(3957,2,'2022-04-22 08:48:46','2022-04-22 13:48:46','The proposed Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology (TEST) Hub at the University of Tennessee at Martin took a major step forward Thursday when the Tennessee General Assembly completely funded the $18 million facility in a budget appropriations amendment. Once completed, the TEST Hub will provide hands-on manufacturing engineering education and a regional innovation hub that will support workforce and economic development for future generations. Sen. John Stevens (R-Huntingdon), Sen. Ken Yager (R-Kingston), House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland) and Rep. Tandy Darby (R-Greenfield) filed the budget item and advocated for the project. Stevens, Yager and Darby are UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the west side of the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Through partnership with the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College, the facility will offer educational opportunities at the certificate, associate and bachelor’s degree levels, as well as career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for the region’s high schools.\r\n\r\nThe concept for the facility was introduced in 2016 under then UT Martin interim chancellor Dr. Bob Smith and unveiled in a student-design project that was initially named The Garage. In a 2016 message in the university’s <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/campusscene/\">Campus Scene alumni magazine</a>, Smith wrote that the planned Latimer Engineering and Science Building, a $65 million project made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer now set to open in fall 2022, and the proposed Garage would become transformational projects for workforce development. “These new facilities will give our graduates a leg up on the competition with high-tech training and hands-on, real-world experience working with local industry leaders,” he wrote.\r\n<blockquote>\"These new facilities will give our graduates a leg up on the competition with high-tech training and hands-on, real-world experience working with local industry leaders.” – Dr. Bob Smith</blockquote>\r\nDr. Keith Carver became UT Martin chancellor in January 2017, and along with industry representatives, donors and UT System President Randy Boyd, continued to seek support for the project that was renamed the TEST Hub in June 2021. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance in a letter to university supporters. “This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote.\r\n<blockquote>“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve.” – Dr. Shadow Robinson</blockquote>\r\nIn the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nFunding for the TEST Hub comes at a key time for support of the Ford Motor Company’s Blue Oval City development at the Memphis Regional Megasite. The $5.6 billion dollar investment by Ford and SK Innovation was announced in September 2021 by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The facility will produce the first all-electric F-Series trucks. The educational partnerships in the TEST Hub will be crucial in supporting the university’s existing industrial partners, such as Williams Sausage and Stanley Black &amp; Decker, and the new Ford facility and suppliers it will bring to the region.\r\n\r\n“The Tennessee General Assembly’s funding of the TEST Hub adds a critical piece to UT Martin’s role in Blue Oval City’s future success. Along with the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the university is positioned to be a major partner in a project that will change lives for the better in West Tennessee,” Carver said. “We’re grateful to members of the Senate and House across the state and to UT President Randy Boyd who share our vision for the region’s future.”\r\n<blockquote>“The Tennessee General Assembly’s funding of the TEST Hub adds a critical piece to UT Martin’s role in Blue Oval City’s future success. Along with the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the university is positioned to be a major partner in a project that will change lives for the better in West Tennessee.” – Dr. Keith Carver</blockquote>\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.','Tennessee General Assembly fully funds UT Martin ‘TEST Hub’','','inherit','closed','closed','','3954-autosave-v1','','','2022-04-22 08:48:46','2022-04-22 13:48:46','',3954,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/22/3954-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3958,2,'2022-04-22 08:58:49','2022-04-22 13:58:49','The proposed Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology (TEST) Hub at the University of Tennessee at Martin took a major step forward Thursday when the Tennessee General Assembly completely funded the $18 million facility in a budget appropriations amendment. Once completed, the TEST Hub will provide hands-on manufacturing engineering education and a regional innovation hub that will support workforce and economic development for future generations. Sen. John Stevens (R-Huntingdon), Sen. Ken Yager (R-Kingston), House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland) and Rep. Tandy Darby (R-Greenfield) filed the budget item and advocated for the project. Stevens, Yager and Darby are UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe TEST Hub will be located on the west side of the UT Martin main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. Through partnership with the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and Dyersburg State Community College, the facility will offer educational opportunities at the certificate, associate and bachelor’s degree levels, as well as career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for the region’s high schools.\r\n\r\nThe concept for the facility was introduced in 2016 under then UT Martin interim chancellor Dr. Bob Smith and unveiled in a student-design project that was initially named The Garage. In a 2016 message in the university’s <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/campusscene/\">Campus Scene alumni magazine</a>, Smith wrote that the planned Latimer Engineering and Science Building, a $65 million project made possible by a $6.5 million gift from Union City’s Bill Latimer now set to open in fall 2022, and the proposed Garage would become transformational projects for workforce development. “These new facilities will give our graduates a leg up on the competition with high-tech training and hands-on, real-world experience working with local industry leaders,” he wrote.\r\n<blockquote>\"These new facilities will give our graduates a leg up on the competition with high-tech training and hands-on, real-world experience working with local industry leaders.” – Dr. Bob Smith</blockquote>\r\nDr. Keith Carver became UT Martin chancellor in January 2017, and along with industry representatives, donors and UT System President Randy Boyd, continued to seek support for the project that was renamed the TEST Hub in June 2021. Dr. Shadow Robinson, UT Martin College of Engineering and Natural Sciences dean, wrote about the project’s significance in a letter to university supporters. “This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve,” he wrote.\r\n<blockquote>“This project is not only a top educational priority for the University of Tennessee at Martin, but also a top priority for future economic and workforce development for the region we serve.” – Dr. Shadow Robinson</blockquote>\r\nIn the same letter, Robinson explained the reasoning behind the new name.\r\n\r\n“The (TEST Hub) captures the nature of the facility as one where the future economic- and-workforce development partners with the educational offerings of a strong university,” Robinson wrote. “Our marketing contacts are excited about this change and believe it will strengthen our ability to support industry recruitment into the region.”\r\n\r\nFunding for the TEST Hub comes at a key time for support of the Ford Motor Company’s Blue Oval City development at the Memphis Regional Megasite. The $5.6 billion dollar investment by Ford and SK Innovation was announced in September 2021 by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The facility will produce the first all-electric F-Series trucks. The educational partnerships in the TEST Hub will be crucial in supporting the university’s existing industrial partners, such as Williams Sausage and Stanley Black &amp; Decker, and the new Ford facility and suppliers it will bring to the region.\r\n\r\n“The Tennessee General Assembly’s funding of the TEST Hub adds a critical piece to UT Martin’s role in Blue Oval City’s future success. Along with the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the university is positioned to be a major partner in a project that will change lives for the better in West Tennessee,” Carver said. “We’re grateful to members of the Senate and House across the state and to UT President Randy Boyd who share our vision for the region’s future.”\r\n<blockquote>“The Tennessee General Assembly’s funding of the TEST Hub adds a critical piece to UT Martin’s role in Blue Oval City’s future success. Along with the Latimer Engineering and Science Building, the university is positioned to be a major partner in a project that will change lives for the better in West Tennessee.” – Dr. Keith Carver</blockquote>\r\nMore information about the proposed TEST Hub, the Latimer Engineering and Science Building and UT Martin STEM programs is available by contacting Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:srobin47@utm.edu\">srobin47@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7380.','Tennessee General Assembly fully funds UT Martin ‘TEST Hub’','The proposed Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology (TEST) Hub at the University of Tennessee at Martin took a major step forward Thursday when the Tennessee General Assembly completely funded the $18 million facility in a budget appropriations amendment.','inherit','closed','closed','','3954-revision-v1','','','2022-04-22 08:58:49','2022-04-22 13:58:49','',3954,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/22/3954-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3959,2,'2022-04-22 09:08:31','2022-04-22 14:08:31','KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.\r\n\r\n“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges,” UT System President Randy Boyd said.\r\n<blockquote>“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges.” – UT System President Randy</blockquote>\r\nTennessee lawmakers passed the largest increase in HOPE Scholarships for students at public four-year universities since the scholarships’ creation.  The awards will increase to $4,500 for full-time eligible freshman and sophomores and $5,700 for juniors and seniors.  Scholarships currently stand at $3,500 per year for full-time eligible freshmen and sophomores, and $4,500 for juniors and seniors at public four-year institutions. This significant increase will make college more affordable for thousands of Tennesseans.\r\n\r\nOther key investments that support UT students, faculty, and staff include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$72 million to fully fund the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII).  This builds on $8 million appropriated last year and completes the state’s investment of this initiative eight years ahead of schedule.  UT-ORII is now positioned to sustainably bring together world-leading scientists and engineers with students and faculty under one umbrella to provide innovative education, training and workforce development in areas of vital importance to Tennessee and our nation.</li>\r\n 	<li>A record $90 million to fund the higher education funding formula.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding for a 4% salary pool for higher education employees across the state.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding for key capital needs, including:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$55.9 million for a UT Chattanooga (UTC) Health Sciences building that will enable the UTC School of Nursing to grow by 60% and help address the state’s nursing shortage.</li>\r\n 	<li>$18 million for the UT Martin (UTM) Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub (TEST Hub), which will serve as a multi-institutional collaborative effort to support workforce development in West Tennessee.</li>\r\n 	<li>$83 million to expand the UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business facility to accommodate program growth.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li>$170 million nonrecurring to assist public universities with implementing new Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. The new cloud-based human resources and finance system will provide a competitive edge by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs to operate, ensuring accountability, increasing transparency and improving customer service.</li>\r\n 	<li>$4 million recurring and $2 million nonrecurring to support the Institute for American Civics at UT Knoxville, the state’s flagship university.  The non-partisan institute will be located at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and will support and enhance statewide efforts to highlight the role American institutions play in resolving conflict, advancing human dignity and making public policy.</li>\r\n 	<li>$10 million recurring funds to address the state’s residency shortage, support medical students and increase health care access across the state.</li>\r\n 	<li>$3.9 million recurring in new operating funding for UTHSC.</li>\r\n 	<li>$2.9 million recurring to support the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in faculty recruitment and retention, and to increase student enrollment.</li>\r\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring to support law enforcement training through the Institute for Public Service’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center Distressed, At Risk and Rural County Training (DARRT) program.</li>\r\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring for UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga, respectively, to support minority engineering scholarships.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding to support a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Health and UTHSC to improve rural access to dental care.  This investment will enable UTHSC to support outreach and training by its College of Dentistry in the state’s rural and underserved areas.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe FY22-23 budget will now go to Gov. Lee for his consideration and signature.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to receive updates on legislative information impacting the University of Tennessee System, please consider joining the UT Advocacy Network:  <a href=\"https://advocacy.tennessee.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://advocacy.tennessee.edu</a>.','Increases in HOPE Scholarships, historic UT investments among those included in FY22-23 state budget','The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.','publish','closed','closed','','increases-in-hope-scholarships-historic-ut-investments-among-those-included-in-fy22-23-state-budget','','','2022-04-22 09:09:22','2022-04-22 14:09:22','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3959',0,'post','',0),(3960,2,'2022-04-22 09:07:03','2022-04-22 14:07:03','','UTC-Students-on-Campus-21-1179-web','','inherit','closed','closed','','utc-students-on-campus-21-1179-web','','','2022-04-22 09:07:03','2022-04-22 14:07:03','',3959,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UTC-Students-on-Campus-21-1179-web.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3961,2,'2022-04-22 09:08:31','2022-04-22 14:08:31','KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.\r\n\r\n“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges,” UT System President Randy Boyd said.\r\n<blockquote>“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges.” – UT System President Randy</blockquote>\r\nTennessee lawmakers passed the largest increase in HOPE Scholarships for students at public four-year universities since the scholarships’ creation.  The awards will increase to $4,500 for full-time eligible freshman and sophomores and $5,700 for juniors and seniors.  Scholarships currently stand at $3,500 per year for full-time eligible freshmen and sophomores, and $4,500 for juniors and seniors at public four-year institutions. This significant increase will make college more affordable for thousands of Tennesseans.\r\n\r\nOther key investments that support UT students, faculty, and staff include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$72 million to fully fund the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII).  This builds on $8 million appropriated last year and completes the state’s investment of this initiative eight years ahead of schedule.  UT-ORII is now positioned to sustainably bring together world-leading scientists and engineers with students and faculty under one umbrella to provide innovative education, training and workforce development in areas of vital importance to Tennessee and our nation.</li>\r\n 	<li>A record $90 million to fund the higher education funding formula.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding for a 4% salary pool for higher education employees across the state.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding for key capital needs, including:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$55.9 million for a UT Chattanooga (UTC) Health Sciences building that will enable the UTC School of Nursing to grow by 60% and help address the state’s nursing shortage.</li>\r\n 	<li>$18 million for the UT Martin (UTM) Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub (TEST Hub), which will serve as a multi-institutional collaborative effort to support workforce development in West Tennessee.</li>\r\n 	<li>$83 million to expand the UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business facility to accommodate program growth.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li>$170 million nonrecurring to assist public universities with implementing new Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. The new cloud-based human resources and finance system will provide a competitive edge by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs to operate, ensuring accountability, increasing transparency and improving customer service.</li>\r\n 	<li>$4 million recurring and $2 million nonrecurring to support the Institute for American Civics at UT Knoxville, the state’s flagship university.  The non-partisan institute will be located at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and will support and enhance statewide efforts to highlight the role American institutions play in resolving conflict, advancing human dignity and making public policy.</li>\r\n 	<li>$10 million recurring funds to address the state’s residency shortage, support medical students and increase health care access across the state.</li>\r\n 	<li>$3.9 million recurring in new operating funding for UTHSC.</li>\r\n 	<li>$2.9 million recurring to support the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in faculty recruitment and retention, and to increase student enrollment.</li>\r\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring to support law enforcement training through the Institute for Public Service’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center Distressed, At Risk and Rural County Training (DARRT) program.</li>\r\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring for UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga, respectively, to support minority engineering scholarships.</li>\r\n 	<li>Funding to support a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Health and UTHSC to improve rural access to dental care.  This investment will enable UTHSC to support outreach and training by its College of Dentistry in the state’s rural and underserved areas.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe FY22-23 budget will now go to Gov. Lee for his consideration and signature.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to receive updates on legislative information impacting the University of Tennessee System, please consider joining the UT Advocacy Network:  <a href=\"https://advocacy.tennessee.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://advocacy.tennessee.edu</a>.','Increases in HOPE Scholarships, historic UT investments among those included in FY22-23 state budget','The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.','inherit','closed','closed','','3959-revision-v1','','','2022-04-22 09:08:31','2022-04-22 14:08:31','',3959,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/22/3959-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3962,2,'2022-04-22 09:09:14','2022-04-22 14:09:14','KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.\n\n“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges,” UT System President Randy Boyd said.\n<blockquote>“We are incredibly thankful for Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s continued leadership in supporting higher education.  These investments will support our mission to serve all Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach, and further our ability to address the state’s grand challenges.” – UT System President Randy</blockquote>\nTennessee lawmakers passed the largest increase in HOPE Scholarships for students at public four-year universities since the scholarships’ creation.  The awards will increase to $4,500 for full-time eligible freshman and sophomores and $5,700 for juniors and seniors.  Scholarships currently stand at $3,500 per year for full-time eligible freshmen and sophomores, and $4,500 for juniors and seniors at public four-year institutions. This significant increase will make college more affordable for thousands of Tennesseans.\n\nOther key investments that support UT students, faculty, and staff include:\n<ul>\n 	<li>$72 million to fully fund the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII).  This builds on $8 million appropriated last year and completes the state’s investment of this initiative eight years ahead of schedule.  UT-ORII is now positioned to sustainably bring together world-leading scientists and engineers with students and faculty under one umbrella to provide innovative education, training and workforce development in areas of vital importance to Tennessee and our nation.</li>\n 	<li>A record $90 million to fund the higher education funding formula.</li>\n 	<li>Funding for a 4% salary pool for higher education employees across the state.</li>\n 	<li>Funding for key capital needs, including:\n<ul>\n 	<li>$55.9 million for a UT Chattanooga (UTC) Health Sciences building that will enable the UTC School of Nursing to grow by 60% and help address the state’s nursing shortage.</li>\n 	<li>$18 million for the UT Martin (UTM) Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub (TEST Hub), which will serve as a multi-institutional collaborative effort to support workforce development in West Tennessee.</li>\n 	<li>$83 million to expand the UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business facility to accommodate program growth.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n 	<li>$170 million nonrecurring to assist public universities with implementing new Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. The new cloud-based human resources and finance system will provide a competitive edge by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs to operate, ensuring accountability, increasing transparency and improving customer service.</li>\n 	<li>$4 million recurring and $2 million nonrecurring to support the Institute for American Civics at UT Knoxville, the state’s flagship university.  The non-partisan institute will be located at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and will support and enhance statewide efforts to highlight the role American institutions play in resolving conflict, advancing human dignity and making public policy.</li>\n 	<li>$10 million recurring funds to address the state’s residency shortage, support medical students and increase health care access across the state.</li>\n 	<li>$3.9 million recurring in new operating funding for UTHSC.</li>\n 	<li>$2.9 million recurring to support the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in faculty recruitment and retention, and to increase student enrollment.</li>\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring to support law enforcement training through the Institute for Public Service’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center Distressed, At Risk and Rural County Training (DARRT) program.</li>\n 	<li>$500,000 nonrecurring for UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga, respectively, to support minority engineering scholarships.</li>\n 	<li>Funding to support a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Health and UTHSC to improve rural access to dental care.  This investment will enable UTHSC to support outreach and training by its College of Dentistry in the state’s rural and underserved areas.</li>\n</ul>\nThe FY22-23 budget will now go to Gov. Lee for his consideration and signature.\n\nFor more information or to receive updates on legislative information impacting the University of Tennessee System, please consider joining the UT Advocacy Network:  <a href=\"https://advocacy.tennessee.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://advocacy.tennessee.edu</a>.','Increases in HOPE Scholarships, historic UT investments among those included in FY22-23 state budget','The Tennessee General Assembly has passed its FY22-23 budget, which includes funding for student scholarships, salary increases for higher education employees across the state, plus millions in new investments for campuses and institutes within the University of Tennessee System.','inherit','closed','closed','','3959-autosave-v1','','','2022-04-22 09:09:14','2022-04-22 14:09:14','',3959,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/22/3959-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3963,7,'2022-04-25 11:48:30','2022-04-25 16:48:30','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.\r\n\r\nPresson, a 1997 UT Martin graduate, is the complex HR manager for the new Tyson Foods plant in Humboldt, where she leads the charge of recruiting 1,600 team members. Her 15-year career in human resources has included positions with Delta Faucet, Reinhausen Manufacturing and US Farathane. She is a graduate of UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and an alderwoman with the City of Medina.\r\n\r\n“Vanessa’s expertise in leadership and desire to make a difference are impressive,” said Dr. Robert Nanney, chair of the mass media and strategic communication department, in his presentation of the award. “She has a passion for empowering females and minorities to push beyond stereotypical jobs and reach their full potential.”\r\n<blockquote>“I am honored to be selected for this departmental award, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UT Martin,” Presson said.</blockquote>\r\nPresson encouraged students to begin building their personal networks. “Your network is your net worth,” she said. She said she still relies on the relationships she built as an undergraduate at the university.\r\n\r\nTaylor, a 2011 graduate and now digital art and design teacher at Rossview High School in Clarksville, is the department’s inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is also the first visual communications and media design graduate to be recognized for professional achievements by the department.\r\n\r\nDr. Tracy Rutledge, professor of mass media and strategic communication, presented Taylor with the award and recalled her enthusiasm for giving back to the department.\r\n<blockquote>“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge.</blockquote>\r\n“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge. Taylor continues to play an important role in the department by serving on the department’s Advisory Board and as an adjunct professor.\r\n\r\nPresson and Taylor join a group of alumni award-winners that includes CNN host and contributor Van Jones, longtime Oprah producer Terry Goulder, Hilton Hotel Vice President for Corporate Communications Kent Landers and John Denton, beat writer for the St. Louis Cardinals.\r\n\r\nDuring the awards ceremony, 37 mass media and strategic communication students won scholarships and awards totaling almost $14,000.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication at 731-881-7546.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Presson, Taylor recognized as mass media and strategic communication alumni award recipients','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.','publish','closed','closed','','presson-taylor-recognized-as-mass-media-and-strategic-communication-alumni-award-recipients','','','2022-04-25 11:52:25','2022-04-25 16:52:25','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3963',0,'post','',0),(3964,7,'2022-04-25 11:36:07','2022-04-25 16:36:07','','Presson+TaylorPhoto','Vanessa Parker Presson (left), complex HR manager for Tyson Foods in Humboldt, is pictured as the recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award. Jennifer Taylor, digital art and graphic design teacher at Rossview High School in Clarksville, is pictured as the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. ','inherit','closed','closed','','pressontaylorphoto','','','2022-04-25 11:48:15','2022-04-25 16:48:15','',3963,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PressonTaylorPhoto.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3965,7,'2022-04-25 11:41:45','2022-04-25 16:41:45','','Presson+TaylorPhoto','','inherit','closed','closed','','pressontaylorphoto-2','','','2022-04-25 11:41:45','2022-04-25 16:41:45','',3963,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PressonTaylorPhoto-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3966,7,'2022-04-25 11:48:30','2022-04-25 16:48:30','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.\r\n\r\nPresson, a 1997 UT Martin graduate, is the complex HR manager for the new Tyson Foods plant in Humboldt, where she leads the charge of recruiting 1,600 team members. Her 15-year career in human resources has included positions with Delta Faucet, Reinhausen Manufacturing and US Farathane. She is a graduate of UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and an alderwoman with the City of Medina.\r\n\r\n“Vanessa’s expertise in leadership and desire to make a difference are impressive,” said Dr. Robert Nanney, chair of the mass media and strategic communication department, in his presentation of the award. “She has a passion for empowering females and minorities to push beyond stereotypical jobs and reach their full potential.”\r\n\r\n“I am honored to be selected for this departmental award, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UT Martin,” Presson said.\r\n\r\nPresson encouraged students to begin building their personal networks. “Your network is your net worth,” she said. She said she still relies on the relationships she built as an undergraduate at the university.\r\n\r\nTaylor, a 2011 graduate and now digital art and design teacher at Rossview High School in Clarksville, is the department’s inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is also the first visual communications and media design graduate to be recognized for professional achievements by the department.\r\n\r\nDr. Tracy Rutledge, professor of mass media and strategic communication, presented Taylor with the award and recalled her enthusiasm for giving back to the department.\r\n\r\n“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge. Taylor continues to play an important role in the department by serving on the department’s Advisory Board and as an adjunct professor.\r\n\r\nPresson and Taylor join a group of alumni award-winners that includes CNN host and contributor Van Jones, longtime Oprah producer Terry Goulder, Hilton Hotel Vice President for Corporate Communications Kent Landers and John Denton, beat writer for the St. Louis Cardinals.\r\n\r\nDuring the awards ceremony, 37 mass media and strategic communication students won scholarships and awards totaling almost $14,000.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication at 731-881-7546.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Presson, Taylor recognized at mass media and strategic communication alumni award recipients','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.','inherit','closed','closed','','3963-revision-v1','','','2022-04-25 11:48:30','2022-04-25 16:48:30','',3963,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/25/3963-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3967,7,'2022-04-25 11:52:12','2022-04-25 16:52:12','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.\r\n\r\nPresson, a 1997 UT Martin graduate, is the complex HR manager for the new Tyson Foods plant in Humboldt, where she leads the charge of recruiting 1,600 team members. Her 15-year career in human resources has included positions with Delta Faucet, Reinhausen Manufacturing and US Farathane. She is a graduate of UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and an alderwoman with the City of Medina.\r\n\r\n“Vanessa’s expertise in leadership and desire to make a difference are impressive,” said Dr. Robert Nanney, chair of the mass media and strategic communication department, in his presentation of the award. “She has a passion for empowering females and minorities to push beyond stereotypical jobs and reach their full potential.”\r\n<blockquote>“I am honored to be selected for this departmental award, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UT Martin,” Presson said.</blockquote>\r\nPresson encouraged students to begin building their personal networks. “Your network is your net worth,” she said. She said she still relies on the relationships she built as an undergraduate at the university.\r\n\r\nTaylor, a 2011 graduate and now digital art and design teacher at Rossview High School in Clarksville, is the department’s inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is also the first visual communications and media design graduate to be recognized for professional achievements by the department.\r\n\r\nDr. Tracy Rutledge, professor of mass media and strategic communication, presented Taylor with the award and recalled her enthusiasm for giving back to the department.\r\n<blockquote>“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge.</blockquote>\r\n“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge. Taylor continues to play an important role in the department by serving on the department’s Advisory Board and as an adjunct professor.\r\n\r\nPresson and Taylor join a group of alumni award-winners that includes CNN host and contributor Van Jones, longtime Oprah producer Terry Goulder, Hilton Hotel Vice President for Corporate Communications Kent Landers and John Denton, beat writer for the St. Louis Cardinals.\r\n\r\nDuring the awards ceremony, 37 mass media and strategic communication students won scholarships and awards totaling almost $14,000.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication at 731-881-7546.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Presson, Taylor recognized as mass media and strategic communication alumni award recipients','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.','inherit','closed','closed','','3963-autosave-v1','','','2022-04-25 11:52:12','2022-04-25 16:52:12','',3963,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/25/3963-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3968,7,'2022-04-25 11:52:25','2022-04-25 16:52:25','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.\r\n\r\nPresson, a 1997 UT Martin graduate, is the complex HR manager for the new Tyson Foods plant in Humboldt, where she leads the charge of recruiting 1,600 team members. Her 15-year career in human resources has included positions with Delta Faucet, Reinhausen Manufacturing and US Farathane. She is a graduate of UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program and an alderwoman with the City of Medina.\r\n\r\n“Vanessa’s expertise in leadership and desire to make a difference are impressive,” said Dr. Robert Nanney, chair of the mass media and strategic communication department, in his presentation of the award. “She has a passion for empowering females and minorities to push beyond stereotypical jobs and reach their full potential.”\r\n<blockquote>“I am honored to be selected for this departmental award, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UT Martin,” Presson said.</blockquote>\r\nPresson encouraged students to begin building their personal networks. “Your network is your net worth,” she said. She said she still relies on the relationships she built as an undergraduate at the university.\r\n\r\nTaylor, a 2011 graduate and now digital art and design teacher at Rossview High School in Clarksville, is the department’s inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is also the first visual communications and media design graduate to be recognized for professional achievements by the department.\r\n\r\nDr. Tracy Rutledge, professor of mass media and strategic communication, presented Taylor with the award and recalled her enthusiasm for giving back to the department.\r\n<blockquote>“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge.</blockquote>\r\n“Three words come to mind when I think of Jennifer…energy, effort and evolution,” said Rutledge. Taylor continues to play an important role in the department by serving on the department’s Advisory Board and as an adjunct professor.\r\n\r\nPresson and Taylor join a group of alumni award-winners that includes CNN host and contributor Van Jones, longtime Oprah producer Terry Goulder, Hilton Hotel Vice President for Corporate Communications Kent Landers and John Denton, beat writer for the St. Louis Cardinals.\r\n\r\nDuring the awards ceremony, 37 mass media and strategic communication students won scholarships and awards totaling almost $14,000.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication at 731-881-7546.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Presson, Taylor recognized as mass media and strategic communication alumni award recipients','The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication presented Vanessa Parker Presson with its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award and Jennifer Taylor with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award during a virtual reception April 7.','inherit','closed','closed','','3963-revision-v1','','','2022-04-25 11:52:25','2022-04-25 16:52:25','',3963,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/25/3963-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3969,7,'2022-04-26 09:55:06','2022-04-26 14:55:06','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold spring commencement in three in-person ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, on the main campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., May 6, and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., May 7. Tickets are required to enter the Elam Center with social distancing requested. Doors will open 45 minutes before each ceremony begins.\r\n\r\nFriday’s ceremony will feature students receiving graduate degrees; the 10 a.m. Saturday program will feature graduates from the colleges of education, health and behavioral sciences, and humanities and fine arts; and the 2 p.m. Saturday ceremony will include graduates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, business and global affairs, and engineering and natural sciences.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony will be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>. The ceremonies will be archived for later viewing on YouTube and will also be broadcast live in Skyhawk Fieldhouse located adjacent to the Elam Center, which will allow additional guests to view the commencements. While tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, additional tickets will not be required to access Skyhawk Fieldhouse.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, will preside over each commencement ceremony, offer the commencement address and confer degrees. Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will recognize honors graduates. Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, Tennessee, will congratulate graduates on behalf of the student body.\r\n\r\nIn addition, several speakers will appear virtually: the Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, will offer the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd will offer greetings and personal congratulations; and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, Kentucky, will address the graduating class on behalf of university alumni. Each ceremony will close with the Alma Mater performed by the UTM Virtual Choir recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n\r\nAdditional information is available by calling the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin commencement set May 6-7','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold spring commencement in three in-person ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, on the main campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., May 6, and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., May 7.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-commencement-set-may-6-7','','','2022-04-26 09:55:21','2022-04-26 14:55:21','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3969',0,'post','',0),(3970,7,'2022-04-26 09:53:39','2022-04-26 14:53:39','','04292021_Gradshoot054 (1)','A file photo shows UT Martin students on the university’s quad prior to a past commencement. Spring commencement ceremonies are set for May 6-7 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','04292021_gradshoot054-1','','','2022-04-26 09:54:44','2022-04-26 14:54:44','',3969,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04292021_Gradshoot054-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3971,7,'2022-04-26 09:55:06','2022-04-26 14:55:06','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold spring commencement in three in-person ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, on the main campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., May 6, and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., May 7. Tickets are required to enter the Elam Center with social distancing requested. Doors will open 45 minutes before each ceremony begins.\r\n\r\nFriday’s ceremony will feature students receiving graduate degrees; the 10 a.m. Saturday program will feature graduates from the colleges of education, health and behavioral sciences, and humanities and fine arts; and the 2 p.m. Saturday ceremony will include graduates from the colleges of agriculture and applied sciences, business and global affairs, and engineering and natural sciences.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony will be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a>. The ceremonies will be archived for later viewing on YouTube and will also be broadcast live in Skyhawk Fieldhouse located adjacent to the Elam Center, which will allow additional guests to view the commencements. While tickets are required to enter the Elam Center, additional tickets will not be required to access Skyhawk Fieldhouse.\r\n\r\nUT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, will preside over each commencement ceremony, offer the commencement address and confer degrees. Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will recognize honors graduates. Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, Tennessee, will congratulate graduates on behalf of the student body.\r\n\r\nIn addition, several speakers will appear virtually: the Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister, UT Martin Wesley Foundation, will offer the invocation; UT President Randy Boyd will offer greetings and personal congratulations; and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, Kentucky, will address the graduating class on behalf of university alumni. Each ceremony will close with the Alma Mater performed by the UTM Virtual Choir recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n\r\nAdditional information is available by calling the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin commencement set May 6-7','The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold spring commencement in three in-person ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, on the main campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Commencement times are 6 p.m., May 6, and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., May 7.','inherit','closed','closed','','3969-revision-v1','','','2022-04-26 09:55:06','2022-04-26 14:55:06','',3969,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/26/3969-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3974,7,'2022-04-28 13:52:18','2022-04-28 18:52:18','','08252021_GolfMediaDay081','','inherit','closed','closed','','08252021_golfmediaday081','','','2022-04-28 13:52:18','2022-04-28 18:52:18','',3973,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/08252021_GolfMediaDay081.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3975,7,'2022-04-28 13:53:49','2022-04-28 18:53:49','CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – It came down to the final hole and final pairing of both matches on the final day of the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club as the University of Tennessee at Martin pulled through in a pair of 3-2 decisions for its second consecutive league title.\r\n\r\nThe Skyhawks\' fifth tournament victory of the season did not come easy but just as it has all season, UT Martin relied on the strong depth. Each of the five members of the Skyhawk lineup scored a victory today over the two matches.\r\n\r\nWith that said, it was the clutch play of senior <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> that helped carry UT Martin across the finish line. Having been crowned as an OVC All-Tournament selection on Tuesday, Chumley saved his best heroics for last today. With the semifinal matchup against Morehead State even at 2-all, the Murfreesboro, Tenn. native produced back-to-back birdies to wrap up the round, outlasting 2022 OVC Championships medalist Joe Muschong in an instant classic to send the Skyhawks into the championship showdown against top-seeded Tennessee Tech.