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He has authored or co-authored nine books, including “The Great Society and the War on Poverty: An Economic Legacy in Essays and Documents.” Two of his works, “The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States” and “Water Rights and the Environment in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide,” were named Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice Reviews.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Sam Richardson, UT Martin assistant professor and chief archivist and curator, at 731-881-7094.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin library director to speak on the life of D.F. Barry','Dr. John Burch, director of the Paul Meek Library, will give a presentation titled “D.F. Barry, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Construction of Memory” at 7 p.m., March 12, in the Corbitt Special Collections Reading Room.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-library-director-to-speak-on-the-life-of-d-f-barry','','','2019-03-07 16:05:52','2019-03-07 22:05:52','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=790',0,'post','',0),(791,3,'2019-02-28 11:19:53','2019-02-28 17:19:53','Dr. John Burch, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Paul Meek Library, will give a presentation titled “D.F. Barry, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Construction of Memory” at 7 p.m., March 12, in the Corbitt Special Collections Reading Room located inside the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\nThe presentation will follow the photography exhibit “Little Shadow Catchers: The Life and Works of David F. Barry” displayed Feb. 4-March 11 in the library’s J. Houston Gordon Museum. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','09192018_familyconsumersciencesshoot020','','','2019-02-28 13:48:30','2019-02-28 19:48:30','',787,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/09192018_FamilyConsumerSciencesShoot020.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(796,3,'2019-03-04 08:58:14','2019-03-04 14:58:14','','03012019_BoardOfTrusteesMeeting114','UT System Interim President Randy Boyd speaks to the UT Board of Trustees during its meeting March 1 on the UT Martin campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','03012019_boardoftrusteesmeeting114','','','2019-03-04 09:11:21','2019-03-04 15:11:21','',795,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03012019_BoardOfTrusteesMeeting114.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(797,3,'2019-03-04 09:11:43','2019-03-04 15:11:43','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting held at the UT Martin, UT Board Chair John Compton said the board should begin a dialogue and working toward what the university needs to be successful in 2030.\r\n\r\n“We all recognize the world is changing. There is transformation that could be coming to education,” Compton said. “That is what we should be considering in our meetings.”\r\n\r\nCompton said the board needs to think strategically about what it would take to grow enrollment and graduate those students as well as to increase research that impacts the world. With UT graduating the majority students in the state, what happens at the university matters.\r\n\r\n“If you want a strong state of Tennessee, we need a strong University of Tennessee,” he said.\r\n\r\nCompton said it will take time to develop ideas and choose the best to pursue as a board.\r\n\r\n“In the business world, I can look back on one or two decisions that mattered. There are one or two decisions that we could make that will materially matter,” Compton said. “If we get it right, it will materially matter for the good.”\r\n\r\nTrustees agreed to continue discussions regarding working toward UT 2030.\r\n\r\n“It’s a good time to do this,” said Trustee Amy Miles. “We have a new board. We have a new leader in Randy (Boyd, UT interim president). I’m glad we’re headed in this direction.”\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting, trustees also discussed the State Comptroller’s Report on Sex Week at UT Knoxville, which was released in mid-February. The board approved eliminating student-organized programming, the Student Programming Allocation Committee and the opt-in process for fees. As part of that decision, the campus programming boards and registered student organizations will no longer receive student programs and services fee to organize programs. In the board meeting scheduled for June, the UT Knoxville administration will present a process of how it will decide what programming to fund, including sex education, with input from students.\r\n\r\n“As an administration and board, we are completely supportive of the right of free speech and the First Amendment and the right of student programming, which is critical to the success of students at our university,” Boyd said.\r\nTrustees approved a second year of no student tuition and fee increases for UT Health Science Center undergraduates. Since the Health Science Center’s academic year begins in July, the board considers its fee increases during its March meeting. Tuition and fees for the other campuses will be considered during the June meeting.\r\n\r\nThey also approved a $200 maintenance fee increase for graduate and professional programs. They approved reducing out-of-state tuition reduction for three programs: pharmacy, graduate health sciences and dental hygiene. UTHSC officials said the reduction would allow them to maintain and grow enrollment for those programs.\r\n\r\nDuring the president’s report, Boyd discussed his Transparent UT initiative, which is geared toward providing easier access to information. In December, UT launched a dedicated website, <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=2197a6d310&amp;e=09a9032c1a\">tennessee.edu/transparency/</a>, to provide access to the information in one location. He also established a Transparency Advisory Group to identify ways to increase transparency. The group consists of individuals from each campus, a student, a reporter and a former legislator.\r\n\r\n“In our Transparent UT initiative, we’re making sure the things we’re proud of and what people want to know about us are easy to find,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nThe board also approved a long-term ground lease for a private housing development at UT Health Science Center. Ken Brown, UTHSC executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer, said the almost 10-acre Memphis Medical District Apartments project would create 400 residences. He said quality housing close to campus was a concern with 90 percent of the campuses’ students coming from outside of the Memphis area.\r\n\r\nThe lease would allow the Henry Turley Company to plan, design finance and build the multi-family housing development. The company would pay the university ground rent. UTHSC students, faculty and staff would be allowed to rent residences as well as the general public.\r\n\r\nIn other business, trustees approved:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Naming the UT Knoxville Center for Leadership and Service in honor of Clay and Debbie Jones.</li>\r\n 	<li>Amended bylaws to require the president to inform and seek the advice of the chair of the board and any appropriate committee chair before changing the compensation and employment terms of chancellors and other officers.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised the standing rule on requests to address the board to allow one hour instead of 30 minutes.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for campus advisory boards to provide recommendations to the president on the proposed strategic plans and annual operating budget, including tuition and fees, for campuses.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a non-voting student member of the board.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a faculty member to the Education, Research, and Service Committee.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville policies and procedures governing application for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville procedures for enhanced tenure-track review.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revisions to the UT Health Science Center Faculty Handbook on peer review of teaching and on relationships with students.</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs of a Master of Science in Data Analytics at UT Chattanooga and Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences at UT Knoxville.</li>\r\n 	<li>The student code of conduct and proposed honor code for UT Chattanooga.</li>\r\n 	<li>The revised fiscal year 2018-2019 operating budget.</li>\r\n 	<li>Use of proceeds for renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the UT Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at 865-974-5179 or <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>.','','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.','inherit','closed','closed','','795-revision-v1','','','2019-03-04 09:11:43','2019-03-04 15:11:43','',795,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/04/795-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(798,3,'2019-03-04 09:13:01','2019-03-04 15:13:01','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting held at the UT Martin, UT Board Chair John Compton said the board should begin a dialogue and working toward what the university needs to be successful in 2030.\r\n\r\n“We all recognize the world is changing. There is transformation that could be coming to education,” Compton said. “That is what we should be considering in our meetings.”\r\n\r\nCompton said the board needs to think strategically about what it would take to grow enrollment and graduate those students as well as to increase research that impacts the world. With UT graduating the majority students in the state, what happens at the university matters.\r\n\r\n“If you want a strong state of Tennessee, we need a strong University of Tennessee,” he said.\r\n\r\nCompton said it will take time to develop ideas and choose the best to pursue as a board.\r\n\r\n“In the business world, I can look back on one or two decisions that mattered. There are one or two decisions that we could make that will materially matter,” Compton said. “If we get it right, it will materially matter for the good.”\r\n\r\nTrustees agreed to continue discussions regarding working toward UT 2030.\r\n\r\n“It’s a good time to do this,” said Trustee Amy Miles. “We have a new board. We have a new leader in Randy (Boyd, UT interim president). I’m glad we’re headed in this direction.”\r\n\r\nDuring the meeting, trustees also discussed the State Comptroller’s Report on Sex Week at UT Knoxville, which was released in mid-February. The board approved eliminating student-organized programming, the Student Programming Allocation Committee and the opt-in process for fees. As part of that decision, the campus programming boards and registered student organizations will no longer receive student programs and services fee to organize programs. In the board meeting scheduled for June, the UT Knoxville administration will present a process of how it will decide what programming to fund, including sex education, with input from students.\r\n\r\n“As an administration and board, we are completely supportive of the right of free speech and the First Amendment and the right of student programming, which is critical to the success of students at our university,” Boyd said.\r\nTrustees approved a second year of no student tuition and fee increases for UT Health Science Center undergraduates. Since the Health Science Center’s academic year begins in July, the board considers its fee increases during its March meeting. Tuition and fees for the other campuses will be considered during the June meeting.\r\n\r\nThey also approved a $200 maintenance fee increase for graduate and professional programs. They approved reducing out-of-state tuition reduction for three programs: pharmacy, graduate health sciences and dental hygiene. UTHSC officials said the reduction would allow them to maintain and grow enrollment for those programs.\r\n\r\nDuring the president’s report, Boyd discussed his Transparent UT initiative, which is geared toward providing easier access to information. In December, UT launched a dedicated website, <a href=\"https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&amp;id=2197a6d310&amp;e=09a9032c1a\">tennessee.edu/transparency/</a>, to provide access to the information in one location. He also established a Transparency Advisory Group to identify ways to increase transparency. The group consists of individuals from each campus, a student, a reporter and a former legislator.\r\n\r\n“In our Transparent UT initiative, we’re making sure the things we’re proud of and what people want to know about us are easy to find,” Boyd said.\r\n\r\nThe board also approved a long-term ground lease for a private housing development at UT Health Science Center. Ken Brown, UTHSC executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer, said the almost 10-acre Memphis Medical District Apartments project would create 400 residences. He said quality housing close to campus was a concern with 90 percent of the campuses’ students coming from outside of the Memphis area.\r\n\r\nThe lease would allow the Henry Turley Company to plan, design finance and build the multi-family housing development. The company would pay the university ground rent. UTHSC students, faculty and staff would be allowed to rent residences as well as the general public.\r\n\r\nIn other business, trustees approved:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Naming the UT Knoxville Center for Leadership and Service in honor of Clay and Debbie Jones.</li>\r\n 	<li>Amended bylaws to require the president to inform and seek the advice of the chair of the board and any appropriate committee chair before changing the compensation and employment terms of chancellors and other officers.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revised the standing rule on requests to address the board to allow one hour instead of 30 minutes.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for campus advisory boards to provide recommendations to the president on the proposed strategic plans and annual operating budget, including tuition and fees, for campuses.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a non-voting student member of the board.</li>\r\n 	<li>The process for appointment of a faculty member to the Education, Research, and Service Committee.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville policies and procedures governing application for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period.</li>\r\n 	<li>The UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville procedures for enhanced tenure-track review.</li>\r\n 	<li>Revisions to the UT Health Science Center Faculty Handbook on peer review of teaching and on relationships with students.</li>\r\n 	<li>New academic programs of a Master of Science in Data Analytics at UT Chattanooga and Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences at UT Knoxville.</li>\r\n 	<li>The student code of conduct and proposed honor code for UT Chattanooga.</li>\r\n 	<li>The revised fiscal year 2018-2019 operating budget.</li>\r\n 	<li>Use of proceeds for renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the UT Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor more information, contact Jennifer Sicking, assistant director of media relations for the UT System, at 865-974-5179 or <a href=\"mailto:jsicking@tennessee.edu\">jsicking@tennessee.edu</a>.','UT Board of Trustees looks toward 2030 during March 1 meeting','The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees began looking toward 2030 during its meeting Friday, March 1.','inherit','closed','closed','','795-revision-v1','','','2019-03-04 09:13:01','2019-03-04 15:13:01','',795,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/04/795-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(799,3,'2019-03-04 09:28:17','2019-03-04 15:28:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin will add a concentration in mechatronics engineering to the Bachelor of Science degree in engineering starting with the fall 2019 semester. This new option is the sixth available concentration under the engineering degree program and will allow students to combine principles from mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineering to work in fields where machines and processes are highly automated.\r\n<blockquote>“Mechatronics is a multi-disciplined field that is concerned with systems consisting of both mechanical and electrical components controlled using computer-based technology,” said Dr. Bob LeMaster, professor and chair of the UT Martin Department of Engineering. Only a small number of institutions in the region offer such a program.</blockquote>\r\nThis is the second new engineering concentration to be introduced in three academic years. The first was the addition of a manufacturing engineering option, which debuted in the fall 2017 semester. 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This new option is the sixth available concentration under the engineering degree program and will allow students to combine principles from mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineering to work in fields where machines and processes are highly automated.\n<blockquote>“Mechatronics is a multi-disciplined field that is concerned with systems consisting of both mechanical and electrical components controlled using computer-based technology,” said Dr. Bob LeMaster, professor and chair of the UT Martin Department of Engineering. Only a small number of institutions in the region offer such a program.</blockquote>\nThis is the second new engineering concentration to be introduced in three academic years. The first was the addition of a manufacturing engineering option, which debuted in the fall 2017 semester. 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For more information on ABET accreditation, visit abet.org.\n\nFor more information on the new concentration, contact the department at 731-881-7571.\n\n###\n\n&nbsp;','UT Martin to add sixth concentration to engineering program','The University of Tennessee at Martin will add a concentration in mechatronics engineering to the Bachelor of Science degree in engineering starting with the fall 2019 semester.','inherit','closed','closed','','799-autosave-v1','','','2019-03-04 09:28:31','2019-03-04 15:28:31','',799,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/04/799-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(803,3,'2019-03-04 09:29:19','2019-03-04 15:29:19','The University of Tennessee at Martin will add a concentration in mechatronics engineering to the Bachelor of Science degree in engineering starting with the fall 2019 semester. 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Departmental visits will begin at 10:45 with campus tours following at 11:30.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/previewday\">utm.edu/previewday</a> to register. There is no fee to attend.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or email at <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host Spring Preview Day on March 23','High school students and their families are invited to find out what it’s like to be a Skyhawk on March 23 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Spring Preview Day.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-spring-preview-day-on-march-23','','','2019-03-08 08:28:49','2019-03-08 14:28:49','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=807',0,'post','',0),(808,3,'2019-03-07 11:55:44','2019-03-07 17:55:44','','04052018_SpringPhotoShoot153','','inherit','closed','closed','','04052018_springphotoshoot153','','','2019-03-07 11:55:44','2019-03-07 17:55:44','',807,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04052018_SpringPhotoShoot153.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(809,3,'2019-03-07 11:56:55','2019-03-07 17:56:55','High school students and their families are invited to find out what it’s like to be a Skyhawk on March 23 during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Spring Preview Day.\r\n\r\nAttendees will find out about financial aid and scholarships, student organizations and housing options, as well as speak to faculty members and ask questions about potential areas of study. 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The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Blankenship Recital Hall, and admission is $5 for local students and $10 for adults. UT Martin students are admitted free with valid student ID.\r\n\r\nThe Gaudete Brass Quintet has performed at prominent venues and on radio broadcasts across the country since its formation in 2004. The ensemble has also recorded three albums and given presentations at institutions such as The Juilliard School.\r\n\r\nDuring the week of March 10-16, the UT Martin Department of Music will host the Air Force Band of Mid-America Brass Quintet at 7:30 p.m., March 11, in Blankenship Recital Hall. The department will also introduce the newly formed Trio Sonoritas, comprised of Dr. Amy Yeung, soprano; Sandra Cox, flutel and Chan Mi Jean, piano; at 7:30 p.m., March 14, also in Blankenship Recital Hall. Both performances are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe following week, community members can enjoy a performance by the UT Martin small jazz group beginning at 7:30 p.m., March 19, featuring the music of Stevie Wonder, Roy Hargrove and others. The University Trio, comprised of Dr. Elaine Harriss, piano; Dr. Crista Frye, clarinet; and Sandra Cox, flute; will give a recital at 7:30 p.m., March 21. 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The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.\r\n\r\nWilson is also editor of Literary Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize. His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.\r\n\r\nWilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','785-revision-v1','','','2019-03-11 16:09:44','2019-03-11 21:09:44','',785,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/11/785-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(821,3,'2019-03-14 09:12:05','2019-03-14 14:12:05','Dr. Joey Mehlhorn, Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence and professor of agricultural economics at the University of Tennessee at Martin, will become interim dean of graduate programs effective July 1, according to a March 14 announcement from Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost.\r\n<blockquote>“Dr. Mehlhorn is very highly respected by colleagues in all five colleges,” said Cavalier. “Everyone I’ve ever talked to about him has said he is a wonderful mentor and teacher, so he’s got all the pieces I would want to see in a dean.”</blockquote>\r\nThe UT Martin Office of Graduate Studies coordinates with the graduate programs in each of the university’s five academic colleges to help recruit and retain master’s-level students in UT Martin’s various graduate programs. Cavalier says this dedicated position will also focus on building existing programs and expanding offerings into new areas, depending on need and interest. The university currently offers master’s degree programs in agriculture and natural resources; business administration; education; family and consumer sciences; and strategic communication.\r\n\r\nMehlhorn began working with UT Martin in 2003 as an associate professor and has since also served as both assistant director and director of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences; chair of the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources; interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; and director of the Center of Excellence in Experiential Learning in the Agricultural Sciences. He attained the rank of full professor in 2008.\r\n\r\nMehlhorn holds a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness economics from Tennessee Technological University, and both master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural economics from Mississippi State University. He will retain his position as Gilbert Parker Chair of Excellence in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and continue to teach a course each semester.\r\n\r\nDr. Vicki Seng, who has led the Office of Graduate Studies since 2000 in conjunction with her role as associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, will become associate provost. She will continue to oversee curriculum and assessment functions for the university.\r\n\r\nCavalier anticipates beginning a national search for a permanent dean of graduate studies in 2020. 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Cavalier says this dedicated position will also focus on building existing programs and expanding offerings into new areas, depending on need and interest. The university currently offers master’s degree programs in agriculture and natural resources; business administration; education; family and consumer sciences; and strategic communication.\r\n\r\nMehlhorn began working with UT Martin in 2003 as an associate professor and has since also served as both assistant director and director of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences; chair of the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources; interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; and director of the Center of Excellence in Experiential Learning in the Agricultural Sciences. 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Both incoming students and eligible current students will be able to receive the additional funding. Financial aid from the UT Promise program will become available after all other financial aid is received, including the Hope Scholarship, Pell Grants and other institutional scholarships for which the student may be eligible.\r\n\r\nStudents must qualify for the Hope Scholarship and meet UT Martin’s academic qualifications to receive UT Promise assistance. To help ensure individual success, each participating student will be matched with a volunteer mentor and complete four hours of service learning each semester. UT Promise is an expansion of current scholarship offerings and does not replace existing scholarships.\r\n<blockquote>“I’m proud that the University of Tennessee System is offering this opportunity to families in our state, and I look forward to seeing the new doors that will open for students here in West Tennessee,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “UT Martin is committed to supporting this region and our state by preparing students to enter a highly educated workforce, and I’m glad that will now be a reality for more Tennessee families.”</blockquote>\r\nThe University of Tennessee Foundation will launch the UT Promise Endowment campaign next year to help fund this initiative. In the interim, the University of Tennessee System will cover the cost. Currently 46 percent of UT students graduate without debt, and UT Promise seeks to make higher education more accessible and affordable for Tennessee residents.\r\n\r\nWhile the UT Promise program is only available to Tennessee residents, UT Martin already provides the Explorer Out-of-State Scholarship and the Explorer Transfer Out-of-State Scholarship for those students attending from other areas. This award provides $5,000 per year for up to four years and requires students to live in on-campus housing and purchase a campus meal plan each semester. First-time students seeking this award must be admitted with at least a 22 ACT score and a 3.0 high school grade point average, and transfer students must have more than 12 college credit hours and a 2.0 cumulative grade point average.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the UT Promise program, contact Tiffany Carpenter, associate vice president for communications and marketing for the University of Tennessee System, at 865-974-8184. 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Both incoming students and eligible current students will be able to receive the additional funding. Financial aid from the UT Promise program will become available after all other financial aid is received, including the Hope Scholarship, Pell Grants and other institutional scholarships for which the student may be eligible.\n\nStudents must qualify for the Hope Scholarship and meet UT Martin’s academic qualifications to receive UT Promise assistance. To help ensure individual success, each participating student will be matched with a volunteer mentor and complete four hours of service learning each semester. 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She worked her way through the academic ranks and was promoted to full professor in 2015. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a master’s degree from Murray State University. She also holds both education specialist and education doctoral degrees from Union University.\r\n\r\nBrown has received the 2018 Pinnacle Award from the UT Martin College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences and was the AOPi Teacher of the Month in September 2017. She is also a recipient of the UT Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award (2015), among others.\r\n\r\nA reception was held in her honor March 11 in the Paul Meek Library to recognize her academic and professional accomplishments. 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Examples of her academic research will be on display in the Paul Meek Library for the next several months.\r\n\r\nThe Featured Faculty Scholar award, instituted during the 1996-97 academic year by the UT Martin Academic Council, is designed to recognize faculty members whose research and creative works are judged to be among the most prestigious of those produced by individuals at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nBrown, of Martin, began her UT Martin career in 1995 as coordinator of aquatics and fitness. She worked her way through the academic ranks and was promoted to full professor in 2015. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a master’s degree from Murray State University. She also holds both education specialist and education doctoral degrees from Union University.\r\n\r\nBrown has received the 2018 Pinnacle Award from the UT Martin College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences and was the AOPi Teacher of the Month in September 2017. She is also a recipient of the UT Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award (2015), among others.\r\n\r\nA reception was held in her honor March 11 in the Paul Meek Library to recognize her academic and professional accomplishments. 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This is the highest peer-reviewed award given by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, which has more than 1,000 member stations.\r\n\r\nWUTM also won first place for best news promotion and best political news coverage among participating stations nationwide. The station was recognized as a national finalist in 15 categories, including those for best public affairs program, best public affairs event/promotion, best overall air schedule, best overall sports coverage, best men’s basketball play-by-play, best baseball/softball play-by-play, best sports update and best sports pre-game/post-game show.\r\n\r\nFinalist status was also achieved for best community news coverage, best news promotion, best station facilities and best college radio station with under 10,000 students enrolled. Olivia Johnston, of Hohenwald, was a national finalist for best radio program director; Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, was a finalist for best radio news director; and Kait Scott, of Martin, was a finalist for best social media director.\r\n<blockquote>“It comes as no surprise that once again Dr. Richard Robinson and the students and staff of WUTM received so many nominations and awards. Their work is consistently, year after year, some of the best our judges hear,” said Chris Thomas, president of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System.</blockquote>\r\nWUTM is run by students in the broadcasting sequence, which is part of the Department of Communications. Robinson serves as faculty adviser to the station. For more information on WUTM, contact Robinson at 731-881-7555 or <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','WUTM wins ninth consecutive Platinum Award, 17 other recognitions','WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run campus radio station, has brought home its ninth consecutive Platinum Award from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System annual conference. 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The Soleil Garden Center is located at 2317 Nailling Drive in Union City.\r\n\r\nEarlier in the week of March 24, the department will host the Nashville Trombone Quartet at 2 p.m., March 25, in the Fine Arts Building’s Blankenship Recital Hall. The quartet adds Jeremy Wilson, associate professor and chair of the brass department at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, to the Nashville Symphony’s trombone section, consisting of Paul Jenkins, Derek Hawkes and Steven Brown. Established in 2018, the ensemble performs music from around the world.\r\n\r\nThe #MusicEdLove podcast series for those interested in music education will continue at 7 p.m., March 26, with an appearance by Marcia Neel, mariachi specialist. Neel has more than 36 years of experience teaching music in public schools, and she and her husband serve as music ambassadors to The Ohio State University School of Music. She was also the Disney Channel Teacher of the Year in 2013. This podcast is available free of charge on all podcast platforms and is under the direction of Dr. Angela Ammerman, coordinator of UT Martin music education.\r\n\r\nThe Wesley Reist Wind Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m., March 27, also in the Blankenship Recital Hall. The ensemble, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, features flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon. The group has performed at universities and schools of music across the country since its establishment in 2017.\r\n\r\n&gt;Both campus performances are free and open to the public. 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Admission is $10 at the door and covers dinner and beverages.\r\n\r\nAll proceeds from the event will fund travel expenses and instrument maintenance for the percussion ensemble and its Roots of Rhythm exhibition show. The Soleil Garden Center is located at 2317 Nailling Drive in Union City.\r\n\r\nEarlier in the week of March 24, the department will host the Nashville Trombone Quartet at 2 p.m., March 25, in the Fine Arts Building’s Blankenship Recital Hall. The quartet adds Jeremy Wilson, associate professor and chair of the brass department at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, to the Nashville Symphony’s trombone section, consisting of Paul Jenkins, Derek Hawkes and Steven Brown. Established in 2018, the ensemble performs music from around the world.\r\n\r\nThe #MusicEdLove podcast series for those interested in music education will continue at 7 p.m., March 26, with an appearance by Marcia Neel, mariachi specialist. 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Neel has more than 36 years of experience teaching music in public schools, and she and her husband serve as music ambassadors to The Ohio State University School of Music. She was also the Disney Channel Teacher of the Year in 2013. This podcast is available free of charge on all podcast platforms and is under the direction of Dr. Angela Ammerman, coordinator of UT Martin music education.\r\n\r\nThe Wesley Reist Wind Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m., March 27, also in the Blankenship Recital Hall. The ensemble, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, features flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon. The group has performed at universities and schools of music across the country since its establishment in 2017.\r\n\r\n&gt;Both campus performances are free and open to the public. 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The concert schedule will feature Mast’s compositions and arrangements, including both traditional Trinidadian Soca and Calypso music as well as Reggae, pop and rock arrangements.\r\n\r\nThe university clarinet studio will give a concert at 7:30 p.m., April 5, also in Blankenship Recital Hall. The spring concert will feature works by composers such as Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and others.\r\n\r\nThe second-annual Fine Arts Spring Fling returns from 2-4:30 p.m., April 6, in the UT Martin Fine Arts Building. This family-friendly event includes performances and demonstrations by music, choir, sculpture, theatre, graphic design and fine art students and faculty.\r\n\r\nAll events are free and open to the public. 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The concert schedule will feature Mast’s compositions and arrangements, including both traditional Trinidadian Soca and Calypso music as well as Reggae, pop and rock arrangements.\r\n\r\nThe university clarinet studio will give a concert at 7:30 p.m., April 5, also in Blankenship Recital Hall. The spring concert will feature works by composers such as Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and others.\r\n\r\nThe second-annual Fine Arts Spring Fling returns from 2-4:30 p.m., April 6, in the UT Martin Fine Arts Building. This family-friendly event includes performances and demonstrations by music, choir, sculpture, theatre, graphic design and fine art students and faculty.\r\n\r\nAll events are free and open to the public. 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Students pursuing a master’s degree in business administration with a general business concentration will need to complete 30 credit hours instead of the previous 38.\r\n\r\nThese reductions, in combination with a seven-week course structure, will allow graduate-level students to complete their degrees in as few as three semesters or one calendar year.\r\n\r\nStudents seeking master’s degrees in education will also have three new options in the coming year. New concentrations in special education and literacy have been added to the Master of Science in Education program with a major in teaching. An option in higher education leadership has also been added to the major in instructional leadership, formerly called educational leadership.\r\n\r\nUT Martin also offers graduate-level programs in agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer science, and strategic communication. 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We look forward to working with (UT System Interim) President Randy Boyd and his initiatives to bring Tennesseans together with better training and education.”</blockquote>\r\nThe first cohort of certified public managers graduated in early 2019. Classes are currently ongoing in both Knoxville and Nashville, and they will conclude in December of this year. 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Entry is free to the public, but donations are encouraged.\r\n\r\nThis is the second year that the UT Martin Vanguard Theatre and the Rho Gamma chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honors Society will hold the film festival, previously called the Weakley County FilmFest. The festival, which only involved UT Martin and Weakley County in 2018, has been expanded to include Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Henry and Obion counties as well. Submitted shorts must be filmed entirely in these six counties and last four to 15 minutes. The films will be screened live during the festival.