said.\r\n\r\n“Faith in Politics” includes historic photos and cartoons drawn by well-known Knoxville editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel. The book is available through the University of Tennessee Press at <a href=\"http://www.utpress.org\">www.utpress.org</a> or by calling 1-800-621-2736 with 100% of Herron’s royalties going to support college scholarships for Tennessee students.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Roy Herron connects faith and politics in new book','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people.','inherit','closed','closed','','3624-revision-v1','','','2021-11-05 16:49:10','2021-11-05 21:49:10','',3624,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/05/3624-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3627,7,'2021-11-05 16:49:48','2021-11-05 21:49:48','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people. The former Tennessee state senator and Dresden, Tennessee, native makes the case for connecting faith and politics in his latest book, “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present.” He discussed the book and shared reasons for his optimism about the future during a presentation Tuesday, Nov. 2, in UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library. The book is published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher, and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin and Vanderbilt University graduate is a well-known leader and political figure who served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and 10 other counties in West and Middle Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. This new volume collects almost 50 of those pieces and investigates how faith and politics are not mutually exclusive, as well as Herron’s belief that faith and spirituality should guide decision making and advocacy in public life.\r\n\r\n“I think these essays are at least my best attempt to argue that there’s a place for our faith in politics and that when our politics is shaped by our faith, by the best and deepest of our values, that our politics could be lifegiving and life enhancing and can help us be who we are called to be,” Herron said to the audience. He offered several examples both personally and from the book where elected officials from the major political parties cooperated so that government worked for the benefit of the people they served.\r\n\r\nHerron’s most personal story recalled the complicated pregnancy of his wife, Nancy, that threatened the lives of the couple’s twin sons. Thanks to a talented physician educated in public universities, surfactant developed through publicly funded research, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit that also benefited from government research, both babies were safely born. “By God’s grace and what we, the American people, did through our governments, those babies survived,” Herron said.\r\n<blockquote>“At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile noting the good that government can accomplish, the author and attorney described what he called “endless partisanship” that threatens the cooperation needed to move the country forward. “At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.” His examples of bipartisan accomplishments included famous Tennessee leaders Howard Baker, Ned Ray McWherter, Jimmy Quillen and Lamar Alexander.\r\n\r\nHerron described Baker as one of his heroes and the “father of the modern Republican Party in Tennessee.” Baker worked with President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, to pass the Panama Canal Treaty and with other Democrats to establish the Clean Air Act. “Give him his credit. He (Baker) could be and was at times partisan when the election time came around,” Herron said. “But when it wasn\'t election time, when it was time to govern, Howard Baker treated everybody the way you\'d want to be treated in accordance with the Golden Rule – he worked with everybody in both parties.”\r\n\r\nAlso gifted at working across political party lines was Weakley County’s native Ned Ray McWherter. The former Democratic Tennessee speaker of the house and governor worked with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Quillen, a Republican representing the state’s first congressional district, to establish East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. McWherter was speaker of the house at the time and understood that the Tri-Cities was closer to Canada than the one state medical school in Memphis, and that part of the state desperately needed a medical school. “Ned McWherter and Jimmy Quillen worked together, and lives were saved because of that effort, because of that work,” he said.\r\n\r\nAlso saving lives was the work of then Republican Gov. Lamar Alexander and Speaker McWherter to create a road program in Tennessee that began under Alexander and was completed when McWherter became governor. In addition to creating economic opportunities, Herron said the road program also saved countless lives. “We may not think of that first, but not only does it make it quicker, more convenient and easier to travel, but those divided highways have saved thousands of lives across this state, and that’s something they (McWherter and Alexander) did in a bipartisan way,” he said.\r\n\r\nHerron closed by telling the audience that his “faith in politics” is really about his faith in people and what we can do collectively to address important challenges.  “In a word, if my message tonight is anything, it is that I do have faith in politics because I have faith in ‘we the people,’ and I think the possibilities for us when we do it right, when we do it loving one another, the possibilities are enormous,” he said.\r\n\r\n“Faith in Politics” includes historic photos and cartoons drawn by well-known Knoxville editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel. The book is available through the University of Tennessee Press at <a href=\"http://www.utpress.org\">www.utpress.org</a> or by calling 1-800-621-2736 with 100% of Herron’s royalties going to support college scholarships for Tennessee students.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Roy Herron connects faith and politics in new book','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people.','inherit','closed','closed','','3624-autosave-v1','','','2021-11-05 16:49:48','2021-11-05 21:49:48','',3624,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/05/3624-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3628,7,'2021-11-05 16:49:56','2021-11-05 21:49:56','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people. The former Tennessee state senator and Dresden, Tennessee, native makes the case for connecting faith and politics in his latest book, “Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present.” He discussed the book and shared reasons for his optimism about the future during a presentation Tuesday, Nov. 2, in UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library. The book is published by the University of Tennessee Press and provides a selection of his writings over four decades as a legislator, attorney, teacher, and Methodist minister.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin and Vanderbilt University graduate is a well-known leader and political figure who served as Tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1997 and state senator from 1997 to 2013, representing Weakley County and 10 other counties in West and Middle Tennessee. During this work, he published op-ed essays and articles in Tennessee’s leading newspapers and publications from “<em>The Japan Times”</em> to “<em>The Wall Street Journal”</em> on various topics including constitutional liberties, economic justice, health care, politics and more. This new volume collects almost 50 of those pieces and investigates how faith and politics are not mutually exclusive, as well as Herron’s belief that faith and spirituality should guide decision making and advocacy in public life.\r\n\r\n“I think these essays are at least my best attempt to argue that there’s a place for our faith in politics and that when our politics is shaped by our faith, by the best and deepest of our values, that our politics could be lifegiving and life enhancing and can help us be who we are called to be,” Herron said to the audience. He offered several examples both personally and from the book where elected officials from the major political parties cooperated so that government worked for the benefit of the people they served.\r\n\r\nHerron’s most personal story recalled the complicated pregnancy of his wife, Nancy, that threatened the lives of the couple’s twin sons. Thanks to a talented physician educated in public universities, surfactant developed through publicly funded research, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit that also benefited from government research, both babies were safely born. “By God’s grace and what we, the American people, did through our governments, those babies survived,” Herron said.\r\n<blockquote>“At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.”</blockquote>\r\nWhile noting the good that government can accomplish, the author and attorney described what he called “endless partisanship” that threatens the cooperation needed to move the country forward. “At a time like this, ladies and gentlemen, part of what I want to do in the book and in this conversation is to lift up other people who did it differently.” His examples of bipartisan accomplishments included famous Tennessee leaders Howard Baker, Ned Ray McWherter, Jimmy Quillen and Lamar Alexander.\r\n\r\nHerron described Baker as one of his heroes and the “father of the modern Republican Party in Tennessee.” Baker worked with President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, to pass the Panama Canal Treaty and with other Democrats to establish the Clean Air Act. “Give him his credit. He (Baker) could be and was at times partisan when the election time came around,” Herron said. “But when it wasn\'t election time, when it was time to govern, Howard Baker treated everybody the way you\'d want to be treated in accordance with the Golden Rule – he worked with everybody in both parties.”\r\n\r\nAlso gifted at working across political party lines was Weakley County’s native Ned Ray McWherter. The former Democratic Tennessee speaker of the house and governor worked with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Quillen, a Republican representing the state’s first congressional district, to establish East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. McWherter was speaker of the house at the time and understood that the Tri-Cities was closer to Canada than the one state medical school in Memphis, and that part of the state desperately needed a medical school. “Ned McWherter and Jimmy Quillen worked together, and lives were saved because of that effort, because of that work,” he said.\r\n\r\nAlso saving lives was the work of then Republican Gov. Lamar Alexander and Speaker McWherter to create a road program in Tennessee that began under Alexander and was completed when McWherter became governor. In addition to creating economic opportunities, Herron said the road program also saved countless lives. “We may not think of that first, but not only does it make it quicker, more convenient and easier to travel, but those divided highways have saved thousands of lives across this state, and that’s something they (McWherter and Alexander) did in a bipartisan way,” he said.\r\n\r\nHerron closed by telling the audience that his “faith in politics” is really about his faith in people and what we can do collectively to address important challenges.  “In a word, if my message tonight is anything, it is that I do have faith in politics because I have faith in ‘we the people,’ and I think the possibilities for us when we do it right, when we do it loving one another, the possibilities are enormous,” he said.\r\n\r\n“Faith in Politics” includes historic photos and cartoons drawn by well-known Knoxville editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel. The book is available through the University of Tennessee Press at <a href=\"http://www.utpress.org\">www.utpress.org</a> or by calling 1-800-621-2736 with 100% of Herron’s royalties going to support college scholarships for Tennessee students.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Roy Herron connects faith and politics in new book','Roy Herron has faith in the American people and the good that our American system of government can do for people.','inherit','closed','closed','','3624-revision-v1','','','2021-11-05 16:49:56','2021-11-05 21:49:56','',3624,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/05/3624-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3630,7,'2021-11-09 14:50:53','2021-11-09 20:50:53','Nadia Treadwell, an MTSU student from Union City, and Carly White, a UT Martin student from Jackson, were crowned Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival and Miss UT Martin respectively during the combined pageant Nov. 6 in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. 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Another contestant, Nadia Treadwell, of Union City, competed in a pageant for the first time since taking a break from pageant competition.\r\n\r\nEach decided to compete at the perfect time as they earned Miss UT Martin and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival crowns respectively during the combined pageant held Nov. 6 in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The Miss UT Martin Scholarship Pageant is in its 58<sup>th</sup>  year, while the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title was awarded for the 22<sup>nd</sup> time. The combined pageant had not been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.\r\n\r\nCompleting the Miss UT Martin court was Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi, second runner-up, and Alyssa Wade, of Paris, first runner-up. The Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival second runner-up was Emily Pennington, of McMinnville, and the first runner-up was Karenna Rainey, of Adamsville. All pageant runners-up are UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nThe new titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant Wednesday-Saturday, June 15-18, 2022, at the Carl Perkins Center in Jackson. The winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nPageant competition includes private interview, fitness and wellness, talent and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category during the daylong competition. White, a 21-year-old Jackson Christian School graduate, messaged with Miss Tennessee Volunteer Amelia Collins on pageant day, still not entirely sure she would compete. Whatever was said in that virtual conversation helped White make a fateful decision to follow through and take the pageant stage. “I thought, ‘You have to start somewhere, so today was the day,’” she said.\r\n\r\nNot only did White win the pageant title, but she received both the People’s Choice Award and Miss Congeniality, the latter title voted on by the other contestants. “Well, this was my first pageant ever in my entire life. … I’m honored to be Miss UTM so that I can give back. … I’m so shocked but so excited for this next year,” White said, whose “Don’t Just Survive, Thrive” platform focuses on mental health. “I hold it (promoting mental health) very close to my heart, so I plan to spread positivity around campus and just check on any and everybody because that is now my role as Miss UTM.”\r\n\r\nNadia Treadwell, a 21-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student and Union City High School graduate, began competing in pageants in 2018. Following a break from the pageant circuit, she chose to resume competition Nov. 6. That decision resulted in her winning the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival crown, which left the talented painter “shocked, happy and excited to start the year.” She, too, will use her title to further her “Celebrating Differences” platform that’s “all about empowering our youth and just giving them that confidence for them to meet their goals.” Her volunteer efforts with young people include working with the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Northwest Tennessee and Rutherford County.\r\n\r\nAlthough clearly confident on the pageant stage, Treadwell said one aspect of the competition challenges her most: “I believe the private interview is the hardest part just because it’s so nerve wracking. …You’re setting your first impression for the judges, so it’s a very crucial part of the competition,” she said. Expect both Treadwell and White to prepare well in all judging categories and be ready for the next level of competition in Jackson.\r\n\r\n“Carly and Nadia will now hit the ground running,” said Katrina Cobb, assistant station manager for West TN PBS and pageant executive director. “It’s just four months before workshop – an annual event where all of the girls competing in the 2022 Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant gather with directors and Miss Tennessee Volunteer executives to go over everything from paperwork to wardrobe requirements to timelines. 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The Miss UT Martin Scholarship Pageant is in its 58<sup>th</sup>  year, while the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title was awarded for the 22<sup>nd</sup> time. The combined pageant had not been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.\r\n\r\nCompleting the Miss UT Martin court was Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi, second runner-up, and Alyssa Wade, of Paris, first runner-up. The Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival second runner-up was Emily Pennington, of McMinnville, and the first runner-up was Karenna Rainey, of Adamsville. All pageant runners-up are UT Martin students.\r\n\r\nThe new titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant Wednesday-Saturday, June 15-18, 2022, at the Carl Perkins Center in Jackson. The winner of that crown will serve as the governor’s spokesperson for character education and receive $25,000 in scholarship money.\r\n\r\nPageant competition includes private interview, fitness and wellness, talent and evening wear. Each contestant is scored individually from one to 10 in each category during the daylong competition. White, a 21-year-old Jackson Christian School graduate, messaged with Miss Tennessee Volunteer Amelia Collins on pageant day, still not entirely sure she would compete. Whatever was said in that virtual conversation helped White make a fateful decision to follow through and take the pageant stage. “I thought, ‘You have to start somewhere, so today was the day,’” she said.\r\n\r\nNot only did White win the pageant title, but she received both the People’s Choice Award and Miss Congeniality, the latter title voted on by the other contestants. “Well, this was my first pageant ever in my entire life. … I’m honored to be Miss UTM so that I can give back. … I’m so shocked but so excited for this next year,” White said, whose “Don’t Just Survive, Thrive” platform focuses on mental health. “I hold it (promoting mental health) very close to my heart, so I plan to spread positivity around campus and just check on any and everybody because that is now my role as Miss UTM.”\r\n\r\nNadia Treadwell, a 21-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student and Union City High School graduate, began competing in pageants in 2018. Following a break from the pageant circuit, she chose to resume competition Nov. 6. That decision resulted in her winning the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival crown, which left the talented painter “shocked, happy and excited to start the year.” She, too, will use her title to further her “Celebrating Differences” platform that’s “all about empowering our youth and just giving them that confidence for them to meet their goals.” Her volunteer efforts with young people include working with the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Northwest Tennessee and Rutherford County.\r\n\r\nAlthough clearly confident on the pageant stage, Treadwell said one aspect of the competition challenges her most: “I believe the private interview is the hardest part just because it’s so nerve wracking. …You’re setting your first impression for the judges, so it’s a very crucial part of the competition,” she said. 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UT Chattanooga has a variety of veteran-support programs, from peer mentoring to specialized counseling services, and a national innovation and entrepreneurial program that offers a highly innovative immersion program built around hands-on learning, personalized interaction and exposure to inspiring role models. UT Martin was also named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School for their support provided to campus veterans. In addition to the Gold award, UT Martin was recently named among the 2021 “Best for Vets” by the Military Times. UT Martin was also designated a Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support “VETS Campus,” a designation that helps men and women who have served in the military achieve their post-military educational goals. 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If approved, this new benefit would be extended to military-affiliated student groups starting in Fall 2022. <br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />The UT System averages approximately 1,745 veterans, service members and dependents who are students on each of its campuses and institutes across the state.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />UT campuses across the state are continually recognized for their support of the military.  UT Knoxville was named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School, which is the highest designation awarded by Military Friendly, a company that measures commitment, effort and success in creating opportunities for the military community. 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If approved, this new benefit would be extended to military-affiliated student groups starting in Fall 2022. <br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />The UT System averages approximately 1,745 veterans, service members and dependents who are students on each of its campuses and institutes across the state.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />UT campuses across the state are continually recognized for their support of the military.  UT Knoxville was named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School, which is the highest designation awarded by Military Friendly, a company that measures commitment, effort and success in creating opportunities for the military community. UT Chattanooga has a variety of veteran-support programs, from peer mentoring to specialized counseling services, and a national innovation and entrepreneurial program that offers a highly innovative immersion program built around hands-on learning, personalized interaction and exposure to inspiring role models. UT Martin was also named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School for their support provided to campus veterans. In addition to the Gold award, UT Martin was recently named among the 2021 “Best for Vets” by the Military Times. UT Martin was also designated a Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support “VETS Campus,” a designation that helps men and women who have served in the military achieve their post-military educational goals. The UT Health Science Center in Memphis was also designated a “VETS Campus” in 2015.