\r\n\r\nThe title match was once again knotted at 2-2 as Chumley held off a ferocious rally from Nick Sutton. Chumley was 3-up through 14 holes but Sutton charged back to win Holes No. 16 and No. 17, applying pressure to the UT Martin senior. With a potential playoff looming, Chumley calmly smoked a picture-perfect drive right down the middle of the fairway and reached the green in two shots on the par-5, 523-yard hole. After Sutton holed out on a chip shot from 20 yards off the green, Chumley needed a three-putt to clinch the title for the Skyhawks. He rolled his second putt to within a foot of the cup and the hole was conceded, handing UT Martin its third OVC golf championship in school history (also winning in 2016 and 2021).\r\n\r\n\"We knew these would be two tough teams we were playing today – it was a battle all day long,\" second-year Skyhawk head coach <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"443\">Austin Swafford</a></dfn> said. \"I\'m so proud of our guys – they competed every hole for 36 holes after a long week of stroke play. For Tate to come out and play the way he did today in both matches – not only for himself but for the team – it was just so special to watch and be a part of. Our message all year has been to play for one another – play for UT Martin – and whatever you want to accomplish individually will take care of itself. I can\'t put this feeling into words.\"\r\n\r\nAgainst No. 3 seed Morehead State, <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2481\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2481\">Jacob Uehlein</a></dfn> produced the most commanding victory – defeating his counterpart by a 4&amp;3 margin. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2483\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2483\">Garrett Chumley</a></dfn> also added a 1-up victory before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley\'s</a></dfn> 1-up thriller sent the Skyhawks one step closer to a conference championship.\r\n\r\nUT Martin then capped off its successful week with the triumph over Tennessee Tech, who had won the 54-hole stroke play portion of the event by five shots. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2478\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2478\">Bryson Morrell</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2482\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2482\">Jonathan Xoinis</a></dfn> each carded sizeable 5&amp;4 victories before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> sealed the win on the final hole.\r\n\r\nThe NCAA Regionals on May 16-18 are next on tap for the Skyhawks, who will be assigned to one of six locations: Bryan, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; New Haven, Conn.; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Stockton, Calif. or Tuscaloosa, Ala. A watch party to celebrate the 2022 OVC champion UT Martin squad will take place on Wednesday, May 4 at the Champion\'s Club level of the Hardy Graham Stadium pressbox. The NCAA Regionals field will be revealed live on the Golf Channel at 3 p.m. as further details for the watch party will be made available at a later date.','','','inherit','closed','closed','','3973-revision-v1','','','2022-04-28 13:53:49','2022-04-28 18:53:49','',3973,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/28/3973-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3976,7,'2022-04-28 13:58:01','2022-04-28 18:58:01','CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – It came down to the final hole and final pairing of both matches on the final day of the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club as the University of Tennessee at Martin pulled through in a pair of 3-2 decisions for its second consecutive league title.\n\nThe Skyhawks\' fifth tournament victory of the season did not come easy but just as it has all season, UT Martin relied on the strong depth. Each of the five members of the Skyhawk lineup scored a victory today over the two matches.\n\nWith that said, it was the clutch play of senior <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> that helped carry UT Martin across the finish line. Having been crowned as an OVC All-Tournament selection on Tuesday, Chumley saved his best heroics for last today. With the semifinal matchup against Morehead State even at 2-all, the Murfreesboro, Tenn. native produced back-to-back birdies to wrap up the round, outlasting 2022 OVC Championships medalist Joe Muschong in an instant classic to send the Skyhawks into the championship showdown against top-seeded Tennessee Tech.\n\nThe title match was once again knotted at 2-2 as Chumley held off a ferocious rally from Nick Sutton. Chumley was 3-up through 14 holes but Sutton charged back to win Holes No. 16 and No. 17, applying pressure to the UT Martin senior. With a potential playoff looming, Chumley calmly smoked a picture-perfect drive right down the middle of the fairway and reached the green in two shots on the par-5, 523-yard hole. After Sutton holed out on a chip shot from 20 yards off the green, Chumley needed a three-putt to clinch the title for the Skyhawks. He rolled his second putt to within a foot of the cup and the hole was conceded, handing UT Martin its third OVC golf championship in school history (also winning in 2016 and 2021).\n\n\"We knew these would be two tough teams we were playing today – it was a battle all day long,\" second-year Skyhawk head coach <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"443\">Austin Swafford</a></dfn> said. \"I\'m so proud of our guys – they competed every hole for 36 holes after a long week of stroke play. For Tate to come out and play the way he did today in both matches – not only for himself but for the team – it was just so special to watch and be a part of. Our message all year has been to play for one another – play for UT Martin – and whatever you want to accomplish individually will take care of itself. I can\'t put this feeling into words.\"\n\nAgainst No. 3 seed Morehead State, <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2481\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2481\">Jacob Uehlein</a></dfn> produced the most commanding victory – defeating his counterpart by a 4&amp;3 margin. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2483\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2483\">Garrett Chumley</a></dfn> also added a 1-up victory before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley\'s</a></dfn> 1-up thriller sent the Skyhawks one step closer to a conference championship.\n\nUT Martin then capped off its successful week with the triumph over Tennessee Tech, who had won the 54-hole stroke play portion of the event by five shots. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2478\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2478\">Bryson Morrell</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2482\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2482\">Jonathan Xoinis</a></dfn> each carded sizeable 5&amp;4 victories before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> sealed the win on the final hole.\n\nThe NCAA Regionals on May 16-18 are next on tap for the Skyhawks, who will be assigned to one of six locations: Bryan, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; New Haven, Conn.; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Stockton, Calif. or Tuscaloosa, Ala. A watch party to celebrate the 2022 OVC champion UT Martin squad will take place on Wednesday, May 4 at the Champion\'s Club level of the Hardy Graham Stadium pressbox. The NCAA Regionals field will be revealed live on the Golf Channel at 3 p.m. as further details for the watch party will be made available at a later date.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Skyhawk golf claims OVC championship','','inherit','closed','closed','','3973-autosave-v1','','','2022-04-28 13:58:01','2022-04-28 18:58:01','',3973,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/28/3973-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3977,7,'2022-04-28 14:04:37','2022-04-28 19:04:37','CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – It came down to the final hole and final pairing of both matches on the final day of the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club as the University of Tennessee at Martin pulled through in a pair of 3-2 decisions for its second consecutive league title.\r\n\r\nThe Skyhawks\' fifth tournament victory of the season did not come easy but just as it has all season, UT Martin relied on the strong depth. Each of the five members of the Skyhawk lineup scored a victory today over the two matches.\r\n\r\nWith that said, it was the clutch play of senior <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> that helped carry UT Martin across the finish line. Having been crowned as an OVC All-Tournament selection on Tuesday, Chumley saved his best heroics for last today. With the semifinal matchup against Morehead State even at 2-all, the Murfreesboro, Tenn. native produced back-to-back birdies to wrap up the round, outlasting 2022 OVC Championships medalist Joe Muschong in an instant classic to send the Skyhawks into the championship showdown against top-seeded Tennessee Tech.\r\n\r\nThe title match was once again knotted at 2-2 as Chumley held off a ferocious rally from Nick Sutton. Chumley was 3-up through 14 holes but Sutton charged back to win Holes No. 16 and No. 17, applying pressure to the UT Martin senior. With a potential playoff looming, Chumley calmly smoked a picture-perfect drive right down the middle of the fairway and reached the green in two shots on the par-5, 523-yard hole. After Sutton holed out on a chip shot from 20 yards off the green, Chumley needed a three-putt to clinch the title for the Skyhawks. He rolled his second putt to within a foot of the cup and the hole was conceded, handing UT Martin its third OVC golf championship in school history (also winning in 2016 and 2021).\r\n\r\n\"We knew these would be two tough teams we were playing today – it was a battle all day long,\" second-year Skyhawk head coach <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"443\">Austin Swafford</a></dfn> said. \"I\'m so proud of our guys – they competed every hole for 36 holes after a long week of stroke play. For Tate to come out and play the way he did today in both matches – not only for himself but for the team – it was just so special to watch and be a part of. Our message all year has been to play for one another – play for UT Martin – and whatever you want to accomplish individually will take care of itself. I can\'t put this feeling into words.\"\r\n\r\nAgainst No. 3 seed Morehead State, <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2481\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2481\">Jacob Uehlein</a></dfn> produced the most commanding victory – defeating his counterpart by a 4&amp;3 margin. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2483\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2483\">Garrett Chumley</a></dfn> also added a 1-up victory before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley\'s</a></dfn> 1-up thriller sent the Skyhawks one step closer to a conference championship.\r\n\r\nUT Martin then capped off its successful week with the triumph over Tennessee Tech, who had won the 54-hole stroke play portion of the event by five shots. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2478\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2478\">Bryson Morrell</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2482\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2482\">Jonathan Xoinis</a></dfn> each carded sizeable 5&amp;4 victories before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> sealed the win on the final hole.\r\n\r\nThe NCAA Regionals on May 16-18 are next on tap for the Skyhawks, who will be assigned to one of six locations: Bryan, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; New Haven, Conn.; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Stockton, Calif. or Tuscaloosa, Ala. A watch party to celebrate the 2022 OVC champion UT Martin squad will take place on Wednesday, May 4 at the Champion\'s Club level of the Hardy Graham Stadium pressbox. The NCAA Regionals field will be revealed live on the Golf Channel at 3 p.m. as further details for the watch party will be made available at a later date.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Skyhawk golf claims OVC championship','','inherit','closed','closed','','3973-revision-v1','','','2022-04-28 14:04:37','2022-04-28 19:04:37','',3973,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/28/3973-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3978,7,'2022-04-28 14:05:09','2022-04-28 19:05:09','CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – It came down to the final hole and final pairing of both matches on the final day of the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club as the University of Tennessee at Martin pulled through in a pair of 3-2 decisions for its second consecutive league title.\r\n\r\nThe Skyhawks\' fifth tournament victory of the season did not come easy but just as it has all season, UT Martin relied on the strong depth. Each of the five members of the Skyhawk lineup scored a victory today over the two matches.\r\n\r\nWith that said, it was the clutch play of senior <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> that helped carry UT Martin across the finish line. Having been crowned as an OVC All-Tournament selection on Tuesday, Chumley saved his best heroics for last today. With the semifinal matchup against Morehead State even at 2-all, the Murfreesboro, Tenn. native produced back-to-back birdies to wrap up the round, outlasting 2022 OVC Championships medalist Joe Muschong in an instant classic to send the Skyhawks into the championship showdown against top-seeded Tennessee Tech.\r\n\r\nThe title match was once again knotted at 2-2 as Chumley held off a ferocious rally from Nick Sutton. Chumley was 3-up through 14 holes but Sutton charged back to win Holes No. 16 and No. 17, applying pressure to the UT Martin senior. With a potential playoff looming, Chumley calmly smoked a picture-perfect drive right down the middle of the fairway and reached the green in two shots on the par-5, 523-yard hole. After Sutton holed out on a chip shot from 20 yards off the green, Chumley needed a three-putt to clinch the title for the Skyhawks. He rolled his second putt to within a foot of the cup and the hole was conceded, handing UT Martin its third OVC golf championship in school history (also winning in 2016 and 2021).\r\n\r\n\"We knew these would be two tough teams we were playing today – it was a battle all day long,\" second-year Skyhawk head coach <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"443\">Austin Swafford</a></dfn> said. \"I\'m so proud of our guys – they competed every hole for 36 holes after a long week of stroke play. For Tate to come out and play the way he did today in both matches – not only for himself but for the team – it was just so special to watch and be a part of. Our message all year has been to play for one another – play for UT Martin – and whatever you want to accomplish individually will take care of itself. I can\'t put this feeling into words.\"\r\n\r\nAgainst No. 3 seed Morehead State, <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2481\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2481\">Jacob Uehlein</a></dfn> produced the most commanding victory – defeating his counterpart by a 4&amp;3 margin. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2483\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2483\">Garrett Chumley</a></dfn> also added a 1-up victory before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley\'s</a></dfn> 1-up thriller sent the Skyhawks one step closer to a conference championship.\r\n\r\nUT Martin then capped off its successful week with the triumph over Tennessee Tech, who had won the 54-hole stroke play portion of the event by five shots. <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2478\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2478\">Bryson Morrell</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2482\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2482\">Jonathan Xoinis</a></dfn> each carded sizeable 5&amp;4 victories before <dfn><a href=\"https://utmsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2477\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2477\">Tate Chumley</a></dfn> sealed the win on the final hole.\r\n\r\nThe NCAA Regionals on May 16-18 are next on tap for the Skyhawks, who will be assigned to one of six locations: Bryan, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; New Haven, Conn.; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Stockton, Calif. or Tuscaloosa, Ala. A watch party to celebrate the 2022 OVC champion UT Martin squad will take place on Wednesday, May 4 at the Champion\'s Club level of the Hardy Graham Stadium pressbox. The NCAA Regionals field will be revealed live on the Golf Channel at 3 p.m. as further details for the watch party will be made available at a later date.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Skyhawk golf claims OVC championship','It came down to the final hole and final pairing of both matches on the final day of the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club as the University of Tennessee at Martin pulled through in a pair of 3-2 decisions for its second consecutive league title.','inherit','closed','closed','','3973-revision-v1','','','2022-04-28 14:05:09','2022-04-28 19:05:09','',3973,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/28/3973-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3980,7,'2022-04-30 09:19:36','2022-04-30 14:19:36','','Red Cross Award_2022','The American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee presented its 2022 Outstanding Community Partner Award to the university during the annual Heroes Luncheon on April 27 in Jackson at Union University’s Carl Grant Events Center. Faculty and staff from the UT Martin Regional Centers joined UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver at the event. Carver is an American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee board member and was the luncheon’s keynote speaker. Pictured are (l, r) Stephanie Allen, assistant professor of social work; Kayce Beam, director, Jackson Center; Dr. Kelli Deere, director, Parsons Center; Kara Tapp, Somerville Center; Carver; Erica Bell, director, Regional Centers and Online Programs; Dr. Sim Taylor, Ripley Center; and Dr. Lan DePriest, assistant professor of geosciences.','inherit','closed','closed','','red-cross-award_2022','','','2022-04-30 09:20:20','2022-04-30 14:20:20','',3979,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Red-Cross-Award_2022.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3981,7,'2022-04-30 09:20:31','2022-04-30 14:20:31','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. The American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee presented its 2022 Outstanding Community Partner Award to the university during the annual Heroes Luncheon held April 27 in Jackson at Union University’s Carl Grant Events Center. The annual event honors local individuals and organizations for service and raises funds to support the Red Cross. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, an American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee board member, was the keynote speaker.\r\n\r\nThe Outstanding Community Partner Award honored the university’s support for the agency during initial recovery efforts from tornadoes that caused widespread devastation in Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and other areas. David Hicks, American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee executive director, said that community partners are important to the Red Cross and the organization’s ability to deliver services when needed.\r\n\r\n“The partnership that we coordinated with UTM in the aftermath of those storms was one of the most beneficial I’ve experienced in my six years serving as a Red Cross executive director,” Hicks said. “Any self-serving agendas were all put aside for the benefit of aiding deeply hurting communities of people. It made me proud to serve my organization and to be associated with UTM.”\r\n\r\nCarver announced the award to the UT Martin community April 28 during a virtual town hall attended by more than 100 university faculty and staff members. “It (the award) was a surprise to us. … We just did what any neighbor would do and tried to help,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross contacted Carver the day following the outbreak and requested space to house trucks and supplies. The university found ways to do much more and provided space in the Boling University Center for an emergency command center, housed volunteers in a residence hall, and provided the requested space for vehicles and supplies. “We did also have some groups who went out and helped the Red Cross,” Carver said, and he thanked student housing, the physical plant, public safety, and other university areas and individuals who made the arrangements with the Red Cross possible.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross continued operations at UT Martin through December and served Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and Tiptonville. “They (the Red Cross) were great partners,” Carver said. “They left things better than they found them, and we were just happy to be able to help in some way.”                           The American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee serves Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Madison, McNairy and Weakley counties. For more information, contact Hicks at 901-208-0152 or email <a href=\"mailto:david.hicks2@redcross.org\">david.hicks2@redcross.org</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Red Cross honors UT Martin with Outstanding Community Partner Award','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3979-revision-v1','','','2022-04-30 09:20:31','2022-04-30 14:20:31','',3979,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/30/3979-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3982,7,'2022-04-30 09:21:42','2022-04-30 14:21:42','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. The American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee presented its 2022 Outstanding Community Partner Award to the university during the annual Heroes Luncheon held April 27 in Jackson at Union University’s Carl Grant Events Center. The annual event honors local individuals and organizations for service and raises funds to support the Red Cross. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, an American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee board member, was the keynote speaker.\r\n\r\nThe Outstanding Community Partner Award honored the university’s support for the agency during initial recovery efforts from tornadoes that caused widespread devastation in Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and other areas. David Hicks, American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee executive director, said that community partners are important to the Red Cross and the organization’s ability to deliver services when needed.\r\n<blockquote>“The partnership that we coordinated with UTM in the aftermath of those storms was one of the most beneficial I’ve experienced in my six years serving as a Red Cross executive director,” Hicks said.</blockquote>\r\n“The partnership that we coordinated with UTM in the aftermath of those storms was one of the most beneficial I’ve experienced in my six years serving as a Red Cross executive director,” Hicks said. “Any self-serving agendas were all put aside for the benefit of aiding deeply hurting communities of people. It made me proud to serve my organization and to be associated with UTM.”\r\n<blockquote>“It (the award) was a surprise to us. … We just did what any neighbor would do and tried to help,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nCarver announced the award to the UT Martin community April 28 during a virtual town hall attended by more than 100 university faculty and staff members. “It (the award) was a surprise to us. … We just did what any neighbor would do and tried to help,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross contacted Carver the day following the outbreak and requested space to house trucks and supplies. The university found ways to do much more and provided space in the Boling University Center for an emergency command center, housed volunteers in a residence hall, and provided the requested space for vehicles and supplies. “We did also have some groups who went out and helped the Red Cross,” Carver said, and he thanked student housing, the physical plant, public safety, and other university areas and individuals who made the arrangements with the Red Cross possible.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross continued operations at UT Martin through December and served Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and Tiptonville. “They (the Red Cross) were great partners,” Carver said. “They left things better than they found them, and we were just happy to be able to help in some way.”\r\n\r\nThe American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee serves Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Madison, McNairy and Weakley counties. For more information, contact Hicks at 901-208-0152 or email <a href=\"mailto:david.hicks2@redcross.org\">david.hicks2@redcross.org</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Red Cross honors UT Martin with Outstanding Community Partner Award','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3979-autosave-v1','','','2022-04-30 09:21:42','2022-04-30 14:21:42','',3979,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/30/3979-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3983,7,'2022-04-30 09:22:07','2022-04-30 14:22:07','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. The American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee presented its 2022 Outstanding Community Partner Award to the university during the annual Heroes Luncheon held April 27 in Jackson at Union University’s Carl Grant Events Center. The annual event honors local individuals and organizations for service and raises funds to support the Red Cross. UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, an American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee board member, was the keynote speaker.\r\n\r\nThe Outstanding Community Partner Award honored the university’s support for the agency during initial recovery efforts from tornadoes that caused widespread devastation in Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and other areas. David Hicks, American Red Cross Mid-West Tennessee executive director, said that community partners are important to the Red Cross and the organization’s ability to deliver services when needed.\r\n<blockquote>“The partnership that we coordinated with UTM in the aftermath of those storms was one of the most beneficial I’ve experienced in my six years serving as a Red Cross executive director,” Hicks said.</blockquote>\r\n“The partnership that we coordinated with UTM in the aftermath of those storms was one of the most beneficial I’ve experienced in my six years serving as a Red Cross executive director,” Hicks said. “Any self-serving agendas were all put aside for the benefit of aiding deeply hurting communities of people. It made me proud to serve my organization and to be associated with UTM.”\r\n<blockquote>“It (the award) was a surprise to us. … We just did what any neighbor would do and tried to help,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nCarver announced the award to the UT Martin community April 28 during a virtual town hall attended by more than 100 university faculty and staff members. “It (the award) was a surprise to us. … We just did what any neighbor would do and tried to help,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross contacted Carver the day following the outbreak and requested space to house trucks and supplies. The university found ways to do much more and provided space in the Boling University Center for an emergency command center, housed volunteers in a residence hall, and provided the requested space for vehicles and supplies. “We did also have some groups who went out and helped the Red Cross,” Carver said, and he thanked student housing, the physical plant, public safety, and other university areas and individuals who made the arrangements with the Red Cross possible.\r\n\r\nThe Red Cross continued operations at UT Martin through December and served Dresden, Kenton, Samburg and Tiptonville. “They (the Red Cross) were great partners,” Carver said. “They left things better than they found them, and we were just happy to be able to help in some way.”\r\n\r\nThe American Red Cross of Mid-West Tennessee serves Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Madison, McNairy and Weakley counties. For more information, contact Hicks at 901-208-0152 or email <a href=\"mailto:david.hicks2@redcross.org\">david.hicks2@redcross.org</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Red Cross honors UT Martin with Outstanding Community Partner Award','The University of Tennessee at Martin was recognized April 27 for its support of the Red Cross following the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado outbreak in Northwest Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3979-revision-v1','','','2022-04-30 09:22:07','2022-04-30 14:22:07','',3979,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/04/30/3979-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3988,7,'2022-05-09 13:29:59','2022-05-09 18:29:59','Dominique Crockett has been named the director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Equity and Diversity and the Title IX coordinator.\r\n\r\n“I am excited to have someone with Dominique’s experience and energy join our campus leadership team,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “Her knowledge of the field and the UT System make her an excellent resource for us.”\r\n<blockquote>“I am excited to have someone with Dominique’s experience and energy join our campus leadership team,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver.</blockquote>\r\nCrockett joins UT Martin from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where she served as the assurance officer. She earned her master’s degree in health administration from Louisiana State University and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Southern University A&amp;M. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Sigma Iota Epsilon and has earned certification as an emotional intelligence trainer and an equal employment opportunity investigator.\r\n<blockquote>“I plan to make an impact at UT Martin by focusing on creating a safe, supportive and informed space for students, faculty and staff,” Crockett said.</blockquote>\r\n“I plan to make an impact at UT Martin by focusing on creating a safe, supportive and informed space for students, faculty and staff,” Crockett said. “I believe I can achieve this through intentional collaborations with organizations across campus and engagement with the UT Martin campus community.”\r\n\r\nShe credits her time at the UT Health Science Center as preparation for the transition to UT Martin. Her skill set includes a vast knowledge of Title IX, Title VI and ADA reporting.\r\n\r\n“Dominique’s role is vital as we continue to ensure UTM is open, accessible and welcoming to all,” said Dr. Mark McCloud, chief diversity and inclusion officer, upon Crockett’s arrival to campus. “Dominique’s concern for people and her student-center approach to leadership will give voice to many as we improve the climate and culture of our campus. She is a seasoned trainer, thorough investigator and change agent, and I am excited to have her as a part of our team.”\r\n\r\nThe Office of Equity and Diversity has relocated to room 212 of the Boling University Center. An open house will be held from 2-4 p.m., May 18, to acquaint the campus community to the new location.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Crockett’s appointment, contact the Office of Equity and Diversity at 731-881-3505.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Crockett named director of UT Martin Office of Equity and Diversity','Dominique Crockett has been named the director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Equity and Diversity and the Title IX coordinator.\r\n\r\n','publish','closed','closed','','crockett-named-director-of-ut-martin-office-of-equity-and-diversity','','','2022-05-09 13:30:40','2022-05-09 18:30:40','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3988',0,'post','',0),(3989,7,'2022-05-09 13:29:10','2022-05-09 18:29:10','','DominiqueCrockett','','inherit','closed','closed','','dominiquecrockett','','','2022-05-09 13:29:10','2022-05-09 18:29:10','',3988,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DominiqueCrockett.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3990,7,'2022-05-09 13:29:59','2022-05-09 18:29:59','Dominique Crockett has been named the director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Equity and Diversity and the Title IX coordinator.\r\n\r\n“I am excited to have someone with Dominique’s experience and energy join our campus leadership team,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. “Her knowledge of the field and the UT System make her an excellent resource for us.”\r\n<blockquote>“I am excited to have someone with Dominique’s experience and energy join our campus leadership team,” said UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver.</blockquote>\r\nCrockett joins UT Martin from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where she served as the assurance officer. She earned her master’s degree in health administration from Louisiana State University and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Southern University A&amp;M. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Sigma Iota Epsilon and has earned certification as an emotional intelligence trainer and an equal employment opportunity investigator.\r\n<blockquote>“I plan to make an impact at UT Martin by focusing on creating a safe, supportive and informed space for students, faculty and staff,” Crockett said.</blockquote>\r\n“I plan to make an impact at UT Martin by focusing on creating a safe, supportive and informed space for students, faculty and staff,” Crockett said. “I believe I can achieve this through intentional collaborations with organizations across campus and engagement with the UT Martin campus community.”\r\n\r\nShe credits her time at the UT Health Science Center as preparation for the transition to UT Martin. Her skill set includes a vast knowledge of Title IX, Title VI and ADA reporting.\r\n\r\n“Dominique’s role is vital as we continue to ensure UTM is open, accessible and welcoming to all,” said Dr. Mark McCloud, chief diversity and inclusion officer, upon Crockett’s arrival to campus. “Dominique’s concern for people and her student-center approach to leadership will give voice to many as we improve the climate and culture of our campus. She is a seasoned trainer, thorough investigator and change agent, and I am excited to have her as a part of our team.”\r\n\r\nThe Office of Equity and Diversity has relocated to room 212 of the Boling University Center. An open house will be held from 2-4 p.m., May 18, to acquaint the campus community to the new location.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Crockett’s appointment, contact the Office of Equity and Diversity at 731-881-3505.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Crockett named director of UT Martin Office of Equity and Diversity','Dominique Crockett has been named the director of the University of Tennessee at Martin Office of Equity and Diversity and the Title IX coordinator.\r\n\r\n','inherit','closed','closed','','3988-revision-v1','','','2022-05-09 13:29:59','2022-05-09 18:29:59','',3988,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/09/3988-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3991,7,'2022-05-09 14:48:08','2022-05-09 19:48:08','Spring commencement was nothing short of a family affair for Luke and Tiffany Eccles, of College Grove, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Both received Master of Business Administration degrees May 6 during the first of three spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Friday ceremony at 6 p.m. in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center recognized graduates receiving master’s degrees. Undergraduate students received their degrees during the two Saturday ceremonies.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony was livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 65 Tennessee counties, 31 states and the District of Columbia, and three countries outside of the U.S. Participants for the three ceremonies totaled 598 graduates.\r\n<blockquote>“This way we had like a ‘study partner,’” Tiffany said following the ceremony. “It actually helped us to do it (complete the program) together because then we could talk about it, and we got done at the same time and didn’t have to drag it out.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Eccles are new Tennessee residents and considered MBA program options with a preference for earning University of Tennessee degrees. UT Martin’s MBA program offered through UT Martin Online fit the couple’s professional and family needs. They considered whether to pursue degrees together or alternate being in school but ultimately chose to pursue the program together. “This way we had like a ‘study partner,’” Tiffany said following the ceremony. “It actually helped us to do it (complete the program) together because then we could talk about it, and we got done at the same time and didn’t have to drag it out.” The Eccles completed their degrees completely online so had never visited campus until commencement.\r\n\r\nLuke holds a bachelor’s degree from MacMurray College and Tiffany a degree from Bradley University, both in Illinois. Luke is a business analyst for Hennessy Industries in LaVergne, and Tiffany is a commercial manager for Mars Fishcare, where she works in procurement and supplier quality. The degrees have already made a difference professionally for both.\r\n\r\nLuke said what he learned in the program has given him more confidence with his business knowledge. “I knew I had a lot of it before (business knowledge), but just going through this program … gave me a degree to show that I have a lot of business acumen, so (I’m) looking to use that in the future.” Tiffany’s company supported her graduate-degree work and, knowing that she was about to graduate, she received a promotion last month to a team-leader position.\r\n\r\nBesides the professional advancement, celebrating their achievements has another benefit. “We have three boys. We wanted them to see how important higher education was to us so that it helps motivate them in the future,” Luke said. He described the program as family friendly, which allowed the couple to spend time with their sons Nolan, 13, Emmett, 7, and Henry, 3. Still there were challenges, including, “Getting better grades than my wife,” Luke said, prompting Tiffany to add “which he did not succeed at by the way.”\r\n\r\nThe good-natured competition aside, Tiffany said that time management was the biggest challenge for both while balancing family, full-time careers and homework.  In the end, 18 months of hard work through a pandemic brought a family to Martin for the first time, including children and grandparents, to see Luke and Tiffany Eccles walk across the commencement stage to receive well-earned degrees. Graduation celebrations don’t get much better than that.\r\n\r\nChancellor Keith Carver was speaker for each commencement ceremony, basing his message to graduates on a series of song lyrics from artists ranging from Drake to Post Malone, to the Eagles and Kool and the Gang. The artists’ photos were displayed on the arena’s digital board as he transitioned from one set of song lyrics to another. His commencement address can be viewed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a> where the ceremonies are archived. A Spotify playlist featuring the songs is found at  <a href=\"https://spoti.fi/3yrqLW9\">https://spoti.fi/3yrqLW9</a>.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony also featured several speakers who appeared virtually on Skyhawk Arena’s digital board. The Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister for the UT Martin Wesley Foundation, offered the invocation, and UT System President Randy Boyd and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, provided comments to the graduating class. Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, a graduating senior, spoke in person to the class from the commencement stage.\r\n<blockquote>Boyd urged graduates to keep three goals in mind: “Honor the past, relish in the present, and look to the future with great anticipation and hope.”</blockquote>\r\nBoyd urged graduates to keep three goals in mind: “Honor the past, relish in the present, and look to the future with great anticipation and hope.” He noted that University of Tennessee graduates across the state will receive degrees during May. “What you all have in common is you’re leaving the university better than it was when you arrived,” he said.\r\n\r\nChurch graduated during the third ceremony and shared at each event advice and wisdom that she had gained from her father. She spoke of passion for his vocation, his strong work ethic and his wisdom for recognizing that each day is an opportunity to start anew. “Bad days are inevitable. You’re going to have them, but you’re going to have good days, too,” she said, recalling her father’s positive outlook. “Even on your worse days, it’s important to remember that tomorrow will come, and it will be a new day with new possibilities.”\r\n\r\nJoyner closed by asking three things of the new graduates: “Be an advocate for UT Martin. … Stay in touch. … Get involved.” Joyner added, “A university is only as good as its graduates, and from this point forward, your accomplishments, achievements and the way in which you live will reflect upon the educational values of the University of Tennessee at Martin.” Each ceremony ended with the UTM Virtual Choir performing the Alma Mater, which was recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Commencement is a family affair as husband and wife receive MBA degrees','Spring commencement was nothing short of a family affair for Luke and Tiffany Eccles, of College Grove, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Both received Master of Business Administration degrees May 6 during the first of three spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','publish','closed','closed','','commencement-is-a-family-affair-as-husband-and-wife-receive-mba-degrees','','','2022-05-09 14:48:28','2022-05-09 19:48:28','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3991',0,'post','',0),(3992,7,'2022-05-09 14:46:12','2022-05-09 19:46:12','','Commencement_Eccles 5-2022','Luke and Tiffany Eccles are pictured May 6 following UT Martin’s first of three spring commencement ceremonies held at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','commencement_eccles-5-2022','','','2022-05-09 14:47:45','2022-05-09 19:47:45','',3991,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Commencement_Eccles-5-2022.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3993,7,'2022-05-09 14:48:08','2022-05-09 19:48:08','Spring commencement was nothing short of a family affair for Luke and Tiffany Eccles, of College Grove, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Both received Master of Business Administration degrees May 6 during the first of three spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Friday ceremony at 6 p.m. in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center recognized graduates receiving master’s degrees. Undergraduate students received their degrees during the two Saturday ceremonies.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony was livestreamed on the UT Martin Facebook page and YouTube channel. Graduates represented 65 Tennessee counties, 31 states and the District of Columbia, and three countries outside of the U.S. Participants for the three ceremonies totaled 598 graduates.\r\n<blockquote>“This way we had like a ‘study partner,’” Tiffany said following the ceremony. “It actually helped us to do it (complete the program) together because then we could talk about it, and we got done at the same time and didn’t have to drag it out.”</blockquote>\r\nThe Eccles are new Tennessee residents and considered MBA program options with a preference for earning University of Tennessee degrees. UT Martin’s MBA program offered through UT Martin Online fit the couple’s professional and family needs. They considered whether to pursue degrees together or alternate being in school but ultimately chose to pursue the program together. “This way we had like a ‘study partner,’” Tiffany said following the ceremony. “It actually helped us to do it (complete the program) together because then we could talk about it, and we got done at the same time and didn’t have to drag it out.” The Eccles completed their degrees completely online so had never visited campus until commencement.\r\n\r\nLuke holds a bachelor’s degree from MacMurray College and Tiffany a degree from Bradley University, both in Illinois. Luke is a business analyst for Hennessy Industries in LaVergne, and Tiffany is a commercial manager for Mars Fishcare, where she works in procurement and supplier quality. The degrees have already made a difference professionally for both.\r\n\r\nLuke said what he learned in the program has given him more confidence with his business knowledge. “I knew I had a lot of it before (business knowledge), but just going through this program … gave me a degree to show that I have a lot of business acumen, so (I’m) looking to use that in the future.” Tiffany’s company supported her graduate-degree work and, knowing that she was about to graduate, she received a promotion last month to a team-leader position.\r\n\r\nBesides the professional advancement, celebrating their achievements has another benefit. “We have three boys. We wanted them to see how important higher education was to us so that it helps motivate them in the future,” Luke said. He described the program as family friendly, which allowed the couple to spend time with their sons Nolan, 13, Emmett, 7, and Henry, 3. Still there were challenges, including, “Getting better grades than my wife,” Luke said, prompting Tiffany to add “which he did not succeed at by the way.”