\r\n\r\nFirst, second and third-place prizes will be awarded to winning filmmakers. First place will receive $100 and a plaque; second place will receive $50 and a plaque; and third place will receive $25 and a certificate.\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Little Theatre is located in room 167 of the UT Martin Fine Arts Building. For more information about the festival, contact Kevin Shell, Vanguard Theatre director, at <a href=\"mailto:kshell1@utm.edu\">kshell1@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Second-annual film festival expands to include Northwest Tennessee','Film shorts produced in Northwest Tennessee will be showcased during the NorWest Film Festival at 7 p.m., April 6, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre.','publish','closed','closed','','second-annual-film-festival-expands-to-include-northwest-tennessee','','','2019-03-22 11:06:12','2019-03-22 16:06:12','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=858',0,'post','',0),(859,3,'2019-03-22 11:04:35','2019-03-22 16:04:35','','04122017_DowntownMartin04','','inherit','closed','closed','','04122017_downtownmartin04-3','','','2019-03-22 11:04:35','2019-03-22 16:04:35','',858,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04122017_DowntownMartin04.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(860,3,'2019-03-22 11:06:04','2019-03-22 16:06:04','Film shorts produced in Northwest Tennessee will be showcased during the NorWest Film Festival at 7 p.m., April 6, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Vanguard Little Theatre. Entry is free to the public, but donations are encouraged.\r\n\r\nThis is the second year that the UT Martin Vanguard Theatre and the Rho Gamma chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honors Society will hold the film festival, previously called the Weakley County FilmFest. The festival, which only involved UT Martin and Weakley County in 2018, has been expanded to include Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Henry and Obion counties as well. Submitted shorts must be filmed entirely in these six counties and last four to 15 minutes. The films will be screened live during the festival.\r\n\r\nFirst, second and third-place prizes will be awarded to winning filmmakers. First place will receive $100 and a plaque; second place will receive $50 and a plaque; and third place will receive $25 and a certificate.\r\n\r\nThe Vanguard Little Theatre is located in room 167 of the UT Martin Fine Arts Building. 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The Tennessee CPM program is one of the few leadership and professional development programs in the state of Tennessee that establishes cohorts of participants within various industries to learn from each other and broaden their perspectives.\r\n\r\n“This partnership is an added benefit for those who complete the CPM program,” said Macel Ely, director of the Naifeh Center. “These credit hours might be the impetus someone needs to complete their degree.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Trent Clagg, training specialist at the Naifeh Center, at <a href=\"mailto:trent.clagg@tennessee.edu\">trent.clagg@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Naifeh Center, UT Martin partner to offer college credit for public manager training','The Tennessee Certified Public Manager Program, now in its second year at the UT Institute for Public Service’s Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership in Knoxville, now offers up to six hours of college credit through a UT Martin partnership.','inherit','closed','closed','','852-revision-v1','','','2019-03-22 11:06:29','2019-03-22 16:06:29','',852,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/22/852-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(862,3,'2019-03-22 11:36:03','2019-03-22 16:36:03','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently sent nine students to the Missouri University of Science and Technology to participate in “PickHacks,” a hackathon event for computer science students across the country. Six UT Martin students won prizes for their work.\r\n\r\nGarrett Hay, a junior from Union City, worked with students from Missouri and Indiana to create SmarterNotHarder.tech, a website that uses machine learning to create custom workout and nutrition plans for users. Hay and his team won the “Best Use of Google Cloud Platform” prize.\r\n\r\nChris Humphreys, a senior from Kuna, Idaho; Brayden Faulkner, a senior from Henderson; Lucian Freeze, a senior from Hornbeak; and Adam Chisolm, a senior from Paris, collaborated to create Infect.tech, a web-based zombie survival game that encourages users to get outside and interact with other players. Their mobile application won awards in the “Most Fun Hack” and “Best Hack/Website Submitted on a .tech Domain” categories.\r\n\r\nHunter Haislip, a junior from Gates, created ScoutingConnect, a website designed to help high school athletes in lesser-known sports connect with college coaches across the country and receive scholarship information at applicable universities. Haislip’s submission won the “Best Human Centered Design (UI/UX)” award.\r\n\r\nOther competitors from UT Martin include Matthew Austin, a senior from Jackson; Meredith Brown, a senior from Trezevant; and Mel Howard, a sophomore from Columbia, South Carolina, who created GeoBlitz, a GPS-enabled web application based on the game of Battleship.\r\n\r\nA hackathon is a computer science programming event where teams and individuals spend up to 36 hours creating brand-new websites, programs, apps and other technology from scratch. PickHacks is the first such event to be held at Missouri S&amp;T and was officially sponsored by Major League Hacking. UT Martin will host its first hackathon event March 30.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Joshua Guerin, associate professor of computer science and chair, UT Martin Department of Computer Science, at 731-881-7246 or <a href=\"mailto:jguerin@utm.edu\">jguerin@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;\">###</span></p>','UT Martin computer science students excel at national competition','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently sent nine students to the Missouri University of Science and Technology to participate in “PickHacks,” a hackathon event for computer science students across the country. 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Six UT Martin students won prizes for their work.\r\n\r\nGarrett Hay, a junior from Union City, worked with students from Missouri and Indiana to create SmarterNotHarder.tech, a website that uses machine learning to create custom workout and nutrition plans for users. Hay and his team won the “Best Use of Google Cloud Platform” prize.\r\n\r\nChris Humphreys, a senior from Kuna, Idaho; Brayden Faulkner, a senior from Henderson; Lucian Freeze, a senior from Hornbeak; and Adam Chisolm, a senior from Paris, collaborated to create Infect.tech, a web-based zombie survival game that encourages users to get outside and interact with other players. Their mobile application won awards in the “Most Fun Hack” and “Best Hack/Website Submitted on a .tech Domain” categories.\r\n\r\nHunter Haislip, a junior from Gates, created ScoutingConnect, a website designed to help high school athletes in lesser-known sports connect with college coaches across the country and receive scholarship information at applicable universities. Haislip’s submission won the “Best Human Centered Design (UI/UX)” award.\r\n\r\nOther competitors from UT Martin include Matthew Austin, a senior from Jackson; Meredith Brown, a senior from Trezevant; and Mel Howard, a sophomore from Columbia, South Carolina, who created GeoBlitz, a GPS-enabled web application based on the game of Battleship.\r\n\r\nA hackathon is a computer science programming event where teams and individuals spend up to 36 hours creating brand-new websites, programs, apps and other technology from scratch. PickHacks is the first such event to be held at Missouri S&amp;T and was officially sponsored by Major League Hacking. UT Martin will host its first hackathon event March 30.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Joshua Guerin, associate professor of computer science and chair, UT Martin Department of Computer Science, at 731-881-7246 or <a href=\"mailto:jguerin@utm.edu\">jguerin@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;\">###</span></p>','UT Martin computer science students excel at national competition','The University of Tennessee at Martin recently sent nine students to the Missouri University of Science and Technology to participate in “PickHacks,” a hackathon event for computer science students across the country. ','inherit','closed','closed','','862-revision-v1','','','2019-03-22 11:36:03','2019-03-22 16:36:03','',862,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/22/862-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(865,3,'2019-03-22 15:43:40','2019-03-22 20:43:40','The Tennessee Certified Public Manager Program, now in its second year at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service’s Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership in Knoxville, now offers up to six hours of college credit through a partnership with the University of Tennessee at Martin.\r\n\r\nUT Martin will offer college credit toward a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in political science with a concentration in public administration to those who complete the program, beginning with the fall 2019 semester.\r\n<blockquote>“After reviewing the curriculum and observing the accreditation status of the CPM program, we feel confident this relationship will be beneficial to those seeking a college degree and those desiring to be better managers and public professionals,” said Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor. “The UT Martin political science department feels those desiring a degree in public administration will be more empowered by incorporating the tools provided in the CPM program. We look forward to working with (UT System Interim) President Randy Boyd and his initiatives to bring Tennesseans together with better training and education.”</blockquote>\r\nThe first cohort of certified public managers graduated in early 2019. Classes are currently ongoing in both Knoxville and Nashville, and they will conclude in December of this year. The Tennessee CPM program is one of the few leadership and professional development programs in the state of Tennessee that establishes cohorts of participants within various industries to learn from each other and broaden their perspectives.\r\n\r\n“This partnership is an added benefit for those who complete the CPM program,” said Macel Ely, director of the Naifeh Center. “These credit hours might be the impetus someone needs to complete their degree.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Trent Clagg, training specialist at the Naifeh Center, at <a href=\"mailto:trent.clagg@tennessee.edu\">trent.clagg@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Naifeh Center, UT Martin partner to offer college credit for public manager training','The Tennessee Certified Public Manager Program, now in its second year at the UT Institute for Public Service’s Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership in Knoxville, now offers up to six hours of college credit through a UT Martin partnership.','inherit','closed','closed','','852-revision-v1','','','2019-03-22 15:43:40','2019-03-22 20:43:40','',852,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/22/852-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(866,3,'2019-03-25 12:50:12','2019-03-25 17:50:12','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the inaugural Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on May 7-8 in the Boling University Center. Public and private two- and four-year institutions across the southeast are invited to join the conversation surrounding student retention, persistence and success in higher education. The registration deadline is April 15, and the cost to attend is $50 per person.\r\n<blockquote>“This summit will provide a unique forum for leaders from many kinds of higher education institutions to discuss different ways to answer one fundamental question: ‘How can we ensure that our students succeed and graduate?’” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.</blockquote>\r\nA pre-summit workshop for chancellors and presidents, chief academic officers and chief student affairs officers will be held from 2-5 p.m., May 7, in room 111 of the Boling University Center. Dr. John Gardner, CEO of The Gardner Institute, will facilitate the workshop regarding the roles of senior leaders in retention efforts. A reception and dinner will follow in the Champions Club.\r\n\r\nThe summit itself will begin with breakfast at 8:30 a.m., May 8, in the Boling University Center Welcome Center, and the main program will feature Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Mike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; and Gardner as speakers. Discussion sessions on common regional challenges; student support beyond the classroom; serving first-generation, low-income, minority and other student populations; first-year persistence; effective use of data; and transfer student support will be led by academic affairs and student affairs leaders from institutions in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Illinois. Lunch will be provided at noon in the Duncan Ballroom.\r\n\r\nCarver became UT Martin chancellor on Jan. 3, 2017, and has developed a five-year strategic plan; increased overall headcount and first-year freshman enrollment; and developed dual-enrollment partnerships with both Dyersburg and Jackson State community colleges during his two years in office. His tenure also includes the additions of several new programs to the course catalog, including a new bachelor’s degree program in agricultural business; a 3+3 legal studies concentration for English and political science majors in partnership with the UT College of Law; a 3+1 transfer track in partnership with the UT Health Science Center’s School of Pharmacy; concentrations in data science and digital hardware and embedded systems in the Department of Computer Science; a concentration in mechatronics in the Department of Engineering; and concentrations in higher education leadership, special education and literacy in the master’s degree program for educational studies.\r\n\r\nKrause is currently executive director of both the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation. Prior to assuming this role, he served as founding executive director for the Tennessee Promise and Drive to 55 initiatives, during which time he coordinated the launch of the nation’s first free community college program.\r\n\r\nGardner is chair and CEO of The Gardner Institute, which works with colleges and universities to strengthen their assessment preparation processes and improve actions toward increasing student learning and retention rates. Gardner is best known as the initiator of a movement to reform what he called “The First-Year Experience” in 1982, and since 1990 he has developed a second focus on “The Senior Year Experience.” He is also the founding director and senior fellow of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, as well as a distinguished professor emeritus of library and information science at the University of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nMore information, as well as online registration, is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/retentionsummit\">utm.edu/retentionsummit</a>. For assistance, contact the UT Martin Office of Academic Affairs at 731-881-7010.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit May 7-8','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the inaugural Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on May 7-8 in the Boling University Center. 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Public and private two- and four-year institutions across the southeast are invited to join the conversation surrounding student retention, persistence and success in higher education. The registration deadline is April 15, and the cost to attend is $50 per person.\r\n<blockquote>“This summit will provide a unique forum for leaders from many kinds of higher education institutions to discuss different ways to answer one fundamental question: ‘How can we ensure that our students succeed and graduate?’” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.</blockquote>\r\nA pre-summit workshop for chancellors and presidents, chief academic officers and chief student affairs officers will be held from 2-5 p.m., May 7, in room 111 of the Boling University Center. Dr. John Gardner, CEO of The Gardner Institute, will facilitate the workshop regarding the roles of senior leaders in retention efforts. A reception and dinner will follow in the Champions Club.\r\n\r\nThe summit itself will begin with breakfast at 8:30 a.m., May 8, in the Boling University Center Welcome Center, and the main program will feature Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor; Mike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; and Gardner as speakers. Discussion sessions on common regional challenges; student support beyond the classroom; serving first-generation, low-income, minority and other student populations; first-year persistence; effective use of data; and transfer student support will be led by academic affairs and student affairs leaders from institutions in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Illinois. Lunch will be provided at noon in the Duncan Ballroom.\r\n\r\nCarver became UT Martin chancellor on Jan. 3, 2017, and has developed a five-year strategic plan; increased overall headcount and first-year freshman enrollment; and developed dual-enrollment partnerships with both Dyersburg and Jackson State community colleges during his two years in office. His tenure also includes the additions of several new programs to the course catalog, including a new bachelor’s degree program in agricultural business; a 3+3 legal studies concentration for English and political science majors in partnership with the UT College of Law; a 3+1 transfer track in partnership with the UT Health Science Center’s School of Pharmacy; concentrations in data science and digital hardware and embedded systems in the Department of Computer Science; a concentration in mechatronics in the Department of Engineering; and concentrations in higher education leadership, special education and literacy in the master’s degree program for educational studies.\r\n\r\nKrause is currently executive director of both the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation. 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He then worked for Amro Music Co. in Memphis as an educational music representative for West Tennessee before accepting his previous position at UT Martin in 2016. He has published 15 marching band arrangements through Jalen Publishing Co. in Orlando, Florida, and serves as a staff arranger for the company.\r\n\r\nBarnett holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in music education from Mississippi College.\r\n\r\n“The music faculty and I are thrilled with the hire of Steve Barnett. He brings decades of experience in developing outstanding band programs, and we are very fortunate to have him join our department,” said Dr. Julie Hill, chair of the Department of Music. “Steve’s teaching style when it comes to marching band is based on the SEC model, which focuses on a variety of music and changes parts of the performance throughout the season. 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He then worked for Amro Music Co. in Memphis as an educational music representative for West Tennessee before accepting his previous position at UT Martin in 2016. He has published 15 marching band arrangements through Jalen Publishing Co. in Orlando, Florida, and serves as a staff arranger for the company.\r\n\r\nBarnett holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in music education from Mississippi College.\r\n\r\n“The music faculty and I are thrilled with the hire of Steve Barnett. He brings decades of experience in developing outstanding band programs, and we are very fortunate to have him join our department,” said Dr. Julie Hill, chair of the Department of Music. “Steve’s teaching style when it comes to marching band is based on the SEC model, which focuses on a variety of music and changes parts of the performance throughout the season. 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Barnett spent 24 years in Mississippi working as a band director at both the high school and collegiate levels, including four years with the University of Mississippi.</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\">He also taught at Marshall University in West Virginia, where he served as a professor of music, director of bands, program director for the School of Music and Theatre, coordinator of music education and conductor for marching band and wind symphony during 11 years with the university. He then worked for Amro Music Co. in Memphis as an educational music representative for West Tennessee before accepting his previous position at UT Martin in 2016. 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Barnett spent 24 years in Mississippi working as a band director at both the high school and collegiate levels, including four years with the University of Mississippi.\r\n\r\nHe also taught at Marshall University in West Virginia, where he served as a professor of music, director of bands, program director for the School of Music and Theatre, coordinator of music education and conductor for marching band and wind symphony during 11 years with the university. He then worked for Amro Music Co. in Memphis as an educational music representative for West Tennessee before accepting his previous position at UT Martin in 2016. He has published 15 marching band arrangements through Jalen Publishing Co. in Orlando, Florida, and serves as a staff arranger for the company.\r\n\r\nBarnett holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in music education from Mississippi College.\r\n\r\n“The music faculty and I are thrilled with the hire of Steve Barnett. 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Student choreographers include Kimani Subber, a communications major; Anna Lax-Gatti, a fine and performing arts major; Melody DeMoulin, a health and human performance major; and Maaliya’h Austin, a fine and performing arts major.\r\n\r\nAdditional works choreographed by Sarah McCormick, associate professor of dance, will include two full ensemble performances as well as a collaboration between McCormick and mechanical engineering major Laryn Hampton.\r\n\r\nTickets are $15 for adults, $5 for UT Martin students with their student ID and free for children ages 10 and under. Tickets will only be available for purchase at the box office, opening one hour prior to the show.\r\n\r\nThe Student Life Center is located at 199 Moody Ave. in Martin. 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Student choreographers include Kimani Subber, a communications major; Anna Lax-Gatti, a fine and performing arts major; Melody DeMoulin, a health and human performance major; and Maaliya’h Austin, a fine and performing arts major.\r\n\r\nAdditional works choreographed by Sarah McCormick, associate professor of dance, will include two full ensemble performances as well as a collaboration between McCormick and mechanical engineering major Laryn Hampton.\r\n\r\nTickets are $15 for adults, $5 for UT Martin students with their student ID and free for children ages 10 and under. Tickets will only be available for purchase at the box office, opening one hour prior to the show.\r\n\r\nThe Student Life Center is located at 199 Moody Ave. in Martin. 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Two members will participate via teleconference.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include the approvals of:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Five amendments to the advisory board bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Modification to the student member appointment process</li>\r\n 	<li>A revised scheduled for regular board meetings in 2019 and 2020</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238. Because this is a special meeting, there will be no opportunity for the public to address the board at this time.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 3.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet April 5','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host a special meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 5, in room 229 of the Boling University Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-meet-april-5','','','2019-04-04 08:25:26','2019-04-04 13:25:26','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=878',0,'post','',0),(879,3,'2019-03-29 09:36:08','2019-03-29 14:36:08','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host a special meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 5, in room 229 of the Boling University Center. This will be the board’s second meeting since its creation in late 2018. Two members will participate via teleconference.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include the approvals of:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Five amendments to the advisory board bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Modification to the student member appointment process</li>\r\n 	<li>A revised scheduled for regular board meetings in 2019 and 2020</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238. Because this is a special meeting, there will be no opportunity for the public to address the board at this time.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 3.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet April 5','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host a special meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 5, in room 229 of the Boling University Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','878-revision-v1','','','2019-03-29 09:36:08','2019-03-29 14:36:08','',878,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/03/29/878-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(880,3,'2019-03-29 09:36:35','2019-03-29 14:36:35','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host a special meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 5, in room 229 of the Boling University Center. This will be the board’s second meeting since its creation in late 2018. Two members will participate via teleconference.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include the approvals of:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Five amendments to the advisory board bylaws</li>\r\n 	<li>Modification to the student member appointment process</li>\r\n 	<li>A revised scheduled for regular board meetings in 2019 and 2020</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238. Because this is a special meeting, there will be no opportunity for the public to address the board at this time.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 3.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet April 5','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host a special meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 5, in room 229 of the Boling University Center. 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Pictured with their awards are team members (front row, l-r) Colton Barber, of Bradford; Brandon Weber, of Tiptonville; Clint Beel, of Smyrna; Andre Delcalzo, of Bemus Point, New York; (top row) Kenley Schwartz, of Powell; Ethan Brown, of Lawrenceburg; Collin Stanley, of College Grove; Ben Chrestman, of Adamsville; Dr. Eric Pelren, professor of wildlife biology and team adviser; and Dillon Mooney, of Alamo. For more information on the UT Martin chapter of The Wildlife Society, contact Pelren at <a href=\"mailto:epelren@utm.edu\">epelren@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Wildlife Society competes nationally','The University of Tennessee at Martin student chapter of The Wildlife Society recently took 19 students to the Southeastern Wildlife Student Conclave at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. 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Students also participated in a variety of team competitions, including obstacle course (first place), air rifle (third place) and field photography (third place). Nineteen other schools were represented during the event, including the University of Arkansas, Tennessee Tech, Clemson University, Auburn University, the University of Florida, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Pictured with their awards are team members (front row, l-r) Colton Barber, of Bradford; Brandon Weber, of Tiptonville; Clint Beel, of Smyrna; Andre Delcalzo, of Bemus Point, New York; (top row) Kenley Schwartz, of Powell; Ethan Brown, of Lawrenceburg; Collin Stanley, of College Grove; Ben Chrestman, of Adamsville; Dr. Eric Pelren, professor of wildlife biology and team adviser; and Dillon Mooney, of Alamo. 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Special interest sessions will be held from 9-10:45. Attendees will have opportunities to learn about financial aid, student life, career planning and development, and the student success center, as well as housing and meal plan options.\r\n\r\nAcademic advising and registration will begin at 10:45. An optional tour of UT Martin’s campus, which is a Level I Certified Arboretum, will start at 1 p.m. after lunch.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/transferorientation\">utm.edu/transferorientation</a> to register. There is no fee to attend, but students must have received notice of university acceptance to participate. Additional sessions will be held May 31, June 18 and July 19. No tuition or fee payments will be due until the start of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 731-881-7020 or email <a href=\"mailto:admitme@utm.edu\">admitme@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host transfer and adult orientation April 12','Adults and transfer students interested in learning more about life at the University of Tennessee at Martin are encouraged to register for a one-day Transfer and Adult Orientation event from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., April 12.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-host-transfer-and-adult-orientation-april-12','','','2019-03-29 13:57:41','2019-03-29 18:57:41','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=884',0,'post','',0),(885,3,'2019-03-29 13:57:35','2019-03-29 18:57:35','Adults and transfer students interested in learning more about life at the University of Tennessee at Martin are encouraged to register for a one-day Transfer and Adult Orientation event from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., April 12.\r\n\r\nThe day will begin with registration and breakfast from 8-8:45 a.m., with an official welcome to follow. Special interest sessions will be held from 9-10:45. Attendees will have opportunities to learn about financial aid, student life, career planning and development, and the student success center, as well as housing and meal plan options.\r\n\r\nAcademic advising and registration will begin at 10:45. An optional tour of UT Martin’s campus, which is a Level I Certified Arboretum, will start at 1 p.m. after lunch.\r\n\r\nVisit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/transferorientation\">utm.edu/transferorientation</a> to register. There is no fee to attend, but students must have received notice of university acceptance to participate. Additional sessions will be held May 31, June 18 and July 19. 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Tickets are $10 for the public, $5 for non-UT Martin students and free for UT Martin students with their student ID.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Department of Music’s big band ensemble will join Miller in the concert. Miller will also hold a free guest master class from 2-2:50 p.m., April 15, also in the Blankenship Recital Hall as well as an improvisation clinic from 5-6:30 p.m. in room 136 of the Fine Arts Building.\r\n\r\nMiller, a Chicago native, is a member of the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra and serves as music director for its youth counterpart. He has previously toured and recorded internationally as a member of the Harry Connick Jr. Orchestra for 11 years and has studied with renowned musicians Don Jacoby, Bobby Shew and John Haynie, among others. Miller has also been recognized as a Yamaha clinician and performing artist and is an artist-in-residence for the University of Central Florida’s School of Music in Orlando.\r\n\r\nAlso this week, the department will host Denese Odegaard, president of the National Association for Music Education, during its second season of the #MusicEdLove lecture series and podcast. Odegaard will give a presentation at 7 p.m., April 18, also in room 136 of the UT Martin Fine Arts Building. The presentation is free to the public and will also be available online on the #MusicEdLove podcast. Practicing music educators may receive up to two hours of professional development for attending the lecture.\r\n\r\nOdegaard serves as the public schools performing arts curriculum specialist in Fargo, North Dakota. She has taught orchestra for 33 years and served on the boards of both the American String Teachers Association and the National Association for Music Education. 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Dinner will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Duncan Ballroom.\r\n\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, will be this year’s banquet speaker. Inductees can attend the banquet free of charge; additional guest tickets are $20 each and can be purchased from Tenna Bynum in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs at 731-881-7306.\r\n\r\nPhi Kappa Phi Chapter 127 was founded at UT Martin in 1971 and honors students, faculty and staff who have reached high levels of academic success. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective collegiate honors society for all academic disciplines. 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The supper supports WeCare Ministries in Martin each year and has donated more than $60,000 in the past 15 years.\r\n\r\n“I know the ministry is grateful to David and his students for their unending work to create the bowls and organize the event each year, and those the ministry serves are appreciative as well,” wrote Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, in McBeth’s nomination letter.\r\n\r\nMcBeth has also coordinated Cups for the Cure each February since 2017 in honor of his mother, who died after a short battle with cancer. This event features handmade cups and mugs donated by McBeth and his students, and funds raised benefit Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, a foundation at the cancer center where McBeth’s mother received treatment.\r\n\r\n“I’ve known and admired David for almost two decades, and I’ve always known him as someone passionate about serving his community and using his art to lift the spirits of those around him,” wrote Carver.\r\n\r\nMcBeth also assisted the Ken-Tenn Food Bank in Fulton, Kentucky, by donating 250 bowls to its inaugural Empty Bowls event March 21. That organization was able to raise $2,500 for their area residents in their first year.\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late state representative Harold Love, who was instrumental in passing legislation to create community service recognition programs at the state level in 1991. 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The supper supports WeCare Ministries in Martin each year and has donated more than $60,000 in the past 15 years.\r\n\r\n“I know the ministry is grateful to David and his students for their unending work to create the bowls and organize the event each year, and those the ministry serves are appreciative as well,” wrote Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, in McBeth’s nomination letter.\r\n\r\nMcBeth has also coordinated Cups for the Cure each February since 2017 in honor of his mother, who died after a short battle with cancer. This event features handmade cups and mugs donated by McBeth and his students, and funds raised benefit Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, a foundation at the cancer center where McBeth’s mother received treatment.\r\n\r\n“I’ve known and admired David for almost two decades, and I’ve always known him as someone passionate about serving his community and using his art to lift the spirits of those around him,” wrote Carver.\r\n\r\nMcBeth also assisted the Ken-Tenn Food Bank in Fulton, Kentucky, by donating 250 bowls to its inaugural Empty Bowls event March 21. That organization was able to raise $2,500 for their area residents in their first year.\r\n\r\nThe Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award is named for the late state representative Harold Love, who was instrumental in passing legislation to create community service recognition programs at the state level in 1991. Kameron Echols, then a UT Martin student and now with the UT Martin Student Success Center, won a student award in 2017, and Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education, won a faculty award in 2018.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','McBeth wins Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award','The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has selected David McBeth, professor of art at the University of Tennessee at Martin, as one of 10 recipients of a 2019 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award. 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Pictured after the conference are (front row, l-r) Emmons, Owens, Jones, Stanfill, (back row) Hargrove, Kitchen, Hendren, Jackson, Haney and Matthews. 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Saxophonists Casey Stanfill, of Lexington; Nate Matthews, of Olive Branch, Mississippi; Annias Haney, of Paris; and Jeremy Jackson, of Ripley, performed alongside percussionists Gavin Kitchen, of Murfreesboro; Mary Emmons, of Selmer; Jacob Hargrove, of Memphis; and Drew Hendren, of Newbern. The ensemble presented composer Steven Snowden’s “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control,” which was commissioned for the UT Martin Department of Music in 2016. Dr. Doug Owens, associate professor of music, and Dr. Shane Jones, assistant professor of music, serve as ensemble advisers. Pictured after the conference are (front row, l-r) Emmons, Owens, Jones, Stanfill, (back row) Hargrove, Kitchen, Hendren, Jackson, Haney and Matthews. For more information, contact the Jones at 731-881-7748 or sjone185@utm.edu.