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />“UT is committed to helping ensure our campuses are among the best places in the country for veterans, or those who aspire to begin a life of military service, to acquire or enhance the skills that will make a lasting impact on our communities, our state and our world,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contact:</strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" />Melissa Tindell, 865-974-0741, <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>, P267 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996\r\n\r\nJennifer Sicking, 865-974-5179, <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>, P265 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n&nbsp;','UT System proposes in-state tuition benefits for military veterans','As millions of Americans celebrate the service and sacrifices made by men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces on Veterans Day, the University of Tennessee System is proposing a new initiative that will allow military-affiliated students–veterans, active-duty military personnel, reservists, Tennessee National Guard members, and Army and Air Force ROTC cadets—to attend a UT institution of their choosing at the in-state tuition rate.','inherit','closed','closed','','3637-autosave-v1','','','2021-11-11 12:08:21','2021-11-11 18:08:21','',3637,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/11/3637-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3642,7,'2021-11-11 12:08:38','2021-11-11 18:08:38','As millions of Americans celebrate the service and sacrifices made by men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces on Veterans Day, the University of Tennessee System is proposing a new initiative that will allow military-affiliated students–veterans, active-duty military personnel, reservists, Tennessee National Guard members, and Army and Air Force ROTC cadets—to attend a UT institution of their choosing at the in-state tuition rate.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> “In order to make this the greatest decade in UT history, we must continually seek ways to honor our land-grant mission by making our universities more accessible to those who wish to achieve their dream of earning a college degree,” UT System President Randy Boyd said.  “We owe a great debt of gratitude to our military men and women.  Lessening the financial burden of attending one of our universities is one small way we can say ‘thank you’ for your service.”   <br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />At its October meeting, the UT Board of Trustees showed support for Boyd’s proposal and the request for legislative approval to make these changes possible across the UT System. If approved, this new benefit would be extended to military-affiliated student groups starting in Fall 2022. <br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />The UT System averages approximately 1,745 veterans, service members and dependents who are students on each of its campuses and institutes across the state.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />UT campuses across the state are continually recognized for their support of the military.  UT Knoxville was named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School, which is the highest designation awarded by Military Friendly, a company that measures commitment, effort and success in creating opportunities for the military community. UT Chattanooga has a variety of veteran-support programs, from peer mentoring to specialized counseling services, and a national innovation and entrepreneurial program that offers a highly innovative immersion program built around hands-on learning, personalized interaction and exposure to inspiring role models. UT Martin was also named a 2021-22 Military Friendly Gold School for their support provided to campus veterans. In addition to the Gold award, UT Martin was recently named among the 2021 “Best for Vets” by the Military Times. UT Martin was also designated a Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support “VETS Campus,” a designation that helps men and women who have served in the military achieve their post-military educational goals. The UT Health Science Center in Memphis was also designated a “VETS Campus” in 2015.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" /> <br aria-hidden=\"true\" />“UT is committed to helping ensure our campuses are among the best places in the country for veterans, or those who aspire to begin a life of military service, to acquire or enhance the skills that will make a lasting impact on our communities, our state and our world,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contact:</strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" />Melissa Tindell, 865-974-0741, <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>, P267 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996\r\n\r\nJennifer Sicking, 865-974-5179, <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>, P265 Andy Holt Tower, 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n&nbsp;','UT System proposes in-state tuition benefits for military veterans','As millions of Americans celebrate the service and sacrifices made by men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces on Veterans Day, the University of Tennessee System is proposing a new initiative that will allow military-affiliated students–veterans, active-duty military personnel, reservists, Tennessee National Guard members, and Army and Air Force ROTC cadets—to attend a UT institution of their choosing at the in-state tuition rate.','inherit','closed','closed','','3637-revision-v1','','','2021-11-11 12:08:38','2021-11-11 18:08:38','',3637,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/11/3637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3643,7,'2021-11-15 08:34:53','2021-11-15 14:34:53','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. The two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will develop a public-health training facility on the university’s Martin campus to deliver de-escalation and emergency health intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters.\r\n\r\nJackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., will partner with UT Martin for the project, which includes the purchase of a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator and real-life de-escalation training. Drs. Brian Donavant and Cindy Boyles, both UT Martin criminal justice faculty members, wrote the grant and will guide the project.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”</blockquote>\r\nIn the grant proposal, Donavant and Boyles noted that major health organizations, including the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization, recognize the health and mental health impacts of excessive police force. DETER will provide needed training to social workers, mental health professionals and citizen groups, as well as law enforcement officers as now required under Tennessee state law and under consideration in other Delta Region states. “We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”\r\n\r\nKaren Perrin, Jackson State assistant professor of criminal justice, said DETER will help to reduce risk to law enforcement officers and the people they serve. “This is a great opportunity for Jackson State, UT Martin and Carey Counseling to work together to facilitate meaningful change for our community,” Perrin stated.\r\n\r\nDETER’s specific focus will include diverse and marginalized groups in the Delta Region, which includes West Tennessee and the counties and communities that support these groups. The project will improve public health by training current and aspiring police officers in critical assessment, de-escalation tactics and less-lethal strategies for citizen interaction. DETER will also train social workers and civilian crisis intervention teams, as well as educate adult, youth and minority stakeholders in strategies that reduce public-health risks during police interaction. More information about the DETER Project is available by contacting Donavant at <a href=\"mailto:bdonavan@utm.edu\">bdonavan@utm.edu</a> or Boyles at <a href=\"mailto:cboyles2@utm.edu\">cboyles2@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program. The NFA Collegiate Program held its 10<sup>th</sup> program this past summer. Learn more about the criminal justice program at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/\">www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/</a>.','Grant addresses de-escalation, emergency response for law enforcement','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. ','publish','closed','closed','','grant-addresses-de-escalation-emergency-response-for-law-enforcement','','','2021-11-15 08:39:17','2021-11-15 14:39:17','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3643',0,'post','',0),(3644,7,'2021-11-15 08:34:14','2021-11-15 14:34:14','','07222021_CollegiateNationalForensicAcademy119','Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice, co-authored the grant proposal with Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice. Donavant is pictured with students in this file photo. ','inherit','closed','closed','','07222021_collegiatenationalforensicacademy119','','','2021-11-15 08:34:36','2021-11-15 14:34:36','',3643,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/07222021_CollegiateNationalForensicAcademy119.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3645,7,'2021-11-15 08:34:53','2021-11-15 14:34:53','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. The two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will develop a public-health training facility on the university’s Martin campus to deliver de-escalation and emergency health intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters.\r\n\r\nJackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., will partner with UT Martin for the project, which includes the purchase of a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator and real-life de-escalation training. Drs. Brian Donavant and Cindy Boyles, both UT Martin criminal justice faculty members, wrote the grant and will guide the project.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”</blockquote>\r\nIn the grant proposal, Donavant and Boyles noted that major health organizations, including the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization, recognize the health and mental health impacts of excessive police force. DETER will provide needed training to social workers, mental health professionals and citizen groups, as well as law enforcement officers as now required under Tennessee state law and under consideration in other Delta Region states. “We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”\r\n\r\nKaren Perrin, Jackson State assistant professor of criminal justice, said DETER will help to reduce risk to law enforcement officers and the people they serve. “This is a great opportunity for Jackson State, UT Martin and Carey Counseling to work together to facilitate meaningful change for our community,” Perrin stated.\r\n\r\nDETER’s specific focus will include diverse and marginalized groups in the Delta Region, which includes West Tennessee and the counties and communities that support these groups. The project will improve public health by training current and aspiring police officers in critical assessment, de-escalation tactics and less-lethal strategies for citizen interaction. DETER will also train social workers and civilian crisis intervention teams, as well as educate adult, youth and minority stakeholders in strategies that reduce public-health risks during police interaction. More information about the DETER Project is available by contacting Donavant at <a href=\"mailto:bdonavan@utm.edu\">bdonavan@utm.edu</a> or Boyles at <a href=\"mailto:cboyles2@utm.edu\">cboyles2@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program. The NFA Collegiate Program held its 10<sup>th</sup> program this past summer. Learn more about the criminal justice program at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/\">www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/</a>.','Grant addresses de-escalation, emergency response for law enforcement','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3643-revision-v1','','','2021-11-15 08:34:53','2021-11-15 14:34:53','',3643,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/15/3643-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3646,7,'2021-11-15 08:36:41','2021-11-15 14:36:41','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. The two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will develop a public-health training facility on the university’s Martin campus to deliver de-escalation and emergency health intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters.\n\nJackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., will partner with UT Martin for the project, which includes the purchase of a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator and real-life de-escalation training. Drs. Brian Donavant and Cindy Boyles, both UT Martin criminal justice faculty members, wrote the grant and will guide the project.\n<blockquote>“We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”</blockquote>\nIn the grant proposal, Donavant and Boyles noted that major health organizations, including the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization, recognize the health and mental health impacts of excessive police force. DETER will provide needed training to social workers, mental health professionals and citizen groups, as well as law enforcement officers as now required under Tennessee state law and under consideration in other Delta Region states. “We’re excited to help police and our local communities reduce violence and improve public health,” Donavant said. “This is also a great opportunity for our students to gain critical insight and skills for their future careers.”\n\nKaren Perrin, Jackson State assistant professor of criminal justice, said DETER will help to reduce risk to law enforcement officers and the people they serve. “This is a great opportunity for Jackson State, UT Martin and Carey Counseling to work together to facilitate meaningful change for our community,” Perrin stated.\n\nDETER’s specific focus will include diverse and marginalized groups in the Delta Region, which includes West Tennessee and the counties and communities that support these groups. The project will improve public health by training current and aspiring police officers in critical assessment, de-escalation tactics and less-lethal strategies for citizen interaction. DETER will also train social workers and civilian crisis intervention teams, as well as educate adult, youth and minority stakeholders in strategies that reduce public-health risks during police interaction. More information about the DETER Project is available by contacting Donavant at <a href=\"mailto:bdonavan@utm.edu\">bdonavan@utm.edu</a> or Boyles at <a href=\"mailto:cboyles2@utm.edu\">cboyles2@utm.edu</a>.\n\nThe UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program. The NFA Collegiate Program held its 10<sup>th</sup> program this past summer. Learn more about the criminal justice program at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/\">www.utm.edu/departments/crimjust/</a>.','Grant addresses de-escalation, emergency response for law enforcement','A USDA Delta Health Care Services grant has been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3643-autosave-v1','','','2021-11-15 08:36:41','2021-11-15 14:36:41','',3643,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/15/3643-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3647,7,'2021-11-15 14:10:32','2021-11-15 20:10:32','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. But until the first all-electric F-Series trucks are manufactured in 2025, much work is ahead to prepare for Blue Oval City, the $5.6 billion Memphis Regional Megasite development announced in September by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Ford and SK Innovation will build a 3,600-acre campus for the project that will create thousands of new jobs in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nUT Martin WestStar’s Lunch-Learn-Leadership Program offered a preview of the future Nov. 10 as Brooxie Carlton, assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Community and Rural Development, and Gabby Bruno, Ford regional director of government affairs, answered questions about Blue Oval City for more than 130 WestStar alumni and invited guests that included many elected officials. The program was held at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Carlton, a 2014 WestStar graduate, and Bruno, who participated by Zoom, answered questions from Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. Audience questions followed to complete the program.\r\n\r\nCarlton noted early in her comments that Blue Oval City’s size and the spinoff companies that will support the project will require a prepared workforce. “It comes up in every single conversation that I have and making sure that you\'re preparing your workforce,” she said. From high schools to colleges and universities, the job of educating a qualified workforce is critical to the project’s success. “Traditionally, for every one direct automotive assembly job, there are another seven plus indirect jobs that are created from suppliers into the local businesses like restaurants and retail stores that employees frequent,” Bruno said. “Definitely being prepared for the change that we know is coming will be key.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to workforce preparedness, Deal asked if a smart-growth model could be used to manage the growth that communities will experience. “One of the things that I think that we need to do together is kind of get together a meeting and pull in folks from Tupelo, pull in folks from Huntsville, Spring Hill, Chattanooga, some places that have had announcements similar to these, to hear what they would do differently, to hear what they wish they had known when they had thousands of jobs announced in their community, how they wish they had planned for that,” Carlton said. Knowing that communities can’t address planning for growth alone, she said that $5 million is available for community strategic planning in the Blue Oval City incentive package bill recently passed by the Tennessee legislature.\r\n\r\nCarver asked Bruno about Ford’s plans for community involvement in West Tennessee. While a new Ford assembly plant hasn’t been built in decades, she assured the audience that the company will be engaged. A website is being developed for the company to communicate project information, and the Ford Fund is the company’s philanthropic arm that provides access to opportunities and resources.\r\n<blockquote>“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said.</blockquote>\r\n“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said. “We aren\'t coming into the community pretending that we have all the answers or that we know what\'s best for you. We really want to try to integrate in your community so we can learn about your concerns and needs in order to maximize the benefits from the project as well as to minimize any disruptions.\r\n\r\n“We plan to get to know the government and community leaders in the region and to participate in local chambers, to get to know our fellow businesses in the area.”\r\n\r\nGiven Ford’s commitment, Deal asked what West Tennesseans could do in turn to make Blue Oval City successful. “Workforce, workforce, and you guessed it, workforce,” Bruno said, circling back to earlier comments. “We\'re obviously going to need a qualified workforce, and we\'d love to partner with local high schools, technical schools, higher ed, at UT Martin, to create a pipeline of workers. If young people that grew up in the area want to stay in the area, raise a family, you know now there\'s another good-paying job option for them to build a life here after they graduate.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added.</blockquote>\r\n“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added. “Y\'all have always been able to stay above the politics to bring everybody together from economic developers to local elected officials to business leaders to the banking community, to the public health people.\r\n\r\n“Everybody is a part of WestStar, and WestStar can bring all those folks together. I think using this convening, using these connections that you already have is going to be really important.”\r\n\r\nWith many aspects of Blue Oval City moving quickly, Carver asked Bruno and Carlton to reveal the one thing about the project that keeps them up at night. Bruno said that Ford officials believe they’ve chosen the right location and partners for the development. “Now we need to execute, and so Ford is moving fast to be a leader in electrification,” she said. “We\'re investing more than $30 million by 2025 in electric vehicles, and we expect that more than 40% of our global volumes will be made up of EVs by 2030. And our Tennessee Blue Oval City represents $5.6 billion of that investment and nearly 6,000 jobs.”\r\n\r\n“This is unprecedented for all of us,” Carlton said. “I think again, that\'s why it will be good to have some counsel from folks that have been through something like this before, to make sure that there\'s something that doesn\'t crop up that we didn\'t even anticipate, that we had absolutely no idea it was going to be a big issue, to make sure that we figure out what we don\'t know as soon as we can.”\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Ford Motor Company at ford.com and about the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Keys to Blue Oval City\'s success previewed in WestStar Program','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. 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Ford and SK Innovation will build a 3,600-acre campus for the project that will create thousands of new jobs in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nUT Martin WestStar’s Lunch-Learn-Leadership Program offered a preview of the future Nov. 10 as Brooxie Carlton, assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Community and Rural Development, and Gabby Bruno, Ford regional director of government affairs, answered questions about Blue Oval City for more than 130 WestStar alumni and invited guests that included many elected officials. The program was held at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Carlton, a 2014 WestStar graduate, and Bruno, who participated by Zoom, answered questions from Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. Audience questions followed to complete the program.\r\n\r\nCarlton noted early in her comments that Blue Oval City’s size and the spinoff companies that will support the project will require a prepared workforce. “It comes up in every single conversation that I have and making sure that you\'re preparing your workforce,” she said. From high schools to colleges and universities, the job of educating a qualified workforce is critical to the project’s success. “Traditionally, for every one direct automotive assembly job, there are another seven plus indirect jobs that are created from suppliers into the local businesses like restaurants and retail stores that employees frequent,” Bruno said. “Definitely being prepared for the change that we know is coming will be key.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to workforce preparedness, Deal asked if a smart-growth model could be used to manage the growth that communities will experience. “One of the things that I think that we need to do together is kind of get together a meeting and pull in folks from Tupelo, pull in folks from Huntsville, Spring Hill, Chattanooga, some places that have had announcements similar to these, to hear what they would do differently, to hear what they wish they had known when they had thousands of jobs announced in their community, how they wish they had planned for that,” Carlton said. Knowing that communities can’t address planning for growth alone, she said that $5 million is available for community strategic planning in the Blue Oval City incentive package bill recently passed by the Tennessee legislature.\r\n\r\nCarver asked Bruno about Ford’s plans for community involvement in West Tennessee. While a new Ford assembly plant hasn’t been built in decades, she assured the audience that the company will be engaged. A website is being developed for the company to communicate project information, and the Ford Fund is the company’s philanthropic arm that provides access to opportunities and resources.