\r\n\r\nThe good-natured competition aside, Tiffany said that time management was the biggest challenge for both while balancing family, full-time careers and homework.  In the end, 18 months of hard work through a pandemic brought a family to Martin for the first time, including children and grandparents, to see Luke and Tiffany Eccles walk across the commencement stage to receive well-earned degrees. Graduation celebrations don’t get much better than that.\r\n\r\nChancellor Keith Carver was speaker for each commencement ceremony, basing his message to graduates on a series of song lyrics from artists ranging from Drake to Post Malone, to the Eagles and Kool and the Gang. The artists’ photos were displayed on the arena’s digital board as he transitioned from one set of song lyrics to another. His commencement address can be viewed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/utmartin\">www.youtube.com/utmartin</a> where the ceremonies are archived. A Spotify playlist featuring the songs is found at  <a href=\"https://spoti.fi/3yrqLW9\">https://spoti.fi/3yrqLW9</a>.\r\n\r\nEach ceremony also featured several speakers who appeared virtually on Skyhawk Arena’s digital board. The Rev. Sam Chambers, campus minister for the UT Martin Wesley Foundation, offered the invocation, and UT System President Randy Boyd and UT Martin Alumni Council President Mark Joyner, of Paducah, provided comments to the graduating class. Student Government Association President Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, a graduating senior, spoke in person to the class from the commencement stage.\r\n<blockquote>Boyd urged graduates to keep three goals in mind: “Honor the past, relish in the present, and look to the future with great anticipation and hope.”</blockquote>\r\nBoyd urged graduates to keep three goals in mind: “Honor the past, relish in the present, and look to the future with great anticipation and hope.” He noted that University of Tennessee graduates across the state will receive degrees during May. “What you all have in common is you’re leaving the university better than it was when you arrived,” he said.\r\n\r\nChurch graduated during the third ceremony and shared at each event advice and wisdom that she had gained from her father. She spoke of passion for his vocation, his strong work ethic and his wisdom for recognizing that each day is an opportunity to start anew. “Bad days are inevitable. You’re going to have them, but you’re going to have good days, too,” she said, recalling her father’s positive outlook. “Even on your worse days, it’s important to remember that tomorrow will come, and it will be a new day with new possibilities.”\r\n\r\nJoyner closed by asking three things of the new graduates: “Be an advocate for UT Martin. … Stay in touch. … Get involved.” Joyner added, “A university is only as good as its graduates, and from this point forward, your accomplishments, achievements and the way in which you live will reflect upon the educational values of the University of Tennessee at Martin.” Each ceremony ended with the UTM Virtual Choir performing the Alma Mater, which was recorded and edited by 2010 UT Martin graduate Joseph Sam.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Commencement is a family affair as husband and wife receive MBA degrees','Spring commencement was nothing short of a family affair for Luke and Tiffany Eccles, of College Grove, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Both received Master of Business Administration degrees May 6 during the first of three spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Tennessee at Martin. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3991-revision-v1','','','2022-05-09 14:48:08','2022-05-09 19:48:08','',3991,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/09/3991-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3994,7,'2022-05-11 10:12:13','2022-05-11 15:12:13','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on Wednesday, May 25, 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. Registration should be completed online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/retentionsummit\">www.utm.edu/retentionsummit</a> by May 18. A complete summit schedule is also found at this link.\r\n\r\nThe first summit was held in 2019 and planned as an annual event, but the summit was canceled the past two years because of the pandemic. The inaugural event attracted approximately 130 external participants and a total audience of about 250 attendees.\r\n\r\nA pre-summit meeting for provosts from Ohio Valley Conference schools will be held May 24, 10:30-2 p.m., in the Champions Club located in Hardy M. Graham Stadium. A pre-summit workshop for chancellors, presidents, and cabinet officers will follow from 3-5 p.m. in the same location.  Registration for the workshop begins at 2 p.m. The workshop will include a COVID-19 debrief, an idea exchange and then a reception and dinner beginning at 5 p.m. in the Dunagan Alumni Center.\r\n\r\nThe summit opens May 25 with a continental breakfast followed by a welcome from Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.  Randy Boyd, University of Tennessee System president, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will follow Cavalier with opening remarks.\r\n\r\nAlso on the program will be Dr. Emily House, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. House, who will speak at noon, has held the executive director’s position since January 2021. She formerly led the THEC/TSAC Research and Planning team and College Access teams as the chief research and policy officer. The Rochester, New York, native is a graduate of the Tennessee Government Executive Institute and is received the inaugural THEC Presidential Fellowship.\r\n\r\nTopics to be covered during concurrent discussion sessions throughout the day will include promoting equity and inclusion in teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom; leveraging innovative course delivery models to promote retention and persistence to graduation; early warning systems for identifying students in trouble academically, socially, and emotionally; and how new data and technology solutions contribute to increasing persistence to graduation.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call the UT Martin Office of Academic Affairs at 731-881-7010.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit set for May 25 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on Wednesday, May 25, in the Boling University Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','skyhawk-regional-retention-summit-set-for-may-25-at-ut-martin','','','2022-05-11 10:12:38','2022-05-11 15:12:38','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3994',0,'post','',0),(3995,7,'2022-05-11 10:05:36','2022-05-11 15:05:36','','05042019_RetentionSummit006','In this file photo, UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver speaks in 2019 in the university’s Watkins Auditorium during the first Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit. ','inherit','closed','closed','','05042019_retentionsummit006','','','2022-05-11 10:11:54','2022-05-11 15:11:54','',3994,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05042019_RetentionSummit006.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3996,7,'2022-05-11 10:12:13','2022-05-11 15:12:13','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on Wednesday, May 25, 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. Registration should be completed online at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/retentionsummit\">www.utm.edu/retentionsummit</a> by May 18. A complete summit schedule is also found at this link.\r\n\r\nThe first summit was held in 2019 and planned as an annual event, but the summit was canceled the past two years because of the pandemic. The inaugural event attracted approximately 130 external participants and a total audience of about 250 attendees.\r\n\r\nA pre-summit meeting for provosts from Ohio Valley Conference schools will be held May 24, 10:30-2 p.m., in the Champions Club located in Hardy M. Graham Stadium. A pre-summit workshop for chancellors, presidents, and cabinet officers will follow from 3-5 p.m. in the same location.  Registration for the workshop begins at 2 p.m. The workshop will include a COVID-19 debrief, an idea exchange and then a reception and dinner beginning at 5 p.m. in the Dunagan Alumni Center.\r\n\r\nThe summit opens May 25 with a continental breakfast followed by a welcome from Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.  Randy Boyd, University of Tennessee System president, and Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, will follow Cavalier with opening remarks.\r\n\r\nAlso on the program will be Dr. Emily House, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. House, who will speak at noon, has held the executive director’s position since January 2021. She formerly led the THEC/TSAC Research and Planning team and College Access teams as the chief research and policy officer. The Rochester, New York, native is a graduate of the Tennessee Government Executive Institute and is received the inaugural THEC Presidential Fellowship.\r\n\r\nTopics to be covered during concurrent discussion sessions throughout the day will include promoting equity and inclusion in teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom; leveraging innovative course delivery models to promote retention and persistence to graduation; early warning systems for identifying students in trouble academically, socially, and emotionally; and how new data and technology solutions contribute to increasing persistence to graduation.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call the UT Martin Office of Academic Affairs at 731-881-7010.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit set for May 25 at UT Martin','The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit on Wednesday, May 25, in the Boling University Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','3994-revision-v1','','','2022-05-11 10:12:13','2022-05-11 15:12:13','',3994,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/11/3994-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3997,7,'2022-05-13 08:05:48','2022-05-13 13:05:48','Lawrence Bromley made a positive difference in Dallas, Texas, while a member of the city’s police department. He paid the ultimate price in December 1991 when he was killed in the line of duty while working an undercover operation. In honor of his memory and service, the Bromley Training Center located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin will officially be named for the fallen officer in a 10:30 a.m. ceremony, Tuesday, May 24, on the Main Street side of the city’s former public library. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died in 1997.\r\n\r\nThe event will include presentation of the colors by the five-officer Dallas Police Department Honor Guard, welcoming comments from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, is the keynote speaker. The POST Commission is responsible for developing and enforcing standards and training for all local police officers in the state. A plaque presentation and dedication will conclude the event. Also attending will be Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, and her husband, Brad, who live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe center space is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend the naming. The C.E. Weldon Building is currently undergoing external renovations, but all public areas will be open and easily accessible. For information, call the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615. The UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Law enforcement training center to be named for fallen officer','Lawrence Bromley made a positive difference in Dallas, Texas, while a member of the city’s police department. He paid the ultimate price in December 1991 when he was killed in the line of duty while working an undercover operation.','publish','closed','closed','','law-enforcement-training-center-to-be-named-for-fallen-officer','','','2022-05-13 14:32:19','2022-05-13 19:32:19','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=3997',0,'post','',0),(3998,7,'2022-05-13 08:05:05','2022-05-13 13:05:05','','05032022_LawrenceBromleyTrainingCenter007 (1)','The law enforcement training facility located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin will officially be named for Lawrence Bromley, an officer with the Dallas Police Department, who was killed in December 1991 in the line of duty while working an undercover operation. ','inherit','closed','closed','','05032022_lawrencebromleytrainingcenter007-1','','','2022-05-13 08:05:44','2022-05-13 13:05:44','',3997,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05032022_LawrenceBromleyTrainingCenter007-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3999,7,'2022-05-13 08:05:48','2022-05-13 13:05:48','Lawrence Bromley made a positive difference in Dallas, Texas, while a member of the city’s police department. He paid the ultimate price in December 1991 when he was killed in the line of duty while working an undercover operation. In honor of his memory and service, the Bromley Training Center located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin will officially be named for the fallen officer in a 10:30 a.m. ceremony, Thursday, May 24, on the Main Street side of the city’s former public library. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died in 1997.\r\n\r\nThe event will include presentation of the colors by the five-officer Dallas Police Department Honor Guard, welcoming comments from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, is the keynote speaker. The POST Commission is responsible for developing and enforcing standards and training for all local police officers in the state. A plaque presentation and dedication will conclude the event. Also attending will be Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, and her husband, Brad, who live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe center space is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend the naming. The C.E. Weldon Building is currently undergoing external renovations, but all public areas will be open and easily accessible. For information, call the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615. The UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Law enforcement training center to be named for fallen officer','Lawrence Bromley made a positive difference in Dallas, Texas, while a member of the city’s police department. 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Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died in 1997.\r\n\r\nThe event will include presentation of the colors by the five-officer Dallas Police Department Honor Guard, welcoming comments from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, is the keynote speaker. The POST Commission is responsible for developing and enforcing standards and training for all local police officers in the state. A plaque presentation and dedication will conclude the event. Also attending will be Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, and her husband, Brad, who live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe center space is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend the naming. The C.E. Weldon Building is currently undergoing external renovations, but all public areas will be open and easily accessible. For information, call the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615. The UT Martin Criminal Justice Program awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice and partners with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of the UT Institute of Public Service, to offer the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Law enforcement training center to be named for fallen officer','Lawrence Bromley made a positive difference in Dallas, Texas, while a member of the city’s police department. 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She has been instrumental in shaping the social side of students’ collegiate involvement through her role in Flight Crew, a student activities organization. She served as the interorganizational officer for the Black Student Association and as the student representative for the UT Martin Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. In addition to her on-campus involvement, she also volunteered at animal shelters, the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and Boys and Girls Club of Union City.\r\n<blockquote>“Treasure can develop meaningful relationships and is an unapologetic leader,” wrote Anthony Prewitt, co-interim director for the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs, in his nomination letter.</blockquote>\r\n“Treasure can develop meaningful relationships and is an unapologetic leader,” wrote Anthony Prewitt, co-interim director for the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs, in his nomination letter. “She looks for ways to bridge the gap across organizations and cultures.”\r\n\r\nChurch, a political science graduate and SGA president, has been involved in leadership and service from the very start at UT Martin. She served as the president for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature and a First-Year Initiative PEP leader for the College of Business and Global Affairs. In the midst of the pandemic, Church pioneered the We Feed Weakley Thanksgiving Dinner Project. This student-led initiative raised $5,000 in donations and provided 100 families with a Thanksgiving meal. Her volunteer and leadership roles did not go unnoticed. In May 2021, she was named Student Leader of the Year for her dedication and involvement in student organizations.\r\n<blockquote>“While Sidney’s resume is impressive for someone her age, what is even more impressive is what can’t be shown on a resume – her true character.”</blockquote>\r\n“From her first day on campus, she has sought to be involved and make a difference for her fellow students,” said Rachel Stephens, interim director for the Office of Student Life. “While Sidney’s resume is impressive for someone her age, what is even more impressive is what can’t be shown on a resume – her true character.”\r\n\r\nFerrell, a biology graduate, served as a resident assistant for the Office of Housing and eventually became a team captain demonstrating a strong work ethic and leadership skills. During the pandemic, he volunteered to be one of five resident assistants to remain on campus to help with the university’s immediate response plan. While earning his bachelor’s degree in environmental biology, he conducted and presented research to the Tennessee Academy of Science and the Association of Southeastern Biologist Conference. As a senior research technician intern, he trained in backpack electro-fishing and water chemistry measurements.\r\n<blockquote>“Between being a team captain for the Office of Housing, supporting professors on campus in their academic research, and finding time to be an exemplary student, Mason has demonstrated all the qualities recognized in the criteria for the Paul and Martha Meek Award,” said Laura Kepler, hall director for the Office of Housing.</blockquote>\r\n“Between being a team captain for the Office of Housing, supporting professors on campus in their academic research, and finding time to be an exemplary student, Mason has demonstrated all the qualities recognized in the criteria for the Paul and Martha Meek Award,” said Laura Kepler, hall director for the Office of Housing.\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean, UT vice president/chancellor from 1934 to 1967. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents. The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is the only award given during commencement each semester.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Howard, Church, Ferrell receive Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award at UT Martin','Treasure Howard, of Murfreesboro, Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, and Mason Ferrell, of Pegram, received the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin spring 2022 commencement Saturday, May 7. ','publish','closed','closed','','howard-church-ferrell-receive-paul-and-martha-meek-leadership-award-at-ut-martin','','','2022-05-13 16:05:31','2022-05-13 21:05:31','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4001',0,'post','',0),(4002,7,'2022-05-13 16:04:34','2022-05-13 21:04:34','','PaulMeekAward','Dr. Andy Lewter, UT Martin vice chancellor for student affairs, is pictured with Treasure Howard (far left), of Murfreesboro, Sidney Church (middle, right), of Santa Fe, and Mason Ferrell (far right) of Pegram, recipients of the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring 2022 commencement exercises May 7.  ','inherit','closed','closed','','paulmeekaward','','','2022-05-13 16:05:07','2022-05-13 21:05:07','',4001,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PaulMeekAward.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4003,7,'2022-05-13 16:05:09','2022-05-13 21:05:09','Treasure Howard, of Murfreesboro, Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, and Mason Ferrell, of Pegram, received the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin spring 2022 commencement Saturday, May 7. The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is presented to graduating seniors who demonstrate outstanding campus and community service during their time at UT Martin.\r\n\r\nHoward, a veterinary science graduate, has made a sizeable impact on UT Martin during her four years. As a SOAR orientation leader, she welcomed incoming freshmen to campus. She has been instrumental in shaping the social side of students’ collegiate involvement through her role in Flight Crew, a student activities organization. She served as the interorganizational officer for the Black Student Association and as the student representative for the UT Martin Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. In addition to her on-campus involvement, she also volunteered at animal shelters, the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and Boys and Girls Club of Union City.\r\n<blockquote>“Treasure can develop meaningful relationships and is an unapologetic leader,” wrote Anthony Prewitt, co-interim director for the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs, in his nomination letter.</blockquote>\r\n“Treasure can develop meaningful relationships and is an unapologetic leader,” wrote Anthony Prewitt, co-interim director for the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs, in his nomination letter. “She looks for ways to bridge the gap across organizations and cultures.”\r\n\r\nChurch, a political science graduate and SGA president, has been involved in leadership and service from the very start at UT Martin. She served as the president for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature and a First-Year Initiative PEP leader for the College of Business and Global Affairs. In the midst of the pandemic, Church pioneered the We Feed Weakley Thanksgiving Dinner Project. This student-led initiative raised $5,000 in donations and provided 100 families with a Thanksgiving meal. Her volunteer and leadership roles did not go unnoticed. In May 2021, she was named Student Leader of the Year for her dedication and involvement in student organizations.\r\n<blockquote>“While Sidney’s resume is impressive for someone her age, what is even more impressive is what can’t be shown on a resume – her true character.”</blockquote>\r\n“From her first day on campus, she has sought to be involved and make a difference for her fellow students,” said Rachel Stephens, interim director for the Office of Student Life. “While Sidney’s resume is impressive for someone her age, what is even more impressive is what can’t be shown on a resume – her true character.”\r\n\r\nFerrell, a biology graduate, served as a resident assistant for the Office of Housing and eventually became a team captain demonstrating a strong work ethic and leadership skills. During the pandemic, he volunteered to be one of five resident assistants to remain on campus to help with the university’s immediate response plan. While earning his bachelor’s degree in environmental biology, he conducted and presented research to the Tennessee Academy of Science and the Association of Southeastern Biologist Conference. As a senior research technician intern, he trained in backpack electro-fishing and water chemistry measurements.\r\n<blockquote>“Between being a team captain for the Office of Housing, supporting professors on campus in their academic research, and finding time to be an exemplary student, Mason has demonstrated all the qualities recognized in the criteria for the Paul and Martha Meek Award,” said Laura Kepler, hall director for the Office of Housing.</blockquote>\r\n“Between being a team captain for the Office of Housing, supporting professors on campus in their academic research, and finding time to be an exemplary student, Mason has demonstrated all the qualities recognized in the criteria for the Paul and Martha Meek Award,” said Laura Kepler, hall director for the Office of Housing.\r\n\r\nDr. Paul Meek served the UT Martin campus as executive officer, dean, UT vice president/chancellor from 1934 to 1967. This award was originally established and funded by the three Meek children to honor their parents. The Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award is the only award given during commencement each semester.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Howard, Church, Ferrell receive Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award at UT Martin','Treasure Howard, of Murfreesboro, Sidney Church, of Santa Fe, and Mason Ferrell, of Pegram, received the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award during the University of Tennessee at Martin spring 2022 commencement Saturday, May 7. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4001-revision-v1','','','2022-05-13 16:05:09','2022-05-13 21:05:09','',4001,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/13/4001-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4004,7,'2022-05-16 09:16:21','2022-05-16 14:16:21','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CT, Friday, May 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. The meeting is open to the public and will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/abmeeting\">www.utm.edu/abmeeting</a> and archived for later viewing.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Faculty and student appointments to the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Campus Master Plan and University Advancement updates</li>\r\n 	<li>Budget Overview and Recommendation for approval</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of the UT Martin Advisory Board chair</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>  or by contacting Bud Grimes, Office of University Relations, at <a href=\"mailto:rgrimes@utm.edu\">rgrimes@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this meeting can contact Grimes to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact can be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CT, Wednesday, May 18.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet May 20','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CT, Friday, May 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-advisory-board-to-meet-may-20','','','2022-05-16 09:16:31','2022-05-16 14:16:31','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4004',0,'post','',0),(4005,7,'2022-05-16 09:15:24','2022-05-16 14:15:24','','01212022_AdvisoryBoardMeeting018','In this file photo, board member Hal Bynum, of Sharon, addresses UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during the board’s 2022 winter meeting Jan. 21. ','inherit','closed','closed','','01212022_advisoryboardmeeting018','','','2022-05-16 09:16:12','2022-05-16 14:16:12','',4004,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/01212022_AdvisoryBoardMeeting018.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4006,7,'2022-05-16 09:16:21','2022-05-16 14:16:21','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CT, Friday, May 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. The meeting is open to the public and will also be available for public viewing via livestream at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/abmeeting\">www.utm.edu/abmeeting</a> and archived for later viewing.\r\n\r\nAgenda items include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Faculty and student appointments to the board</li>\r\n 	<li>Campus Master Plan and University Advancement updates</li>\r\n 	<li>Budget Overview and Recommendation for approval</li>\r\n 	<li>Election of the UT Martin Advisory Board chair</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe full agenda and associated meeting materials are available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>  or by contacting Bud Grimes, Office of University Relations, at <a href=\"mailto:rgrimes@utm.edu\">rgrimes@utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a disability or otherwise needing assistance in connection with this meeting can contact Grimes to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact can be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. CT, Wednesday, May 18.\r\n\r\nThe University of Tennessee at Martin also distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with providing adequate public notice.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Advisory Board to meet May 20','The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board will hold its annual summer meeting at 1 p.m. CT, Friday, May 20, in Room 206 of the Boling University Center. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4004-revision-v1','','','2022-05-16 09:16:21','2022-05-16 14:16:21','',4004,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/16/4004-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4008,7,'2022-05-19 10:31:08','2022-05-19 15:31:08','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony is set for 9 a.m., Friday, May 27, in the north plaza between the Boling University Center and the Paul Meek Library on the university’s main campus. The event is open to the public and will also be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube/utmartin\">www.youtube/utmartin</a>. U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) will be among those attending and will offer comments, and Col. Michael Banks, of Brownsville, a judge advocate general for the Tennessee Army National Guard, will be the guest speaker.\r\n\r\nKustoff is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The University of Memphis and University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law graduate is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and serves on two subcommittees: Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions and Oversight and Investigations. Banks has served in the Tennessee National Guard since January 2003, is the Haywood County Community Hospital CEO, and was appointed in November 2021to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee, which will oversee Ford Motor Company’s Blue Oval City assembly plant. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Knoxville, a law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, and a master’s degree from the U.S. Army War College. He is a UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program graduate.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the speakers, the program will include presentation of the colors by the UT Martin Army ROTC Skyhawk Battalion; the national anthem sung by UT Martin student Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi; the invocation and benediction by Chaplin Debra McGuire, U.S. Navy (ret.); and a 21-gun salute presented jointly by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and the Martin Police Department. Taps will be played by UT Martin students James McGregor, of Martin, and Brayden Campbell, of Huntingdon.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in service to the United State of America. The observance was originally named Decoration Day in 1868, changed to Memorial Day in 1882 and declared a national holiday in 1971.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In case of inclement weather, the program will be moved to Watkins Auditorium located inside the Boling University Center. For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Kustoff, Banks to speak May 27 at Memorial Day Commemoration','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony is set for 9 a.m., Friday, May 27, in the north plaza between the Boling University Center and the Paul Meek Library on the university’s main campus.','publish','closed','closed','','kustoff-banks-to-speak-may-27-at-memorial-day-commemoration','','','2022-05-19 10:33:38','2022-05-19 15:33:38','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4008',0,'post','',0),(4009,7,'2022-05-19 10:30:22','2022-05-19 15:30:22','','06032021_FieldOfFlags016 (1)','An image of the American flag is pictured in this file photo taken at the 2021 Field of Flags at the UT Martin main campus. ','inherit','closed','closed','','06032021_fieldofflags016-1','','','2022-05-19 10:30:52','2022-05-19 15:30:52','',4008,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/06032021_FieldOfFlags016-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4010,7,'2022-05-19 10:31:08','2022-05-19 15:31:08','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony is set for 9 a.m., Friday, May 27, in the north plaza between the Boling University Center and the Paul Meek Library on the university’s main campus. The event is open to the public and will also be livestreamed at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube/utmartin\">www.youtube/utmartin</a>. U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) will be among those attending and will offer comments, and Col. Michael Banks, of Brownsville, a judge advocate general for the Tennessee Army National Guard, will be the guest speaker.\r\n\r\nKustoff is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The University of Memphis and University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law graduate is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and serves on two subcommittees: Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions and Oversight and Investigations. Banks has served in the Tennessee National Guard since January 2003, is the Haywood County Community Hospital CEO, and was appointed in November 2021to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee, which will oversee Ford Motor Company’s Blue Oval City assembly plant. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UT Knoxville, a law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, and a master’s degree from the U.S. Army War College. He is a UT Martin WestStar Leadership Program graduate.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the speakers, the program will include presentation of the colors by the UT Martin Army ROTC Skyhawk Battalion; the national anthem sung by UT Martin student Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi; the invocation and benediction by Chaplin Debra McGuire, U.S. Navy (ret.); and a 21-gun salute presented jointly by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and the Martin Police Department. Taps will be played by UT Martin students James McGregor, of Martin, and Brayden Campbell, of Huntingdon.\r\n\r\nMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May and serves to honor those who have died in service to the United State of America. The observance was originally named Decoration Day in 1868, changed to Memorial Day in 1882 and declared a national holiday in 1971.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In case of inclement weather, the program will be moved to Watkins Auditorium located inside the Boling University Center. For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Kustoff, Banks to speak May 27 at Memorial Day Commemoration','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony is set for 9 a.m., Friday, May 27, in the north plaza between the Boling University Center and the Paul Meek Library on the university’s main campus.','inherit','closed','closed','','4008-revision-v1','','','2022-05-19 10:31:08','2022-05-19 15:31:08','',4008,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/19/4008-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4011,7,'2022-05-20 08:10:41','2022-05-20 13:10:41','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach is offering a series of online ACT prep courses throughout the summer for students and teachers preparing for the tests. UT Martin’s ACT prep workshops and courses are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education and are free to Tennessee high school students and teachers. All courses will be held over Zoom, so participants must have access to a computer with audio and video capabilities.\r\n\r\nACT Success Tactics Workshops will teach students strategies for managing questions and saving time in English and Reading and Math and Science Reasoning. At the end of the course, students also receive a detailed plan for practice opportunities to further improve their test scores. Each course is held during a two-hour period. To see when these workshops will be offered, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/actprep\">www.utm.edu/actprep</a>.\r\n\r\nUniversity Outreach is also offering Mastery Classes from 5-7 p.m., June 6-9 and June 27-30, which provide expanded and in-depth ACT prep instruction. Students can take a full practice exam and learn strategies not taught in the success tactics workshops. Students are expected to attend all four sessions.\r\n\r\nUniversity Outreach will be offering ACT Deep Dive: Exploring Geometry and Algebra In-Depth workshops from 5-7 p.m., June 15 and July 5. Students will review formulas from earlier high school math courses and how to utilize them on the exam’s word problems. The workshops also include a comprehensive review of the geometry and algebra problems covered on the exam.\r\n\r\nACT workshops for teachers will be offered from 1-3 p.m., July 27 and Aug. 3. Each two-hour session teaches educators how to access and understand their school’s ACT data, what resources are available to them, how to connect lessons to ACT standards, as well as how to help students study for the test, prepare for potential challenges and efficiently work through test questions. Teachers can receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session.\r\n\r\nUT Martin adjunct faculty member and author Alex Beene will teach the courses. Beene currently serves as a lead instructor for Tennessee Adult Education in three counties and works primarily with rising high school juniors and seniors needing academic help with standardized testing.\r\n\r\nParticipants must register before the session. For more information, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/actprep\">www.utm.edu/actprep</a>  or contact Jennifer Cooper at jlcooper@utm.edu.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin to provide series of ACT prep courses','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach is offering a series of online ACT prep courses throughout the summer for students and teachers preparing for the tests.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-to-provide-series-of-act-prep-courses','','','2022-05-20 08:12:57','2022-05-20 13:12:57','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4011',0,'post','',0),(4012,7,'2022-05-20 08:08:39','2022-05-20 13:08:39','','ACTStoryGraphic-2-1200x900','','inherit','closed','closed','','actstorygraphic-2-1200x900','','','2022-05-20 08:08:39','2022-05-20 13:08:39','',4011,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ACTStoryGraphic-2-1200x900.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4013,7,'2022-05-20 08:10:41','2022-05-20 13:10:41','The University of Tennessee at Martin Office of University Outreach is offering a series of online ACT prep courses throughout the summer for students and teachers preparing for the tests. UT Martin’s ACT prep workshops and courses are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education and are free to Tennessee high school students and teachers. All courses will be held over Zoom, so participants must have access to a computer with audio and video capabilities.\r\n\r\nACT Success Tactics Workshops will teach students strategies for managing questions and saving time in English and Reading and Math and Science Reasoning. At the end of the course, students also receive a detailed plan for practice opportunities to further improve their test scores. Each course is held during a two-hour period. To see when these workshops will be offered, go to <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/actprep\">www.utm.edu/actprep</a>.\r\n\r\nUniversity Outreach is also offering Mastery Classes from 5-7 p.m., June 6-9 and June 27-30, which provide expanded and in-depth ACT prep instruction. Students can take a full practice exam and learn strategies not taught in the success tactics workshops. Students are expected to attend all four sessions.\r\n\r\nUniversity Outreach will be offering ACT Deep Dive: Exploring Geometry and Algebra In-Depth workshops from 5-7 p.m., June 15 and July 5. Students will review formulas from earlier high school math courses and how to utilize them on the exam’s word problems. The workshops also include a comprehensive review of the geometry and algebra problems covered on the exam.\r\n\r\nACT workshops for teachers will be offered from 1-3 p.m., July 27 and Aug. 3. Each two-hour session teaches educators how to access and understand their school’s ACT data, what resources are available to them, how to connect lessons to ACT standards, as well as how to help students study for the test, prepare for potential challenges and efficiently work through test questions. Teachers can receive one Professional Development Point (PDP) for attending a session.\r\n\r\nUT Martin adjunct faculty member and author Alex Beene will teach the courses. Beene currently serves as a lead instructor for Tennessee Adult Education in three counties and works primarily with rising high school juniors and seniors needing academic help with standardized testing.\r\n\r\nParticipants must register before the session. 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On Friday, June 10, the presentation will take place at the UT Martin Parsons Center, and on Tuesday, June 21, he will present at the UT Martin Somerville Center. All presentations will begin at 10 a.m.\r\n\r\nDisasters can leave possessions vulnerable to damage, which can be overwhelming for small archives and other cultural institutions. Richardson will explain best practices for taking a proactive approach to disaster preparation. Participants will learn how to create a disaster plan, set up an emergency kit, deal with damaged items, and locate helpful resources and organizations.\r\n\r\nThis workshop is open to the public and free of charge through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. RSVP is recommended but not required.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to RSVP, contact Sam Richardson at 731-881-7094 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:srichar12@utm.edu\">srichar12@utm.edu</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Disaster response for archives to be discussed in UT Martin workshops','A workshop titled “Disaster Response for Archives and Cultural Institutions” will be presented at three different locations throughout June by Sam Richardson, head of special collections and archives at the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Paul Meek Library. 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On Friday, June 10, the presentation will take place at the UT Martin Parsons Center, and on Tuesday, June 21, he will present at the UT Martin Somerville Center. All presentations will begin at 10 a.m.\r\n\r\nDisasters can leave possessions vulnerable to damage, which can be overwhelming for small archives and other cultural institutions. Richardson will explain best practices for taking a proactive approach to disaster preparation. Participants will learn how to create a disaster plan, set up an emergency kit, deal with damaged items, and locate helpful resources and organizations.\r\n\r\nThis workshop is open to the public and free of charge through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','advisory-board_5-2022','','','2022-05-23 15:02:47','2022-05-23 20:02:47','',4017,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Advisory-Board_5-2022.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4019,7,'2022-05-23 15:02:50','2022-05-23 20:02:50','Recommendations for no tuition or mandatory fee increases highlighted the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 2022-23 proposed budget that was presented and approved during the UT Martin Advisory Board summer meeting held May 20 in the Boling University Center. The proposed budget now goes to the UT Board of Trustees for consideration at the annual meeting June 23-24 in Knoxville. The advisory board meets three times annually and advises the university’s chancellor regarding operations and budget.\r\n\r\nPetra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented budget information that proposes $107.5 million in unrestricted budget funds and a total operating fund budget of $152.2 million. The funding includes a $4.6 million increase in state appropriations. This is the third year that no mandatory fee increases are recommended for UT Martin students.\r\n<blockquote>“Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.</blockquote>\r\nIn addition to the state’s funding support, McPhearson said that the university’s scholarship program is another key to controlling costs for students attending UT Martin. “Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.\r\n\r\nIn other business, the 10-year UT Martin Campus Master Plan was presented by DLR Group, an architecture and engineering design firm. Appearing via Zoom, DLR representatives previewed the plan for board members that will next go to the UT Board of Trustees for final review and approval. The plan addresses space needs and future development on the Martin campus. The plan was created through engagement and visioning meetings with students, faculty and staff as well as using information gathered from a campus-wide survey.