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin musicians play during regional conference','Eight student musicians from the University of Tennessee at Martin performed during the North American Saxophone Alliance region seven conference held March 8-10 at Western Carolina University.','inherit','closed','closed','','901-revision-v1','','','2019-04-02 09:10:33','2019-04-02 14:10:33','',901,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/02/901-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(904,3,'2019-04-02 09:10:48','2019-04-02 14:10:48','Eight student musicians from the University of Tennessee at Martin performed during the North American Saxophone Alliance region seven conference held March 8-10 at Western Carolina University. Saxophonists Casey Stanfill, of Lexington; Nate Matthews, of Olive Branch, Mississippi; Annias Haney, of Paris; and Jeremy Jackson, of Ripley, performed alongside percussionists Gavin Kitchen, of Murfreesboro; Mary Emmons, of Selmer; Jacob Hargrove, of Memphis; and Drew Hendren, of Newbern. The ensemble presented composer Steven Snowden’s “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control,” which was commissioned for the UT Martin Department of Music in 2016. Dr. Doug Owens, associate professor of music, and Dr. Shane Jones, assistant professor of music, serve as ensemble advisers. Pictured after the conference are (front row, l-r) Emmons, Owens, Jones, Stanfill, (back row) Hargrove, Kitchen, Hendren, Jackson, Haney and Matthews. For more information, contact the Jones at 731-881-7748 or <a href=\"mailto:sjone185@utm.edu\">sjone185@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin musicians play during regional conference','Eight student musicians from the University of Tennessee at Martin performed during the North American Saxophone Alliance region seven conference held March 8-10 at Western Carolina University.','inherit','closed','closed','','901-revision-v1','','','2019-04-02 09:10:48','2019-04-02 14:10:48','',901,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/02/901-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(937,3,'2019-04-10 09:28:46','2019-04-10 14:28:46','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially begin work on “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m., April 24, north of Clement Hall. This tribute area will honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“The Divine Nine chapters are part of the historic fabric of UT Martin,” said Dr. Andy Lewter, vice chancellor for student affairs. “They add a great deal to the college experience, not just for their members but for the entire student body. I’m glad we will have a dedicated place on campus to honor their contributions to our university.”\r\n\r\nThis new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to create NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially begin work on “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m., April 24, north of Clement Hall.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-create-nphc-greek-garden-at-unity-circle','','','2019-04-22 09:07:31','2019-04-22 14:07:31','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=937',0,'post','',0),(906,3,'2019-04-02 11:35:48','2019-04-02 16:35:48','Kara Tapp, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center, is named among the 2019 Sterling Award winners, published April 2 by the Jackson Sun. The Sterling Awards are given annually to honor West Tennessee’s 20 most influential women and are a joint project of the Jackson Sun and Jackson Area Business and Professional Women.\r\n\r\nTapp has served as director of the UT Martin Somerville Center since it opened in April 2016. Prior to accepting this position, she served as a communications specialist for Fayette County Schools and as an admissions counselor for Cambridge College in Memphis. She is a 2018 alumna of the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program and currently serves on the program’s alumni council. Tapp is also a current board member for the Somerville Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.\r\n\r\nWestStar Leadership Program alumnae Dr. Lisa Piercey (’15) and Vanessa Parker Presson (’10) also received 2019 Sterling Awards. WestStar alumni have received a total of 39 Sterling Awards since 2010.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298 or <a href=\"mailto:vgrimes@utm.edu\">vgrimes@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Kara Tapp honored with 2019 Sterling Award','Kara Tapp, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center, is named among the 2019 Sterling Award winners, published April 2 by the Jackson Sun.','publish','closed','closed','','kara-tapp-honored-with-2019-sterling-award','','','2019-04-09 10:11:29','2019-04-09 15:11:29','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=906',0,'post','',0),(907,3,'2019-04-02 11:34:54','2019-04-02 16:34:54','','Tapp_Kara_WP','','inherit','closed','closed','','tapp_kara_wp','','','2019-04-02 11:34:54','2019-04-02 16:34:54','',906,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Tapp_Kara_WP.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(908,3,'2019-04-02 11:35:48','2019-04-02 16:35:48','Kara Tapp, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center, is named among the 2019 Sterling Award winners, published April 2 by the Jackson Sun. The Sterling Awards are given annually to honor West Tennessee’s 20 most influential women and are a joint project of the Jackson Sun and Jackson Area Business and Professional Women.\r\n\r\nTapp has served as director of the UT Martin Somerville Center since it opened in April 2016. Prior to accepting this position, she served as a communications specialist for Fayette County Schools and as an admissions counselor for Cambridge College in Memphis. She is a 2018 alumna of the UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program and currently serves on the program’s alumni council. Tapp is also a current board member for the Somerville Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.\r\n\r\nWestStar Leadership Program alumnae Dr. Lisa Piercey (’15) and Vanessa Parker Presson (’10) also received 2019 Sterling Awards. WestStar alumni have received a total of 39 Sterling Awards since 2010.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the WestStar Leadership Program, contact Virginia Grimes, program coordinator, at 731-881-7298 or <a href=\"mailto:vgrimes@utm.edu\">vgrimes@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Kara Tapp honored with 2019 Sterling Award','Kara Tapp, director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center, is named among the 2019 Sterling Award winners, published April 2 by the Jackson Sun.','inherit','closed','closed','','906-revision-v1','','','2019-04-02 11:35:48','2019-04-02 16:35:48','',906,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/02/906-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(910,3,'2019-04-04 08:24:55','2019-04-04 13:24:55','The 51<sup>st</sup>-annual University of Tennessee at Martin Spring College Rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m., April 11-13, at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Pavilion. The UT Martin rodeo, which has been named the Ozark Region’s “Rodeo of the Year” for 13 consecutive years, features both timed and rough-stock events (including bull riding) each night.\r\n\r\nAll tickets are $6 for Thursday night’s session, while adult tickets are $10 on Friday and $12 on Saturday. Tickets for children ages 6-12 and UT Martin students with a valid student ID are $7 for both Friday and Saturday. A $20 weekend pass for all three performances is also available, while children ages 5 and under get in free with a paid adult.\r\n\r\nIn addition to UT Martin, teams from the University of Arkansas-Monticello; East Mississippi Community College; University of Kentucky; Mississippi State University; Missouri Valley College; Murray State University; Northwest Mississippi Community College; Pearl River Community College; Southern Arkansas University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Three Rivers College and University of West Alabama are scheduled to appear during the three-day event.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a crawfish supper at 5:30 p.m., April 10, at the American Legion building in Martin. Hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available as well as corn-on-the-cob and new potatoes. Tickets are $15 per person and support the UT Martin Rodeo Scholarship Fund.\r\n\r\nThursday’s competition is sponsored by Tyson, Obion County Complex, and fans can enter a drawing for a chance to win an MTD riding lawnmower. Friday is sponsored by Tennessee Tractor, LLC, and is also “Orange Night” to raise money for the Wyatt Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund. If the MTD riding lawnmower is not won on Thursday, a second drawing will take place Friday evening.\r\n\r\nSaturday will begin with a free barbecue lunch at 11 a.m. in Festival Park in downtown Martin, sponsored by Edward Jones Investments. The Martin Paving Company Championship Finals follow that evening, where the top 10 contestants from the two opening rounds will compete.\r\n\r\nA silent auction will be held during all three nights of the rodeo to help fund the UT Martin Rodeo Scholarship Fund. A scholarship auction will also take place at noon on Saturday after the free county-wide barbecue. For a full list of auction items, please visit the UTM Rodeo Facebook page at facebook.com/utm.rodeo. Garrett Yerigan will once again serve as this year’s announcer, alongside rodeo clown Dusty Myers. Bucking bulls and horses will be provided by Mark Johnson of Universal Rodeos in Jonesboro, Arkansas.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Ryne Rickman, UT Martin Office of Sports Information, at 731-881-7630 or <a href=\"mailto:rrickman@utm.ed\">rrickman@utm.ed</a>u.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin prepares to host 51st-annual UT Martin Spring College Rodeo','The 51st-annual University of Tennessee at Martin Spring College Rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m., April 11-13, at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Pavilion. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-prepares-to-host-51st-annual-ut-martin-spring-college-rodeo','','','2019-04-12 10:10:13','2019-04-12 15:10:13','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=910',0,'post','',0),(911,3,'2019-04-04 08:23:51','2019-04-04 13:23:51','','04162018_BestOfRodeo069','Bull-riding is a featured event on all three nights of the annual UT Martin Spring College Rodeo. This image is from the 2018 competition.','inherit','closed','closed','','04162018_bestofrodeo069','','','2019-04-04 08:24:46','2019-04-04 13:24:46','',910,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04162018_BestOfRodeo069.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(912,3,'2019-04-04 08:24:55','2019-04-04 13:24:55','The 51<sup>st</sup>-annual University of Tennessee at Martin Spring College Rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m., April 11-13, at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Pavilion. The UT Martin rodeo, which has been named the Ozark Region’s “Rodeo of the Year” for 13 consecutive years, features both timed and rough-stock events (including bull riding) each night.\r\n\r\nAll tickets are $6 for Thursday night’s session, while adult tickets are $10 on Friday and $12 on Saturday. Tickets for children ages 6-12 and UT Martin students with a valid student ID are $7 for both Friday and Saturday. A $20 weekend pass for all three performances is also available, while children ages 5 and under get in free with a paid adult.\r\n\r\nIn addition to UT Martin, teams from the University of Arkansas-Monticello; East Mississippi Community College; University of Kentucky; Mississippi State University; Missouri Valley College; Murray State University; Northwest Mississippi Community College; Pearl River Community College; Southern Arkansas University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Three Rivers College and University of West Alabama are scheduled to appear during the three-day event.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a crawfish supper at 5:30 p.m., April 10, at the American Legion building in Martin. Hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available as well as corn-on-the-cob and new potatoes. Tickets are $15 per person and support the UT Martin Rodeo Scholarship Fund.\r\n\r\nThursday’s competition is sponsored by Tyson, Obion County Complex, and fans can enter a drawing for a chance to win an MTD riding lawnmower. Friday is sponsored by Tennessee Tractor, LLC, and is also “Orange Night” to raise money for the Wyatt Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund. If the MTD riding lawnmower is not won on Thursday, a second drawing will take place Friday evening.\r\n\r\nSaturday will begin with a free barbecue lunch at 11 a.m. in Festival Park in downtown Martin, sponsored by Edward Jones Investments. The Martin Paving Company Championship Finals follow that evening, where the top 10 contestants from the two opening rounds will compete.\r\n\r\nA silent auction will be held during all three nights of the rodeo to help fund the UT Martin Rodeo Scholarship Fund. A scholarship auction will also take place at noon on Saturday after the free county-wide barbecue. For a full list of auction items, please visit the UTM Rodeo Facebook page at facebook.com/utm.rodeo. Garrett Yerigan will once again serve as this year’s announcer, alongside rodeo clown Dusty Myers. Bucking bulls and horses will be provided by Mark Johnson of Universal Rodeos in Jonesboro, Arkansas.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Ryne Rickman, UT Martin Office of Sports Information, at 731-881-7630 or <a href=\"mailto:rrickman@utm.ed\">rrickman@utm.ed</a>u.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin prepares to host 51st-annual UT Martin Spring College Rodeo','The 51st-annual University of Tennessee at Martin Spring College Rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m., April 11-13, at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Pavilion. ','inherit','closed','closed','','910-revision-v1','','','2019-04-04 08:24:55','2019-04-04 13:24:55','',910,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/04/910-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(913,3,'2019-04-04 14:29:36','2019-04-04 19:29:36','College is a time of personal discovery. No matter how near or far a student travels for college, those years are one of the best times to reinvent oneself and decide to be somebody new. Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, has used her position as news director at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s campus radio station to find her passion and break out of her comfort zone. In fact, she was named a finalist for best radio news director at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s annual conference this past March.\r\n<blockquote>“I figured (working at WUTM) was a great way to really get involved because I’ve never really been an outgoing person…. College has given me the chance to be a new person and put myself in positions I never would have put myself in before,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nMoncrief, a junior communications major, has worked for WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” for four semesters, rising to the rank of news director this past fall. Her responsibilities include not only arriving early to gather and write the daily news broadcasts, but also dividing reporting assignments among her fellow broadcasting students and attending a variety of campus events and speakers to gather audio sound bites.\r\n\r\nShe also hosts two radio shows aired weekly on WUTM, which she says have helped improve her communications skills both on and off the air. “Rock Out and Chill with Jill” is a music broadcast aired from 7-8 p.m. on Mondays, and “For the Record” is an interview segment featuring UT Martin faculty and staff members from across campus. Moncrief says this segment in particular has boosted her communications skills and forced her to become comfortable with those outside her peer group.\r\n\r\n“I have to go not just to students, my peers, but to my professors and other people’s professors and faculty members, and I have to pull them into the radio station to get interviews and get to know them,” she said. “So that’s definitely helped my communications (skills) overall, and it’s definitely helped me get out of my bubble and get rid of some of that anxiety with social events.”\r\n\r\nMoncrief originally planned to tour several universities during her senior year of high school but stopped when she found UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“I toured UT Martin first, and I just instantly fell in love with the campus. I did a lot of research on the (communications) department specifically,” she said.\r\n\r\nThe advice she gives to underclassmen and future college students is to take on new opportunities and do things that might seem intimidating at first.\r\n<blockquote>“Be involved in everything you can. Try to get as much hands-on experience as you can,” she said. “Do as much as you can around campus. … If you see events going on, go to them. Make friends. Do things.”</blockquote>\r\nMoncrief plans to graduate in May 2020 and ultimately hopes to work in television production.\r\n\r\n###','College job helps Carroll County student branch out','Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, has used her position as news director at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s campus radio station to find her passion and break out of her comfort zone. 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No matter how near or far a student travels for college, those years are one of the best times to reinvent oneself and decide to be somebody new. Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, has used her position as news director at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s campus radio station to find her passion and break out of her comfort zone. In fact, she was named a finalist for best radio news director at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s annual conference this past March.\r\n<blockquote>“I figured (working at WUTM) was a great way to really get involved because I’ve never really been an outgoing person…. College has given me the chance to be a new person and put myself in positions I never would have put myself in before,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nMoncrief, a junior communications major, has worked for WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” for four semesters, rising to the rank of news director this past fall. Her responsibilities include not only arriving early to gather and write the daily news broadcasts, but also dividing reporting assignments among her fellow broadcasting students and attending a variety of campus events and speakers to gather audio sound bites.\r\n\r\nShe also hosts two radio shows aired weekly on WUTM, which she says have helped improve her communications skills both on and off the air. “Rock Out and Chill with Jill” is a music broadcast aired from 7-8 p.m. on Mondays, and “For the Record” is an interview segment featuring UT Martin faculty and staff members from across campus. Moncrief says this segment in particular has boosted her communications skills and forced her to become comfortable with those outside her peer group.\r\n\r\n“I have to go not just to students, my peers, but to my professors and other people’s professors and faculty members, and I have to pull them into the radio station to get interviews and get to know them,” she said. “So that’s definitely helped my communications (skills) overall, and it’s definitely helped me get out of my bubble and get rid of some of that anxiety with social events.”\r\n\r\nMoncrief originally planned to tour several universities during her senior year of high school but stopped when she found UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“I toured UT Martin first, and I just instantly fell in love with the campus. I did a lot of research on the (communications) department specifically,” she said.\r\n\r\nThe advice she gives to underclassmen and future college students is to take on new opportunities and do things that might seem intimidating at first.\r\n<blockquote>“Be involved in everything you can. Try to get as much hands-on experience as you can,” she said. “Do as much as you can around campus. … If you see events going on, go to them. Make friends. Do things.”</blockquote>\r\nMoncrief plans to graduate in May 2020 and ultimately hopes to work in television production.\r\n\r\n###','College job helps Carroll County student branch out','Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, has used her position as news director at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s campus radio station to find her passion and break out of her comfort zone. ','inherit','closed','closed','','913-revision-v1','','','2019-04-04 14:29:36','2019-04-04 19:29:36','',913,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/04/913-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(918,3,'2019-04-05 09:48:39','2019-04-05 14:48:39','A team of 11 students representing the University of Tennessee at Martin placed second in the nation and fifth internationally at the 2019 SAE International Aero Design East Competition, held March 8-10 in Fort Worth, Texas. This annual event, sponsored by professional aerospace firms including Lockheed Martin and SpaceX, invites teams of student engineers from around the world to compete in the design, presentation and flight of a self-constructed aircraft.\r\n\r\nUT Martin competed against 20 other schools in the advanced category and was one of the only institutions represented that does not have a dedicated aerospace engineering program. Despite this fact, UT Martin students have placed among the top three in the nation three times in the past five years. This year, UT Martin came in fifth in the world behind the Georgia Institute of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland, Pontifical Catholic University-Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Vellore Institute of Technology in India (first through fourth place, respectively).\r\n\r\nEach competition has a unique challenge for participating teams to achieve while constructing and testing their aircraft.\r\n<blockquote>“The objective of this year’s mission was to design and construct a primary aircraft capable of delivering a colonist delivery aircraft, habitats and water payload to a specific drop target,” said Connor Alley, team leader and a senior from Martin. In other words, the aircraft had to transport several contained loads, including two independently-functioning “colonist” pods, and drop those loads precisely within a target zone. “All this must be accomplished with a minuscule 750 watts of power to the motor on the primary aircraft,” added Alley.</blockquote>\r\nThe students designed, constructed and tested the aircraft and all electrical and mechanical components themselves over the course of the previous year in preparation for competition this spring. While the aero design team is always open to students of all majors, students not studying engineering are often reluctant to participate. However, the 2019 team included four students outside the engineering major: two computer science students, a veterinary technician student and pre-veterinary student.\r\n\r\n“This greatly improved our team in several ways. It has provided the team with multiple sources of information and resources. It has also greatly helped by allowing the engineers to focus on the design project while the non-engineering majors take on tasks such as project management, finance and marketing,” said Alley.\r\n<blockquote>“This competition … is a truly worldwide stage. The competition is funded and run by several large companies such as Lockheed Martin, Solidworks and SpaceX,” Alley added. “These companies recruit students for internships and job offers from the best teams in the competitions. The design analysis that a project of this scale requires gives students ample experience to set them up for the workplace.”</blockquote>\r\nAlley’s team members include Caleb Bell, a senior from Bartlett; Haley Baker, a freshman from Arlington; Caleb Wassman, a senior from Camden; Erich Otto, a sophomore from Medina; Jon Wilbert, a junior from Medina; Matthew Austin, a senior from Jackson; Meredith Brown, a senior from Trezevant; Justin White, a senior from Tiptonville; Sydney Tittle, a senior from Kingston Springs; and Samantha Curd, a senior from Westmoreland.\r\n\r\nDr. Doug Sterrett, professor of engineering, and Ashley Owens, lecturer of engineering, serve as faculty advisers to the team. Sterrett is also the official pilot of the team plane during competitions.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Engineering at 731-881-7571.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin places second in nation during aerospace competition','A team of 11 students representing the University of Tennessee at Martin placed second in the nation and fifth internationally at the 2019 SAE International Aero Design East Competition, held March 8-10 in Fort Worth, Texas. 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This annual event, sponsored by professional aerospace firms including Lockheed Martin and SpaceX, invites teams of student engineers from around the world to compete in the design, presentation and flight of a self-constructed aircraft.\r\n\r\nUT Martin competed against 20 other schools in the advanced category and was one of the only institutions represented that does not have a dedicated aerospace engineering program. Despite this fact, UT Martin students have placed among the top three in the nation three times in the past five years. This year, UT Martin came in fifth in the world behind the Georgia Institute of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland, Pontifical Catholic University-Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Vellore Institute of Technology in India (first through fourth place, respectively).\r\n\r\nEach competition has a unique challenge for participating teams to achieve while constructing and testing their aircraft.\r\n<blockquote>“The objective of this year’s mission was to design and construct a primary aircraft capable of delivering a colonist delivery aircraft, habitats and water payload to a specific drop target,” said Connor Alley, team leader and a senior from Martin. In other words, the aircraft had to transport several contained loads, including two independently-functioning “colonist” pods, and drop those loads precisely within a target zone. “All this must be accomplished with a minuscule 750 watts of power to the motor on the primary aircraft,” added Alley.</blockquote>\r\nThe students designed, constructed and tested the aircraft and all electrical and mechanical components themselves over the course of the previous year in preparation for competition this spring. While the aero design team is always open to students of all majors, students not studying engineering are often reluctant to participate. However, the 2019 team included four students outside the engineering major: two computer science students, a veterinary technician student and pre-veterinary student.\r\n\r\n“This greatly improved our team in several ways. It has provided the team with multiple sources of information and resources. It has also greatly helped by allowing the engineers to focus on the design project while the non-engineering majors take on tasks such as project management, finance and marketing,” said Alley.\r\n<blockquote>“This competition … is a truly worldwide stage. The competition is funded and run by several large companies such as Lockheed Martin, Solidworks and SpaceX,” Alley added. “These companies recruit students for internships and job offers from the best teams in the competitions. The design analysis that a project of this scale requires gives students ample experience to set them up for the workplace.”</blockquote>\r\nAlley’s team members include Caleb Bell, a senior from Bartlett; Haley Baker, a freshman from Arlington; Caleb Wassman, a senior from Camden; Erich Otto, a sophomore from Medina; Jon Wilbert, a junior from Medina; Matthew Austin, a senior from Jackson; Meredith Brown, a senior from Trezevant; Justin White, a senior from Tiptonville; Sydney Tittle, a senior from Kingston Springs; and Samantha Curd, a senior from Westmoreland.\r\n\r\nDr. Doug Sterrett, professor of engineering, and Ashley Owens, lecturer of engineering, serve as faculty advisers to the team. Sterrett is also the official pilot of the team plane during competitions.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Engineering at 731-881-7571.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin places second in nation during aerospace competition','A team of 11 students representing the University of Tennessee at Martin placed second in the nation and fifth internationally at the 2019 SAE International Aero Design East Competition, held March 8-10 in Fort Worth, Texas. ','inherit','closed','closed','','918-revision-v1','','','2019-04-05 09:48:39','2019-04-05 14:48:39','',918,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/05/918-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(921,3,'2019-04-05 14:59:48','2019-04-05 19:59:48','Virginia Grimes, of Martin, and Alisha Melton, of Dresden, received Spring 2019 Outstanding Employee Awards from the University of Tennessee at Martin during a breakfast reception April 3.\r\n\r\nGrimes currently serves as coordinator of the WestStar Leadership Program and has worked with the program for almost 30 years. During her tenure as coordinator, the WestStar family has grown to nearly 800 alumni across West Tennessee and the state. Grimes organizes all WestStar board meetings, alumni receptions, class sessions and several conferences, including the Working Women’s Conference, African American Leadership Conference, and both the RisingStar and FutureStar youth leadership summits.\r\n\r\nShe also serves as treasurer of the Tennessee Association of Community Leadership, a volunteer organization that builds community leadership across the state. Grimes has coordinated TACL meetings since its inception in 1997. She is a graduate of Leadership Weakley County and received the Robert M. Smith Outstanding Leadership Educator Award in 2012.\r\n\r\nMelton serves as the budget manager for the U.S. Department of Education Title III grant program at UT Martin and has filled this position for the past four years. Her management of grant funds has allowed the program to expand and continue beyond the original grant timeline. During the five years UT Martin has received Title III funding, the university has improved facilities for the Veterinary Health Technology Program, created a culture of assessment for campus accreditation and improvement, established new student leadership initiatives, implemented new campus advising software and launched a new faculty program yielding more than 20 faculty research projects.\r\n\r\nMelton is known for taking on responsibilities outside her job description and was selected to assist with the implementation and launch of the DegreeWorks student advising software program. She also worked closely with UT Martin Online to coordinate the launch of the Skyhawk Summer Academy in 2018 and has collaborated with many departments across the UT Martin campus to ensure that all students and faculty are able to access Title III grant programming.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Outstanding Employee Awards are given to one exempt and one non-exempt employee each semester. Recipients are nominated by their coworkers and chosen by a selection committee.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Grimes, Melton recognized for outstanding university service','Virginia Grimes, of Martin, and Alisha Melton, of Dresden, received Spring 2019 Outstanding Employee Awards from the University of Tennessee at Martin during a breakfast reception April 3.','publish','closed','closed','','grimes-melton-recognized-for-outstanding-university-service','','','2019-06-13 11:15:18','2019-06-13 16:15:18','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=921',0,'post','',0),(922,3,'2019-04-05 14:59:05','2019-04-05 19:59:05','','Spring2019UTMAwards','Alisha Melton (right), of Dresden, and Virginia Grimes (left), of Martin, received Spring 2019 Outstanding Employee Awards from the University of Tennessee at Martin during a breakfast reception April 3. They are pictured with UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. ','inherit','closed','closed','','spring2019utmawards','','','2019-04-05 14:59:39','2019-04-05 19:59:39','',921,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Spring2019UTMAwards.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(923,3,'2019-04-05 14:59:48','2019-04-05 19:59:48','Virginia Grimes, of Martin, and Alisha Melton, of Dresden, received Spring 2019 Outstanding Employee Awards from the University of Tennessee at Martin during a breakfast reception April 3.\r\n\r\nGrimes currently serves as coordinator of the WestStar Leadership Program and has worked with the program for almost 30 years. During her tenure as coordinator, the WestStar family has grown to nearly 800 alumni across West Tennessee and the state. Grimes organizes all WestStar board meetings, alumni receptions, class sessions and several conferences, including the Working Women’s Conference, African American Leadership Conference, and both the RisingStar and FutureStar youth leadership summits.\r\n\r\nShe also serves as treasurer of the Tennessee Association of Community Leadership, a volunteer organization that builds community leadership across the state. Grimes has coordinated TACL meetings since its inception in 1997. She is a graduate of Leadership Weakley County and received the Robert M. Smith Outstanding Leadership Educator Award in 2012.\r\n\r\nMelton serves as the budget manager for the U.S. Department of Education Title III grant program at UT Martin and has filled this position for the past four years. Her management of grant funds has allowed the program to expand and continue beyond the original grant timeline. During the five years UT Martin has received Title III funding, the university has improved facilities for the Veterinary Health Technology Program, created a culture of assessment for campus accreditation and improvement, established new student leadership initiatives, implemented new campus advising software and launched a new faculty program yielding more than 20 faculty research projects.\r\n\r\nMelton is known for taking on responsibilities outside her job description and was selected to assist with the implementation and launch of the DegreeWorks student advising software program. She also worked closely with UT Martin Online to coordinate the launch of the Skyhawk Summer Academy in 2018 and has collaborated with many departments across the UT Martin campus to ensure that all students and faculty are able to access Title III grant programming.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Outstanding Employee Awards are given to one exempt and one non-exempt employee each semester. Recipients are nominated by their coworkers and chosen by a selection committee.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Grimes, Melton recognized for outstanding university service','Virginia Grimes, of Martin, and Alisha Melton, of Dresden, received Spring 2019 Outstanding Employee Awards from the University of Tennessee at Martin during a breakfast reception April 3.','inherit','closed','closed','','921-revision-v1','','','2019-04-05 14:59:48','2019-04-05 19:59:48','',921,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/05/921-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(924,3,'2019-04-05 15:05:44','2019-04-05 20:05:44','SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS FUND STUDENT PROGRAMS – The University of Tennessee at Martin Center for Sustainability has awarded the first Campus Sustainability Grants to fund student projects during the 2019-20 academic year. Student groups submitted proposals for the grant, and three programs were selected for funding. Benjamin Ort, of Medina, received two separate grants totaling $1,100 to recycle the large quantity of used notebooks discarded by students who move out of campus housing units each semester and to replace light bulbs in the apartments of incoming freshmen with energy-efficient LED bulbs. Ort works with the UT Martin Office of Housing and will coordinate with the housing staff to complete these two projects. Rebekah Hawthorne, of Dickson, submitted a proposal on behalf of the West Tennessee Association for Children’s Early Education Student Organization to fund a project to create a small-animal habitat, nature-based playspace and interactive flower bed at the Margaret Perry Children’s Center. Students then plan to create sustainability-focused lesson plans to teach children at the center about gardening, wildlife and the environment, among other topics. This project was funded in the amount of $1,160. Pictured in front of the Children’s Center are (l-r) Ort; Austin Avallone, an assistant on the housing project; Hawthorne; and Dr. Keith Dooley, faculty adviser for WTACEE and interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Center for Sustainability funds student programs','The University of Tennessee at Martin Center for Sustainability has awarded the first Campus Sustainability Grants to fund student projects during the 2019-20 academic year. 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Benjamin Ort, of Medina, received two separate grants totaling $1,100 to recycle the large quantity of used notebooks discarded by students who move out of campus housing units each semester and to replace light bulbs in the apartments of incoming freshmen with energy-efficient LED bulbs. Ort works with the UT Martin Office of Housing and will coordinate with the housing staff to complete these two projects. Rebekah Hawthorne, of Dickson, submitted a proposal on behalf of the West Tennessee Association for Children’s Early Education Student Organization to fund a project to create a small-animal habitat, nature-based playspace and interactive flower bed at the Margaret Perry Children’s Center. Students then plan to create sustainability-focused lesson plans to teach children at the center about gardening, wildlife and the environment, among other topics. This project was funded in the amount of $1,160. Pictured in front of the Children’s Center are (l-r) Ort; Austin Avallone, an assistant on the housing project; Hawthorne; and Dr. Keith Dooley, faculty adviser for WTACEE and interim chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Center for Sustainability funds student programs','The University of Tennessee at Martin Center for Sustainability has awarded the first Campus Sustainability Grants to fund student projects during the 2019-20 academic year. ','inherit','closed','closed','','924-revision-v1','','','2019-04-05 15:05:44','2019-04-05 20:05:44','',924,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/05/924-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(953,3,'2019-04-16 10:10:40','2019-04-16 15:10:40','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will feature a variety of student and faculty ensembles during the Discovery Park of America’s “Rhythm on the Rails” music festival this year. The new family-friendly series will begin at 5 p.m. every Thursday evening from May 2-June 27 around the south lake near the Train Depot.\r\n\r\nAdmission is free for park members and guests who purchased admission that day. Tickets for non-members are $5 each. UT Martin ensembles including the jazz combo, Brazilian Choro Ensemble, steelworks band, and Coffey and Carithers faculty duo will perform throughout the series.