(4362,7,'2022-11-14 09:42:16','2022-11-14 15:42:16','','Danceensmeble','','inherit','closed','closed','','danceensmeble','','','2022-11-14 09:42:16','2022-11-14 15:42:16','',4361,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Danceensmeble.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4363,7,'2022-11-14 09:42:26','2022-11-14 15:42:26','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Visual and Theatre Arts Dance Ensemble will showcase their fall 2022 production “Ambivalence” at 7 p.m., Nov. 17-18, in Harriet Fulton Theatre located in the Fine Arts Building on the main campus.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2022 fall showcase, centered around a single theme, will feature performances choregraphed by both UT Martin students and faculty. Student choreographers include Maleia Bigham, a first-year dance education major from Polk County; Lanna-Kate Graves, a first-year dance education major from Weakley County; and Marlee Scott, a sophomore dance education major from Williamson County. These three students will also perform in the show. Sarah McCormick, director of ensemble and professor of dance, choreographed three new dances for the fall show.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Student performers not involved in choreography include Madison Bixler, a first-year dance education major from Obion County; Abby Walker, a first-year dance education major from Rutherford County; and Shelby Kruep, a sophomore theatre arts major from DuPage County, Illinois.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for students, and children 10 and under are free. Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 6 p.m. the night of the show and can be purchased with cash or check. 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Student choreographers include Maleia Bigham, a first-year dance education major from Polk County; Lanna-Kate Graves, a first-year dance education major from Weakley County; and Marlee Scott, a sophomore dance education major from Williamson County. These three students will also perform in the show. Sarah McCormick, director of ensemble and professor of dance, choreographed three new dances for the fall show.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Student performers not involved in choreography include Madison Bixler, a first-year dance education major from Obion County; Abby Walker, a first-year dance education major from Rutherford County; and Shelby Kruep, a sophomore theatre arts major from DuPage County, Illinois.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for students, and children 10 and under are free. Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 6 p.m. the night of the show and can be purchased with cash or check. 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An arts and crafts vendor fair will also be held during the event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact the City of Martin Parks and Recreation Department at 731-587-6784.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Santa\'s Village returns to UT Martin Dec. 8-11','The city of Martin and the University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 38th annual Santa’s Village holiday celebration Dec. 8-11 in the university’s Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Complex.','publish','closed','closed','','santas-village-returns-to-ut-martin-dec-8-11','','','2022-11-30 12:06:33','2022-11-30 18:06:33','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4399',0,'post','',0),(4386,2,'2022-11-22 10:16:11','2022-11-22 16:16:11','','11_November 21, 2022-compressed','','inherit','closed','closed','','11_november-21-2022-compressed','','','2022-11-22 10:16:11','2022-11-22 16:16:11','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-21-2022-compressed.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(4383,2,'2022-11-17 11:27:01','2022-11-17 17:27:01','<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>2022</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Oct. 31</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-7-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 7</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 14</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Addenda','','inherit','closed','closed','','4336-revision-v1','','','2022-11-17 11:27:01','2022-11-17 17:27:01','',4336,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4383',0,'revision','',0),(4367,2,'2022-11-14 14:22:54','2022-11-14 20:22:54','<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>2022</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Oct. 31</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-7-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 7</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 14</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Addenda','','inherit','closed','closed','','4336-revision-v1','','','2022-11-14 14:22:54','2022-11-14 20:22:54','',4336,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4367',0,'revision','',0),(4368,7,'2022-11-15 14:19:20','2022-11-15 20:19:20','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Caleigh Jo Erwin, of Dyersburg, and Karenna Rainey, of Adamsville, have been competing in pageants their entire lives. The two University of Tennessee at Martin students were crowned Miss UT Martin and Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival respectively during the combined pageant held Nov. 5 in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The Miss UT Martin Scholarship Pageant is in its 59<sup>th</sup> year, while the Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival title was awarded for the 23<sup>rd</sup> time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Completing the Miss UT Martin court are Malea Bigham, of Turtletown, first runner-up, and Sierra Smith, of Newland, North Carolina, second runner-up. &nbsp;The Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival first runner-up is Kailey Duffy, of Holladay, and second runner-up was Tera Townsend, of Nashville. Bigham and Smith are current UT Martin students, and Duffy is an alum.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pageant 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. Erwin, a fourth-year fashion merchandise major, believes winning the Miss UT Martin title was the perfect way to finish her collegiate career. “I feel this is an opportunity to give back to the university and community after all it has given me,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating in pageants has also given Erwin a platform to spread awareness about lupus, an autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with at 18 years old. “I strive to be a support system for other young women and men that are diagnosed with any autoimmune disease,” she said. “I want to be an example to not let the disease take away from who they are but to embrace it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Karenna Rainey, a health and human performance major, credits pageants for helping turn her into the woman she is today. “Pageants have shaped my life in so many ways, whether it be lending a helping hand to someone in need, gaining public speaking and communication skills, or simply making new friends,” said Rainey. 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To be eligible for the team, students must be an undergraduate student majoring in agriculture, food or natural resources, have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, be 17-25 years old, and have attended at least one track of AFA leaders conference.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a member of the AFA student advisory team, Stringfield will have the opportunity to travel to different locations for meetings and professional development. She will have a role in planning and facilitating the annual conference and other agriculturally-based institutes located across the country while working alongside her teammates, staff and students.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Preparation for this moment began as early as Stringfield’s freshman year in high school when she chose to heavily pursue agriculture. Some four years later, she was chosen to represent UT Martin at the AFA Conference as a delegate. 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The 2 p.m. ceremony will also include both undergraduate and graduate-degree candidates and include the colleges of education, health and behavioral sciences, engineering and natural sciences, and humanities and fine arts. Each ceremony 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 on YouTube for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Receptions for graduates, their families and friends will be held in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse following both ceremonies. 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The torch and accessories were set aside but have found a new home thanks to several supporters. A Nov. 28 ceremony celebrated placement of a ceramic flame atop the torch, which is now permanently displayed on the library’s second floor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Holder, UT Martin senior developer and database administrator; Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Karen Elmore, Paul Meek Library senior assistant; and Tim Nipp, engineering department chair and former UT Martin Physical Plant director, all played a role in redesigning and coordinating the eternal flame’s return. Dr. Nick Dunagan, UT Martin chancellor at the time, authorized the monument’s recreation. David McBeth, retired UT Martin professor of visual and theatre arts, was the university’s clear choice when it came time to decide who should recreate the ceramic flame.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I thought, ‘there is nobody else in the world who can do it (recreate the flame) besides David McBeth,’” Holder said. McBeth, who retired recently after 30 years of service in the university’s department of visual and theatre arts, was on hand to add the flame to the display. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The original eternal flame was lighted during the 1986 UT Martin homecoming by then university Chancellor Margaret Perry and the late 8<sup>th</sup> District Congressmen Ed Jones, a UT Martin alumnus. The flame was designed to commemorate the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the UT National Alumni Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, participated in the “relighting” ceremony and spoke to guests about the importance of tradition at UT Martin. Carver likened the eternal flame’s symbolism to the university’s ongoing mission of educating students. “That’s what we do that’s eternal,” he said.                              </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the UT Martin eternal flame, contact Holder at larry.holder@utm.edu. 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A Nov. 28 ceremony celebrated placement of a ceramic flame atop the torch, which is now permanently displayed on the library’s second floor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Holder, UT Martin senior developer and database administrator; Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement; Karen Elmore, Paul Meek Library senior assistant; and Tim Nipp, engineering department chair and former UT Martin Physical Plant director, all played a role in redesigning and coordinating the eternal flame’s return. Dr. Nick Dunagan, UT Martin chancellor at the time, authorized the monument’s recreation. David McBeth, retired UT Martin professor of visual and theatre arts, was the university’s clear choice when it came time to decide who should recreate the ceramic flame.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I thought, ‘there is nobody else in the world who can do it (recreate the flame) besides David McBeth,’” Holder said. McBeth, who retired recently after 30 years of service in the university’s department of visual and theatre arts, was on hand to add the flame to the display. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The original eternal flame was lighted during the 1986 UT Martin homecoming by then university Chancellor Margaret Perry and the late 8<sup>th</sup> District Congressmen Ed Jones, a UT Martin alumnus. The flame was designed to commemorate the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the UT National Alumni Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, participated in the “relighting” ceremony and spoke to guests about the importance of tradition at UT Martin. Carver likened the eternal flame’s symbolism to the university’s ongoing mission of educating students. “That’s what we do that’s eternal,” he said.                              </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the UT Martin eternal flame, contact Holder at larry.holder@utm.edu. A history of the eternal flame, including historic and current photos, is also available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/staff/lholder/eternalflame\">www.utm.edu/staff/lholder/eternalflame</a>. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin eternal flame \'burns\' once again','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s eternal flame burned brightly just outside of the Paul Meek Library from 1986 until the flame was extinguished sometime around 2000. 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The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is presented to two graduating students who demonstrate outstanding campus and community service during their time at UT Martin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Koonce, an agricultural business graduate, has been a leader from the start of her collegiate career. She served as a SOAR leader for student summer orientation and as a First-Year Initiative PEP leader for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. In addition to these roles, she volunteered with the National FFA Association and worked as a counselor for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences where she supervised 32 high school students. Koonce has represented the student body on the UT Martin Advisory Board and as an ambassador for Agriculture Future of America.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Throughout her tenure at UTM, Kelsea has sought out multiple opportunities for growth,” said Lindee McCurley, assistant director of the Boling University Center. “One of the many things that I admire about Kelsea is that she sought to use the opportunities given to her to lead and represent UTM both on and off campus.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bilger, a mass media and strategic communications graduate, made a sizeable impact in the two years she spent at UT Martin. As a transfer student, she has held leadership positions in Delta Sigma Theta, Women in Excellence and the Student Alumni Council. During her time at UT Martin, Bilger has been heavily involved with the student-lead campus radio station, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk.” She ascended to the top position of leadership, program director, at WUTM during her senior year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you know Hannah, you know how dynamic she is, and her leadership ability is easily detectable,” said John Abel, assistant vice chancellor of student affairs. “She has been involved and held leadership positions in multiple student organizations on top of being heavily engaged in the local community.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus from 1934 to 1967 in the roles of executive officer, dean, UT vice president and chancellor. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents. 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The University of Tennessee System president spoke to 391 graduating seniors in person while others watched the ceremonies live online via Facebook and YouTube.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;Boyd’s comments to graduates during both the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies focused on three personal stories that each offered a moral, the first of which reminded graduates that “success begins with yes.” He told of being a first-generation college student who graduated from UT Knoxville at age 19 and then went to work for his father’s business. After four years, he went out on his own and started his first business that failed in six months. His second business was selling electric fencing supplies to stores in Georgia, Alabama and Florida from a van that had neither air conditioning nor a radio.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He told the audience that not having an air conditioner saved gas money. “But I didn’t have a radio on purpose,” he said. “I wanted to make sure that I was always focused on my customers, and what they were sharing with me and what they told me. And if you listen long enough to your customers, they’ll tell you what you need to hear.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six years later, he said that his customers started asking for a product used by animal owners called The Invisible Fence. He saw the potential in the product, learned that the product’s patent was about to expire, and Boyd eventually invested all his resources to have his version of the product designed, which is now the cornerstone of a multimillion-dollar, world-wide business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The point to the story is success begins with ‘yes,’” he said. “I’ve met a lot of people that have been successful in non-profits, in government, in business. I have yet to ever meet somebody that said, ‘You know, I just kept saying ‘no’ until something great happened.’ It never happens.” He said “yes” to an opportunity that changed his life, and he urged graduates to be prepared to do the same.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his second story urged graduates to “believe in serendipity.” Boyd told of once being a mountain climber with the goal of climbing the highest mountain on each continent, so he traveled to Mendoza Province in Argentina to climb Aconcagua, the highest mountain in South America. After eight days of a 10-day climb, conditions became so dangerous that he and his group abandoned the climb. He was stranded in Mendoza for an additional two days and decided to visit some of the many vineyards located around the area. He quickly came to love the people, the area and the wine produced from the vineyards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd returned the next year with his wife, Jenny, and they eventually purchased a small vineyard that they have now owned for 15 years. The journey to climb a desolate mountain turned into a business opportunity that might not have happened otherwise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The definition of ‘serendipity’ is finding something better than what you set out to do,” he said, telling the audience that he wakes up daily thinking about what he needs to accomplish. “But then I remind myself there’s probably something in my day that’s going to happen that I wasn’t expecting that’s better than what I had planned.” He added this advice: “If you wake up every day and you expect something great to happen to you, something interesting, something that you hadn’t planned that’s better than what you had planned, you usually find it because you’re looking for it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his final story was “always dream big.” Boyd told of a 2015 trip to Israel when he was serving as Tennessee commissioner of economic and community development. He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. 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He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. 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He saw the potential in the product, learned that the product’s patent was about to expire, and Boyd eventually invested all his resources to have his version of the product designed, which is now the cornerstone of a multimillion-dollar, world-wide business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The point to the story is success begins with ‘yes,’” he said. “I’ve met a lot of people that have been successful in non-profits, in government, in business. 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He quickly came to love the people, the area and the wine produced from the vineyards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd returned the next year with his wife, Jenny, and they eventually purchased a small vineyard that they have now owned for 15 years. 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He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. 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The University of Tennessee System president spoke to 391 graduating seniors in person while others watched the ceremonies live online via Facebook and YouTube.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;Boyd’s comments to graduates during both the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies focused on three personal stories that each offered a moral, the first of which reminded graduates that “success begins with yes.” He told of being a first-generation college student who graduated from UT Knoxville at age 19 and then went to work for his father’s business. After four years, he went out on his own and started his first business that failed in six months. 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He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. 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The scholarship awards give preference to students from Hickman County in Middle Tennessee, but students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews attended East Hickman High School in Lyles, and when it came time for college, she was accepted to UT Martin but didn’t receive enough financial aid to attend the university. An unexpected call from a UTM admissions counselor told her about the new Nunnelly Family Scholarship and she applied. Mathews was chosen, and her world immediately changed. “I would have had to pay to attend every semester, but because of the scholarship, I was able to receive that and then some, and I was able to save what was left over and put it towards graduate school,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beyond the financial benefit, the scholarship also brought Mathews to a university that was a good fit for her personally and academically.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. </strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. “I love the faculty. They feel like your mom or dad.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They want to see you succeed, which is great because I feel like if you were to go to a larger school, you wouldn’t get that one-on-one connection with your professors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews said she was challenged in the classroom, but she enjoyed what she studied and was successful. “I love my major,” she said. “I would do it all over again.” Next for her is to attend graduate school and prepare for a career as a physician assistant. “I just love the health-care field,” she said. “I kind of went back and forth on a couple of different fields, and once I shadowed, I kind of got a feel for it, and I love it, so it’s what I want to pursue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews never met the Nunnellys, but at one point, she exchanged letters with Bill, and he offered her some simple advice: “He told me just to enjoy my time while I’m here.” She followed his advice, excelled academically, and the payoff is a degree that sets her a course to fulfill her dream of entering the health-care field. “I’m finally going to get to do what I want in life, and I get a lot of validation out of me putting in the hard work that I have, so it’s rewarding for sure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Bill Nunnelly, who died in February of this year, described the gift from he and his wife as a “wonderful way to give something back.” Emmalee Mathews would agree, and she’s the first of many to benefit from the generosity of this Middle Tennessee couple who wanted to make a difference in students’ lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students can apply for the Nunnelly Family Scholarship through Scholarship Aviator located on the UT Martin Financial Aid and Scholarships webpage. 