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for university advancement, presented a fundraising report and recalled major accomplishments since his last presentation to the board in May 2021, which included acquisition of Wildwood Farm in Shelby County, the largest commitment in UT System history. He also noted the announcement of the university’s “RISE” capital fundraising campaign in September 2021 to raise $175 million. To date, the RISE Campaign has reached almost 92% of its goal through 12,832 donors with the campaign set to conclude June 30, 2023. “It’s been an exciting 26 months for me to be vice chancellor for university advancement, and we’re just getting started,” he said. “and you just saw the master plan that is going to be our foundation for the next 10 years as we are looking forward to our next campaign after ‘RISE.’”\r\n<blockquote>“When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nChancellor Keith Carver closed the meeting by reminding board members about the recent funding of UT Martin’s proposed TEST Hub by the Tennessee General Assembly, which he connected to the Blue Oval City development by Ford Motor Co. as a primary reason for legislative support of the project. The $18 million TEST Hub will be located on the west side of the main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. “When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.\r\n\r\nArt Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member board and was reelected during the meeting to his third term as chair. In other board-member updates, Dr. Anderson Starling will succeed Dr. Philip Smartt, professor of natural resources management, as faculty representative to the board. Starling is associate professor of political science and interim chair for the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science.\r\n\r\nAlso, Iman Ahmed, a junior political science major from Cordova, will follow Kelsea Koonce as the UT Martin student representative to the board. Koonce is a senior in agriculture business major from Newbern. The remaining board members are Hal Bynum, Sharon; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County.\r\n\r\nArchived meeting agendas, minutes and meeting webcasts, including the May 20 meeting webcast, are found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Select the “Agenda and Meeting Materials” menu link for archived content. Call the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional assistance or information.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UTM Advisory Board meeting covers FY \'23 budget, fundraising and master plan','','inherit','closed','closed','','4017-revision-v1','','','2022-05-23 15:02:50','2022-05-23 20:02:50','',4017,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/23/4017-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4020,7,'2022-05-23 15:04:54','2022-05-23 20:04:54','Recommendations for no tuition or mandatory fee increases highlighted the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 2022-23 proposed budget that was presented and approved during the UT Martin Advisory Board summer meeting held May 20 in the Boling University Center. The proposed budget now goes to the UT Board of Trustees for consideration at the annual meeting June 23-24 in Knoxville. The advisory board meets three times annually and advises the university’s chancellor regarding operations and budget.\n\nPetra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented budget information that proposes $107.5 million in unrestricted budget funds and a total operating fund budget of $152.2 million. The funding includes a $4.6 million increase in state appropriations. This is the third year that no mandatory fee increases are recommended for UT Martin students.\n<blockquote>“Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.</blockquote>\nIn addition to the state’s funding support, McPhearson said that the university’s scholarship program is another key to controlling costs for students attending UT Martin. “Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.\n\nIn other business, the 10-year UT Martin Campus Master Plan was presented by DLR Group, an architecture and engineering design firm. Appearing via Zoom, DLR representatives previewed the plan for board members that will next go to the UT Board of Trustees for final review and approval. The plan addresses space needs and future development on the Martin campus. The plan was created through engagement and visioning meetings with students, faculty and staff as well as using information gathered from a campus-wide survey.\n\nDr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for university advancement, presented a fundraising report and recalled major accomplishments since his last presentation to the board in May 2021, which included acquisition of Wildwood Farm in Shelby County, the largest commitment in UT System history. He also noted the announcement of the university’s “RISE” capital fundraising campaign in September 2021 to raise $175 million. To date, the RISE Campaign has reached almost 92% of its goal through 12,832 donors with the campaign set to conclude June 30, 2023. “It’s been an exciting 26 months for me to be vice chancellor for university advancement, and we’re just getting started,” he said. “and you just saw the master plan that is going to be our foundation for the next 10 years as we are looking forward to our next campaign after ‘RISE.’”\n<blockquote>“When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.</blockquote>\nChancellor Keith Carver closed the meeting by reminding board members about the recent funding of UT Martin’s proposed TEST Hub by the Tennessee General Assembly, which he connected to the Blue Oval City development by Ford Motor Co. as a primary reason for legislative support of the project. The $18 million TEST Hub will be located on the west side of the main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. “When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.\n\nArt Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member board and was reelected during the meeting to his third term as chair. In other board-member updates, Dr. Anderson Starling will succeed Dr. Philip Smartt, professor of natural resources management, as faculty representative to the board. Starling is associate professor of political science and interim chair for the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science.\n\nAlso, Iman Ahmed, a junior political science major from Cordova, will follow Kelsea Koonce as the UT Martin student representative to the board. Koonce is a senior in agriculture business major from Newbern. The remaining board members are Hal Bynum, Sharon; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County.\n\nArchived meeting agendas, minutes and meeting webcasts, including the May 20 meeting webcast, are found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Select the “Agenda and Meeting Materials” menu link for archived content. Call the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional assistance or information.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UTM Advisory Board meeting covers FY \'23 budget, fundraising and master plan','','inherit','closed','closed','','4017-autosave-v1','','','2022-05-23 15:04:54','2022-05-23 20:04:54','',4017,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/23/4017-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4021,7,'2022-05-24 12:16:06','2022-05-24 17:16:06','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe. As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and living on the only Native American reservation in the state of Tennessee, Jennings has received significant support from her fellow tribe members and the Native American Indian Association during her time as a student.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating high school, Jennings went through many life changes that did not allow her to finish her education right away. With raising four children, one with special needs, and working full-time, traditional in-person education was just not possible. She knew that she wanted to fulfill this goal not only for herself but also set an example for her family.\r\n<blockquote>“I wanted my kids to see that their mom went to college, their mom graduated, and if she could do it with all of us then we could do it too,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nJennings was looking for a program that offered an online degree with flexible course schedules to fit her busy life schedule and found that through UT Martin’s online degree programs. She had previously attended UT Martin through the Ripley Center and reached out again to register for the fall 2021 semester. Her praise for the staff and faculty at the Ripley Center not only included their assistance in setting up her online class schedules but also in finding scholarships and grants for her to help offset the cost of attendance.\r\n\r\nProviding her children with a better life was one of Jennings’ main motivations for earning her degree. “I just want them to realize how important education is, and that there are more opportunities with a degree,” Jennings said. When her mother’s family moved to Tennessee from the main reservation in Mississippi, she had to help with sharecropping and was unable to finish high school. Jennings noted that her mother has been one of her biggest supporters during this process and is extremely proud of her accomplishments as she is the first member of the family to obtain a post-secondary degree. Her family made sure to encourage her to participate in the commencement ceremonies to celebrate this achievement.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson. wp-image-4022 size-full\" title=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05072022_LaurenJennings002.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“I was very excited and thought I deserved it because of my hard work and dedication,” Jennings laughs. Jennings and her family attended the spring commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate her graduation.\r\n\r\nJennings currently works at Best Way Petroleum in Ripley and has recently been promoted now that she has earned a bachelor’s degree. “I am excited to apply myself in new ways and provide for my family.” Eventually, she would like to return to school and work toward a master’s degree. “I want to be an example for my kids and the people in our tribe to know that it is possible to work for your education,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe would like everyone to know that it is never too late to fulfill lifelong goals. “I have been in-and-out of school since I was 18 and I am almost 40, so it is truly never too late.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grad achieves lifelong goal, sets example for family and tribe','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe.','publish','closed','closed','','grad-achieves-lifelong-goal-sets-example-for-family-and-tribe','','','2022-05-24 12:18:43','2022-05-24 17:18:43','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4021',0,'post','',0),(4022,7,'2022-05-24 12:05:46','2022-05-24 17:05:46','','05072022_LaurenJennings002','Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson. 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As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and living on the only Native American reservation in the state of Tennessee, Jennings has received significant support from her fellow tribe members and the Native American Indian Association during her time as a student.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating high school, Jennings went through many life changes that did not allow her to finish her education right away. With raising four children, one with special needs, and working full-time, traditional in-person education was just not possible. She knew that she wanted to fulfill this goal not only for herself but also set an example for her family.\r\n<blockquote>“I wanted my kids to see that their mom went to college, their mom graduated, and if she could do it with all of us then we could do it too,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nJennings was looking for a program that offered an online degree with flexible course schedules to fit her busy life schedule and found that through UT Martin’s online degree programs. She had previously attended UT Martin through the Ripley Center and reached out again to register for the fall 2021 semester. Her praise for the staff and faculty at the Ripley Center not only included their assistance in setting up her online class schedules but also in finding scholarships and grants for her to help offset the cost of attendance.\r\n\r\nProviding her children with a better life was one of Jennings’ main motivations for earning her degree. “I just want them to realize how important education is, and that there are more opportunities with a degree,” Jennings said. When her mother’s family moved to Tennessee from the main reservation in Mississippi, she had to help with sharecropping and was unable to finish high school. Jennings noted that her mother has been one of her biggest supporters during this process and is extremely proud of her accomplishments as she is the first member of the family to obtain a post-secondary degree. Her family made sure to encourage her to participate in the commencement ceremonies to celebrate this achievement.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05072022_LaurenJennings002.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n“I was very excited and thought I deserved it because of my hard work and dedication,” Jennings laughs. Jennings and her family attended the spring commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate her graduation.\r\n\r\nJennings currently works at Best Way Petroleum in Ripley and has recently been promoted now that she has earned a bachelor’s degree. “I am excited to apply myself in new ways and provide for my family.” Eventually, she would like to return to school and work toward a master’s degree. “I want to be an example for my kids and the people in our tribe to know that it is possible to work for your education,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe would like everyone to know that it is never too late to fulfill lifelong goals. “I have been in-and-out of school since I was 18 and I am almost 40, so it is truly never too late.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','','','inherit','closed','closed','','4021-revision-v1','','','2022-05-24 12:16:06','2022-05-24 17:16:06','',4021,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/24/4021-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4025,7,'2022-05-24 12:17:45','2022-05-24 17:17:45','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe. As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and living on the only Native American reservation in the state of Tennessee, Jennings has received significant support from her fellow tribe members and the Native American Indian Association during her time as a student.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating high school, Jennings went through many life changes that did not allow her to finish her education right away. With raising four children, one with special needs, and working full-time, traditional in-person education was just not possible. She knew that she wanted to fulfill this goal not only for herself but also set an example for her family.\r\n<blockquote>“I wanted my kids to see that their mom went to college, their mom graduated, and if she could do it with all of us then we could do it too,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nJennings was looking for a program that offered an online degree with flexible course schedules to fit her busy life schedule and found that through UT Martin’s online degree programs. She had previously attended UT Martin through the Ripley Center and reached out again to register for the fall 2021 semester. Her praise for the staff and faculty at the Ripley Center not only included their assistance in setting up her online class schedules but also in finding scholarships and grants for her to help offset the cost of attendance.\r\n\r\nProviding her children with a better life was one of Jennings’ main motivations for earning her degree. “I just want them to realize how important education is, and that there are more opportunities with a degree,” Jennings said. When her mother’s family moved to Tennessee from the main reservation in Mississippi, she had to help with sharecropping and was unable to finish high school. Jennings noted that her mother has been one of her biggest supporters during this process and is extremely proud of her accomplishments as she is the first member of the family to obtain a post-secondary degree. Her family made sure to encourage her to participate in the commencement ceremonies to celebrate this achievement.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson. wp-image-4022 size-full\" title=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05072022_LaurenJennings002.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“I was very excited and thought I deserved it because of my hard work and dedication,” Jennings laughs. Jennings and her family attended the spring commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate her graduation.\r\n\r\nJennings currently works at Best Way Petroleum in Ripley and has recently been promoted now that she has earned a bachelor’s degree. “I am excited to apply myself in new ways and provide for my family.” Eventually, she would like to return to school and work toward a master’s degree. “I want to be an example for my kids and the people in our tribe to know that it is possible to work for your education,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe would like everyone to know that it is never too late to fulfill lifelong goals. “I have been in-and-out of school since I was 18 and I am almost 40, so it is truly never too late.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grad achieves lifelong goal, sets example for family and tribe','','inherit','closed','closed','','4021-autosave-v1','','','2022-05-24 12:17:45','2022-05-24 17:17:45','',4021,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/24/4021-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4026,7,'2022-05-24 12:17:52','2022-05-24 17:17:52','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe. As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and living on the only Native American reservation in the state of Tennessee, Jennings has received significant support from her fellow tribe members and the Native American Indian Association during her time as a student.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating high school, Jennings went through many life changes that did not allow her to finish her education right away. With raising four children, one with special needs, and working full-time, traditional in-person education was just not possible. She knew that she wanted to fulfill this goal not only for herself but also set an example for her family.\r\n<blockquote>“I wanted my kids to see that their mom went to college, their mom graduated, and if she could do it with all of us then we could do it too,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nJennings was looking for a program that offered an online degree with flexible course schedules to fit her busy life schedule and found that through UT Martin’s online degree programs. She had previously attended UT Martin through the Ripley Center and reached out again to register for the fall 2021 semester. Her praise for the staff and faculty at the Ripley Center not only included their assistance in setting up her online class schedules but also in finding scholarships and grants for her to help offset the cost of attendance.\r\n\r\nProviding her children with a better life was one of Jennings’ main motivations for earning her degree. “I just want them to realize how important education is, and that there are more opportunities with a degree,” Jennings said. When her mother’s family moved to Tennessee from the main reservation in Mississippi, she had to help with sharecropping and was unable to finish high school. Jennings noted that her mother has been one of her biggest supporters during this process and is extremely proud of her accomplishments as she is the first member of the family to obtain a post-secondary degree. Her family made sure to encourage her to participate in the commencement ceremonies to celebrate this achievement.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson. wp-image-4022 size-full\" title=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05072022_LaurenJennings002.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“I was very excited and thought I deserved it because of my hard work and dedication,” Jennings laughs. Jennings and her family attended the spring commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate her graduation.\r\n\r\nJennings currently works at Best Way Petroleum in Ripley and has recently been promoted now that she has earned a bachelor’s degree. “I am excited to apply myself in new ways and provide for my family.” Eventually, she would like to return to school and work toward a master’s degree. “I want to be an example for my kids and the people in our tribe to know that it is possible to work for your education,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe would like everyone to know that it is never too late to fulfill lifelong goals. “I have been in-and-out of school since I was 18 and I am almost 40, so it is truly never too late.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grad achieves lifelong goal, sets example for family and tribe','','inherit','closed','closed','','4021-revision-v1','','','2022-05-24 12:17:52','2022-05-24 17:17:52','',4021,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/24/4021-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4027,7,'2022-05-24 12:18:43','2022-05-24 17:18:43','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe. As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and living on the only Native American reservation in the state of Tennessee, Jennings has received significant support from her fellow tribe members and the Native American Indian Association during her time as a student.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating high school, Jennings went through many life changes that did not allow her to finish her education right away. With raising four children, one with special needs, and working full-time, traditional in-person education was just not possible. She knew that she wanted to fulfill this goal not only for herself but also set an example for her family.\r\n<blockquote>“I wanted my kids to see that their mom went to college, their mom graduated, and if she could do it with all of us then we could do it too,” she said.</blockquote>\r\nJennings was looking for a program that offered an online degree with flexible course schedules to fit her busy life schedule and found that through UT Martin’s online degree programs. She had previously attended UT Martin through the Ripley Center and reached out again to register for the fall 2021 semester. Her praise for the staff and faculty at the Ripley Center not only included their assistance in setting up her online class schedules but also in finding scholarships and grants for her to help offset the cost of attendance.\r\n\r\nProviding her children with a better life was one of Jennings’ main motivations for earning her degree. “I just want them to realize how important education is, and that there are more opportunities with a degree,” Jennings said. When her mother’s family moved to Tennessee from the main reservation in Mississippi, she had to help with sharecropping and was unable to finish high school. Jennings noted that her mother has been one of her biggest supporters during this process and is extremely proud of her accomplishments as she is the first member of the family to obtain a post-secondary degree. Her family made sure to encourage her to participate in the commencement ceremonies to celebrate this achievement.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4022\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"3000\"]<img class=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson. wp-image-4022 size-full\" title=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" src=\"https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05072022_LaurenJennings002.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" /> Celebrating her achievement were (back row) husband, Barry, and son Kayden Neal; (front row l, r) son Elijah Neal, Jennings, son Kyren, daughter-in-law, Lillianna Morgan; and (front) daughter, Adyson.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“I was very excited and thought I deserved it because of my hard work and dedication,” Jennings laughs. Jennings and her family attended the spring commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate her graduation.\r\n\r\nJennings currently works at Best Way Petroleum in Ripley and has recently been promoted now that she has earned a bachelor’s degree. “I am excited to apply myself in new ways and provide for my family.” Eventually, she would like to return to school and work toward a master’s degree. “I want to be an example for my kids and the people in our tribe to know that it is possible to work for your education,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe would like everyone to know that it is never too late to fulfill lifelong goals. “I have been in-and-out of school since I was 18 and I am almost 40, so it is truly never too late.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Grad achieves lifelong goal, sets example for family and tribe','For Lauren Jennings, of Henning, completing her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Tennessee at Martin was not only a point of pride for her family, but also her entire tribe.','inherit','closed','closed','','4021-revision-v1','','','2022-05-24 12:18:43','2022-05-24 17:18:43','',4021,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/24/4021-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4054,7,'2022-06-03 15:37:18','2022-06-03 20:37:18','Jimmy Tosh is known as a successful businessman and family farmer through his association with Tosh Family Farms in Henry, Tennessee. He’s also known for his generosity and his support for his alma mater, the University of Tennessee at Martin. Tosh was recognized May 5 when the Tosh Family Classroom was officially named during an early afternoon program in UT Martin’s Brehm Hall. The event included Tosh, family members and university Chancellor Keith Carver.\r\n\r\nTosh studied animal science, graduated from the university in 1972 and has managed the family business since receiving his degree. He and his wife, Alonna, have two sons, Jonathan and Jamey, both partners in the business. Jamey is a 2002 UT Martin agriculture graduate and 2020 WestStar Leadership Program graduate. The company’s website notes that Tosh Farms includes 18,000 acres of land, half of which is company owned. The other half is leased from 83 landowners in the Henry area. Tosh Pork cares for approximately 36,000 sows that produce more than 930,000 market hogs annually. Tosh Farms is currently the largest pork producer in Tennessee and the 30<sup>th</sup> largest pork producer in the U.S.\r\n\r\nDr. Todd Winters, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences dean, told the audience gathered to honor Tosh that he’s known first for his farming family. “Father, family man, grandfather, husband – it’s definitely a family operation at Tosh Farms,” he said. “And I know it’s not easy.” However, Winters said that Tosh’s identity goes well beyond his business success.\r\n<blockquote>“Humanitarian, advocate, even in some cases, activist, and you know the Tosh family are known especially in Henry County but throughout Northwest Tennessee of feeding people when they’re hungry,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“Humanitarian, advocate, even in some cases, activist, and you know the Tosh family are known especially in Henry County but throughout Northwest Tennessee of feeding people when they’re hungry,” he said. “They’re known for giving people chances that have maybe made some mistakes in their life and will give them a job if they’re willing to work. There’s not a lot of people like that around.” Winters then told how Tosh and his family have supported the university’s agricultural programs, including student research and travel to the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences.\r\n<blockquote>“Jimmy and the Tosh family have generously supported UT Martin as they have been instrumental in the success of Captain’s Challenge, providing $50,000 in matching funds for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences for the past several years,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nCarver built on the university-support theme and recognized all that has been done for by the Henry County family, especially supporting the annual UT Martin Captain’s Challenge fundraiser. “Jimmy and the Tosh family have generously supported UT Martin as they have been instrumental in the success of Captain’s Challenge, providing $50,000 in matching funds for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences for the past several years,” Carver said. “Folks, that investment – when you put out that investment, that challenge match – that gets people excited,” Carver said. “It makes them want to give and turn their money into something great. Because of their leadership in the agriculture industry and their very generous support of UT Martin, today we would like to dedicate the Tosh Family Classroom at UT Martin.”\r\n\r\nTosh was grateful for the recognition and joked that it was nicer “to have a classroom named after you than a tombstone.” On a more serious note, he later talked about his family’s history in the farming business and how UT Martin had impacted his life for the better. “Going to college really teaches you to think and how to deal with people. That was a great experience here,” Tosh said following the event.\r\n\r\nTosh added that the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences means a lot to him personally and to the region. “It’s been (the college) a great influence on West Tennessee when considering agriculture,” he said. “I’ve got good friends that went to school here and have gone back into agriculture in this area. .... Plus, it’s been a real resource for us, and it’s always helped our farm.”\r\n\r\nTosh family gifts and pledges have benefited both the University of Tennessee and UT Martin. The naming of university facilities and other assets follows a policy adopted in 2010 by the UT Board of Trustees.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin classroom named for Tosh family','Jimmy Tosh is known as a successful businessman and family farmer through his association with Tosh Family Farms in Henry, Tennessee. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-classroom-named-for-tosh-family','','','2022-06-03 15:37:56','2022-06-03 20:37:56','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4054',0,'post','',0),(4029,7,'2022-05-24 16:07:39','2022-05-24 21:07:39','Recommendations for no tuition or mandatory fee increases highlighted the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 2022-23 proposed budget that was presented and approved during the UT Martin Advisory Board summer meeting held May 20 in the Boling University Center. The proposed budget now goes to the UT Board of Trustees for consideration at the annual meeting June 23-24 in Knoxville. The advisory board meets three times annually and advises the university’s chancellor regarding operations and budget.\r\n\r\nPetra McPhearson, senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented budget information that proposes $107.5 million in unrestricted budget funds and a total operating fund budget of $152.2 million. The funding includes a $4.6 million increase in state appropriations. This is the third year that no mandatory fee increases are recommended for UT Martin students.\r\n<blockquote>“Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.</blockquote>\r\nIn addition to the state’s funding support, McPhearson said that the university’s scholarship program is another key to controlling costs for students attending UT Martin. “Our scholarship program is something that we need to ensure that we fund and continue to provide affordability for our students to be here at the university,” McPhearson said.\r\n\r\nIn other business, the 10-year UT Martin Campus Master Plan was presented by DLR Group, an architecture and engineering design firm. Appearing via Zoom, DLR representatives previewed the plan for board members that will next go to the UT Board of Trustees for final review and approval. The plan addresses space needs and future development on the Martin campus. The plan was created through engagement and visioning meetings with students, faculty and staff as well as using information gathered from a campus-wide survey.\r\n\r\nDr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for university advancement, presented a fundraising report and recalled major accomplishments since his last presentation to the board in May 2021, which included acquisition of Wildwood Farm in Shelby County, the largest commitment in UT System history. He also noted the announcement of the university’s “RISE” capital fundraising campaign in September 2021 to raise $175 million. To date, the RISE Campaign has reached almost 92% of its goal through 12,832 donors with the campaign set to conclude June 30, 2023. “It’s been an exciting 26 months for me to be vice chancellor for university advancement, and we’re just getting started,” he said. “and you just saw the master plan that is going to be our foundation for the next 10 years as we are looking forward to our next campaign after ‘RISE.’”\r\n<blockquote>“When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nChancellor Keith Carver closed the meeting by reminding board members about the recent funding of UT Martin’s proposed TEST Hub by the Tennessee General Assembly, which he connected to the Blue Oval City development by Ford Motor Co. as a primary reason for legislative support of the project. The $18 million TEST Hub will be located on the west side of the main campus and combine educational facilities, entrepreneurial centers and manufacturing workshops surrounding a shared industrial maker space. “When we look at the future of UT Martin … and the outlook for West Tennessee – I just think it’s really bright when we think about all these new jobs and new people that are going to be coming into this area for those jobs,” Carver said.\r\n\r\nArt Sparks, of Union City, chairs the seven-member board and was reelected during the meeting to his third term as chair. In other board-member updates, Dr. Anderson Starling will succeed Dr. Philip Smartt, professor of natural resources management, as faculty representative to the board. Starling is associate professor of political science and interim chair for the Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science.\r\n\r\nAlso, Iman Ahmed, a junior political science major from Cordova, will follow Kelsea Koonce as the UT Martin student representative to the board. Koonce is a senior in agriculture business major from Newbern. The remaining board members are Hal Bynum, Sharon; Monice Hagler, Memphis; Julia Wells, Jackson; and Johnny Woolfolk, Madison County.\r\n\r\nArchived meeting agendas, minutes and meeting webcasts, including the May 20 meeting webcast, are found at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/advisoryboard\">www.utm.edu/advisoryboard</a>. Select the “Agenda and Meeting Materials” menu link for archived content. Call the UT Martin Office of University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional assistance or information.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UTM Advisory Board meeting covers FY \'23 budget, fundraising and master plan','Recommendations for no tuition or mandatory fee increases highlighted the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 2022-23 proposed budget that was presented and approved during the UT Martin Advisory Board summer meeting held May 20 in the Boling University Center.','inherit','closed','closed','','4017-revision-v1','','','2022-05-24 16:07:39','2022-05-24 21:07:39','',4017,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/24/4017-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4030,7,'2022-05-25 16:56:56','2022-05-25 21:56:56','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. However, his years of service and ultimate sacrifice were memorialized May 24 when the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin, was officially named for the fallen officer. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died of an illness in 1997.\r\n\r\nSeventeen retired DPD officers from Bromley’s police academy class and who worked with him in the narcotics unit attended the event. Among the DPD retirees paying tribute to Bromley was Martin native Rick Hatler, a UT Martin graduate and Bromley’s commanding officer in the narcotics unit at the time of Bromley’s death. Additionally, seven current DPD officers attended and included the four-officer DPD Honor Guard. Also attending were Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, her husband, Brad, and their daughter, Amy. Nancy and Brad live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe event was emceed by Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and included the presentation of the colors by the DPD Honor Guard, welcoming comments from university Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, was the keynote speaker. Green retired in 2008 as deputy chief of the Knoxville Police Department. A ribbon cutting concluded the event.\r\n<blockquote>“He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said.</blockquote>\r\nDonavant visited with Dallas attendees at dinner Monday evening, and although he never personally knew Bromley, he learned much about him through stories told by those who did. “He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said. “And when the Dallas Police Department was recruiting in Martin all those many years ago, he answered that call.” Bromley proceeded to live a life of service in Dallas that is still remembered. “He made a profound impact on his classmates at the police academy,” Donavant said. “He made a profound impact on the officers, the colleagues that he worked with through his career, and I am so privileged to be able to say that Larry continues to make an impact today all these many years later.”\r\n<blockquote>“There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.”</blockquote>\r\nGreen’s long and successful law-enforcement career and the opportunity to meet those who knew Bromley caused him to echo Donavant’s sentiments about the fallen officer. “There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.” He directed his closing words to those who knew Bromley best: “I am so proud, and I\'m honored that you came, and you continue to advocate for your brother.”\r\n\r\nAlbert Martinez, DPD executive assistant chief, recognized members present from Bromley’s 1981 police academy class, as well as police officers from around the region who attended the event. “We all hurt when we fall,” he said. “We all hurt.” He noted the increasingly complex job that law-enforcement professionals face, which means that more and better-trained officers are needed. “And so here, I hope, that in the Larry Bromley Training Center, we will continue to see those seeds being planted and more serve,” Martinez said. “Those hearts of service will continue to push forward. I also want to say that for Larry, you know, for us officers, we\'re all willing to go into the line of fire.”\r\n\r\nNancy Ray was deeply moved by the show of support for her late brother and especially from those who traveled long distances to honor his memory. “Well, it just makes us proud of Larry and everything that he did and makes me proud of my university that they\'ve chosen to honor him with this,” she said following the ribbon cutting. “We\'re just amazed at the number of people that came from Dallas,” she said. “Most of them, I might have heard their names from Larry, but I didn\'t know any of them. So, it\'s amazing to see how many lives he touched.” (more)\r\n\r\nSpace for the Bromley Training Center is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project. One hundred twenty-seven officers and community members have received training at the newly named center since the facility opened in March.\r\n\r\nSpecial police challenge coins were created to commemorate the training center’s naming. The Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center challenge coin is struck in official university colors and displays on the obverse the name of the training center, the date it was established and the UTM Criminal Justice wordmark recognizing Bromley’s status as an alumnus.\r\n\r\nThe reverse includes Sir Robert Peel’s policing principle “The Police Are The Public and The Public Are The Police” and the UTM criminal justice slogan “Together As One,” which reflects the interconnectedness of police and the citizenry they are sworn to serve. Every officer who completes training at the center will receive a coin commemorating Bromley’s legacy of community service and sacrifice, reinforcing each officer’s obligation to continue that service. <strong>            </strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Bromley Training Center naming memorializes fallen officer','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. ','publish','closed','closed','','bromley-training-center-naming-memorializes-fallen-officer','','','2022-06-06 14:54:30','2022-06-06 19:54:30','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4030',0,'post','',0),(4031,7,'2022-05-25 16:54:28','2022-05-25 21:54:28','','Bromley001','Nancy Ray, sister of the late Larry Bromley, prepares to cut the ribbon to mark the naming of the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin. Pictured (l, r) are UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver, Amy Ray, Mayor Randy Brundige, Nancy and Brad Ray, and Don Green.  ','inherit','closed','closed','','bromley001','','','2022-05-25 16:56:01','2022-05-25 21:56:01','',4030,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Bromley001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4032,7,'2022-05-25 16:56:56','2022-05-25 21:56:56','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. However, his years of service and ultimate sacrifice were memorialized May 24 when the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin, was officially named for the fallen officer. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died of an illness in 1997.\r\n\r\nSeventeen retired DPD officers from Bromley’s police academy class and who worked with him in the narcotics unit attended the event. Among the DPD retirees paying tribute to Bromley was Martin native Rick Hatler, a UT Martin graduate and Bromley’s commanding officer in the narcotics unit at the time of Bromley’s death. Additionally, seven current DPD officers attended and included the four-officer DPD Honor Guard. Also attending were Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, her husband, Brad, and their daughter, Amy. Nancy and Brad live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe event was emceed by Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and included the presentation of the colors by the DPD Honor Guard, welcoming comments from university Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, was the keynote speaker. Green retired in 2008 as deputy chief of the Knoxville Police Department. A ribbon cutting concluded the event.\r\n\r\nDonavant visited with Dallas attendees at dinner Monday evening, and although he never personally knew Bromley, he learned much about him through stories told by those who did. “He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said. “And when the Dallas Police Department was recruiting in Martin all those many years ago, he answered that call.” Bromley proceeded to live a life of service in Dallas that is still remembered. “He made a profound impact on his classmates at the police academy,” Donavant said. “He made a profound impact on the officers, the colleagues that he worked with through his career, and I am so privileged to be able to say that Larry continues to make an impact today all these many years later.”\r\n\r\nGreen’s long and successful law-enforcement career and the opportunity to meet those who knew Bromley caused him to echo Donavant’s sentiments about the fallen officer. “There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.” He directed his closing words to those who knew Bromley best: “I am so proud, and I\'m honored that you came, and you continue to advocate for your brother.”\r\n\r\nAlbert Martinez, DPD executive assistant chief, recognized members present from Bromley’s 1981 police academy class, as well as police officers from around the region who attended the event. “We all hurt when we fall,” he said. “We all hurt.” He noted the increasingly complex job that law-enforcement professionals face, which means that more and better-trained officers are needed. “And so here, I hope, that in the Larry Bromley Training Center, we will continue to see those seeds being planted and more serve,” Martinez said. “Those hearts of service will continue to push forward. I also want to say that for Larry, you know, for us officers, we\'re all willing to go into the line of fire.”\r\n\r\nNancy Ray was deeply moved by the show of support for her late brother and especially from those who traveled long distances to honor his memory. “Well, it just makes us proud of Larry and everything that he did and makes me proud of my university that they\'ve chosen to honor him with this,” she said following the ribbon cutting. “We\'re just amazed at the number of people that came from Dallas,” she said. “Most of them, I might have heard their names from Larry, but I didn\'t know any of them. So, it\'s amazing to see how many lives he touched.” (more)\r\n\r\nSpace for the Bromley Training Center is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project. One hundred twenty-seven officers and community members have received training at the newly named center since the facility opened in March.\r\n\r\nSpecial police challenge coins were created to commemorate the training center’s naming. The Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center challenge coin is stuck in official university colors and displays on the obverse the name of the training center, the date it was established and the UTM Criminal Justice wordmark recognizing Bromley’s status as an alumnus.