\r\n\r\n“We’re excited about the opportunity for two great local institutions, Discovery Park and UT Martin, to come together to provide an opportunity for our region to celebrate some of their favorite local performers while also having the opportunity to discover new music,” said Dr. Julie Hill, chair of the UT Martin Department of Music.\r\n\r\nRevenue generated from this event will be used to offset the cost of refurbishing a 1916 Ford Model-T planned for public display at the park in fall 2019. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy the shows. Food trucks and catch-and-release fishing will also be available during the festival.\r\n\r\nA complete performance schedule is available at discoveryparkofamerica.com/musicfestival. The 2019 event is sponsored by Blue Bank Resort, Williams Country Sausage and The Citizens Bank. Discovery Park of America is located at 830 Everett Blvd in Union City.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%;\"></p>','UT Martin ensembles featured at Discovery Park of America','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will feature a variety of student and faculty ensembles during the Discovery Park of America’s “Rhythm on the Rails” music festival this year.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-ensembles-featured-at-discovery-park-of-america','','','2019-06-03 11:11:27','2019-06-03 16:11:27','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=953',0,'post','',0),(928,3,'2019-04-08 11:09:17','2019-04-08 16:09:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications presented Jim Leighton (’79) with the 2019 Department of Communications Distinguished Alumni Award during a reception April 3. Leighton is retired from work with Sony, ESPN, The Disney Company and other corporations throughout the broadcasting industry.\r\n\r\nWhile describing his career for a crowd of communications students and faculty members, Leighton noted a few of his most interesting projects, including working with the engineering team that designed and installed the infrastructure to support the broadcast of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The broadcast was actually controlled from the Saturday Night Live soundstage at 30 Rock in New York City, New York.\r\n\r\nLeighton also worked on the design team for the first Direct TV upload facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and managed the engineering team that designed and implemented the analog infrastructure at Oprah Winfrey’s studio in Chicago. He has worked with E! Entertainment, The Weather Channel and other stations to design and deliver programing as well and has experienced great change in the industry over the past four decades.\r\n\r\n“During my 40 years, I experienced a transformation in (the broadcasting) industry like no other. I remember when I first came to Martin, that’s when I experienced cable TV for the first time. … I saw the evolution of audio and video recording technology. When I started with this business, we were using two-inch open-roll videotape. It went from that to cassettes, and now they’re using hard drives and solid-state media that can either be on-premise or in the cloud. … It’s not like it used to be,” he said.\r\n\r\nLeighton also took the time to deliver three lessons to the assembled students, many of whom are preparing to graduate. First, he stressed the importance of honesty, integrity and trustworthiness in any career field.\r\n\r\n“These three traits will become the measure of you as a person and as a professional. Your colleagues, your employers, your customers will all measure you on how you exemplify those three traits,” he said.\r\n\r\nHe also encouraged students to begin building their personal networks early and to collect a business card or social media connection from every person they meet, because you never know which person might be able to help you get to where you need to go.\r\n\r\n“That network will open doors for you that you can’t open for yourself in many cases,” he said. “It will expose you to jobs that you wouldn’t ordinarily know were out there. It will get you an interview for that job that you really want that you haven’t been able to get an interview for. It will open doors to people that you need to see for whatever reason that you haven’t been able to get in to see. It will become the most valuable asset you will have in your career.”\r\n\r\nFinally, he urged students to evaluate not only a position’s potential paycheck but also the benefits a company might offer to stretch their money further into retirement, such as insurance benefits, on-site gym and childcare facilities, and matching funds for retirement plans.\r\n\r\n“There’s no time like the present to start planning for the future,” he said. “Have a plan for where you’re going to be in five years, 10 years, and so on.”\r\n\r\nLeighton joins a group of distinguished alumni award-winners that includes broadcast personality Van Jones, meteorologist Charlie Neese and radio station owner Nick Martin.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Communications at 731-881-7546.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Jim Leighton recognized as Department of Communications Distinguished Alum','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications presented Jim Leighton (’79) with the 2019 Department of Communications Distinguished Alumni Award during a reception April 3. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','jim-leighton','','','2019-04-08 11:08:47','2019-04-08 16:08:47','',928,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Jim-Leighton.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(930,3,'2019-04-08 11:09:17','2019-04-08 16:09:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications presented Jim Leighton (’79) with the 2019 Department of Communications Distinguished Alumni Award during a reception April 3. Leighton is retired from work with Sony, ESPN, The Disney Company and other corporations throughout the broadcasting industry.\r\n\r\nWhile describing his career for a crowd of communications students and faculty members, Leighton noted a few of his most interesting projects, including working with the engineering team that designed and installed the infrastructure to support the broadcast of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The broadcast was actually controlled from the Saturday Night Live soundstage at 30 Rock in New York City, New York.\r\n\r\nLeighton also worked on the design team for the first Direct TV upload facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and managed the engineering team that designed and implemented the analog infrastructure at Oprah Winfrey’s studio in Chicago. He has worked with E! Entertainment, The Weather Channel and other stations to design and deliver programing as well and has experienced great change in the industry over the past four decades.\r\n\r\n“During my 40 years, I experienced a transformation in (the broadcasting) industry like no other. I remember when I first came to Martin, that’s when I experienced cable TV for the first time. … I saw the evolution of audio and video recording technology. When I started with this business, we were using two-inch open-roll videotape. It went from that to cassettes, and now they’re using hard drives and solid-state media that can either be on-premise or in the cloud. … It’s not like it used to be,” he said.\r\n\r\nLeighton also took the time to deliver three lessons to the assembled students, many of whom are preparing to graduate. First, he stressed the importance of honesty, integrity and trustworthiness in any career field.\r\n\r\n“These three traits will become the measure of you as a person and as a professional. Your colleagues, your employers, your customers will all measure you on how you exemplify those three traits,” he said.\r\n\r\nHe also encouraged students to begin building their personal networks early and to collect a business card or social media connection from every person they meet, because you never know which person might be able to help you get to where you need to go.\r\n\r\n“That network will open doors for you that you can’t open for yourself in many cases,” he said. “It will expose you to jobs that you wouldn’t ordinarily know were out there. It will get you an interview for that job that you really want that you haven’t been able to get an interview for. It will open doors to people that you need to see for whatever reason that you haven’t been able to get in to see. It will become the most valuable asset you will have in your career.”\r\n\r\nFinally, he urged students to evaluate not only a position’s potential paycheck but also the benefits a company might offer to stretch their money further into retirement, such as insurance benefits, on-site gym and childcare facilities, and matching funds for retirement plans.\r\n\r\n“There’s no time like the present to start planning for the future,” he said. “Have a plan for where you’re going to be in five years, 10 years, and so on.”\r\n\r\nLeighton joins a group of distinguished alumni award-winners that includes broadcast personality Van Jones, meteorologist Charlie Neese and radio station owner Nick Martin.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Communications at 731-881-7546.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Jim Leighton recognized as Department of Communications Distinguished Alum','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Communications presented Jim Leighton (’79) with the 2019 Department of Communications Distinguished Alumni Award during a reception April 3. ','inherit','closed','closed','','928-revision-v1','','','2019-04-08 11:09:17','2019-04-08 16:09:17','',928,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/08/928-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(931,3,'2019-04-08 11:15:07','2019-04-08 16:15:07','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its fifth-annual ‘I Heart UTM’ week April 22-26 to celebrate Skyhawk pride and community support. Events throughout the week will feature prizes, free food and opportunities to thank alumni and supporters who contributed during Captain’s Challenge, hosted April 3.\r\n\r\nMonday is “Philanthropy Day” and begins with Donuts for Donors from 8:30-11 a.m. outside the Boling University Center. Anyone who comes to write a thank-you card for Captain’s Challenge donors will be able to partake in donuts and enter giveaways for prizes. The annual Mike Munkel Barbeque will be that evening from 4:30-6:30 p.m. next to Pacer Pond, and Captain’s Pantry will conduct a canned food drive during the event to benefit students with food insecurities.\r\n\r\nTuesday is “Thankful Tuesday” and features the opportunity for students to thank a faculty or staff member for the role they have played in the student’s educational experience from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. outside the Boling University Center. A crawfish and shrimp boil will begin that evening at 5 p.m. between University Village Phase I and Phase II. The event is sponsored by the UT Martin Office of Housing and will feature music by DJ Narleyy.\r\n\r\nWednesday is “Hump Day” and begins with “Coffee with Carver” from 8-9 a.m. in the Boling University Welcome Center. The afternoon brings back the classic camel ride and petting zoo from noon-3 p.m. in the university quadrangle as well as Carver’s Corner, where lawn games and Chick-Fil-A drinks will be available in the quad during the same timeframe.\r\n\r\nThursday is “Senior Day” beginning with the senior drive-thru, during which seniors planning to graduate in both May and December can pick up blueberry muffins and Orange Crush sodas from 9 a.m.-noon at the Dunagan Alumni Center. The traditional senior walk – a congratulatory parade through the quad where faculty, staff and friends cheer on the graduating class – will begin at 3 p.m. Comedian Alex Bobbitt will perform at 9 p.m. in Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nThe week ends with “Community Day” on Friday, where community members are encouraged to wear their “I Heart UTM” T-shirts and display UT Martin or Skyhawk items in their stores and businesses. Many area businesses will also feature Skyhawk Specials on this day.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Matt Borden, associate director of annual giving, at 731-881-3611 or <a href=\"mailto:mborden5@utm.edu\">mborden5@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','I Heart UTM week celebrates Skyhawk pride','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its fifth-annual ‘I Heart UTM’ week April 22-26 to celebrate Skyhawk pride and community support. 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Events throughout the week will feature prizes, free food and opportunities to thank alumni and supporters who contributed during Captain’s Challenge, hosted April 3.\r\n\r\nMonday is “Philanthropy Day” and begins with Donuts for Donors from 8:30-11 a.m. outside the Boling University Center. Anyone who comes to write a thank-you card for Captain’s Challenge donors will be able to partake in donuts and enter giveaways for prizes. The annual Mike Munkel Barbeque will be that evening from 4:30-6:30 p.m. next to Pacer Pond, and Captain’s Pantry will conduct a canned food drive during the event to benefit students with food insecurities.\r\n\r\nTuesday is “Thankful Tuesday” and features the opportunity for students to thank a faculty or staff member for the role they have played in the student’s educational experience from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. outside the Boling University Center. A crawfish and shrimp boil will begin that evening at 5 p.m. between University Village Phase I and Phase II. The event is sponsored by the UT Martin Office of Housing and will feature music by DJ Narleyy.\r\n\r\nWednesday is “Hump Day” and begins with “Coffee with Carver” from 8-9 a.m. in the Boling University Welcome Center. The afternoon brings back the classic camel ride and petting zoo from noon-3 p.m. in the university quadrangle as well as Carver’s Corner, where lawn games and Chick-Fil-A drinks will be available in the quad during the same timeframe.\r\n\r\nThursday is “Senior Day” beginning with the senior drive-thru, during which seniors planning to graduate in both May and December can pick up blueberry muffins and Orange Crush sodas from 9 a.m.-noon at the Dunagan Alumni Center. The traditional senior walk – a congratulatory parade through the quad where faculty, staff and friends cheer on the graduating class – will begin at 3 p.m. Comedian Alex Bobbitt will perform at 9 p.m. in Watkins Auditorium.\r\n\r\nThe week ends with “Community Day” on Friday, where community members are encouraged to wear their “I Heart UTM” T-shirts and display UT Martin or Skyhawk items in their stores and businesses. Many area businesses will also feature Skyhawk Specials on this day.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Matt Borden, associate director of annual giving, at 731-881-3611 or <a href=\"mailto:mborden5@utm.edu\">mborden5@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','I Heart UTM week celebrates Skyhawk pride','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its fifth-annual ‘I Heart UTM’ week April 22-26 to celebrate Skyhawk pride and community support. ','inherit','closed','closed','','931-revision-v1','','','2019-04-08 11:15:07','2019-04-08 16:15:07','',931,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/08/931-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(934,3,'2019-04-08 13:15:50','2019-04-08 18:15:50','The University of Tennessee System and University of Tennessee at Martin honored six local faculty members during UT Martin’s annual Honors Day ceremony April 7.\r\n\r\nDr. Anderson Starling, assistant professor of political science, received the UT Martin Coffey Outstanding Teaching Award for excellence in the classroom. Starling has worked with the university since 2014 and is a current member of the American, Midwest and Southern political science associations. He holds both a bachelor’s degree in communications and a doctoral degree in political science from the University of Alabama.\r\n\r\nDr. Laura Brown, professor of health and human performance, and Dr. James Smart, professor of biology, both received UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Awards. Brown started working with UT Martin in 1993 and is also the spring 2019 Featured Faculty Scholar. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin, a master’s degree from Murray State University, and both education specialist and doctoral degrees from Union University.\r\n\r\nSmart has worked with the university since 2005 and was awarded the UT Martin Reagan Faculty Leave Award to pursue outside research in 2017. He holds both bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.\r\n\r\nDr. Angela Ammerman, assistant professor of music, received the UT Martin Outstanding Academic Advisor Award for 2019. She began working with UT Martin in 2017 and is also director of the music education program and the UT Martin string orchestra. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a master’s degree from Boston University and a doctoral degree from George Mason University.\r\n\r\nJason Stout, associate professor of art, and Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science, both received Outstanding UTAA Teacher Awards. These awards are given by the University of Tennessee Alumni Association each year. Stout began teaching at UT Martin in 2005 and has artwork displayed in public and private collections across the country, including at the University of West Georgia, Jacksonville State University and UT Martin. His work is represented by REM Gallery in San Antonio, Texas. Stout holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.\r\n\r\nWalker has taught at UT Martin since 2012 following 32 years in small-animal veterinary practice. He is currently serving as president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association and is the lead professor in the UT Martin veterinary health technology program. Walker holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Auburn University.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin faculty honored for outstanding scholarship','The University of Tennessee System and University of Tennessee at Martin honored six local faculty members during UT Martin’s annual Honors Day ceremony April 7.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-faculty-honored-for-outstanding-scholarship','','','2019-06-13 11:16:20','2019-06-13 16:16:20','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=934',0,'post','',0),(935,3,'2019-04-08 13:14:56','2019-04-08 18:14:56','','FacultyHonorsDay2019','Pictured after the University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Honors Day ceremony April 7 are (front row, l-r) Devin Majors, president, UT Martin Student Government Association; Dr. Keith Carver, chancellor; award presenters Dr. Kimberly Williams, Outstanding UTAA Teacher Award 2018, and Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn, Cunningham Outstanding Teacher Award 2018; Jake Bynum, Weakley County mayor; (second row) Dr. Angela Ammerman, Outstanding Academic Advisor Award 2019; Dr. Laura Brown, Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award 2019; Dr. Danny Walker, Outstanding UTAA Teacher Award 2019; (back row) Jason Stout, Outstanding UTAA Teacher Award 2019; Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost; Dr. Andy Lewter, vice chancellor for student affairs; and Dr. James Smart, Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Award 2019. Not pictured is Dr. Anderson Starling, Coffey Outstanding Teaching Award 2019.','inherit','closed','closed','','facultyhonorsday2019','','','2019-04-08 13:15:38','2019-04-08 18:15:38','',934,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FacultyHonorsDay2019.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(936,3,'2019-04-08 13:15:50','2019-04-08 18:15:50','The University of Tennessee System and University of Tennessee at Martin honored six local faculty members during UT Martin’s annual Honors Day ceremony April 7.\r\n\r\nDr. Anderson Starling, assistant professor of political science, received the UT Martin Coffey Outstanding Teaching Award for excellence in the classroom. Starling has worked with the university since 2014 and is a current member of the American, Midwest and Southern political science associations. He holds both a bachelor’s degree in communications and a doctoral degree in political science from the University of Alabama.\r\n\r\nDr. Laura Brown, professor of health and human performance, and Dr. James Smart, professor of biology, both received UT Martin Cunningham Outstanding Teacher/Scholar Awards. Brown started working with UT Martin in 1993 and is also the spring 2019 Featured Faculty Scholar. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin, a master’s degree from Murray State University, and both education specialist and doctoral degrees from Union University.\r\n\r\nSmart has worked with the university since 2005 and was awarded the UT Martin Reagan Faculty Leave Award to pursue outside research in 2017. He holds both bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.\r\n\r\nDr. Angela Ammerman, assistant professor of music, received the UT Martin Outstanding Academic Advisor Award for 2019. She began working with UT Martin in 2017 and is also director of the music education program and the UT Martin string orchestra. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a master’s degree from Boston University and a doctoral degree from George Mason University.\r\n\r\nJason Stout, associate professor of art, and Dr. Danny Walker, associate professor of animal science, both received Outstanding UTAA Teacher Awards. These awards are given by the University of Tennessee Alumni Association each year. Stout began teaching at UT Martin in 2005 and has artwork displayed in public and private collections across the country, including at the University of West Georgia, Jacksonville State University and UT Martin. His work is represented by REM Gallery in San Antonio, Texas. Stout holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.\r\n\r\nWalker has taught at UT Martin since 2012 following 32 years in small-animal veterinary practice. He is currently serving as president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association and is the lead professor in the UT Martin veterinary health technology program. Walker holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Auburn University.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','UT Martin faculty honored for outstanding scholarship','The University of Tennessee System and University of Tennessee at Martin honored six local faculty members during UT Martin’s annual Honors Day ceremony April 7.','inherit','closed','closed','','934-revision-v1','','','2019-04-08 13:15:50','2019-04-08 18:15:50','',934,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/08/934-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(938,3,'2019-04-10 09:27:58','2019-04-10 14:27:58','','Greek Garden rendering','This artist’s rendering shows UT Martin’s new NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle.','inherit','closed','closed','','greek-garden-rendering','','','2019-10-28 12:36:32','2019-10-28 17:36:32','',937,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Greek-Garden-rendering.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1473,3,'2019-10-28 12:36:50','2019-10-28 17:36:50','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially dedicate the new National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek Garden at Unity Circle at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, north of Clement Hall on the UT Martin main campus.\r\n\r\nThe new garden features individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the NPHC chapters. This tribute was created to honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African-American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee at Martin welcomed its first black Greek-letter organization way back in 1970 with the arrival of Delta Sigma Theta. Many more would follow, and collectively they would leave a legacy that continues to impact our campus and community even to this very day,” said John Abel, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said during the groundbreaking ceremony in April.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend this ceremony as part of homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to host NPHC Greek Garden dedication NOv. 2','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially dedicate the new National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek Garden at Unity Circle at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, north of Clement Hall on the UT Martin main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','1472-revision-v1','','','2019-10-28 12:36:50','2019-10-28 17:36:50','',1472,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/10/28/1472-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(939,3,'2019-04-10 09:28:46','2019-04-10 14:28:46','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially begin work on “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m., April 24, north of Clement Hall. This tribute area will honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n\r\n“The Divine Nine chapters are part of the historic fabric of UT Martin,” said Dr. Andy Lewter, vice chancellor for student affairs. “They add a great deal to the college experience, not just for their members but for the entire student body. I’m glad we will have a dedicated place on campus to honor their contributions to our university.”\r\n\r\nThis new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin to create NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle','The University of Tennessee at Martin will officially begin work on “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m., April 24, north of Clement Hall.','inherit','closed','closed','','937-revision-v1','','','2019-04-10 09:28:46','2019-04-10 14:28:46','',937,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/10/937-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(940,3,'2019-04-10 09:35:26','2019-04-10 14:35:26','The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21<sup>st</sup>-annual African American Leadership Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May 7, at the STAR Center in Jackson.\r\n\r\nThe conference registration fee is $35 per person and includes both a continental breakfast and lunch. High school and college students can attend for $20 per person. Registration information and payment must be received in the WestStar office by May 1.\r\n\r\nDr. Glenda Baskins Glover, president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, will appear as keynote speaker this year. Glover began serving as president of TSU in January 2013 and has since worked to advance a five-point vision focusing on academic progress and customer service; fundraising and partnerships; diversity and inclusion; shared governance; and business outreach.\r\n\r\nShe is also a certified public accountant and an attorney and is one of only two African American women in the country to hold the PhD-JD-CPA combination. She holds a bachelor’s degree from TSU and a master’s degree from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She then earned a doctoral degree in business from George Washington University and a law degree from Georgetown University, both in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\nThe 2019 conference will also feature Yvette Blue, assistant superintendent of Haywood County Schools; Andrea Bond-Johnson, CEO of Golden Circle Insurance in Brownsville; Sharron Murden, northwest district manager of CB&amp;S Bank in Bolivar; and Dr. Joseph Fouche, a hematologist and oncologist at Kirkland Cancer Center in Jackson, as morning speakers. After lunch, attendees will hear from Charles Watkins Sr., senior instructor at Operator of Technology Inc., and Rev. Rufus Smith, senior pastor at Hope Presbyterian Church in Memphis.\r\n\r\nAll attendees must register online regardless of payment method. Visit utm.edu/weststar and choose the “conferences and events” tab to the left and select “conferences” to find registration information. Payment can be made online via credit or debit card, mailed by check or paid in person. All checks must be made out to WestStar and mailed to WestStar Leadership Program, Hall-Moody Administration Building room 321, Martin, TN, 38238. Payment must be received no later than May 7.\r\n\r\nThe African American Leadership Conference is made possible by the WestStar Leadership Program, Simmons Bank-Brownsville, West Tennessee Healthcare, Hardin County, Henson Construction Services, Mark Heaston and the UT Center for Public Service. The STAR Center is located at 1119 Old Humboldt Road in Jackson.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact Virginia Grimes, WestStar program coordinator, at 731-881-7298 or <a href=\"mailto:vgrimes@utm.edu\">vgrimes@utm.edu</a> or Jordan Gardner, administrative specialist, at 731-881-7005 or <a href=\"mailto:jgardn37@utm.edu\">jgardn37@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','21st African American Leadership Conference scheduled for May 7','The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21st-annual African American Leadership Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May 7, at the STAR Center in Jackson.','publish','closed','closed','','21st-african-american-leadership-conference-scheduled-for-may-7','','','2019-04-18 08:29:36','2019-04-18 13:29:36','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=940',0,'post','',0),(941,3,'2019-04-10 09:34:40','2019-04-10 14:34:40','','StanBell_AALC2018','Stan Bell, radio personality for V101 and a Memphis educator, served as the keynote speaker during the 2018 WestStar African American Leadership Conference. He is shown speaking to attendees at the STAR Center in Jackson. ','inherit','closed','closed','','stanbell_aalc2018','','','2019-04-10 09:35:09','2019-04-10 14:35:09','',940,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/StanBell_AALC2018.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(942,3,'2019-04-10 09:35:26','2019-04-10 14:35:26','The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21<sup>st</sup>-annual African American Leadership Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May 7, at the STAR Center in Jackson.\r\n\r\nThe conference registration fee is $35 per person and includes both a continental breakfast and lunch. High school and college students can attend for $20 per person. Registration information and payment must be received in the WestStar office by May 1.\r\n\r\nDr. Glenda Baskins Glover, president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, will appear as keynote speaker this year. Glover began serving as president of TSU in January 2013 and has since worked to advance a five-point vision focusing on academic progress and customer service; fundraising and partnerships; diversity and inclusion; shared governance; and business outreach.\r\n\r\nShe is also a certified public accountant and an attorney and is one of only two African American women in the country to hold the PhD-JD-CPA combination. She holds a bachelor’s degree from TSU and a master’s degree from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She then earned a doctoral degree in business from George Washington University and a law degree from Georgetown University, both in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\nThe 2019 conference will also feature Yvette Blue, assistant superintendent of Haywood County Schools; Andrea Bond-Johnson, CEO of Golden Circle Insurance in Brownsville; Sharron Murden, northwest district manager of CB&amp;S Bank in Bolivar; and Dr. Joseph Fouche, a hematologist and oncologist at Kirkland Cancer Center in Jackson, as morning speakers. After lunch, attendees will hear from Charles Watkins Sr., senior instructor at Operator of Technology Inc., and Rev. Rufus Smith, senior pastor at Hope Presbyterian Church in Memphis.\r\n\r\nAll attendees must register online regardless of payment method. Visit utm.edu/weststar and choose the “conferences and events” tab to the left and select “conferences” to find registration information. Payment can be made online via credit or debit card, mailed by check or paid in person. All checks must be made out to WestStar and mailed to WestStar Leadership Program, Hall-Moody Administration Building room 321, Martin, TN, 38238. Payment must be received no later than May 7.\r\n\r\nThe African American Leadership Conference is made possible by the WestStar Leadership Program, Simmons Bank-Brownsville, West Tennessee Healthcare, Hardin County, Henson Construction Services, Mark Heaston and the UT Center for Public Service. The STAR Center is located at 1119 Old Humboldt Road in Jackson.\r\n\r\nFor more information or registration assistance, contact Virginia Grimes, WestStar program coordinator, at 731-881-7298 or <a href=\"mailto:vgrimes@utm.edu\">vgrimes@utm.edu</a> or Jordan Gardner, administrative specialist, at 731-881-7005 or <a href=\"mailto:jgardn37@utm.edu\">jgardn37@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','21st African American Leadership Conference scheduled for May 7','The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program will host the 21st-annual African American Leadership Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May 7, at the STAR Center in Jackson.','inherit','closed','closed','','940-revision-v1','','','2019-04-10 09:35:26','2019-04-10 14:35:26','',940,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/10/940-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(943,3,'2019-04-11 11:48:55','2019-04-11 16:48:55','The University of Tennessee at Martin dedicated the new Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality in room 255 of the Paul Meek Library during a reception April 8. The center is named for the grandmother of major donor Martha Edinger, a 1984 UT Martin alumna and longtime resident of Obion and Weakley Counties.\r\n\r\n“I wanted to name this for our grandmother who didn’t have the opportunities that I had in her life. But yet she took what she had, and she made the best of it and left a long family legacy in this area of Obion and Weakley County,” said Edinger.\r\n\r\nThe center was originally established by Drs. Teresa Collard, associate professor of communications, and Lisa LeBleu, professor of family and consumer sciences, in 2011. The center was first located in Grove Apartments on University Street before moving into the Paul Meek Library last fall. The new space on the second floor of the library was constructed by the UT Martin Physical Plant and includes activity space as well as a private area that will serve as a lactation room for student mothers.\r\n\r\n“I hope students who use the center will find a community that supports them in the difficulties they face as students, as women, as LGBT+,” said Dr. Renee LaFleur, center director and associate professor of history. “The programs we offer are meant to give students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, but also to cope with the challenges they encounter. Whether it\'s learning how to support a friend who has been assaulted, recognizing the signs of depression or learning salary negotiation techniques, I want students to be able to help themselves and others.”\r\n\r\nThe center hosts a lunchtime speaker series, Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities, and a period supply donation drive for female students who are unable to afford such items. Donations can be taken to the Women’s Center from 1-5 p.m. on weekdays, and supplies are made available to all students in need.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact LaFleur at 731-881-7534 or <a href=\"mailto:rlafleur@utm.edu\">rlafleur@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin dedicates new women\'s center','The University of Tennessee at Martin dedicated the new Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality in room 255 of the Paul Meek Library during a reception April 8.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-dedicates-new-womens-center','','','2019-04-12 14:51:53','2019-04-12 19:51:53','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=943',0,'post','',0),(944,3,'2019-04-11 11:46:39','2019-04-11 16:46:39','','WomensCenterDedication','The Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality is located on the second floor of the Paul Meek Library. Pictured after the dedication ceremony are (l-r) Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, university provost; Dr. Lynn Alexander, dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Martha Edinger, donor and granddaughter of Verna B. Coleman; Dr. Keith Carver, university chancellor; Dr. Renee LaFleur, center director; and Dr. David Coffey, chair, Department of History and Philosophy. ','inherit','closed','closed','','womenscenterdedication','','','2019-04-11 11:48:33','2019-04-11 16:48:33','',943,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WomensCenterDedication.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(945,3,'2019-04-11 11:48:55','2019-04-11 16:48:55','The University of Tennessee at Martin dedicated the new Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality in room 255 of the Paul Meek Library during a reception April 8. The center is named for the grandmother of major donor Martha Edinger, a 1984 UT Martin alumna and longtime resident of Obion and Weakley Counties.\r\n\r\n“I wanted to name this for our grandmother who didn’t have the opportunities that I had in her life. But yet she took what she had, and she made the best of it and left a long family legacy in this area of Obion and Weakley County,” said Edinger.\r\n\r\nThe center was originally established by Drs. Teresa Collard, associate professor of communications, and Lisa LeBleu, professor of family and consumer sciences, in 2011. The center was first located in Grove Apartments on University Street before moving into the Paul Meek Library last fall. The new space on the second floor of the library was constructed by the UT Martin Physical Plant and includes activity space as well as a private area that will serve as a lactation room for student mothers.\r\n\r\n“I hope students who use the center will find a community that supports them in the difficulties they face as students, as women, as LGBT+,” said Dr. Renee LaFleur, center director and associate professor of history. “The programs we offer are meant to give students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, but also to cope with the challenges they encounter. Whether it\'s learning how to support a friend who has been assaulted, recognizing the signs of depression or learning salary negotiation techniques, I want students to be able to help themselves and others.”\r\n\r\nThe center hosts a lunchtime speaker series, Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities, and a period supply donation drive for female students who are unable to afford such items. 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The center is named for the grandmother of major donor Martha Edinger, a 1984 UT Martin alumna and longtime resident of Obion and Weakley Counties.\n\n“I wanted to name this for our grandmother who didn’t have the opportunities that I had in her life. But yet she took what she had, and she made the best of it and left a long family legacy in this area of Obion and Weakley County,” said Edinger.