\r\n\r\n“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said. “We aren\'t coming into the community pretending that we have all the answers or that we know what\'s best for you. We really want to try to integrate in your community so we can learn about your concerns and needs in order to maximize the benefits from the project as well as to minimize any disruptions.\r\n\r\n“We plan to get to know the government and community leaders in the region and to participate in local chambers, to get to know our fellow businesses in the area.”\r\n\r\nGiven Ford’s commitment, Deal asked what West Tennesseans could do in turn to make Blue Oval City successful. “Workforce, workforce, and you guessed it, workforce,” Bruno said, circling back to earlier comments. “We\'re obviously going to need a qualified workforce, and we\'d love to partner with local high schools, technical schools, higher ed, at UT Martin, to create a pipeline of workers. If young people that grew up in the area want to stay in the area, raise a family, you know now there\'s another good-paying job option for them to build a life here after they graduate.”\r\n\r\n“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added. “Y\'all have always been able to stay above the politics to bring everybody together from economic developers to local elected officials to business leaders to the banking community, to the public health people.\r\n\r\n“Everybody is a part of WestStar, and WestStar can bring all those folks together. I think using this convening, using these connections that you already have is going to be really important.”\r\n\r\nWith many aspects of Blue Oval City moving quickly, Carver asked Bruno and Carlton to reveal the one thing about the project that keeps them up at night. Bruno said that Ford officials believe they’ve chosen the right location and partners for the development. “Now we need to execute, and so Ford is moving fast to be a leader in electrification,” she said. “We\'re investing more than $30 million by 2025 in electric vehicles, and we expect that more than 40% of our global volumes will be made up of EVs by 2030. And our Tennessee Blue Oval City represents $5.6 billion of that investment and nearly 6,000 jobs.”\r\n\r\n“This is unprecedented for all of us,” Carlton said. “I think again, that\'s why it will be good to have some counsel from folks that have been through something like this before, to make sure that there\'s something that doesn\'t crop up that we didn\'t even anticipate, that we had absolutely no idea it was going to be a big issue, to make sure that we figure out what we don\'t know as soon as we can.”\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Ford Motor Company at ford.com and about the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Keys to Blue Oval City\'s success previewed in WestStar Program','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3647-revision-v1','','','2021-11-15 14:10:32','2021-11-15 20:10:32','',3647,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/15/3647-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3650,7,'2021-11-15 14:12:17','2021-11-15 20:12:17','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. But until the first all-electric F-Series trucks are manufactured in 2025, much work is ahead to prepare for Blue Oval City, the $5.6 billion Memphis Regional Megasite development announced in September by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Ford and SK Innovation will build a 3,600-acre campus for the project that will create thousands of new jobs in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nUT Martin WestStar’s Lunch-Learn-Leadership Program offered a preview of the future Nov. 10 as Brooxie Carlton, assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Community and Rural Development, and Gabby Bruno, Ford regional director of government affairs, answered questions about Blue Oval City for more than 130 WestStar alumni and invited guests that included many elected officials. The program was held at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Carlton, a 2014 WestStar graduate, and Bruno, who participated by Zoom, answered questions from Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. Audience questions followed to complete the program.\r\n\r\nCarlton noted early in her comments that Blue Oval City’s size and the spinoff companies that will support the project will require a prepared workforce. “It comes up in every single conversation that I have and making sure that you\'re preparing your workforce,” she said. From high schools to colleges and universities, the job of educating a qualified workforce is critical to the project’s success. “Traditionally, for every one direct automotive assembly job, there are another seven plus indirect jobs that are created from suppliers into the local businesses like restaurants and retail stores that employees frequent,” Bruno said. “Definitely being prepared for the change that we know is coming will be key.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to workforce preparedness, Deal asked if a smart-growth model could be used to manage the growth that communities will experience. “One of the things that I think that we need to do together is kind of get together a meeting and pull in folks from Tupelo, pull in folks from Huntsville, Spring Hill, Chattanooga, some places that have had announcements similar to these, to hear what they would do differently, to hear what they wish they had known when they had thousands of jobs announced in their community, how they wish they had planned for that,” Carlton said. Knowing that communities can’t address planning for growth alone, she said that $5 million is available for community strategic planning in the Blue Oval City incentive package bill recently passed by the Tennessee legislature.\r\n\r\nCarver asked Bruno about Ford’s plans for community involvement in West Tennessee. While a new Ford assembly plant hasn’t been built in decades, she assured the audience that the company will be engaged. A website is being developed for the company to communicate project information, and the Ford Fund is the company’s philanthropic arm that provides access to opportunities and resources.\r\n<blockquote>“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said.</blockquote>\r\n“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said. “We aren\'t coming into the community pretending that we have all the answers or that we know what\'s best for you. We really want to try to integrate in your community so we can learn about your concerns and needs in order to maximize the benefits from the project as well as to minimize any disruptions.\r\n\r\n“We plan to get to know the government and community leaders in the region and to participate in local chambers, to get to know our fellow businesses in the area.”\r\n\r\nGiven Ford’s commitment, Deal asked what West Tennesseans could do in turn to make Blue Oval City successful. “Workforce, workforce, and you guessed it, workforce,” Bruno said, circling back to earlier comments. “We\'re obviously going to need a qualified workforce, and we\'d love to partner with local high schools, technical schools, higher ed, at UT Martin, to create a pipeline of workers. If young people that grew up in the area want to stay in the area, raise a family, you know now there\'s another good-paying job option for them to build a life here after they graduate.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added.</blockquote>\r\n“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added. “Y\'all have always been able to stay above the politics to bring everybody together from economic developers to local elected officials to business leaders to the banking community, to the public health people.\r\n\r\n“Everybody is a part of WestStar, and WestStar can bring all those folks together. I think using this convening, using these connections that you already have is going to be really important.”\r\n\r\nWith many aspects of Blue Oval City moving quickly, Carver asked Bruno and Carlton to reveal the one thing about the project that keeps them up at night. Bruno said that Ford officials believe they’ve chosen the right location and partners for the development. “Now we need to execute, and so Ford is moving fast to be a leader in electrification,” she said. “We\'re investing more than $30 million by 2025 in electric vehicles, and we expect that more than 40% of our global volumes will be made up of EVs by 2030. And our Tennessee Blue Oval City represents $5.6 billion of that investment and nearly 6,000 jobs.”\r\n\r\n“This is unprecedented for all of us,” Carlton said. “I think again, that\'s why it will be good to have some counsel from folks that have been through something like this before, to make sure that there\'s something that doesn\'t crop up that we didn\'t even anticipate, that we had absolutely no idea it was going to be a big issue, to make sure that we figure out what we don\'t know as soon as we can.”\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Ford Motor Company at ford.com and about the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Keys to Blue Oval City\'s success previewed in WestStar Program','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3647-autosave-v1','','','2021-11-15 14:12:17','2021-11-15 20:12:17','',3647,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/15/3647-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3651,7,'2021-11-15 14:12:36','2021-11-15 20:12:36','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. But until the first all-electric F-Series trucks are manufactured in 2025, much work is ahead to prepare for Blue Oval City, the $5.6 billion Memphis Regional Megasite development announced in September by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Ford and SK Innovation will build a 3,600-acre campus for the project that will create thousands of new jobs in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nUT Martin WestStar’s Lunch-Learn-Leadership Program offered a preview of the future Nov. 10 as Brooxie Carlton, assistant commissioner, Tennessee Department of Community and Rural Development, and Gabby Bruno, Ford regional director of government affairs, answered questions about Blue Oval City for more than 130 WestStar alumni and invited guests that included many elected officials. The program was held at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Carlton, a 2014 WestStar graduate, and Bruno, who participated by Zoom, answered questions from Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. Audience questions followed to complete the program.\r\n\r\nCarlton noted early in her comments that Blue Oval City’s size and the spinoff companies that will support the project will require a prepared workforce. “It comes up in every single conversation that I have and making sure that you\'re preparing your workforce,” she said. From high schools to colleges and universities, the job of educating a qualified workforce is critical to the project’s success. “Traditionally, for every one direct automotive assembly job, there are another seven plus indirect jobs that are created from suppliers into the local businesses like restaurants and retail stores that employees frequent,” Bruno said. “Definitely being prepared for the change that we know is coming will be key.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to workforce preparedness, Deal asked if a smart-growth model could be used to manage the growth that communities will experience. “One of the things that I think that we need to do together is kind of get together a meeting and pull in folks from Tupelo, pull in folks from Huntsville, Spring Hill, Chattanooga, some places that have had announcements similar to these, to hear what they would do differently, to hear what they wish they had known when they had thousands of jobs announced in their community, how they wish they had planned for that,” Carlton said. Knowing that communities can’t address planning for growth alone, she said that $5 million is available for community strategic planning in the Blue Oval City incentive package bill recently passed by the Tennessee legislature.\r\n\r\nCarver asked Bruno about Ford’s plans for community involvement in West Tennessee. While a new Ford assembly plant hasn’t been built in decades, she assured the audience that the company will be engaged. A website is being developed for the company to communicate project information, and the Ford Fund is the company’s philanthropic arm that provides access to opportunities and resources.\r\n<blockquote>“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said.</blockquote>\r\n“One thing I can say is we take our responsibility to be a good neighbor very seriously, and we\'ll work hard to enrich and give back to the communities that we\'re becoming a part of,” she said. “We aren\'t coming into the community pretending that we have all the answers or that we know what\'s best for you. We really want to try to integrate in your community so we can learn about your concerns and needs in order to maximize the benefits from the project as well as to minimize any disruptions.\r\n\r\n“We plan to get to know the government and community leaders in the region and to participate in local chambers, to get to know our fellow businesses in the area.”\r\n\r\nGiven Ford’s commitment, Deal asked what West Tennesseans could do in turn to make Blue Oval City successful. “Workforce, workforce, and you guessed it, workforce,” Bruno said, circling back to earlier comments. “We\'re obviously going to need a qualified workforce, and we\'d love to partner with local high schools, technical schools, higher ed, at UT Martin, to create a pipeline of workers. If young people that grew up in the area want to stay in the area, raise a family, you know now there\'s another good-paying job option for them to build a life here after they graduate.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added.</blockquote>\r\n“I think that WestStar is the best convener in West Tennessee,” Carlton added. “Y\'all have always been able to stay above the politics to bring everybody together from economic developers to local elected officials to business leaders to the banking community, to the public health people.\r\n\r\n“Everybody is a part of WestStar, and WestStar can bring all those folks together. I think using this convening, using these connections that you already have is going to be really important.”\r\n\r\nWith many aspects of Blue Oval City moving quickly, Carver asked Bruno and Carlton to reveal the one thing about the project that keeps them up at night. Bruno said that Ford officials believe they’ve chosen the right location and partners for the development. “Now we need to execute, and so Ford is moving fast to be a leader in electrification,” she said. “We\'re investing more than $30 million by 2025 in electric vehicles, and we expect that more than 40% of our global volumes will be made up of EVs by 2030. And our Tennessee Blue Oval City represents $5.6 billion of that investment and nearly 6,000 jobs.”\r\n\r\n“This is unprecedented for all of us,” Carlton said. “I think again, that\'s why it will be good to have some counsel from folks that have been through something like this before, to make sure that there\'s something that doesn\'t crop up that we didn\'t even anticipate, that we had absolutely no idea it was going to be a big issue, to make sure that we figure out what we don\'t know as soon as we can.”\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Ford Motor Company at ford.com and about the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program at utm.edu or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Keys to Blue Oval City\'s success previewed in WestStar Program','Ford Motor Company’s first new manufacturing plant since the 1960s will change West Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3647-revision-v1','','','2021-11-15 14:12:36','2021-11-15 20:12:36','',3647,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/15/3647-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3769,7,'2022-01-13 22:12:07','2022-01-14 04:12:07','The University of Tennessee at Martin will name Farm Road, which connects University Street to Hyndsver-Gardner Road, Jerry D. Gresham Road in memory of Dr. Jerry D. Gresham, professor emeritus of animal science.\r\n\r\nGresham grew up on a wheat and cotton farm in Altus, Oklahoma, and had a passion for cattle, swine and the FFA organization. This passion inspired him to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. As a first-generation college student, he became involved in the ROTC program and finished his degree as a distinguished military graduate.\r\n\r\nGresham came to UT Martin in 1973 after serving in the Army for four years and finishing his master’s degree and his doctorate in meat science at Oklahoma State University. Although he only planned to hold the position of assistant professor for three or four years, Gresham fell in love with UT Martin and served for 39 years until his retirement in spring 2013.\r\n\r\nDuring his time at UT Martin, Gresham served as the dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences until his retirement, and his strong ability to manage his budgets with what he liked to call “aggie math” allowed the university to further fund experiential opportunities for agricultural students, such as the UT Martin Teaching and Demonstration Farm. Gresham also received the Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar award in 2003 and was named the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor in 2005.\r\n\r\nGresham supported the university during his lifetime, and his wife, Carolyn, has continued their philanthropy since his death in 2017. The Jerry and Carolyn Gresham Family Scholarship was endowed in their honor, and their two children, Darryl and Darcia, are UT Martin graduates. Over their years of support, the Gresham family has donated more than $115,000 to the UT Martin campus.\r\n\r\n“Jerry Gresham was a man\'s man. He was like a father to me,” Dr. Wes Totten, chair of the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources. “He was my mentor then and his spirit still mentors me today. I can\'t put a price or measure on the positive influence he has had on me, and I pray that everyone has a Jerry Gresham in their life.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Jeanna Curtis-Swafford, associate vice chancellor for development and planned giving, at <a href=\"mailto:jcurtis@utm.edu\">jcurtis@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','University road to be named after Dr. Jerry D. Gresham','The University of Tennessee at Martin will name Farm Road, which connects University Street to Hyndsver-Gardner Road, Jerry D. Gresham Road in memory of Dr. Jerry D. Gresham, professor emeritus of animal science.','publish','closed','closed','','university-road-to-be-named-after-dr-jerry-d-gresham','','','2022-01-13 22:12:56','2022-01-14 04:12:56','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3769',0,'post','',0),(3654,7,'2021-11-23 15:39:23','2021-11-23 21:39:23','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. Effective immediately, UT Martin officers will patrol campus with a solid blue light illuminated on top of all marked UT Martin police cars after sunset.\r\n<blockquote> “We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety.</blockquote>\r\n“We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety. “When driving by campus, you do not have to yield to the UT Martin police cars when in a solid blue status. We will continue to use the standard flashing lights and siren for emergencies and traffic stops,” Belew added.\r\n\r\nUT Martin officers are on patrol 24/7 and available at 731-881-7777. For more information about Operation Blue Light, contact Belew at <a href=\"mailto:mbelew3@utm.edu\">mbelew3@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin public safety initiates Operation Blue Light','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-public-safety-initiates-operation-blue-light','','','2021-11-23 15:40:10','2021-11-23 21:40:10','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3654',0,'post','',0),(3655,7,'2021-11-23 15:38:48','2021-11-23 21:38:48','','11162021_PublicSafetyBlueLight002','A UT Martin police car is pictured in front of the Hall-Moody Administration Building. ','inherit','closed','closed','','11162021_publicsafetybluelight002','','','2021-11-23 15:39:15','2021-11-23 21:39:15','',3654,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11162021_PublicSafetyBlueLight002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3656,7,'2021-11-23 15:39:23','2021-11-23 21:39:23','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. Effective immediately, UT Martin officers will patrol campus with a solid blue light illuminated on top of all marked UT Martin police cars after sunset.\r\n\r\n“We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety. “When driving by campus, you do not have to yield to the UT Martin police cars when in a solid blue status. We will continue to use the standard flashing lights and siren for emergencies and traffic stops,” Belew added.\r\n\r\nUT Martin officers are on patrol 24/7 and available at 731-881-7777. For more information about Operation Blue Light, contact Belew at <a href=\"mailto:mbelew3@utm.edu\">mbelew3@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin public safety initiates Operation Blue Light','','inherit','closed','closed','','3654-revision-v1','','','2021-11-23 15:39:23','2021-11-23 21:39:23','',3654,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/23/3654-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3657,7,'2021-11-23 15:39:44','2021-11-23 21:39:44','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. Effective immediately, UT Martin officers will patrol campus with a solid blue light illuminated on top of all marked UT Martin police cars after sunset.\r\n<blockquote> “We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety.</blockquote>\r\n“We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety. “When driving by campus, you do not have to yield to the UT Martin police cars when in a solid blue status. We will continue to use the standard flashing lights and siren for emergencies and traffic stops,” Belew added.\r\n\r\nUT Martin officers are on patrol 24/7 and available at 731-881-7777. For more information about Operation Blue Light, contact Belew at <a href=\"mailto:mbelew3@utm.edu\">mbelew3@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin public safety initiates Operation Blue Light','','inherit','closed','closed','','3654-autosave-v1','','','2021-11-23 15:39:44','2021-11-23 21:39:44','',3654,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/23/3654-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3658,7,'2021-11-23 15:39:55','2021-11-23 21:39:55','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. Effective immediately, UT Martin officers will patrol campus with a solid blue light illuminated on top of all marked UT Martin police cars after sunset.\r\n<blockquote> “We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety.</blockquote>\r\n“We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety. “When driving by campus, you do not have to yield to the UT Martin police cars when in a solid blue status. We will continue to use the standard flashing lights and siren for emergencies and traffic stops,” Belew added.\r\n\r\nUT Martin officers are on patrol 24/7 and available at 731-881-7777. For more information about Operation Blue Light, contact Belew at <a href=\"mailto:mbelew3@utm.edu\">mbelew3@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin public safety initiates Operation Blue Light','','inherit','closed','closed','','3654-revision-v1','','','2021-11-23 15:39:55','2021-11-23 21:39:55','',3654,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/23/3654-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3659,7,'2021-11-23 15:40:10','2021-11-23 21:40:10','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. Effective immediately, UT Martin officers will patrol campus with a solid blue light illuminated on top of all marked UT Martin police cars after sunset.