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The health and human performance student from Dickson, Tennessee, also became the first recipient of the Rosann and Bill Nunnelly Family Scholarship to graduate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Nunnellys bequeathed $22 million to the university in 2019, then the largest gift to UT Martin, but the couple immediately began funding scholarships, and Mathews was one of four students selected to benefit from their generosity. The scholarship awards give preference to students from Hickman County in Middle Tennessee, but students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews attended East Hickman High School in Lyles, and when it came time for college, she was accepted to UT Martin but didn’t receive enough financial aid to attend the university. 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They feel like your mom or dad.”                                </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They want to see you succeed, which is great because I feel like if you were to go to a larger school, you wouldn’t get that one-on-one connection with your professors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews said she was challenged in the classroom, but she enjoyed what she studied and was successful. “I love my major,” she said. “I would do it all over again.” Next for her is to attend graduate school and prepare for a career as a physician assistant. “I just love the health-care field,” she said. “I kind of went back and forth on a couple of different fields, and once I shadowed, I kind of got a feel for it, and I love it, so it’s what I want to pursue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews never met the Nunnellys, but at one point, she exchanged letters with Bill, and he offered her some simple advice: “He told me just to enjoy my time while I’m here.” She followed his advice, excelled academically, and the payoff is a degree that sets her a course to fulfill her dream of entering the health-care field. “I’m finally going to get to do what I want in life, and I get a lot of validation out of me putting in the hard work that I have, so it’s rewarding for sure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Bill Nunnelly, who died in February of this year, described the gift from he and his wife as a “wonderful way to give something back.” Emmalee Mathews would agree, and she’s the first of many to benefit from the generosity of this Middle Tennessee couple who wanted to make a difference in students’ lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students can apply for the Nunnelly Family Scholarship through Scholarship Aviator located on the UT Martin Financial Aid and Scholarships webpage. 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The University of Tennessee System president spoke to 391 graduating seniors in person while others watched the ceremonies live online via Facebook and YouTube. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;Boyd’s comments to graduates during both the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies focused on three personal stories that each offered a moral, the first of which reminded graduates that “success begins with yes.” He told of being a first-generation college student who graduated from UT Knoxville at age 19 and then went to work for his father’s business. After four years, he went out on his own and started his first business that failed in six months. His second business was selling electric fencing supplies to stores in Georgia, Alabama and Florida from a van that had neither air conditioning nor a radio.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He told the audience that not having an air conditioner saved gas money. “But I didn’t have a radio on purpose,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:pullquote -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>“I wanted to make sure that I was always focused on my customers, and what they were sharing with me and what they told me. And if you listen long enough to your customers, they’ll tell you what you need to hear.”</p></blockquote></figure>\n<!-- /wp:pullquote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six years later, he said that his customers started asking for a product used by animal owners called The Invisible Fence. He saw the potential in the product, learned that the product’s patent was about to expire, and Boyd eventually invested all his resources to have his version of the product designed, which is now the cornerstone of a multimillion-dollar, world-wide business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The point to the story is success begins with ‘yes,’” he said. “I’ve met a lot of people that have been successful in non-profits, in government, in business. I have yet to ever meet somebody that said, ‘You know, I just kept saying ‘no’ until something great happened.’ It never happens.” He said “yes” to an opportunity that changed his life, and he urged graduates to be prepared to do the same.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his second story urged graduates to “believe in serendipity.” Boyd told of once being a mountain climber with the goal of climbing the highest mountain on each continent, so he traveled to Mendoza Province in Argentina to climb Aconcagua, the highest mountain in South America. After eight days of a 10-day climb, conditions became so dangerous that he and his group abandoned the climb. He was stranded in Mendoza for an additional two days and decided to visit some of the many vineyards located around the area. He quickly came to love the people, the area and the wine produced from the vineyards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd returned the next year with his wife, Jenny, and they eventually purchased a small vineyard that they have now owned for 15 years. The journey to climb a desolate mountain turned into a business opportunity that might not have happened otherwise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The definition of ‘serendipity’ is finding something better than what you set out to do,” he said, telling the audience that he wakes up daily thinking about what he needs to accomplish. “But then I remind myself there’s probably something in my day that’s going to happen that I wasn’t expecting that’s better than what I had planned.” He added this advice: “If you wake up every day and you expect something great to happen to you, something interesting, something that you hadn’t planned that’s better than what you had planned, you usually find it because you’re looking for it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his final story was “always dream big.” Boyd told of a 2015 trip to Israel when he was serving as Tennessee commissioner of economic and community development. He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. The legendary world leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient was 92 years old at the time, and to their surprise, the Tennessee visitors encountered an active, fully engaged man.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following some general conversation, Peres recognized that his visitors didn’t know what to say, and Boyd remembered Peres saying, “You know, oftentimes when somebody meets me, one of the first things they ask is, ‘What was your greatest accomplishment?’” Boyd expected to hear about one of Peres’ many achievements, but instead he responded to the question by saying, “When people ask me what my greatest accomplishment was, I always tell them, ‘My greatest accomplishment will be what I do tomorrow.’ And then they asked, ‘Well what was your greatest failure?’ And I always tell them, ‘My greatest failure was failure to dream big enough.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Peres shared other advice, but Boyd said he was so caught up in the experience that he failed to take notes. However, he did recall a bit of wisdom that Peres shared as he was closing: “You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past,” Peres said. “Always dream big.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd later conferred degrees to both summer and fall semester graduates. The 10 a.m. ceremony included undergraduate and graduate-degree candidates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, and business and global affairs. The 2 p.m. ceremony included both undergraduate and graduate-degree candidates from the colleges of education, health and behavioral sciences, engineering and natural sciences, and humanities and fine arts. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver presided over both ceremonies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Carver opened each ceremony with a moment of silence remembering victims of the tornadoes that struck the region Dec. 10, 2021. Other speakers included Dawson Gremmels, Student Government Association president from Huntingdon, and Dr. Danny Donldson, UT Martin Alumni Council president from Martin. Dr. Roberto Mancusi presented special music and led the alma mater at the conclusion of both ceremonies accompanied on the piano by Dr. Elaine Harriss. Both are professors of music.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ceremonies can be viewed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and will also be archived on the university’s official YouTube channel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT President Randy Boyd uses stories to advise UT Martin graduates','Randy Boyd has traveled widely and seen many things, so he used three stories from his personal experiences to advise graduates during his commencement address Dec. 10 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. 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They feel like your mom or dad.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They want to see you succeed, which is great because I feel like if you were to go to a larger school, you wouldn’t get that one-on-one connection with your professors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews said she was challenged in the classroom, but she enjoyed what she studied and was successful. “I love my major,” she said. “I would do it all over again.” Next for her is to attend graduate school and prepare for a career as a physician assistant. “I just love the health-care field,” she said. “I kind of went back and forth on a couple of different fields, and once I shadowed, I kind of got a feel for it, and I love it, so it’s what I want to pursue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews never met the Nunnellys, but at one point, she exchanged letters with Bill, and he offered her some simple advice: “He told me just to enjoy my time while I’m here.” She followed his advice, excelled academically, and the payoff is a degree that sets her a course to fulfill her dream of entering the health-care field. “I’m finally going to get to do what I want in life, and I get a lot of validation out of me putting in the hard work that I have, so it’s rewarding for sure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Bill Nunnelly, who died in February of this year, described the gift from he and his wife as a “wonderful way to give something back.” Emmalee Mathews would agree, and she’s the first of many to benefit from the generosity of this Middle Tennessee couple who wanted to make a difference in students’ lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students can apply for the Nunnelly Family Scholarship through Scholarship Aviator located on the UT Martin Financial Aid and Scholarships webpage. 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The scholarship awards give preference to students from Hickman County in Middle Tennessee, but students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews attended East Hickman High School in Lyles, and when it came time for college, she was accepted to UT Martin but didn’t receive enough financial aid to attend the university. An unexpected call from a UTM admissions counselor told her about the new Nunnelly Family Scholarship and she applied. Mathews was chosen, and her world immediately changed. “I would have had to pay to attend every semester, but because of the scholarship, I was able to receive that and then some, and I was able to save what was left over and put it towards graduate school,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beyond the financial benefit, the scholarship also brought Mathews to a university that was a good fit for her personally and academically.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. </strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. “I love the faculty. They feel like your mom or dad.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They want to see you succeed, which is great because I feel like if you were to go to a larger school, you wouldn’t get that one-on-one connection with your professors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews said she was challenged in the classroom, but she enjoyed what she studied and was successful. “I love my major,” she said. “I would do it all over again.” Next for her is to attend graduate school and prepare for a career as a physician assistant. “I just love the health-care field,” she said. “I kind of went back and forth on a couple of different fields, and once I shadowed, I kind of got a feel for it, and I love it, so it’s what I want to pursue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews never met the Nunnellys, but at one point, she exchanged letters with Bill, and he offered her some simple advice: “He told me just to enjoy my time while I’m here.” She followed his advice, excelled academically, and the payoff is a degree that sets her a course to fulfill her dream of entering the health-care field. “I’m finally going to get to do what I want in life, and I get a lot of validation out of me putting in the hard work that I have, so it’s rewarding for sure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Bill Nunnelly, who died in February of this year, described the gift from he and his wife as a “wonderful way to give something back.” Emmalee Mathews would agree, and she’s the first of many to benefit from the generosity of this Middle Tennessee couple who wanted to make a difference in students’ lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students can apply for the Nunnelly Family Scholarship through Scholarship Aviator located on the UT Martin Financial Aid and Scholarships webpage. The application is open Oct. 1-Feb. 1, and current students should reapply annually. Contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information at 800-829-UTM1.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','First Nunnelly scholarship recipient receives UT Martin Degree','Emmalee Mathews achieved some notable firsts when she received her bachelor’s degree Dec. 10 from the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4442-revision-v1','','','2022-12-19 11:03:28','2022-12-19 17:03:28','',4442,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4457',0,'revision','',0),(4450,7,'2022-12-14 14:38:13','2022-12-14 20:38:13','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Emmalee Mathews achieved some notable firsts when she received her bachelor’s degree Dec. 10 from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She excelled as a first-generation college student and was among the top graduates academically in her class. The health and human performance student from Dickson, Tennessee, also became the first recipient of the Rosann and Bill Nunnelly Family Scholarship to graduate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews attended East Hickman High School in Lyles, and when it came time for college, she was accepted to UT Martin but didn’t receive enough financial aid to attend the university. An unexpected call from a UTM admissions counselor told her about the new Nunnelly Family Scholarship and she applied. Mathews was chosen, and her world immediately changed. “I would have had to pay to attend every semester, but because of the scholarship, I was able to receive that and then some, and I was able to save what was left over and put it towards graduate school,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Nunnellys bequeathed $22 million to the university in 2019, then the largest gift to UT Martin, but the couple immediately began funding scholarships, and Mathews was one of four students selected to benefit from their generosity. The scholarship awards give preference to students from Hickman County in Middle Tennessee, but students from Dickson, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and Humphreys counties will also be eligible to receive future scholarships.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beyond the financial benefit, the scholarship also brought Mathews to a university that was a good fit for her personally and academically.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. </strong></p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I have made a lot of connections that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t come to UT Martin. I’ve made great friendships, great relationships,” Mathews said. “I love the faculty. They feel like your mom or dad.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They want to see you succeed, which is great because I feel like if you were to go to a larger school, you wouldn’t get that one-on-one connection with your professors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews said she was challenged in the classroom, but she enjoyed what she studied and was successful. “I love my major,” she said. “I would do it all over again.” Next for her is to attend graduate school and prepare for a career as a physician assistant. “I just love the health-care field,” she said. “I kind of went back and forth on a couple of different fields, and once I shadowed, I kind of got a feel for it, and I love it, so it’s what I want to pursue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mathews never met the Nunnellys, but at one point, she exchanged letters with Bill, and he offered her some simple advice: “He told me just to enjoy my time while I’m here.” She followed his advice, excelled academically, and the payoff is a degree that sets her a course to fulfill her dream of entering the health-care field. “I’m finally going to get to do what I want in life, and I get a lot of validation out of me putting in the hard work that I have, so it’s rewarding for sure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Bill Nunnelly, who died in February of this year, described the gift from he and his wife as a “wonderful way to give something back.” Emmalee Mathews would agree, and she’s the first of many to benefit from the generosity of this Middle Tennessee couple who wanted to make a difference in students’ lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students can apply for the Nunnelly Family Scholarship through Scholarship Aviator located on the UT Martin Financial Aid and Scholarships webpage. The application is open Oct. 1-Feb. 1, and current students should reapply annually. Contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information at 800-829-UTM1.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','First Nunnelly scholarship recipient receives UT Martin Degree','Emmalee Mathews achieved some notable firsts when she received her bachelor’s degree Dec. 10 from the University of Tennessee at Martin. 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The University of Tennessee System president spoke to 391 graduating seniors in person while others watched the ceremonies live online via Facebook and YouTube.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;Boyd’s comments to graduates during both the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies focused on three personal stories that each offered a moral, the first of which reminded graduates that “success begins with yes.” He told of being a first-generation college student who graduated from UT Knoxville at age 19 and then went to work for his father’s business. After four years, he went out on his own and started his first business that failed in six months. His second business was selling electric fencing supplies to stores in Georgia, Alabama and Florida from a van that had neither air conditioning nor a radio.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He told the audience that not having an air conditioner saved gas money. “But I didn’t have a radio on purpose,” he said. “I wanted to make sure that I was always focused on my customers, and what they were sharing with me and what they told me. And if you listen long enough to your customers, they’ll tell you what you need to hear.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six years later, he said that his customers started asking for a product used by animal owners called The Invisible Fence. He saw the potential in the product, learned that the product’s patent was about to expire, and Boyd eventually invested all his resources to have his version of the product designed, which is now the cornerstone of a multimillion-dollar, world-wide business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The point to the story is success begins with ‘yes,’” he said. “I’ve met a lot of people that have been successful in non-profits, in government, in business. I have yet to ever meet somebody that said, ‘You know, I just kept saying ‘no’ until something great happened.’ It never happens.” He said “yes” to an opportunity that changed his life, and he urged graduates to be prepared to do the same.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his second story urged graduates to “believe in serendipity.” Boyd told of once being a mountain climber with the goal of climbing the highest mountain on each continent, so he traveled to Mendoza Province in Argentina to climb Aconcagua, the highest mountain in South America. After eight days of a 10-day climb, conditions became so dangerous that he and his group abandoned the climb. He was stranded in Mendoza for an additional two days and decided to visit some of the many vineyards located around the area. He quickly came to love the people, the area and the wine produced from the vineyards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd returned the next year with his wife, Jenny, and they eventually purchased a small vineyard that they have now owned for 15 years. The journey to climb a desolate mountain turned into a business opportunity that might not have happened otherwise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The definition of ‘serendipity’ is finding something better than what you set out to do,” he said, telling the audience that he wakes up daily thinking about what he needs to accomplish. “But then I remind myself there’s probably something in my day that’s going to happen that I wasn’t expecting that’s better than what I had planned.” He added this advice: “If you wake up every day and you expect something great to happen to you, something interesting, something that you hadn’t planned that’s better than what you had planned, you usually find it because you’re looking for it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The moral of his final story was “always dream big.” Boyd told of a 2015 trip to Israel when he was serving as Tennessee commissioner of economic and community development. He traveled with then Gov. Bill Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders with the goal to build economic relationships, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. The legendary world leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient was 92 years old at the time, and to their surprise, the Tennessee visitors encountered an active, fully engaged man.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following some general conversation, Peres recognized that his visitors didn’t know what to say, and Boyd remembered Peres saying, “You know, oftentimes when somebody meets me, one of the first things they ask is, ‘What was your greatest accomplishment?’” Boyd expected to hear about one of Peres’ many achievements, but instead he responded to the question by saying, “When people ask me what my greatest accomplishment was, I always tell them, ‘My greatest accomplishment will be what I do tomorrow.’ And then they asked, ‘Well what was your greatest failure?’ And I always tell them, ‘My greatest failure was failure to dream big enough.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Peres shared other advice, but Boyd said he was so caught up in the experience that he failed to take notes. However, he did recall a bit of wisdom that Peres shared as he was closing: “You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past,” Peres said. “Always dream big.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boyd later conferred degrees to both summer and fall semester graduates. The 10 a.m. ceremony included undergraduate and graduate-degree candidates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, and business and global affairs. The 2 p.m. ceremony included both undergraduate and graduate-degree candidates from the colleges of education, health and behavioral sciences, engineering and natural sciences, and humanities and fine arts. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver presided over both ceremonies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Carver opened each ceremony with a moment of silence remembering victims of the tornadoes that struck the region Dec. 10, 2021. Other speakers included Dawson Gremmels, Student Government Association president from Huntingdon, and Dr. Danny Donldson, UT Martin Alumni Council president from Martin. Dr. Roberto Mancusi presented special music and led the alma mater at the conclusion of both ceremonies accompanied on the piano by Dr. Elaine Harriss. Both are professors of music.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ceremonies can be viewed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and will also be archived on the university’s official YouTube channel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT President Randy Boyd uses stories to advise UT Martin graduates','Randy Boyd has traveled widely and seen many things, so he used three stories from his personal experiences to advise graduates during his commencement address Dec. 10 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4437-autosave-v1','','','2022-12-14 14:39:37','2022-12-14 20:39:37','',4437,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4452',0,'revision','',0),(4453,7,'2022-12-16 13:37:00','2022-12-16 19:37:00','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alyssa Bynum and Bob Sparks live in different West Tennessee communities, but they share some things in common. Both are successful teachers, both are dedicated educators, and both are now WestTeach graduates. They were members of the fourth WestTeach class that graduated Dec. 13 at the University of Tennessee at Martin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>WestTeach was created as a class project by the university’s 2017 WestStar Leadership Program class as a teacher-development initiative. A new class is selected annually by the program’s advisory committee following teacher nominations by school superintendents and directors. West Tennessee teachers selected to participate learn about the region’s economic needs and opportunities. Each class also meets with regional industry and community leaders to learn more about what their students might experience outside of the classroom both in the workplace and beyond. Twenty-four teachers completed the program bringing the four-year graduate total to 73. The Leaders Education Foundation is the program’s signature sponsor. Other WestTeach sponsors include Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, Security Bank in Dyersburg, SIC Management, Tennessee District of the TRANE Company, Cary and Lalania Vaughn of Millington, and the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum, a third-grade teacher at Dresden Elementary School, was encouraged by her husband, Jake, to participate and experience what he described as “hidden value from WestTeach.” Jake is the Weakley County mayor and a 2013 WestStar graduate. “I was also really excited about the opportunity to get outside the four walls of my classroom and get some new and fresh ideas to bring to my classroom,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating with the different educators was likely her favorite part of the program, but she did question at first how the different educators would mesh and make the program work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I realized in the first couple of hours that really we all have the same end goal of getting our students ready for the real world, and all of our ideals and everything were aligned, and we were excited, and the room was full of educators who are excited to try new things,” Bynum said. “It was really empowering for me as an educator to be with that many people who love teaching as much as I do, so that was really the best part.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum said that she’s a “checklist person” as are many of her teaching colleagues. However, WestTeach showed that reaching out to her community, including leaders and businesses, can expand her teaching effectiveness beyond the classroom and her daily checklist of things to accomplish. “They’re out there, they’re waiting for me, but I need to make that more of a focus for myself,” she said of the resources that are all around her.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bob Sparks teaches 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> grade English at Jackson Central-Merry Early College High. Also a veteran educator, his teaching career spans 15 years, including his four years at Early College High. Last year was especially significant for Sparks when he was chosen as his school’s Teacher of the Year, Jackson-Madison County Schools Teacher of the Year and was one of nine finalists for Tennessee Teacher of the Year and the West Tennessee Grand Division Finalist for the award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent years, Sparks has become interested in the total educational system and seeing how education plays a larger role in communities. Among its programs, Early College High provides students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in cooperation with Jackson State Community College, so he sought more exposure to discussions about college and career readiness and workforce development. WestTeach offered a chance to learn more about these kinds of opportunities and resources in West Tennessee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There’s a real need for just this networking between the education sector, the business sector, higher education – because we really are just kind of at this like ‘catalytic moment’ in West Tennessee,” he said. “… There’s just a lot of opportunity and growth, and for us to really capitalize on that, it’s going to take everybody working together, this collective impact of schools, business, non-profits – everybody being on the same page to really take advantage of this and just make sure that the next generation has all the opportunities and dreams you want them to have.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As with Alyssa Bynum, Sparks wants to make a difference in students’ lives, much like the teachers who influenced him. He also has teachers in his family, so the teaching profession appealed to him early on. “It’s just that family example and influence and then just the teachers I’ve had,” he said. “I want to give that back. I want to make that impact in students’ lives that they did for me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Versie Hamlett, Fayette County Public Schools superintendent, joined several West Tennessee school superintendents and directors who attended the event to support the WestTeach class members they nominated. Wes Holmes, a mathematics teacher at Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School, was among this year’s graduates. “WestTeach is a great opportunity for classroom teachers to develop personal relationships, which will build a pathway for community&nbsp;success,” she wrote in an email response about the program. “The leadership activities allow teachers to be more effective in their roles.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hamlett is especially positive about the opportunity for WestTeach participants to grow as leaders in the teaching profession. “WestTeach is a guiding star that empowers educators to become true leaders for tomorrow,” she said. “This program allows teachers to demonstrate their true potential as teacher leaders in their buildings, which greatly impacts students, colleagues and communities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver joined Dr. Charley Deal, the university’s vice chancellor for university advancement, in welcoming the group, presenting plaques and congratulating the graduating class. Carver was the event’s keynote speaker, but before his remarks, he told attendees how pleased he was to be among people who are passionate about educating young people and positive about the future.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When you look at our country and all the things that we’re facing today and we’re fighting, I get encouraged daily when I go out to the schools and I meet students (while) recruiting them here to UT Martin,” he said. “We see the fruits of your efforts here daily, and so (we) just want to say, ‘Thank you so much for all you do.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the 2022 WestTeach class are Melissa Berry, Henry County High School; Alyssa Bynum, Dresden Elementary School; Candi Collier, Milan High School; Bethany Enochs, East Elementary (Humboldt); Spencer Ezell, Huntingdon High School; Lisa Forsythe, McNairy Central High School; Wesley Holmes, Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School; Tabias Hood, Tipton Rosemark Academy (Millington); Ann Johnson, Munford High School; Jamie Knott, South Fulton High School; Lauren Mathis, Dyersburg Intermediate School; Bellis May, Hardin County High School; Holly Meyer, Briarwood Elementary (Camden); Clayton Morris, West Carroll Jr./Sr. High School; Dana Parmenter, Ripley High School; Crystal Prince, Lake County High School; Rebecca Rainey, Lexington High School; Taylor Record, Dyer Elementary School; Monica Robbins, Holice Powell School (Dyer&nbsp; County); Deana Sain, Bolivar Middle School; Bob Sparks, Jackson Central-Merry Early College High; Jennifer Walls, Trenton Rosenwald Middle School; Ariell White, Anderson Early Childhood Center (Haywood County); and Haley Williams, Crockett County High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn more about WestStar and WestTeach at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Fourth class of West Tennessee teachers graduates from WestTeach','Alyssa Bynum and Bob Sparks live in different West Tennessee communities, but they share some things in common. 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They were members of the fourth WestTeach class that graduated Dec. 13 at the University of Tennessee at Martin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>WestTeach was created as a class project by the university’s 2017 WestStar Leadership Program class as a teacher-development initiative. A new class is selected annually by the program’s advisory committee following teacher nominations by school superintendents and directors. West Tennessee teachers selected to participate learn about the region’s economic needs and opportunities. Each class also meets with regional industry and community leaders to learn more about what their students might experience outside of the classroom both in the workplace and beyond. Twenty-four teachers completed the program bringing the four-year graduate total to 73. The Leaders Education Foundation is the program’s signature sponsor. Other WestTeach sponsors include Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, Security Bank in Dyersburg, SIC Management, Tennessee District of the TRANE Company, Cary and Lalania Vaughn of Millington, and the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum, a third-grade teacher at Dresden Elementary School, was encouraged by her husband, Jake, to participate and experience what he described as “hidden value from WestTeach.” Jake is the Weakley County mayor and a 2013 WestStar graduate. “I was also really excited about the opportunity to get outside the four walls of my classroom and get some new and fresh ideas to bring to my classroom,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating with the different educators was likely her favorite part of the program, but she did question at first how the different educators would mesh and make the program work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I realized in the first couple of hours that really we all have the same end goal of getting our students ready for the real world, and all of our ideals and everything were aligned, and we were excited, and the room was full of educators who are excited to try new things,” Bynum said. “It was really empowering for me as an educator to be with that many people who love teaching as much as I do, so that was really the best part.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum said that she’s a “checklist person” as are many of her teaching colleagues. However, WestTeach showed that reaching out to her community, including leaders and businesses, can expand her teaching effectiveness beyond the classroom and her daily checklist of things to accomplish. “They’re out there, they’re waiting for me, but I need to make that more of a focus for myself,” she said of the resources that are all around her.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bob Sparks teaches 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> grade English at Jackson Central-Merry Early College High. Also a veteran educator, his teaching career spans 15 years, including his four years at Early College High. Last year was especially significant for Sparks when he was chosen as his school’s Teacher of the Year, Jackson-Madison County Schools Teacher of the Year and was one of nine finalists for Tennessee Teacher of the Year and the West Tennessee Grand Division Finalist for the award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent years, Sparks has become interested in the total educational system and seeing how education plays a larger role in communities. Among its programs, Early College High provides students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in cooperation with Jackson State Community College, so he sought more exposure to discussions about college and career readiness and workforce development. WestTeach offered a chance to learn more about these kinds of opportunities and resources in West Tennessee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There’s a real need for just this networking between the education sector, the business sector, higher education – because we really are just kind of at this like ‘catalytic moment’ in West Tennessee,” he said. “… There’s just a lot of opportunity and growth, and for us to really capitalize on that, it’s going to take everybody working together, this collective impact of schools, business, non-profits – everybody being on the same page to really take advantage of this and just make sure that the next generation has all the opportunities and dreams you want them to have.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As with Alyssa Bynum, Sparks wants to make a difference in students’ lives, much like the teachers who influenced him. He also has teachers in his family, so the teaching profession appealed to him early on. “It’s just that family example and influence and then just the teachers I’ve had,” he said. “I want to give that back. I want to make that impact in students’ lives that they did for me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Versie Hamlett, Fayette County Public Schools superintendent, joined several West Tennessee school superintendents and directors who attended the event to support the WestTeach class members they nominated. Wes Holmes, a mathematics teacher at Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School, was among this year’s graduates. “WestTeach is a great opportunity for classroom teachers to develop personal relationships, which will build a pathway for community&nbsp;success,” she wrote in an email response about the program. “The leadership activities allow teachers to be more effective in their roles.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hamlett is especially positive about the opportunity for WestTeach participants to grow as leaders in the teaching profession. “WestTeach is a guiding star that empowers educators to become true leaders for tomorrow,” she said. “This program allows teachers to demonstrate their true potential as teacher leaders in their buildings, which greatly impacts students, colleagues and communities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver joined Dr. Charley Deal, the university’s vice chancellor for university advancement, in welcoming the group, presenting plaques and congratulating the graduating class. Carver was the event’s keynote speaker, but before his remarks, he told attendees how pleased he was to be among people who are passionate about educating young people and positive about the future.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When you look at our country and all the things that we’re facing today and we’re fighting, I get encouraged daily when I go out to the schools and I meet students (while) recruiting them here to UT Martin,” he said. “We see the fruits of your efforts here daily, and so (we) just want to say, ‘Thank you so much for all you do.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the 2022 WestTeach class are Melissa Berry, Henry County High School; Alyssa Bynum, Dresden Elementary School; Candi Collier, Milan High School; Bethany Enochs, East Elementary (Humboldt); Spencer Ezell, Huntingdon High School; Lisa Forsythe, McNairy Central High School; Wesley Holmes, Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School; Tabias Hood, Tipton Rosemark Academy (Millington); Ann Johnson, Munford High School; Jamie Knott, South Fulton High School; Lauren Mathis, Dyersburg Intermediate School; Bellis May, Hardin County High School; Holly Meyer, Briarwood Elementary (Camden); Clayton Morris, West Carroll Jr./Sr. High School; Dana Parmenter, Ripley High School; Crystal Prince, Lake County High School; Rebecca Rainey, Lexington High School; Taylor Record, Dyer Elementary School; Monica Robbins, Holice Powell School (Dyer&nbsp; County); Deana Sain, Bolivar Middle School; Bob Sparks, Jackson Central-Merry Early College High; Jennifer Walls, Trenton Rosenwald Middle School; Ariell White, Anderson Early Childhood Center (Haywood County); and Haley Williams, Crockett County High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn more about WestStar and WestTeach at www.utm.edu.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Fourth class of West Tennessee teachers graduates from WestTeach','Alyssa Bynum and Bob Sparks live in different West Tennessee communities, but they share some things in common. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4453-revision-v1','','','2022-12-16 13:36:19','2022-12-16 19:36:19','',4453,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4455',0,'revision','',0),(4456,7,'2022-12-16 13:37:00','2022-12-16 19:37:00','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alyssa Bynum and Bob Sparks live in different West Tennessee communities, but they share some things in common. Both are successful teachers, both are dedicated educators, and both are now WestTeach graduates. They were members of the fourth WestTeach class that graduated Dec. 13 at the University of Tennessee at Martin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>WestTeach was created as a class project by the university’s 2017 WestStar Leadership Program class as a teacher-development initiative. A new class is selected annually by the program’s advisory committee following teacher nominations by school superintendents and directors. West Tennessee teachers selected to participate learn about the region’s economic needs and opportunities. Each class also meets with regional industry and community leaders to learn more about what their students might experience outside of the classroom both in the workplace and beyond. Twenty-four teachers completed the program bringing the four-year graduate total to 73. The Leaders Education Foundation is the program’s signature sponsor. Other WestTeach sponsors include Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC, Security Bank in Dyersburg, SIC Management, Tennessee District of the TRANE Company, Cary and Lalania Vaughn of Millington, and the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum, a third-grade teacher at Dresden Elementary School, was encouraged by her husband, Jake, to participate and experience what he described as “hidden value from WestTeach.” Jake is the Weakley County mayor and a 2013 WestStar graduate. “I was also really excited about the opportunity to get outside the four walls of my classroom and get some new and fresh ideas to bring to my classroom,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating with the different educators was likely her favorite part of the program, but she did question at first how the different educators would mesh and make the program work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I realized in the first couple of hours that really we all have the same end goal of getting our students ready for the real world, and all of our ideals and everything were aligned, and we were excited, and the room was full of educators who are excited to try new things,” Bynum said. “It was really empowering for me as an educator to be with that many people who love teaching as much as I do, so that was really the best part.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bynum said that she’s a “checklist person” as are many of her teaching colleagues. However, WestTeach showed that reaching out to her community, including leaders and businesses, can expand her teaching effectiveness beyond the classroom and her daily checklist of things to accomplish. “They’re out there, they’re waiting for me, but I need to make that more of a focus for myself,” she said of the resources that are all around her.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bob Sparks teaches 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> grade English at Jackson Central-Merry Early College High. Also a veteran educator, his teaching career spans 15 years, including his four years at Early College High. Last year was especially significant for Sparks when he was chosen as his school’s Teacher of the Year, Jackson-Madison County Schools Teacher of the Year and was one of nine finalists for Tennessee Teacher of the Year and the West Tennessee Grand Division Finalist for the award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent years, Sparks has become interested in the total educational system and seeing how education plays a larger role in communities. Among its programs, Early College High provides students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in cooperation with Jackson State Community College, so he sought more exposure to discussions about college and career readiness and workforce development. WestTeach offered a chance to learn more about these kinds of opportunities and resources in West Tennessee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There’s a real need for just this networking between the education sector, the business sector, higher education – because we really are just kind of at this like ‘catalytic moment’ in West Tennessee,” he said. “… There’s just a lot of opportunity and growth, and for us to really capitalize on that, it’s going to take everybody working together, this collective impact of schools, business, non-profits – everybody being on the same page to really take advantage of this and just make sure that the next generation has all the opportunities and dreams you want them to have.