\n\nThe center was originally established by Drs. Teresa Collard, associate professor of communications, and Lisa LeBleu, professor of family and consumer sciences, in 2011. The center was first located in Grove Apartments on University Street before moving into the Paul Meek Library last fall. The new space on the second floor of the library was constructed by the UT Martin Physical Plant and includes activity space as well as a private area that will serve as a lactation room for student mothers.\n\n“I hope students who use the center will find a community that supports them in the difficulties they face as students, as women, as LGBT+,” said Dr. Renee LaFleur, center director and associate professor of history. “The programs we offer are meant to give students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, but also to cope with the challenges they encounter. Whether it\'s learning how to support a friend who has been assaulted, recognizing the signs of depression or learning salary negotiation techniques, I want students to be able to help themselves and others.”\n\nThe center hosts a lunchtime speaker series, Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities, and a period supply donation drive for female students who are unable to afford such items. Donations can be taken to the Women’s Center from 1-5 p.m. on weekdays, and supplies are made available to all students in need.\n\nFor more information, contact LaFleur at 731-881-7534 or <a href=\"mailto:rlafleur@utm.edu\">rlafleur@utm.edu</a>.\n\n###','UT Martin dedicates new women\'s center','The University of Tennessee at Martin dedicated the new Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality in room 255 of the Paul Meek Library during a reception April 8.','inherit','closed','closed','','943-autosave-v1','','','2019-04-11 11:49:08','2019-04-11 16:49:08','',943,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/11/943-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(947,3,'2019-04-11 11:49:11','2019-04-11 16:49:11','The University of Tennessee at Martin dedicated the new Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality in room 255 of the Paul Meek Library during a reception April 8. The center is named for the grandmother of major donor Martha Edinger, a 1984 UT Martin alumna and longtime resident of Obion and Weakley Counties.\r\n\r\n“I wanted to name this for our grandmother who didn’t have the opportunities that I had in her life. But yet she took what she had, and she made the best of it and left a long family legacy in this area of Obion and Weakley County,” said Edinger.\r\n\r\nThe center was originally established by Drs. Teresa Collard, associate professor of communications, and Lisa LeBleu, professor of family and consumer sciences, in 2011. The center was first located in Grove Apartments on University Street before moving into the Paul Meek Library last fall. The new space on the second floor of the library was constructed by the UT Martin Physical Plant and includes activity space as well as a private area that will serve as a lactation room for student mothers.\r\n\r\n“I hope students who use the center will find a community that supports them in the difficulties they face as students, as women, as LGBT+,” said Dr. Renee LaFleur, center director and associate professor of history. “The programs we offer are meant to give students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, but also to cope with the challenges they encounter. Whether it\'s learning how to support a friend who has been assaulted, recognizing the signs of depression or learning salary negotiation techniques, I want students to be able to help themselves and others.”\r\n\r\nThe center hosts a lunchtime speaker series, Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities, and a period supply donation drive for female students who are unable to afford such items. 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I like that feeling and knowing that I accomplished something at the end of the day is really nice to have,” she said. Patel currently works part-time at the Wolfchase Animal Hospital outside Memphis when she is home from school. She says this experience, along with the hands-on training through the UT Martin program, is what gives her the confidence to pursue her dream.\r\n\r\n“We talk about anatomy in class, the different bones and things, but actually being able to feel it on a cow or a sheep or a goat or a horse, it’s a lot different than being able to see it on a chart or a picture,” she said. “Anybody can label bones on a chart, but being able to go out and feel it and understand where it is in comparison to the rest of the body is interesting. The more hands-on stuff I do, the most excited I get about vet school and being a vet.\"\r\n\r\nAfter practicing as a veterinary professional, Patel hopes to return to the academic world and teach future generations of animal scientists. She is getting a jump-start on that experience while still an undergraduate through the UT Martin University Scholars Program, which requires a two-year research project from each graduate.\r\n\r\nPatel is working with Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science, to evaluate the UT Martin Veterinary Health Technology Program and pinpoint the factors that influence whether or not a student is likely to pass the Veterinary Technologist National Exam at the end of their collegiate career.\r\n\r\n“What we’ve done is compile student information like their grades and ACT scores and grades in certain vet tech and science classes and the types of internships they’ve had and see how those (create trends),” she explained. “The NCLEX (national nursing exam) pass rate is 100 percent at UTM, and we’re trying to get that in the vet tech program.”\r\n\r\nPatel is also involved in the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, a professional-development program for selected students.\r\n\r\n“It’s mostly networking and professional-development skills. You learn how to talk not only to your peers, but also to professionals,” she said. The group also travels both domestically and internationally, an experience with which Patel is already familiar.\r\n\r\nPatel’s parents immigrated to the United States from India before Patel was born, and she has visited India several times to stay with family still in the country. She also speaks Gujarati, the language from the area of Gujarat, where her parents are from.\r\n\r\nPatel looks forward to graduation May 4 with excitement for the next steps in her career, and she plans to use her specialized knowledge to serve furry friends of all kinds as well as the humans who love them.\r\n\r\n###','Meera Petal prepares for veterinary school','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education will help her get there.','publish','closed','closed','','meera-petal-prepares-for-veterinary-school','','','2019-04-24 08:12:35','2019-04-24 13:12:35','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=976',0,'post','',0),(949,3,'2019-04-12 09:51:45','2019-04-12 14:51:45','Jake Bynum (seated, left), mayor of Weakley County, and Dr. Keith Carver (seated, right), chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Martin, signed a joint proclamation April 5 declaring the month of April to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month in both the county and on the university campus. This partnership with the Wo/Men’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program, known as WRAP, urges all members of the local and campus communities to be part of the solution to end sexual assault violence. For more information, contact Katie Noles, sexual assault coordinator, at 731-499-0688 or visit <a href=\"http://www.wraptn.org\">wraptn.org</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin, Weakley County joint proclamation signed','Jake Bynum (seated, left), mayor of Weakley County, and Dr. Keith Carver (seated, right), UT Martin chancellor, signed a joint proclamation April 5 declaring the month of April to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 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This partnership with the Wo/Men’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program, known as WRAP, urges all members of the local and campus communities to be part of the solution to end sexual assault violence. For more information, contact Katie Noles, sexual assault coordinator, at 731-499-0688 or visit <a href=\"http://www.wraptn.org\">wraptn.org</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin, Weakley County joint proclamation signed','Jake Bynum (seated, left), mayor of Weakley County, and Dr. Keith Carver (seated, right), UT Martin chancellor, signed a joint proclamation April 5 declaring the month of April to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month. ','inherit','closed','closed','','949-revision-v1','','','2019-04-12 09:51:45','2019-04-12 14:51:45','',949,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/12/949-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(954,3,'2019-04-16 10:03:50','2019-04-16 15:03:50','','Steelband','','inherit','closed','closed','','steelband','','','2019-04-16 10:03:50','2019-04-16 15:03:50','',953,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Steelband.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(955,3,'2019-04-16 10:10:40','2019-04-16 15:10:40','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will feature a variety of student and faculty ensembles during the Discovery Park of America’s “Rhythm on the Rails” music festival this year. The new family-friendly series will begin at 5 p.m. every Thursday evening from May 2-June 27 around the south lake near the Train Depot.\r\n\r\nAdmission is free for park members and guests who purchased admission that day. Tickets for non-members are $5 each. UT Martin ensembles including the jazz combo, Brazilian Choro Ensemble, steelworks band, and Coffey and Carithers faculty duo will perform throughout the series.\r\n\r\n“We’re excited about the opportunity for two great local institutions, Discovery Park and UT Martin, to come together to provide an opportunity for our region to celebrate some of their favorite local performers while also having the opportunity to discover new music,” said Dr. Julie Hill, chair of the UT Martin Department of Music.\r\n\r\nRevenue generated from this event will be used to offset the cost of refurbishing a 1916 Ford Model-T planned for public display at the park in fall 2019. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy the shows. Food trucks and catch-and-release fishing will also be available during the festival.\r\n\r\nA complete performance schedule is available at discoveryparkofamerica.com/musicfestival. The 2019 event is sponsored by Blue Bank Resort, Williams Country Sausage and The Citizens Bank. 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Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 22.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold summer meeting April 24','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 24, in room 229 of the Boling University Center.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-hold-summer-meeting-april-24','','','2019-04-30 14:13:50','2019-04-30 19:13:50','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=956',0,'post','',0),(957,3,'2019-04-16 10:17:35','2019-04-16 15:17:35','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 24, in room 229 of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include the review of:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The UT Board of Trustees’ process for submitting recommendations to the UT President regarding campus strategic plan and operating budget items</li>\r\n 	<li>A campus fundraising report</li>\r\n 	<li>Enrollment management strategies</li>\r\n 	<li>University budget items with tuition and fees overview</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 22.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold summer meeting April 24','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 24, in room 229 of the Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','956-revision-v1','','','2019-04-16 10:17:35','2019-04-16 15:17:35','',956,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/16/956-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(958,3,'2019-04-17 13:37:49','2019-04-17 18:37:49','The Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program has granted the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety full accreditation status. This announcement came during the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police meeting held April 3 in Franklin.\r\n\r\nAccording to a TLEA press release, agencies seeking TLEA accreditation voluntarily submit to a three-year process designed to improve professionalism and effectiveness by implementing 160 law enforcement standards and participating in an on-site assessment. The standards evaluate an agency’s policies in a variety of areas, including organization, operations and budget management. The program is intended to encourage cooperation, recognize professional standing, develop professional services and ensure public safety across the state.&lt;\r\n\r\n“The standard of excellence that is met through this process is to be admired. We are proud to recognize the hard work of the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety, its staff and community leaders,” said Randy Evans, president of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Scott Robbins, director, UT Martin Department of Public Safety, at 731-881-7775 or <a href=\"mailto:sdrobbins@utm.edu\">sdrobbins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Department of Public Safety granted external accreditation','The Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program has granted the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety full accreditation status.','publish','closed','closed','','department-of-public-safety-granted-external-accreditation','','','2019-04-18 08:29:46','2019-04-18 13:29:46','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=958',0,'post','',0),(959,3,'2019-04-17 13:36:19','2019-04-17 18:36:19','','Public SafetyAccreditation001','(l-r) Lt. 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This announcement came during the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police meeting held April 3 in Franklin.\r\n\r\nAccording to a TLEA press release, agencies seeking TLEA accreditation voluntarily submit to a three-year process designed to improve professionalism and effectiveness by implementing 160 law enforcement standards and participating in an on-site assessment. The standards evaluate an agency’s policies in a variety of areas, including organization, operations and budget management. The program is intended to encourage cooperation, recognize professional standing, develop professional services and ensure public safety across the state.&lt;\r\n\r\n“The standard of excellence that is met through this process is to be admired. We are proud to recognize the hard work of the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety, its staff and community leaders,” said Randy Evans, president of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Scott Robbins, director, UT Martin Department of Public Safety, at 731-881-7775 or <a href=\"mailto:sdrobbins@utm.edu\">sdrobbins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Department of Public Safety granted external accreditation','The Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program has granted the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety full accreditation status.','inherit','closed','closed','','958-revision-v1','','','2019-04-17 13:37:49','2019-04-17 18:37:49','',958,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/17/958-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(961,3,'2019-04-18 08:40:39','2019-04-18 13:40:39','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, will serve as keynote speaker during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 commencement ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., May 4, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.\r\n\r\nLovett is responsible for developing and implementing the programming necessary to support Tennessee’s vision to increase the number of state residents who hold postsecondary degrees by the year 2025. He also leads Complete Tennessee’s research initiatives to shape policies and practices regarding higher education statewide.\r\n\r\nBefore accepting his current position, Lovett served as assistant vice chancellor for the Tennessee Board of Regents, where he led statewide initiatives to enhance Tennessee’s community college system and helped to implement statewide higher education reforms, including the Complete Tennessee Act of 2010 and former Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55. The Tennessean also recognized Lovett as one of five key people in the launch of the Tennessee Promise scholarship program. His wife, Tracey, is also a UT Martin alumna.\r\n\r\nMore than 700 UT Martin students are eligible to graduate this semester, and each student attending the commencement ceremony has been issued six tickets for friends and family members. Spring commencement is a ticketed event, and tickets will be checked at the door. Those without tickets will be able to watch the ceremony live from the Skyhawk Fieldhouse or online at utm.edu/commencement.\r\n\r\nDr. Linda Martin, vice president for academic affairs and student success for the University of Tennessee System, will represent the UT System during the ceremony.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett to speak at UT Martin spring commencement May 4','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, will serve as keynote speaker during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 commencement ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., May 4, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.','publish','closed','closed','','dr-kenyatta-lovett-to-speak-at-ut-martin-spring-commencement-may-4','','','2019-06-03 11:11:49','2019-06-03 16:11:49','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=961',0,'post','',0),(962,3,'2019-04-18 08:31:19','2019-04-18 13:31:19','','Kenyatta Lovett','','inherit','closed','closed','','kenyatta-lovett','','','2019-04-18 08:31:19','2019-04-18 13:31:19','',961,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Kenyatta-Lovett.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(963,3,'2019-04-18 08:40:39','2019-04-18 13:40:39','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, will serve as keynote speaker during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 commencement ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., May 4, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.\r\n\r\nLovett is responsible for developing and implementing the programming necessary to support Tennessee’s vision to increase the number of state residents who hold postsecondary degrees by the year 2025. He also leads Complete Tennessee’s research initiatives to shape policies and practices regarding higher education statewide.\r\n\r\nBefore accepting his current position, Lovett served as assistant vice chancellor for the Tennessee Board of Regents, where he led statewide initiatives to enhance Tennessee’s community college system and helped to implement statewide higher education reforms, including the Complete Tennessee Act of 2010 and former Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55. The Tennessean also recognized Lovett as one of five key people in the launch of the Tennessee Promise scholarship program. His wife, Tracey, is also a UT Martin alumna.\r\n\r\nMore than 700 UT Martin students are eligible to graduate this semester, and each student attending the commencement ceremony has been issued six tickets for friends and family members. Spring commencement is a ticketed event, and tickets will be checked at the door. Those without tickets will be able to watch the ceremony live from the Skyhawk Fieldhouse or online at utm.edu/commencement.\r\n\r\nDr. Linda Martin, vice president for academic affairs and student success for the University of Tennessee System, will represent the UT System during the ceremony.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett to speak at UT Martin spring commencement May 4','Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, will serve as keynote speaker during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 commencement ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., May 4, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','961-revision-v1','','','2019-04-18 08:40:39','2019-04-18 13:40:39','',961,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/18/961-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(964,3,'2019-04-18 08:48:18','2019-04-18 13:48:18','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host two sessions of the 2019 Skyhawk Summer Academy on June 10-14 and July 15-19 for rising high school juniors and seniors. The registration fee is $40 per person, and registration is open until May 1. Students only attend one campus session.\r\n\r\nParticipating students will complete online coursework culminating in one week of on-campus hands-on experience. Online coursework is self-paced and hosted through Canvas, UT Martin’s online learning platform. Academic areas include chemistry, nursing, veterinary health technology, animal science, agriculture, fine arts, computer science, library technology and more.\r\n\r\nThese courses do not include college credit. However, participating students interested in pursuing these degree fields as undergraduate students at UT Martin upon graduation from high school will have their admissions application fee waived.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Adam Wilson, director of UT Martin Online, at <a href=\"mailto:awilson9@utm.edu\">awilson9@utm.edu</a> or Alisha Melton, program coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:amelton6@utm.edu\">amelton6@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Skyhawk Summer Academy enrolling now through May 1','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host two sessions of the 2019 Skyhawk Summer Academy on June 10-14 and July 15-19 for rising high school juniors and seniors. 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Students only attend one campus session.\r\n\r\nParticipating students will complete online coursework culminating in one week of on-campus hands-on experience. Online coursework is self-paced and hosted through Canvas, UT Martin’s online learning platform. Academic areas include chemistry, nursing, veterinary health technology, animal science, agriculture, fine arts, computer science, library technology and more.\r\n\r\nThese courses do not include college credit. However, participating students interested in pursuing these degree fields as undergraduate students at UT Martin upon graduation from high school will have their admissions application fee waived.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Dr. Adam Wilson, director of UT Martin Online, at <a href=\"mailto:awilson9@utm.edu\">awilson9@utm.edu</a> or Alisha Melton, program coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:amelton6@utm.edu\">amelton6@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Skyhawk Summer Academy enrolling now through May 1','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host two sessions of the 2019 Skyhawk Summer Academy on June 10-14 and July 15-19 for rising high school juniors and seniors. ','inherit','closed','closed','','964-revision-v1','','','2019-04-18 08:48:18','2019-04-18 13:48:18','',964,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/18/964-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(967,3,'2019-04-18 10:54:35','2019-04-18 15:54:35','','04052019_AdvisoryBoardMeeting011','UT Martin Advisory Board Chair Art Sparks (left) addresses the board April 5 during a special called meeting. Chancellor Keith Carver (right) offered remarks during the meeting as well.','inherit','closed','closed','','04052019_advisoryboardmeeting011','','','2019-04-18 10:56:15','2019-04-18 15:56:15','',956,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04052019_AdvisoryBoardMeeting011.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(968,3,'2019-04-18 10:56:18','2019-04-18 15:56:18','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 24, in room 229 of the Boling University Center.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include the review of:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The UT Board of Trustees’ process for submitting recommendations to the UT President regarding campus strategic plan and operating budget items</li>\r\n 	<li>A campus fundraising report</li>\r\n 	<li>Enrollment management strategies</li>\r\n 	<li>University budget items with tuition and fees overview</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available by contacting Erin Chesnut, university staff writer, at <a href=\"mailto:echesnut@utm.edu\">echesnut@utm.edu</a>, 731-881-7612 or 304 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN 38238.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact Chesnut to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 22.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of state open meetings law.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board to hold summer meeting April 24','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will host its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 24, in room 229 of the Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','956-autosave-v1','','','2019-04-18 10:56:18','2019-04-18 15:56:18','',956,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/18/956-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(969,3,'2019-04-18 14:28:51','2019-04-18 19:28:51','Jordan Bell, of Dresden, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the spring 2019 semester during a ceremony April 14. Bell is a junior studying agricultural engineering technology, and he currently works in the Steven E. Rogers Media Center at the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\n“Jordan goes beyond the normal duties, doing more than expected. He strives for excellence, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail and going the extra mile on a daily basis,” wrote Patricia Sanders, media center manager, in Bell’s nomination letter. “He has made himself indispensable, to the point that staff and faculty think he’s a full-time employee and will ask for him by name. … His integrity and work ethic are impeccable.”\r\n\r\nBell is in charge of duplication and 3D printing services in the media center and works with UT Martin students, faculty and staff to manage projects and provide customer service in a variety of areas. He also works on his family’s dairy farm in addition to his academic studies. Bell is also a member of the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides specialized personal and professional development opportunities to a select number of applicants.\r\n\r\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. It recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. The award is given each semester to a student nominated by his or her supervising office or department.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Bell named Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee','Jordan Bell, of Dresden, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the spring 2019 semester during a ceremony April 14. ','publish','closed','closed','','bell-named-beth-maloan-outstanding-student-employee','','','2019-04-26 09:37:53','2019-04-26 14:37:53','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=969',0,'post','',0),(970,3,'2019-04-18 13:59:54','2019-04-18 18:59:54','','04142019_BethMaloanAward01','Jordan Bell (center), of Dresden, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the spring 2019 semester during a ceremony April 14. He is pictured with Maloan family members Jennifer Stroh and Chancellor Mike Maloan. ','inherit','closed','closed','','04142019_bethmaloanaward01','','','2019-04-18 14:26:37','2019-04-18 19:26:37','',969,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04142019_BethMaloanAward01.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(971,3,'2019-04-18 14:28:51','2019-04-18 19:28:51','Jordan Bell, of Dresden, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the spring 2019 semester during a ceremony April 14. Bell is a junior studying agricultural engineering technology, and he currently works in the Steven E. Rogers Media Center at the Paul Meek Library.\r\n\r\n“Jordan goes beyond the normal duties, doing more than expected. He strives for excellence, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail and going the extra mile on a daily basis,” wrote Patricia Sanders, media center manager, in Bell’s nomination letter. “He has made himself indispensable, to the point that staff and faculty think he’s a full-time employee and will ask for him by name. … His integrity and work ethic are impeccable.”\r\n\r\nBell is in charge of duplication and 3D printing services in the media center and works with UT Martin students, faculty and staff to manage projects and provide customer service in a variety of areas. He also works on his family’s dairy farm in addition to his academic studies. Bell is also a member of the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides specialized personal and professional development opportunities to a select number of applicants.\r\n\r\nThe Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime UT Martin director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. It recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university. The award is given each semester to a student nominated by his or her supervising office or department.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','Bell named Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee','Jordan Bell, of Dresden, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the spring 2019 semester during a ceremony April 14. ','inherit','closed','closed','','969-revision-v1','','','2019-04-18 14:28:51','2019-04-18 19:28:51','',969,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/18/969-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(972,3,'2019-04-18 16:18:07','2019-04-18 21:18:07','Sixteen undergraduate students from the University of Tennessee at Martin presented their portfolio investment strategy during the 21<sup>st</sup> Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Challenge Conference held April 8-9 in Nashville. These students managed a TVA stock portfolio valued at more than $500,000 over the course of the semester as part of a real-world project for students in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. Pictured during the conference are (front row, l-r) Fadhel Alanazi, an international student living in Martin; China McFall, of Clifton; Macy Slaughter, of Dyersburg; Connor Matheny, of Collierville; Kyle Severance, of Gray, Maine; Alisa Quayle, of Martin; Janki Patel, of Jackson; Hannah Lokey, of Martin; Dr. Nell Gullett and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professors of finance; (back row) Tyler Bush, of Huntingdon; Morgan Goodman, of Charleston; Ethan Maddox, of Huntingdon; Ty Smith, of Selmer; Lance Roby, of Jackson; Gage Schneeberger, of Medina; and Andrew Allen, of Paris. For more information, contact Haddad at 731-881-7249 or mhaddad@utm.edu.\r\n\r\n###','Finance students present at conference','Sixteen undergraduate students from the University of Tennessee at Martin presented their portfolio investment strategy during the 21st Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Challenge Conference held April 8-9 in Nashville.','publish','closed','closed','','finance-students-present-at-conference','','','2019-04-18 16:18:14','2019-04-18 21:18:14','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=972',0,'post','',0),(973,3,'2019-04-18 16:08:42','2019-04-18 21:08:42','','TVA Conference','','inherit','closed','closed','','tva-conference','','','2019-04-18 16:08:42','2019-04-18 21:08:42','',972,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TVA-Conference.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(974,3,'2019-04-18 16:18:07','2019-04-18 21:18:07','Sixteen undergraduate students from the University of Tennessee at Martin presented their portfolio investment strategy during the 21<sup>st</sup> Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Challenge Conference held April 8-9 in Nashville. These students managed a TVA stock portfolio valued at more than $500,000 over the course of the semester as part of a real-world project for students in the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. Pictured during the conference are (front row, l-r) Fadhel Alanazi, an international student living in Martin; China McFall, of Clifton; Macy Slaughter, of Dyersburg; Connor Matheny, of Collierville; Kyle Severance, of Gray, Maine; Alisa Quayle, of Martin; Janki Patel, of Jackson; Hannah Lokey, of Martin; Dr. Nell Gullett and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professors of finance; (back row) Tyler Bush, of Huntingdon; Morgan Goodman, of Charleston; Ethan Maddox, of Huntingdon; Ty Smith, of Selmer; Lance Roby, of Jackson; Gage Schneeberger, of Medina; and Andrew Allen, of Paris. For more information, contact Haddad at 731-881-7249 or mhaddad@utm.edu.\r\n\r\n###','Finance students present at conference','Sixteen undergraduate students from the University of Tennessee at Martin presented their portfolio investment strategy during the 21st Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Challenge Conference held April 8-9 in Nashville.','inherit','closed','closed','','972-revision-v1','','','2019-04-18 16:18:07','2019-04-18 21:18:07','',972,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/18/972-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(977,3,'2019-04-23 16:50:22','2019-04-23 21:50:22','','Patel, Meera2','','inherit','closed','closed','','patel-meera2','','','2019-04-23 16:50:22','2019-04-23 21:50:22','',976,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Patel-Meera2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(978,3,'2019-04-23 16:51:23','2019-04-23 21:51:23','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education will help her get there.\r\n\r\nPatel, of Bartlett, is studying animal science with a focus on pre-veterinary science. She says her chosen profession doesn’t only help animals, it serves their human owners as well by providing education, comfort and support through the challenges of pet ownership.\r\n\r\n“I just feel good at the end of the day when I come home from work. I like that feeling and knowing that I accomplished something at the end of the day is really nice to have,” she said. Patel currently works part-time at the Wolfchase Animal Hospital outside Memphis when she is home from school. She says this experience, along with the hands-on training through the UT Martin program, is what gives her the confidence to pursue her dream.\r\n\r\n“We talk about anatomy in class, the different bones and things, but actually being able to feel it on a cow or a sheep or a goat or a horse, it’s a lot different than being able to see it on a chart or a picture,” she said. “Anybody can label bones on a chart, but being able to go out and feel it and understand where it is in comparison to the rest of the body is interesting. The more hands-on stuff I do, the most excited I get about vet school and being a vet.\" Patel has applied to five veterinary schools, but the program at Mississippi State University is her top choice.\r\n\r\nAfter practicing as a veterinary professional, Patel hopes to return to the academic world and teach future generations of animal scientists. She is getting a jump-start on that experience while still an undergraduate through the UT Martin University Scholars Program, which requires a two-year research project from each graduate.\r\n\r\nPatel is working with Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science, to evaluate the UT Martin Veterinary Health Technology Program and pinpoint the factors that influence whether or not a student is likely to pass the Veterinary Technologist National Exam at the end of their collegiate career.\r\n\r\n“What we’ve done is compile student information like their grades and ACT scores and grades in certain vet tech and science classes and the types of internships they’ve had and see how those (create trends),” she explained. “The NCLEX (national nursing exam) pass rate is 100 percent at UTM, and we’re trying to get that in the vet tech program.”\r\n\r\nPatel is also involved in the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, a professional-development program for selected students.\r\n\r\n“It’s mostly networking and professional-development skills. You learn how to talk not only to your peers, but also to professionals,” she said. The group also travels both domestically and internationally, an experience with which Patel is already familiar.\r\n\r\nPatel’s parents immigrated to the United States from India before Patel was born, and she has visited India several times to stay with family still in the country. She also speaks Gujarati, the language from the area of Gujarat, where her parents are from.\r\n\r\nPatel looks forward to graduation May 4 with excitement for the next steps in her career, and she plans to use her specialized knowledge to serve furry friends of all kinds as well as the humans who love them.\r\n\r\n###','Meera Petal prepares for veterinary school','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education will help her get there.','inherit','closed','closed','','976-revision-v1','','','2019-04-23 16:51:23','2019-04-23 21:51:23','',976,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/23/976-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(979,3,'2019-04-24 07:59:44','2019-04-24 12:59:44','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education has helped her get there.\n\nPatel, of Bartlett, is preparing to graduate with a degree in animal science and a focus on pre-veterinary science, and she has been accepted to Louisiana State University\'s School of Veterinary Medicine. She says her chosen profession doesn’t only help animals, it serves their human owners as well by providing education, comfort and support through the challenges of pet ownership.\n\n“I just feel good at the end of the day when I come home from work. I like that feeling and knowing that I accomplished something at the end of the day is really nice to have,” she said. Patel currently works part-time at the Wolfchase Animal Hospital outside Memphis when she is home from school. She says this experience, along with the hands-on training through the UT Martin program, is what gives her the confidence to pursue her dream.\n\n“We talk about anatomy in class, the different bones and things, but actually being able to feel it on a cow or a sheep or a goat or a horse, it’s a lot different than being able to see it on a chart or a picture,” she said. “Anybody can label bones on a chart, but being able to go out and feel it and understand where it is in comparison to the rest of the body is interesting. The more hands-on stuff I do, the most excited I get about vet school and being a vet.\"\n\nAfter practicing as a veterinary professional, Patel hopes to return to the academic world and teach future generations of animal scientists. She is getting a jump-start on that experience while still an undergraduate through the UT Martin University Scholars Program, which requires a two-year research project from each graduate.