\r\n<blockquote> “We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety.</blockquote>\r\n“We hope Operation Blue Light will bring additional patrol visibility to the campus, as well as allow students to see where we are in case any assistance is needed,” said Chief Monte Belew, UT Martin director of public safety. “When driving by campus, you do not have to yield to the UT Martin police cars when in a solid blue status. We will continue to use the standard flashing lights and siren for emergencies and traffic stops,” Belew added.\r\n\r\nUT Martin officers are on patrol 24/7 and available at 731-881-7777. For more information about Operation Blue Light, contact Belew at <a href=\"mailto:mbelew3@utm.edu\">mbelew3@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin public safety initiates Operation Blue Light','The Department of Public Safety at the University of Tennessee at Martin is initiating a new program called Operation Blue Light. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3654-revision-v1','','','2021-11-23 15:40:10','2021-11-23 21:40:10','',3654,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/23/3654-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3660,7,'2021-11-24 13:24:37','2021-11-24 19:24:37','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 37th-annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 9-12 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex. The event is open to the public 6-9 p.m., Dec. 9-10; 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Dec. 11; and 1-5 p.m., Dec. 12.\r\n\r\nThe event is free to attend; however, visitors are encouraged to donate $5-worth of canned foods or an unopened children’s toy to benefit local families in need.\r\n\r\nSanta’s Village will include the traditional forest of lights and MTD model train display, along with a petting zoo and carnival rides provided by Pope’s Amusement Rides. Santa will make his annual appearance to visit local children. An arts and crafts vendor fair will also be held during the event.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the city of Martin Parks and Recreation Department at 731-587-6784.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Santa\'s Village runs Dec. 9-12 at UT Martin','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 37th-annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 9-12 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex. ','publish','closed','closed','','santas-village-runs-dec-9-12-at-ut-martin','','','2021-11-27 11:02:23','2021-11-27 17:02:23','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3660',0,'post','',0),(3661,7,'2021-11-24 13:24:12','2021-11-24 19:24:12','','12122019_SantasVillage028','Pictured in this 2019 file photo is a scene from Santa’s Village. ','inherit','closed','closed','','12122019_santasvillage028','','','2021-11-24 13:24:34','2021-11-24 19:24:34','',3660,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/12122019_SantasVillage028.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3662,7,'2021-11-24 13:24:37','2021-11-24 19:24:37','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 37th-annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 9-12 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex. The event is open to the public 6-9 p.m., Dec. 9-10; 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Dec. 11; and 1-5 p.m., Dec. 12.\r\n\r\nThe event is free to attend; however, visitors are encouraged to donate $5-worth of canned foods or an unopened children’s toy to benefit local families in need.\r\n\r\nSanta’s Village will include the traditional forest of lights and MTD model train display, along with a petting zoo and carnival rides provided by Pope’s Amusement Rides. Santa will make his annual appearance to visit local children. An arts and crafts vendor fair will also be held during the event.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the city of Martin Parks and Recreation Department at 731-587-6784.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Santa\'s Village runs Dec. 9-12 at UT Martin','','inherit','closed','closed','','3660-revision-v1','','','2021-11-24 13:24:37','2021-11-24 19:24:37','',3660,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/24/3660-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3663,7,'2021-11-27 10:58:19','2021-11-27 16:58:19','Three students from the University of Tennessee at Martin won second place Nov. 12 at the Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Conference. The annual conference, which met in Gatlinburg, allows computer science students to present their undergraduate research and get to know regional professionals.\r\n\r\nThe students on the 2nd place team are Kelsey Morris, of Milan, Randy DePriest, of Alamo, and Mason Bearden, of Lexington. All team members are seniors and won a certificate along with a $50 prize.\r\n\r\nTheir project was a game called \"Mark the Mighty,\" which is a web-based combat role-playing game built in Google Firebase and Unity. Some features implemented into the game include traps, a high-score feature and a cave for the player to explore.\r\n\r\nTo play the students\' game, visit <a href=\"https://mark-the-mighty.firebaseapp.com/\">https://mark-the-mighty.firebaseapp.com/</a>. For more information about the conference, contact Dr. Kathleen Ericson, associate professor of computer science, at <a href=\"mailto:kericson@utm.edu\">kericson@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7587.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin students place second in computer science conference Nov. 12','Three students from the University of Tennessee at Martin won second place Nov. 12 at the Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Conference. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-students-place-second-in-computer-science-conference-nov-12','','','2021-11-27 10:58:51','2021-11-27 16:58:51','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3663',0,'post','',0),(3664,7,'2021-11-27 10:55:10','2021-11-27 16:55:10','','Computer Science_Photo 2021','The students on the 2nd place team are (l,r) Kelsey Morris, of Milan, Mason Bearden, of Lexington, and Randy DePriest, of Alamo. Also pictured is Bob Bradley, UT Martin computer science instructor. ','inherit','closed','closed','','computer-science_photo-2021','','','2021-11-27 10:58:09','2021-11-27 16:58:09','',3663,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Computer-Science_Photo-2021.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3665,7,'2021-11-27 10:58:19','2021-11-27 16:58:19','Three students from the University of Tennessee at Martin won second place Nov. 12 at the Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Conference. The annual conference, which met in Gatlinburg, allows computer science students to present their undergraduate research and get to know regional professionals.\r\n\r\nThe students on the 2nd place team are Kelsey Morris, of Milan, Randy DePriest, of Alamo, and Mason Bearden, of Lexington. All team members are seniors and won a certificate along with a $50 prize.\r\n\r\nTheir project was a game called \"Mark the Mighty,\" which is a web-based combat role-playing game built in Google Firebase and Unity. Some features implemented into the game include traps, a high-score feature and a cave for the player to explore.\r\n\r\nTo play the students\' game, visit <a href=\"https://mark-the-mighty.firebaseapp.com/\">https://mark-the-mighty.firebaseapp.com/</a>. For more information about the conference, contact Dr. Kathleen Ericson, associate professor of computer science, at <a href=\"mailto:kericson@utm.edu\">kericson@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7587.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin students place second in computer science conference Nov. 12','Three students from the University of Tennessee at Martin won second place Nov. 12 at the Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Conference. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3663-revision-v1','','','2021-11-27 10:58:19','2021-11-27 16:58:19','',3663,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/27/3663-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3666,7,'2021-11-27 11:02:23','2021-11-27 17:02:23','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 37th-annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 9-12 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex. The event is open to the public 6-9 p.m., Dec. 9-10; 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Dec. 11; and 1-5 p.m., Dec. 12.\r\n\r\nThe event is free to attend; however, visitors are encouraged to donate $5-worth of canned foods or an unopened children’s toy to benefit local families in need.\r\n\r\nSanta’s Village will include the traditional forest of lights and MTD model train display, along with a petting zoo and carnival rides provided by Pope’s Amusement Rides. Santa will make his annual appearance to visit local children. An arts and crafts vendor fair will also be held during the event.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the city of Martin Parks and Recreation Department at 731-587-6784.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Santa\'s Village runs Dec. 9-12 at UT Martin','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 37th-annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 9-12 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3660-revision-v1','','','2021-11-27 11:02:23','2021-11-27 17:02:23','',3660,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/27/3660-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3667,7,'2021-11-29 14:12:10','2021-11-29 20:12:10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold fall commencement in three separate in-person ceremonies Dec. 10-11 on the Martin campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10, and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11. Tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, and masks are encouraged but not required. Doors will open 45 minutes before each ceremony begins. Guests are asked to clear Skyhawk Arena for cleaning within 30 minutes after each ceremony ends.\r\n\r\nFriday’s ceremony will feature students receiving graduate degrees; the 10 a.m. Saturday program will feature graduates from the colleges of education and behavioral sciences and fine arts; and the 1 p.m. Saturday ceremony will include graduates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, business and global affairs, and engineering and natural sciences.\r\n\r\nAll three commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>. The ceremonies will be archived for later viewing on YouTube and will also be broadcast live in Skyhawk Fieldhouse located adjacent to the Elam Center, which will allow up to 350 additional guests to view the commencements. While tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, additional tickets will not be required to access Skyhawk Fieldhouse.\r\n\r\nDr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will preside over the commencement ceremonies and offer the commencement address and confer degrees. Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will recognize honors graduates. David McBeth, professor of art, will serve as the commencement mace bearer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, several speakers will appear virtually: the Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, will offer the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd will offer greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, Tennessee, and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, Kentucky, will each address the graduating class. Each ceremony will close with the Alma Mater performed by the UTM Virtual Choir, recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n\r\nAdditional information is available by calling the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin in-person commencement set Dec. 10-11','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold fall commencement in three separate in-person ceremonies Dec. 10-11 on the Martin campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-in-person-commencement-set-dec-10-11','','','2021-11-29 14:12:52','2021-11-29 20:12:52','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3667',0,'post','',0),(3668,7,'2021-11-29 14:05:20','2021-11-29 20:05:20','','2019_FallCommencement','Pictured is UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, fall commencement speaker. ','inherit','closed','closed','','2019_fallcommencement','','','2021-11-29 14:11:52','2021-11-29 20:11:52','',3667,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2019_FallCommencement.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3669,7,'2021-11-29 14:12:10','2021-11-29 20:12:10','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold fall commencement in three separate in-person ceremonies Dec. 10-11 on the Martin campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10, and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11. Tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, and masks are encouraged but not required. Doors will open 45 minutes before each ceremony begins. Guests are asked to clear Skyhawk Arena for cleaning within 30 minutes after each ceremony ends.\r\n\r\nFriday’s ceremony will feature students receiving graduate degrees; the 10 a.m. Saturday program will feature graduates from the colleges of education and behavioral sciences and fine arts; and the 1 p.m. Saturday ceremony will include graduates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, business and global affairs, and engineering and natural sciences.\r\n\r\nAll three commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>. The ceremonies will be archived for later viewing on YouTube and will also be broadcast live in Skyhawk Fieldhouse located adjacent to the Elam Center, which will allow up to 350 additional guests to view the commencements. While tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, additional tickets will not be required to access Skyhawk Fieldhouse.\r\n\r\nDr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will preside over the commencement ceremonies and offer the commencement address and confer degrees. Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will recognize honors graduates. David McBeth, professor of art, will serve as the commencement mace bearer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, several speakers will appear virtually: the Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, will offer the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd will offer greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, Tennessee, and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, Kentucky, will each address the graduating class. Each ceremony will close with the Alma Mater performed by the UTM Virtual Choir, recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n\r\nAdditional information is available by calling the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin in-person commencement set Dec. 10-11','','inherit','closed','closed','','3667-revision-v1','','','2021-11-29 14:12:10','2021-11-29 20:12:10','',3667,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/29/3667-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3670,7,'2021-11-29 14:12:52','2021-11-29 20:12:52','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold fall commencement in three separate in-person ceremonies Dec. 10-11 on the Martin campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10, and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11. Tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, and masks are encouraged but not required. Doors will open 45 minutes before each ceremony begins. Guests are asked to clear Skyhawk Arena for cleaning within 30 minutes after each ceremony ends.\r\n\r\nFriday’s ceremony will feature students receiving graduate degrees; the 10 a.m. Saturday program will feature graduates from the colleges of education and behavioral sciences and fine arts; and the 1 p.m. Saturday ceremony will include graduates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, business and global affairs, and engineering and natural sciences.\r\n\r\nAll three commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>. The ceremonies will be archived for later viewing on YouTube and will also be broadcast live in Skyhawk Fieldhouse located adjacent to the Elam Center, which will allow up to 350 additional guests to view the commencements. While tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, additional tickets will not be required to access Skyhawk Fieldhouse.\r\n\r\nDr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will preside over the commencement ceremonies and offer the commencement address and confer degrees. Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will recognize honors graduates. David McBeth, professor of art, will serve as the commencement mace bearer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, several speakers will appear virtually: the Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, will offer the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd will offer greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, Tennessee, and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, Kentucky, will each address the graduating class. Each ceremony will close with the Alma Mater performed by the UTM Virtual Choir, recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n\r\nAdditional information is available by calling the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin in-person commencement set Dec. 10-11','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold fall commencement in three separate in-person ceremonies Dec. 10-11 on the Martin campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3667-revision-v1','','','2021-11-29 14:12:52','2021-11-29 20:12:52','',3667,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/29/3667-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3671,7,'2021-11-30 11:24:16','2021-11-30 17:24:16','Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science in the University of Tennessee at Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, will discuss recent research in UT Martin’s veterinary science and veterinary health technology programs at 6 p.m., Dec. 7, at the Martin Public Library. His presentation is part of the UT Martin Research Series, sponsored by the Paul Meek Library. Walker, a veterinarian, will cover how research initiatives inform student learning and influence the evolving work of veterinarians in caring for pets and companion animals. The presentation will include discussion of the top medical conditions for dogs and cats.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is one of only 30 institutions in the country to offer four-year academic instruction in veterinary health technology, with students completing on-site, hands-on internship experiences at regional veterinary hospitals, clinics and laboratories.\r\n\r\nWalker is the past president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association and was awarded the Elsevier Award for Teaching Excellence in 2017 from the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Walker’s presentation is open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Martin Public Library, the Friends of the Martin Public Library, the UT Martin Division of Academic Affairs, and the Paul Meek Library.  For more information, contact Dr. Erik Nordberg, dean of the Paul Meek Library, at 731-881-7070, or Jenny Claiborne, Martin Public Library Youth and Children’s Services director, at 731-587-3148.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Companion-animal health to be discussed Dec. 7','Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science in the University of Tennessee at Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, will discuss recent research in UT Martin’s veterinary science and veterinary health technology programs at 6 p.m., Dec. 7, at the Martin Public Library.','publish','closed','closed','','companion-animal-health-to-be-discussed-dec-7','','','2021-11-30 11:24:37','2021-11-30 17:24:37','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3671',0,'post','',0),(3672,7,'2021-11-30 11:22:58','2021-11-30 17:22:58','','07082015_DannyWalkerTestimonial01','Pictured is Dr. Danny Walker, UT Martin associate professor of animal science. ','inherit','closed','closed','','07082015_dannywalkertestimonial01','','','2021-11-30 11:24:13','2021-11-30 17:24:13','',3671,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/07082015_DannyWalkerTestimonial01.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3673,7,'2021-11-30 11:24:16','2021-11-30 17:24:16','Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science in the University of Tennessee at Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, will discuss recent research in UT Martin’s veterinary science and veterinary health technology programs at 6 p.m., Dec. 7, at the Martin Public Library. His presentation is part of the UT Martin Research Series, sponsored by the Paul Meek Library. Walker, a veterinarian, will cover how research initiatives inform student learning and influence the evolving work of veterinarians in caring for pets and companion animals. The presentation will include discussion of the top medical conditions for dogs and cats.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is one of only 30 institutions in the country to offer four-year academic instruction in veterinary health technology, with students completing on-site, hands-on internship experiences at regional veterinary hospitals, clinics and laboratories.\r\n\r\nWalker is the past president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association and was awarded the Elsevier Award for Teaching Excellence in 2017 from the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Walker’s presentation is open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Martin Public Library, the Friends of the Martin Public Library, the UT Martin Division of Academic Affairs, and the Paul Meek Library.  For more information, contact Dr. Erik Nordberg, dean of the Paul Meek Library, at 731-881-7070, or Jenny Claiborne, Martin Public Library Youth and Children’s Services director, at 731-587-3148.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Companion-animal health to be discussed Dec. 7','Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science in the University of Tennessee at Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, will discuss recent research in UT Martin’s veterinary science and veterinary health technology programs at 6 p.m., Dec. 7, at the Martin Public Library.','inherit','closed','closed','','3671-revision-v1','','','2021-11-30 11:24:16','2021-11-30 17:24:16','',3671,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/11/30/3671-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3676,7,'2021-12-07 14:30:23','2021-12-07 20:30:23','','ReedCenter','','inherit','closed','closed','','reedcenter','','','2021-12-07 14:30:23','2021-12-07 20:30:23','',3675,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ReedCenter.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3677,7,'2021-12-07 14:30:49','2021-12-07 20:30:49','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Regional Entrepreneurial and Economic Development (REED) Center is one of three entities to be awarded a grant through the Small Business Administration’s inaugural Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition. The UT Martin REED Center joined the Southern Illinois Research Park at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (CEED) in applying for the $150,000 award.