\r\n\r\nThe reverse includes Sir Robert Peel’s policing principle “The Police Are The Public and The Public Are The Police” and the UTM criminal justice slogan “Together As One,” which reflects the interconnectedness of police and the citizenry they are sworn to serve. Every officer who completes training at the center will receive a coin commemorating Bromley’s legacy of community service and sacrifice, reinforcing each officer’s obligation to continue that service. <strong>            </strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Bromley Training Center naming memorializes fallen officer','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4030-revision-v1','','','2022-05-25 16:56:56','2022-05-25 21:56:56','',4030,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/25/4030-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4033,7,'2022-05-25 17:04:48','2022-05-25 22:04:48','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. However, his years of service and ultimate sacrifice were memorialized May 24 when the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin, was officially named for the fallen officer. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died of an illness in 1997.\r\n\r\nSeventeen retired DPD officers from Bromley’s police academy class and who worked with him in the narcotics unit attended the event. Among the DPD retirees paying tribute to Bromley was Martin native Rick Hatler, a UT Martin graduate and Bromley’s commanding officer in the narcotics unit at the time of Bromley’s death. Additionally, seven current DPD officers attended and included the four-officer DPD Honor Guard. Also attending were Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, her husband, Brad, and their daughter, Amy. Nancy and Brad live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe event was emceed by Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and included the presentation of the colors by the DPD Honor Guard, welcoming comments from university Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, was the keynote speaker. Green retired in 2008 as deputy chief of the Knoxville Police Department. A ribbon cutting concluded the event.\r\n<blockquote>“He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said.</blockquote>\r\nDonavant visited with Dallas attendees at dinner Monday evening, and although he never personally knew Bromley, he learned much about him through stories told by those who did. “He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said. “And when the Dallas Police Department was recruiting in Martin all those many years ago, he answered that call.” Bromley proceeded to live a life of service in Dallas that is still remembered. “He made a profound impact on his classmates at the police academy,” Donavant said. “He made a profound impact on the officers, the colleagues that he worked with through his career, and I am so privileged to be able to say that Larry continues to make an impact today all these many years later.”\r\n<blockquote>“There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.”</blockquote>\r\nGreen’s long and successful law-enforcement career and the opportunity to meet those who knew Bromley caused him to echo Donavant’s sentiments about the fallen officer. “There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.” He directed his closing words to those who knew Bromley best: “I am so proud, and I\'m honored that you came, and you continue to advocate for your brother.”\r\n\r\nAlbert Martinez, DPD executive assistant chief, recognized members present from Bromley’s 1981 police academy class, as well as police officers from around the region who attended the event. “We all hurt when we fall,” he said. “We all hurt.” He noted the increasingly complex job that law-enforcement professionals face, which means that more and better-trained officers are needed. “And so here, I hope, that in the Larry Bromley Training Center, we will continue to see those seeds being planted and more serve,” Martinez said. “Those hearts of service will continue to push forward. I also want to say that for Larry, you know, for us officers, we\'re all willing to go into the line of fire.”\r\n\r\nNancy Ray was deeply moved by the show of support for her late brother and especially from those who traveled long distances to honor his memory. “Well, it just makes us proud of Larry and everything that he did and makes me proud of my university that they\'ve chosen to honor him with this,” she said following the ribbon cutting. “We\'re just amazed at the number of people that came from Dallas,” she said. “Most of them, I might have heard their names from Larry, but I didn\'t know any of them. So, it\'s amazing to see how many lives he touched.” (more)\r\n\r\nSpace for the Bromley Training Center is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project. One hundred twenty-seven officers and community members have received training at the newly named center since the facility opened in March.\r\n\r\nSpecial police challenge coins were created to commemorate the training center’s naming. The Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center challenge coin is stuck in official university colors and displays on the obverse the name of the training center, the date it was established and the UTM Criminal Justice wordmark recognizing Bromley’s status as an alumnus.\r\n\r\nThe reverse includes Sir Robert Peel’s policing principle “The Police Are The Public and The Public Are The Police” and the UTM criminal justice slogan “Together As One,” which reflects the interconnectedness of police and the citizenry they are sworn to serve. Every officer who completes training at the center will receive a coin commemorating Bromley’s legacy of community service and sacrifice, reinforcing each officer’s obligation to continue that service. <strong>            </strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Bromley Training Center naming memorializes fallen officer','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4030-autosave-v1','','','2022-05-25 17:04:48','2022-05-25 22:04:48','',4030,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/25/4030-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4034,7,'2022-05-25 17:05:02','2022-05-25 22:05:02','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. However, his years of service and ultimate sacrifice were memorialized May 24 when the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin, was officially named for the fallen officer. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died of an illness in 1997.\r\n\r\nSeventeen retired DPD officers from Bromley’s police academy class and who worked with him in the narcotics unit attended the event. Among the DPD retirees paying tribute to Bromley was Martin native Rick Hatler, a UT Martin graduate and Bromley’s commanding officer in the narcotics unit at the time of Bromley’s death. Additionally, seven current DPD officers attended and included the four-officer DPD Honor Guard. Also attending were Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, her husband, Brad, and their daughter, Amy. Nancy and Brad live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe event was emceed by Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and included the presentation of the colors by the DPD Honor Guard, welcoming comments from university Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, was the keynote speaker. Green retired in 2008 as deputy chief of the Knoxville Police Department. A ribbon cutting concluded the event.\r\n<blockquote>“He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said.</blockquote>\r\nDonavant visited with Dallas attendees at dinner Monday evening, and although he never personally knew Bromley, he learned much about him through stories told by those who did. “He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said. “And when the Dallas Police Department was recruiting in Martin all those many years ago, he answered that call.” Bromley proceeded to live a life of service in Dallas that is still remembered. “He made a profound impact on his classmates at the police academy,” Donavant said. “He made a profound impact on the officers, the colleagues that he worked with through his career, and I am so privileged to be able to say that Larry continues to make an impact today all these many years later.”\r\n<blockquote>“There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.”</blockquote>\r\nGreen’s long and successful law-enforcement career and the opportunity to meet those who knew Bromley caused him to echo Donavant’s sentiments about the fallen officer. “There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.” He directed his closing words to those who knew Bromley best: “I am so proud, and I\'m honored that you came, and you continue to advocate for your brother.”\r\n\r\nAlbert Martinez, DPD executive assistant chief, recognized members present from Bromley’s 1981 police academy class, as well as police officers from around the region who attended the event. “We all hurt when we fall,” he said. “We all hurt.” He noted the increasingly complex job that law-enforcement professionals face, which means that more and better-trained officers are needed. “And so here, I hope, that in the Larry Bromley Training Center, we will continue to see those seeds being planted and more serve,” Martinez said. “Those hearts of service will continue to push forward. I also want to say that for Larry, you know, for us officers, we\'re all willing to go into the line of fire.”\r\n\r\nNancy Ray was deeply moved by the show of support for her late brother and especially from those who traveled long distances to honor his memory. “Well, it just makes us proud of Larry and everything that he did and makes me proud of my university that they\'ve chosen to honor him with this,” she said following the ribbon cutting. “We\'re just amazed at the number of people that came from Dallas,” she said. “Most of them, I might have heard their names from Larry, but I didn\'t know any of them. So, it\'s amazing to see how many lives he touched.” (more)\r\n\r\nSpace for the Bromley Training Center is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project. One hundred twenty-seven officers and community members have received training at the newly named center since the facility opened in March.\r\n\r\nSpecial police challenge coins were created to commemorate the training center’s naming. The Lawrence D. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','4030-revision-v1','','','2022-05-25 17:05:02','2022-05-25 22:05:02','',4030,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/25/4030-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4035,7,'2022-05-26 11:02:30','2022-05-26 16:02:30','First Choice Farm and Lawn of Union City, in partnership with Kubota Tractor Corporation, has established the Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee at Martin in memory of Nicholas “Nick” Doyle Smith, of Golo, Kentucky. Smith, a farmer and businessman, passed away April 16, 2022.\r\n\r\nRon and Don Parks, UT Martin alumni and co-owners of First Choice Farm and Lawn, along with their team, established this scholarship endowment to thank Smith for the many contributions he and his family have made to the business over the years. The Parks’ purpose for establishing this scholarship is to pay it forward and open doors for UT Martin students much like Smith did throughout his life for others.\r\n\r\n“Through my travels and business opportunities all over the country, I have come to realize that people with true success are the ones who open the doors for others,” Ron Parks said. “Nick’s work ethic, his love for family, and the opportunities that he provided to others in our industry have been an inspiration to many, including myself.”\r\n\r\nAll agriculture students are eligible for this scholarship through the UT Martin Scholarship Aviator, UT Martin’s online scholarship manager. The goal is to build the Nick Smith Scholarship Endowment to $200,000 so that the endowment will earn approximately $10,000 a year for deserving students.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to make a contribution, contact Jeanna Swafford, associate vice chancellor for UT Martin Development, at 731-881-7629.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship established at UT Martin','First Choice Farm and Lawn of Union City, in partnership with Kubota Tractor Corporation, has established the Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee at Martin in memory of Nicholas “Nick” Doyle Smith, of Golo, Kentucky. 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Smith, a farmer and businessman, passed away April 16, 2022.\r\n\r\nRon and Don Parks, UT Martin alumni and co-owners of First Choice Farm and Lawn, along with their team, established this scholarship endowment to thank Smith for the many contributions he and his family have made to the business over the years. The Parks’ purpose for establishing this scholarship is to pay it forward and open doors for UT Martin students much like Smith did throughout his life for others.\r\n\r\n“Through my travels and business opportunities all over the country, I have come to realize that people with true success are the ones who open the doors for others,” Ron Parks said. “Nick’s work ethic, his love for family, and the opportunities that he provided to others in our industry have been an inspiration to many, including myself.”\r\n\r\nAll agriculture students are eligible for this scholarship through the UT Martin Scholarship Aviator, UT Martin’s online scholarship manager. The goal is to build the Nick Smith Scholarship Endowment to $200,000 so that the endowment will earn approximately $10,000 a year for deserving students.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to make a contribution, contact Jeanna Swafford, associate vice chancellor for UT Martin Development, at 731-881-7629.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship established at UT Martin','First Choice Farm and Lawn of Union City, in partnership with Kubota Tractor Corporation, has established the Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee at Martin in memory of Nicholas “Nick” Doyle Smith, of Golo, Kentucky. Smith, a farmer and businessman, passed away April 16, 2022.\r\n','inherit','closed','closed','','4035-revision-v1','','','2022-05-26 11:02:30','2022-05-26 16:02:30','',4035,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/26/4035-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4038,7,'2022-05-26 11:04:33','2022-05-26 16:04:33','First Choice Farm and Lawn of Union City, in partnership with Kubota Tractor Corporation, has established the Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee at Martin in memory of Nicholas “Nick” Doyle Smith, of Golo, Kentucky. Smith, a farmer and businessman, passed away April 16, 2022.\n\nRon and Don Parks, UT Martin alumni and co-owners of First Choice Farm and Lawn, along with their team, established this scholarship endowment to thank Smith for the many contributions he and his family have made to the business over the years. The Parks’ purpose for establishing this scholarship is to pay it forward and open doors for UT Martin students much like Smith did throughout his life for others.\n\n“Through my travels and business opportunities all over the country, I have come to realize that people with true success are the ones who open the doors for others,” Ron Parks said. “Nick’s work ethic, his love for family, and the opportunities that he provided to others in our industry have been an inspiration to many, including myself.”\n\nAll agriculture students are eligible for this scholarship through the UT Martin Scholarship Aviator, UT Martin’s online scholarship manager. The goal is to build the Nick Smith Scholarship Endowment to $200,000 so that the endowment will earn approximately $10,000 a year for deserving students.\n\nFor more information or to make a contribution, contact Jeanna Swafford, associate vice chancellor for UT Martin Development, at 731-881-7629.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship established at UT Martin','First Choice Farm and Lawn of Union City, in partnership with Kubota Tractor Corporation, has established the Nick Smith Agriculture Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee at Martin in memory of Nicholas “Nick” Doyle Smith, of Golo, Kentucky. Smith, a farmer and businessman, passed away April 16, 2022.\n','inherit','closed','closed','','4035-autosave-v1','','','2022-05-26 11:04:33','2022-05-26 16:04:33','',4035,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/26/4035-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4040,7,'2022-05-27 08:25:50','2022-05-27 13:25:50','The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences begins on May 28 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities begins the following Sunday, June 5.\r\n\r\nBoth programs bring selected high school students from across the state to UT Martin to take college courses and participate in a variety of activities. Interested students must complete an application process and receive an invitation to attend. The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences has 35 participants, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities anticipates 54 to attend.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences is one of only three agriculture governor’s schools in the country. The program exposes students to courses in natural resource management and animal science and provides opportunities for hands-on interactions with working crop and livestock operations.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities, founded in 1986, is the original governor’s school program. Students may receive college credit in art history, political science or philosophy and choose from additional non-credit courses in English literature, history, music, diplomacy, and a selection of four enrichment seminar activities.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities at 731-881-7579 or the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences at 731-881-7211.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Tennessee Governor\'s School students set to arrive at UT Martin','The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences begins on May 28 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities begins the following Sunday, June 5.','publish','closed','closed','','tennessee-governors-school-students-set-to-arrive-at-ut-martin','','','2022-05-27 08:26:02','2022-05-27 13:26:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4040',0,'post','',0),(4041,7,'2022-05-27 08:18:22','2022-05-27 13:18:22','','06042019_AgGovernorsSchoolDinner024','Pictured is Dr. Joey Mehlhorn, professor of agricultural economics and director of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences, speaking to the 2019 agriculture group at Yeargin Farms in Weakley County. ','inherit','closed','closed','','06042019_aggovernorsschooldinner024','','','2022-05-27 08:25:29','2022-05-27 13:25:29','',4040,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/06042019_AgGovernorsSchoolDinner024.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4042,7,'2022-05-27 08:25:50','2022-05-27 13:25:50','The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences begins on May 28 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities begins the following Sunday, June 5.\r\n\r\nBoth programs bring selected high school students from across the state to UT Martin to take college courses and participate in a variety of activities. Interested students must complete an application process and receive an invitation to attend. The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences has 35 participants, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities anticipates 54 to attend.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences is one of only three agriculture governor’s schools in the country. The program exposes students to courses in natural resource management and animal science and provides opportunities for hands-on interactions with working crop and livestock operations.\r\n\r\nThe Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities, founded in 1986, is the original governor’s school program. Students may receive college credit in art history, political science or philosophy and choose from additional non-credit courses in English literature, history, music, diplomacy, and a selection of four enrichment seminar activities.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities at 731-881-7579 or the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences at 731-881-7211.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Tennessee Governor\'s School students set to arrive at UT Martin','The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences begins on May 28 at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities begins the following Sunday, June 5.','inherit','closed','closed','','4040-revision-v1','','','2022-05-27 08:25:50','2022-05-27 13:25:50','',4040,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/27/4040-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4043,7,'2022-05-27 11:46:49','2022-05-27 16:46:49','Student retention, persistence and success in higher education were the focus when higher education leaders met May 25 at the University of Tennessee at Martin for the second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit. A total of 31 colleges and universities representing private and public two- and four-year institutions from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Alabama gathered in the Boling University Center for the daylong event. A pre-summit meeting for academic and student affairs officers was held Tuesday to discuss the short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on colleges and universities.\r\n\r\nThe first summit was held in 2019 and planned as an annual event, but the summit was canceled the past two years because of the pandemic. This year’s summit attracted more than 190 attendees. Speakers included University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Dr. Emily House, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, was the keynote speaker.\r\n\r\nTopics covered throughout the day during concurrent discussion sessions included promoting equity and inclusion in teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom; leveraging innovative course delivery models to promote retention and persistence to graduation; early warning systems for identifying students in trouble academically, socially and emotionally; and how new data and technology solutions contribute to increasing persistence to graduation.\r\n<blockquote>Baumgardner quoted an uncle who championed student success as a principal and encouraged other educators by often saying, “In order to reach the students we have not yet reached, we will need to do the things that we’ve not yet done.”</blockquote>\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Dr. Brad Baumgardner, the university’s retention director, led the closing session and recapped the summit. Baumgardner quoted an uncle who championed student success as a principal and encouraged other educators by often saying, “In order to reach the students we have not yet reached, we will need to do the things that we’ve not yet done.” Baumgardner said this approach reminds everyone to take the steps necessary for breaking down barriers that include access information and communication.\r\n\r\nCavalier noted the importance of mentoring and the power that mentors can have on student success. “I’m not sure that anyone doubted that mentoring is powerful,” he said. “But it is something that I think if we’re not doing, whether it’s peer or other kinds of mentoring, then we’re losing an opportunity to help students.” He also highlighted an earlier presentation that covered strategies to increase the persistence and success for men of color and other student subgroups where retention challenges exist.\r\n<blockquote>“And if I can take away anything from the conference other than those great ideas that you shared … it’s to constantly remember that everything that we’re doing is for the students, and those numbers do represent students, every single one of them.”</blockquote>\r\nBaumgardner closed by saying that student data is important to monitor as it relates to retention, but data indicates much more. Incremental retention gains mean that student lives have been changed, and he issued a challenge to summit participants. “So, while those numbers may be eye-crossing at times, I challenge us all to look at those numbers and remember that they directly represent our student populations and that even incremental gains represent students that have access to higher education because of the things that we’re doing,” he said. “And if I can take away anything from the conference other than those great ideas that you shared … it’s to constantly remember that everything that we’re doing is for the students, and those numbers do represent students, every single one of them.”\r\n\r\nFollowing the closing session, Cavalier said that the summit drew positive reactions from participants, and he was pleased with the results. “So, I heard repeatedly from people – and I mean a lot of people came up to tell me how much they had learned by talking with people from other universities or colleges, and that’s the whole point. It’s not a bunch of sages on the stage,” he said.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The summit is tentatively set to return for its third year in May 2023 before Memorial Day. 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A pre-summit meeting for academic and student affairs officers was held Tuesday to discuss the short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on colleges and universities.\r\n\r\nThe first summit was held in 2019 and planned as an annual event, but the summit was canceled the past two years because of the pandemic. This year’s summit attracted more than 190 attendees. Speakers included University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver. Dr. Emily House, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, was the keynote speaker.\r\n\r\nTopics covered throughout the day during concurrent discussion sessions included promoting equity and inclusion in teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom; leveraging innovative course delivery models to promote retention and persistence to graduation; early warning systems for identifying students in trouble academically, socially and emotionally; and how new data and technology solutions contribute to increasing persistence to graduation.\r\n<blockquote>Baumgardner quoted an uncle who championed student success as a principal and encouraged other educators by often saying, “In order to reach the students we have not yet reached, we will need to do the things that we’ve not yet done.”</blockquote>\r\nDr. Philip Acree Cavalier, UT Martin provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Dr. Brad Baumgardner, the university’s retention director, led the closing session and recapped the summit. Baumgardner quoted an uncle who championed student success as a principal and encouraged other educators by often saying, “In order to reach the students we have not yet reached, we will need to do the things that we’ve not yet done.” Baumgardner said this approach reminds everyone to take the steps necessary for breaking down barriers that include access information and communication.\r\n\r\nCavalier noted the importance of mentoring and the power that mentors can have on student success. “I’m not sure that anyone doubted that mentoring is powerful,” he said. “But it is something that I think if we’re not doing, whether it’s peer or other kinds of mentoring, then we’re losing an opportunity to help students.” He also highlighted an earlier presentation that covered strategies to increase the persistence and success for men of color and other student subgroups where retention challenges exist.\r\n<blockquote>“And if I can take away anything from the conference other than those great ideas that you shared … it’s to constantly remember that everything that we’re doing is for the students, and those numbers do represent students, every single one of them.”</blockquote>\r\nBaumgardner closed by saying that student data is important to monitor as it relates to retention, but data indicates much more. Incremental retention gains mean that student lives have been changed, and he issued a challenge to summit participants. “So, while those numbers may be eye-crossing at times, I challenge us all to look at those numbers and remember that they directly represent our student populations and that even incremental gains represent students that have access to higher education because of the things that we’re doing,” he said. “And if I can take away anything from the conference other than those great ideas that you shared … it’s to constantly remember that everything that we’re doing is for the students, and those numbers do represent students, every single one of them.”\r\n\r\nFollowing the closing session, Cavalier said that the summit drew positive reactions from participants, and he was pleased with the results. “So, I heard repeatedly from people – and I mean a lot of people came up to tell me how much they had learned by talking with people from other universities or colleges, and that’s the whole point. It’s not a bunch of sages on the stage,” he said.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The summit is tentatively set to return for its third year in May 2023 before Memorial Day. For more information about the summit, call the UT Martin Office of Academic Affairs at 731-881-7010.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Student success is focus of Skyhawk Retention Summit','Student retention, persistence and success in higher education were the focus when higher education leaders met May 25 at the University of Tennessee at Martin for the second Skyhawk Regional Retention Summit.','inherit','closed','closed','','4043-revision-v1','','','2022-05-27 11:46:49','2022-05-27 16:46:49','',4043,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/27/4043-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4046,7,'2022-05-27 19:14:33','2022-05-28 00:14:33','U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8<sup>th</sup> District) and Col. Michael Banks recalled the freedoms Americans enjoy and the sacrifices that made those freedoms possible during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 22<sup>nd</sup> Memorial Day Commemoration. The 9 a.m. ceremony was held on the north plaza between the Boling University Center and the Paul Meek Library at the university’s main campus. The event can be viewed in its entirety at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube/utmartin\">www.youtube/utmartin</a>.\r\n<blockquote>“It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nKustoff, currently serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, noted Memorial Day’s importance and why Americans should celebrate the day beyond just a holiday weekend. “It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said. The congressman offered words of comfort to those who mourn loved ones lost in military service to the country and said that the stories of these sacrifices should never be forgotten.\r\n\r\n“When we share stories about our brave service members, they do instill a sense of pride among people in Weakley County and in West Tennessee, and in Tennessee and across the nation, and I truly believe that they inspire new generations to protect, to defend and to serve our nation,” he said. “For the men and women who choose to put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must continue to share their stories, to remember what they sacrificed for all of us.”\r\n<blockquote>“Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”</blockquote>\r\nAlthough many sacrifices have been made, Kustoff said that freedoms enjoyed today are never guaranteed. “I think we\'ve got to take the time to remember that our freedom especially today – especially today – it\'s very fragile, and it comes at a high price,” he said. “Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”\r\n\r\nBanks, of Brownsville, a judge advocate general for the Tennessee Army National Guard, followed Kustoff and talked about his military service that began in 2003 at the age of 30. In 2004, he was deployed for a year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. Near the end of his tour in June 2005, he was sent to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He would be there when the famous Operation Red Wings military mission took place, a story told in the famous book and movie by the same name, “Lone Survivor.” The mission resulted in the deaths of three Navy Seals involved in Operation Red Wings and 16 soldiers, sailors and flight crew sent by helicopter to rescue the Seals.\r\n<blockquote>“But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”</blockquote>\r\nBanks had briefly met a member of the Special Operations Forces at Bagram, didn’t learn his name, and for years Banks did not know if he had been killed in the rescue operation. A chance reconnection in 2018 answered his questions when Banks learned that the Special Forces member was scheduled to be part of a second rescue attempt that had been called back after the first attempt ended in tragedy. “Pretty amazing story in my opinion,” Banks told the audience. “But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”\r\n\r\nBanks concluded by again expressing gratitude to those who have served.  “I once heard someone say that if you were born an American, you hit the jackpot of life. Think about that for a moment – the standard of living that we enjoy, the freedoms that we enjoy, unalienable rights that we enjoy are all because we were born on this patch of soil. Nothing else that we did other than being born right here.\r\n\r\n“But think about how fortunate that we are because we were born American. But here\'s the thing – is that I\'m thankful for each and every man and woman who has helped preserve that jackpot of life that we\'ve been born into.”\r\n\r\nMaj. Ahmad Matthews, of the Skyhawk ROTC Battalion, was the event’s master of ceremonies. ROTC members presented the colors; the national anthem was sung by UT Martin student Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi; the invocation and benediction were offered by Chaplin Debra McGuire, U.S. Navy (ret.), of Henry County; and a 21-gun salute was presented jointly by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and the Martin Police Department. Taps was played to conclude the event by UT Martin students James McGregor, of Martin, and Brayden Campbell, of Huntingdon.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Kustoff, Banks remember military sacrifices during Memorial Day Commemoration','U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8th District) and Col. 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The event can be viewed in its entirety at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube/utmartin\">www.youtube/utmartin</a>.\r\n<blockquote>“It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said.</blockquote>\r\nKustoff, currently serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, noted Memorial Day’s importance and why Americans should celebrate the day beyond just a holiday weekend. “It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said. The congressman offered words of comfort to those who mourn loved ones lost in military service to the country and said that the stories of these sacrifices should never be forgotten.\r\n\r\n“When we share stories about our brave service members, they do instill a sense of pride among people in Weakley County and in West Tennessee, and in Tennessee and across the nation, and I truly believe that they inspire new generations to protect, to defend and to serve our nation,” he said. “For the men and women who choose to put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must continue to share their stories, to remember what they sacrificed for all of us.”\r\n<blockquote>“Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”</blockquote>\r\nAlthough many sacrifices have been made, Kustoff said that freedoms enjoyed today are never guaranteed. “I think we\'ve got to take the time to remember that our freedom especially today – especially today – it\'s very fragile, and it comes at a high price,” he said. “Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”\r\n\r\nBanks, of Brownsville, a judge advocate general for the Tennessee Army National Guard, followed Kustoff and talked about his military service that began in 2003 at the age of 30. In 2004, he was deployed for a year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. Near the end of his tour in June 2005, he was sent to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He would be there when the famous Operation Red Wings military mission took place, a story told in the famous book and movie by the same name, “Lone Survivor.” The mission resulted in the deaths of three Navy Seals involved in Operation Red Wings and 16 soldiers, sailors and flight crew sent by helicopter to rescue the Seals.\r\n<blockquote>“But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”</blockquote>\r\nBanks had briefly met a member of the Special Operations Forces at Bagram, didn’t learn his name, and for years Banks did not know if he had been killed in the rescue operation. A chance reconnection in 2018 answered his questions when Banks learned that the Special Forces member was scheduled to be part of a second rescue attempt that had been called back after the first attempt ended in tragedy. “Pretty amazing story in my opinion,” Banks told the audience. “But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”\r\n\r\nBanks concluded by again expressing gratitude to those who have served.  “I once heard someone say that if you were born an American, you hit the jackpot of life. Think about that for a moment – the standard of living that we enjoy, the freedoms that we enjoy, unalienable rights that we enjoy are all because we were born on this patch of soil. Nothing else that we did other than being born right here.\r\n\r\n“But think about how fortunate that we are because we were born American. But here\'s the thing – is that I\'m thankful for each and every man and woman who has helped preserve that jackpot of life that we\'ve been born into.”\r\n\r\nMaj. Ahmad Matthews, of the Skyhawk ROTC Battalion, was the event’s master of ceremonies. ROTC members presented the colors; the national anthem was sung by UT Martin student Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi; the invocation and benediction were offered by Chaplin Debra McGuire, U.S. Navy (ret.), of Henry County; and a 21-gun salute was presented jointly by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and the Martin Police Department. Taps was played to conclude the event by UT Martin students James McGregor, of Martin, and Brayden Campbell, of Huntingdon.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Kustoff, Banks remember military sacrifices during Memorial Day Commemoration','U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8th District) and Col. 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The event can be viewed in its entirety at <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/utmartin\">www.facebook.com/utmartin</a> and <a href=\"http://www.youtube/utmartin\">www.youtube/utmartin</a>.\n<blockquote>“It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said.</blockquote>\nKustoff, currently serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, noted Memorial Day’s importance and why Americans should celebrate the day beyond just a holiday weekend. “It (Memorial Day) truly does remind us of our nation\'s extraordinary history and all the heroes who gave their lives so that our future could be brighter and could be stronger,” he said. The congressman offered words of comfort to those who mourn loved ones lost in military service to the country and said that the stories of these sacrifices should never be forgotten.\n\n“When we share stories about our brave service members, they do instill a sense of pride among people in Weakley County and in West Tennessee, and in Tennessee and across the nation, and I truly believe that they inspire new generations to protect, to defend and to serve our nation,” he said. “For the men and women who choose to put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must continue to share their stories, to remember what they sacrificed for all of us.”\n<blockquote>“Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”</blockquote>\nAlthough many sacrifices have been made, Kustoff said that freedoms enjoyed today are never guaranteed. “I think we\'ve got to take the time to remember that our freedom especially today – especially today – it\'s very fragile, and it comes at a high price,” he said. “Democracy, freedom, liberty – they must always be fought for, and our nation will always be indebted to those who give their lives so that we can live freely.”\n\nBanks, of Brownsville, a judge advocate general for the Tennessee Army National Guard, followed Kustoff and talked about his military service that began in 2003 at the age of 30. In 2004, he was deployed for a year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. Near the end of his tour in June 2005, he was sent to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He would be there when the famous Operation Red Wings military mission took place, a story told in the famous book and movie by the same name, “Lone Survivor.” The mission resulted in the deaths of three Navy Seals involved in Operation Red Wings and 16 soldiers, sailors and flight crew sent by helicopter to rescue the Seals.\n<blockquote>“But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”</blockquote>\nBanks had briefly met a member of the Special Operations Forces at Bagram, didn’t learn his name, and for years Banks did not know if he had been killed in the rescue operation. A chance reconnection in 2018 answered his questions when Banks learned that the Special Forces member was scheduled to be part of a second rescue attempt that had been called back after the first attempt ended in tragedy. “Pretty amazing story in my opinion,” Banks told the audience. “But those are the guys, but those are the men and women that are ready to take the fight to the enemy in order for us to sit here today and enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy.”\n\nBanks concluded by again expressing gratitude to those who have served.  “I once heard someone say that if you were born an American, you hit the jackpot of life. Think about that for a moment – the standard of living that we enjoy, the freedoms that we enjoy, unalienable rights that we enjoy are all because we were born on this patch of soil. Nothing else that we did other than being born right here.\n\n“But think about how fortunate that we are because we were born American. But here\'s the thing – is that I\'m thankful for each and every man and woman who has helped preserve that jackpot of life that we\'ve been born into.”\n\nMaj. Ahmad Matthews, of the Skyhawk ROTC Battalion, was the event’s master of ceremonies. ROTC members presented the colors; the national anthem was sung by UT Martin student Kimberly Gordon, of Brooksville, Mississippi; the invocation and benediction were offered by Chaplin Debra McGuire, U.S. Navy (ret.), of Henry County; and a 21-gun salute was presented jointly by the UT Martin Department of Public Safety and the Martin Police Department. Taps was played to conclude the event by UT Martin students James McGregor, of Martin, and Brayden Campbell, of Huntingdon.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Kustoff, Banks remember military sacrifices during Memorial Day Commemoration','U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN 8th District) and Col. Michael Banks recalled the freedoms Americans enjoy and the sacrifices that made those freedoms possible during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s 22nd Memorial Day Commemoration. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4046-autosave-v1','','','2022-05-27 19:15:13','2022-05-28 00:15:13','',4046,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/05/27/4046-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4050,7,'2022-05-31 12:42:35','2022-05-31 17:42:35','The University of Tennessee System has partnered with the USA TODAY Network Tennessee to host a series of election forums across the state for the 2022 election. Democrat and Republican candidates for governor and congress have been invited to participate. The University of Tennessee at Martin will be the host site for the June 9 election forum.\r\n\r\nThe forum will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. You may reserve your seat at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN\">https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN</a>. Contact the Office of University Relations for additional information at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is a primary regional campus in the University of Tennessee System offering bachelor’s degrees and select master’s degree programs through its main campus in Martin and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. UT Martin Online provides online educational options for students in Tennessee and beyond.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Election forum set June 9 for UT Martin','The University of Tennessee System has partnered with the USA TODAY Network Tennessee to host a series of election forums across the state for the 2022 election.','publish','closed','closed','','election-forum-set-june-9-for-ut-martin','','','2022-05-31 12:43:38','2022-05-31 17:43:38','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4050',0,'post','',0),(4051,7,'2022-05-31 12:41:41','2022-05-31 17:41:41','','05102018_WestStarGubernatorialForum037 (1)','UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver is pictured speaking during the WestStar Leadership Program’s Tennessee gubernatorial forum held in 2018 at the university. Carver is scheduled to offer opening remarks and welcome the audience and candidates for the June 9 election forum. ','inherit','closed','closed','','05102018_weststargubernatorialforum037-1','','','2022-05-31 12:42:30','2022-05-31 17:42:30','',4050,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05102018_WestStarGubernatorialForum037-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4052,7,'2022-05-31 12:42:35','2022-05-31 17:42:35','The University of Tennessee System has partnered with the USA TODAY Network Tennessee to host a series of election forums across the state for the 2022 election. Democrat and Republican candidates for governor and congress have been invited to participate. The University of Tennessee at Martin will be the host site for the June 9 election forum.