\n\nPatel is working with Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science, to evaluate the UT Martin Veterinary Health Technology Program and pinpoint the factors that influence whether or not a student is likely to pass the Veterinary Technologist National Exam at the end of their collegiate career.\n\n“What we’ve done is compile student information like their grades and ACT scores and grades in certain vet tech and science classes and the types of internships they’ve had and see how those (create trends),” she explained. “The NCLEX (national nursing exam) pass rate is 100 percent at UTM, and we’re trying to get that in the vet tech program.”\n\nPatel is also involved in the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, a professional-development program for selected students.\n\n“It’s mostly networking and professional-development skills. You learn how to talk not only to your peers, but also to professionals,” she said. The group also travels both domestically and internationally, an experience with which Patel is already familiar.\n\nPatel’s parents immigrated to the United States from India before Patel was born, and she has visited India several times to stay with family still in the country. She also speaks Gujarati, the language from the area of Gujarat, where her parents are from.\n\nPatel looks forward to graduation May 4 with excitement for the next steps in her career, and she plans to use her specialized knowledge to serve furry friends of all kinds as well as the humans who love them.\n\n###','Meera Petal prepares for veterinary school','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education will help her get there.','inherit','closed','closed','','976-autosave-v1','','','2019-04-24 07:59:44','2019-04-24 12:59:44','',976,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/24/976-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(980,3,'2019-04-24 08:12:35','2019-04-24 13:12:35','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education has helped her get there.\r\n\r\nPatel, of Bartlett, is preparing to graduate with a degree in animal science and a focus on pre-veterinary science, and she has been accepted to Louisiana State University\'s School of Veterinary Medicine. She says her chosen profession doesn’t only help animals, it serves their human owners as well by providing education, comfort and support through the challenges of pet ownership.\r\n\r\n“I just feel good at the end of the day when I come home from work. I like that feeling and knowing that I accomplished something at the end of the day is really nice to have,” she said. Patel currently works part-time at the Wolfchase Animal Hospital outside Memphis when she is home from school. She says this experience, along with the hands-on training through the UT Martin program, is what gives her the confidence to pursue her dream.\r\n\r\n“We talk about anatomy in class, the different bones and things, but actually being able to feel it on a cow or a sheep or a goat or a horse, it’s a lot different than being able to see it on a chart or a picture,” she said. “Anybody can label bones on a chart, but being able to go out and feel it and understand where it is in comparison to the rest of the body is interesting. The more hands-on stuff I do, the most excited I get about vet school and being a vet.\"\r\n\r\nAfter practicing as a veterinary professional, Patel hopes to return to the academic world and teach future generations of animal scientists. She is getting a jump-start on that experience while still an undergraduate through the UT Martin University Scholars Program, which requires a two-year research project from each graduate.\r\n\r\nPatel is working with Dr. Jason Roberts, professor of animal science, to evaluate the UT Martin Veterinary Health Technology Program and pinpoint the factors that influence whether or not a student is likely to pass the Veterinary Technologist National Exam at the end of their collegiate career.\r\n\r\n“What we’ve done is compile student information like their grades and ACT scores and grades in certain vet tech and science classes and the types of internships they’ve had and see how those (create trends),” she explained. “The NCLEX (national nursing exam) pass rate is 100 percent at UTM, and we’re trying to get that in the vet tech program.”\r\n\r\nPatel is also involved in the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, a professional-development program for selected students.\r\n\r\n“It’s mostly networking and professional-development skills. You learn how to talk not only to your peers, but also to professionals,” she said. The group also travels both domestically and internationally, an experience with which Patel is already familiar.\r\n\r\nPatel’s parents immigrated to the United States from India before Patel was born, and she has visited India several times to stay with family still in the country. She also speaks Gujarati, the language from the area of Gujarat, where her parents are from.\r\n\r\nPatel looks forward to graduation May 4 with excitement for the next steps in her career, and she plans to use her specialized knowledge to serve furry friends of all kinds as well as the humans who love them.\r\n\r\n###','Meera Petal prepares for veterinary school','Meera Patel, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is on her way to veterinary school and believes her UT Martin education will help her get there.','inherit','closed','closed','','976-revision-v1','','','2019-04-24 08:12:35','2019-04-24 13:12:35','',976,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/24/976-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1092,3,'2019-05-21 09:25:15','2019-05-21 14:25:15','“There are approximately three million nurses in the United States, but only 9.9 percent are African American,” said Ajia Graham, who graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during the university’s spring commencement exercises May 4. Graham, of Memphis, plans to focus her skills in the area of obstetrics and be a voice for those women who may not be able to advocate for themselves.\r\n\r\n“African American women have a higher incidence of postpartum depression and maternal mortality 24 hours after giving birth (than Caucasian women). For every 13 white women who die of childbirth-related issues, 44 black women (die),” said Graham. “That hit me close to the heart because I want to go into OB, and I want to be an advocate. There are so many stereotypes about how black women have a higher pain threshold or how we just complain. I know a lot of (black women) who are afraid and intimidated to go to the doctor because they feel like they’re going to be experimented on or they’re going to die.”\r\n\r\nGraham knows her experience with the UT Martin nursing program has prepared her to be that voice of support. While the program is challenging, it is designed to produce the best possible health-care professionals, and Graham says the program is successful for a reason.\r\n<blockquote>“(Our faculty members) are always making sure we have all our stuff together and challenging us to think and picking our brains to make sure that we know that we know. They push us,” she said. “Do not study for a grade. Study like you’re going to save someone’s life, because you will be the deciding factor one day (between) life and death for one person. It’s scary to think like that, but if you’re only studying to pass, and you’re not studying to know it like you’re potentially going to save someone, then you’re not going to be good nurse.”</blockquote>\r\nGraham also says the UT Martin nursing faculty create a vital support system for students involved in the program.\r\n\r\n“I went through a lot my last two years of nursing school, and I thought I wasn’t going to make it (to graduation),” she said. “They sat down with me and really helped me and told me that I’m going to make it. … I feel like we do have teachers here that really do love you and care for you, and they’re going to work really hard with you so that you can be successful.”\r\n\r\nGraham sees herself as a leader among nursing students of color, and she wants to encourage those coming behind her to continue the fight.\r\n\r\n“I originated from one of the poorest parts of Memphis, and now I am (graduating) from the second most renowned nursing school in Tennessee. It hasn’t been easy at all, but it feels so good when other black students tell me that I am leading as an example and giving them hope,” she said. “I don’t want to be an exception to the rule. … I’m no different from any other person of color. We are all capable and more than qualified. … I want to see more people of color be great, because 9.9 percent out of three million nurses in American is not enough. It’s not enough. We need more people who look like us to advocate for us, because no one else will if we don’t.”\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','Graham stands up for women of color','Ajia Graham, of Memphis, graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during the university’s spring commencement exercises May 4. She plans to focus her skills in the area of obstetrics and be a voice for those women who may not be able to advocate for themselves.','publish','closed','closed','','graham-stands-up-for-women-of-color','','','2019-05-22 11:51:09','2019-05-22 16:51:09','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1092',0,'post','',0),(982,3,'2019-04-24 15:39:17','2019-04-24 20:39:17','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke during the University of Tennessee at Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute’s 2019 Igniting Innovation fundraising dinner April 23 in the UT Martin Duncan Ballroom. Fulmer has served the University of Tennessee System for more than 40 years.\r\n\r\nFulmer praised the leadership of both UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT System Interim President Randy Boyd before sharing what he considers the four pillars of leadership with his audience, which included university donors, community supporters and NRMI students and staff.\r\n<blockquote>“The first (pillar of leadership) is communication. Don’t surprise me. … As much as we can, we want to communicate and make sure that we’re going through the processes that we’re supposed to go through so that we don’t surprise each other. Number two is trust, and trust is not given. It’s earned over a period of time,” he said.\r\n\r\n“The third thing, for us as an athletic department … is warmth. Warmth for each other, meaning I care about you and you care about me. We all care about our student-athletes. We all care about our university. We all care about our community and our state and what we represent. We’re working hard to be warmer at the University of Tennessee,” Fulmer continued. “The last (pillar) is intensity. Get up every day to be the very best that you can possibly be. … Every day get up to beat Georgia, Florida and Alabama.”</blockquote>\r\nHe also talked about personal greatness and the role of passion in individual success, ending with a story about a meeting with R.C. Slocum, former head football coach and current interim athletics director at Texas A&amp;M University. During this encounter, Slocum used 100 pennies to illustrate the years in a person’s life and how many might remain for himself and Fulmer.\r\n\r\n“It’s important to count your pennies, but it’s a lot more important to make your pennies count,” Slocum said.\r\n\r\nFulmer urged all in attendance to “make their pennies count,” not only through personal drive and dedication but also through the support of organizations like the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides personal and professional development opportunities to a select group of UT Martin students each year.\r\n\r\nFulmer has served the University of Tennessee for more than 40 years. During his time as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteer football team, he led the team to five championship games in the Southeastern Conference (with wins in 1997 and 1998) and a national championship title in 1998. He was most recently inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, and he received first-ballot induction to both the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.\r\n\r\nUT Martin alumni William Rhodes III, chairman, president and CEO of Autozone, and Ronnie and Jannie Yeargin, owners of Yeargin Farms, received R. Clayton McWhorter awards from the Ned Ray McWherter Institute during the event. These awards recognize members of the regional community who have shown themselves to be innovators in their fields.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the institute, Igniting Innovation or Fulmer’s appearance, contact Joyanne Gansereit, program coordinator, at 731-881-3620 or <a href=\"mailto:gansereit@utm.edu\">gansereit@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Coach Phillip Fulmer explains pillars of leadership','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke at the University of Tennessee at Martin on April 23.','publish','closed','closed','','coach-phillip-fulmer-explains-pillars-of-leadership','','','2019-04-26 09:38:00','2019-04-26 14:38:00','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=982',0,'post','',0),(983,3,'2019-04-24 15:38:20','2019-04-24 20:38:20','','04232019_NRMIIgnitingInnovationPhillipFulmer062','Phillip Fulmer is shown speaking during the University of Tennessee at Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute’s 2019 Igniting Innovation fundraising dinner April 23 in the UT Martin Duncan Ballroom. ','inherit','closed','closed','','04232019_nrmiignitinginnovationphillipfulmer062','','','2019-04-24 15:39:04','2019-04-24 20:39:04','',982,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04232019_NRMIIgnitingInnovationPhillipFulmer062.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(984,3,'2019-04-24 15:39:17','2019-04-24 20:39:17','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke during the University of Tennessee at Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute’s 2019 Igniting Innovation fundraising dinner April 23 in the UT Martin Duncan Ballroom. Fulmer has served the University of Tennessee System for more than 40 years.\r\n\r\nFulmer praised the leadership of both UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT System Interim President Randy Boyd before sharing what he considers the four pillars of leadership with his audience, which included university donors, community supporters and NRMI students and staff.\r\n\r\n“The first (pillar of leadership) is communication. Don’t surprise me. … As much as we can, we want to communicate and make sure that we’re going through the processes that we’re supposed to go through so that we don’t surprise each other. Number two is trust, and trust is not given. It’s earned over a period of time,” he said.\r\n\r\n“The third thing, for us as an athletic department … is warmth. Warmth for each other, meaning I care about you and you care about me. We all care about our student-athletes. We all care about our university. We all care about our community and our state and what we represent. We’re working hard to be warmer at the University of Tennessee,” Fulmer continued. “The last (pillar) is intensity. Get up every day to be the very best that you can possibly be. … Every day get up to beat Georgia, Florida and Alabama.”\r\n\r\nHe also talked about personal greatness and the role of passion in individual success, ending with a story about a meeting with R.C. Slocum, former head football coach and current interim athletics director at Texas A&amp;M University. During this encounter, Slocum used 100 pennies to illustrate the years in a person’s life and how many might remain for himself and Fulmer.\r\n<blockquote>“It’s important to count your pennies, but it’s a lot more important to make your pennies count,” Slocum said.</blockquote>\r\nFulmer urged all in attendance to “make their pennies count,” not only through personal drive and dedication but also through the support of organizations like the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides personal and professional development opportunities to a select group of UT Martin students each year.\r\n\r\nFulmer has served the University of Tennessee for more than 40 years. During his time as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteer football team, he led the team to five championship games in the Southeastern Conference (with wins in 1997 and 1998) and a national championship title in 1998. He was most recently inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, and he received first-ballot induction to both the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.\r\n\r\nUT Martin alumni William Rhodes III, chairman, president and CEO of Autozone, and Ronnie and Jannie Yeargin, owners of Yeargin Farms, received R. Clayton McWhorter awards from the Ned Ray McWherter Institute during the event. These awards recognize members of the regional community who have shown themselves to be innovators in their fields.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the institute, Igniting Innovation or Fulmer’s appearance, contact Joyanne Gansereit, program coordinator, at 731-881-3620 or <a href=\"mailto:gansereit@utm.edu\">gansereit@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Coach Phillip Fulmer explains pillars of leadership','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke at the University of Tennessee at Martin on April 23.','inherit','closed','closed','','982-revision-v1','','','2019-04-24 15:39:17','2019-04-24 20:39:17','',982,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/24/982-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(985,3,'2019-04-24 15:39:45','2019-04-24 20:39:45','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke during the University of Tennessee at Martin Ned Ray McWherter Institute’s 2019 Igniting Innovation fundraising dinner April 23 in the UT Martin Duncan Ballroom. Fulmer has served the University of Tennessee System for more than 40 years.\r\n\r\nFulmer praised the leadership of both UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT System Interim President Randy Boyd before sharing what he considers the four pillars of leadership with his audience, which included university donors, community supporters and NRMI students and staff.\r\n<blockquote>“The first (pillar of leadership) is communication. Don’t surprise me. … As much as we can, we want to communicate and make sure that we’re going through the processes that we’re supposed to go through so that we don’t surprise each other. Number two is trust, and trust is not given. It’s earned over a period of time,” he said.\r\n\r\n“The third thing, for us as an athletic department … is warmth. Warmth for each other, meaning I care about you and you care about me. We all care about our student-athletes. We all care about our university. We all care about our community and our state and what we represent. We’re working hard to be warmer at the University of Tennessee,” Fulmer continued. “The last (pillar) is intensity. Get up every day to be the very best that you can possibly be. … Every day get up to beat Georgia, Florida and Alabama.”</blockquote>\r\nHe also talked about personal greatness and the role of passion in individual success, ending with a story about a meeting with R.C. Slocum, former head football coach and current interim athletics director at Texas A&amp;M University. During this encounter, Slocum used 100 pennies to illustrate the years in a person’s life and how many might remain for himself and Fulmer.\r\n\r\n“It’s important to count your pennies, but it’s a lot more important to make your pennies count,” Slocum said.\r\n\r\nFulmer urged all in attendance to “make their pennies count,” not only through personal drive and dedication but also through the support of organizations like the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides personal and professional development opportunities to a select group of UT Martin students each year.\r\n\r\nFulmer has served the University of Tennessee for more than 40 years. During his time as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteer football team, he led the team to five championship games in the Southeastern Conference (with wins in 1997 and 1998) and a national championship title in 1998. He was most recently inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, and he received first-ballot induction to both the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.\r\n\r\nUT Martin alumni William Rhodes III, chairman, president and CEO of Autozone, and Ronnie and Jannie Yeargin, owners of Yeargin Farms, received R. Clayton McWhorter awards from the Ned Ray McWherter Institute during the event. 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Fulmer has served the University of Tennessee System for more than 40 years.\r\n\r\nFulmer praised the leadership of both UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT System Interim President Randy Boyd before sharing what he considers the four pillars of leadership with his audience, which included university donors, community supporters and NRMI students and staff.\r\n<blockquote>“The first (pillar of leadership) is communication. Don’t surprise me. … As much as we can, we want to communicate and make sure that we’re going through the processes that we’re supposed to go through so that we don’t surprise each other. Number two is trust, and trust is not given. It’s earned over a period of time,” he said.\r\n\r\n“The third thing, for us as an athletic department … is warmth. Warmth for each other, meaning I care about you and you care about me. We all care about our student-athletes. We all care about our university. We all care about our community and our state and what we represent. We’re working hard to be warmer at the University of Tennessee,” Fulmer continued. “The last (pillar) is intensity. Get up every day to be the very best that you can possibly be. … Every day get up to beat Georgia, Florida and Alabama.”</blockquote>\r\nHe also talked about personal greatness and the role of passion in individual success, ending with a story about a meeting with R.C. Slocum, former head football coach and current interim athletics director at Texas A&amp;M University. During this encounter, Slocum used 100 pennies to illustrate the years in a person’s life and how many might remain for himself and Fulmer.\r\n\r\n“It’s important to count your pennies, but it’s a lot more important to make your pennies count,” Slocum said.\r\n\r\nFulmer urged all in attendance to “make their pennies count,” not only through personal drive and dedication but also through the support of organizations like the Ned Ray McWherter Institute, which provides personal and professional development opportunities to a select group of UT Martin students each year.\r\n\r\nFulmer has served the University of Tennessee for more than 40 years. During his time as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteer football team, he led the team to five championship games in the Southeastern Conference (with wins in 1997 and 1998) and a national championship title in 1998. He was most recently inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, and he received first-ballot induction to both the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.\r\n\r\nUT Martin alumni William Rhodes III, chairman, president and CEO of Autozone, and Ronnie and Jannie Yeargin, owners of Yeargin Farms, received R. Clayton McWhorter awards from the Ned Ray McWherter Institute during the event. These awards recognize members of the regional community who have shown themselves to be innovators in their fields.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the institute, Igniting Innovation or Fulmer’s appearance, contact Joyanne Gansereit, program coordinator, at 731-881-3620 or <a href=\"mailto:gansereit@utm.edu\">gansereit@utm.edu</a>.\r\n\r\n###','Coach Phillip Fulmer explains pillars of leadership','Phillip Fulmer, current director of athletics and former head football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke at the University of Tennessee at Martin on April 23.','inherit','closed','closed','','982-revision-v1','','','2019-04-24 15:39:52','2019-04-24 20:39:52','',982,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/24/982-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(987,3,'2019-04-25 15:51:17','2019-04-25 20:51:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin officially broke ground on the creation of a dedicated space to be known as “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a ceremony April 24. This tribute area will honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n<blockquote>“This is not just a great day for our students and not just a great day for our Greek-letter organizations and for our alums. This is a historic and important day for UT Martin,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “With the construction of the Greek Garden, we celebrate the Divine Nine. We also celebrate our students and our diversity and our commitment to the future.”</blockquote>\r\nJohn Abel, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, remarked on the legacy of the Divine Nine organizations.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee at Martin welcomed its first black Greek-letter organization way back in 1970 with the arrival of Delta Sigma Theta. Many more would follow, and collectively they would leave a legacy that continues to impact our campus and community even to this very day. We are gathered here to commemorate these contributions and celebrate their legacies,” he said.\r\n\r\nAshton Sawyer, a senior from Gallatin, addressed the crowd as the current president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council at UT Martin. He noted that UT Martin’s first African American president and vice-president of the Student Government Association, homecoming queen, homecoming king and many other campus leaders have all been part of the council and have contributed to the legacies left by the Divine Nine in recent years.\r\n<blockquote>“This moment here today captures a commitment by the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate our NPHC members and our diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to the campus. We established a culture that positively influences the campus experience at UT Martin, and our presence is felt in the surrounding communities,” he said. “We hope that this place serves as a reminder of our legacy, of our commitment to service and our impact on the campus here at UT Martin – past, present and for many years to come.”</blockquote>\r\nThe ceremony ended with remarks from Monice Hagler, a partner in The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, in Memphis and member of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Hagler is a 1975 UT Martin graduate and an alumna of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.\r\n\r\n“It is my extreme pleasure to be here today to be excited along with the Divine Nine and all of you who have participated in making this day happen,” she said. “As an alumna to the UT Martin campus, this dedication represents a salute to the values and mission of all of the Divine Nine. As an advisory board member, I am pleased that there is such a strong commitment to the support of the Divine Nine, and this Greek Garden is a visible sign of that dedication because gardens speak life.”\r\n\r\nThe new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin prepares space to honor the \'Divine Nine\'','The University of Tennessee at Martin officially broke ground on the creation of a dedicated space to be known as “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a ceremony April 24. 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This tribute area will honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n<blockquote>“This is not just a great day for our students and not just a great day for our Greek-letter organizations and for our alums. This is a historic and important day for UT Martin,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “With the construction of the Greek Garden, we celebrate the Divine Nine. We also celebrate our students and our diversity and our commitment to the future.”</blockquote>\r\nJohn Abel, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, remarked on the legacy of the Divine Nine organizations.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee at Martin welcomed its first black Greek-letter organization way back in 1970 with the arrival of Delta Sigma Theta. Many more would follow, and collectively they would leave a legacy that continues to impact our campus and community even to this very day. We are gathered here to commemorate these contributions and celebrate their legacies,” he said.\r\n\r\nAshton Sawyer, a senior from Gallatin, addressed the crowd as the current president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council at UT Martin. He noted that UT Martin’s first African American president and vice-president of the Student Government Association, homecoming queen, homecoming king and many other campus leaders have all been part of the council and have contributed to the legacies left by the Divine Nine in recent years.\r\n<blockquote>“This moment here today captures a commitment by the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate our NPHC members and our diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to the campus. We established a culture that positively influences the campus experience at UT Martin, and our presence is felt in the surrounding communities,” he said. “We hope that this place serves as a reminder of our legacy, of our commitment to service and our impact on the campus here at UT Martin – past, present and for many years to come.”</blockquote>\r\nThe ceremony ended with remarks from Monice Hagler, a partner in The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, in Memphis and member of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Hagler is a 1975 UT Martin graduate and an alumna of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.\r\n\r\n“It is my extreme pleasure to be here today to be excited along with the Divine Nine and all of you who have participated in making this day happen,” she said. “As an alumna to the UT Martin campus, this dedication represents a salute to the values and mission of all of the Divine Nine. As an advisory board member, I am pleased that there is such a strong commitment to the support of the Divine Nine, and this Greek Garden is a visible sign of that dedication because gardens speak life.”\r\n\r\nThe new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin prepares space to honor the \'Divine Nine\'','The University of Tennessee at Martin officially broke ground on the creation of a dedicated space to be known as “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a ceremony April 24. ','inherit','closed','closed','','987-revision-v1','','','2019-04-25 15:51:35','2019-04-25 20:51:35','',987,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/25/987-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(989,3,'2019-04-25 15:51:17','2019-04-25 20:51:17','The University of Tennessee at Martin officially broke ground on the creation of a dedicated space to be known as “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a ceremony April 24. This tribute area will honor the “Divine Nine” traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, all of which are represented at UT Martin.\r\n<blockquote>“This is not just a great day for our students and not just a great day for our Greek-letter organizations and for our alums. This is a historic and important day for UT Martin,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “With the construction of the Greek Garden, we celebrate the Divine Nine. We also celebrate our students and our diversity and our commitment to the future.”</blockquote>\r\nJohn Abel, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, remarked on the legacy of the Divine Nine organizations.\r\n\r\n“The University of Tennessee at Martin welcomed its first black Greek-letter organization way back in 1970 with the arrival of Delta Sigma Theta. Many more would follow, and collectively they would leave a legacy that continues to impact our campus and community even to this very day. We are gathered here to commemorate these contributions and celebrate their legacies,” he said.\r\n\r\nAshton Sawyer, a senior from Gallatin, addressed the crowd as the current president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council at UT Martin. He noted that UT Martin’s first African American president and vice-president of the Student Government Association, homecoming queen, homecoming king and many other campus leaders have all been part of the council and have contributed to the legacies left by the Divine Nine in recent years.\r\n<blockquote>“This moment here today captures a commitment by the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate our NPHC members and our diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to the campus. We established a culture that positively influences the campus experience at UT Martin, and our presence is felt in the surrounding communities,” he said. “We hope that this place serves as a reminder of our legacy, of our commitment to service and our impact on the campus here at UT Martin – past, present and for many years to come.”</blockquote>\r\nThe ceremony ended with remarks from Monice Hagler, a partner in The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, in Memphis and member of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Hagler is a 1975 UT Martin graduate and an alumna of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.\r\n\r\n“It is my extreme pleasure to be here today to be excited along with the Divine Nine and all of you who have participated in making this day happen,” she said. “As an alumna to the UT Martin campus, this dedication represents a salute to the values and mission of all of the Divine Nine. As an advisory board member, I am pleased that there is such a strong commitment to the support of the Divine Nine, and this Greek Garden is a visible sign of that dedication because gardens speak life.”\r\n\r\nThe new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\r\n\r\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPHOTO ID: The Divine Nine presidents and other campus representatives are pictured after the ceremony. 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We also celebrate our students and our diversity and our commitment to the future.”</blockquote>\nJohn Abel, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, remarked on the legacy of the Divine Nine organizations.\n\n“The University of Tennessee at Martin welcomed its first black Greek-letter organization way back in 1970 with the arrival of Delta Sigma Theta. Many more would follow, and collectively they would leave a legacy that continues to impact our campus and community even to this very day. We are gathered here to commemorate these contributions and celebrate their legacies,” he said.\n\nAshton Sawyer, a senior from Gallatin, addressed the crowd as the current president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council at UT Martin. He noted that UT Martin’s first African American president and vice-president of the Student Government Association, homecoming queen, homecoming king and many other campus leaders have all been part of the council and have contributed to the legacies left by the Divine Nine in recent years.\n<blockquote>“This moment here today captures a commitment by the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate our NPHC members and our diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to the campus. We established a culture that positively influences the campus experience at UT Martin, and our presence is felt in the surrounding communities,” he said. “We hope that this place serves as a reminder of our legacy, of our commitment to service and our impact on the campus here at UT Martin – past, present and for many years to come.”</blockquote>\nThe ceremony ended with remarks from Monice Hagler, a partner in The Hagler Law Group, PLLC, in Memphis and member of the UT Martin Advisory Board. Hagler is a 1975 UT Martin graduate and an alumna of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.\n\n“It is my extreme pleasure to be here today to be excited along with the Divine Nine and all of you who have participated in making this day happen,” she said. “As an alumna to the UT Martin campus, this dedication represents a salute to the values and mission of all of the Divine Nine. As an advisory board member, I am pleased that there is such a strong commitment to the support of the Divine Nine, and this Greek Garden is a visible sign of that dedication because gardens speak life.”\n\nThe new garden area will feature individual plaques with information on the founding and purpose of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters on the UT Martin campus. An official dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 2, during UT Martin’s homecoming festivities.\n\nThe nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations represented at UT Martin are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Phi Sorority Inc. and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.\n\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs at 731-881-7525.\n\n###','UT Martin prepares space to honor the \'Divine Nine\'','The University of Tennessee at Martin officially broke ground on the creation of a dedicated space to be known as “The NPHC Greek Garden at Unity Circle” during a ceremony April 24. 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Our guides would order for us and then bring it to us and explain the significance of the dish and what it was made out of.” They ended the evening with a live flamenco show. “I was just amazed at all the energy they had. … It was really cool to see that side of the culture.”\r\n\r\nTraditional cuisine was a theme throughout the trip, and the group’s time in Marrakesh, Morocco, included a cooking class.\r\n\r\n“We were making chicken tagine, which is a traditional Moroccan dish. We got the chickens, and they were live. This man just pulls them out, and he starts preparing them. … It was really surprising because we could watch it all happen,” said Mary Lane Minatra, a junior agriculture major from Rockvale. The group then purchased vegetables and other ingredients from the marketplace and returned to a traditional residence to prepare their lunch with the instruction of a local woman. “We didn’t just watch someone else do it; we got to do it ourselves.”\r\n\r\nVisiting a developing country like Morocco showed the students another side of life and caused them to think about the conveniences they take for granted in the United States.\r\n<blockquote>“I think a lot of us don’t really appreciate what we have here until we see something somewhere else, and so I was able to come to the states and realize that some of the things we have here are taken for granted,” said Minatra. She said many stereotypes the students held about visiting a Muslim country were proven to be false, and participating in daily life firsthand has caused many of the students to abandon those beliefs.</blockquote>\r\nThe NRMI program and the associated travel opportunities are funded by outside donors. 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This man just pulls them out, and he starts preparing them. … It was really surprising because we could watch it all happen,” said Mary Lane Minatra, a junior agriculture major from Rockvale. The group then purchased vegetables and other ingredients from the marketplace and returned to a traditional residence to prepare their lunch with the instruction of a local woman. “We didn’t just watch someone else do it; we got to do it ourselves.”