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As with Alyssa Bynum, Sparks wants to make a difference in students’ lives, much like the teachers who influenced him. He also has teachers in his family, so the teaching profession appealed to him early on. “It’s just that family example and influence and then just the teachers I’ve had,” he said. “I want to give that back. I want to make that impact in students’ lives that they did for me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Versie Hamlett, Fayette County Public Schools superintendent, joined several West Tennessee school superintendents and directors who attended the event to support the WestTeach class members they nominated. Wes Holmes, a mathematics teacher at Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School, was among this year’s graduates. “WestTeach is a great opportunity for classroom teachers to develop personal relationships, which will build a pathway for community&nbsp;success,” she wrote in an email response about the program. “The leadership activities allow teachers to be more effective in their roles.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hamlett is especially positive about the opportunity for WestTeach participants to grow as leaders in the teaching profession. “WestTeach is a guiding star that empowers educators to become true leaders for tomorrow,” she said. “This program allows teachers to demonstrate their true potential as teacher leaders in their buildings, which greatly impacts students, colleagues and communities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver joined Dr. Charley Deal, the university’s vice chancellor for university advancement, in welcoming the group, presenting plaques and congratulating the graduating class. Carver was the event’s keynote speaker, but before his remarks, he told attendees how pleased he was to be among people who are passionate about educating young people and positive about the future.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When you look at our country and all the things that we’re facing today and we’re fighting, I get encouraged daily when I go out to the schools and I meet students (while) recruiting them here to UT Martin,” he said. “We see the fruits of your efforts here daily, and so (we) just want to say, ‘Thank you so much for all you do.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the 2022 WestTeach class are Melissa Berry, Henry County High School; Alyssa Bynum, Dresden Elementary School; Candi Collier, Milan High School; Bethany Enochs, East Elementary (Humboldt); Spencer Ezell, Huntingdon High School; Lisa Forsythe, McNairy Central High School; Wesley Holmes, Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School; Tabias Hood, Tipton Rosemark Academy (Millington); Ann Johnson, Munford High School; Jamie Knott, South Fulton High School; Lauren Mathis, Dyersburg Intermediate School; Bellis May, Hardin County High School; Holly Meyer, Briarwood Elementary (Camden); Clayton Morris, West Carroll Jr./Sr. High School; Dana Parmenter, Ripley High School; Crystal Prince, Lake County High School; Rebecca Rainey, Lexington High School; Taylor Record, Dyer Elementary School; Monica Robbins, Holice Powell School (Dyer&nbsp; County); Deana Sain, Bolivar Middle School; Bob Sparks, Jackson Central-Merry Early College High; Jennifer Walls, Trenton Rosenwald Middle School; Ariell White, Anderson Early Childhood Center (Haywood County); and Haley Williams, Crockett County High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn more about WestStar and WestTeach at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Fourth class of West Tennessee teachers graduates from WestTeach','Alyssa Bynum and Bob Sparks live in different West Tennessee communities, but they share some things in common. 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Administrative offices at all locations will reopen Jan. 3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Current and new students can register for spring semester classes Jan. 12-18, with Jan. 18 the final day to add classes. Other important spring semester dates include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• Jan. 6 – Spring New Student Orientation (first year and transfer students)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• Jan. 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed (university closed)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• Feb. 20 – Test Flight Academic Preview Day; <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/testflight\">www.utm.edu/testflight</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• March 20-26 – Spring Break (administrative offices remain open)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• March 27-April 2 – Early registration begins for summer and fall 2023</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• April 1 – Spring Preview Day; <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/preview\">www.utm.edu/preview</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• April 7 – Spring Holiday (university closed)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• April 28 – Spring Semester classes end</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• May 1-5 – Final exams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>• May 5 &amp; 6 (TBA) – Spring Commencement in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summer Orientation and Registration dates are set for students who will enter the university in fall 2023. SOAR dates are May 22-23; June 9, 23, 26 (virtual); July 14, 24; and Aug. 4. Transfer Orientation dates for 2023 are April 21, June 8 and 26 (virtual), July 13 and Aug. 4.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about attending UT Martin, call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020, online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu\">www.utm.edu</a>, or email <a href=\"mailto:admissions@utm.edu\">admissions@utm.edu</a>. To contact or schedule a visit to a UT Martin Regional Center, email <a href=\"mailto:outreach@utm.edu\">outreach@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7080.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin spring semester classes set to begin Jan. 12','Spring semester classes at the University of Tennessee at Martin will begin Thursday, Jan. 12, following the university’s winter holiday that includes the Christmas and New Year’s Day closing observances.','inherit','closed','closed','','4459-revision-v1','','','2022-12-21 14:42:44','2022-12-21 20:42:44','',4459,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4461',0,'revision','',0),(4462,7,'2022-12-22 12:00:07','2022-12-22 18:00:07','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2022-23 academic year has been a monumental one for the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Criminal Justice Program. Not only is the program celebrating its 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary as part of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program also had its first graduate cross the commencement stage Dec. 10 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Cpt. Wesley Stafford, director of training for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, has added a UT Martin degree to his impressive list of credentials and degrees.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stafford began his law enforcement career as a reserve deputy at the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Department in 1996. After nearly two years in that role, he knew he wanted to pursue it as a full-time profession. “I don’t mean to sound corny, but law enforcement – just the whole idea of protecting and serving – just really felt like a calling,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He accepted a full-time position with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Department just three weeks before graduating from basic police recruit school at Walters State Community College in East Tennessee. He held numerous positions while at the sheriff’s department and credits his time there for preparing him for his future law enforcement career. “It was a great place to get experience and to learn the ropes,” Stafford said about his time at the department. “I learned how to communicate with people and understand their traumas and successes.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2005, he became a road trooper in the Nashville district with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. With this new job came new responsibility, and Stafford eventually transitioned into the role of teacher. He became a member of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Training Division because of a desire to help other law enforcement officers better themselves. “As I was maturing into a young adult, there was a time when I thought maybe I wanted to teach,” he recalled. This opportunity allowed him to continue doing the job he loved but also educate future generations of troopers. While in his role as an instructor, he graduated from the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Bethel University.        </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By taking on this new role, it was evident that constantly pursuing an education was important to Stafford. The chance to return to school for his master’s degree presented itself when UT Martin added a new Master of Science in Criminal Justice in spring 2022. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While attending the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Stafford started earning credit hours toward his master’s degree through the University of Virginia. It was through this opportunity that he saw the benefits UT Martin had to offer. “I was so close to completing my master’s and UT Martin was so flexible to recognize my previous education and training that it just made sense to finish there,” said Stafford.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He did not pursue his master’s with the intent or expectation of furthering his career, but he did it for his family. “I did it to show my children and grandchildren that you never stop learning,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As I look toward the end of my career in law enforcement, I wonder what life looks like afterwards. Maybe, along with my other credentials, this (his master’s degree) will make me more marketable in the private sector,” Stafford said. “But at this point, I’ve got it, and nobody can take that away. So, I am proud to have completed it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For 50 years, the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program has produced police officers, state troopers, forensic scientists, judges, lawyers and many other law enforcement specialists like Stafford. The program is built on four pillars: law and law enforcement, courts, theory, and research.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to academic courses tailored for the classroom, the Criminal Justice Program offers hands-on learning to students to better prepare them for the real world. Through internships and summer programs, such as the National Collegiate Forensics Academy in Oak Ridge, the faculty are dedicated to preparing students for their next steps. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":4464,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12152022_FallCommencement334.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4464\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Cpt. 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Not only is the program celebrating its 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary as part of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program also had its first graduate cross the commencement stage Dec. 10 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Cpt. Wesley Stafford, director of training for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, has added a UT Martin degree to his impressive list of credentials and degrees.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stafford began his law enforcement career as a reserve deputy at the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Department in 1996. After nearly two years in that role, he knew he wanted to pursue it as a full-time profession. “I don’t mean to sound corny, but law enforcement – just the whole idea of protecting and serving – just really felt like a calling,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He accepted a full-time position with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Department just three weeks before graduating from basic police recruit school at Walters State Community College in East Tennessee. He held numerous positions while at the sheriff’s department and credits his time there for preparing him for his future law enforcement career. “It was a great place to get experience and to learn the ropes,” Stafford said about his time at the department. “I learned how to communicate with people and understand their traumas and successes.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2005, he became a road trooper in the Nashville district with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. With this new job came new responsibility, and Stafford eventually transitioned into the role of teacher. He became a member of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Training Division because of a desire to help other law enforcement officers better themselves. “As I was maturing into a young adult, there was a time when I thought maybe I wanted to teach,” he recalled. This opportunity allowed him to continue doing the job he loved but also educate future generations of troopers. While in his role as an instructor, he graduated from the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Bethel University.        </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By taking on this new role, it was evident that constantly pursuing an education was important to Stafford. The chance to return to school for his master’s degree presented itself when UT Martin added a new Master of Science in Criminal Justice in spring 2022. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While attending the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Stafford started earning credit hours toward his master’s degree through the University of Virginia. It was through this opportunity that he saw the benefits UT Martin had to offer. “I was so close to completing my master’s and UT Martin was so flexible to recognize my previous education and training that it just made sense to finish there,” said Stafford.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He did not pursue his master’s with the intent or expectation of furthering his career, but he did it for his family. “I did it to show my children and grandchildren that you never stop learning,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As I look toward the end of my career in law enforcement, I wonder what life looks like afterwards. Maybe, along with my other credentials, this (his master’s degree) will make me more marketable in the private sector,” Stafford said. “But at this point, I’ve got it, and nobody can take that away. So, I am proud to have completed it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For 50 years, the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program has produced police officers, state troopers, forensic scientists, judges, lawyers and many other law enforcement specialists like Stafford. The program is built on four pillars: law and law enforcement, courts, theory, and research.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to academic courses tailored for the classroom, the Criminal Justice Program offers hands-on learning to students to better prepare them for the real world. 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She also has experience in private business as a business owner/director of a childcare center and as an office manager for a law firm. She is active in her community and currently serves as co-chair of the Weakley County Long-Term Recovery Group. 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The meeting is open to the public and will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/abmeeting\">www.utm.edu/abmeeting</a> and archived for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Agenda items include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>UT Martin Athletics Update</li><li>Report on Transfers and Transfer Pathways</li><li>Retention Update</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> &nbsp;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.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this meeting can contact Grimes to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. 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','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-meet-jan-20','','','2023-01-13 13:31:13','2023-01-13 19:31:13','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4478',0,'post','',0),(4479,7,'2023-01-13 13:30:13','2023-01-13 19:30:13','','09232022_AdvisoryBoard002','','inherit','closed','closed','','09232022_advisoryboard002','','','2023-01-13 13:30:13','2023-01-13 19:30:13','',4478,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/09232022_AdvisoryBoard002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4481,7,'2023-01-13 13:31:05','2023-01-13 19:31:05','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will meet at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. The meeting is open to the public and will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/abmeeting\">www.utm.edu/abmeeting</a> and archived for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Agenda items include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>UT Martin Athletics Update</li><li>Report on Transfers and Transfer Pathways</li><li>Retention Update</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> &nbsp;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.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this meeting can contact Grimes to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact can be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CT, Wednesday, Jan. &nbsp;18.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice. For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet Jan. 20','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will meet at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. 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The meeting is open to the public and will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/abmeeting\">www.utm.edu/abmeeting</a> and archived for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Agenda items include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>UT Martin Athletics Update</li><li>Report on Transfers and Transfer Pathways</li><li>Retention Update</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a> &nbsp;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.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this meeting can contact Grimes to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact can be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CT, Wednesday, Jan. &nbsp;18.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice. For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet Jan. 20','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will meet at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4478-revision-v1','','','2023-01-13 13:30:34','2023-01-13 19:30:34','',4478,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4480',0,'revision','',0),(4482,7,'2023-01-17 08:40:24','2023-01-17 14:40:24','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team attended the 9<sup>th</sup> annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference on Oct. 6 and 7 in Chicago. The students joined more than 400 students from 81 universities to improve their portfolio management skills, hear professional guest speakers and tour the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading floor. Team members were recognized during a student manager presentation event Dec. 2 in the Business Administration Building.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While at the conference, students created posters that explained their investment philosophy and in firm analysis, then performed and presented a financial evaluation of the assigned company. UT Martin student managers were also invited to serve as presenters with students from three other universities for a student-led panel discussion of portfolio management strategy, stock selection and performance metrics. UT Martin’s fall session portfolio managers outperformed Standard and Poor’s market index by 113 basis points.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin students who attended the conference were Joshua Dare, a senior finance major from Hollow Rock; Alex Jones, a senior double majoring in finance and economics from Dyer; Logan Alfano-Webb, a graduate student from Counce who is seeking a Master of Business Administration; and Maxwell Halford, a senior finance major from Rutherford.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>TVA’s Investment Challenge was established in 1998 and is a partnership between TVA and participating universities in its service territory. The challenge provides a real-world learning experience in portfolio management by allowing students to manage actual stock portfolios within TVA guidelines. In addition to TVA, other investment-team supporters include the family of Kelly Murray and FirstBank.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the UT Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team, contact Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, managing director of the UT Martin TVA Investment Challenge Program and professor of finance, at <a href=\"mailto:mhaddad@utm.edu\">mhaddad@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: Pictured in the top row (l, r) are Isaiah Puckett, a double major in accounting and finance; Maxwell Halford, a senior finance major; and Ben Jones, UT Foundation director of development. Pictured in the middle row (l, r) are Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor, Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Political Science; Dr. Sandra and William Murray, supporters of the team and parents of the late Kelly Murray; and Dr. Nell Gullet, professor, Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Political Science. Pictured in the bottom row (l to r) are Joshua Dare, a senior finance major; Alex Jones, a senior double major in finance and economics; Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, College of Business and Global Affairs dean; Logan Alfano-Webb, an MBA student; and Ryan Stover, a Certified Financial Planner with Ameriprise Financial.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','TVA Investment Challenge team presents at 2022 conference','The University of Tennessee at Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team attended the 9th annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference on Oct. 6 and 7 in Chicago.','publish','closed','closed','','tva-investment-challenge-team-presents-at-2022-conference','','','2023-01-17 08:40:24','2023-01-17 14:40:24','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4482',0,'post','',0),(4483,7,'2023-01-17 08:38:49','2023-01-17 14:38:49','','TVA Investment Challenge Team_Fall 2022','','inherit','closed','closed','','tva-investment-challenge-team_fall-2022','','','2023-01-17 08:38:49','2023-01-17 14:38:49','',4482,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TVA-Investment-Challenge-Team_Fall-2022.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4484,7,'2023-01-17 08:40:08','2023-01-17 14:40:08','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team attended the 9<sup>th</sup> annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference on Oct. 6 and 7 in Chicago. The students joined more than 400 students from 81 universities to improve their portfolio management skills, hear professional guest speakers and tour the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading floor. Team members were recognized during a student manager presentation event Dec. 2 in the Business Administration Building.