\r\n\r\nThe forum will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. You may reserve your seat at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN\">https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN</a>. Contact the Office of University Relations for additional information at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is a primary regional campus in the University of Tennessee System offering bachelor’s degrees and select master’s degree programs through its main campus in Martin and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. 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The University of Tennessee at Martin will be the host site for the June 9 election forum.\r\n\r\nThe forum will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. You may reserve your seat at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN\">https://bit.ly/3N7D8uN</a>. Contact the Office of University Relations for additional information at 731-881-7615.\r\n\r\nUT Martin is a primary regional campus in the University of Tennessee System offering bachelor’s degrees and select master’s degree programs through its main campus in Martin and five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. 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Pictured following the naming program are (l, r) Dr. Charley Deal, vice chancellor for university advancement; Dr. Keith Carver, chancellor; Tosh; and Dr. Todd Winters, dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. ','inherit','closed','closed','','05052022_toshfamilyclassroomnaming001','','','2022-06-03 15:36:52','2022-06-03 20:36:52','',4054,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/05052022_ToshFamilyClassroomNaming001.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4056,7,'2022-06-03 15:37:18','2022-06-03 20:37:18','Jimmy Tosh is known as a successful businessman and family farmer through his association with Tosh Family Farms in Henry, Tennessee. He’s also known for his generosity and his support for his alma mater, the University of Tennessee at Martin. Tosh was recognized May 5 when the Tosh Family Classroom was officially named during an early afternoon program in UT Martin’s Brehm Hall. The event included Tosh, family members and university Chancellor Keith Carver.\r\n\r\nTosh studied animal science, graduated from the university in 1972 and has managed the family business since receiving his degree. He and his wife, Alonna, have two sons, Jonathan and Jamey, both partners in the business. Jamey is a 2002 UT Martin agriculture graduate and 2020 WestStar Leadership Program graduate. The company’s website notes that Tosh Farms includes 18,000 acres of land, half of which is company owned. The other half is leased from 83 landowners in the Henry area. Tosh Pork cares for approximately 36,000 sows that produce more than 930,000 market hogs annually. Tosh Farms is currently the largest pork producer in Tennessee and the 30<sup>th</sup> largest pork producer in the U.S.\r\n\r\nDr. Todd Winters, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences dean, told the audience gathered to honor Tosh that he’s known first for his farming family. “Father, family man, grandfather, husband – it’s definitely a family operation at Tosh Farms,” he said. “And I know it’s not easy.” However, Winters said that Tosh’s identity goes well beyond his business success.\r\n<blockquote>“Humanitarian, advocate, even in some cases, activist, and you know the Tosh family are known especially in Henry County but throughout Northwest Tennessee of feeding people when they’re hungry,” he said.</blockquote>\r\n“Humanitarian, advocate, even in some cases, activist, and you know the Tosh family are known especially in Henry County but throughout Northwest Tennessee of feeding people when they’re hungry,” he said. “They’re known for giving people chances that have maybe made some mistakes in their life and will give them a job if they’re willing to work. There’s not a lot of people like that around.” Winters then told how Tosh and his family have supported the university’s agricultural programs, including student research and travel to the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences.\r\n<blockquote>“Jimmy and the Tosh family have generously supported UT Martin as they have been instrumental in the success of Captain’s Challenge, providing $50,000 in matching funds for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences for the past several years,” Carver said.</blockquote>\r\nCarver built on the university-support theme and recognized all that has been done for by the Henry County family, especially supporting the annual UT Martin Captain’s Challenge fundraiser. “Jimmy and the Tosh family have generously supported UT Martin as they have been instrumental in the success of Captain’s Challenge, providing $50,000 in matching funds for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences for the past several years,” Carver said. “Folks, that investment – when you put out that investment, that challenge match – that gets people excited,” Carver said. “It makes them want to give and turn their money into something great. Because of their leadership in the agriculture industry and their very generous support of UT Martin, today we would like to dedicate the Tosh Family Classroom at UT Martin.”\r\n\r\nTosh was grateful for the recognition and joked that it was nicer “to have a classroom named after you than a tombstone.” On a more serious note, he later talked about his family’s history in the farming business and how UT Martin had impacted his life for the better. “Going to college really teaches you to think and how to deal with people. That was a great experience here,” Tosh said following the event.\r\n\r\nTosh added that the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences means a lot to him personally and to the region. “It’s been (the college) a great influence on West Tennessee when considering agriculture,” he said. “I’ve got good friends that went to school here and have gone back into agriculture in this area. .... Plus, it’s been a real resource for us, and it’s always helped our farm.”\r\n\r\nTosh family gifts and pledges have benefited both the University of Tennessee and UT Martin. The naming of university facilities and other assets follows a policy adopted in 2010 by the UT Board of Trustees.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin classroom named for Tosh family','Jimmy Tosh is known as a successful businessman and family farmer through his association with Tosh Family Farms in Henry, Tennessee. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4054-revision-v1','','','2022-06-03 15:37:18','2022-06-03 20:37:18','',4054,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/03/4054-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4057,7,'2022-06-03 15:47:45','2022-06-03 20:47:45','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. Information about the center graduates was reported by Kara Tapp, director of the UT Martin Somerville Center. Out of these 15 students, eight graduated with honors.\r\n\r\nDrew Cohn, of Eads, and Lauren Rowell, of Arlington, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business. McKenzie Tatum, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Julie Russell, of Oakland, and Keith Milburn, of Atoka graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.\r\n\r\nKatherine Anderson, of Williston; Laura Johnson, of Somerville; Kelsey Moore, of Middleton; and Rachel Prezioso, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Dillan Meggo, of Oakland; Raymond DeLancellotti, of Eads; Daria Letcher, of Memphis; Tekedrion Perry, of Somerville; and Brandon Treadway, of Somerville graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.\r\n<blockquote>“Commencement is always a bittersweet time,” said Tapp. “I know that each and every single one of them has a very bright future ahead.”</blockquote>\r\n“The UTM Somerville Center has been a pleasure to attend,” said Anderson. “When you attend here you flourish and feel like the staff truly cares for the students and their learning. I will greatly miss going to the center for classes and seeing the staff, but I appreciate the guidance they have given me while here.”\r\n<blockquote> “If I would’ve known about the UT Martin Somerville Center sooner, I would’ve done my full four years here. The classmates become brothers and sisters, and the faculty become more than just mentors,” said Cohn.</blockquote>\r\nThe UT Martin Somerville Center opened Aug. 28, 2017, and offers 10 different degree programs and courses that supplement more than 80 specialized degree programs. The center also provides medical certificate programs and career training.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin Somerville Center, contact Tapp at <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a> or 901-465-7313.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Fifteen UT Martin Somerville Center students graduated May 7','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. 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Out of these 15 students, eight graduated with honors.\r\n\r\nDrew Cohn, of Eads, and Lauren Rowell, of Arlington, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business. McKenzie Tatum, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Julie Russell, of Oakland, and Keith Milburn, of Atoka graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.\r\n\r\nKatherine Anderson, of Williston; Laura Johnson, of Somerville; Kelsey Moore, of Middleton; and Rachel Prezioso, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Dillan Meggo, of Oakland; Raymond DeLancellotti, of Eads; Daria Letcher, of Memphis; Tekedrion Perry, of Somerville; and Brandon Treadway, of Somerville graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.\r\n<blockquote>“Commencement is always a bittersweet time,” said Tapp. “I know that each and every single one of them has a very bright future ahead.”</blockquote>\r\n“The UTM Somerville Center has been a pleasure to attend,” said Anderson. “When you attend here you flourish and feel like the staff truly cares for the students and their learning. I will greatly miss going to the center for classes and seeing the staff, but I appreciate the guidance they have given me while here.”\r\n<blockquote> “If I would’ve known about the UT Martin Somerville Center sooner, I would’ve done my full four years here. The classmates become brothers and sisters, and the faculty become more than just mentors,” said Cohn.</blockquote>\r\nThe UT Martin Somerville Center opened Aug. 28, 2017, and offers 10 different degree programs and courses that supplement more than 80 specialized degree programs. The center also provides medical certificate programs and career training.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin Somerville Center, contact Tapp at <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a> or 901-465-7313.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Fifteen UT Martin Sommerville Center students graduated May 7','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4057-revision-v1','','','2022-06-03 15:47:45','2022-06-03 20:47:45','',4057,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/03/4057-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4060,7,'2022-06-03 15:50:08','2022-06-03 20:50:08','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. Information about the center graduates was reported by Kara Tapp, director of the UT Martin Somerville Center. Out of these 15 students, eight graduated with honors.\n\nDrew Cohn, of Eads, and Lauren Rowell, of Arlington, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business. McKenzie Tatum, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Julie Russell, of Oakland, and Keith Milburn, of Atoka graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.\n\nKatherine Anderson, of Williston; Laura Johnson, of Somerville; Kelsey Moore, of Middleton; and Rachel Prezioso, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Dillan Meggo, of Oakland; Raymond DeLancellotti, of Eads; Daria Letcher, of Memphis; Tekedrion Perry, of Somerville; and Brandon Treadway, of Somerville graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.\n<blockquote>“Commencement is always a bittersweet time,” said Tapp. “I know that each and every single one of them has a very bright future ahead.”</blockquote>\n“The UTM Somerville Center has been a pleasure to attend,” said Anderson. “When you attend here you flourish and feel like the staff truly cares for the students and their learning. I will greatly miss going to the center for classes and seeing the staff, but I appreciate the guidance they have given me while here.”\n<blockquote> “If I would’ve known about the UT Martin Somerville Center sooner, I would’ve done my full four years here. The classmates become brothers and sisters, and the faculty become more than just mentors,” said Cohn.</blockquote>\nThe UT Martin Somerville Center opened Aug. 28, 2017, and offers 10 different degree programs and courses that supplement more than 80 specialized degree programs. The center also provides medical certificate programs and career training.\n\nFor more information about the UT Martin Somerville Center, contact Tapp at <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a> or 901-465-7313.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Fifteen UT Martin Somerville Center students graduated May 7','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4057-autosave-v1','','','2022-06-03 15:50:08','2022-06-03 20:50:08','',4057,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/03/4057-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4061,7,'2022-06-03 15:50:44','2022-06-03 20:50:44','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. Information about the center graduates was reported by Kara Tapp, director of the UT Martin Somerville Center. Out of these 15 students, eight graduated with honors.\r\n\r\nDrew Cohn, of Eads, and Lauren Rowell, of Arlington, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business. McKenzie Tatum, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Julie Russell, of Oakland, and Keith Milburn, of Atoka graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.\r\n\r\nKatherine Anderson, of Williston; Laura Johnson, of Somerville; Kelsey Moore, of Middleton; and Rachel Prezioso, of Oakland, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Dillan Meggo, of Oakland; Raymond DeLancellotti, of Eads; Daria Letcher, of Memphis; Tekedrion Perry, of Somerville; and Brandon Treadway, of Somerville graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.\r\n<blockquote>“Commencement is always a bittersweet time,” said Tapp. “I know that each and every single one of them has a very bright future ahead.”</blockquote>\r\n“The UTM Somerville Center has been a pleasure to attend,” said Anderson. “When you attend here you flourish and feel like the staff truly cares for the students and their learning. I will greatly miss going to the center for classes and seeing the staff, but I appreciate the guidance they have given me while here.”\r\n<blockquote> “If I would’ve known about the UT Martin Somerville Center sooner, I would’ve done my full four years here. The classmates become brothers and sisters, and the faculty become more than just mentors,” said Cohn.</blockquote>\r\nThe UT Martin Somerville Center opened Aug. 28, 2017, and offers 10 different degree programs and courses that supplement more than 80 specialized degree programs. The center also provides medical certificate programs and career training.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the UT Martin Somerville Center, contact Tapp at <a href=\"mailto:ktapp1@utm.edu\">ktapp1@utm.edu</a> or 901-465-7313.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Fifteen UT Martin Somerville Center students graduated May 7','Fifteen students from the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center graduated May 7. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4057-revision-v1','','','2022-06-03 15:50:44','2022-06-03 20:50:44','',4057,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/03/4057-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4063,7,'2022-06-03 16:23:38','2022-06-03 21:23:38','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He started as a volunteer, eventually moved to coaching in the early 90s, and in 2014 he became the Area 7 director for Special Olympics of Upper West Tennessee. This week Smith will make his fourth trip to the Special Olympics USA Games as Team Tennessee’s head track and field coach.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Smith is Special Olympian Garrett Dinning, an incoming Westview High School junior and son of UT Martin graduate, Jill Dinning. The pair, along with Dinning’s family, depart for Orlando, Florida on June 4 from Smyrna, Tennessee. The flight is provided free through the Special Olympics Airlift program.\r\n\r\nThe games run June 5-12, and the opening ceremonies will be broadcast live on ABC from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort on Sunday, June 5, at 11 a.m.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith.</blockquote>\r\n“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith. “Then Monday, we start competition for preliminaries. Garrett\'s doing the mini-javelin, the running long jump and the 4x100 meter relay.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to Dinning, who is the youngest athlete out of 133 athletes on Team Tennessee, Smith has seven other athletes who will compete in various track and field competitions. Other events for Team Tennessee include bowling, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, aquatics and powerlifting.\r\n\r\nAlthough it’s an honor for Smith to coach, he’s quick to point out that this week is about the athletes.\r\n<blockquote>“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”</blockquote>\r\n“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the trip or the UT Martin special education program, contact Smith at <a href=\"mailto:csmit279@utm.edu\">csmit279@utm.edu</a>, or visit 2022specialolympicsusagames.org.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin faculty member to coach in Special Olympics USA Games','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-faculty-member-to-coach-in-special-olympics-usa-games','','','2022-06-06 09:05:52','2022-06-06 14:05:52','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4063',0,'post','',0),(4064,7,'2022-06-03 16:22:33','2022-06-03 21:22:33','','06032022_SpecialOlympics001','Dr. Clinton Smith (left), associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has will make his fourth trip to the Special Olympics USA Games as Team Tennessee’s head track and field coach. Accompanying Smith is Special Olympian Garrett Dinning (right), an incoming Westview junior and son of UT Martin graduate, Jill Dining. ','inherit','closed','closed','','06032022_specialolympics001','','','2022-06-03 16:23:19','2022-06-03 21:23:19','',4063,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/06032022_SpecialOlympics001.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4065,7,'2022-06-03 16:23:38','2022-06-03 21:23:38','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He started as a volunteer, eventually moved to coaching in the early 90s, and in 2014 he became the Area 7 director for Special Olympics of Upper West Tennessee. This week Smith will make his fourth trip to the Special Olympics USA Games as Team Tennessee’s head track and field coach.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Smith is Special Olympian Garrett Dinning, an incoming Westview High School junior and son of UT Martin graduate, Jill Dining. The pair, along with Dinning’s family, depart for Orlando, Florida on June 4 from Smyrna, Tennessee. The flight is provided free through the Special Olympics Airlift program.\r\n\r\nThe games run June 5-12, and the opening ceremonies will be broadcast live on ABC from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort on Sunday, June 5, at 11 a.m.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith.</blockquote>\r\n“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith. “Then Monday, we start competition for preliminaries. Garrett\'s doing the mini-javelin, the running long jump and the 4x100 meter relay.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to Dinning, who is the youngest athlete out of 133 athletes on Team Tennessee, Smith has seven other athletes who will compete in various track and field competitions. Other events for Team Tennessee include bowling, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, aquatics and powerlifting.\r\n\r\nAlthough it’s an honor for Smith to coach, he’s quick to point out that this week is about the athletes.\r\n<blockquote>“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”</blockquote>\r\n“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the trip or the UT Martin special education program, contact Smith at <a href=\"mailto:csmit279@utm.edu\">csmit279@utm.edu</a>, or visit 2022specialolympicsusagames.org.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin faculty member to coach in Special Olympics USA Games','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4063-revision-v1','','','2022-06-03 16:23:38','2022-06-03 21:23:38','',4063,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/03/4063-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4066,7,'2022-06-06 09:05:03','2022-06-06 14:05:03','The University of Tennessee in Martin welcomes the public to the Paul Meek Library. Anyone can enter the building during normal hours of operation without the use of a card or other identification. Visitors can browse the collections, access library databases and digital resources, enjoy a comfortable seat, and tap into free Wi-Fi. The library’s Corbitt Special Collections Area includes university and regional history materials, including genealogical sources, and the J. Houston Gordon Museum that features changing exhibits.\r\n\r\nBorrowing privileges are extended to all Tennessee and Fulton County, Kentucky, residents. Community borrower cards are issued at the library’s primary public services desk and are for personal use only. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and present a photo ID and documentation confirming their current address.\r\n\r\nTo check out materials, community borrowers are asked to present a photo ID along with their borrower’s card. Borrowers may check out up to five items concurrently. UT Martin alumni and retired faculty and staff with borrower cards may check out 10 items at any time.\r\n\r\nBooks and textbooks are loaned for 28 days. Borrower cards also allow the user to place money on their card to pay printing fees and some other purchases. Community borrowers may also check out DVD and Blu-ray media, as well as equipment including digital projectors and recharging cables. Media loans are limited to three days and must be returned to the Rogers Media Center inside the building during normal business hours.\r\n\r\nVisitor parking is available with a free permit in the lot adjacent to the library at the corner of Wayne Fisher Drive and Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits must be obtained prior to visiting the library and may be requested online at www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link. For more information, contact the Paul Meek Library at 731-881-7092.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin\'s Paul Meek Library open to the public','The University of Tennessee in Martin welcomes the public to the Paul Meek Library. ','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martins-paul-meek-library-open-to-the-public','','','2022-06-06 09:05:13','2022-06-06 14:05:13','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4066',0,'post','',0),(4067,7,'2022-06-06 08:50:25','2022-06-06 13:50:25','','Paul Meek Library_UTM','','inherit','closed','closed','','paul-meek-library_utm','','','2022-06-06 08:50:25','2022-06-06 13:50:25','',4066,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Paul-Meek-Library_UTM.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4068,7,'2022-06-06 09:05:03','2022-06-06 14:05:03','The University of Tennessee in Martin welcomes the public to the Paul Meek Library. Anyone can enter the building during normal hours of operation without the use of a card or other identification. Visitors can browse the collections, access library databases and digital resources, enjoy a comfortable seat, and tap into free Wi-Fi. The library’s Corbitt Special Collections Area includes university and regional history materials, including genealogical sources, and the J. Houston Gordon Museum that features changing exhibits.\r\n\r\nBorrowing privileges are extended to all Tennessee and Fulton County, Kentucky, residents. Community borrower cards are issued at the library’s primary public services desk and are for personal use only. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and present a photo ID and documentation confirming their current address.\r\n\r\nTo check out materials, community borrowers are asked to present a photo ID along with their borrower’s card. Borrowers may check out up to five items concurrently. UT Martin alumni and retired faculty and staff with borrower cards may check out 10 items at any time.\r\n\r\nBooks and textbooks are loaned for 28 days. Borrower cards also allow the user to place money on their card to pay printing fees and some other purchases. Community borrowers may also check out DVD and Blu-ray media, as well as equipment including digital projectors and recharging cables. Media loans are limited to three days and must be returned to the Rogers Media Center inside the building during normal business hours.\r\n\r\nVisitor parking is available with a free permit in the lot adjacent to the library at the corner of Wayne Fisher Drive and Mt. Pelia Road. Parking permits must be obtained prior to visiting the library and may be requested online at www.utm.edu/departments/publicsafety by selecting the “Online Visitor Parking Permit” link. For more information, contact the Paul Meek Library at 731-881-7092.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin\'s Paul Meek Library open to the public','The University of Tennessee in Martin welcomes the public to the Paul Meek Library. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4066-revision-v1','','','2022-06-06 09:05:03','2022-06-06 14:05:03','',4066,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/06/4066-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4069,7,'2022-06-06 09:05:52','2022-06-06 14:05:52','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He started as a volunteer, eventually moved to coaching in the early 90s, and in 2014 he became the Area 7 director for Special Olympics of Upper West Tennessee. This week Smith will make his fourth trip to the Special Olympics USA Games as Team Tennessee’s head track and field coach.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Smith is Special Olympian Garrett Dinning, an incoming Westview High School junior and son of UT Martin graduate, Jill Dinning. The pair, along with Dinning’s family, depart for Orlando, Florida on June 4 from Smyrna, Tennessee. The flight is provided free through the Special Olympics Airlift program.\r\n\r\nThe games run June 5-12, and the opening ceremonies will be broadcast live on ABC from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort on Sunday, June 5, at 11 a.m.\r\n<blockquote>“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith.</blockquote>\r\n“We’re excited that folks will get to see all the spectacle of the opening ceremonies,” said Smith. “Then Monday, we start competition for preliminaries. Garrett\'s doing the mini-javelin, the running long jump and the 4x100 meter relay.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to Dinning, who is the youngest athlete out of 133 athletes on Team Tennessee, Smith has seven other athletes who will compete in various track and field competitions. Other events for Team Tennessee include bowling, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, aquatics and powerlifting.\r\n\r\nAlthough it’s an honor for Smith to coach, he’s quick to point out that this week is about the athletes.\r\n<blockquote>“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”</blockquote>\r\n“It really does help the athletes, and I try to sit back and let them do their thing, because it\'s their week. I just help get them to where they should be.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the trip or the UT Martin special education program, contact Smith at <a href=\"mailto:csmit279@utm.edu\">csmit279@utm.edu</a>, or visit 2022specialolympicsusagames.org.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin faculty member to coach in Special Olympics USA Games','Dr. Clinton Smith, associate professor of special education at UT Martin, has been involved with Special Olympics since his years as an undergraduate at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4063-revision-v1','','','2022-06-06 09:05:52','2022-06-06 14:05:52','',4063,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/06/4063-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4070,7,'2022-06-06 13:29:28','2022-06-06 18:29:28','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communications, to receive an $6,250 scholarship. Faculty members Dr. Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed, along with five students, accepted the award during the annual Country Radio Seminar held Feb. 25 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. UT Martin received the award alongside Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of North Alabama.\r\n\r\nThe scholarship will be added to a $25,000 award that was presented Feb. 13, 2019. The awards fund an annual scholarship award to a UT Martin broadcasting student. This year’s recipient was Davis Gregory, a senior from Knoxville.\r\n\r\n“We are so pleased that the Country Radio Broadcasters chose to add to their broadcast scholarship endowment. In the years to come, this endowment will continue to provide a scholarship to a deserving broadcast student at the University of Tennessee at Martin,” said Robinson, professor of mass media and strategic communications and faculty adviser to WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” the university’s student-operated radio station.\r\n\r\nStudents attending were Dylan Ingram, a senior from Martin; Tatum Baldwin, a May 2022 graduate from Manchester; Hannah Bilger, a senior from McKenzie; Blaine McDonald, a senior from Martin; and Eden Miller, a May 2022 graduate from Camden.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the award or the UT Martin broadcasting concentration, contact Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7555.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. expands scholarship endowment','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communications, to receive an $6,250 scholarship. 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Faculty members Dr. Richard Robinson and Rodney Freed, along with five students, accepted the award during the annual Country Radio Seminar held Feb. 25 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. UT Martin received the award alongside Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of North Alabama.\r\n\r\nThe scholarship will be added to a $25,000 award that was presented Feb. 13, 2019. The awards fund an annual scholarship award to a UT Martin broadcasting student. This year’s recipient was Davis Gregory, a senior from Knoxville.\r\n\r\n“We are so pleased that the Country Radio Broadcasters chose to add to their broadcast scholarship endowment. In the years to come, this endowment will continue to provide a scholarship to a deserving broadcast student at the University of Tennessee at Martin,” said Robinson, professor of mass media and strategic communications and faculty adviser to WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” the university’s student-operated radio station.\r\n\r\nStudents attending were Dylan Ingram, a senior from Martin; Tatum Baldwin, a May 2022 graduate from Manchester; Hannah Bilger, a senior from McKenzie; Blaine McDonald, a senior from Martin; and Eden Miller, a May 2022 graduate from Camden.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the award or the UT Martin broadcasting concentration, contact Robinson at <a href=\"mailto:rrobins@utm.edu\">rrobins@utm.edu</a> or 731-881-7555.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. expands scholarship endowment','Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. selected the University of Tennessee at Martin’s broadcasting program, housed within the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communications, to receive an $6,250 scholarship. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4070-revision-v1','','','2022-06-06 13:29:28','2022-06-06 18:29:28','',4070,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/06/4070-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4073,7,'2022-06-06 14:54:30','2022-06-06 19:54:30','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. However, his years of service and ultimate sacrifice were memorialized May 24 when the Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center, located in the C.E. Weldon Building in downtown Martin, was officially named for the fallen officer. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty.\r\n\r\nBromley was a 1981 UT Martin criminal justice graduate from Hohenwald. His wife, Cynthia, of South Fulton, was a 1982 home economics graduate. He was recruited in Martin by the Dallas Police Department in 1981 and went to work there after graduation. His wife was a police dispatcher in Dallas and died of an illness in 1997.\r\n\r\nSeventeen retired DPD officers from Bromley’s police academy class and who worked with him in the narcotics unit attended the event. Among the DPD retirees paying tribute to Bromley was Martin native Rick Hatler, a UT Martin graduate and Bromley’s commanding officer in the narcotics unit at the time of Bromley’s death. Additionally, seven current DPD officers attended and included the four-officer DPD Honor Guard. Also attending were Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, her husband, Brad, and their daughter, Amy. Nancy and Brad live in Lexington and are both UT Martin graduates.\r\n\r\nThe event was emceed by Dr. Charley Deal, UT Martin vice chancellor for university advancement, and included the presentation of the colors by the DPD Honor Guard, welcoming comments from university Chancellor Keith Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin professor of criminal justice. Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and 1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, was the keynote speaker. Green retired in 2008 as deputy chief of the Knoxville Police Department. A ribbon cutting concluded the event.\r\n<blockquote>“He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said.</blockquote>\r\nDonavant visited with Dallas attendees at dinner Monday evening, and although he never personally knew Bromley, he learned much about him through stories told by those who did. “He was a great student. He was driven. He had goals that he had set for his life,” Donavant said. “And when the Dallas Police Department was recruiting in Martin all those many years ago, he answered that call.” Bromley proceeded to live a life of service in Dallas that is still remembered. “He made a profound impact on his classmates at the police academy,” Donavant said. “He made a profound impact on the officers, the colleagues that he worked with through his career, and I am so privileged to be able to say that Larry continues to make an impact today all these many years later.”\r\n<blockquote>“There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.”</blockquote>\r\nGreen’s long and successful law-enforcement career and the opportunity to meet those who knew Bromley caused him to echo Donavant’s sentiments about the fallen officer. “There’s no doubt he left a huge impact on the law enforcement profession and members of his community,” Green said in his remarks. “I will tell you that as any individual in law enforcement, the best thing that could be said about us is what legacy we leave for those that come behind us.” He directed his closing words to those who knew Bromley best: “I am so proud, and I\'m honored that you came, and you continue to advocate for your brother.”\r\n\r\nAlbert Martinez, DPD executive assistant chief, recognized members present from Bromley’s 1981 police academy class, as well as police officers from around the region who attended the event. “We all hurt when we fall,” he said. “We all hurt.” He noted the increasingly complex job that law-enforcement professionals face, which means that more and better-trained officers are needed. “And so here, I hope, that in the Larry Bromley Training Center, we will continue to see those seeds being planted and more serve,” Martinez said. “Those hearts of service will continue to push forward. I also want to say that for Larry, you know, for us officers, we\'re all willing to go into the line of fire.”\r\n\r\nNancy Ray was deeply moved by the show of support for her late brother and especially from those who traveled long distances to honor his memory. “Well, it just makes us proud of Larry and everything that he did and makes me proud of my university that they\'ve chosen to honor him with this,” she said following the ribbon cutting. “We\'re just amazed at the number of people that came from Dallas,” she said. “Most of them, I might have heard their names from Larry, but I didn\'t know any of them. So, it\'s amazing to see how many lives he touched.” (more)\r\n\r\nSpace for the Bromley Training Center is provided by the city of Martin and made possible following the construction and opening of the new Martin Public Library. The facility features a VirTra judgmental use-of-force simulator purchased through a USDA Delta Health Care Services grant awarded to the UT Martin Criminal Justice Program for its De-escalation Techniques and Emergency Response Project.\r\n\r\nThe two-year DETER Project is funded at $547,293 and will deliver de-escalation and emergency health-intervention education and training to reduce the injury and mortality rates of police-citizen encounters. Jackson State Community College and Carey Counseling Center, Inc., are partnering with UT Martin for the project. Donavant and Dr. Cindy Boyles, UT Martin associate professor of criminal justice, wrote the grant and guide the project. One hundred twenty-seven officers and community members have received training at the newly named center since the facility opened in March.\r\n\r\nSpecial police challenge coins were created to commemorate the training center’s naming. The Lawrence D. Bromley Training Center challenge coin is struck in official university colors and displays on the obverse the name of the training center, the date it was established and the UTM Criminal Justice wordmark recognizing Bromley’s status as an alumnus.\r\n\r\nThe reverse includes Sir Robert Peel’s policing principle “The Police Are The Public and The Public Are The Police” and the UTM criminal justice slogan “Together As One,” which reflects the interconnectedness of police and the citizenry they are sworn to serve. Every officer who completes training at the center will receive a coin commemorating Bromley’s legacy of community service and sacrifice, reinforcing each officer’s obligation to continue that service. <strong>            </strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Bromley Training Center naming memorializes fallen officer','Decades have passed since Officer Lawrence Bromley was killed December 1991 in the line of duty as a member of the Dallas Police Department. ','inherit','closed','closed','','4030-revision-v1','','','2022-06-06 14:54:30','2022-06-06 19:54:30','',4030,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/06/4030-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4074,7,'2022-06-07 14:07:45','2022-06-07 19:07:45','Seven students and two recent graduates from the University of Tennessee at Martin will compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m., June 18, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. Preliminary competitions begin June 15 and will run through June 17. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"http://eplustv6.com\">eplustv6.com</a> at 7 p.m. each evening.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Meghan Poore, a marketing major from Medina, will compete as Miss Fall Fest Volunteer, a title based in Obion County. She is using her platform to promote the “Make-A-Wish Foundation.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Carly White, a family and consumer sciences major from Linden, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. White’s platform promotes “Don’t Just Survive: Thrive!” in support of the self-care of educators.</li>\r\n 	<li>Carsyn Hughes, a fashion merchandising major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Nashville Volunteer. Her platform supports “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.</li>\r\n 	<li>Karenna Rainey, a health and human performance major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss McNairy County Volunteer. Rainey is using her platform to support the American Red Cross.</li>\r\n 	<li>Macey Jones, a political science major from Cedar Grove, will compete as Miss Madison County. Jones is promoting the platform “Give Hugs, Not Hits,” a non-profit geared toward raising others up instead of tearing them down.</li>\r\n 	<li>Alyssa Wade, an accounting major from Paris, will compete as Miss Hub City Volunteer, a title based in Madison County. Wade is using her platform to support “Be a Warrior, Not a Worrier: Anxiety Education &amp; Awareness.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Caleigh Jo Erwin, a fashion merchandising student from Dyersburg, will be competing as Miss Carroll County Volunteer. Her platform promotes “LUPUS: Living Under Pressure Ultimately Surviving.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Kailey Duffy, a 2022 UT Martin alumna from Holladay, graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies. She will compete as Miss Weakley County Volunteer and is using her platform to promote “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Kim Gordon, a 2022 UT Martin alumna from Brooksville, Mississippi, graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a pre-dental concentration. She is using her platform to promote “Happy Smiles,” a program that discusses the importance of maintaining proper dental hygiene. Gordon will be competing as Miss Rutherford County Volunteer.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. 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She is using her platform to promote the “Make-A-Wish Foundation.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Carly White, a family and consumer sciences major from Linden, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. White’s platform promotes “Don’t Just Survive: Thrive!” in support of the self-care of educators.</li>\r\n 	<li>Carsyn Hughes, a fashion merchandising major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Nashville Volunteer. Her platform supports “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.</li>\r\n 	<li>Karenna Rainey, a health and human performance major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss McNairy County Volunteer. Rainey is using her platform to support the American Red Cross.</li>\r\n 	<li>Macey Jones, a political science major from Cedar Grove, will compete as Miss Madison County. Jones is promoting the platform “Give Hugs, Not Hits,” a non-profit geared toward raising others up instead of tearing them down.</li>\r\n 	<li>Alyssa Wade, an accounting major from Paris, will compete as Miss Hub City Volunteer, a title based in Madison County. Wade is using her platform to support “Be a Warrior, Not a Worrier: Anxiety Education &amp; Awareness.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Caleigh Jo Erwin, a fashion merchandising student from Dyersburg, will be competing as Miss Carroll County Volunteer. Her platform promotes “LUPUS: Living Under Pressure Ultimately Surviving.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Kailey Duffy, a 2022 UT Martin alumna from Holladay, graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies. 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Preliminary competitions begin June 15 and will run through June 17. The entire competition will be broadcast live on EPlusTV6 and <a href=\"http://eplustv6.com\">eplustv6.com</a> at 7 p.m. each evening.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Meghan Poore, a marketing major from Medina, will compete as Miss Fall Fest Volunteer, a title based in Obion County. She is using her platform to promote the “Make-A-Wish Foundation.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Carly White, a family and consumer sciences major from Linden, will compete as Miss UT Martin Volunteer. White’s platform promotes “Don’t Just Survive: Thrive!” in support of the self-care of educators.</li>\r\n 	<li>Carsyn Hughes, a fashion merchandising major from Franklin, will compete as Miss Nashville Volunteer. Her platform supports “Every Girl Counts,” a non-profit that seeks to transform the lives of impoverished girls and women around the world.</li>\r\n 	<li>Karenna Rainey, a health and human performance major from Adamsville, will compete as Miss McNairy County Volunteer. Rainey is using her platform to support the American Red Cross.</li>\r\n 	<li>Macey Jones, a political science major from Cedar Grove, will compete as Miss Madison County. Jones is promoting the platform “Give Hugs, Not Hits,” a non-profit geared toward raising others up instead of tearing them down.</li>\r\n 	<li>Alyssa Wade, an accounting major from Paris, will compete as Miss Hub City Volunteer, a title based in Madison County. Wade is using her platform to support “Be a Warrior, Not a Worrier: Anxiety Education &amp; Awareness.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Caleigh Jo Erwin, a fashion merchandising student from Dyersburg, will be competing as Miss Carroll County Volunteer. Her platform promotes “LUPUS: Living Under Pressure Ultimately Surviving.”