\r\n\r\nVisiting a developing country like Morocco showed the students another side of life and caused them to think about the conveniences they take for granted in the United States.\r\n\r\n“I think a lot of us don’t really appreciate what we have here until we see something somewhere else, and so I was able to come to the states and realize that some of the things we have here are taken for granted,” said Minatra. 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The group then purchased vegetables and other ingredients from the marketplace and returned to a traditional residence to prepare their lunch with the instruction of a local woman. “We didn’t just watch someone else do it; we got to do it ourselves.”\r\n\r\nVisiting a developing country like Morocco showed the students another side of life and caused them to think about the conveniences they take for granted in the United States.\r\n<blockquote>“I think a lot of us don’t really appreciate what we have here until we see something somewhere else, and so I was able to come to the states and realize that some of the things we have here are taken for granted,” said Minatra. She said many stereotypes the students held about visiting a Muslim country were proven to be false, and participating in daily life firsthand has caused many of the students to abandon those beliefs.</blockquote>\r\nThe NRMI program and the associated travel opportunities are funded by outside donors. 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Dr. Angela Ammerman, coordinator of music education, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will co-conduct the orchestra in the final performance.\r\n\r\nThe winner of a solo competition will also perform during the afternoon concert. The winner of this competition must be a graduating high school senior who plans to attend UT Martin in fall 2019 in pursuit of a music degree. The soloist will also receive a music scholarship not to exceed $4,000.\r\n\r\nThe concert will also be accompanied by the presentation of two awards: the Orchestra Director of the Year Award, presented to an outstanding string teacher, and the Chancellor’s Award for Orchestral Advocacy, presented to an administrator or community member who actively supports orchestra programs for young musicians. Award nominations are submitted by orchestra teachers, students, parents, administrators, peers, colleagues and community members who have recognized their outstanding work.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the performance, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/chancellorsorchestra\">utm.edu/chancellorsorchestra</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin welcomes high school musicians for \'Chancellor\'s Orchestra\'','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will host its second-annual “Chancellor’s Orchestra” concert at 3 p.m., May 11, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-welcomes-high-school-musicians-for-chancellors-orchestra','','','2019-05-07 10:25:37','2019-05-07 15:25:37','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=997',0,'post','',0),(998,3,'2019-04-26 09:55:32','2019-04-26 14:55:32','','ChancellorsOrchestra2018','UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver is shown serving as guest conductor for the “Chancellor’s Orchestra” in 2018.','inherit','closed','closed','','chancellorsorchestra2018','','','2019-04-26 09:57:30','2019-04-26 14:57:30','',997,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ChancellorsOrchestra2018.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(999,3,'2019-04-26 09:57:48','2019-04-26 14:57:48','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will host its second-annual “Chancellor’s Orchestra” concert at 3 p.m., May 11, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. 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The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at <a href=\"http://tennessee.edu\">tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nThe agenda and materials are available by contacting Melissa Tindell, director of communications for the UT System, at 865-974-0741 or <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services to facilitate attendance. 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The meeting will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at <a href=\"http://tennessee.edu\">tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nThe agenda and materials are available by contacting Melissa Tindell, director of communications for the UT System, at 865-974-0741 or <a href=\"mailto:mtindell@tennessee.edu\">mtindell@tennessee.edu</a>.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT, May 2.\r\n\r\n###','UT Board of Trustees to hold special meeting May 3','A special meeting of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will be held May 3 with most members participating by video or telephone.','inherit','closed','closed','','1000-revision-v1','','','2019-04-26 16:32:33','2019-04-26 21:32:33','',1000,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/04/26/1000-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1004,3,'2019-04-29 16:38:45','2019-04-29 21:38:45','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met April 24 to discuss the university’s enrollment strategy, fundraising plans and proposed budget during its regular summer meeting. A webcast of that meeting will be made available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>.\r\n\r\nDr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement, presented the university’s enrollment strategy and gave prospective numbers for the fall 2019 freshman class. Mantooth says UT Martin is making contact with all eligible sophomore, junior and senior-level high school students across the state of Tennessee and is showing a positive trend to meet fall 2019 enrollment goals for both incoming freshmen and transfer students.\r\n\r\nAccording to Mantooth, more than 8,800 freshman applications have been received for the fall 2019 semester – an increase of more than 1,100 applications as compared to fall 2018. Of those applications, more than 5,700 students had been admitted as of April 22 and 1,172 of those indicate the intention to enroll in fall courses. Transfer student numbers are also positive, with 672 transfer students admitted as of April 22 and 269 of those indicating the intention to enroll.\r\n\r\nNew enrollment and retention initiatives include the inaugural Transfer Student Bootcamp to be held this summer and financed by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and a partnership with ReUp Education, an organization that specifically recruits students with incomplete college degrees to finish their education at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAndy Wilson, vice chancellor for advancement, reviewed UT Martin’s fundraising progress and priorities for the coming fiscal year. UT Martin raised $7.5 million during fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018) and has raised $6 million so far in fiscal year 2019, which ends June 30. These funds are applied to student scholarships and grants, capital projects such as new academic facilities, athletic programs and special projects across university areas.\r\n\r\nKey fundraising opportunities for the coming fiscal year include the Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Fund, which is an unrestricted scholarship fund used to recruit and retain the state’s high-achieving students; the Innovation and Product Realization Facility, often called “The Garage”; a new fine arts concert hall; the Ned Ray McWherter Institute; an indoor athletic facility; the UT Promise Scholarship Program initiated by the UT System; and several new initiatives within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.\r\n\r\nPetra McPhearson, vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented the university’s proposed operating budget for the 2019-20 academic year, which will not be finalized until it is approved by the UT Board of Trustees during its June meeting in Knoxville. As of this time, UT Martin expects to receive $35.4 million in state appropriations, which is only a small part of the anticipated operating costs of approximately $147 million for fiscal year 2020. McPhearson anticipates a two percent increase in the student maintenance fee, also called “in-state tuition,” paid by all students, which is below the recommended level set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The mandatory fees paid by most students could also increase by half a percentage point, resulting in a total cost increase of 2.5 percent for the coming academic year.\r\n\r\nThe board also reviewed the processes for submitting recommendations to the UT president regarding the campus strategic plan and operating budget, which have been established by the UT Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nThe advisory board welcomed two new members during this meeting. Katie Ashley, senior advisor for government affairs and economic development at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, was appointed to the board by Haslam and confirmed by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year. She is a 2008 UT Martin graduate and will serve on the board until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\nAshley served as state director of legislation, the governor’s chief adviser and strategist for legislative matters, from her appointment in October 2017 until accepting her current position in October 2018. The Crockett County native was instrumental in Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative and with the passage of the Tennessee Promise and FOCUS Acts.\r\n\r\nLauren Carter, a rising sophomore from Olive Branch, Mississippi, was officially introduced as the new student representative to the board and will begin her term July 1. She will represent the student body on the advisory board for the 2019-20 academic year and replace Devin Majors, who plans to graduate in December of this year. Carter is one of three students nominated by the student body to serve, and Chancellor Keith Carver selected her after a round of individual interviews.\r\n\r\nThe next regular meeting of the UT Martin Advisory Board will be held Sept. 20. Agenda information will be distributed one week prior to the meeting date.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin Advisory Board considers enrollment, fundraising, budget','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met April 24 to discuss the university’s enrollment strategy, fundraising plans and proposed budget during its regular summer meeting.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-considres-enrollment-fundraising-budget','','','2019-04-30 14:14:12','2019-04-30 19:14:12','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1004',0,'post','',0),(1005,3,'2019-04-29 16:37:09','2019-04-29 21:37:09','','UTMAdvisoryBoard_spring2019','Pictured prior to the April 24 meeting of the UT Martin Advisory Board are board members (seated, l-r) Lauren Carter, incoming student representative for the 2019-20 academic year; Julia Wells; Katie Ashley; Monice Hagler; (standing) Dr. Chris Caldwell, faculty representative; Hal Bynum; Art Sparks, chairman; Devin Majors, outgoing student representative for the 2018-19 academic year; and Chancellor Keith Carver.','inherit','closed','closed','','utmadvisoryboard_spring2019','','','2019-04-29 16:38:35','2019-04-29 21:38:35','',1004,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/UTMAdvisoryBoard_spring2019.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1006,3,'2019-04-29 16:38:45','2019-04-29 21:38:45','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met April 24 to discuss the university’s enrollment strategy, fundraising plans and proposed budget during its regular summer meeting. A webcast of that meeting will be made available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>.\r\n\r\nDr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement, presented the university’s enrollment strategy and gave prospective numbers for the fall 2019 freshman class. Mantooth says UT Martin is making contact with all eligible sophomore, junior and senior-level high school students across the state of Tennessee and is showing a positive trend to meet fall 2019 enrollment goals for both incoming freshmen and transfer students.\r\n\r\nAccording to Mantooth, more than 8,800 freshman applications have been received for the fall 2019 semester – an increase of more than 1,100 applications as compared to fall 2018. Of those applications, more than 5,700 students had been admitted as of April 22 and 1,172 of those indicate the intention to enroll in fall courses. Transfer student numbers are also positive, with 672 transfer students admitted as of April 22 and 269 of those indicating the intention to enroll.\r\n\r\nNew enrollment and retention initiatives include the inaugural Transfer Student Bootcamp to be held this summer and financed by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and a partnership with ReUp Education, an organization that specifically recruits students with incomplete college degrees to finish their education at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAndy Wilson, vice chancellor for advancement, reviewed UT Martin’s fundraising progress and priorities for the coming fiscal year. UT Martin raised $7.5 million during fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018) and has raised $6 million so far in fiscal year 2019, which ends June 30. These funds are applied to student scholarships and grants, capital projects such as new academic facilities, athletic programs and special projects across university areas.\r\n\r\nKey fundraising opportunities for the coming fiscal year include the Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Fund, which is an unrestricted scholarship fund used to recruit and retain the state’s high-achieving students; the Innovation and Product Realization Facility, often called “The Garage”; a new fine arts concert hall; the Ned Ray McWherter Institute; an indoor athletic facility; the UT Promise Scholarship Program initiated by the UT System; and several new initiatives within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.\r\n\r\nPetra McPhearson, vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented the university’s proposed operating budget for the 2019-20 academic year, which will not be finalized until it is approved by the UT Board of Trustees during its June meeting in Knoxville. As of this time, UT Martin expects to receive $35.4 million in state appropriations, which is only a small part of the anticipated operating costs of approximately $147 million for fiscal year 2020. McPhearson anticipates a two percent increase in the student maintenance fee, also called “in-state tuition,” paid by all students, which is below the recommended level set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The mandatory fees paid by most students could also increase by half a percentage point, resulting in a total cost increase of 2.5 percent for the coming academic year.\r\n\r\nThe board also reviewed the processes for submitting recommendations to the UT president regarding the campus strategic plan and operating budget, which have been established by the UT Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nThe advisory board welcomed two new members during this meeting. Katie Ashley, senior advisor for government affairs and economic development at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, was appointed to the board by Haslam and confirmed by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year. She is a 2008 UT Martin graduate and will serve on the board until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\nAshley served as state director of legislation, the governor’s chief adviser and strategist for legislative matters, from her appointment in October 2017 until accepting her current position in October 2018. The Crockett County native was instrumental in Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative and with the passage of the Tennessee Promise and FOCUS Acts.\r\n\r\nLauren Carter, a rising sophomore from Olive Branch, Mississippi, was officially introduced as the new student representative to the board and will begin her term July 1. She will represent the student body on the advisory board for the 2019-20 academic year and replace Devin Majors, who plans to graduate in December of this year. Carter is one of three students nominated by the student body to serve, and Chancellor Keith Carver selected her after a round of individual interviews.\r\n\r\nThe next regular meeting of the UT Martin Advisory Board will be held Sept. 20. 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She returns to UT Martin where she previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs from 2001 to 2006. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n“Dr. High is a familiar name and a proven leader for UT Martin and the University of Tennessee,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “She has held key leadership roles over the years and is an advocate for student success. I am confident we will all benefit from her knowledge and wisdom.”\r\n\r\nHigh retired in 2017 as vice president for academic affairs and student success for the University of Tennessee System following 35 years of university service. She also held the positions of assistant vice president for academic affairs, associate senior vice president, and served twice as chief of staff for the UT president. High holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Miami University in Ohio and a Doctor of Education degree from UT Knoxville.\r\n\r\n“Retirement is great, but the chance to work back at UT Martin is even better,” High said. “The interim dean job will be a challenge for me. I’ll have a learning curve, a steep one, and I’ll be relying heavily on the faculty and the support staff in the college to help us all succeed.”\r\n\r\nHigh said that reaffirming accreditation for the college by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) will be her highest priority. She will also assist Cavalier with UT Martin Strategic Plan implementation.\r\n\r\n“I\'m excited about the progress UT Martin has made regarding increasing enrollments, but our work there is certainly not complete,” she said. “I look forward to helping in that area (enrollment management) any way that I can.”\r\n\r\n###','Katie High named interim dean of UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs','Longtime University of Tennessee administrator and educator Dr. Katie High has been named the interim dean for the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs.','publish','closed','closed','','katie-high-named-interim-dean-of-ut-martin-college-of-business-and-global-affairs','','','2019-04-30 08:36:40','2019-04-30 13:36:40','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1007',0,'post','',0),(1008,3,'2019-04-30 08:33:00','2019-04-30 13:33:00','Longtime University of Tennessee administrator and educator Dr. Katie High has been named the interim dean for the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs. High will succeed Dr. Ross Dickens who accepted the dean’s position for the Auburn University at Montgomery College of Business. She returns to UT Martin where she previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs from 2001 to 2006. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n“Dr. High is a familiar name and a proven leader for UT Martin and the University of Tennessee,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “She has held key leadership roles over the years and is an advocate for student success. I am confident we will all benefit from her knowledge and wisdom.”\r\n\r\nHigh retired in 2017 as vice president for academic affairs and student success for the University of Tennessee System following 35 years of university service. She also held the positions of assistant vice president for academic affairs, associate senior vice president, and served twice as chief of staff for the UT president. 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High will succeed Dr. Ross Dickens who accepted the dean’s position for the Auburn University at Montgomery College of Business. She returns to UT Martin where she previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs from 2001 to 2006. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2019.\r\n\r\n“Dr. High is a familiar name and a proven leader for UT Martin and the University of Tennessee,” said Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “She has held key leadership roles over the years and is an advocate for student success. I am confident we will all benefit from her knowledge and wisdom.”\r\n\r\nHigh retired in 2017 as vice president for academic affairs and student success for the University of Tennessee System following 35 years of university service. She also held the positions of assistant vice president for academic affairs, associate senior vice president, and served twice as chief of staff for the UT president. 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A webcast of that meeting will be made available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>.\r\n\r\nDr. Jamie Mantooth, executive director of enrollment services and student engagement, presented the university’s enrollment strategy and gave prospective numbers for the fall 2019 freshman class. Mantooth says UT Martin is making contact with all eligible sophomore, junior and senior-level high school students across the state of Tennessee and is showing a positive trend to meet fall 2019 enrollment goals for both incoming freshmen and transfer students.\r\n\r\nAccording to Mantooth, more than 8,800 freshman applications have been received for the fall 2019 semester – an increase of more than 1,100 applications as compared to fall 2018. Of those applications, more than 5,700 students had been admitted as of April 22 and 1,172 of those indicate the intention to enroll in fall courses. Transfer student numbers are also positive, with 672 transfer students admitted as of April 22 and 269 of those indicating the intention to enroll.\r\n\r\nNew enrollment and retention initiatives include the inaugural Transfer Student Bootcamp to be held this summer and financed by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and a partnership with ReUp Education, an organization that specifically recruits students with incomplete college degrees to finish their education at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nAndy Wilson, vice chancellor for advancement, reviewed UT Martin’s fundraising progress and priorities for the coming fiscal year. UT Martin raised $7.5 million during fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018) and has raised $6 million so far in fiscal year 2019, which ends June 30. These funds are applied to student scholarships and grants, capital projects such as new academic facilities, athletic programs and special projects across university areas.\r\n\r\nKey fundraising opportunities for the coming fiscal year include the Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Fund, which is an unrestricted scholarship fund used to recruit and retain the state’s high-achieving students; the Innovation and Product Realization Facility, often called “The Garage”; a new fine arts concert hall; the Ned Ray McWherter Institute; an indoor athletic facility; the UT Promise Scholarship Program initiated by the UT System; and several new initiatives within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.\r\n\r\nPetra McPhearson, vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented the university’s proposed operating budget for the 2019-20 academic year, which will not be finalized until it is approved by the UT Board of Trustees during its June meeting in Knoxville. As of this time, UT Martin expects to receive $35.4 million in state appropriations, which is only a small part of the anticipated operating costs of approximately $147 million for fiscal year 2020. McPhearson anticipates a two percent increase in the student maintenance fee, also called “in-state tuition,” paid by all students, which is below the recommended level set by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The mandatory fees paid by most students could also increase by half a percentage point, resulting in a total cost increase of 2.5 percent for the coming academic year.\r\n\r\nThe board also reviewed the processes for submitting recommendations to the UT president regarding the campus strategic plan and operating budget, which have been established by the UT Board of Trustees.\r\n\r\nThe advisory board welcomed two new members during this meeting. Katie Ashley, senior advisor for government affairs and economic development at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, was appointed to the board by Haslam and confirmed by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year. She is a 2008 UT Martin graduate and will serve on the board until June 30, 2020.\r\n\r\nAshley served as state director of legislation, the governor’s chief adviser and strategist for legislative matters, from her appointment in October 2017 until accepting her current position in October 2018. The Crockett County native was instrumental in Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative and with the passage of the Tennessee Promise and FOCUS Acts.\r\n\r\nLauren Carter, a rising sophomore from Olive Branch, Mississippi, was officially introduced as the new student representative to the board and will begin her term July 1. She will represent the student body on the advisory board for the 2019-20 academic year and replace Devin Majors, who plans to graduate in December of this year. Carter is one of three students nominated by the student body to serve, and Chancellor Keith Carver selected her after a round of individual interviews.\r\n\r\nThe next regular meeting of the UT Martin Advisory Board will be held Sept. 20. 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The Redmond, Washington, resident and his family made their first visit to Martin to celebrate Steel’s accomplishment of earning an online master’s degree.\r\n\r\nSteel was born in California, moved often through his teenage years and eventually attended the University of California Santa Barbara, where he earned an economics degree in 1987. His first career was in public accounting as a CPA and auditor with then “Big Eight” accounting firm Arthur Andersen, but life events and changing interests led him to the consulting world as a part-time chief financial officer. Steel has since traveled the world working as a CFO for mining and mineral companies and has earned a good living, but he wanted to accomplish more.\r\n\r\n“I just wasn’t having the kind of success I wanted to, and I didn’t really have any credibility or credentials, and I thought, ‘I want to get a (master’s) degree,’” he said. Steel first considered a degree in mining, but he had some agriculture and farming background and was interested in resource sustainability. He searched “natural resources” on the Web and eventually discovered UT Martin’s highly regarded online Master of Science in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nWhat he discovered was as a doable and affordable degree-program option that accommodated work travel and raising a young family. He considers himself a good student, but the degree program was challenging, especially the large amount of homework required. “I don’t know if I’ve ever over achieved. … I’m one of those people that I’m like really good at everything, but I’m not the best at anything,” he said as he reflected on his many work and life experiences. “Whatever it is that I apply myself to, I have to work hard.” His efforts paid off, and a journey across the country to receive his degree was an opportunity he could not miss.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1023\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1023 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Steel-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Samuel Steel is pictured with his wife, Joana Mae, and their daughter, Chloe Ann, before UT Martin’s spring commencement, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The family traveled to the campus for the first time to celebrate Steel’s graduation from the university.[/caption]\r\n\r\nComing to Northwest Tennessee was an eye-opening experience as he connected in person for the first time with the area, campus and people that made his online degree possible. “I was blown away,” he said, adding, “It’s like a big old campus, … and I thought, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’” His visits around the university eventually led to a proud walk across the commencement stage Saturday when he received his degree. His wife, Joana Mae, and seven-month-old daughter, Chloe Ann, were in the audience to share the moment.\r\n\r\nSteel readily talks about his faith and gives God credit for the journey that brought him to Tennessee. He will rely on his faith for what lies ahead, which likely includes more education and maybe work in Tennessee. “When we learn to let go, then we can learn to receive,” he said of trusting faith to provide direction in his life. As for the benefits of education, he said, “I love learning. Learning just makes me feel so different about everything, and it’s just such a really good feeling.”\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the capacity audience and later conferred degrees to students from 62 Tennessee counties, 28 states outside of Tennessee and seven nations in addition to the U.S. The university’s Office of Academic Records reported that 718 students were eligible to graduate at the conclusion of spring semester. A total of 550 graduates participated in commencement exercises, which included 526 undergraduates and 24 graduates.\r\n\r\nFollowing a piano performance by graduating music major Gian Garma, of Martin, Carver introduced the commencement speaker, Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee. The veteran administrator is responsible for developing and implementing the programming necessary to support Tennessee’s vision to increase the number of state residents who hold postsecondary degrees by year 2025. He previously served as assistant vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents and also held several administrative posts at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1022 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Lovett-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, was UT Martin commencement speaker, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Also pictured on stage are Dr. Keith Carver (center), UT Martin chancellor, and Dr. Todd Winters, dean, UT Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLovett used the symbol of a fence as he congratulated graduates for overcoming the challenges that stand in the way of completing a college education. “The fence represents the hurdles, the hardships, and the heroics that make up your success journey in this college experience,” he said. “Some actions were minor; others tested every fiber of your being. The fence symbolizes the barriers faced when you first make the choice to enroll in college and all that took place to bring you here to this point in your life.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded the audience that some have a clearer view than others for finding a way over or through this fence. His father was a college faculty member, so he was better prepared than others “to see over the fence.” For others, the way to college success is more difficult, and he gave the example of a college friend who faced many challenges in his quest to earn a degree.\r\n\r\n“When I think about completing college and the challenges and hardships of what many of our students face, I’m reminded of one of my former classmates who his journey started at the front door of his home in Brooklyn, New York, right around August, time for school to start,” Lovett said. “He had a duffle bag in his hands, and his parents were watching TV on the couch in that front part of the house. And he simply said, ‘I’m getting ready to go to go to college.’ And they just looked at him and told him, ‘Good luck.’”\r\n\r\nThe friend rode a bus from Brooklyn to Washington, D.C., where Lovett and others met him that first night. A homeless shelter and Lovett’s floor became places for the friend to land until he could secure a job to pay for room and board and the rest of his college expenses. “So, make no mistake,” Lovett said. “What you have accomplished today is a great feat, and I think of that fence and what it means to each and every one of us, knowing that some have had more hurdles to cross than others.”\r\n\r\nLovett also noted a significant upside to the challenges that individuals face when earning a college degree. “Whatever the story, however the journey played out for each of you, you have successfully crossed that fence that has alluded so many,” he said. “Were it not for the hurdles, hardships and heroics, you would never know what greatness was inside of you.”\r\n\r\nHe closed his remarks by urging the new graduates to give back through their money and time. “I ask each and every one of you, as you venture into the world after this commencement, to make a deliberate effort to do something about this growing fence,” he said. “Give consistently and cheerfully to the university’s foundation to help the most-in-need students with the resources they need to complete college. Mentor enrolled and soon-to-be college students, so that many may have the encouraging voice they need to know that there is promise and hope beyond the completion fence.”\r\n\r\nLovett concluded with a quote about overcoming barriers from legendary boxer Muhammad Ali: \"Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they\'ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It\'s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. 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However, Steel traveled a bit farther than most to cross the commencement stage. The Redmond, Washington, resident and his family made their first visit to Martin to celebrate Steel’s accomplishment of earning an online master’s degree.\n\nSteel was born in California, moved often through his teenage years and eventually attended the University of California Santa Barbara, where he earned an economics degree in 1987. His first career was in public accounting as a CPA and auditor with then “Big Eight” accounting firm Arthur Andersen, but life events and changing interests led him to the consulting world as a part-time chief financial officer. Steel has since traveled the world working as a CFO for mining and mineral companies and has earned a good living, but he wanted to accomplish more.\n\n“I just wasn’t having the kind of success I wanted to, and I didn’t really have any credibility or credentials, and I thought, ‘I want to get a (master’s) degree,’” he said. Steel first considered a degree in mining, but he had some agriculture and farming background and was interested in resource sustainability. He searched “natural resources” on the Web and eventually discovered UT Martin’s highly regarded online Master of Science in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\n\nWhat he discovered was as a doable and affordable degree-program option that accommodated work travel and raising a young family. He considers himself a good student, but the degree program was challenging, especially the large amount of homework required. “I don’t know if I’ve ever over achieved. … I’m one of those people that I’m like really good at everything, but I’m not the best at anything,” he said as he reflected on his many work and life experiences. “Whatever it is that I apply myself to, I have to work hard.” His efforts paid off, and a journey across the country to receive his degree was an opportunity he could not miss.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1023\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1023 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Steel-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Samuel Steel is pictured with his wife, Joana Mae, and their daughter, Chloe Ann, before UT Martin’s spring commencement, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The family traveled to the campus for the first time to celebrate Steel’s graduation from the university.[/caption]\n\nComing to Northwest Tennessee was an eye-opening experience as he connected in person for the first time with the area, campus and people that made his online degree possible. “I was blown away,” he said, adding, “It’s like a big old campus, … and I thought, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’” His visits around the university eventually led to a proud walk across the commencement stage Saturday when he received his degree. His wife, Joana Mae, and seven-month-old daughter, Chloe Ann, were in the audience to share the moment.\n\nSteel readily talks about his faith and gives God credit for the journey that brought him to Tennessee. He will rely on his faith for what lies ahead, which likely includes more education and maybe work in Tennessee. “When we learn to let go, then we can learn to receive,” he said of trusting faith to provide direction in his life. As for the benefits of education, he said, “I love learning. Learning just makes me feel so different about everything, and it’s just such a really good feeling.”\n\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the capacity audience and later conferred degrees to students from 62 Tennessee counties, 28 states outside of Tennessee and seven nations in addition to the U.S. The university’s Office of Academic Records reported that 718 students were eligible to graduate at the conclusion of spring semester. A total of 550 graduates participated in commencement exercises, which included 526 undergraduates and 24 graduates.\n\nFollowing a piano performance by graduating music major Gian Garma, of Martin, Carver introduced the commencement speaker, Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee. The veteran administrator is responsible for developing and implementing the programming necessary to support Tennessee’s vision to increase the number of state residents who hold postsecondary degrees by year 2025. He previously served as assistant vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents and also held several administrative posts at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1022 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Lovett-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, was UT Martin commencement speaker, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Also pictured on stage are Dr. Keith Carver (center), UT Martin chancellor, and Dr. Todd Winters, dean, UT Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.[/caption]\n\nLovett used the symbol of a fence as he congratulated graduates for overcoming the challenges that stand in the way of completing a college education. “The fence represents the hurdles, the hardships, and the heroics that make up your success journey in this college experience,” he said. “Some actions were minor; others tested every fiber of your being. The fence symbolizes the barriers faced when you first make the choice to enroll in college and all that took place to bring you here to this point in your life.”