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While at the conference, students created posters that explained their investment philosophy and in firm analysis, then performed and presented a financial evaluation of the assigned company. UT Martin student managers were also invited to serve as presenters with students from three other universities for a student-led panel discussion of portfolio management strategy, stock selection and performance metrics. UT Martin’s fall session portfolio managers outperformed Standard and Poor’s market index by 113 basis points.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin students who attended the conference were Joshua Dare, a senior finance major from Hollow Rock; Alex Jones, a senior double majoring in finance and economics from Dyer; Logan Alfano-Webb, a graduate student from Counce who is seeking a Master of Business Administration; and Maxwell Halford, a senior finance major from Rutherford.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>TVA’s Investment Challenge was established in 1998 and is a partnership between TVA and participating universities in its service territory. The challenge provides a real-world learning experience in portfolio management by allowing students to manage actual stock portfolios within TVA guidelines. In addition to TVA, other investment-team supporters include the family of Kelly Murray and FirstBank.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the UT Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team, contact Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, managing director of the UT Martin TVA Investment Challenge Program and professor of finance, at <a href=\"mailto:mhaddad@utm.edu\">mhaddad@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: Pictured in the top row (l, r) are Isaiah Puckett, a double major in accounting and finance; Maxwell Halford, a senior finance major; and Ben Jones, UT Foundation director of development. Pictured in the middle row (l, r) are Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor, Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Political Science; Dr. Sandra and William Murray, supporters of the team and parents of the late Kelly Murray; and Dr. Nell Gullet, professor, Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Political Science. Pictured in the bottom row (l to r) are Joshua Dare, a senior finance major; Alex Jones, a senior double major in finance and economics; Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, College of Business and Global Affairs dean; Logan Alfano-Webb, an MBA student; and Ryan Stover, a Certified Financial Planner with Ameriprise Financial.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','TVA Investment Challenge team presents at 2022 conference','The University of Tennessee at Martin-TVA Investment Challenge team attended the 9th annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference on Oct. 6 and 7 in Chicago.','inherit','closed','closed','','4482-revision-v1','','','2023-01-17 08:40:08','2023-01-17 14:40:08','',4482,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4484',0,'revision','',0),(4485,7,'2023-01-17 10:47:37','2023-01-17 16:47:37','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Story by Bud Grimes </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center. The 9 a.m. celebration and breakfast was sponsored by the city of Martin, UT Martin and the university’s Black Student Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, first held in 2013, brings together the community and university to celebrate and honor the legacy of slain civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to raise awareness for sharing vision and purpose for the future. Dr. Mark McCloud, UT Martin vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, served as emcee; Petra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, welcomed guests on behalf of the university; and Nia Tate, UT Martin Black Student Association president, followed McPhearson with welcoming comments from the BSA. Jackie Thomas, pastor at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, offered the invocation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins, a mechanical engineering student from Memphis, talked about King’s many personal accomplishments and sacrifices that led to his critical role in the civil rights movement. “Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man, a man who though he never met us, has left an indelible mark on our lives, a man who fought for justice, no matter the cost. … Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of great courage and conviction who accepted the responsibilities of an organizer and leader with unwavering dedication,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins spoke about the need to appreciate the slain civil rights leader and all who have sacrificed for freedom and justice. “To truly appreciate something, you must understand both the victory and the cost it took to obtain victory,” he told the audience. “Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested more than 29 times, and despite all the accomplishments, he still had many within his own community question his character and his true motives.” Watkins noted that King and his family suffered and sacrificed repeatedly for freedoms that King nor his predecessors would ever enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, to Dr. Martin Luther King we say, ‘Thank you, we appreciate you. Thank you for your work, thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your sacrifices. You stood strong despite all you faced, so we cherish you with the very freedom we fought for, and we stand strong still in hopes of being cherished the same,’” Watkins said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton, the 11<sup>th</sup> president of Lane College, followed Watkins by also remembering all who sacrificed to build this state and nation. “When we look around this room this morning, we look around this city, we look around UT Martin, we see in you the fulfillment of the dreams and the hopes of our slave fore-parents,” he said, recognizing the accomplished persons of color seated at his own table who have achieved major success and responsibility through hard work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton then directed his comments to students in the audience and reminded them that they, too, can achieve success but only through the kind of effort that made others around them successful. “Scholars, I encourage you put in the work. I see your dreams pulling up. You are made for this. You are made for greatness … and God has made a way for you,” he said. Hampton then addressed the entire audience saying, “Today, this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance challenges you to dream with a vision and live with a purpose.” He said that people from the past would be pleased to see an event bringing together people of different races and backgrounds to celebrate and remember those who sacrificed for freedom.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While celebrating and remembering those who sacrificed, Hampton reminded the audience that much work remains to be done. “On this King holiday, as we celebrate civil rights heroes, we need remember the high cost of bigotry, divorce ourselves of our biases, challenge our prejudices, and eliminate the possibility of racism in our lives,” he said. “Racism is expensive. Prejudice is expensive. Bigotry is expensive. … We need to remember anew that God made each of us, and God has a purpose for each of us.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton added that in this country “divergent opinions, different perspectives and diverse voices are necessary and useful.” What isn’t constructive is assigning labels to persons who think differently, so he challenged everyone to engage in conversation. “Instead on this King Day forward, let’s have the difficult conversations in person. … Walk across the street, walk across the room, walk over to the next cubicle and do something absolutely radical in our day – talk to someone who you disagree with, who has a different opinion.”                              </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He later closed by again urging the those in the audience to find a way to talk with one another and find common ground. “Friends, we have much work to do, and God has called us for such a time as this,” he said. “Dr. Martin Luther King said in his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, he spoke to the fierce urgency of now. … Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all God’s children.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three traditional awards were presented following the speakers. Joyce Washington, of Martin, received the Alpha Award for her community involvement, which is presented in memory of King who was an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. member. The Torch Award was presented by the Black Student Association to Demetrius Robinson, director of the UT Martin Office of Career Planning and Development, for his work with diversity and inclusion among students, and the City of Martin Harold Conner Award was presented by Martin Mayor Randy Brundige to Martin native Johnny Shanklin for his service to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: President Logan Hampton, Lane College, event speaker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Speakers remember Martin Luther King Jr. during annual celebration','University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center.','publish','closed','closed','','speakers-remember-martin-luther-king-jr-during-annual-celebration','','','2023-01-18 13:26:13','2023-01-18 19:26:13','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4485',0,'post','',0),(4486,7,'2023-01-17 10:45:54','2023-01-17 16:45:54','','MLK 1_Hampton 2023','President Logan Hampton, Lane College, event speaker.','inherit','closed','closed','','mlk-1_hampton-2023','','','2023-01-17 10:46:06','2023-01-17 16:46:06','',4485,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MLK-1_Hampton-2023.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4487,7,'2023-01-17 10:46:53','2023-01-17 16:46:53','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center. The 9 a.m. celebration and breakfast was sponsored by the city of Martin, UT Martin and the university’s Black Student Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, first held in 2013, brings together the community and university to celebrate and honor the legacy of slain civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to raise awareness for sharing vision and purpose for the future. Dr. Mark McCloud, UT Martin vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, served as emcee; Petra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, welcomed guests on behalf of the university; and Nia Tate, UT Martin Black Student Association president, followed McPhearson with welcoming comments from the BSA. Jackie Thomas, pastor at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, offered the invocation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins, a mechanical engineering student from Memphis, talked about King’s many personal accomplishments and sacrifices that led to his critical role in the civil rights movement. “Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man, a man who though he never met us, has left an indelible mark on our lives, a man who fought for justice, no matter the cost. … Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of great courage and conviction who accepted the responsibilities of an organizer and leader with unwavering dedication,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins spoke about the need to appreciate the slain civil rights leader and all who have sacrificed for freedom and justice. “To truly appreciate something, you much understand both the victory and the cost it took to obtain victory,” he told the audience. “Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested more than 29 times, and despite all the accomplishments, he still had many within his own community question his character and his true motives.” Watkins noted that King and his family suffered and sacrificed repeatedly for freedoms that King nor his predecessors would ever enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, to Dr. Martin Luther King we say, ‘Thank you, we appreciate you. Thank you for your work, thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your sacrifices. You stood strong despite all you faced, so we cherish you with the very freedom we fought for, and we stand strong still in hopes of being cherished the same,’” Watkins said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton, the 11<sup>th</sup> president of Lane College, followed Watkins by also remembering all who sacrificed to build this state and nation. “When we look around this room this morning, we look around this city, we look around UT Martin, we see in you the fulfillment of the dreams and the hopes of our slave fore-parents,” he said, recognizing the accomplished persons of color seated at his own table who have achieved major success and responsibility through hard work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton then directed his comments to students in the audience and reminded them that they, too, can achieve success but only through the kind of effort that made others around them successful. “Scholars, I encourage you put in the work. I see your dreams pulling up. You are made for this. You are made for greatness … and God has made a way for you,” he said. Hampton then addressed the entire audience saying, “Today, this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance challenges you to dream with a vision and live with a purpose.” He said that people from the past would be pleased to see an event bringing together people of different races and backgrounds to celebrate and remember those who sacrificed for freedom.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While celebrating and remembering those who sacrificed, Hampton reminded the audience that much work remains to be done. “On this King holiday, as we celebrate civil rights heroes, we need remember the high cost of bigotry, divorce ourselves of our biases, challenge our prejudices, and eliminate the possibility of racism in our lives,” he said. “Racism is expensive. Prejudice is expensive. Bigotry is expensive. … We need to remember anew that God made each of us, and God has a purpose for each of us.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton added that in this country “divergent opinions, different perspectives and diverse voices are necessary and useful.” What isn’t constructive is assigning labels to persons who think differently, so he challenged everyone to engage in conversation. “Instead on this King Day forward, let’s have the difficult conversations in person. … Walk across the street, walk across the room, walk over to the next cubicle and do something absolutely radical in our day – talk to someone who you disagree with, who has a different opinion.”                                   </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He later closed by again urging the those in the audience to find a way to talk with one another and find common ground. “Friends, we have much work to do, and God has called us for such a time as this,” he said. “Dr. Martin Luther King said in his ‘I Have a Dream Speech,’ he spoke to the fierce urgency of now. … Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all God’s children.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three traditional awards were presented following the speakers. Joyce Washington, of Martin, received the Alpha Award for her community involvement, which is presented in memory of King who was an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. member. The Torch Award was presented by the Black Student Association to Demetrius Robinson, director of the UT Martin Office of Career Planning and Development, for his work with diversity and inclusion among students, and the City of Martin Harold Conner Award was presented by Martin Mayor Randy Brundige to Martin native Johnny Shanklin for his service to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: President Logan Hampton, Lane College, event speaker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Speakers remember Martin Luther King Jr. during annual celebration','University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','4485-revision-v1','','','2023-01-17 10:46:53','2023-01-17 16:46:53','',4485,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4487',0,'revision','',0),(4535,2,'2023-01-26 10:25:06','2023-01-26 16:25:06','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As you may already know or will hear today, I will be leaving UT Martin on March 1, 2023, to become the Senior Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. This is a bittersweet day for Hollianne and me. Know that we wrestled with this decision and considered many factors before making a decision.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We have loved serving UT Martin for over six years during my time as chancellor. It’s been such an honor to work with you to advocate for UT Martin’s academic programs and incredible <em>people</em> since January 2017.&nbsp; We have enjoyed representing UT Martin across West Tennessee and the surrounding region, celebrating with you at university events and opening up our home for meals, card games and s’mores.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m grateful for this opportunity to continue working for the University of Tennessee and leading the Institute of Agriculture. Hollianne, Britton and l will be reuniting with our two adult children in East Tennessee, and we are excited to be in Knoxville for the birth of our first grandchild this summer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m forever grateful for the good work we’ve accomplished together.&nbsp; And while I’ll miss all aspects of this great university community, it’s probably no surprise that I’ll miss the people the most.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’ll be communicating more information in the near future. I’m confident that the best days for this great university are yet to come because of you – our outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All the best,</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keith</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','A new beginning','As you may already know or will hear today, I will be leaving UT Martin on March 1, 2023, to become the Senior Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. 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The 9 a.m. celebration and breakfast was sponsored by the city of Martin, UT Martin and the university’s Black Student Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, first held in 2013, brings together the community and university to celebrate and honor the legacy of slain civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to raise awareness for sharing vision and purpose for the future. Dr. Mark McCloud, UT Martin vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, served as emcee; Petra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, welcomed guests on behalf of the university; and Nia Tate, UT Martin Black Student Association president, followed McPhearson with welcoming comments from the BSA. Jackie Thomas, pastor at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, offered the invocation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins, a mechanical engineering student from Memphis, talked about King’s many personal accomplishments and sacrifices that led to his critical role in the civil rights movement. “Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man, a man who though he never met us, has left an indelible mark on our lives, a man who fought for justice, no matter the cost. … Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of great courage and conviction who accepted the responsibilities of an organizer and leader with unwavering dedication,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins spoke about the need to appreciate the slain civil rights leader and all who have sacrificed for freedom and justice. “To truly appreciate something, you must understand both the victory and the cost it took to obtain victory,” he told the audience. “Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested more than 29 times, and despite all the accomplishments, he still had many within his own community question his character and his true motives.” Watkins noted that King and his family suffered and sacrificed repeatedly for freedoms that King nor his predecessors would ever enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, to Dr. Martin Luther King we say, ‘Thank you, we appreciate you. Thank you for your work, thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your sacrifices. You stood strong despite all you faced, so we cherish you with the very freedom we fought for, and we stand strong still in hopes of being cherished the same,’” Watkins said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton, the 11<sup>th</sup> president of Lane College, followed Watkins by also remembering all who sacrificed to build this state and nation. “When we look around this room this morning, we look around this city, we look around UT Martin, we see in you the fulfillment of the dreams and the hopes of our slave fore-parents,” he said, recognizing the accomplished persons of color seated at his own table who have achieved major success and responsibility through hard work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton then directed his comments to students in the audience and reminded them that they, too, can achieve success but only through the kind of effort that made others around them successful. “Scholars, I encourage you put in the work. I see your dreams pulling up. You are made for this. You are made for greatness … and God has made a way for you,” he said. Hampton then addressed the entire audience saying, “Today, this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance challenges you to dream with a vision and live with a purpose.” He said that people from the past would be pleased to see an event bringing together people of different races and backgrounds to celebrate and remember those who sacrificed for freedom.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While celebrating and remembering those who sacrificed, Hampton reminded the audience that much work remains to be done. “On this King holiday, as we celebrate civil rights heroes, we need remember the high cost of bigotry, divorce ourselves of our biases, challenge our prejudices, and eliminate the possibility of racism in our lives,” he said. “Racism is expensive. Prejudice is expensive. Bigotry is expensive. … We need to remember anew that God made each of us, and God has a purpose for each of us.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton added that in this country “divergent opinions, different perspectives and diverse voices are necessary and useful.” What isn’t constructive is assigning labels to persons who think differently, so he challenged everyone to engage in conversation. “Instead on this King Day forward, let’s have the difficult conversations in person. … Walk across the street, walk across the room, walk over to the next cubicle and do something absolutely radical in our day – talk to someone who you disagree with, who has a different opinion.”                              </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He later closed by again urging the those in the audience to find a way to talk with one another and find common ground. “Friends, we have much work to do, and God has called us for such a time as this,” he said. “Dr. Martin Luther King said in his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, he spoke to the fierce urgency of now. … Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all God’s children.