\r\n\r\nAs the lead applicant, the SIU Southern Illinois Research Park Corporation will split the award with UT Martin and Murray State to develop a sustainable rural partnership network and a research and development ecosystem in the north delta region.\r\n\r\nThe partnership of the three centers will focus on increasing awareness of SBIR opportunities, connecting business and industry owners with university researchers, and enhancing the success of SBIR proposals submitted by underrepresented, rural small businesses.\r\n\r\nThe project will also target STEM technology and innovation and will work to bring awareness and networks, resources and support to rural entrepreneurs for commercialization through training, workshops and other assistance. The project will also connect entrepreneurs with university researchers, industry partners and government funding sources and expertise.\r\n\r\nThis collaborative partnership was generated through the recent establishment of the North Delta Economic Alliance. This alliance of Delta Leadership Network partners in the northern area of the Delta Regional Authority footprint are working to establish regional sustainability in economic and academic growth.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n“Participation in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute ultimately resulted in collaboration of the UT Martin, SIU and Murray State supported entrepreneurial centers.  Through bi-weekly discussions of the recently formed North Delta Economic Alliance, it became apparent each of our rural centers are experiencing similar circumstances related to entrepreneurial growth and economic development,” said Landy Fuqua, director of UT Martin’s REED Center.  “We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”\r\n\r\nThe REED Center, home to the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), was established to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. The center serves as a hub of information for prospective entrepreneurs and owners of existing small businesses who need individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Landy Fuqua at 731-587-7333 or email <a href=\"mailto:reed@utm.edu\">reed@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grant enhances small business innovation','','inherit','closed','closed','','3675-revision-v1','','','2021-12-07 14:30:49','2021-12-07 20:30:49','',3675,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/07/3675-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3678,7,'2021-12-07 14:31:04','2021-12-07 20:31:04','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Regional Entrepreneurial and Economic Development (REED) Center is one of three entities to be awarded a grant through the Small Business Administration’s inaugural Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition. The UT Martin REED Center joined the Southern Illinois Research Park at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (CEED) in applying for the $150,000 award.\n\nAs the lead applicant, the SIU Southern Illinois Research Park Corporation will split the award with UT Martin and Murray State to develop a sustainable rural partnership network and a research and development ecosystem in the north delta region.\n\nThe partnership of the three centers will focus on increasing awareness of SBIR opportunities, connecting business and industry owners with university researchers, and enhancing the success of SBIR proposals submitted by underrepresented, rural small businesses.\n\nThe project will also target STEM technology and innovation and will work to bring awareness and networks, resources and support to rural entrepreneurs for commercialization through training, workshops and other assistance. The project will also connect entrepreneurs with university researchers, industry partners and government funding sources and expertise.\n\nThis collaborative partnership was generated through the recent establishment of the North Delta Economic Alliance. This alliance of Delta Leadership Network partners in the northern area of the Delta Regional Authority footprint are working to establish regional sustainability in economic and academic growth.\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n“Participation in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute ultimately resulted in collaboration of the UT Martin, SIU and Murray State supported entrepreneurial centers.  Through bi-weekly discussions of the recently formed North Delta Economic Alliance, it became apparent each of our rural centers are experiencing similar circumstances related to entrepreneurial growth and economic development,” said Landy Fuqua, director of UT Martin’s REED Center.  “We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”\n\nThe REED Center, home to the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), was established to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. The center serves as a hub of information for prospective entrepreneurs and owners of existing small businesses who need individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\n\nFor more information, contact Landy Fuqua at 731-587-7333 or email <a href=\"mailto:reed@utm.edu\">reed@utm.edu</a>.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grant enhances small business innovation','','inherit','closed','closed','','3675-autosave-v1','','','2021-12-07 14:31:04','2021-12-07 20:31:04','',3675,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/07/3675-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3679,7,'2021-12-07 14:31:17','2021-12-07 20:31:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Regional Entrepreneurial and Economic Development (REED) Center is one of three entities to be awarded a grant through the Small Business Administration’s inaugural Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition. The UT Martin REED Center joined the Southern Illinois Research Park at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (CEED) in applying for the $150,000 award.\r\n\r\nAs the lead applicant, the SIU Southern Illinois Research Park Corporation will split the award with UT Martin and Murray State to develop a sustainable rural partnership network and a research and development ecosystem in the north delta region.\r\n\r\nThe partnership of the three centers will focus on increasing awareness of SBIR opportunities, connecting business and industry owners with university researchers, and enhancing the success of SBIR proposals submitted by underrepresented, rural small businesses.\r\n\r\nThe project will also target STEM technology and innovation and will work to bring awareness and networks, resources and support to rural entrepreneurs for commercialization through training, workshops and other assistance. The project will also connect entrepreneurs with university researchers, industry partners and government funding sources and expertise.\r\n\r\nThis collaborative partnership was generated through the recent establishment of the North Delta Economic Alliance. This alliance of Delta Leadership Network partners in the northern area of the Delta Regional Authority footprint are working to establish regional sustainability in economic and academic growth.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n“Participation in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute ultimately resulted in collaboration of the UT Martin, SIU and Murray State supported entrepreneurial centers.  Through bi-weekly discussions of the recently formed North Delta Economic Alliance, it became apparent each of our rural centers are experiencing similar circumstances related to entrepreneurial growth and economic development,” said Landy Fuqua, director of UT Martin’s REED Center.  “We are so thankful for the inclusion of our center by SIU and Murray State in this partnership to bring more awareness of the SBIR opportunities in our rural communities.”\r\n\r\nThe REED Center, home to the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), was established to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. The center serves as a hub of information for prospective entrepreneurs and owners of existing small businesses who need individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Landy Fuqua at 731-587-7333 or email <a href=\"mailto:reed@utm.edu\">reed@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grant enhances small business innovation','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Regional Entrepreneurial and Economic Development (REED) Center is one of three entities to be awarded a grant through the Small Business Administration’s inaugural Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3675-revision-v1','','','2021-12-07 14:31:17','2021-12-07 20:31:17','',3675,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/07/3675-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3680,7,'2021-12-08 08:14:31','2021-12-08 14:14:31','The University of Tennessee at Martin has named Abigail Donald as the recipient of the fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee award for her outstanding job performance and dedication to the university.\r\n\r\nDonald is a senior social work major from Missoula, Montana, who works for the Office of Campus Recreation. She serves as a supervisor for the campus recreation facilities, intramural sports and special events. Donald also officiates all intramural sports offered on campus and works hard to make sure that all of the rules are applied fairly. She has officiated approximately 150 intramural sports activities since beginning the position.\r\n<blockquote>“Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”</blockquote>\r\n“Abigail is at her best when meeting and greeting our patrons and our public. For example, when we need assistance for a special event like Senior Preview Days, she is always one of the first people we call because she is so friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about campus recreation and the university in general,” said Eric Simmons, assistant director of campus recreation, in Donald’s nomination letter. “Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”\r\n\r\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. The award recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. The award, which consists of a plaque and $1,000 check, is given each semester to a student nominated by his or her supervising office or department.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Donald named fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee','The University of Tennessee at Martin has named Abigail Donald as the recipient of the fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee award for her outstanding job performance and dedication to the university.\r\n\r\n','publish','closed','closed','','donald-named-fall-2021-beth-maloan-outstanding-student-employee','','','2021-12-08 08:24:59','2021-12-08 14:24:59','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3680',0,'post','',0),(3681,7,'2021-12-08 08:11:36','2021-12-08 14:11:36','','BethMaloan','','inherit','closed','closed','','bethmaloan','','','2021-12-08 08:11:36','2021-12-08 14:11:36','',3680,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/BethMaloan.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3682,7,'2021-12-08 08:14:31','2021-12-08 14:14:31','The University of Tennessee at Martin has named Abigail Donald as the recipient of the fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee award for her outstanding job performance and dedication to the university.\r\n\r\nDonald is a senior social work major from Missoula, Montana, who works for the Office of Campus Recreation. She serves as a supervisor for the campus recreation facilities, intramural sports and special events. Donald also officiates all intramural sports offered on campus and works hard to make sure that all of the rules are applied fairly. She has officiated approximately 150 intramural sports activities since beginning the position.\r\n<blockquote>“Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”</blockquote>\r\n“Abigail is at her best when meeting and greeting our patrons and our public. For example, when we need assistance for a special event like Senior Preview Days, she is always one of the first people we call because she is so friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about campus recreation and the university in general,” said Eric Simmons, assistant director of campus recreation, in Donald’s nomination letter. “Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”\r\n\r\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. The award recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. The award, which consists of a plaque and $1,000 check, is given each semester to a student nominated by his or her supervising office or department.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','','The University of Tennessee at Martin has named Abigail Donald as the recipient of the fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee award for her outstanding job performance and dedication to the university.\r\n\r\n','inherit','closed','closed','','3680-revision-v1','','','2021-12-08 08:14:31','2021-12-08 14:14:31','',3680,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/08/3680-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3683,7,'2021-12-08 08:22:57','2021-12-08 14:22:57','The University of Tennessee at Martin has named Abigail Donald as the recipient of the fall 2021 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee award for her outstanding job performance and dedication to the university.\n\nDonald is a senior social work major from Missoula, Montana, who works for the Office of Campus Recreation. She serves as a supervisor for the campus recreation facilities, intramural sports and special events. Donald also officiates all intramural sports offered on campus and works hard to make sure that all of the rules are applied fairly. She has officiated approximately 150 intramural sports activities since beginning the position.\n<blockquote>“Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”</blockquote>\n“Abigail is at her best when meeting and greeting our patrons and our public. For example, when we need assistance for a special event like Senior Preview Days, she is always one of the first people we call because she is so friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about campus recreation and the university in general,” said Eric Simmons, assistant director of campus recreation, in Donald’s nomination letter. “Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”\n\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. The award recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. 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She serves as a supervisor for the campus recreation facilities, intramural sports and special events. Donald also officiates all intramural sports offered on campus and works hard to make sure that all of the rules are applied fairly. She has officiated approximately 150 intramural sports activities since beginning the position.\r\n<blockquote>“Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”</blockquote>\r\n“Abigail is at her best when meeting and greeting our patrons and our public. For example, when we need assistance for a special event like Senior Preview Days, she is always one of the first people we call because she is so friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about campus recreation and the university in general,” said Eric Simmons, assistant director of campus recreation, in Donald’s nomination letter. “Abigail is a wonderful student worker/supervisor who continually exhibits the ability to go above and beyond, whether her role is in intramural sports, facilities management or special events.”\r\n\r\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. The award recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. 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The Union City, Tennessee, native received her mass media and strategic communication degree Saturday during the second of three commencement ceremonies held at 10 a.m. at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Youngblood will have a short time to celebrate as she moves to Paducah, Kentucky, to start a multimedia journalist position for WPSD Local 6.\r\n\r\nThe separate commencement ceremonies Dec. 10-11 provided social-distancing options for in-person participants and attendees. Those unable to attend or who chose not to participate in person were honored virtually as the ceremonies ended. All ceremonies were livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 63 Tennessee counties, 25 states and three countries outside of the U.S. In-person participants for the three ceremonies totaled 332 graduates, and another 301 graduates were recognized virtually.\r\n<blockquote>“I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nYoungblood is a Union City High School graduate whose parents, Nelson and Clarissa, are both educators for Union City Schools. She transferred to UT Martin after completing her first year of college at another university and continued to pursue her interest in the communications field. “I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said. “As I got older and I found that I could turn that into a career, it was a no-brainer.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to her classes, Youngblood gained practical experience as she worked at the student radio station WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” and UTM-TV. She also grew as a leader in Summer Orientation and Registration for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the university’s Peer-Enabling Program that helps freshmen adjust to college life. “When students would come to me with issues that they had and things that I\'d never experienced, learning how to find a solution that would help them was probably the most important thing that I learned,” she said.\r\n\r\nPreparation met opportunity toward the end of her time at the university when she had to pick an organization that she wanted to work for as part of a class project. She chose WPSD, “And then literally later that week after I made the decision and had started doing research, Dr. (Richard) Robinson calls me in his office, and he\'s like, ‘Jasmine, I think you should try to work at WPSD. … I think you should try to get in there.’” Robinson, professor and WUTM adviser, knew about two station openings, recommended Youngblood, and the graduating senior was eventually hired as a multimedia journalist, a position that aligns well with her storytelling skills.\r\n\r\n“My job would be coming up with stories, finding stories that I want to tell in the community, and then I would make that story a reality from start to finish,” she said. “I would pick who I was going to interview, do the interview, shoot all the footage. I would bring it back to the station and edit it myself to make a package for the newscast.\"\r\n\r\n“And then I would also write a web version of that same story, so it\'s pretty hands on as far as every aspect of writing a successful story.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood said that the biggest change for her will be audience size as she transitions from reaching a campus audience to communicating with thousands of households served by the station. However, the new graduate is ready for the challenge and credits some key mentors for achieving her dream.\r\n\r\n“Definitely my family, my parents in particular,” she said. “They were very strong advocates for getting me to actually pursue what I wanted to do, because it\'s kind of hard to pursue a career where you\'re going to be more so a talent or like a personality. It can be a little daunting to jump into an industry like that.”\r\n\r\nShe’s also grateful to the mass media and strategic communications faculty members, especially Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed. “Those two have been behind me hard, like my entire three years that I\'ve been here,” she said. “They just kept me motivated and kept pushing me to be the person that I am today, so I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate the both of them.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood took the next step to the professional world when she joined fellow graduates, faculty members and other attendees as Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, presided over commencement and conferred degrees. He opened the ceremony with a moment of silence for those affected by the deadly storms that occurred Friday evening and overnight across the region. Carver later delivered the commencement address, which he titled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago,” his list of life lessons that address both personal and professional success.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-3687 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12112021_FallCommencement10AM019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"486\" />\r\n\r\n“Every decision you make in life impacts someone else,” he told the audience. “Think about the implications of every choice you make.” He reminded the graduates that a job isn’t just about them but also others in the workplace. “The opportunity to have your job is a true privilege. Treat your coworkers and colleagues with care, as equals,” he said. “Success is earned best by working together as a team.”\r\n\r\nCarver advised against idle talk both at work and in the community. “Idle talk is useless in the workplace and in our communities. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.” He urged graduates instead to focus on becoming assets to their bosses and be willing to take on tasks no matter the size. “No task you’ll ever encounter is too small for you. Humility is a wonderful thing.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded graduates that no one in an organization is irreplaceable and that everyone has a first name. “All people have worth, all people have value, and all people deserve our respect,” Carver said. “It is essential that we know the people around us who are investing in our success and the success of our communities. Get to know their interests, get to know their joys, get to know their pain, but most of all invest in them.”\r\n\r\nCarver urged each to do his or her best when facing a task and to keep priorities in order by taking time to have dinner with family. “You’ll never complete all the to-do items on your list at the office or at the workplace each day, but it is essential that we invest in those that we love and who love us,” he said. “The work will always be there. It’s important to build our relationship with those who bring us joy and renewal, too.”\r\n<blockquote>“Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed with a reminder to always do what’s right. “When you don’t know what to do, remember to do no harm until you do. 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The Union City, Tennessee, native received her mass media and strategic communication degree Saturday during the second of three commencement ceremonies held at 10 a.m. at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Youngblood will have a short time to celebrate as she moves to Paducah, Kentucky, to start a multimedia journalist position for WPSD Local 6.\r\n\r\nThe separate commencement ceremonies Dec. 10-11 provided social-distancing options for in-person participants and attendees. Those unable to attend or who chose not to participate in person were honored virtually as the ceremonies ended. All ceremonies were livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 63 Tennessee counties, 25 states and three countries outside of the U.S. In-person participants for the three ceremonies totaled 332 graduates, and another 301 graduates were recognized virtually.\r\n<blockquote>“I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nYoungblood is a Union City High School graduate whose parents, Nelson and Clarissa, are both educators for Union City Schools. She transferred to UT Martin after completing her first year of college at another university and continued to pursue her interest in the communications field. “I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said. “As I got older and I found that I could turn that into a career, it was a no-brainer.