\n\nHe reminded the audience that some have a clearer view than others for finding a way over or through this fence. His father was a college faculty member, so he was better prepared than others “to see over the fence.” For others, the way to college success is more difficult, and he gave the example of a college friend who faced many challenges in his quest to earn a degree.\n\n“When I think about completing college and the challenges and hardships of what many of our students face, I’m reminded of one of my former classmates who his journey started at the front door of his home in Brooklyn, New York, right around August, time for school to start,” Lovett said. “He had a duffle bag in his hands, and his parents were watching TV on the couch in that front part of the house. And he simply said, ‘I’m getting ready to go to go to college.’ And they just looked at him and told him, ‘Good luck.’”\n\nThe friend rode a bus from Brooklyn to Washington, D.C., where Lovett and others met him that first night. A homeless shelter and Lovett’s floor became places for the friend to land until he could secure a job to pay for room and board and the rest of his college expenses. “So, make no mistake,” Lovett said. “What you have accomplished today is a great feat, and I think of that fence and what it means to each and every one of us, knowing that some have had more hurdles to cross than others.”\n\nLovett also noted a significant upside to the challenges that individuals face when earning a college degree. “Whatever the story, however the journey played out for each of you, you have successfully crossed that fence that has alluded so many,” he said. “Were it not for the hurdles, hardships and heroics, you would never know what greatness was inside of you.”\n\nHe closed his remarks by urging the new graduates to give back through their money and time. “I ask each and every one of you, as you venture into the world after this commencement, to make a deliberate effort to do something about this growing fence,” he said. “Give consistently and cheerfully to the university’s foundation to help the most-in-need students with the resources they need to complete college. Mentor enrolled and soon-to-be college students, so that many may have the encouraging voice they need to know that there is promise and hope beyond the completion fence.”\n\nLovett concluded with a quote about overcoming barriers from legendary boxer Muhammad Ali: \"Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they\'ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It\'s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. 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The Redmond, Washington, resident and his family made their first visit to Martin to celebrate Steel’s accomplishment of earning an online master’s degree.\r\n\r\nSteel was born in California, moved often through his teenage years and eventually attended the University of California Santa Barbara, where he earned an economics degree in 1987. His first career was in public accounting as a CPA and auditor with then “Big Eight” accounting firm Arthur Andersen, but life events and changing interests led him to the consulting world as a part-time chief financial officer. Steel has since traveled the world working as a CFO for mining and mineral companies and has earned a good living, but he wanted to accomplish more.\r\n\r\n“I just wasn’t having the kind of success I wanted to, and I didn’t really have any credibility or credentials, and I thought, ‘I want to get a (master’s) degree,’” he said. Steel first considered a degree in mining, but he had some agriculture and farming background and was interested in resource sustainability. He searched “natural resources” on the Web and eventually discovered UT Martin’s highly regarded online Master of Science in Agriculture and Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nWhat he discovered was as a doable and affordable degree-program option that accommodated work travel and raising a young family. He considers himself a good student, but the degree program was challenging, especially the large amount of homework required. “I don’t know if I’ve ever over achieved. … I’m one of those people that I’m like really good at everything, but I’m not the best at anything,” he said as he reflected on his many work and life experiences. “Whatever it is that I apply myself to, I have to work hard.” His efforts paid off, and a journey across the country to receive his degree was an opportunity he could not miss.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1023\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1023 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Steel-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Samuel Steel is pictured with his wife, Joana Mae, and their daughter, Chloe Ann, before UT Martin’s spring commencement, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The family traveled to the campus for the first time to celebrate Steel’s graduation from the university.[/caption]\r\n\r\nComing to Northwest Tennessee was an eye-opening experience as he connected in person for the first time with the area, campus and people that made his online degree possible. “I was blown away,” he said, adding, “It’s like a big old campus, … and I thought, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’” His visits around the university eventually led to a proud walk across the commencement stage Saturday when he received his degree. His wife, Joana Mae, and seven-month-old daughter, Chloe Ann, were in the audience to share the moment.\r\n\r\nSteel readily talks about his faith and gives God credit for the journey that brought him to Tennessee. He will rely on his faith for what lies ahead, which likely includes more education and maybe work in Tennessee. “When we learn to let go, then we can learn to receive,” he said of trusting faith to provide direction in his life. As for the benefits of education, he said, “I love learning. Learning just makes me feel so different about everything, and it’s just such a really good feeling.”\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver welcomed the capacity audience and later conferred degrees to students from 62 Tennessee counties, 28 states outside of Tennessee and seven nations in addition to the U.S. The university’s Office of Academic Records reported that 718 students were eligible to graduate at the conclusion of spring semester. A total of 550 graduates participated in commencement exercises, which included 526 undergraduates and 24 graduates.\r\n\r\nFollowing a piano performance by graduating music major Gian Garma, of Martin, Carver introduced the commencement speaker, Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee. The veteran administrator is responsible for developing and implementing the programming necessary to support Tennessee’s vision to increase the number of state residents who hold postsecondary degrees by year 2025. He previously served as assistant vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents and also held several administrative posts at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1022 size-large\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commencement_Lovett-5-4-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" /> Dr. Kenyatta Lovett, executive director for Complete Tennessee, was UT Martin commencement speaker, May 4, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Also pictured on stage are Dr. Keith Carver (center), UT Martin chancellor, and Dr. Todd Winters, dean, UT Martin College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLovett used the symbol of a fence as he congratulated graduates for overcoming the challenges that stand in the way of completing a college education. “The fence represents the hurdles, the hardships, and the heroics that make up your success journey in this college experience,” he said. “Some actions were minor; others tested every fiber of your being. The fence symbolizes the barriers faced when you first make the choice to enroll in college and all that took place to bring you here to this point in your life.”\r\n\r\nHe reminded the audience that some have a clearer view than others for finding a way over or through this fence. His father was a college faculty member, so he was better prepared than others “to see over the fence.” For others, the way to college success is more difficult, and he gave the example of a college friend who faced many challenges in his quest to earn a degree.\r\n\r\n“When I think about completing college and the challenges and hardships of what many of our students face, I’m reminded of one of my former classmates who his journey started at the front door of his home in Brooklyn, New York, right around August, time for school to start,” Lovett said. “He had a duffle bag in his hands, and his parents were watching TV on the couch in that front part of the house. And he simply said, ‘I’m getting ready to go to go to college.’ And they just looked at him and told him, ‘Good luck.’”\r\n\r\nThe friend rode a bus from Brooklyn to Washington, D.C., where Lovett and others met him that first night. A homeless shelter and Lovett’s floor became places for the friend to land until he could secure a job to pay for room and board and the rest of his college expenses. “So, make no mistake,” Lovett said. “What you have accomplished today is a great feat, and I think of that fence and what it means to each and every one of us, knowing that some have had more hurdles to cross than others.”\r\n\r\nLovett also noted a significant upside to the challenges that individuals face when earning a college degree. “Whatever the story, however the journey played out for each of you, you have successfully crossed that fence that has alluded so many,” he said. “Were it not for the hurdles, hardships and heroics, you would never know what greatness was inside of you.”\r\n\r\nHe closed his remarks by urging the new graduates to give back through their money and time. “I ask each and every one of you, as you venture into the world after this commencement, to make a deliberate effort to do something about this growing fence,” he said. “Give consistently and cheerfully to the university’s foundation to help the most-in-need students with the resources they need to complete college. 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She also participated in the 48<sup>th</sup> and 49<sup>th</sup> general assemblies of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, serving as both deputy secretary of state and elections commissioner.\r\n\r\nLampkins is also the sole student participating in a research project titled “The Impact of Deregulation on Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge” alongside Dr. Patrick Baker and Dr. Anderson Starling, both faculy members in the UT Martin Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Political Science. She has presented her research findings at several conferences including the Midwest Political Science Association Conference and the Academic Business World International Conference.\r\n\r\nSawyers received a Bachelor of Science degree in health and human performance during commencement May 4. He is the most recent president of both UT Martin’s National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Kappa Omicron chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Sawyers also served as a senator in the Student Government Association and has worked to strengthen relationships among the university’s three Greek life councils.\r\n\r\nHe served as a student assistant in the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs and was instrumental in the creation of events and programming for minority student populations. During his time as an undergraduate, Sawyers received UT Martin’s Emerging Leader Award (2016), the NPHC Greek Man of the Year Award (2017) and was elected as the university’s first homecoming king in 2018.\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean, UT vice president or chancellor from 1934 to 1967. 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These awards showcase outstanding community and campus service by graduating students and are the only awards given during commencement each semester.\r\n\r\nLampkins received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science during commencement exercises and recently completed a position as a public policy intern with the University of Tennessee Office of Government Relations and Advocacy in Nashville. She spent her undergraduate years serving as a Peer Enabling Program mentor for incoming freshmen and was active in the Student Government Association and Chi Omega Xi Zeta chapter. She also participated in the 48<sup>th</sup> and 49<sup>th</sup> general assemblies of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, serving as both deputy secretary of state and elections commissioner.\r\n\r\nLampkins is also the sole student participating in a research project titled “The Impact of Deregulation on Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge” alongside Dr. Patrick Baker and Dr. Anderson Starling, both faculy members in the UT Martin Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Political Science. She has presented her research findings at several conferences including the Midwest Political Science Association Conference and the Academic Business World International Conference.\r\n\r\nSawyers received a Bachelor of Science degree in health and human performance during commencement May 4. He is the most recent president of both UT Martin’s National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Kappa Omicron chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Sawyers also served as a senator in the Student Government Association and has worked to strengthen relationships among the university’s three Greek life councils.\r\n\r\nHe served as a student assistant in the UT Martin Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs and was instrumental in the creation of events and programming for minority student populations. During his time as an undergraduate, Sawyers received UT Martin’s Emerging Leader Award (2016), the NPHC Greek Man of the Year Award (2017) and was elected as the university’s first homecoming king in 2018.\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean, UT vice president or chancellor from 1934 to 1967. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Lampkins, Sawyers receives UT Martin commencement awards','Dalis Lampkins, of Gleason, and Ashton Sawyers, of Gallatin, received Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Awards during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2019 commencement exercises May 4.','inherit','closed','closed','','1025-revision-v1','','','2019-05-07 10:03:48','2019-05-07 15:03:48','',1025,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/07/1025-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1028,3,'2019-05-07 10:25:37','2019-05-07 15:25:37','**UPDATE, MAY 7 - This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.**\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will host its second-annual “Chancellor’s Orchestra” concert at 3 p.m., May 11, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. This event is free to the public.\r\n\r\nAbout 15 high school string players from around the state will come to UT Martin on May 10 to rehearse and audition for chair placements in an honors orchestra. Dr. Angela Ammerman, coordinator of music education, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will co-conduct the orchestra in the final performance.\r\n\r\nThe winner of a solo competition will also perform during the afternoon concert. The winner of this competition must be a graduating high school senior who plans to attend UT Martin in fall 2019 in pursuit of a music degree. The soloist will also receive a music scholarship not to exceed $4,000.\r\n\r\nThe concert will also be accompanied by the presentation of two awards: the Orchestra Director of the Year Award, presented to an outstanding string teacher, and the Chancellor’s Award for Orchestral Advocacy, presented to an administrator or community member who actively supports orchestra programs for young musicians. Award nominations are submitted by orchestra teachers, students, parents, administrators, peers, colleagues and community members who have recognized their outstanding work.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the performance, contact the UT Martin Department of Music at 731-881-7402 or visit <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/chancellorsorchestra\">utm.edu/chancellorsorchestra</a>.\r\n\r\n###','UT Martin welcomes high school musicians for \'Chancellor\'s Orchestra\'','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will host its second-annual “Chancellor’s Orchestra” concert at 3 p.m., May 11, in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom.','inherit','closed','closed','','997-revision-v1','','','2019-05-07 10:25:37','2019-05-07 15:25:37','',997,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/07/997-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1029,3,'2019-05-07 11:53:10','2019-05-07 16:53:10','Nathan and William White, twins from Adamsville, have done almost everything together since the day they were born. Graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin on May 4 was no different, and the brothers crossed the commencement stage one behind the other to both receive bachelor’s degrees in biology. Now, with four-year degrees in hand, the brothers will go in different directions to pursue opposite areas of scientific study.\r\n\r\n“We’re interested in basically the same thing, but I want to do it in plants, and he wants to do it in the biomedical field,” said Nathan, who will begin graduate school at the University of Kentucky this fall studying plant pathology after a 2018 internship introduced him to the field.\r\n\r\n“I love cell and molecular biology, but I wasn’t sure how it made sense for me to apply that (to my career),” he continued. “In plant pathology, there’s a field side and a lab side. What I’m looking to do is some of both, and you can do that through research and extension programs. (During my internship), I got to see how all of my classes made sense in the real world in a way that I was actually going to be happy practicing science.”\r\n\r\nWhile Nathan is focused on an agricultural application of biology, William is concerned with the human focus of biomedical research.\r\n\r\n“I had an appreciation for living organisms (growing up), but most of all I really wanted to study science. … Science could explain why things were the way they were as far as physical properties – why water behaves the way it does and how that impacts so many things. I didn’t want to study chemistry or physics or something like that because it was a little dry to me. Biology was a very interesting application of all scientific fields,” he said.\r\n\r\n“I’m not completely sure what the dream job is. I have an interest in microbiology and definitely research, definitely something applied to the medical field. I want to be doing research that I feel like has a purpose and makes a difference. … I want to be able to see the impact,” William continued. After completing an internship at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis last summer, William is planning to apply to graduate schools and hopes to continue his studies in a similar field.\r\n\r\nThe summer of 2018, when the brothers completed internships in different states, was the longest amount of time the twins had spent apart since birth. Nathan says the distance made them appreciate their friendship and connection as brothers more than they had in the past. The pair lives together and has taken almost every class together during their four years at UT Martin. When asked if they ever get tired of each other, the simultaneous answer was, “Yes!”\r\n\r\nHowever, Nathan points out that they naturally have a support system that the university works hard to create for other students.\r\n\r\n“It’s like what (UT Martin) strives for in the living-learning (residential) communities here, … to have somebody that’s interested in the same (things) that you live with and have a lot of classes with. Well, that’s naturally what God gave me, and so we did take advantage of that,” he said.\r\n\r\nBoth brothers have enjoyed their time at UT Martin and say the campus size and faculty-student relationships are big reasons for their successes in college.\r\n\r\n“It’s been a comfortable place for us. This campus is not incredibly small but not large by any means, so it’s very comfortable to get around. … Any time I needed advice or had a question about anything, there’s been a multitude of professors I can go and ask,” said Nathan.\r\n\r\n“The big difference I would say that UT Martin has is that one-on-one time you get to spend with your professors,” William added.\r\n\r\nBoth students have looked for ways to challenge themselves before graduation, and they say their collegiate experience has been better for those challenges. They also have advice for the students coming behind them: “Branch out. There are a lot of things, even within the field of biology, that I thought, ‘That is the biology that I’m interested in,’ but that wasn’t true,” said Nathan. “I took other classes. Like, I didn’t want to take an art class my freshman year … but I’ve learned something from every class, either something about the subject that would impact my life or, if it was a difficult professor, I learned how to deal with different types of people.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t forget who you are, … what you value and what you grew up with,” added William, who wants underclassmen to maintain their humility. “You’re not the greatest thing! You don’t know everything! Be open to learning, because you don’t know anything, and the quicker you realize that, the better off you’ll be.”\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;\">###</span></p>','White twins graduate with same degree, different focus','Nathan and William White, twins from Adamsville, have done almost everything together since the day they were born. 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Now, with four-year degrees in hand, the brothers will go in different directions to pursue opposite areas of scientific study.\r\n\r\n“We’re interested in basically the same thing, but I want to do it in plants, and he wants to do it in the biomedical field,” said Nathan, who will begin graduate school at the University of Kentucky this fall studying plant pathology after a 2018 internship introduced him to the field.\r\n\r\n“I love cell and molecular biology, but I wasn’t sure how it made sense for me to apply that (to my career),” he continued. “In plant pathology, there’s a field side and a lab side. What I’m looking to do is some of both, and you can do that through research and extension programs. (During my internship), I got to see how all of my classes made sense in the real world in a way that I was actually going to be happy practicing science.”\r\n\r\nWhile Nathan is focused on an agricultural application of biology, William is concerned with the human focus of biomedical research.\r\n\r\n“I had an appreciation for living organisms (growing up), but most of all I really wanted to study science. … Science could explain why things were the way they were as far as physical properties – why water behaves the way it does and how that impacts so many things. I didn’t want to study chemistry or physics or something like that because it was a little dry to me. Biology was a very interesting application of all scientific fields,” he said.\r\n\r\n“I’m not completely sure what the dream job is. I have an interest in microbiology and definitely research, definitely something applied to the medical field. I want to be doing research that I feel like has a purpose and makes a difference. … I want to be able to see the impact,” William continued. After completing an internship at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis last summer, William is planning to apply to graduate schools and hopes to continue his studies in a similar field.\r\n\r\nThe summer of 2018, when the brothers completed internships in different states, was the longest amount of time the twins had spent apart since birth. Nathan says the distance made them appreciate their friendship and connection as brothers more than they had in the past. The pair lives together and has taken almost every class together during their four years at UT Martin. When asked if they ever get tired of each other, the simultaneous answer was, “Yes!”\r\n\r\nHowever, Nathan points out that they naturally have a support system that the university works hard to create for other students.\r\n\r\n“It’s like what (UT Martin) strives for in the living-learning (residential) communities here, … to have somebody that’s interested in the same (things) that you live with and have a lot of classes with. Well, that’s naturally what God gave me, and so we did take advantage of that,” he said.\r\n\r\nBoth brothers have enjoyed their time at UT Martin and say the campus size and faculty-student relationships are big reasons for their successes in college.\r\n\r\n“It’s been a comfortable place for us. This campus is not incredibly small but not large by any means, so it’s very comfortable to get around. … Any time I needed advice or had a question about anything, there’s been a multitude of professors I can go and ask,” said Nathan.\r\n\r\n“The big difference I would say that UT Martin has is that one-on-one time you get to spend with your professors,” William added.\r\n\r\nBoth students have looked for ways to challenge themselves before graduation, and they say their collegiate experience has been better for those challenges. They also have advice for the students coming behind them: “Branch out. There are a lot of things, even within the field of biology, that I thought, ‘That is the biology that I’m interested in,’ but that wasn’t true,” said Nathan. “I took other classes. Like, I didn’t want to take an art class my freshman year … but I’ve learned something from every class, either something about the subject that would impact my life or, if it was a difficult professor, I learned how to deal with different types of people.”\r\n\r\n“Don’t forget who you are, … what you value and what you grew up with,” added William, who wants underclassmen to maintain their humility. “You’re not the greatest thing! You don’t know everything! Be open to learning, because you don’t know anything, and the quicker you realize that, the better off you’ll be.”\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;\">###</span></p>','White twins graduate with same degree, different focus','Nathan and William White, twins from Adamsville, have done almost everything together since the day they were born. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','white-nathan-and-william','','','2019-05-07 11:52:47','2019-05-07 16:52:47','',1029,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/White-Nathan-and-William.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1033,3,'2019-05-09 11:31:30','2019-05-09 16:31:30','An unexpected pregnancy threw Katelyn Walker into a tailspin, but the little girl who followed has made all the difference.\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t really about being pregnant, but I have a real problem with control and planning,” said Walker, who was a second-year nursing student when she discovered she was going to be a mother. “I had this 20-year plan for my life, and that didn’t happen. I was freaking out about that, but I don’t see a better way it could have worked out. She has been my motivation to finish school.”\r\n\r\nWalker, a graduate of Westview High School, took the Florence Nightingale Pledge during the Department of Nursing pinning ceremony May 3 before receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree May 4. Her daughter, Isabella, and husband, Hunter, were in the audience to cheer her on, just as they have for the past year and a half since Isabella’s arrival.\r\n\r\n“Hunter has been so supportive. He’ll probably be more glad for me to graduate than I am. There have been some nights when I’ve been at the library until midnight, one o’clock in the morning, and he’s done everything (with Isabella),” Walker said. “They’re the reason I’m able to do this.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think, school-wise, my time-management is better because it has to be. I think before I had her, I could put things off, … but now you have to get everything done during naptime and while she’s asleep,” she added. “When I came back to school, she was five weeks old, and I felt out of place in college. … But I think the beautiful thing about this campus and the class sizes is that you get close with your professors; you get close with your classmates. That (feeling) lasted about three weeks, and then they would invite me to all the things they would have invited me to before, and I just brought her with me. … It’s made me more motivated to finish and to do my best and not just pass the classes.”</blockquote>\r\nWalker says the support of the UT Martin nursing faculty and staff, as well as her classmates, played a major role in her ability to finish her degree. She was allowed to take breaks from class and clinicals to pump breastmilk for her infant daughter and often brought Isabella to study sessions and other activities outside of class time.\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t special treatment; it was just that they cared,” she said. Several other members of the 2019 nursing class have children as well, and the group bonded quickly.\r\n\r\nWith diploma in hand, Walker is preparing to begin a nurse residency program at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital this summer with the goal to land in the oncology and hospice department – an area close to her heart.\r\n\r\n“In the residency program, you get to rotate through your top picks. I picked emergency, postpartum, and oncology and hospice. Oncology and hospice is really where my heart is, and so I hope I get a job there,” she said. “Both my great-grandparents were in hospice, and I know the difference it makes to have a good hospice nurse. … It’s not so much about skills and getting stuff done in a timely manner; it’s more about making that patient’s transition as smooth as possible. It’s about keeping the patient comfortable and supporting the family. You get to know the families (better).”\r\n\r\nWalker knows the UT Martin nursing program has prepared her to excel in whatever area she may ultimately call her own. She also acknowledges that she does not and could not ever know everything about the nursing field, and she feels this humility is encouraged by program instructors.\r\n\r\n“It’s a very hard program, but in clinical we work with (students from) other schools. … I feel like I know more than the other nursing school (students), and I feel like I’m more willing to admit what I don’t know. Our instructors don’t penalize you for not knowing something, and I think that’s prepared me more than anything to go into a clinical setting,” said Walker. She knows an inability to admit confusion can be fatal in her profession, and she isn’t willing to let her own ego get in the way of a patient’s care.\r\n\r\nUltimately, Walker’s focus always comes back to Isabella, the baby she didn’t plan.\r\n<blockquote>“I think what I’ve gained the most from this, and what I hope that she knows (one day), is that life 100 percent doesn’t go as planned. But it works out anyway. You can do what you want to do, regardless of how your plans get mixed up in the middle of it,” she said. “When I first got pregnant, I thought I would never finish my college career. But that hasn’t been true. I think I’m finishing it stronger now than I would have before because I want to – for her. I want her to know that she can do anything she puts her mind to (do).”</blockquote>\r\n###','Baby girl inspires mother to finish degree','An unexpected pregnancy threw Katelyn Walker into a tailspin, but the little girl who followed has made all the difference.','publish','closed','closed','','baby-girl-inspires-mother-to-finish-degree','','','2019-06-03 11:12:12','2019-06-03 16:12:12','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=1033',0,'post','',0),(1034,3,'2019-05-09 11:28:17','2019-05-09 16:28:17','','Katelyn Walker | RN, BSN','Katelyn Walker (right), a 2019 UT Martin nursing graduate, is pictured on the campus quadrangle with her daughter, Isabella. 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She has been my motivation to finish school.”\r\n\r\nWalker, a graduate of Westview High School, took the Florence Nightingale Pledge during the Department of Nursing pinning ceremony May 3 before receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree May 4. Her daughter, Isabella, and husband, Hunter, were in the audience to cheer her on, just as they have for the past year and a half since Isabella’s arrival.\r\n\r\n“Hunter has been so supportive. He’ll probably be more glad for me to graduate than I am. There have been some nights when I’ve been at the library until midnight, one o’clock in the morning, and he’s done everything (with Isabella),” Walker said. “They’re the reason I’m able to do this.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think, school-wise, my time-management is better because it has to be. I think before I had her, I could put things off, … but now you have to get everything done during naptime and while she’s asleep,” she added. “When I came back to school, she was five weeks old, and I felt out of place in college. … But I think the beautiful thing about this campus and the class sizes is that you get close with your professors; you get close with your classmates. That (feeling) lasted about three weeks, and then they would invite me to all the things they would have invited me to before, and I just brought her with me. … It’s made me more motivated to finish and to do my best and not just pass the classes.”</blockquote>\r\nWalker says the support of the UT Martin nursing faculty and staff, as well as her classmates, played a major role in her ability to finish her degree. She was allowed to take breaks from class and clinicals to pump breastmilk for her infant daughter and often brought Isabella to study sessions and other activities outside of class time.\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t special treatment; it was just that they cared,” she said. Several other members of the 2019 nursing class have children as well, and the group bonded quickly.\r\n\r\nWith diploma in hand, Walker is preparing to begin a nurse residency program at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital this summer with the goal to land in the oncology and hospice department – an area close to her heart.\r\n\r\n“In the residency program, you get to rotate through your top picks. I picked emergency, postpartum, and oncology and hospice. Oncology and hospice is really where my heart is, and so I hope I get a job there,” she said. “Both my great-grandparents were in hospice, and I know the difference it makes to have a good hospice nurse. … It’s not so much about skills and getting stuff done in a timely manner; it’s more about making that patient’s transition as smooth as possible. It’s about keeping the patient comfortable and supporting the family. You get to know the families (better).”\r\n\r\nWalker knows the UT Martin nursing program has prepared her to excel in whatever area she may ultimately call her own. She also acknowledges that she does not and could not ever know everything about the nursing field, and she feels this humility is encouraged by program instructors.\r\n\r\n“It’s a very hard program, but in clinical we work with (students from) other schools. … I feel like I know more than the other nursing school (students), and I feel like I’m more willing to admit what I don’t know. Our instructors don’t penalize you for not knowing something, and I think that’s prepared me more than anything to go into a clinical setting,” said Walker. She knows an inability to admit confusion can be fatal in her profession, and she isn’t willing to let her own ego get in the way of a patient’s care.\r\n\r\nUltimately, Walker’s focus always comes back to Isabella, the baby she didn’t plan.\r\n<blockquote>“I think what I’ve gained the most from this, and what I hope that she knows (one day), is that life 100 percent doesn’t go as planned. But it works out anyway. You can do what you want to do, regardless of how your plans get mixed up in the middle of it,” she said. “When I first got pregnant, I thought I would never finish my college career. But that hasn’t been true. I think I’m finishing it stronger now than I would have before because I want to – for her. I want her to know that she can do anything she puts her mind to (do).”</blockquote>\r\n###','Baby girl inspires mother to finish degree','An unexpected pregnancy threw Katelyn Walker into a tailspin, but the little girl who followed has made all the difference.','inherit','closed','closed','','1033-revision-v1','','','2019-05-09 11:31:30','2019-05-09 16:31:30','',1033,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2019/05/09/1033-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1036,3,'2019-05-09 14:31:38','2019-05-09 19:31:38','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s student-run campus radio station – WUTM-FM 90.3 “The Hawk” – represented the university during the 2018 Tennessee Associated Press Career Day and College Awards held April 27, 2019, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville. UT Martin students received first or second-place awards in six of the nine radio categories and brought home both awards for best radio sports coverage or program.\r\n\r\nOnly first and second-place awards were given this year, and UT Martin earned four first-place trophies and three second-place awards. First-place recognitions include Kait Scott, of Martin, for “best newscast”; Jillianne Moncrief, of McLemoresville, for “best radio news story”; Brian Affolter, of Spring Hill, and Moncrief for “best use of sound”; and John Thornton, of Atoka, and Jordan Taylor, of Medon, for “best radio sports coverage/program.”\r\n\r\nSecond-place honors include Kayla Brooks, of Dickson, for “best radio feature story”; Thornton for “best radio sports reporting”; and Thornton, Taylor and Haley Carpenter, of Decaturville, for “best radio sports coverage/program.”\r\n\r\nScott and Affolter both graduated from UT Martin on May 4 with bachelor’s degrees in communications.\r\n\r\nWUTM is a nine-time Platinum Award winning station with the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System and has been named the best college radio station with under 10,000 students enrolled on multiple occasions.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the campus radio station or the broadcasting academic sequence, contact Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of communications and station faculty adviser, at 731-881-7555 or <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\">###</p>','WUTM staff members win seven awards from Tennessee Associated Press','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s student-run campus radio station – WUTM-FM 90.3 “The Hawk” – represented the university during the 2018 Tennessee Associated Press Career Day and College Awards held April 27, 2019, in Nashville. 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