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three traditional awards were presented following the speakers. Joyce Washington, of Martin, received the Alpha Award for her community involvement, which is presented in memory of King who was an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. member. The Torch Award was presented by the Black Student Association to Demetrius Robinson, director of the UT Martin Office of Career Planning and Development, for his work with diversity and inclusion among students, and the City of Martin Harold Conner Award was presented by Martin Mayor Randy Brundige to Martin native Johnny Shanklin for his service to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: President Logan Hampton, Lane College, event speaker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Speakers remember Martin Luther King Jr. during annual celebration','University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','4485-revision-v1','','','2023-01-18 13:26:13','2023-01-18 19:26:13','',4485,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4501',0,'revision','',0),(4491,7,'2023-01-17 16:04:32','2023-01-17 22:04:32','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Story by Bud Grimes </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center. The 9 a.m. celebration and breakfast was sponsored by the city of Martin, UT Martin and the university’s Black Student Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, first held in 2013, brings together the community and university to celebrate and honor the legacy of slain civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to raise awareness for sharing vision and purpose for the future. Dr. Mark McCloud, UT Martin vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, served as emcee; Petra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, welcomed guests on behalf of the university; and Nia Tate, UT Martin Black Student Association president, followed McPhearson with welcoming comments from the BSA. Jackie Thomas, pastor at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, offered the invocation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins, a mechanical engineering student from Memphis, talked about King’s many personal accomplishments and sacrifices that led to his critical role in the civil rights movement. “Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man, a man who though he never met us, has left an indelible mark on our lives, a man who fought for justice, no matter the cost. … Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of great courage and conviction who accepted the responsibilities of an organizer and leader with unwavering dedication,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watkins spoke about the need to appreciate the slain civil rights leader and all who have sacrificed for freedom and justice. “To truly appreciate something, you much understand both the victory and the cost it took to obtain victory,” he told the audience. “Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested more than 29 times, and despite all the accomplishments, he still had many within his own community question his character and his true motives.” Watkins noted that King and his family suffered and sacrificed repeatedly for freedoms that King nor his predecessors would ever enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, to Dr. Martin Luther King we say, ‘Thank you, we appreciate you. Thank you for your work, thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your sacrifices. You stood strong despite all you faced, so we cherish you with the very freedom we fought for, and we stand strong still in hopes of being cherished the same,’” Watkins said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton, the 11<sup>th</sup> president of Lane College, followed Watkins by also remembering all who sacrificed to build this state and nation. “When we look around this room this morning, we look around this city, we look around UT Martin, we see in you the fulfillment of the dreams and the hopes of our slave fore-parents,” he said, recognizing the accomplished persons of color seated at his own table who have achieved major success and responsibility through hard work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton then directed his comments to students in the audience and reminded them that they, too, can achieve success but only through the kind of effort that made others around them successful. “Scholars, I encourage you put in the work. I see your dreams pulling up. You are made for this. You are made for greatness … and God has made a way for you,” he said. Hampton then addressed the entire audience saying, “Today, this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance challenges you to dream with a vision and live with a purpose.” He said that people from the past would be pleased to see an event bringing together people of different races and backgrounds to celebrate and remember those who sacrificed for freedom.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While celebrating and remembering those who sacrificed, Hampton reminded the audience that much work remains to be done. “On this King holiday, as we celebrate civil rights heroes, we need remember the high cost of bigotry, divorce ourselves of our biases, challenge our prejudices, and eliminate the possibility of racism in our lives,” he said. “Racism is expensive. Prejudice is expensive. Bigotry is expensive. … We need to remember anew that God made each of us, and God has a purpose for each of us.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hampton added that in this country “divergent opinions, different perspectives and diverse voices are necessary and useful.” What isn’t constructive is assigning labels to persons who think differently, so he challenged everyone to engage in conversation. “Instead on this King Day forward, let’s have the difficult conversations in person. … Walk across the street, walk across the room, walk over to the next cubicle and do something absolutely radical in our day – talk to someone who you disagree with, who has a different opinion.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He later closed by again urging the those in the audience to find a way to talk with one another and find common ground. “Friends, we have much work to do, and God has called us for such a time as this,” he said. “Dr. Martin Luther King said in his ‘I Have a Dream Speech,’ he spoke to the fierce urgency of now. … Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all God’s children.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three traditional awards were presented following the speakers. Joyce Washington, of Martin, received the Alpha Award for her community involvement, which is presented in memory of King who was an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. member. The Torch Award was presented by the Black Student Association to Demetrius Robinson, director of the UT Martin Office of Career Planning and Development, for his work with diversity and inclusion among students, and the City of Martin Harold Conner Award was presented by Martin Mayor Randy Brundige to Martin native Johnny Shanklin for his service to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: President Logan Hampton, Lane College, event speaker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Speakers remember Martin Luther King Jr. during annual celebration','University of Tennessee at Martin student Justice Watkins and Lane College president Dr. Logan Hampton were keynote speakers for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Martin Event Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','4485-revision-v1','','','2023-01-17 16:04:32','2023-01-17 22:04:32','',4485,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4491',0,'revision','',0),(4610,7,'2023-03-02 08:46:31','2023-03-02 14:46:31','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs will host Greek Fest, a week-long celebration of UT Martin Greek life March 6-10 on the main campus. This week focuses on bringing current and alumni members of Greek life together to fellowship and serve the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first opportunity for organizations to gain points began Feb. 23 at the UT Martin basketball doubleheaders. Organizations that attended the games earned five points for participating and five additional points if 50% or more of their chapter attended. The organizations will also be participating in a penny war, with the funds going toward the winning chapter’s philanthropy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Greek Fest officially begins March 6 with “Make your mark Monday.” The Greek community is encouraged to wear their letters and attend the 9:45 p.m. showing of Creed III at Cine Theatres in Martin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chapters will gather for service night March 7 to help pack Narcan bags for the Weakley County Prevention Coalition.&nbsp; Participating members will earn hours toward their organization’s yearly overall service goals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At 6 p.m., March 8, Dr. Diandra Renee will host the D.R.E.A.M. Workshop in Watkins Auditorium. Renee is a two-time TED Speaker and known for her advocacy for racial equality within families, education and storytelling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Line dance will be held at 7 p.m., March 9, and the Step Show will be held at 7 p.m., March 10, both in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse. For each event, organizations will receive five points for participating with additional points awarded in each category. Third place will receive five additional points, second place will receive 10 additional points, and first place will receive 15 additional points. Line dance tickets are $5, Step Show tickets are $10, and both may be purchased via Event Brite. These events are open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact Rachel Stephens, Director of Student Life, at 731-881-7527 or rstephe5@utm.edu.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin Office of Student Life hosts annual Greek Fest Week',' The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs will host Greek Fest, a week-long celebration of UT Martin Greek life March 6-10 on the main campus.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-office-of-student-life-hosts-annual-greek-fest-week','','','2023-03-13 14:42:57','2023-03-13 19:42:57','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4610',0,'post','',0),(4533,7,'2023-01-26 08:50:11','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','TEst','','draft','closed','closed','','','','','2023-01-26 08:50:11','2023-01-26 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wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 14</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-21-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-21-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 21</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-28-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-28-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 28</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a 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Online workshops will be held on six separate days, with students having the option of attending Math and Science or English and Reading sessions. The online courses will be held over Zoom, so participants must have access to a computer with audio and video capabilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ACT super-score skill-up workshops, part of the ACT Success Tactics Series, will help students define the challenges of individual subjects and give them the tools to efficiently problem solve.&nbsp; Each class is two hours and cost $25 each. Students may attend both classes for a total of four hours and $50. To see a list of available sessions and to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/outreach\">www.utm.edu/outreach</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also offered will be an ACT Algebra and Geometry Deep Dive Workshop from 5-7 p.m., Feb. 9 and Mar. 2. Students will review formulas and practice how to utilize them on the test. The workshops also include a comprehensive review of the geometry and algebra problems covered on the exam.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, seven in-person ACT prep sessions will be held as follows: three on the main campus, three at the Parsons Center and one at the Somerville Center. For more information about these sessions, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/outreach\">www.utm.edu/outreach</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin adjunct faculty member Alex Beene will teach the courses. He currently serves as a lead instructor for the Tennessee Audit Education in three counties and primarily works with rising high school juniors and seniors needing academic help with major standardized testing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/actprep\">www.utm.edu/actprep</a> or contact Jennifer Cooper, Office of University Outreach, at <a href=\"mailto:jlcooper@utm.edu\">jlcooper@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7104.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin to host ACT super-score skill-up workshops','','inherit','closed','closed','','4509-revision-v1','','','2023-01-23 08:00:10','2023-01-23 14:00:10','',4509,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4511',0,'revision','',0),(4512,7,'2023-01-23 13:01:55','2023-01-23 19:01:55','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Story by: Bud Grimes </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Intercollegiate athletics, transfer students and student retention were the topics for updates presented to the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board during its winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center. The advisory board meets three times annually and advises the university’s chancellor regarding operations and budget matters. All meetings are open to the public, and all meeting are livestreamed and archived for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kurt McGuffin, vice chancellor and director of athletics, opened with a review of Skyhawk athletics in 2022. He summarized the program’s past year based on what he called “the three Cs”: how the program performed competitively, in the classroom and in the community. “(I’m) very proud of where we’ve been in the last five or six years,” he said. “Six of our sports have won a combined 10 conference championships, and last year we set a record for the university in having four different teams win OVC championships.” The program finished the highest ever in the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Cup that measures competition success among member universities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McGuffin reported that the university has almost 500 student athletes, and student-athlete numbers and academic success have both increased since he became athletics director in 2017. He credited improved academic achievement in part to increasing the number of academic advisers from one person to more than three, which has improved classroom performance for at-risk athletes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recapping community involvement, McGuffin said that all athletes are required to complete 12 hours of community service, which included volunteer work at the tornado cleanup in Dresden and We Care in Martin. An upcoming “change drive” by student athletes in February will collect spare change to be donated to Special Olympics. McGuffin also covered athletics fundraising, NCAA financial aid guidelines, the status of the OVC and national issues such as the student-athlete transfer portal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Five thousand football kids are in the transfer portal,” he said. “Over 25% of all college men’s basketball players entered the transfer portal last year, so it’s here.” The transfer portal has affected Skyhawk athletics in positive and negative ways, but the portal coupled with Name, Image, Likeness or NIL agreements can help the athletes, McGuffin said, so the university must find ways to compete in this new reality for college sports.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, followed the athletics report with information about transfer students to the university. Transfer athletes are part of transfer-student enrollment, and he acknowledged McGuffin for his approach to athletics and academics at UT Martin, describing him as “forward-thinking as any athletics director I’ve worked with,” Cavalier said. “I think he cares deeply about winning – there’s no question about that – but he cares very much about the academic side.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cavalier explained that students coming to UT Martin with credit from other colleges and universities are considered transfer students while those arriving with dual-enrollment credits earned while still attending high school are first-time, full-time enrollees. “Right now, roughly we have about 30% of our total new-enrolled students – they are transfers, so it’s important that we continue to grow that (population),” he said, noting that work remained to be done with first-time, first-year enrollments. However, he said that transfers are essential to strong enrollment, plus these students are closer to graduation, “and graduation helps us with formula funding, and it’s a good thing to get students in this region to complete a degree – a four-year degree.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Transfer-student needs can differ from those of other students in navigating college, and Cavalier noted the work of Dr. Jamie Mantooth, the university’s executive director of enrollment services and student engagement, who began annual Transfer Boot Camps starting in 2019 for transfer students. These students are invited for a special orientation weekend before fall classes begin to meet people, learn about the university’s history and participate in team-building experiences that help to build a transfer cohort. One challenge noted by Cavalier will be to evolve this experience so that possibly more can participate in the camps within available funding for these special activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Brad Baumgardner, director of retention, completed the reports and discussed his area’s work with student progression, retention and persistence. He talked about HIPs (high impact practices) such as supplemental instruction and one-on-one meetings with students to improve success and address barriers to students succeeding in college. Keeping students informed through outreach is a key to retaining students, and one focus is assistance at registration time, which includes planned communications with students about the registration process.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ve begun to implement registration campaigns to raise awareness and encourage students to register early so that we can start to eliminate barriers, help them over hurdles,” he said. Another retention initiative is a lottery scholarship retention campaign.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Hope Lottery Scholarship is wonderful for students,” Baumgardner said. “It’s checked at 24-hour increments. One of the biggest challenges is that students don’t always know exactly what they have to do to maintain eligibility from a grade-point-average perspective.” This initiative involves reviewing grade-point data and contacting students who are in danger of losing this important scholarship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Baumgardner reminded the board members that student retention goes beyond the numbers. “I always like to make sure that everyone understands that if we’re talking about one percentage point for our student population, that’s 46 students,” he said. “(That’s) forty-six students who have the opportunity to stay here, gain an education, get a toehold in the middle class, and take advantage of all the opportunities that this university offers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, yes, it’s not about percentage points on a piece of paper. It’s about students.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chancellor Keith Carver closed with a brief report that included a reminder about the 23<sup>rd</sup> Civil Rights Conference that runs the throughout February at the main campus. Speakers and other conference information can be found at www.utm.edu.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member board that includes, Dr. Anderson Starling, faculty representative; Iman Ahmed, Cordova, student representative; Hal Bynum, Sharon; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Archived meeting agendas, minutes and meeting webcasts, including the Jan. 22 meeting webcast, are found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Select the “Agenda and Meeting Materials” menu link for archived content. Call the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional assistance or information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: UT Martin Advisory Board chair Art Sparks and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, lead the discussion during the board’s winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Athletics, transfer students and student retention covered during Advisory Board meeting','Intercollegiate athletics, transfer students and student retention were the topics for updates presented to the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board during its winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','athletics-transfer-students-and-student-retention-covered-during-advisory-board-meeting','','','2023-01-23 13:01:55','2023-01-23 19:01:55','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4512',0,'post','',0),(4514,7,'2023-01-23 13:00:59','2023-01-23 19:00:59','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Story by: Bud Grimes </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Intercollegiate athletics, transfer students and student retention were the topics for updates presented to the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board during its winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center. The advisory board meets three times annually and advises the university’s chancellor regarding operations and budget matters. All meetings are open to the public, and all meeting are livestreamed and archived for later viewing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kurt McGuffin, vice chancellor and director of athletics, opened with a review of Skyhawk athletics in 2022. He summarized the program’s past year based on what he called “the three Cs”: how the program performed competitively, in the classroom and in the community. “(I’m) very proud of where we’ve been in the last five or six years,” he said. “Six of our sports have won a combined 10 conference championships, and last year we set a record for the university in having four different teams win OVC championships.” The program finished the highest ever in the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Cup that measures competition success among member universities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McGuffin reported that the university has almost 500 student athletes, and student-athlete numbers and academic success have both increased since he became athletics director in 2017. He credited improved academic achievement in part to increasing the number of academic advisers from one person to more than three, which has improved classroom performance for at-risk athletes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recapping community involvement, McGuffin said that all athletes are required to complete 12 hours of community service, which included volunteer work at the tornado cleanup in Dresden and We Care in Martin. An upcoming “change drive” by student athletes in February will collect spare change to be donated to Special Olympics. McGuffin also covered athletics fundraising, NCAA financial aid guidelines, the status of the OVC and national issues such as the student-athlete transfer portal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Five thousand football kids are in the transfer portal,” he said. “Over 25% of all college men’s basketball players entered the transfer portal last year, so it’s here.” The transfer portal has affected Skyhawk athletics in positive and negative ways, but the portal coupled with Name, Image, Likeness or NIL agreements can help the athletes, McGuffin said, so the university must find ways to compete in this new reality for college sports.