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to her classes, Youngblood gained practical experience as she worked at the student radio station WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” and UTM-TV. She also grew as a leader in Summer Orientation and Registration for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the university’s Peer-Enabling Program that helps freshmen adjust to college life. “When students would come to me with issues that they had and things that I\'d never experienced, learning how to find a solution that would help them was probably the most important thing that I learned,” she said.\r\n\r\nPreparation met opportunity toward the end of her time at the university when she had to pick an organization that she wanted to work for as part of a class project. She chose WPSD, “And then literally later that week after I made the decision and had started doing research, Dr. (Richard) Robinson calls me in his office, and he\'s like, ‘Jasmine, I think you should try to work at WPSD. … I think you should try to get in there.’” Robinson, professor and WUTM adviser, knew about two station openings, recommended Youngblood, and the graduating senior was eventually hired as a multimedia journalist, a position that aligns well with her storytelling skills.\r\n\r\n“My job would be coming up with stories, finding stories that I want to tell in the community, and then I would make that story a reality from start to finish,” she said. “I would pick who I was going to interview, do the interview, shoot all the footage. I would bring it back to the station and edit it myself to make a package for the newscast.\"\r\n\r\n“And then I would also write a web version of that same story, so it\'s pretty hands on as far as every aspect of writing a successful story.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood said that the biggest change for her will be audience size as she transitions from reaching a campus audience to communicating with thousands of households served by the station. However, the new graduate is ready for the challenge and credits some key mentors for achieving her dream.\r\n\r\n“Definitely my family, my parents in particular,” she said. “They were very strong advocates for getting me to actually pursue what I wanted to do, because it\'s kind of hard to pursue a career where you\'re going to be more so a talent or like a personality. It can be a little daunting to jump into an industry like that.”\r\n\r\nShe’s also grateful to the mass media and strategic communications faculty members, especially Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed. “Those two have been behind me hard, like my entire three years that I\'ve been here,” she said. “They just kept me motivated and kept pushing me to be the person that I am today, so I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate the both of them.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood took the next step to the professional world when she joined fellow graduates, faculty members and other attendees as Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, presided over commencement and conferred degrees. He opened the ceremony with a moment of silence for those affected by the deadly storms that occurred Friday evening and overnight across the region. Carver later delivered the commencement address, which he titled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago,” his list of life lessons that address both personal and professional success.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3687\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12112021_FallCommencement10AM019.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“Every decision you make in life impacts someone else,” he told the audience. “Think about the implications of every choice you make.” He reminded the graduates that a job isn’t just about them but also others in the workplace. “The opportunity to have your job is a true privilege. Treat your coworkers and colleagues with care, as equals,” he said. “Success is earned best by working together as a team.”\r\n\r\nCarver advised against idle talk both at work and in the community. “Idle talk is useless in the workplace and in our communities. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.” He urged graduates instead to focus on becoming assets to their bosses and be willing to take on tasks no matter the size. “No task you’ll ever encounter is too small for you. Humility is a wonderful thing.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded graduates that no one in an organization is irreplaceable and that everyone has a first name. “All people have worth, all people have value, and all people deserve our respect,” Carver said. “It is essential that we know the people around us who are investing in our success and the success of our communities. Get to know their interests, get to know their joys, get to know their pain, but most of all invest in them.”\r\n\r\nCarver urged each to do his or her best when facing a task and to keep priorities in order by taking time to have dinner with family. “You’ll never complete all the to-do items on your list at the office or at the workplace each day, but it is essential that we invest in those that we love and who love us,” he said. “The work will always be there. It’s important to build our relationship with those who bring us joy and renewal, too.”\r\n<blockquote>“Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed with a reminder to always do what’s right. “When you don’t know what to do, remember to do no harm until you do. Find good, trusted mentors and seek their counsel,” Carver said. “Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”\r\n\r\nEach ceremony featured several speakers who appeared virtually on Skyhawk Arena’s digital board. The Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, offered the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd provided greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner offered good wishes to the graduating class. 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Youngblood will have a short time to celebrate as she moves to Paducah, Kentucky, to start a multimedia journalist position for WPSD Local 6.\r\n\r\nThe separate commencement ceremonies Dec. 10-11 provided social-distancing options for in-person participants and attendees. Those unable to attend or who chose not to participate in person were honored virtually as the ceremonies ended. All ceremonies were livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 63 Tennessee counties, 25 states and three countries outside of the U.S. In-person participants for the three ceremonies totaled 332 graduates, and another 301 graduates were recognized virtually.\r\n<blockquote>“I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nYoungblood is a Union City High School graduate whose parents, Nelson and Clarissa, are both educators for Union City Schools. She transferred to UT Martin after completing her first year of college at another university and continued to pursue her interest in the communications field. “I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said. “As I got older and I found that I could turn that into a career, it was a no-brainer.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to her classes, Youngblood gained practical experience as she worked at the student radio station WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” and UTM-TV. She also grew as a leader in Summer Orientation and Registration for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the university’s Peer-Enabling Program that helps freshmen adjust to college life. “When students would come to me with issues that they had and things that I\'d never experienced, learning how to find a solution that would help them was probably the most important thing that I learned,” she said.\r\n\r\nPreparation met opportunity toward the end of her time at the university when she had to pick an organization that she wanted to work for as part of a class project. She chose WPSD, “And then literally later that week after I made the decision and had started doing research, Dr. (Richard) Robinson calls me in his office, and he\'s like, ‘Jasmine, I think you should try to work at WPSD. … I think you should try to get in there.’” Robinson, professor and WUTM adviser, knew about two station openings, recommended Youngblood, and the graduating senior was eventually hired as a multimedia journalist, a position that aligns well with her storytelling skills.\r\n\r\n“My job would be coming up with stories, finding stories that I want to tell in the community, and then I would make that story a reality from start to finish,” she said. “I would pick who I was going to interview, do the interview, shoot all the footage. I would bring it back to the station and edit it myself to make a package for the newscast.\"\r\n\r\n“And then I would also write a web version of that same story, so it\'s pretty hands on as far as every aspect of writing a successful story.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood said that the biggest change for her will be audience size as she transitions from reaching a campus audience to communicating with thousands of households served by the station. However, the new graduate is ready for the challenge and credits some key mentors for achieving her dream.\r\n\r\n“Definitely my family, my parents in particular,” she said. “They were very strong advocates for getting me to actually pursue what I wanted to do, because it\'s kind of hard to pursue a career where you\'re going to be more so a talent or like a personality. It can be a little daunting to jump into an industry like that.”\r\n\r\nShe’s also grateful to the mass media and strategic communications faculty members, especially Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed. “Those two have been behind me hard, like my entire three years that I\'ve been here,” she said. “They just kept me motivated and kept pushing me to be the person that I am today, so I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate the both of them.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood took the next step to the professional world when she joined fellow graduates, faculty members and other attendees as Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, presided over commencement and conferred degrees. He opened the ceremony with a moment of silence for those affected by the deadly storms that occurred Friday evening and overnight across the region. Carver later delivered the commencement address, which he titled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago,” his list of life lessons that address both personal and professional success.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-3687 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12112021_FallCommencement10AM019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"486\" />\r\n\r\n“Every decision you make in life impacts someone else,” he told the audience. “Think about the implications of every choice you make.” He reminded the graduates that a job isn’t just about them but also others in the workplace. “The opportunity to have your job is a true privilege. Treat your coworkers and colleagues with care, as equals,” he said. “Success is earned best by working together as a team.”\r\n\r\nCarver advised against idle talk both at work and in the community. “Idle talk is useless in the workplace and in our communities. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.” He urged graduates instead to focus on becoming assets to their bosses and be willing to take on tasks no matter the size. “No task you’ll ever encounter is too small for you. Humility is a wonderful thing.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded graduates that no one in an organization is irreplaceable and that everyone has a first name. “All people have worth, all people have value, and all people deserve our respect,” Carver said. “It is essential that we know the people around us who are investing in our success and the success of our communities. Get to know their interests, get to know their joys, get to know their pain, but most of all invest in them.”\r\n\r\nCarver urged each to do his or her best when facing a task and to keep priorities in order by taking time to have dinner with family. “You’ll never complete all the to-do items on your list at the office or at the workplace each day, but it is essential that we invest in those that we love and who love us,” he said. “The work will always be there. It’s important to build our relationship with those who bring us joy and renewal, too.”\r\n<blockquote>“Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed with a reminder to always do what’s right. “When you don’t know what to do, remember to do no harm until you do. Find good, trusted mentors and seek their counsel,” Carver said. “Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”\r\n\r\nEach ceremony featured several speakers who appeared virtually on Skyhawk Arena’s digital board. The Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, offered the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd provided greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner offered good wishes to the graduating class. Each ceremony closed with a performance of the Alma Mater by the UTM Virtual Choir, recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>\r\n&nbsp;','WPSD Local 6 is next stop for Union City native, UT Martin graduate','Jasmine Youngblood won’t have to wait long to start her first job after college.','inherit','closed','closed','','3685-autosave-v1','','','2021-12-12 07:50:16','2021-12-12 13:50:16','',3685,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/12/3685-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3690,7,'2021-12-12 07:50:46','2021-12-12 13:50:46','Jasmine Youngblood won’t have to wait long to start her first job after college. The Union City, Tennessee, native received her mass media and strategic communication degree Saturday during the second of three commencement ceremonies held at 10 a.m. at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Youngblood will have a short time to celebrate as she moves to Paducah, Kentucky, to start a multimedia journalist position for WPSD Local 6.\r\n\r\nThe separate commencement ceremonies Dec. 10-11 provided social-distancing options for in-person participants and attendees. Those unable to attend or who chose not to participate in person were honored virtually as the ceremonies ended. All ceremonies were livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 63 Tennessee counties, 25 states and three countries outside of the U.S. In-person participants for the three ceremonies totaled 332 graduates, and another 301 graduates were recognized virtually.\r\n<blockquote>“I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nYoungblood is a Union City High School graduate whose parents, Nelson and Clarissa, are both educators for Union City Schools. She transferred to UT Martin after completing her first year of college at another university and continued to pursue her interest in the communications field. “I just love storytelling and writing, and I loved being able to tell somebody something that they didn\'t know and watch their face light up,” she said. “As I got older and I found that I could turn that into a career, it was a no-brainer.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to her classes, Youngblood gained practical experience as she worked at the student radio station WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” and UTM-TV. She also grew as a leader in Summer Orientation and Registration for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the university’s Peer-Enabling Program that helps freshmen adjust to college life. “When students would come to me with issues that they had and things that I\'d never experienced, learning how to find a solution that would help them was probably the most important thing that I learned,” she said.\r\n\r\nPreparation met opportunity toward the end of her time at the university when she had to pick an organization that she wanted to work for as part of a class project. She chose WPSD, “And then literally later that week after I made the decision and had started doing research, Dr. (Richard) Robinson calls me in his office, and he\'s like, ‘Jasmine, I think you should try to work at WPSD. … I think you should try to get in there.’” Robinson, professor and WUTM adviser, knew about two station openings, recommended Youngblood, and the graduating senior was eventually hired as a multimedia journalist, a position that aligns well with her storytelling skills.\r\n\r\n“My job would be coming up with stories, finding stories that I want to tell in the community, and then I would make that story a reality from start to finish,” she said. “I would pick who I was going to interview, do the interview, shoot all the footage. I would bring it back to the station and edit it myself to make a package for the newscast.\"\r\n\r\n“And then I would also write a web version of that same story, so it\'s pretty hands on as far as every aspect of writing a successful story.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood said that the biggest change for her will be audience size as she transitions from reaching a campus audience to communicating with thousands of households served by the station. However, the new graduate is ready for the challenge and credits some key mentors for achieving her dream.\r\n\r\n“Definitely my family, my parents in particular,” she said. “They were very strong advocates for getting me to actually pursue what I wanted to do, because it\'s kind of hard to pursue a career where you\'re going to be more so a talent or like a personality. It can be a little daunting to jump into an industry like that.”\r\n\r\nShe’s also grateful to the mass media and strategic communications faculty members, especially Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed. “Those two have been behind me hard, like my entire three years that I\'ve been here,” she said. “They just kept me motivated and kept pushing me to be the person that I am today, so I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate the both of them.”\r\n\r\nYoungblood took the next step to the professional world when she joined fellow graduates, faculty members and other attendees as Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, presided over commencement and conferred degrees. He opened the ceremony with a moment of silence for those affected by the deadly storms that occurred Friday evening and overnight across the region. Carver later delivered the commencement address, which he titled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago,” his list of life lessons that address both personal and professional success.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-3687 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12112021_FallCommencement10AM019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"486\" />\r\n\r\n“Every decision you make in life impacts someone else,” he told the audience. “Think about the implications of every choice you make.” He reminded the graduates that a job isn’t just about them but also others in the workplace. “The opportunity to have your job is a true privilege. Treat your coworkers and colleagues with care, as equals,” he said. “Success is earned best by working together as a team.”\r\n\r\nCarver advised against idle talk both at work and in the community. “Idle talk is useless in the workplace and in our communities. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.” He urged graduates instead to focus on becoming assets to their bosses and be willing to take on tasks no matter the size. “No task you’ll ever encounter is too small for you. Humility is a wonderful thing.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded graduates that no one in an organization is irreplaceable and that everyone has a first name. “All people have worth, all people have value, and all people deserve our respect,” Carver said. “It is essential that we know the people around us who are investing in our success and the success of our communities. Get to know their interests, get to know their joys, get to know their pain, but most of all invest in them.”\r\n\r\nCarver urged each to do his or her best when facing a task and to keep priorities in order by taking time to have dinner with family. “You’ll never complete all the to-do items on your list at the office or at the workplace each day, but it is essential that we invest in those that we love and who love us,” he said. “The work will always be there. It’s important to build our relationship with those who bring us joy and renewal, too.”\r\n<blockquote>“Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”</blockquote>\r\nHe closed with a reminder to always do what’s right. “When you don’t know what to do, remember to do no harm until you do. Find good, trusted mentors and seek their counsel,” Carver said. “Wisdom often comes after careful reflection and life experience, so seek help from those you trust when faced with difficult decisions.”\r\n\r\nEach ceremony featured several speakers who appeared virtually on Skyhawk Arena’s digital board. The Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, offered the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd provided greetings and personal congratulations; and Student Government Association President Sidney Church and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner offered good wishes to the graduating class. 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The scoring system compares each university according to program strength, student readiness, return on investment, cost and student engagement.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-environmental-management-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in Environmental Management program is ranked second in the nation</a> and received the Best in the Southeast award for its outcomes, cost, reputation, faculty and flexibility.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Master’s in School Counseling degree program is ranked third in the nation</a>. According to the website, 132 universities and colleges were assessed. Ranking criteria included accreditation, program strength and student readiness.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-educational-psychology-degree-programs/\">Online Master\'s in Educational Psychology program is ranked fourth by intelligent.com</a>. The online/on-campus ranking source also considered the program best for school counseling.</li>\r\n 	<li>Intelligent.com named <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/most-affordable-online-masters-in-school-counseling-programs/\">UT Martin the fifth Most Affordable Online Master’s in School Counseling</a>. The program was also recognized as the best for clinical mental health out of 150 universities and colleges assessed.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-finance-degree-programs/\">UT Martin is ranked seventh in the country for the Best Finance Degree Program</a>. Out of the 195 institutions assessed by intelligent.com, UT Martin received acknowledgement for having the best scholarships.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-rn-to-bsn-programs/\">university ranked eighth in the nation for the Best RN to BSN program</a>. The report shares that nurses with a BSN have expanded career opportunities, including alternative career paths such as nurse educators and case management. In addition to the national ranking, the program was also honored with the Best Campus Activities award.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-colleges/tennessee/\">ranked eighth in the state of Tennessee for its online degree programs</a>. Based on the report from intelligent.com, it is estimated that 33% of postbaccalaureate students chose distance learning for fall 2019.