</li>\r\n 	<li>Kailey Duffy, a 2022 UT Martin alumna from Holladay, graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies. She will compete as Miss Weakley County Volunteer and is using her platform to promote “U Fit N” in support of personal fitness and wellness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Kim Gordon, a 2022 UT Martin alumna from Brooksville, Mississippi, graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a pre-dental concentration. She is using her platform to promote “Happy Smiles,” a program that discusses the importance of maintaining proper dental hygiene. Gordon will be competing as Miss Rutherford County Volunteer.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer title will work as Gov. 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When he graduated from high school in 2019, he bought one of his school district’s buses when it went up for auction. Although Bass’ goals have grown and shifted over the course of his life, his school bus is a testament to his dedication to making his dreams a reality.\r\n\r\nBass completed another step toward achieving his goals when he received his Bachelor of Science in Education during the University of Tennessee at Martin Spring Commencement, May 7, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. He earned his degree while attending the UT Martin Parsons Center, one of the university’s five regional centers in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nBass’ passion for education started from kindergarten, when his love for going to school every day motivated him to put together his own classroom to teach in. “My mom knew how my day went at school and what I’d learned based on what I went home and taught in my classroom,” Bass said.\r\n\r\nThe more time Bass spent in school, the more he wanted to emulate the leaders he met in his own school. His third-grade principal, Trent Hill, inspired him to want to become a principal himself, and as he grew older, he developed an interest in serving as a superintendent and an education commissioner.\r\n\r\nOne thing that drives Bass’ passion to teach is the opportunity to serve as a positive male role model for his young students. Bass did not have a male teacher until middle school, and although he had wanted to teach from a young age, having a male teacher affirmed his interest even more. By teaching in elementary school classrooms, he hopes to serve as a role model during formative years for children who may not have a positive male role model at home.\r\n<blockquote>“Kids are excited when I walk in; they’ll say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a boy teacher today.’”</blockquote>\r\n“Not all kids have a dad or both parents. Some kids live with their grandparents,” Bass said. “Kids are excited when I walk in; they’ll say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a boy teacher today.’”\r\n\r\nOne of Bass’ first experiences with the Parsons Center was through his sister, who attended the center and went on to become an eighth-grade math teacher. One of the major draws was that the Parsons Center is 45 minutes away from his hometown, which allowed him to commute to school while still living with his family and community.\r\n\r\nDuring his orientation, Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the Parsons Center, urged students to begin their college experience with the end in mind and make choices that get them closer to their goals. Throughout his time as a student at the Parsons Center, Bass kept this sentiment in mind with every choice he made.\r\n<blockquote>“I did not stop because I knew I had to work hard for my goals, to get my master’s and my Ed.S. (education specialist degree). I was always thinking, ‘What’s my next step and how can I get there?’”</blockquote>\r\n“I went to school through the summer so that I could graduate in three years,” Bass said. “I did not stop because I knew I had to work hard for my goals, to get my master’s and my Ed.S. (education specialist degree). I was always thinking, ‘What’s my next step and how can I get there?’”\r\n\r\nOn top of his course load, Bass was active within the university community. He served as a student ambassador for the Parsons Center starting in his freshman year, which allowed him to visit local schools to talk about his experiences, plan events for his fellow students and cultivate a community of like-minded students across disciplines. He also served as the second-ever representative for the Parsons Center in the UT Martin Student Government Association during his senior year. This opportunity allowed him to help enact change and provide his unique perspective as a student from a regional center.\r\n\r\nAnother way that Bass kept pushing toward his goals was leaning on others when he needed support. The comfort that Bass received from his family and his faith during times of adversity allowed him to persevere through any obstacle he faced.\r\n<blockquote>“I remember at commencement, during (Chancellor Keith Carver’s) speech, we were asked to give a round of applause for our family, and I got chills because my family always supported me,” Bass said.</blockquote>\r\n“I remember at commencement, during (Chancellor Keith Carver’s) speech, we were asked to give a round of applause for our family, and I got chills because my family always supported me,” Bass said. “I had to study very hard, and I’m not a good test taker, so I always had to put in extra effort. I take pride in having graduated, and I’m thankful for my family and for the Lord.”\r\n\r\nBy practicing self-discipline and building his leadership skills during his collegiate career, Bass has prepared himself to serve as a role model and set his students up for success.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Parsons Center grad combines education dreams with dedication','When Hayden Bass, of Hohenwald, was in the first grade, he was so fascinated by riding the school bus that he wanted to drive one of his own when he grew up.','publish','closed','closed','','ut-martin-parsons-center-grad-combines-education-dreams-with-dedication','','','2022-06-09 15:52:22','2022-06-09 20:52:22','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4078',0,'post','',0),(4079,7,'2022-06-09 15:51:10','2022-06-09 20:51:10','','Bass_Hayden Commencement 2022','Hayden Bass, of Hohenwald, receives a fist bump from UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver during UT Martin’s May commencement. 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He earned his degree while attending the UT Martin Parsons Center, one of the university’s five regional centers in West Tennessee.\r\n\r\nBass’ passion for education started from kindergarten, when his love for going to school every day motivated him to put together his own classroom to teach in. “My mom knew how my day went at school and what I’d learned based on what I went home and taught in my classroom,” Bass said.\r\n\r\nThe more time Bass spent in school, the more he wanted to emulate the leaders he met in his own school. His third-grade principal, Trent Hill, inspired him to want to become a principal himself, and as he grew older, he developed an interest in serving as a superintendent and an education commissioner.\r\n\r\nOne thing that drives Bass’ passion to teach is the opportunity to serve as a positive male role model for his young students. Bass did not have a male teacher until middle school, and although he had wanted to teach from a young age, having a male teacher affirmed his interest even more. By teaching in elementary school classrooms, he hopes to serve as a role model during formative years for children who may not have a positive male role model at home.\r\n<blockquote>“Kids are excited when I walk in; they’ll say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a boy teacher today.’”</blockquote>\r\n“Not all kids have a dad or both parents. Some kids live with their grandparents,” Bass said. “Kids are excited when I walk in; they’ll say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a boy teacher today.’”\r\n\r\nOne of Bass’ first experiences with the Parsons Center was through his sister, who attended the center and went on to become an eighth-grade math teacher. One of the major draws was that the Parsons Center is 45 minutes away from his hometown, which allowed him to commute to school while still living with his family and community.\r\n\r\nDuring his orientation, Dr. Kelli Deere, director of the Parsons Center, urged students to begin their college experience with the end in mind and make choices that get them closer to their goals. Throughout his time as a student at the Parsons Center, Bass kept this sentiment in mind with every choice he made.\r\n<blockquote>“I did not stop because I knew I had to work hard for my goals, to get my master’s and my Ed.S. (education specialist degree). I was always thinking, ‘What’s my next step and how can I get there?’”</blockquote>\r\n“I went to school through the summer so that I could graduate in three years,” Bass said. “I did not stop because I knew I had to work hard for my goals, to get my master’s and my Ed.S. (education specialist degree). I was always thinking, ‘What’s my next step and how can I get there?’”\r\n\r\nOn top of his course load, Bass was active within the university community. He served as a student ambassador for the Parsons Center starting in his freshman year, which allowed him to visit local schools to talk about his experiences, plan events for his fellow students and cultivate a community of like-minded students across disciplines. He also served as the second-ever representative for the Parsons Center in the UT Martin Student Government Association during his senior year. This opportunity allowed him to help enact change and provide his unique perspective as a student from a regional center.\r\n\r\nAnother way that Bass kept pushing toward his goals was leaning on others when he needed support. The comfort that Bass received from his family and his faith during times of adversity allowed him to persevere through any obstacle he faced.\r\n<blockquote>“I remember at commencement, during (Chancellor Keith Carver’s) speech, we were asked to give a round of applause for our family, and I got chills because my family always supported me,” Bass said.</blockquote>\r\n“I remember at commencement, during (Chancellor Keith Carver’s) speech, we were asked to give a round of applause for our family, and I got chills because my family always supported me,” Bass said. “I had to study very hard, and I’m not a good test taker, so I always had to put in extra effort. I take pride in having graduated, and I’m thankful for my family and for the Lord.”\r\n\r\nBy practicing self-discipline and building his leadership skills during his collegiate career, Bass has prepared himself to serve as a role model and set his students up for success.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin Parsons Center grad combines education dreams with dedication','When Hayden Bass, of Hohenwald, was in the first grade, he was so fascinated by riding the school bus that he wanted to drive one of his own when he grew up.','inherit','closed','closed','','4078-revision-v1','','','2022-06-09 15:52:04','2022-06-09 20:52:04','',4078,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/09/4078-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4082,7,'2022-06-14 14:55:22','2022-06-14 19:55:22','Tatum Baldwin, a Manchester, Tennessee, native, realized her interest in broadcasting while watching her local news station. After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May, Baldwin is now working as a producer for Cape Girardeau, Missouri’s, KFVS-TV, which will allow her to help plan and create the newscasts that inspired her.\r\n\r\nBaldwin originally heard about UT Martin from a hometown friend who had applied. Upon looking into the university further, she was drawn in by the small student population and close-knit community that UT Martin had to offer.\r\n<blockquote>“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said. “I have relationships with all my professors, and it\'s just made my experience here a lot better.”\r\n\r\nWhile Baldwin was taking her introduction to broadcasting course, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run radio station, was looking to find new students to replace those who were graduating. Tatum expressed interest, and in fall 2021, she was added as the news director.\r\n\r\nIt was at WUTM where she would not only build firsthand experience planning and executing newscasts, but also build relationships with her classmates and advisers. These relationships would become Baldwin’s favorite part of her experience with the station as she and her fellow members of the station often spent long hours preparing and recording the radio programs. She also quickly started working on-air and in production with UTM Television.\r\n\r\nShe especially values the relationships she built with her advisers, Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of mass media and strategic communication and WUTM adviser, and Rodney Freed, instructor of mass media and strategic communication and adviser for UTM Television.\r\n<blockquote>“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said. “I probably would have been close with them because I would have had them as professors, but it\'s just not the same as being around them all day.”\r\n\r\nAs the station’s program director, Baldwin led the station through the university’s transition to holding in-person classes and events as the pandemic subsided in fall 2021. This allowed the station to begin directly interacting with students; during this time, WUTM set up a live booth at the Paul Meek Library’s open house Sept. 23 and at Quad City during Homecoming Week.\r\n\r\n“Tatum Baldwin is a winner in every sense of the word. I feel confident that she will achieve success in the field of television production and reporting,” said Robinson. “Her future looks bright indeed.”\r\n\r\nThe past two years of experience at WUTM have prepared Baldwin for her newest venture: working behind the scenes to produce newscasts at KFVS-TV. Baldwin’s daily tasks will include deciding what stories will be featured and when, as well as how long each story needs to be. She will also need to stay flexible during the broadcast in case of a delay.\r\n\r\n“You have to keep up with it during the broadcast, too. If the meteorologist goes 30 seconds over, you have to jump in and be like, \'Okay, we’ve got to cut 30 seconds, where do we have to cut 30 seconds?’ Because there\'s not a lot of 30-second stories,” Baldwin said. “But that’s what I like. I like the adrenaline.”\r\n\r\nAfter a few months working as a producer, Baldwin will begin training to become a multimedia journalist, which will supplement her production experience with on-air reporting duties.\r\n\r\nFor Baldwin, one of the greatest lessons she learned was to not fear risk and to take advantage of all the opportunities afforded to her.\r\n<blockquote>“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. Even though in the moment, especially during finals week, all your stress seems like it\'s never going to end, but you\'ll get through it,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. 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After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May, Baldwin is now working as a producer for Cape Girardeau, Missouri’s, KFVS-TV, which will allow her to help plan and create the newscasts that inspired her.\r\n\r\nBaldwin originally heard about UT Martin from a hometown friend who had applied. Upon looking into the university further, she was drawn in by the small student population and close-knit community that UT Martin had to offer.\r\n<blockquote>“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said. “I have relationships with all my professors, and it\'s just made my experience here a lot better.”\r\n\r\nWhile Baldwin was taking her introduction to broadcasting course, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run radio station, was looking to find new students to replace those who were graduating. Tatum expressed interest, and in fall 2021, she was added as the news director.\r\n\r\nIt was at WUTM where she would not only build firsthand experience planning and executing newscasts, but also build relationships with her classmates and advisers. These relationships would become Baldwin’s favorite part of her experience with the station as she and her fellow members of the station often spent long hours preparing and recording the radio programs. She also quickly started working on-air and in production with UTM Television.\r\n\r\nShe especially values the relationships she built with her advisers, Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of mass media and strategic communication and WUTM adviser, and Rodney Freed, instructor of mass media and strategic communication and adviser for UTM Television.\r\n<blockquote>“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said. “I probably would have been close with them because I would have had them as professors, but it\'s just not the same as being around them all day.”\r\n\r\nAs the station’s program director, Baldwin led the station through the university’s transition to holding in-person classes and events as the pandemic subsided in fall 2021. This allowed the station to begin directly interacting with students; during this time, WUTM set up a live booth at the Paul Meek Library’s open house Sept. 23 and at Quad City during Homecoming Week.\r\n\r\n“Tatum Baldwin is a winner in every sense of the word. I feel confident that she will achieve success in the field of television production and reporting,” said Robinson. “Her future looks bright indeed.”\r\n\r\nThe past two years of experience at WUTM have prepared Baldwin for her newest venture: working behind the scenes to produce newscasts at KFVS-TV. Baldwin’s daily tasks will include deciding what stories will be featured and when, as well as how long each story needs to be. She will also need to stay flexible during the broadcast in case of a delay.\r\n\r\n“You have to keep up with it during the broadcast, too. If the meteorologist goes 30 seconds over, you have to jump in and be like, \'Okay, we’ve got to cut 30 seconds, where do we have to cut 30 seconds?’ Because there\'s not a lot of 30-second stories,” Baldwin said. “But that’s what I like. I like the adrenaline.”\r\n\r\nAfter a few months working as a producer, Baldwin will begin training to become a multimedia journalist, which will supplement her production experience with on-air reporting duties.\r\n\r\nFor Baldwin, one of the greatest lessons she learned was to not fear risk and to take advantage of all the opportunities afforded to her.\r\n<blockquote>“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. Even though in the moment, especially during finals week, all your stress seems like it\'s never going to end, but you\'ll get through it,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\r\n“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. 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After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May, Baldwin is now working as a producer for Cape Girardeau, Missouri’s, KFVS-TV, which will allow her to help plan and create the newscasts that inspired her.\n\nBaldwin originally heard about UT Martin from a hometown friend who had applied. Upon looking into the university further, she was drawn in by the small student population and close-knit community that UT Martin had to offer.\n<blockquote>“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\n“One thing that sold me was the student-to-teacher ratio. I knew I would get that one-on-one experience that I needed to excel in college and after, and I was right,” Baldwin said. “I have relationships with all my professors, and it\'s just made my experience here a lot better.”\n\nWhile Baldwin was taking her introduction to broadcasting course, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” UT Martin’s student-run radio station, was looking to find new students to replace those who were graduating. Tatum expressed interest, and in fall 2021, she was added as the news director.\n\nIt was at WUTM where she would not only build firsthand experience planning and executing newscasts, but also build relationships with her classmates and advisers. These relationships would become Baldwin’s favorite part of her experience with the station as she and her fellow members of the station often spent long hours preparing and recording the radio programs. She also quickly started working on-air and in production with UTM Television.\n\nShe especially values the relationships she built with her advisers, Dr. Richard Robinson, professor of mass media and strategic communication and WUTM adviser, and Rodney Freed, instructor of mass media and strategic communication and adviser for UTM Television.\n<blockquote>“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\n“I\'ll cherish all the friendships I made in the relationships with my mentors,” Baldwin said. “I probably would have been close with them because I would have had them as professors, but it\'s just not the same as being around them all day.”\n\nAs the station’s program director, Baldwin led the station through the university’s transition to holding in-person classes and events as the pandemic subsided in fall 2021. This allowed the station to begin directly interacting with students; during this time, WUTM set up a live booth at the Paul Meek Library’s open house Sept. 23 and at Quad City during Homecoming Week.\n\n“Tatum Baldwin is a winner in every sense of the word. I feel confident that she will achieve success in the field of television production and reporting,” said Robinson. “Her future looks bright indeed.”\n\nThe past two years of experience at WUTM have prepared Baldwin for her newest venture: working behind the scenes to produce newscasts at KFVS-TV. Baldwin’s daily tasks will include deciding what stories will be featured and when, as well as how long each story needs to be. She will also need to stay flexible during the broadcast in case of a delay.\n\n“You have to keep up with it during the broadcast, too. If the meteorologist goes 30 seconds over, you have to jump in and be like, \'Okay, we’ve got to cut 30 seconds, where do we have to cut 30 seconds?’ Because there\'s not a lot of 30-second stories,” Baldwin said. “But that’s what I like. I like the adrenaline.”\n\nAfter a few months working as a producer, Baldwin will begin training to become a multimedia journalist, which will supplement her production experience with on-air reporting duties.\n\nFor Baldwin, one of the greatest lessons she learned was to not fear risk and to take advantage of all the opportunities afforded to her.\n<blockquote>“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. Even though in the moment, especially during finals week, all your stress seems like it\'s never going to end, but you\'ll get through it,” Baldwin said.</blockquote>\n“Don\'t take your time (in college) for granted; it\'ll be some of the best times of your life. Even though in the moment, especially during finals week, all your stress seems like it\'s never going to end, but you\'ll get through it,” Baldwin said. “I\'m just very thankful for my four years here.”\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> ###</p>','Baldwin earns producer position at Cape Girardeau\'s KFVS-TV','Tatum Baldwin, a Manchester, Tennessee, native, realized her interest in broadcasting while watching her local news station.','inherit','closed','closed','','4082-autosave-v1','','','2022-06-14 14:55:38','2022-06-14 19:55:38','',4082,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/14/4082-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4086,7,'2022-06-17 13:31:35','2022-06-17 18:31:35','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate its 2021-22 class Tuesday, June 21, at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt. A 5:30 p.m. reception will be followed by dinner at 6:15, and the graduation ceremony will conclude the program.\r\n\r\nRandy Boyd, president of the University of Tennessee System, is the event’s keynote speaker, and the program’s board of trustees will welcome new graduates.  The program has graduated 886 class members since it was established in 1989. The 900<sup>th</sup> WestStar graduate will be recognized from among the current class.\r\n\r\nThe 32nd graduating class includes 30 members from 17 West Tennessee counties. Each WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement. Participants complete eight sessions covering topics in agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education, and tourism.\r\n\r\nIn addition to recognizing graduates, several awards will be presented during the program, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award chosen by the class and the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award.\r\n\r\nInformation about the program is available at utm.edu or call the WestStar Leadership Program at 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','WestStar Leadership class to graduate June 21 in Humboldt','The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will graduate its 2021-22 class Tuesday, June 21, at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt. 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Each WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement. Participants complete eight sessions covering topics in agriculture and transportation, energy and environment, public policy issues, education, and tourism.\r\n\r\nIn addition to recognizing graduates, several awards will be presented during the program, including the C.P. 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A 5:30 p.m. reception will be followed by dinner at 6:15, and the graduation ceremony will conclude the program.\r\n\r\nRandy Boyd, president of the University of Tennessee System, is the event’s keynote speaker, and the program’s board of trustees will welcome new graduates.  The program has graduated 886 class members since it was established in 1989. The 900<sup>th</sup> WestStar graduate will be recognized from among the current class.\r\n\r\nThe 32nd graduating class includes 30 members from 17 West Tennessee counties. Each WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Class members are selected from all occupations and levels of community and regional involvement. 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','inherit','closed','closed','','4086-revision-v1','','','2022-06-17 13:32:33','2022-06-17 18:32:33','',4086,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/17/4086-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4090,7,'2022-06-20 16:24:24','2022-06-20 21:24:24','Benjamin Beard has been called a renaissance man on more than one occasion in his life. His constant involvement and wide skill set have made him a well-known name at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He earned double degrees in accounting and finance on May 7 when he participated in UT Martin’s commencement ceremony at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center on the main campus.\r\n\r\nBeard is a local student, having grown up in Union City. His first interaction with UT Martin was through the Tennessee Governor’s School for Agricultural Sciences. He credits this experience for his decision to attend UT Martin.\r\n<blockquote>“Even though I never pursued a degree in ag, being able to meet other students is what drew me.”</blockquote>\r\n“That experience was important for being able to see the campus, meet some of the students, meet the professors,” said Beard. “Even though I never pursued a degree in ag, being able to meet other students is what drew me.”\r\n\r\nFast forward to fall of 2018, Beard started his first semester at UT Martin as a music major. He thought his passion for playing the piano would lead to a career, but his course of study changed early in his collegiate experience. “I wanted music to be a hobby, something that I enjoyed. The burden of pursuing it as a career was pulling the joy out of it,” he said.\r\n<blockquote>“He raised us and taught us the financial habits we needed to have,” Beard said. “We had a little system at home with our allowance where we had to give 10%, save 20% and we could spend the other 70% on whatever we wanted.”</blockquote>\r\nWhen faced with the decision of selecting a new major, Beard recalled the work his father does as an investment adviser. “He raised us and taught us the financial habits we needed to have,” Beard said. “We had a little system at home with our allowance where we had to give 10%, save 20% and we could spend the other 70% on whatever we wanted.” It was small fundamental practices like this that he believes ignited his passion for finance and accounting.\r\n\r\nBeard was able to put his degree to use before he even completed it. As a University Scholar, he had to complete a two-year project and defend it before a panel of his professors and Scholar advisers. He did a historical analysis of the tax-planning strategy known as “buy, borrow, die.” The strategy is to buy assets, borrow against them to finance a certain lifestyle, and then die leaving those assets to heirs.\r\n\r\nEven though Beard doesn’t advise others to do this strategy, he knows he would have never done this research project without the structure and guidance provided through the University Scholars program. “The project itself helped me directly in some of my tax classes and helped to give me a good foundation for some tax law.”\r\n\r\nHe also gained valuable real-world experience through the Community Bank Case Study. In 2021, Beard along with three other UT Martin students competed and placed first in this national competition. They examined how local community banks navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to encourage greater diversity and inclusion.\r\n\r\nIn addition to a heavy course load, Beard was an active student in the university community.  He served as the vice president of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, where he also played in the worship band. He continued pursuing music as a hobby by playing with campus piano ensembles and singing with the University Singers.\r\n<blockquote>“The product of not worrying but applying myself to things has led to a lot of success.”</blockquote>\r\nBecause of his involvement in numerous projects and student organizations, Beard turned to his faith for guidance and structure during times of stress. “Being in prayer and going to God’s Word have been really helpful to not be stressed and worried about everything,” he said. “The product of not worrying but applying myself to things has led to a lot of success.”\r\n\r\nBeard’s next step is to join the family business at Discovery Partners Investment Center in Union City. He plans to become a registered financial adviser and sit for his CPA license.\r\n\r\n“The experiences I’ve had at UT Martin have set me up for the future,” Beard added. “What I found out in Governor’s School, I found to be true. 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His first interaction with UT Martin was through the Tennessee Governor’s School for Agricultural Sciences. He credits this experience for his decision to attend UT Martin.\r\n<blockquote>“Even though I never pursued a degree in ag, being able to meet other students is what drew me.”</blockquote>\r\n“That experience was important for being able to see the campus, meet some of the students, meet the professors,” said Beard. “Even though I never pursued a degree in ag, being able to meet other students is what drew me.”\r\n\r\nFast forward to fall of 2018, Beard started his first semester at UT Martin as a music major. He thought his passion for playing the piano would lead to a career, but his course of study changed early in his collegiate experience. “I wanted music to be a hobby, something that I enjoyed. The burden of pursuing it as a career was pulling the joy out of it,” he said.\r\n<blockquote>“He raised us and taught us the financial habits we needed to have,” Beard said. “We had a little system at home with our allowance where we had to give 10%, save 20% and we could spend the other 70% on whatever we wanted.”</blockquote>\r\nWhen faced with the decision of selecting a new major, Beard recalled the work his father does as an investment adviser. “He raised us and taught us the financial habits we needed to have,” Beard said. “We had a little system at home with our allowance where we had to give 10%, save 20% and we could spend the other 70% on whatever we wanted.” It was small fundamental practices like this that he believes ignited his passion for finance and accounting.\r\n\r\nBeard was able to put his degree to use before he even completed it. As a University Scholar, he had to complete a two-year project and defend it before a panel of his professors and Scholar advisers. He did a historical analysis of the tax-planning strategy known as “buy, borrow, die.” The strategy is to buy assets, borrow against them to finance a certain lifestyle, and then die leaving those assets to heirs.\r\n\r\nEven though Beard doesn’t advise others to do this strategy, he knows he would have never done this research project without the structure and guidance provided through the University Scholars program. “The project itself helped me directly in some of my tax classes and helped to give me a good foundation for some tax law.”\r\n\r\nHe also gained valuable real-world experience through the Community Bank Case Study. In 2021, Beard along with three other UT Martin students competed and placed first in this national competition. They examined how local community banks navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to encourage greater diversity and inclusion.\r\n\r\nIn addition to a heavy course load, Beard was an active student in the university community.  He served as the vice president of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, where he also played in the worship band. He continued pursuing music as a hobby by playing with campus piano ensembles and singing with the University Singers.\r\n<blockquote>“The product of not worrying but applying myself to things has led to a lot of success.”</blockquote>\r\nBecause of his involvement in numerous projects and student organizations, Beard turned to his faith for guidance and structure during times of stress. “Being in prayer and going to God’s Word have been really helpful to not be stressed and worried about everything,” he said. “The product of not worrying but applying myself to things has led to a lot of success.”\r\n\r\nBeard’s next step is to join the family business at Discovery Partners Investment Center in Union City. He plans to become a registered financial adviser and sit for his CPA license.\r\n\r\n“The experiences I’ve had at UT Martin have set me up for the future,” Beard added. “What I found out in Governor’s School, I found to be true. 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The livestream is available for purchase at <a href=\"http://www.misstennessee.org\">www.misstennessee.org</a>.\r\n\r\nPennington, a mass media and strategic communication student, will compete as Miss Perry County. Over the last week, she has participated in the Miss Tennessee Social Media Challenge to showcase her service projects and personal growth throughout her journey to the crown. This social media campaign can be found by visiting <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/missmilan2020\">Miss Perry County 2022, Emily Pennington</a> on Facebook.\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition will go on to compete for the title of Miss America.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin student to compete in Miss Tennessee Competition','Emily Pennington, a University of Tennessee at Martin student from McMinnville, will compete in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition at 7 p.m., June 25, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis. 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The livestream is available for purchase at <a href=\"http://www.misstennessee.org\">www.misstennessee.org</a>.\r\n\r\nPennington, a mass media and strategic communication student, will compete as Miss Perry County. Over the last week, she has participated in the Miss Tennessee Social Media Challenge to showcase her service projects and personal growth throughout her journey to the crown. This social media campaign can be found by visiting <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/missmilan2020\">Miss Perry County 2022, Emily Pennington</a> on Facebook.\r\n\r\nThe winner of the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition will go on to compete for the title of Miss America.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','UT Martin student to compete in Miss Tennessee Competition','Emily Pennington, a University of Tennessee at Martin student from McMinnville, will compete in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition at 7 p.m., June 25, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis. 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He’s officially one of them. The University of Tennessee System president was announced as the fourth honorary graduate in the leadership program’s history during WestStar’s annual graduation event held June 21 at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt.\r\n\r\nBoyd also served as the event’s keynote speaker as WestStar recognized 30 graduates from 17 counties in the program’s 32nd class. Others attending the event included Dr. Keith Carver, university chancellor; Dr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and vice chancellor for university advancement; State Sen. John Stevens (R-Huntingdon); and Paige Clark, the newly crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer. Clark was the guest of Art and Tammy Sparks, of Union City. Art is a 2016 WestStar graduate and is completing his term as a member of the program’s board of trustees.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Eight program sessions cover topics in agriculture and transportation; energy, the environment and technology; economic development; public policy issues; education; the humanity of leadership; and tourism. Including the 2022 class, the program has graduated 916 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nBoyd was appointed the UT System’s 26th president by the UT Board of Trustees on March 27, 2020, following 16 months as interim president following Dr. Joe DiPietro’s retirement. The longtime businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist is the founder of Radio Systems Corp., a Knoxville-based, pet-related products business. He also chairs Boyd Sports and is owner of the Tennessee Smokies, Johnson City Doughboys, Greeneville Flyboys, Kingsport Axmen and Elizabethton River Riders baseball teams. He also is part owner of the Memphis Redbirds.\r\n\r\nBoyd’s extensive public-service resume includes chairing the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and serving as Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner. He also served as Gov. Bill Haslam’s special adviser for higher education, led creation of the Tennessee Promise and Drive to 55, and was the founder and chairman of Tennessee Achieves. He spoke to members of the current class and alumni earlier this year during a WestStar Lunch, Learn, Leadership series program in Jackson.\r\n<blockquote>“If you want to make a difference in West Tennessee, you’re going to make it through WestStar,” Boyd said. “WestStar is training so many leaders that are making a difference in every corner of West Tennessee.”</blockquote>\r\n“If you want to make a difference in West Tennessee, you’re going to make it through WestStar,” Boyd said. “WestStar is training so many leaders that are making a difference in every corner of West Tennessee.” He also talked about the University of Tennessee’s higher education presence and service in West Tennessee through UT Martin, the UT Health Science Center and UT Extension and encouraged partnerships with UT to address challenges.\r\n\r\n“Anything you can think of that you might have an issue with, give us a call,” he said. “We’re the land grant university. Unlike other universities, our mission is to serve the state of Tennessee. That’s why we were created.” He recalled the history of land grant universities that were established “to provide a ladder up to the working class and the middle class” through access to education. Boyd noted that a well-known college ranking publication includes selectivity among its ranking criteria. “We (UT) don’t want to be known by who we exclude,” he said. “We want to be known by who we include, and we want to make sure that we’re accessible to more students.” He pointed to the UT Promise undergraduate scholarship program as one example of how qualifying Tennessee residents have increased access to attend a UT campus.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed his remarks for the audience of current and rising leaders by recalling a 2015 meeting that he attended in Israel when he was serving as Tennessee commissioner of economic and community development. He traveled to Israel with Gov. Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. The legendary world leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient was 92 years old at the time, and somewhat to their surprise, the Tennessee visitors encountered an active, fully engaged man. “This is one of the smartest, most thoughtful people I’ve ever met,” Boyd said, and added, “His view of the world was so deep and so broad.”\r\n\r\nFollowing some general conversation, Peres recognized that his visitors didn’t know what to say, and Boyd remembered him saying, “You know, when people meet me, a lot of times, the first thing they’ll ask is, ‘What was your greatest accomplishment?’” Boyd expected to hear about one of Peres’ many achievements, but instead he responded to the question by saying, “When they ask me what my greatest accomplishment is, I always tell them, ‘It’ll be what I do tomorrow.’ And then they’ll ask me, ‘What was your greatest failure?’ And I always tell them, ‘My greatest failure was I failed to dream big enough.’”\r\n<blockquote>However, he does remember how Peres closed: “When he finished, he said, ‘You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past. Always dream big.’”</blockquote>\r\nPeres shared other advice, but Boyd was so impressed by the experience that he laughed in saying that he failed take notes. However, he does remember how Peres closed: “When he finished, he said, ‘You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past. Always dream big.’” Boyd ended by offering Peres’ advice to his new WestStar classmates and the audience: “Always dream big.”\r\n\r\nCarver followed Boyd’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award to Matt Marshall, president and CEO of the United Way of West Tennessee; the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award was presented to 2000 program graduate Mark Herbison, president and CEO of HTL Advantage, in Covington; and Kasey Meunch, community relations director of the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, was elected 2022 WestStar class representative. Soon-to-be UT Martin first-year student Anna Goldsby, of Crockett County, received the Vaughn RisingStar Scholarship, and Ben Jones, of Weakley County, was recognized during the graduation ceremony as the 900<sup>th</sup> WestStar graduate.\r\n\r\nThe WestStar Board of Trustees welcomed the 2022 class to conclude the formal program: Kevin Adelsberger, Madison County; Sabrina Blue, Madison County; Gene Bowden, Hardeman County; Stephanie Chapman-Washam, Tipton County; Tory Daughrity, Henry County; Toni Eubanks, Haywood County; Lauren Fletcher, Tipton County; Dr. Joshua Filtz, Carroll County; William Franklin, Shelby County; Tina Glover, Fayette County; Jennifer Hedge, Benton County; Dob Johnson, Dyer County; Ben Jones, Weakley County; Kimberly Jones, Madison County; Mary Lonon, Haywood County; Shane Lynch, Gibson County; Hadley Malone, Obion County; Matt Marshall, Madison County; Petra McPherson, Obion County; Amber Mills, Shelby County; Kasey Muench, Henry County; Seela Newbill, Dyer County; Adam November, Madison County; Charles Peery, Obion County; Renee Phelps, Chester County; Dr. Jan Reid-Bunch, Dyer County; LaRae Smiley-Sliger, Hardin County; Laura Todd, Shelby County; Dr. Leah Watkins, Henry County; and Cody Wood, Henderson County.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the WestStar Leadership Program at <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/weststar/\">utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2022 WestStar class honored; Randy Boyd named honorary graduate','Randy Boyd considers the 2022 University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program participants as his classmates – and for good reason.','publish','closed','closed','','2022-weststar-class-honored-randy-boyd-named-honorary-graduate','','','2022-06-24 10:46:02','2022-06-24 15:46:02','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4099',0,'post','',0),(4100,7,'2022-06-24 10:32:51','2022-06-24 15:32:51','','WestStar_Boyd Honorary Grad 2022','UT System President Randy Boyd (center) was welcomed as the WestStar Leadership Program’s fourth honorary graduate June 21 during WestStar’s annual graduation event at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt. 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The University of Tennessee System president was announced as the fourth honorary graduate in the leadership program’s history during WestStar’s annual graduation event held June 21 at The Venue at Twin Oaks in Humboldt.\r\n\r\nBoyd also served as the event’s keynote speaker as WestStar recognized 30 graduates from 17 counties in the program’s 32nd class. Others attending the event included Dr. Keith Carver, university chancellor; Dr. Charley Deal, secretary of the board for WestStar and vice chancellor for university advancement; State Sen. John Stevens (R-Huntingdon); and Paige Clark, the newly crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer. Clark was the guest of Art and Tammy Sparks, of Union City. Art is a 2016 WestStar graduate and is completing his term as a member of the program’s board of trustees.\r\n\r\nEach WestStar class is chosen annually by the program’s board of trustees. Selection is based on individual leadership achievements and potential to contribute to West Tennessee’s development. Eight program sessions cover topics in agriculture and transportation; energy, the environment and technology; economic development; public policy issues; education; the humanity of leadership; and tourism. Including the 2022 class, the program has graduated 916 class members since WestStar was established in 1989.