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, followed the athletics report with information about transfer students to the university. Transfer athletes are part of transfer-student enrollment, and he acknowledged McGuffin for his approach to athletics and academics at UT Martin, describing him as “forward-thinking as any athletics director I’ve worked with,” Cavalier said. “I think he cares deeply about winning – there’s no question about that – but he cares very much about the academic side.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cavalier explained that students coming to UT Martin with credit from other colleges and universities are considered transfer students while those arriving with dual-enrollment credits earned while still attending high school are first-time, full-time enrollees. “Right now, roughly we have about 30% of our total new-enrolled students – they are transfers, so it’s important that we continue to grow that (population),” he said, noting that work remained to be done with first-time, first-year enrollments. However, he said that transfers are essential to strong enrollment, plus these students are closer to graduation, “and graduation helps us with formula funding, and it’s a good thing to get students in this region to complete a degree – a four-year degree.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Transfer-student needs can differ from those of other students in navigating college, and Cavalier noted the work of Dr. Jamie Mantooth, the university’s executive director of enrollment services and student engagement, who began annual Transfer Boot Camps starting in 2019 for transfer students. These students are invited for a special orientation weekend before fall classes begin to meet people, learn about the university’s history and participate in team-building experiences that help to build a transfer cohort. One challenge noted by Cavalier will be to evolve this experience so that possibly more can participate in the camps within available funding for these special activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Brad Baumgardner, director of retention, completed the reports and discussed his area’s work with student progression, retention and persistence. He talked about HIPs (high impact practices) such as supplemental instruction and one-on-one meetings with students to improve success and address barriers to students succeeding in college. Keeping students informed through outreach is a key to retaining students, and one focus is assistance at registration time, which includes planned communications with students about the registration process.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ve begun to implement registration campaigns to raise awareness and encourage students to register early so that we can start to eliminate barriers, help them over hurdles,” he said. Another retention initiative is a lottery scholarship retention campaign.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Hope Lottery Scholarship is wonderful for students,” Baumgardner said. “It’s checked at 24-hour increments. One of the biggest challenges is that students don’t always know exactly what they have to do to maintain eligibility from a grade-point-average perspective.” This initiative involves reviewing grade-point data and contacting students who are in danger of losing this important scholarship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Baumgardner reminded the board members that student retention goes beyond the numbers. “I always like to make sure that everyone understands that if we’re talking about one percentage point for our student population, that’s 46 students,” he said. “(That’s) forty-six students who have the opportunity to stay here, gain an education, get a toehold in the middle class, and take advantage of all the opportunities that this university offers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So, yes, it’s not about percentage points on a piece of paper. It’s about students.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chancellor Keith Carver closed with a brief report that included a reminder about the 23<sup>rd</sup> Civil Rights Conference that runs the throughout February at the main campus. Speakers and other conference information can be found at www.utm.edu.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member board that includes, Dr. Anderson Starling, faculty representative; Iman Ahmed, Cordova, student representative; Hal Bynum, Sharon; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Archived meeting agendas, minutes and meeting webcasts, including the Jan. 22 meeting webcast, are found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Select the “Agenda and Meeting Materials” menu link for archived content. Call the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional assistance or information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo ID: UT Martin Advisory Board chair Art Sparks and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, lead the discussion during the board’s winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Athletics, transfer students and student retention covered during Advisory Board meeting','Intercollegiate athletics, transfer students and student retention were the topics for updates presented to the University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board during its winter meeting Friday, Jan. 20, in the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center. 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The online courses will be held over Zoom, so participants must have access to a computer with audio and video capabilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ACT super-score skill-up workshops, part of the ACT Success Tactics Series, will help students define the challenges of individual subjects and give them the tools to efficiently problem solve.&nbsp; Each class is two hours and cost $25 each. Students may attend both classes for a total of four hours and $50. To see a list of available sessions and to register, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/outreach\">www.utm.edu/outreach</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also offered will be an ACT Algebra and Geometry Deep Dive Workshop from 5-7 p.m., Feb. 9 and Mar. 2. Students will review formulas and practice how to utilize them on the test. The workshops also include a comprehensive review of the geometry and algebra problems covered on the exam.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, seven in-person ACT prep sessions will be held as follows: three on the main campus, three at the Parsons Center and one at the Somerville Center. For more information about these sessions, visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/outreach\">www.utm.edu/outreach</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin adjunct faculty member Alex Beene will teach the courses. 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The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program and Alex Beene, assistant coordinator for the State of Tennessee, will host this conference at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. The inaugural summit was held in 2021, and the conference was held virtually until this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ALStar Summit provides African American high school sophomores in West Tennessee the opportunity to learn from businessmen and women, including a panel of UT Martin alumni from varying fields of study. Students will also learn about Blue Oval City and the positive impacts it will have on West Tennessee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So many of our West Tennessee students start to form a rough idea of their life goals during their high school years but lack the information and encouragement to make those goals a reality,” said Beene. “We formed this conference to provide them access to speakers who have been down their paths before and now enjoy the success many of them want to achieve.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The summit will feature a keynote address from Dr. Mark McCloud, vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion at UT Martin. Other guest speakers include UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver; Kameron Echols, interim assistant director, UT Martin Multicultural Affairs; Mark Herbison, president and CEO, HTL Advantage; Michael Banks, attorney and CEO, Haywood Park Community Hospital – Brownsville; Sheronda Green, community engagement lead, Blue Oval City; Candice McCloud, UT Martin admissions counselor; Samuel Williams, media strategist, Droga5; Brandon Jones, communications director, CivicTN; Porter Streator, financial advisor, Northwest Mutual; Deniece Thomas, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development; Matt Marshall, president and CEO, United Way of West Tennessee; and Dr. Youlanda Jones, president, Tennessee College of Applied Technology – Ripley, Covington and Newbern. Students can also visit educational booths during the summit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the ALStar African American Youth Leadership Summit, contact Jennifer Black, WestStar program manager, at <a href=\"mailto:jblack32@utm.edu\">jblack32@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','WestStar ALStar African American Youth Leadership Summit rescheduled','','publish','closed','closed','','weststar-hosts-alstar-african-american-youth-leadership-summit-jan-31','','','2023-02-03 08:35:43','2023-02-03 14:35:43','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4522',0,'post','',0),(4523,2,'2023-01-24 08:11:24','2023-01-24 14:11:24','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program and Alex Beene, assistant coordinator for the State of Tennessee, will host the first in-person ALStar African American Youth Leadership Summit on Jan. 31 at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. The inaugural summit was held in 2021, and the conference was held virtually until this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ALStar Summit provides African American high school sophomores in West Tennessee the opportunity to learn from businessmen and women, including a panel of UT Martin alumni from varying fields of study. 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Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Carrie Castille will become a special advisor to the president of the UT System and Keith Carver, chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will serve as the new leader of the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA). Pending board approval, Carver will begin March 1.<br><br>UTIA is thriving with record research expenditures, increased enrollment, expanding programs, including its first School of Natural Resources, and a strong Extension presence in all 95 counties.<br><br>Over the next several months, Castille will advise the president on issues of agriculture-related policy, and federal grant opportunities.<br> <br>Carver, who previously served as executive assistant to UT President Joe DiPietro, will head UTIA in a two-year limited duration appointment to provide stability and leadership to the institute.  The UT Institute of Agriculture provides solutions to problems across the state through UT Extension, UT AgResearch, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine and the Herbert College of Agriculture. <br> <br>“We appreciate Carrie’s service and are very excited to have Keith move into this statewide role with UTIA,” said Boyd.  “His experience across the UT system, collaborative spirit and his deep appreciation for UT’s land grant mission made him an obvious choice for this role.”<br> <br>“Agriculture is central to Tennessee’s economy and way of life,” said Plowman. “Keith will hit the ground running and support the important work happening all across UTIA. I look forward to working with him in this new way. I appreciate the energy and passion for agriculture that Carrie has and wish her all the best in her new pursuits.”<br> <br>UT Martin Provost Philip Cavalier will serve as interim chancellor at UT Martin.  The university will launch a search for a new chancellor in the coming weeks.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver tapped to serve UTIA leadership post','University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman announced leadership transitions today at the UT Institute of Agriculture. 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It’s been such an honor to work with you to advocate for UT Martin’s academic programs and incredible <em>people</em> since January 2017.&nbsp; We have enjoyed representing UT Martin across West Tennessee and the surrounding region, celebrating with you at university events and opening up our home for meals, card games and s’mores.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m grateful for this opportunity to continue working for the University of Tennessee and leading the Institute of Agriculture. Hollianne, Britton and l will be reuniting with our two adult children in East Tennessee, and we are excited to be in Knoxville for the birth of our first grandchild this summer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m forever grateful for the good work we’ve accomplished together.&nbsp; And while I’ll miss all aspects of this great university community, it’s probably no surprise that I’ll miss the people the most.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’ll be communicating more information in the near future. I’m confident that the best days for this great university are yet to come because of you – our outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All the best,</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keith</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','A new beginning','As you may already know or will hear today, I will be leaving UT Martin on March 1, 2023, to become the Senior Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4535-revision-v1','','','2023-01-26 10:25:06','2023-01-26 16:25:06','',4535,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4548',0,'revision','',0),(4546,7,'2023-01-26 10:22:56','2023-01-26 16:22:56','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman announced leadership transitions today at the UT Institute of Agriculture. Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Carrie Castille will become a special advisor to the president of the UT System and Keith Carver, chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will serve as the new leader of the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA). Pending board approval, Carver will begin March 1.<br><br>UTIA is thriving with record research expenditures, increased enrollment, expanding programs, including its first School of Natural Resources, and a strong Extension presence in all 95 counties.<br><br>Over the next several months, Castille will advise the president on issues of agriculture-related policy, and federal grant opportunities.<br> <br>Carver, who previously served as executive assistant to UT President Joe DiPietro, will head UTIA in a two-year limited duration appointment to provide stability and leadership to the institute.  The UT Institute of Agriculture provides solutions to problems across the state through UT Extension, UT AgResearch, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine and the Herbert College of Agriculture. <br> <br>“We appreciate Carrie’s service and are very excited to have Keith move into this statewide role with UTIA,” said Boyd.  “His experience across the UT system, collaborative spirit and his deep appreciation for UT’s land grant mission made him an obvious choice for this role.”<br> <br>“Agriculture is central to Tennessee’s economy and way of life,” said Plowman. “Keith will hit the ground running and support the important work happening all across UTIA. I look forward to working with him in this new way. I appreciate the energy and passion for agriculture that Carrie has and wish her all the best in her new pursuits.”<br> <br>UT Martin Provost Philip Cavalier will serve as interim chancellor at UT Martin.  The university will launch a search for a new chancellor in the coming weeks.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver tapped to serve UTIA leadership post','University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman announced leadership transitions today at the UT Institute of Agriculture. 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Dr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport business, will take a group of students to work America’s largest and most-watched sporting event hosted this year in Glendale, Arizona.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a great opportunity for our students and that’s what it’s about…making sure students at the University of Tennessee at Martin get an incredible experience wherever they decide to go with their careers,” said Davis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ahead of the main event, the group will spend time assisting with operations at TPC Scottsdale for the Waste Management Phoenix Open – the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event where most, if not all, of the tour’s top players compete.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The students’ responsibilities during the Super Bowl will include transporting current and retired players and Hall of Famers from one pre-game event to another. Leading up to the game on Sunday, the students will learn the most efficient routes to take in the stadium and gain tactful communication skills to be prepared to answer questions and requests from fans. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Getting that experience with the NFL brand is special,” Davis said. “Understanding what it takes to put on a mega event like the Super Bowl makes it easier to put on a less-than-mega event like your local basketball game or youth sport tournament. Getting a feel for what makes this type of activity go is really important.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Davis has been supervising collegiate trips to the Super Bowl for 18 years. His relationship with the NFL and Super Bowl began when a colleague who worked for the Miami Dolphins reached out with a volunteer opportunity for his students. Since coming to UT Martin in 2013, he has more than doubled the number of students he supervises on this trip.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Those six kids did over and beyond what the NFL asked of them, made an incredible impression, and we’ve been back ever since,” Davis recalled about his first group of students he took to a Super Bowl.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Davis began taking UT Martin students to the game, only sport business management majors were allowed to apply. He quickly realized students in other majors from the College of Business and Global Affairs could benefit from attending.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two students are more than excited to check this item off their bucket list. Dawson Gremmels, a finance, economics and marketing major from Huntingdon, is grateful to have this opportunity and thankful to expand his knowledge of how the sports industry operates. “I joined this trip to get the ultimate sports management experience and explore my interest in the sports field,” Gremmels said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rina Focht, a mass media and strategic communication major from Wood Dale, Illinois, has had her sights set on this trip for a long time. “Attending the Super Bowl with UTM was mentioned at my Preview Day when I was a senior in high school, and it was one of the main reasons that I decided to attend UTM,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Focht grew up attending her older brothers’ sporting events and became increasingly interested in the behind-the-scenes aspect of professional sports. 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Eads; Bridget Vieau, of Syracuse, New York; and Amber Wright, of McKenzie.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information on the trip or the UT Martin Sport Business Program, contact Davis at <a href=\"mailto:ddavis78@utm.edu\">ddavis78@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','10th UT Martin student cohort to work Super Bowl LVII','Attending the Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many, and 21 UT Martin students will enjoy that experience Feb. 12.','publish','closed','closed','','10th-ut-martin-student-cohort-to-work-super-bowl-lvii','','','2023-02-07 09:52:02','2023-02-07 15:52:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4562',0,'post','',0),(4618,2,'2023-03-06 16:04:34','2023-03-06 22:04:34','','03_March-13-2023','','inherit','closed','closed','','03_march-13-2023','','','2023-03-08 09:15:18','2023-03-08 15:15:18','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/03_March-13-2023.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(4619,2,'2023-03-06 16:04:59','2023-03-06 22:04:59','<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>2022</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10_October-31-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Oct. 31</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-7-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 7</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-14-2022-compressed_1.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 14</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-21-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-21-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 21</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-28-2022-compressed.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11_November-28-2022-compressed.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Nov. 28</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12_December-5-2022-5.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12_December-5-2022-5.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Dec. 5</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12_December-12-2022-4.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12_December-12-2022-4.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Dec. 12</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>2023</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/01_Jan-17-2023-1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/01_Jan-17-2023-1.pdf\">Addenda for the Week of Jan. 16</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/01_Jan-23-2023-2.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" 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Dr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport business, will take a group of students to work America’s largest and most-watched sporting event hosted this year in Glendale, Arizona.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a great opportunity for our students and that’s what it’s about…making sure students at the University of Tennessee at Martin get an incredible experience wherever they decide to go with their careers,” said Davis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ahead of the main event, the group will spend time assisting with operations at TPC Scottsdale for the Waste Management Phoenix Open – the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event where most, if not all, of the tour’s top players compete.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The students’ responsibilities during the Super Bowl will include transporting current and retired players and Hall of Famers from one pre-game event to another. 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Since coming to UT Martin in 2013, he has more than doubled the number of students he supervises on this trip.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Those six kids did over and beyond what the NFL asked of them, made an incredible impression, and we’ve been back ever since,” Davis recalled about his first group of students he took to a Super Bowl.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Davis began taking UT Martin students to the game, only sport business management majors were allowed to apply. He quickly realized students in other majors from the College of Business and Global Affairs could benefit from attending.