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in School Counseling is also ranked eighth in the nation</a>, and intelligent.com named the program Best Low Residency Program for 2022.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-colleges-and-universities/tennessee/\">UT Martin is ranked the 13th best college in Tennessee</a>. This ranking also gave the university the Best for Military Members award.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-mba-programs/\">UT Martin MBA program is rated the 37<sup>th</sup> best MBA program in the nation</a>. 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The scoring system compares each university according to program strength, student readiness, return on investment, cost and student engagement.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-environmental-management-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in Environmental Management program is ranked second in the nation</a> and received the Best in the Southeast award for its outcomes, cost, reputation, faculty and flexibility.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Master’s in School Counseling degree program is ranked third in the nation</a>. According to the website, 132 universities and colleges were assessed. Ranking criteria included accreditation, program strength and student readiness.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-educational-psychology-degree-programs/\">Online Master\'s in Educational Psychology program is ranked fourth by intelligent.com</a>. The online/on-campus ranking source also considered the program best for school counseling.</li>\r\n 	<li>Intelligent.com named <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/most-affordable-online-masters-in-school-counseling-programs/\">UT Martin the fifth Most Affordable Online Master’s in School Counseling</a>. The program was also recognized as the best for clinical mental health out of 150 universities and colleges assessed.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-finance-degree-programs/\">UT Martin is ranked seventh in the country for the Best Finance Degree Program</a>. Out of the 195 institutions assessed by intelligent.com, UT Martin received acknowledgement for having the best scholarships.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-rn-to-bsn-programs/\">university ranked eighth in the nation for the Best RN to BSN program</a>. The report shares that nurses with a BSN have expanded career opportunities, including alternative career paths such as nurse educators and case management. In addition to the national ranking, the program was also honored with the Best Campus Activities award.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-colleges/tennessee/\">ranked eighth in the state of Tennessee for its online degree programs</a>. Based on the report from intelligent.com, it is estimated that 33% of postbaccalaureate students chose distance learning for fall 2019.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in School Counseling is also ranked eighth in the nation</a>, and intelligent.com named the program Best Low Residency Program for 2022.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-colleges-and-universities/tennessee/\">UT Martin is ranked the 13th best college in Tennessee</a>. This ranking also gave the university the Best for Military Members award.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-mba-programs/\">UT Martin MBA program is rated the 37<sup>th</sup> best MBA program in the nation</a>. 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Ranking criteria included accreditation, program strength and student readiness.</li>\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-educational-psychology-degree-programs/\">Online Master\'s in Educational Psychology program is ranked fourth by intelligent.com</a>. The online/on-campus ranking source also considered the program best for school counseling.</li>\n 	<li>Intelligent.com named <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/most-affordable-online-masters-in-school-counseling-programs/\">UT Martin the fifth Most Affordable Online Master’s in School Counseling</a>. The program was also recognized as the best for clinical mental health out of 150 universities and colleges assessed.</li>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-finance-degree-programs/\">UT Martin is ranked seventh in the country for the Best Finance Degree Program</a>. Out of the 195 institutions assessed by intelligent.com, UT Martin received acknowledgement for having the best scholarships.</li>\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-rn-to-bsn-programs/\">university ranked eighth in the nation for the Best RN to BSN program</a>. The report shares that nurses with a BSN have expanded career opportunities, including alternative career paths such as nurse educators and case management. In addition to the national ranking, the program was also honored with the Best Campus Activities award.</li>\n 	<li>UT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-colleges/tennessee/\">ranked eighth in the state of Tennessee for its online degree programs</a>. Based on the report from intelligent.com, it is estimated that 33% of postbaccalaureate students chose distance learning for fall 2019.</li>\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in School Counseling is also ranked eighth in the nation</a>, and intelligent.com named the program Best Low Residency Program for 2022.</li>\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-colleges-and-universities/tennessee/\">UT Martin is ranked the 13th best college in Tennessee</a>. This ranking also gave the university the Best for Military Members award.</li>\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-mba-programs/\">UT Martin MBA program is rated the 37<sup>th</sup> best MBA program in the nation</a>. 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Based on the report from intelligent.com, it is estimated that 33% of postbaccalaureate students chose distance learning for fall 2019.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in School Counseling is also ranked eighth in the nation</a>, and intelligent.com named the program Best Low Residency Program for 2022.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-colleges-and-universities/tennessee/\">UT Martin is ranked the 13th best college in Tennessee</a>. This ranking also gave the university the Best for Military Members award.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-mba-programs/\">UT Martin MBA program is rated the 37<sup>th</sup> best MBA program in the nation</a>. Of the 163 universities and colleges assessed by intelligent.com, UT Martin’s MBA program was awarded the best college in the southeast.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-mba-programs/\">Online MBA program is ranked 48<sup>th</sup></a> out 116 programs evaluated in this report.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information about these programs, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a> where lists to different rankings can be found.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin programs receive national and state rankings','','inherit','closed','closed','','3691-revision-v1','','','2021-12-13 16:31:54','2021-12-13 22:31:54','',3691,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/13/3691-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3696,7,'2021-12-13 16:32:10','2021-12-13 22:32:10','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently received 11 rankings for its undergraduate and graduate degree programs and overall affordability. <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/\">Intelligent.com</a> included UT Martin in its list of best institution programs for 2022. 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Out of the 195 institutions assessed by intelligent.com, UT Martin received acknowledgement for having the best scholarships.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-rn-to-bsn-programs/\">university ranked eighth in the nation for the Best RN to BSN program</a>. The report shares that nurses with a BSN have expanded career opportunities, including alternative career paths such as nurse educators and case management. In addition to the national ranking, the program was also honored with the Best Campus Activities award.</li>\r\n 	<li>UT Martin is <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-colleges/tennessee/\">ranked eighth in the state of Tennessee for its online degree programs</a>. Based on the report from intelligent.com, it is estimated that 33% of postbaccalaureate students chose distance learning for fall 2019.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-school-counseling-degree-programs/\">Online Master’s in School Counseling is also ranked eighth in the nation</a>, and intelligent.com named the program Best Low Residency Program for 2022.</li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-colleges-and-universities/tennessee/\">UT Martin is ranked the 13th best college in Tennessee</a>. This ranking also gave the university the Best for Military Members award.</li>\r\n 	<li>The <a href=\"https://www.intelligent.com/best-mba-programs/\">UT Martin MBA program is rated the 37<sup>th</sup> best MBA program in the nation</a>. 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Bowls were sold during the in-person event Nov. 20 and online Nov. 13-21. Empty Bowls is sponsored by UT Martin and the university’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts.\r\n\r\nThe proceeds from the bowls went to We Care Ministries Inc., and the bowls were made by UT Martin art professor and potter David McBeth, his students and other volunteers. McBeth founded the event in 2003 and has grown into an annual event, so far raising more than $125,000 for the Martin community.\r\n\r\n“In these uncertain times, it is so heartwarming the way the campus and city have come together to support the We Care Ministries food bank and hunger relief mission,” said McBeth.\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. All monetary donations are used to assist Weakley County families through 11 assistance programs that include the food bank, education and literacy, childcare and direct aid.\r\n\r\nInformation about the Empty Bowls fundraiser is available at www.martinemptybowls.com and www.facebook.com/martinemptybowls. 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Bowls were sold during the in-person event Nov. 20 and online Nov. 13-21. Empty Bowls is sponsored by UT Martin and the university’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts.\r\n\r\nThe proceeds from the bowls went to We Care Ministries Inc., and the bowls were made by UT Martin art professor and potter David McBeth, his students and other volunteers. McBeth founded the event in 2003 and has grown into an annual event, so far raising more than $125,000 for the Martin community.\r\n\r\n“In these uncertain times, it is so heartwarming the way the campus and city have come together to support the We Care Ministries food bank and hunger relief mission,” said McBeth.\r\n\r\nWe Care Ministries was founded in 1973 and receives no government funding. 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This is the third WestTeach class, which is sponsored by the university’s WestStar Leadership Program.\r\n\r\nClass members attended sessions throughout the fall to learn more about West Tennessee’s economic needs and opportunities and meet with regional industry and community leaders. The class also met with community child resource agents to greater understand what their students might experience outside of the classroom. WestTeach graduates become part of a growing network of educators and community leaders dedicated to serving the region.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the WestTeach Program, contact Virginia Grimes, assistant director, at 731-881-7298. The following 2021 WestTeach participants are noted with their educational affiliation and home school district:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Jennifer Botticello, 8<sup>th</sup> grade algebra teacher, Munford Middle School, Tipton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Patrick Corbin, 6<sup>th</sup>-8<sup>th</sup> grade STEM teacher, W.O. 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Class members represent 15 West Tennessee school districts. This is the third WestTeach class, which is sponsored by the university’s WestStar Leadership Program.\r\n\r\nClass members attended sessions throughout the fall to learn more about West Tennessee’s economic needs and opportunities and meet with regional industry and community leaders. The class also met with community child resource agents to greater understand what their students might experience outside of the classroom. WestTeach graduates become part of a growing network of educators and community leaders dedicated to serving the region.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the WestTeach Program, contact Virginia Grimes, assistant director, at 731-881-7298. 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Inman Middle School, Paris Special School District;</li>\r\n 	<li>Ben Di’Chiara, 9<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup> grade STEM teacher, Peabody High School, Trenton Special School District;</li>\r\n 	<li>Brittany Ferrell, kindergarten teacher, Anderson Early Childhood Center; Haywood County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Beth Glover, reading intervention teacher and dyslexic screener, Milan Elementary School, Milan Special School District;</li>\r\n 	<li>Amanda Gober, 8<sup>th</sup> grade math teacher, Hardin County Middle School, Hardin County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jill Huddleston, science teacher, Lexington Middle School, Lexington City;</li>\r\n 	<li>Kandace Jackson, transition case manager, Weakley County Schools;</li>\r\n 	<li>Austin Kissell, history teacher at Ripley High School, Lauderdale County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Jenna Leonard, 5<sup>th</sup> grade math and science teacher, Briarwood Elementary School, Benton County;</li>\r\n 	<li>Tom Mathis, senior seminar teacher, Dyersburg High School, Dyersburg City;</li>\r\n 	<li>Colby Prosser, 6<sup>th</sup> grade English language arts teacher, Dorothy and Noble Harrelson School, Henry County;</li>\r\n 	<li>JB Suiter, 10<sup>th</sup> grade geometry and personal finance teacher, Union City High School, Union City;</li>\r\n 	<li>Lalania Vaughn, fine arts director of choral and theatre, Tipton-Rosemark Academy, Shelby County;</li>\r\n 	<li>David Westberry, algebra teacher, Jackson Central-Merry Early College High School, Jackson-Madison County.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestTeach graduation set for Dec. 16 in Jackson','Members of the University of Tennessee at Martin WestTeach Program class of 2021 will graduate Thursday, Dec. 16, following a 5:30 p.m. invitation-only reception and dinner at the Madison Downs Venue in Jackson.','inherit','closed','closed','','3701-revision-v1','','','2021-12-15 08:15:40','2021-12-15 14:15:40','',3701,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/15/3701-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3704,7,'2021-12-15 16:51:17','2021-12-15 22:51:17','Brooklynne Barnhill, of Springfield, and Sarolyn Fox, of Memphis, received the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin fall commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is presented to graduating seniors who demonstrate outstanding campus and community service during their time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nBarnhill, an organismal biology graduate, has held several on-campus positions throughout her collegiate career. As a freshman, she became involved with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry’s leadership team and joined the organization’s worship team. Barnhill served as a Peer Enabling Program (PEP) Leader for the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and was promoted to a college leader in the program in 2020.\r\n<blockquote> “Brooklynne works hard to excel in the classroom, has a real ‘heart’ for helping people and is an outstanding role model as a person and student,” said Dr. George Daniel, First-Year Initiative coordinator.</blockquote>\r\n“Brooklynne works hard to excel in the classroom, has a real ‘heart’ for helping people and is an outstanding role model as a person and student,” said Dr. George Daniel, First-Year Initiative coordinator.\r\n\r\nFox, a health and human performance graduate, served on the SGA Freshman Council, was a student ambassador and SOAR leader where she gave campus tours and lead small-group discussions with new students. She was recognized as the Greek Woman of the Year for her involvement in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. During her junior year, Fox started her own business, Hey Baby! Doula Services, LLC. Her company’s mission is to provide a service that embraces, empowers and educates women throughout their pregnancies.\r\n<blockquote> “Persistence is the perfect word that describes Ms. Sarolyn Fox and her influence that she has had on campus and the community,” said Dr. Annie Jones, career counselor in the Office of Career Planning and Development.</blockquote>\r\n“Persistence is the perfect word that describes Ms. Sarolyn Fox and her influence that she has had on campus and the community,” said Dr. Annie Jones, career counselor in the Office of Career Planning and Development. “This personal value has particularly molded her to become resourceful, determined and resilient, which has aided in her journey to cultivating an environment centered on change.”\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean and UT vice president/chancellor from 1934 to 1967. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents. 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The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is presented to graduating seniors who demonstrate outstanding campus and community service during their time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nBarnhill, an organismal biology graduate, has held several on-campus positions throughout her collegiate career. As a freshman, she became involved with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry’s leadership team and joined the organization’s worship team. 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Doula Services, LLC. Her company’s mission is to provide a service that embraces, empowers and educates women throughout their pregnancies.\r\n<blockquote> “Persistence is the perfect word that describes Ms. Sarolyn Fox and her influence that she has had on campus and the community,” said Dr. Annie Jones, career counselor in the Office of Career Planning and Development.</blockquote>\r\n“Persistence is the perfect word that describes Ms. Sarolyn Fox and her influence that she has had on campus and the community,” said Dr. Annie Jones, career counselor in the Office of Career Planning and Development. “This personal value has particularly molded her to become resourceful, determined and resilient, which has aided in her journey to cultivating an environment centered on change.”\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean and UT vice president/chancellor from 1934 to 1967. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents. The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is the only award given during commencement each semester.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Barnhill, Fox receive Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Awards','Brooklynne Barnhill, of Springfield, and Sarolyn Fox, of Memphis, received the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin fall commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','3704-revision-v1','','','2021-12-15 16:53:10','2021-12-15 22:53:10','',3704,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/15/3704-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3709,7,'2021-12-16 15:19:26','2021-12-16 21:19:26','The University of Tennessee at Martin will receive a $126,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. The grant money will support a survey of West Tennessee historical records collections.\r\n\r\nThe project, titled “Surveying the Impact of COVID-19 on Cultural Collections in Western Tennessee,” will be led by Sam Richardson, chief archivist and curator of the J. Houston Gordon Museum, as well as numerous other UT Martin faculty and staff members. Work for the survey, which will begin in January, will continue through the year. The project assesses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on heritage collections in 21 counties across the historic Western Grand Division of the state, a geographic area stretching east from the Mississippi River to the Tennessee River and from the Kentucky border south to the state of Mississippi.\r\n\r\nOften overlooked as a rural and agricultural region with little cultural significance, West Tennessee is rooted in key aspects of American history, including Native American pre-settlement activity; the colonial and early settlement period; tobacco and cotton production during the antebellum, Civil War, and post-war periods; significant clay mining; river and rail transportation, and important pathways in the country, rockabilly, and R&amp;B music industries. Large portions of the region’s cultural collections are held by smaller nonprofit organizations with minimal budgets, volunteer staff, and aging structures. The coronavirus pandemic has adversely impacted this sector, and it is unclear which agencies will emerge from a sustained period of closure and lost revenue.\r\n\r\nIn support of the survey work, a workshop on basic preservation techniques and disaster preparedness will be repeated in three UT Martin regional centers in spring 2022. A concluding one-day conference in fall 2022 will share results of the survey project and highlight the rich heritage of West Tennessee. These events will assist in identifying and engaging with survey respondents and provide learning and networking opportunities for employees and volunteers at these institutions.\r\n\r\n“We want to thank the NEH for supporting this project. It will allow us to build a directory of local historical associations, their contact information, and a list of their collections for use by historians, genealogists, and other interested users,” Richardson said. “This project will highlight the important work done by many agencies to preserve local records. These organizations continue to protect these vital parts of our heritage.” For more information, contact Richardson at sricha12@utm.edu or 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','NEH grant to support survey of West Tennessee historical records collections','The University of Tennessee at Martin will receive a $126,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. 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The grant money will support a survey of West Tennessee historical records collections.\r\n\r\nThe project, titled “Surveying the Impact of COVID-19 on Cultural Collections in Western Tennessee,” will be led by Sam Richardson, chief archivist and curator of the J. Houston Gordon Museum, as well as numerous other UT Martin faculty and staff members. Work for the survey, which will begin in January, will continue through the year. The project assesses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on heritage collections in 21 counties across the historic Western Grand Division of the state, a geographic area stretching east from the Mississippi River to the Tennessee River and from the Kentucky border south to the state of Mississippi.\r\n\r\nOften overlooked as a rural and agricultural region with little cultural significance, West Tennessee is rooted in key aspects of American history, including Native American pre-settlement activity; the colonial and early settlement period; tobacco and cotton production during the antebellum, Civil War, and post-war periods; significant clay mining; river and rail transportation, and important pathways in the country, rockabilly, and R&amp;B music industries. Large portions of the region’s cultural collections are held by smaller nonprofit organizations with minimal budgets, volunteer staff, and aging structures. The coronavirus pandemic has adversely impacted this sector, and it is unclear which agencies will emerge from a sustained period of closure and lost revenue.\r\n\r\nIn support of the survey work, a workshop on basic preservation techniques and disaster preparedness will be repeated in three UT Martin regional centers in spring 2022. A concluding one-day conference in fall 2022 will share results of the survey project and highlight the rich heritage of West Tennessee. These events will assist in identifying and engaging with survey respondents and provide learning and networking opportunities for employees and volunteers at these institutions.\r\n\r\n“We want to thank the NEH for supporting this project. It will allow us to build a directory of local historical associations, their contact information, and a list of their collections for use by historians, genealogists, and other interested users,” Richardson said. “This project will highlight the important work done by many agencies to preserve local records. These organizations continue to protect these vital parts of our heritage.” For more information, contact Richardson at sricha12@utm.edu or 731-881-7094.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','NEH grant to support survey of West Tennessee historical records collections','The University of Tennessee at Martin will receive a $126,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3709-revision-v1','','','2021-12-16 15:19:26','2021-12-16 21:19:26','',3709,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/16/3709-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3713,7,'2021-12-17 14:23:58','2021-12-17 20:23:58','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Weakley County Farmers Cooperative Professorship in Veterinary Science will fund an additional veterinary science faculty member whose duties will include a 50% university teaching appointment. The reminder of the professorship will be focused on service to the cooperative and its members.  The partnership will promote and develop agriculture education, research and outreach in Weakley County and surrounding communities. Dr. Amber Moore has accepted the professorship appointment and will start work in January. She is a Crockett County native and graduate of both UT Martin and UT College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n<blockquote>“Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”</blockquote>\r\n“This position will be a great example of the value of public-private partnerships and the benefits they can have on education and the community,” said Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and veterinary technology program director. “Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”\r\n\r\nPaul Wilson, Weakley County Farmers Co-op general manager, said that the partnership, approved by the Co-op board, is “a very good opportunity to help the community, help the members of Weakley Farmers Co-op and help the university.” He also noted that while the Co-op is often known for its service to row-crop production, this partnership shows a commitment to the livestock community as well. “I think this is a huge step in showing our members and the community that we’re invested in all types of agriculture,” he said.\r\n\r\nCo-op board member Chris Fowler, of Fowler Farms, sees a mutually beneficial relationship growing from Co-op’s investment. “I just think that any time the university gets an opportunity to partner with a local business, like Co-op, that’s a great opportunity, and on our end – the producer end – anytime we can get access to that kind of expertise, I think that really improves our operations as individuals, so I think it’s going to be a great partnership.”\r\n<blockquote>“This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”</blockquote>\r\nRoberts said the addition of Moore brings to five the total number of veterinarians teaching in the university’s Veterinary Science and Technology Program. “It (the addition of Moore) will be a great benefit to UT Martin and all of our students in agriculture and specifically majors in veterinary science and technology,” Roberts said. “This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”\r\n\r\nMoore credits her UT Martin experience for success in veterinary school and private practice. She looks forward to both working with university students and engaging with the Weakley County community through the Co-op portion of the professorship. “Large-animal medicine and management is my favorite part of the veterinary medicine,” she said. “This position was perfect for me because it allows me to still use my veterinary knowledge to teach students and help producers at the same time.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Weakley County Farmers Co-op establishes veterinary science professorship','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','publish','closed','closed','','weakley-county-farmers-co-op-establishes-veterinary-science-professorship','','','2021-12-17 14:26:28','2021-12-17 20:26:28','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3713',0,'post','',0),(3714,7,'2021-12-17 14:17:26','2021-12-17 20:17:26','','12072021_WeakleyFarmersCoOpPhoto001','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at UT Martin. Attending the professorship announcement were (l, r) Paul Wilson, Weakley County Farmers Co-op general manager; Dr. Wes Totten, chair, UT Martin Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources; Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Dr. Todd Winters, dean, UT Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences; Chris Fowler, Fowler Farms, and member, Weakley County Farmers Cooperative board; and Kenny Caldwell, farmer and president, Weakley County Farmers Cooperative board. ','inherit','closed','closed','','12072021_weakleyfarmerscoopphoto001','','','2021-12-17 14:18:35','2021-12-17 20:18:35','',3713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12072021_WeakleyFarmersCoOpPhoto001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3715,7,'2021-12-17 14:23:58','2021-12-17 20:23:58','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Weakley County Farmers Cooperative Professorship in Veterinary Science will fund an additional veterinary science faculty member whose duties will include a 50% university teaching appointment. The reminder of the professorship will be focused on service to the cooperative and its members.  The partnership will promote and develop agriculture education, research and outreach in Weakley County and surrounding communities. Dr. Amber Moore has accepted the professorship appointment and will start work in January. She is a Crockett County native and graduate of both UT Martin and UT College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n\r\n“This position will be a great example of the value of public-private partnerships and the benefits they can have on education and the community,” said Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and veterinary technology program director. “Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”\r\n\r\nPaul Wilson, Weakley County Farmers Co-op general manager, said that the partnership, approved by the Co-op board, is “a very good opportunity to help the community, help the members of Weakley Farmers Co-op and help the university.” He also noted that while the Co-op is often known for its service to row-crop production, this partnership shows a commitment to the livestock community as well. “I think this is a huge step in showing our members and the community that we’re invested in all types of agriculture,” he said.\r\n\r\nCo-op board member Chris Fowler, of Fowler Farms, sees a mutually beneficial relationship growing from Co-op’s investment. “I just think that any time the university gets an opportunity to partner with a local business, like Co-op, that’s a great opportunity, and on our end – the producer end – anytime we can get access to that kind of expertise, I think that really improves our operations as individuals, so I think it’s going to be a great partnership.”\r\n\r\nRoberts said the addition of Moore brings to five the total number of veterinarians teaching in the university’s Veterinary Science and Technology Program. “It (the addition of Moore) will be a great benefit to UT Martin and all of our students in agriculture and specifically majors in veterinary science and technology,” Roberts said. “This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”\r\n\r\nMoore credits her UT Martin experience for success in veterinary school and private practice. She looks forward to both working with university students and engaging with the Weakley County community through the Co-op portion of the professorship. “Large-animal medicine and management is my favorite part of the veterinary medicine,” she said. “This position was perfect for me because it allows me to still use my veterinary knowledge to teach students and help producers at the same time.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Weakley County Farmers CO-OP establishes veterinary science professorship','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3713-revision-v1','','','2021-12-17 14:23:58','2021-12-17 20:23:58','',3713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/17/3713-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3716,7,'2021-12-17 14:26:14','2021-12-17 20:26:14','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Weakley County Farmers Cooperative Professorship in Veterinary Science will fund an additional veterinary science faculty member whose duties will include a 50% university teaching appointment. The reminder of the professorship will be focused on service to the cooperative and its members.  The partnership will promote and develop agriculture education, research and outreach in Weakley County and surrounding communities. Dr. Amber Moore has accepted the professorship appointment and will start work in January. She is a Crockett County native and graduate of both UT Martin and UT College of Veterinary Medicine.\n<blockquote>“Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”</blockquote>\n“This position will be a great example of the value of public-private partnerships and the benefits they can have on education and the community,” said Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and veterinary technology program director. “Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”\n\nPaul Wilson, Weakley County Farmers Co-op general manager, said that the partnership, approved by the Co-op board, is “a very good opportunity to help the community, help the members of Weakley Farmers Co-op and help the university.” He also noted that while the Co-op is often known for its service to row-crop production, this partnership shows a commitment to the livestock community as well. “I think this is a huge step in showing our members and the community that we’re invested in all types of agriculture,” he said.\n\nCo-op board member Chris Fowler, of Fowler Farms, sees a mutually beneficial relationship growing from Co-op’s investment. “I just think that any time the university gets an opportunity to partner with a local business, like Co-op, that’s a great opportunity, and on our end – the producer end – anytime we can get access to that kind of expertise, I think that really improves our operations as individuals, so I think it’s going to be a great partnership.”\n<blockquote>“This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”</blockquote>\nRoberts said the addition of Moore brings to five the total number of veterinarians teaching in the university’s Veterinary Science and Technology Program. “It (the addition of Moore) will be a great benefit to UT Martin and all of our students in agriculture and specifically majors in veterinary science and technology,” Roberts said. “This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”\n\nMoore credits her UT Martin experience for success in veterinary school and private practice. She looks forward to both working with university students and engaging with the Weakley County community through the Co-op portion of the professorship. “Large-animal medicine and management is my favorite part of the veterinary medicine,” she said. “This position was perfect for me because it allows me to still use my veterinary knowledge to teach students and help producers at the same time.”\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Weakley County Farmers Co-op establishes veterinary science professorship','The Weakley County Farmers Co-op has established a veterinary science professorship at the University of Tennessee at Martin. 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She is a Crockett County native and graduate of both UT Martin and UT College of Veterinary Medicine.\r\n<blockquote>“Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”</blockquote>\r\n“This position will be a great example of the value of public-private partnerships and the benefits they can have on education and the community,” said Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science and veterinary technology program director. “Weakley County Farmers Co-op is committed to supporting UT Martin not only though this professorship, but also through internships and scholarships.”\r\n\r\nPaul Wilson, Weakley County Farmers Co-op general manager, said that the partnership, approved by the Co-op board, is “a very good opportunity to help the community, help the members of Weakley Farmers Co-op and help the university.” He also noted that while the Co-op is often known for its service to row-crop production, this partnership shows a commitment to the livestock community as well. “I think this is a huge step in showing our members and the community that we’re invested in all types of agriculture,” he said.\r\n\r\nCo-op board member Chris Fowler, of Fowler Farms, sees a mutually beneficial relationship growing from Co-op’s investment. “I just think that any time the university gets an opportunity to partner with a local business, like Co-op, that’s a great opportunity, and on our end – the producer end – anytime we can get access to that kind of expertise, I think that really improves our operations as individuals, so I think it’s going to be a great partnership.”\r\n<blockquote>“This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”</blockquote>\r\nRoberts said the addition of Moore brings to five the total number of veterinarians teaching in the university’s Veterinary Science and Technology Program. “It (the addition of Moore) will be a great benefit to UT Martin and all of our students in agriculture and specifically majors in veterinary science and technology,” Roberts said. “This partnership will provide great opportunities for students to gain hands-on, real-world experience while providing service and consulting to Weakley County Farmers Co-op members.”\r\n\r\nMoore credits her UT Martin experience for success in veterinary school and private practice. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','3713-revision-v1','','','2021-12-17 14:26:28','2021-12-17 20:26:28','',3713,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2021/12/17/3713-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3718,7,'2021-12-20 15:40:09','2021-12-20 21:40:09','Carlton Childs added his own flair to the commencement ceremony when he danced across the stage on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Tom and Kathleen Elam Center. The Humboldt, Tennessee, native earned his degree in health and human performance from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nChilds is a graduate of Humboldt High School and former basketball player. As a high school student, he thought a career in athletics was in his future, but an injury caused him to reevaluate those plans. “Although I couldn’t finish my basketball dream and create my own legacy, I can continue my mom’s legacy and be another graduate of UTM,” said Childs about his decision to attend UT Martin. His mother, LaToya Montgomery, graduated from UT Martin in 1998.\r\n<blockquote>“My mother always told me, ‘Why would you shorten yourself or limit yourself to just one population? Why not try to help all populations?’”</blockquote>\r\nWith athletics still at the forefront of his mind, it was his mother who encouraged him to broaden his options and finally helped him settle on a career in physical therapy. “My mother always told me, ‘Why would you shorten yourself or limit yourself to just one population? Why not try to help all populations?’” With that in mind, he began his journey to become a physical therapist.\r\n\r\nService and faith were a big part of Childs’ four years at UT Martin. As an undergraduate, he served as a Peer Enabling Program (PEP) leader helping freshmen adjust to college life. He credits his involvement with the program for sharpening his leadership skills. “That just taught me how to lead people, being able to bridge the gap from the student to the professor,” he said. His leadership positions didn’t stop there. He also served as the president of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.\r\n<blockquote>“God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nChilds believes he wouldn’t have earned his degree without faith. “God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said with a smile.\r\n\r\nHolding leadership positions in student organizations didn’t come without challenges. Childs remembers how he struggled early on with prioritizing his schoolwork with his social calendar. “I had to have a talk with God, or rather God talked to me, and realize that my main focus was to get a degree,” he recalled.\r\n\r\nChilds felt that UT Martin had a huge impact on his life, and as he studied for the GRE and prepared applications to physical therapy school, he knew he needed one last special memory before graduating. “Everywhere I go I try to leave my mark. Commencement was not as high as I’m used to seeing it, so I was like, ‘Okay, I can make a spark and give everybody a smile,” he said. This led to his snap decision of dancing across the stage, and sure enough, the crowd smiled and clapped for this new UT Martin alum.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grad continues legacy, leaves mark','Carlton Childs added his own flair to the commencement ceremony when he danced across the stage on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Tom and Kathleen Elam Center. 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The Humboldt, Tennessee, native earned his degree in health and human performance from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nChilds is a graduate of Humboldt High School and former basketball player. As a high school student, he thought a career in athletics was in his future, but an injury caused him to reevaluate those plans. “Although I couldn’t finish my basketball dream and create my own legacy, I can continue my mom’s legacy and be another graduate of UTM,” said Childs about his decision to attend UT Martin. His mother, LaToya Montgomery, graduated from UT Martin in 1998.\r\n\r\nWith athletics still at the forefront of his mind, it was his mother who encouraged him to broaden his options and finally helped him settle on a career in physical therapy. “My mother always told me, ‘Why would you shorten yourself or limit yourself to just one population? Why not try to help all populations?’” With that in mind, he began his journey to become a physical therapist.\r\n\r\nService and faith were a big part of Childs’ four years at UT Martin. As an undergraduate, he served as a Peer Enabling Program (PEP) leader helping freshmen adjust to college life. He credits his involvement with the program for sharpening his leadership skills. “That just taught me how to lead people, being able to bridge the gap from the student to the professor,” he said. His leadership positions didn’t stop there. He also served as the president of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.\r\n\r\nChilds believes he wouldn’t have earned his degree without faith. “God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said with a smile.\r\n\r\nHolding leadership positions in student organizations didn’t come without challenges. Childs remembers how he struggled early on with prioritizing his schoolwork with his social calendar. “I had to have a talk with God, or rather God talked to me, and realize that my main focus was to get a degree,” he recalled.\r\n\r\nChilds felt that UT Martin had a huge impact on his life, and as he studied for the GRE and prepared applications to physical therapy school, he knew he needed one last special memory before graduating. “Everywhere I go I try to leave my mark. Commencement was not as high as I’m used to seeing it, so I was like, ‘Okay, I can make a spark and give everybody a smile,” he said. 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The Humboldt, Tennessee, native earned his degree in health and human performance from the University of Tennessee at Martin.\n\nChilds is a graduate of Humboldt High School and former basketball player. As a high school student, he thought a career in athletics was in his future, but an injury caused him to reevaluate those plans. “Although I couldn’t finish my basketball dream and create my own legacy, I can continue my mom’s legacy and be another graduate of UTM,” said Childs about his decision to attend UT Martin. His mother, LaToya Montgomery, graduated from UT Martin in 1998.\n<blockquote>“My mother always told me, ‘Why would you shorten yourself or limit yourself to just one population? Why not try to help all populations?’”</blockquote>\nWith athletics still at the forefront of his mind, it was his mother who encouraged him to broaden his options and finally helped him settle on a career in physical therapy. “My mother always told me, ‘Why would you shorten yourself or limit yourself to just one population? Why not try to help all populations?’” With that in mind, he began his journey to become a physical therapist.\n\nService and faith were a big part of Childs’ four years at UT Martin. As an undergraduate, he served as a Peer Enabling Program (PEP) leader helping freshmen adjust to college life. He credits his involvement with the program for sharpening his leadership skills. “That just taught me how to lead people, being able to bridge the gap from the student to the professor,” he said. His leadership positions didn’t stop there. He also served as the president of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.\n<blockquote>“God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said.</blockquote>\nChilds believes he wouldn’t have earned his degree without faith. “God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said with a smile.\n\nHolding leadership positions in student organizations didn’t come without challenges. 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He also served as the president of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.\r\n<blockquote>“God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nChilds believes he wouldn’t have earned his degree without faith. “God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said with a smile.\r\n\r\nHolding leadership positions in student organizations didn’t come without challenges. 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He also served as the president of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.\r\n<blockquote>“God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nChilds believes he wouldn’t have earned his degree without faith. “God was with me through this whole journey, and without Him, I wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage or dance,” he said with a smile.\r\n\r\nHolding leadership positions in student organizations didn’t come without challenges. 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