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two students are more than excited to check this item off their bucket list. 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The announcement was made by Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, who will serve as the university’s interim chancellor also beginning March 1. Dr. Keith Carver will leave UT Martin to lead the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture as its senior vice chancellor and senior vice president. 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The event is open to anyone interested in attending the university, and all prospective students and their families are welcome.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the undergraduate admissions staff and others will be available to answer questions about academic programs, financial aid, scholarships, housing and student life. UT Martin students and faculty members will also be on hand to answer questions, and the morning will end with a campus tour.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is free, and advance registration is encouraged at <a href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utm.edu%2Fpreviewday&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crgrimes%40utm.edu%7C5a17dc0be5594ef520f608db2a318649%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C638150164407578973%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VjvHrlt5gw8jpcfchBH6zZRDnAaxp6ypAn9LcQf6WdI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.utm.edu/previewday</a>. More information is available by calling 731-881-7020 or email <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UT Martin is a primary regional campus in the University of Tennessee System with more than 6,800 students, six locations and online programs offered through UT Martin Online. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. 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The group earned several awards from the annual SEJC Best of the South competition and the on-site championship competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Best of the South awards were submitted and judged prior to the convention. Those recognized were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Antonia Steele, Ashland City, ranked fourth for College Journalist of the Year</li><li>Sarah Johnson, Germantown, ranked first for Best Graphic Designer/Data Journalist</li><li>Dylan Ingram, Martin, ranked fourth for Best College Press Photographer</li><li>Callie Stone, Lynnville, ranked third for Best Radio News Reporter</li><li>Davis Gregory, Knoxville, ranked third for Best College Radio Journalist</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Audio Program</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Radio Station in the South</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students who attended the conference competed in several on-site competitions throughout the weekend. Those who received awards were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Sarah Cornwell, Benton, Kentucky; Mekenzie Coleman, Jackson; and Jerrianna Somerville, Bartlett, ranked third among Public Relations teams</li><li>Trenton Michon, Chapmansboro, tied for third in the Current Events Quiz</li><li>Bethany Collins, Dresden, received honorable mention for Opinion-Editorial Writing</li><li>Abby Coe, Chapel Hill, ranked third in Copy Editing</li><li>Clarissa Spitzley, Adams, ranked second in Page Layout and Design</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am extremely proud of these results,” said Dr. Richard Robinson, radio station faculty adviser. “This is solely the result of our students’ hard work in providing our listening audience with great radio programming.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Pacer student newspaper staff all work diligently every day to provide information to the UT Martin campus and wider community, especially via our website, <a href=\"http://www.thepacer.net\">www.thepacer.net</a>. It’s wonderful to see my students get the recognition they so richly deserve for their effort,” said Tomi McCutchen, Pacer faculty adviser and UT Martin’s SEJC faculty delegate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s also critical for students to attend conferences in their discipline and learn from other students and journalism professionals. The awards are great, but the education and experience are priceless,” McCutchen said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Southeast Journalism Conference works to encourage greater interest in student journalism and create closer ties among journalism schools in the southeast United States. 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Those recognized were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Antonia Steele, Ashland City, ranked fourth for College Journalist of the Year</li><li>Sarah Johnson, Germantown, ranked first for Best Graphic Designer/Data Journalist</li><li>Dylan Ingram, Martin, ranked fourth for Best College Press Photographer</li><li>Callie Stone, Lynnville, ranked third for Best Radio News Reporter</li><li>Davis Gregory, Knoxville, ranked third for Best College Radio Journalist</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Audio Program</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Radio Station in the South</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students who attended the conference competed in several on-site competitions throughout the weekend. Those who received awards were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Sarah Cornwell, Benton, Kentucky; Mekenzie Coleman, Jackson; and Jerrianna Somerville, Bartlett, ranked third among Public Relations teams</li><li>Trenton Michon, Chapmansboro, tied for third in the Current Events Quiz</li><li>Bethany Collins, Dresden, received honorable mention for Opinion-Editorial Writing</li><li>Abby Coe, Chapel Hill, ranked third in Copy Editing</li><li>Clarissa Spitzley, Adams, ranked second in Page Layout and Design</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am extremely proud of these results,” said Dr. Richard Robinson, radio station faculty adviser. “This is solely the result of our students’ hard work in providing our listening audience with great radio programming.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Pacer student newspaper staff all work diligently every day to provide information to the UT Martin campus and wider community, especially via our website, <a href=\"http://www.thepacer.net\">www.thepacer.net</a>. It’s wonderful to see my students get the recognition they so richly deserve for their effort,” said Tomi McCutchen, Pacer faculty adviser and UT Martin’s SEJC faculty delegate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s also critical for students to attend conferences in their discipline and learn from other students and journalism professionals. The awards are great, but the education and experience are priceless,” McCutchen said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Southeast Journalism Conference works to encourage greater interest in student journalism and create closer ties among journalism schools in the southeast United States. For questions about UT Martin’s participation in SEJC, contact McCutchen at 731-881-7558 or <a href=\"mailto:tmccutch@utm.edu\">tmccutch@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin students attend Southeast Journalism Conference','Twelve undergraduate students and one graduate student from the University of Tennessee at Martin, including members of The Pacer and WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” staffs, attended the 2023 Southeast Journalism Conference, Feb. 9-11, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4621-revision-v1','','','2023-03-13 09:02:18','2023-03-13 14:02:18','',4621,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4626',0,'revision','',0),(4627,7,'2023-03-13 14:56:43','2023-03-13 19:56:43','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search for a new University of Tennessee at Martin chancellor begins publicly Friday, March 17, with listening sessions scheduled for the main campus. University of Tennessee System officials and a representative from the executive search firm hired to assist with the search will visit with different groups from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A public listening session is set for 2-3 p.m. in the Smith Legislative Chamber located in the Boling University Center. For those unable to attend, a link to the public session will be available by Zoom at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftennessee.zoom.us%2Fj%2F93222733194&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crgrimes%40utm.edu%7C4bff5d54ea1640c5976e08db20e253f0%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C638139928687939529%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F6hDCXTw87bpz%2FOu3SzV6SNyhnXwexY3rzWfQd82shM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/93222733194</a>. Other sessions throughout the day will be open to students, faculty and staff members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Information will be gathered to identify a pool of candidates from which a potential successor to Dr. Keith Carver will be recommended to UT President Randy Boyd and the UT Board of Trustees. The UT board approved the search process, timeline and statement of qualifications for the position Feb. 24. Carver left the university March 1 following more than six years as chancellor to lead the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Conducting the sessions will be David Miller, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Ashlie Czyz, executive director of talent management, both representing the UT System, and John Thornburgh, senior partner with WittKeiffer. Miller is serving as search committee chair.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The chancellor serves as chief executive officer for UT Martin and serves on the UT leadership team, reporting directly to the UT System president. The position is appointed by the president and elected by the UT Board of Trustees. A finalist for the position is expected to be named this June. Complete information about the search can be found at <a href=\"http://www.tennessee.edu\">www.tennessee.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search committee includes 11 current UT Martin faculty and staff members, one university alumnus and a current student. Committee members are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Petra McPhearson, senior vice president for finance and administration</li><li>Kurt McGuffin, vice chancellor and director of athletics</li><li>Andy Lewter, vice chancellor of student affairs</li><li>Philip Smartt, professor, Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources</li><li>Ahmad Tootoonchi, dean of the College of Business and Global Affairs</li><li>Destin Tucker, director of admissions</li><li>Anderson Starling, interim associate provost and associate professor of political science</li><li>Kiara Castleman, assistant registrar</li><li>Dominique Crockett, director, Office of Equity and Diversity, and Title IX coordinator</li><li>Debi Adcock, administrative assistant to the vice chancellor</li><li>Kelli Deere, director, UT Martin Parsons Center</li><li>Jerry Reese, UT Martin alumnus</li><li>Dawson Gremmels, UT Martin student and Student Government Association president</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Chancellor search listening sessions scheduled March 17 at UT Martin','The search for a new University of Tennessee at Martin chancellor begins publicly Friday, March 17, with listening sessions scheduled for the main campus.','publish','closed','closed','','chancellor-search-listening-sessions-scheduled-march-17-at-ut-martin','','','2023-03-13 14:56:43','2023-03-13 19:56:43','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4627',0,'post','',0),(4628,7,'2023-03-13 14:13:26','2023-03-13 19:13:26','','08182020_AdminBuildingScenics001 (2)','','inherit','closed','closed','','08182020_adminbuildingscenics001-2','','','2023-03-13 14:13:26','2023-03-13 19:13:26','',4627,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/08182020_AdminBuildingScenics001-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4629,7,'2023-03-13 14:14:12','2023-03-13 19:14:12','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search for a new University of Tennessee at Martin chancellor begins publicly Friday, March 17, with listening sessions scheduled for the main campus. 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Other sessions throughout the day will be open to students, faculty and staff members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Information will be gathered to identify a pool of candidates from which a potential successor to Dr. Keith Carver will be recommended to UT President Randy Boyd and the UT Board of Trustees. The UT board approved the search process, timeline and statement of qualifications for the position Feb. 24. Carver left the university March 1 following more than six years as chancellor to lead the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Conducting the sessions will be David Miller, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Ashlie Czyz, executive director of talent management, both representing the UT System, and John Thornburgh, senior partner with WittKeiffer. Miller is serving as search committee chair.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The chancellor serves as chief executive officer for UT Martin and serves on the UT leadership team, reporting directly to the UT System president. The position is appointed by the president and elected by the UT Board of Trustees. A finalist for the position is expected to be named this June. Complete information about the search can be found at <a href=\"http://www.tennessee.edu\">www.tennessee.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search committee includes 11 current UT Martin faculty and staff members, one university alumnus and a current student. Committee members are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Petra McPhearson, senior vice president for finance and administration</li><li>Kurt McGuffin, vice chancellor and director of athletics</li><li>Andy Lewter, vice chancellor of student affairs</li><li>Philip Smartt, professor, Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources</li><li>Ahmad Tootoonchi, dean of the College of Business and Global Affairs</li><li>Destin Tucker, director of admissions</li><li>Anderson Starling, interim associate provost and associate professor of political science</li><li>Kiara Castleman, assistant registrar</li><li>Dominique Crockett, director, Office of Equity and Diversity, and Title IX coordinator</li><li>Debi Adcock, administrative assistant to the vice chancellor</li><li>Kelli Deere, director, UT Martin Parsons Center</li><li>Jerry Reese, UT Martin alumnus</li><li>Dawson Gremmels, UT Martin student and Student Government Association president</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','Chancellor search listening sessions scheduled March 17 at UT Martin','The search for a new University of Tennessee at Martin chancellor begins publicly Friday, March 17, with listening sessions scheduled for the main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','4627-revision-v1','','','2023-03-13 14:14:12','2023-03-13 19:14:12','',4627,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4629',0,'revision','',0),(4632,1,'2023-03-13 14:59:22','2023-03-13 19:59:22','<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twelve undergraduate students and one graduate student from the University of Tennessee at Martin, including members of The Pacer and WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” staffs, attended the 2023 Southeast Journalism Conference, Feb. 9-11, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The group earned several awards from the annual SEJC Best of the South competition and the on-site championship competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Best of the South awards were submitted and judged prior to the convention. Those recognized were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Antonia Steele, Ashland City, ranked fourth for College Journalist of the Year</li><li>Sarah Johnson, Germantown, ranked first for Best Graphic Designer/Data Journalist</li><li>Dylan Ingram, Martin, ranked fourth for Best College Press Photographer</li><li>Callie Stone, Lynnville, ranked third for Best Radio News Reporter</li><li>Davis Gregory, Knoxville, ranked third for Best College Radio Journalist</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Audio Program</li><li>WUTM, ranked first for Best College Radio Station in the South</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students who attended the conference competed in several on-site competitions throughout the weekend. Those who received awards were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Sarah Cornwell, Benton, Kentucky; Mekenzie Coleman, Jackson; and Jerrianna Somerville, Bartlett, ranked third among Public Relations teams</li><li>Trenton Michon, Chapmansboro, tied for third in the Current Events Quiz</li><li>Bethany Collins, Dresden, received honorable mention for Opinion-Editorial Writing</li><li>Abby Coe, Chapel Hill, ranked third in Copy Editing</li><li>Clarissa Spitzley, Adams, ranked second in Page Layout and Design</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am extremely proud of these results,” said Dr. Richard Robinson, radio station faculty adviser. “This is solely the result of our students’ hard work in providing our listening audience with great radio programming.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Pacer student newspaper staff all work diligently every day to provide information to the UT Martin campus and wider community, especially via our website, <a href=\"http://www.thepacer.net\">www.thepacer.net</a>. It’s wonderful to see my students get the recognition they so richly deserve for their effort,” said Tomi McCutchen, Pacer faculty adviser and UT Martin’s SEJC faculty delegate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s also critical for students to attend conferences in their discipline and learn from other students and journalism professionals. The awards are great, but the education and experience are priceless,” McCutchen said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Southeast Journalism Conference works to encourage greater interest in student journalism and create closer ties among journalism schools in the southeast United States. For questions about UT Martin’s participation in SEJC, contact McCutchen at 731-881-7558 or <a href=\"mailto:tmccutch@utm.edu\">tmccutch@utm.edu</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->','UT Martin students attend Southeast Journalism Conference','Twelve undergraduate students and one graduate student from the University of Tennessee at Martin, including members of The Pacer and WUTM 90.3 FM \"The Hawk\" staffs, attended the 2023 Southeast Journalism Conference, Feb. 9-11, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. 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Later that same morning, Dr. Keith Carver, who had begun his seventh year as UT Martin chancellor, was announced as the new leader for the UT Institute of Agriculture. Cavalier would be taking over the reins of the university from a highly popular chancellor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fast forward to March 1, his official first day as interim chancellor, and life has changed significantly for UT Martin’s former chief academic officer. Cavalier has appointed his interim successor in Dr. Stephanie Kolitsch, completed a scheduled accreditation visit by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, and quickly settled into the role of leading a primary regional university in the UT System. He responded to questions about his new post and his plans for leading the university until a permanent successor for Carver is named.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What went through your mind when President Boyd contacted you Jan. 26?</strong> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was certainly surprised, and it was sad. Working with Keith Carver has been just such a joy and a delight for the last five years, and he\'s meant so much to this campus. I didn\'t know that this was going to happen, but I appreciate President Boyd having the faith in me to be able to manage this transition.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You’ve served as UT Martin’s chief academic officer since 2018. How has that role prepared you to serve as interim chancellor? </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think that during that time, I\'ve gotten to know the people on this campus and at the regional centers. I’ve worked very closely with the faculty, and I think that\'s a very important piece of it. The second thing I think is over that time, I\'ve been involved in all of the planning work that we\'ve done to set the course for the next five years. So, I feel like being in the middle of that has helped me to say, ‘Okay, at the core, how can I help UTM to achieve the goals of the plans?’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What are a couple of your proudest accomplishments in your previous UT Martin position?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> “I think the first one is we\'ve got a sense of what we\'re going to do with new programs and enrollment to make sure we grow, and that has been important obviously after COVID. I would say that we\'ve increased and improved our ability to use data when we\'re making decisions. We\'ve got an outstanding director of institutional research. We\'ve got a director of retention who is fantastic and has been able to come to work every day and ask, ‘How do we help students succeed and persist?’ I think those things are critical to the health of this institution.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What are some of your main goals as interim chancellor?</strong> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think, first, to continue doing the work that we\'ve started doing this semester and before that. We just had our updated Strategic Plan approved by the UT Board of Trustees, and it has some very clear recommendations that we\'re going to pursue. I think it\'s important that whoever the permanent chancellor is can see that UTM is moving forward and in good health. I want to make sure that I’m contributing to that every day. I think also there are folks in our community who are still grieving about the fact that Chancellor Carver is no longer in Martin, and I’m one of them. It’s just going to take some time, and I want to be part of helping folks who are in that spot to feel better about what’s happening even though Chancellor Carver’s gone.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>How can people best support you at interim chancellor?</strong> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think first and foremost, continuing to do the work that we\'ve done. So, if you\'ve been a part of a committee that\'s been formed to work on a particular piece of the Strategic Plan, continue to be all in on that. Recognize that we\'ve got some opportunities here that we really need to pursue as a result of Blue Oval City and Ford. Let’s keep trying to improve the institution even though the tendency might be, ‘Well, we need to stick it in neutral and just sit where we are.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Who are the important people in your life who are supporting you away from the university?</strong> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My wife, Carol, is the most important person, and she has been extremely supportive in all of this. She, too, was surprised, and of course, my whole family loves Keith Carver. My boys have enjoyed spending time with him. We\'re an empty nest family now: one son is in California, one is in Washington, D.C., and the third is a sophomore in college outside of Philadelphia. It’s hard to be so far away from them, but we stay in touch with Snapchat and Facetime.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You were a college athlete during your undergraduate years. 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