\r\n\r\nBoyd was appointed the UT System’s 26th president by the UT Board of Trustees on March 27, 2020, following 16 months as interim president following Dr. Joe DiPietro’s retirement. The longtime businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist is the founder of Radio Systems Corp., a Knoxville-based, pet-related products business. He also chairs Boyd Sports and is owner of the Tennessee Smokies, Johnson City Doughboys, Greeneville Flyboys, Kingsport Axmen and Elizabethton River Riders baseball teams. He also is part owner of the Memphis Redbirds.\r\n\r\nBoyd’s extensive public-service resume includes chairing the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and serving as Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner. He also served as Gov. Bill Haslam’s special adviser for higher education, led creation of the Tennessee Promise and Drive to 55, and was the founder and chairman of Tennessee Achieves. He spoke to members of the current class and alumni earlier this year during a WestStar Lunch, Learn, Leadership series program in Jackson.\r\n<blockquote>“If you want to make a difference in West Tennessee, you’re going to make it through WestStar,” Boyd said. “WestStar is training so many leaders that are making a difference in every corner of West Tennessee.”</blockquote>\r\n“If you want to make a difference in West Tennessee, you’re going to make it through WestStar,” Boyd said. “WestStar is training so many leaders that are making a difference in every corner of West Tennessee.” He also talked about the University of Tennessee’s higher education presence and service in West Tennessee through UT Martin, the UT Health Science Center and UT Extension and encouraged partnerships with UT to address challenges.\r\n\r\n“Anything you can think of that you might have an issue with, give us a call,” he said. “We’re the land grant university. Unlike other universities, our mission is to serve the state of Tennessee. That’s why we were created.” He recalled the history of land grant universities that were established “to provide a ladder up to the working class and the middle class” through access to education. Boyd noted that a well-known college ranking publication includes selectivity among its ranking criteria. “We (UT) don’t want to be known by who we exclude,” he said. “We want to be known by who we include, and we want to make sure that we’re accessible to more students.” He pointed to the UT Promise undergraduate scholarship program as one example of how qualifying Tennessee residents have increased access to attend a UT campus.\r\n\r\nBoyd closed his remarks for the audience of current and rising leaders by recalling a 2015 meeting that he attended in Israel when he was serving as Tennessee commissioner of economic and community development. He traveled to Israel with Gov. Haslam and other Tennessee business leaders, and the weeklong trip ended with Haslam and Boyd having a private meeting with former prime minister and Israeli president Shimon Peres. The legendary world leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient was 92 years old at the time, and somewhat to their surprise, the Tennessee visitors encountered an active, fully engaged man. “This is one of the smartest, most thoughtful people I’ve ever met,” Boyd said, and added, “His view of the world was so deep and so broad.”\r\n\r\nFollowing some general conversation, Peres recognized that his visitors didn’t know what to say, and Boyd remembered him saying, “You know, when people meet me, a lot of times, the first thing they’ll ask is, ‘What was your greatest accomplishment?’” Boyd expected to hear about one of Peres’ many achievements, but instead he responded to the question by saying, “When they ask me what my greatest accomplishment is, I always tell them, ‘It’ll be what I do tomorrow.’ And then they’ll ask me, ‘What was your greatest failure?’ And I always tell them, ‘My greatest failure was I failed to dream big enough.’”\r\n<blockquote>However, he does remember how Peres closed: “When he finished, he said, ‘You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past. Always dream big.’”</blockquote>\r\nPeres shared other advice, but Boyd was so impressed by the experience that he laughed in saying that he failed take notes. However, he does remember how Peres closed: “When he finished, he said, ‘You’re old when you can count more accomplishments of the past than you can dreams of the future, and you’re forever young when you can count more dreams of the future than you can accomplishments of the past. Always dream big.’” Boyd ended by offering Peres’ advice to his new WestStar classmates and the audience: “Always dream big.”\r\n\r\nCarver followed Boyd’s remarks by presenting several awards, including the C.P. Boyd Leadership Award to Matt Marshall, president and CEO of the United Way of West Tennessee; the Jimmy Daniel Make-A-Difference WestStar Leadership Alumni Award was presented to 2000 program graduate Mark Herbison, president and CEO of HTL Advantage, in Covington; and Kasey Meunch, community relations director of the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, was elected 2022 WestStar class representative. Soon-to-be UT Martin first-year student Anna Goldsby, of Crockett County, received the Vaughn RisingStar Scholarship, and Ben Jones, of Weakley County, was recognized during the graduation ceremony as the 900<sup>th</sup> WestStar graduate.\r\n\r\nThe WestStar Board of Trustees welcomed the 2022 class to conclude the formal program: Kevin Adelsberger, Madison County; Sabrina Blue, Madison County; Gene Bowden, Hardeman County; Stephanie Chapman-Washam, Tipton County; Tory Daughrity, Henry County; Toni Eubanks, Haywood County; Lauren Fletcher, Tipton County; Dr. Joshua Filtz, Carroll County; William Franklin, Shelby County; Tina Glover, Fayette County; Jennifer Hedge, Benton County; Dob Johnson, Dyer County; Ben Jones, Weakley County; Kimberly Jones, Madison County; Mary Lonon, Haywood County; Shane Lynch, Gibson County; Hadley Malone, Obion County; Matt Marshall, Madison County; Petra McPherson, Obion County; Amber Mills, Shelby County; Kasey Muench, Henry County; Seela Newbill, Dyer County; Adam November, Madison County; Charles Peery, Obion County; Renee Phelps, Chester County; Dr. Jan Reid-Bunch, Dyer County; LaRae Smiley-Sliger, Hardin County; Laura Todd, Shelby County; Dr. Leah Watkins, Henry County; and Cody Wood, Henderson County.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the WestStar Leadership Program at <a href=\"https://www.utm.edu/departments/weststar/\">utm.edu</a> or call 731-881-7298.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','2022 WestStar class honored; Randy Boyd named honorary graduate','Randy Boyd considers the 2022 University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program participants as his classmates – and for good reason.','inherit','closed','closed','','4099-revision-v1','','','2022-06-24 10:44:47','2022-06-24 15:44:47','',4099,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/24/4099-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4102,7,'2022-06-24 14:32:33','2022-06-24 19:32:33','Three University of Tennessee at Martin Noyce Scholars signed a contract agreeing to fulfill the program’s requirements as they begin their Master of Science in Initial Licensure at UT Martin. Terae Phelps, of Union City; Grace Looney, of Millington; and Taylor Dennis, of Jackson, signed the contract during an orientation for the graduate program on May 10.\r\n\r\nThe UT Martin Noyce Scholars receive a $29,000 stipend to cover full tuition and fees for their master’s degrees at UT Martin. To maintain that stipend, the students must agree to complete the program in one calendar year, apply for a Tennessee educator license, and teach for at least two years in a high-need school district. Funding is provided through the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to increase the number of qualified science and math teachers in West Tennessee.\r\n<blockquote>“The UTM Noyce Scholars Program is our regional contribution to the National Science Foundation’s effort to address the shortage of math and science teachers in Tennessee and across the United States,” said Dr. Steve Elliott, professor of mathematics and statistics and UT Martin STEM Center director.</blockquote>\r\n“The UTM Noyce Scholars Program is our regional contribution to the National Science Foundation’s effort to address the shortage of math and science teachers in Tennessee and across the United States,” said Dr. Steve Elliott, professor of mathematics and statistics and UT Martin STEM Center director. “Over five years, we are trying to obtain, train and retain 25 math and science teachers for Tennessee students.”\r\n\r\nApplications will open in September 2022 for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, and additional information is available at <a href=\"http://www.utm.edu/noyce\">www.utm.edu/noyce</a> or by visiting the UTM Noyce Scholars account on Instagram.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###</p>','Three UT Martin Noyce Scholars begin master\'s degrees','Three University of Tennessee at Martin Noyce Scholars signed a contract agreeing to fulfill the program’s requirements as they begin their Master of Science in Initial Licensure at UT Martin. 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In addition, the same donors will provide scholarships to qualified students at the second-year level or above who have a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or higher through their establishment of the Overcast Family Construction Management Scholarship Fund.\r\n\r\nThe new degree received UT Board of Trustees approval during the board’s annual meeting in June and received final approval July 28 during the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s summer meeting in Nashville. The program will begin fall semester 2022.\r\n\r\nThe degree will provide an additional STEM pathway to students interested in the combination of engineering and construction-related work. The degree will be formatted to benefit completion by both traditional students and by professionals currently working in the construction field. 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Among the academic program approvals was the university’s new Bachelor of Science in Construction Management. The meeting was held in the Student Union Ballroom on the UT Knoxville campus.\r\n\r\nThe construction management degree is designed for students who want to work in the engineering and construction fields but don’t want to pursue an engineering degree. The program will prepare graduates for various opportunities in the construction industry. The program will begin in fall 2022 pending approval by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission during its July 28 meeting in Nashville.\r\n\r\nBoard approvals were also granted for a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine and Performing Arts. Both were added to existing degree options, with general education requirements being the only difference in a BA or BS degree in philosophy. The BA in fine and performing arts is more flexible than the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and will allow students in the BA program to expand individual skillsets by pursing a minor in programs such as computer science, accounting, or mass media and strategic communication.\r\n\r\nThe 10-year campus master plan was developed in cooperation with the DLR Group, which collected information during on-campus meetings with campus stakeholders and focus groups. The design firm also gathered information from a campus-wide survey and used all input to create a plan that includes enrollment projections, a space-needs assessment, housing demand, and an implementation plan. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission requires a new campus master plan be completed a minimum of once every 10 years.\r\n\r\nIn other action, the board again approved an across-the-board, zero percent tuition increase for all UT campuses including UT Martin. “Rising inflation is hitting our students and families particularly hard,” UT Board of Trustees Chair John Compton said. “Due in large part because of Gov. Bill Lee and our Tennessee General Assembly’s historic higher education budget of $137 million, we are in the fortunate position to keep tuition and mandatory fees flat for FY 22-23.”\r\n\r\nComplete information about UT Martin academic programs and university tuition and fees is found at utm.edu. UT Martin is a primary regional university in the University of Tennessee System and includes five regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer and Somerville. Online course and degree offerings are available through UT Martin Online. 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West received the award for the “Embrace Diversity” category, which honors an individual who respects the qualities and circumstances that make each individual and the UT System stronger. The awards were presented following the UT Board of Trustees annual meeting June 24 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards were established in 2016 and are the highest honor a UT employee can receive and are intended to spotlight success and inspire excellence. Honorees are selected each year from a systemwide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders.\r\n\r\nSince she began serving as college dean in 2015, West has dedicated herself to recruiting and serving students and faculty of color. During her time as dean, she has actively recruited six Black faculty members, and since beginning her career at UT Martin in 1990, she has recruited and supported 31 faculty members of color. West also makes herself accessible to any student or faculty member who needs assistance by maintaining an open-door policy.\r\n\r\nWest co-founded UT Martin’s Call Me MiSTER program, which strives to prepare male students from diverse backgrounds for future careers in education and is the only program of its kind in Tennessee. The program, which began at Clemson University in 2000, provides participants with financial assistance as well as a cohort and mentorship system that provides them with academic and social support. In fall 2022, the group will have 17 students, and the first graduates will complete their degrees in 2023.\r\n<blockquote>“When you think about embracing diversity on the Martin campus, Cindy West is the first name that comes to mind,” said Chancellor Keith Carver.</blockquote>\r\n“When you think about embracing diversity on the Martin campus, Cindy West is the first name that comes to mind,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “She’s a tireless recruiter of students for both social work and education and behavioral sciences programs. She’s also an incredible recruiter of new staff and faculty talent who will help diversify our campus.”\r\n\r\nOther UT Martin faculty and staff members who were nominated for awards include Dr. Michael Gibson, professor of geology; Gina McClure, chief housing officer; Dr. Steve Elliott, associate professor of mathematics; Dr. Clinton Smith, chair of the Department of Educational Studies and associate professor of special education; Ryan Martin, assistant director of residence life; and Ashley Bynum, associate athletic director for compliance/academics.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the President’s Awards, this year’s winners, and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/\">president.tennessee.edu/awards</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">   ###</p>','UT Martin\'s Cindy West among recipients of the 2022 President\'s Award','Cindy West, dean of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Martin, received one of seven President’s Awards presented to faculty and staff members throughout the UT System.','publish','closed','closed','','cindy-west-among-recipients-of-the-2022-presidents-award','','','2022-06-29 19:16:36','2022-06-30 00:16:36','',0,'https://www.utm.edu/news/?p=4112',0,'post','',0),(4113,7,'2022-06-29 07:20:44','2022-06-29 12:20:44','','BOT_PresAwards_2022__1','Dr. Cindy West of UTM wins the Embrace Diversity award at the President\'s Awards luncheon on June 24, 2022.','inherit','closed','closed','','bot_presawards_2022__1','','','2022-06-29 07:20:44','2022-06-29 12:20:44','',4112,'https://www.utm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BOT_PresAwards_2022__1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4114,7,'2022-06-29 07:22:20','2022-06-29 12:22:20','Cindy West, dean of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Martin, received one of seven President’s Awards presented to faculty and staff members throughout the UT System. West received the award for the “Embrace Diversity” category, which honors an individual who respects the qualities and circumstances that make each individual and the UT System stronger. The awards were presented following the UT Board of Trustees annual meeting June 24 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards were established in 2016 and are the highest honor a UT employee can receive and are intended to spotlight success and inspire excellence. Honorees are selected each year from a systemwide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders.\r\n\r\nSince she began serving as college dean in 2015, West has dedicated herself to recruiting and serving students and faculty of color. During her time as dean, she has actively recruited six Black faculty members, and since beginning her career at UT Martin in 1990, she has recruited and supported 31 faculty members of color. West also makes herself accessible to any student or faculty member who needs assistance by maintaining an open-door policy.\r\n\r\nWest co-founded UT Martin’s Call Me MiSTER program, which strives to prepare male students from diverse backgrounds for future careers in education and is the only program of its kind in Tennessee. The program, which began at Clemson University in 2000, provides participants with financial assistance as well as a cohort and mentorship system that provides them with academic and social support. 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West received the award for the “Embrace Diversity” category, which honors an individual who respects the qualities and circumstances that make each individual and the UT System stronger. The awards were presented following the UT Board of Trustees annual meeting June 24 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards were established in 2016 and are the highest honor a UT employee can receive and are intended to spotlight success and inspire excellence. Honorees are selected each year from a systemwide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders.\r\n\r\nSince she began serving as college dean in 2015, West has dedicated herself to recruiting and serving students and faculty of color. During her time as dean, she has actively recruited six Black faculty members, and since beginning her career at UT Martin in 1990, she has recruited and supported 31 faculty members of color. West also makes herself accessible to any student or faculty member who needs assistance by maintaining an open-door policy.\r\n\r\nWest co-founded UT Martin’s Call Me MiSTER program, which strives to prepare male students from diverse backgrounds for future careers in education and is the only program of its kind in Tennessee. The program, which began at Clemson University in 2000, provides participants with financial assistance as well as a cohort and mentorship system that provides them with academic and social support. In fall 2022, the group will have 17 students, and the first graduates will complete their degrees in 2023.\r\n<blockquote>“When you think about embracing diversity on the Martin campus, Cindy West is the first name that comes to mind,” said Chancellor Keith Carver.</blockquote>\r\n“When you think about embracing diversity on the Martin campus, Cindy West is the first name that comes to mind,” said Chancellor Keith Carver. “She’s a tireless recruiter of students for both social work and education and behavioral sciences programs. She’s also an incredible recruiter of new staff and faculty talent who will help diversify our campus.”\r\n\r\nOther UT Martin faculty and staff members who were nominated for awards include Dr. Michael Gibson, professor of geology; Gina McClure, chief housing officer; Dr. Steve Elliott, associate professor of mathematics; Dr. Clinton Smith, chair of the Department of Educational Studies and associate professor of special education; Ryan Martin, assistant director of residence life; and Ashley Bynum, associate athletic director for compliance/academics.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the President’s Awards, this year’s winners, and a full list of nominees, visit <a href=\"https://president.tennessee.edu/awards/\">president.tennessee.edu/awards</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">   ###</p>','Cindy West among recipients of the 2022 President\'s Award','Cindy West, dean of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Martin, received one of seven President’s Awards presented to faculty and staff members throughout the UT System.','inherit','closed','closed','','4112-revision-v1','','','2022-06-29 07:23:27','2022-06-29 12:23:27','',4112,'https://www.utm.edu/news/2022/06/29/4112-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4118,7,'2022-06-29 19:16:36','2022-06-30 00:16:36','Cindy West, dean of the College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Martin, received one of seven President’s Awards presented to faculty and staff members throughout the UT System. West received the award for the “Embrace Diversity” category, which honors an individual who respects the qualities and circumstances that make each individual and the UT System stronger. The awards were presented following the UT Board of Trustees annual meeting June 24 in Knoxville.\r\n\r\nPresident’s Awards were established in 2016 and are the highest honor a UT employee can receive and are intended to spotlight success and inspire excellence. Honorees are selected each year from a systemwide pool of candidates nominated by campus and institute leaders.\r\n\r\nSince she began serving as college dean in 2015, West has dedicated herself to recruiting and serving students and faculty of color. During her time as dean, she has actively recruited six Black faculty members, and since beginning her career at UT Martin in 1990, she has recruited and supported 31 faculty members of color. 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Students participating in this program will have the opportunity to earn a dual MBA-EMBA from UT Martin’s College of Business and Global Affairs and the Nile University School of Business Administration. Both parties agreed that it was important to establish the personal connection with both the faculty and potential students enrolling in the program.\r\n\r\nThose who participated in the May 27 to June 3 visit included: Dr. Phillip Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Erica Bell, director of the Regional Centers and Online Programs office; Jennifer Killebrew, MBA program and student success coordinator; Stephanie Butler, coordinator of international student services; and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor of finance. 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Several of the potential students UT Martin’s team met during the visit have well-established professional careers and can bring a fresh perspective to the nationally ranked Online MBA program.\r\n\r\nThe collaboration begins in the fall 2022 semester and will potentially open the door for more ways to partner with the university in various other areas of study.\r\n\r\n“During our meetings with our Nile University colleagues, it became clear that there are several other opportunities for us to work together, particularly in the areas of agriculture and agricultural economics. I’m excited to see how the UTM-Nile University partnership grows over the next decade,” Cavalier said.\r\n\r\nAs the collaboration develops, UT Martin would like to strengthen the relationship further by having both Nile University faculty teach courses for the hybrid program and for UT Martin faculty to travel to Egypt to conduct a final lecture in person for the dual-degree students.\r\n\r\n“Two of Nile University’s faculty members will be guest lecturing this fall in my online undergraduate management class. 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Both parties agreed that it was important to establish the personal connection with both the faculty and potential students enrolling in the program.\r\n\r\nThose who participated in the May 27 to June 3 visit included: Dr. Phillip Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Erica Bell, director of the Regional Centers and Online Programs office; Jennifer Killebrew, MBA program and student success coordinator; Stephanie Butler, coordinator of international student services; and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor of finance. Each plays an important role in the success of the partnership and in creating a lasting connection with Nile University and potential MBA students.\r\n\r\nUT Martin’s hybrid MBA program engages students using both online and distance-learning technology. Nile University students will not only be able to directly interact with UT Martin faculty members but also connect with United States peers through distance-learning technology.  Bell is currently working with Nile University to develop and establish its own distance-learning room that will directly connect with UT Martin’s main campus and five regional centers.\r\n<blockquote>“I think it will bring on a whole new dynamic for all the [MBA] students to have this connection with those halfway across the world,” Killebrew said.</blockquote>\r\nBoth UT Martin and Nile University students will be able to learn from one-another and see varying viewpoints in business and ethical situations. 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Students participating in this program will have the opportunity to earn a dual MBA-EMBA from UT Martin’s College of Business and Global Affairs and the Nile University School of Business Administration. Both parties agreed that it was important to establish the personal connection with both the faculty and potential students enrolling in the program.\r\n\r\nThose who participated in the May 27 to June 3 visit included: Dr. Phillip Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Erica Bell, director of the Regional Centers and Online Programs office; Jennifer Killebrew, MBA program and student success coordinator; Stephanie Butler, coordinator of international student services; and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor of finance. 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Students participating in this program will have the opportunity to earn a dual MBA-EMBA from UT Martin’s College of Business and Global Affairs and the Nile University School of Business Administration. Both parties agreed that it was important to establish the personal connection with both the faculty and potential students enrolling in the program.\r\n\r\nThose who participated in the May 27 to June 3 visit included: Dr. Phillip Cavalier, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Erica Bell, director of the Regional Centers and Online Programs office; Jennifer Killebrew, MBA program and student success coordinator; Stephanie Butler, coordinator of international student services; and Dr. Mahmoud Haddad, professor of finance. 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This year’s event was one of the largest events in history; more than 5,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches participated, and more than 125,000 spectators attended.\r\n\r\nThe athletes Smith directly coached in track-and-field events earned a total of 20 medals, including four gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals. Garrett Dinning, a rising junior at Westview High School in Martin and son of UT Martin graduate Jill Dinning, earned fourth place in the mini javelin event and the 4 x 100-meter relay as well as sixth place in the long jump event. Team Tennessee earned 32 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 21 bronze medals based on the efforts of 133 athletes.\r\n\r\nFor Smith, watching the athletes enjoy the games along with seeing them have their needs met were the most memorable parts of the trip. 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This year’s event was one of the largest events in history; more than 5,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches participated, and more than 125,000 spectators attended.\r\n\r\nThe athletes Smith directly coached in track-and-field events earned a total of 20 medals, including four gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals. Garrett Dinning, a rising junior at Westview High School in Martin and son of UT Martin graduate Jill Dinning, earned fourth place in the mini javelin event and the 4 x 100-meter relay as well as sixth place in the long jump event. Team Tennessee earned 32 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 21 bronze medals based on the efforts of 133 athletes.\r\n\r\nFor Smith, watching the athletes enjoy the games along with seeing them have their needs met were the most memorable parts of the trip. Most of his team members were experiencing the event for the first time, so competing with others on a national scale was a completely new experience.\r\n<blockquote>“When I go pick them up, (I) get this big bear hug. They say, ‘Coach, I did it.’”</blockquote>\r\n“The way it works is we can’t be on the field. We have to drop them off and then go pick them up after they complete their event,” Smith said. “When I go pick them up, (I) get this big bear hug. They say, ‘Coach, I did it.’”\r\n\r\nNot only were the athletes able to compete with others and make friends, but they also received health screenings and specialized equipment through the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program.\r\n\r\n“There was a girl there from Tennessee that received two brand new hearing aids, and as they were going back to the resort area, she said, ‘I can hear the bugs,’” Smith said. “Everybody got a free pair of shoes. 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Brigance recently received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship from UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program. He has also received the Leaders in Banking Scholarship provided by Security Bank &amp; Trust. Brigance lives in Martin and is in his third year at the university.\n\nThe WestStar Leadership Program scholarship was established in 2004 by WestStar alumni to honor Dunagan, co-founder of the leadership program and UT Martin chancellor emeritus. The scholarship benefits a UT Martin student who demonstrates proven leadership skills and displays leadership potential. Preference is given based on high academic achievement and a record of community or university involvement. Brigance’s father, Jason, is a 2011 WestStar graduate, and his grandfather, Jerry, graduated from WestStar in 1997.\n\nThe Leaders in Banking Scholarship is awarded to two students annually beginning their third year at the university. 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Brigance recently received the Nick Dunagan WestStar Leadership Scholarship from UT Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program. He has also received the Leaders in Banking Scholarship provided by Security Bank &amp; Trust. Brigance lives in Martin and is in his third year at the university.\r\n\r\nThe WestStar Leadership Program scholarship was established in 2004 by WestStar alumni to honor Dunagan, co-founder of the leadership program and UT Martin chancellor emeritus. The scholarship benefits a UT Martin student who demonstrates proven leadership skills and displays leadership potential. Preference is given based on high academic achievement and a record of community or university involvement. Brigance’s father, Jason, is a 2011 WestStar graduate, and his grandfather, Jerry, graduated from WestStar in 1997.\r\n\r\nThe Leaders in Banking Scholarship is awarded to two students annually beginning their third year at the university. 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The family then moved to Somerville in 2006 to live closer to her aunt. She began learning English before she entered school and helped her parents through her own English-speaking skills as she grew older. “I think I was lucky to start learning (English) at a young age when it was easier,” she said. “I know it gets harder to learn a new language as you get older.”\r\n\r\nCarrizales focused on school involvement while attending Fayette-Ware High School as a way of finding assistance to attend college. She was active in the Family Career Community Leaders of America and won the FCCLA’s state speaking contest – no small feat for someone who once didn’t speak English. She also was a member of the yearbook staff, president of the library club, vice president of her junior and senior classes, and she found time to take dual-enrollment English classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center. “I think college was like my main thing that I was thinking about in high school and how I was going to get there,” she remembered.\r\n\r\nUT Martin first surfaced as a college option when she attended the Young Scholars Academy her junior and senior years. The YSA is a non-credit, weeklong summer residential program for underrepresented West Tennessee high school students. Those selected to participate experience the college campus atmosphere through academic-success and skills classes and leadership-development activities. Dr. Robert Nanney, professor and chair for the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication, was one of her YSA instructors, and his class showed her how a communications degree can offer options in the job market.\r\n\r\n“I taught in YSA for more than 15 years. I can honestly say that I remember Sinahi most vividly from among the many hundred whom I mentored,” Nanney said. “She had that smile and enthusiastic, positive spirit that truly lit up the classroom.\r\n\r\n“I was overjoyed a few years later to learn that she had chosen UTM and our major for her college home. During these last four years I have seen her skills – and her confidence – grow in impressive ways. I’m certain that she will make a real difference in the world.”\r\n\r\nCarrizales’ experiences with the summer YSA program proved especially helpful when she arrived at UT Martin in fall 2018 pretty much on her own. “I started my freshman experience being just really introverted, really quiet, and being like really shy and just scared, I think, of lots of things,” she said. “I think just transitioning from being under my parents’ roof and to being by myself on my own was just a big difference.”\r\n\r\nAs in high school, involvement again made a difference and this time provided a path to adjusting to college life. Participating in the Latin Hispanic Student Association connected her with other Hispanic students, which made her aware that students with similar backgrounds shared her experiences. From there she became involved in the Flight Crew, the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs’ programming arm, and she worked in the Paul Meek Library and the Office of University Relations in a social media position. Her busy schedule made focusing on academics even more important. “I think time management has been my biggest thing (for success) when it comes to academics,” she said. “I think just being able to handle everything and also have time for my schoolwork.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”</blockquote>\r\nWith her bachelor’s degree in hand, Carrizales currently plans to pursue a graduate degree in UTM’s strategic communication master’s degree program and eventually work in broadcast news and public relations. High on her priority list is motivating her siblings – two younger brothers, Jose Carrizales Jr. and Ramses, ages 17 and 12 respectively, and an 11-year-old sister, Ivy – to attend college and provide support along the way that she didn’t have. “I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”\r\n\r\nShe also wants to help her parents who work hard to support the family. Her father, Jose, works at a sawmill and does landscaping while her mother, Mayra, does housekeeping and works at a butcher shop.  “My parents are not citizens, and so I think I wanted to come here so I could gain more knowledge and be a professional and be someone and hopefully help them and everyone else that I can help (who experience her challenges). … I think that\'s just motivated me, just being able to do things for others,” she said.\r\n\r\nCarrizales, a citizen of both Mexico and the U.S., returned to Mexico at Christmas in 2020 to visit her grandmother whom she lived with for a time after her parents came to the U.S. She visited Tampico where she was born and traveled by bus to five Mexican states visiting family members. Carrizales hasn’t forgotten her roots as she looks toward a promising future. Her journey came full circle on the commencement stage in May, and as she had hoped, a sibling took notice.\r\n\r\n“To me, it (Sinahi graduating) inspires me. … I mean at first, I didn’t feel like going to college, but now I mean seeing as my sister was able to get through four years of college, then I guess that means I can do it, too,” said Jose, who wants to pursue a career in criminal justice.\r\n\r\nSinahi Carrizales’ story reminds everyone that a life’s journey is never about one person. 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She also was a member of the yearbook staff, president of the library club, vice president of her junior and senior classes, and she found time to take dual-enrollment English classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center. “I think college was like my main thing that I was thinking about in high school and how I was going to get there,” she remembered.\r\n\r\nUT Martin first surfaced as a college option when she attended the Young Scholars Academy her junior and senior years. The YSA is a non-credit, weeklong summer residential program for underrepresented West Tennessee high school students. Those selected to participate experience the college campus atmosphere through academic-success and skills classes and leadership-development activities. 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From there she became involved in the Flight Crew, the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs’ programming arm, and she worked in the Paul Meek Library and the Office of University Relations in a social media position. Her busy schedule made focusing on academics even more important. “I think time management has been my biggest thing (for success) when it comes to academics,” she said. “I think just being able to handle everything and also have time for my schoolwork.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”</blockquote>\r\nWith her bachelor’s degree in hand, Carrizales currently plans to pursue a graduate degree in UTM’s strategic communication master’s degree program and eventually work in broadcast news and public relations. High on her priority list is motivating her siblings – two younger brothers, Jose Carrizales Jr. and Ramses, ages 17 and 12 respectively, and an 11-year-old sister, Ivy – to attend college and provide support along the way that she didn’t have. “I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”\r\n\r\nShe also wants to help her parents who work hard to support the family. Her father, Jose, works at a sawmill and does landscaping while her mother, Mayra, does housekeeping and works at a butcher shop.  “My parents are not citizens, and so I think I wanted to come here so I could gain more knowledge and be a professional and be someone and hopefully help them and everyone else that I can help (who experience her challenges). … I think that\'s just motivated me, just being able to do things for others,” she said.\r\n\r\nCarrizales, a citizen of both Mexico and the U.S., returned to Mexico at Christmas in 2020 to visit her grandmother whom she lived with for a time after her parents came to the U.S. She visited Tampico where she was born and traveled by bus to five Mexican states visiting family members. Carrizales hasn’t forgotten her roots as she looks toward a promising future. 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The family then moved to Somerville in 2006 to live closer to her aunt. She began learning English before she entered school and helped her parents through her own English-speaking skills as she grew older. “I think I was lucky to start learning (English) at a young age when it was easier,” she said. “I know it gets harder to learn a new language as you get older.”\r\n\r\nCarrizales focused on school involvement while attending Fayette-Ware High School as a way of finding assistance to attend college. She was active in the Family Career Community Leaders of America and won the FCCLA’s state speaking contest – no small feat for someone who once didn’t speak English. She also was a member of the yearbook staff, president of the library club, vice president of her junior and senior classes, and she found time to take dual-enrollment English classes at the UT Martin Somerville Center. “I think college was like my main thing that I was thinking about in high school and how I was going to get there,” she remembered.\r\n\r\nUT Martin first surfaced as a college option when she attended the Young Scholars Academy her junior and senior years. The YSA is a non-credit, weeklong summer residential program for underrepresented West Tennessee high school students. Those selected to participate experience the college campus atmosphere through academic-success and skills classes and leadership-development activities. Dr. Robert Nanney, professor and chair for the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication, was one of her YSA instructors, and his class showed her how a communications degree can offer options in the job market.\r\n\r\n“I taught in YSA for more than 15 years. I can honestly say that I remember Sinahi most vividly from among the many hundred whom I mentored,” Nanney said. “She had that smile and enthusiastic, positive spirit that truly lit up the classroom.\r\n\r\n“I was overjoyed a few years later to learn that she had chosen UTM and our major for her college home. During these last four years I have seen her skills – and her confidence – grow in impressive ways. I’m certain that she will make a real difference in the world.”\r\n\r\nCarrizales’ experiences with the summer YSA program proved especially helpful when she arrived at UT Martin in fall 2018 pretty much on her own. “I started my freshman experience being just really introverted, really quiet, and being like really shy and just scared, I think, of lots of things,” she said. “I think just transitioning from being under my parents’ roof and to being by myself on my own was just a big difference.”\r\n\r\nAs in high school, involvement again made a difference and this time provided a path to adjusting to college life. Participating in the Latin Hispanic Student Association connected her with other Hispanic students, which made her aware that students with similar backgrounds shared her experiences. From there she became involved in the Flight Crew, the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Affairs’ programming arm, and she worked in the Paul Meek Library and the Office of University Relations in a social media position. Her busy schedule made focusing on academics even more important. “I think time management has been my biggest thing (for success) when it comes to academics,” she said. “I think just being able to handle everything and also have time for my schoolwork.”\r\n<blockquote>“I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”</blockquote>\r\nWith her bachelor’s degree in hand, Carrizales currently plans to pursue a graduate degree in UTM’s strategic communication master’s degree program and eventually work in broadcast news and public relations. High on her priority list is motivating her siblings – two younger brothers, Jose Carrizales Jr. and Ramses, ages 17 and 12 respectively, and an 11-year-old sister, Ivy – to attend college and provide support along the way that she didn’t have. “I think what\'s kept me motivated is my siblings,” she said. “I don\'t think I could have gone here (to UT Martin) if it weren\'t for them. I always think about them, and what I can do for them, and how I can help them.”\r\n\r\nShe also wants to help her parents who work hard to support the family. Her father, Jose, works at a sawmill and does landscaping while her mother, Mayra, does housekeeping and works at a butcher shop.  “My parents are not citizens, and so I think I wanted to come here so I could gain more knowledge and be a professional and be someone and hopefully help them and everyone else that I can help (who experience her challenges). … I think that\'s just motivated me, just being able to do things for others,” she said.\r\n\r\nCarrizales, a citizen of both Mexico and the U.S., returned to Mexico at Christmas in 2020 to visit her grandmother whom she lived with for a time after her parents came to the U.S. She visited Tampico where she was born and traveled by bus to five Mexican states visiting family members. Carrizales hasn’t forgotten her roots as she looks toward a promising future. Her journey came full circle on the commencement stage in May, and as she had hoped, a sibling took notice.\r\n\r\n“To me, it (Sinahi graduating) inspires me. … I mean at first, I didn’t feel like going to college, but now I mean seeing as my sister was able to get through four years of college, then I guess that means I can do it, too,” said Jose, who wants to pursue a career in criminal justice.\r\n\r\nSinahi Carrizales’ story reminds everyone that a life’s journey is never about one person. 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The capsule is the first in the program’s history and contains artifacts from each of the 53 students and the faculty members involved with the program.\r\n\r\nBebe Falkner, a rising junior from Murfreesboro, came up with the idea while working on a story about GSH alumni. When she pitched the idea to her classmates that participated in the program’s newspaper, the idea was a hit.\r\n\r\n\"I got the opportunity to meet (alumni), and it was like they were unpacking an oral time capsule to me,” Falkner said. “I got so fascinated with the history of GSH that I wanted to become part of it.”\r\n\r\nFalkner suggested the idea to other students who worked on the program’s newspaper and to Dr. Jerald Ogg, professor of mass media and strategic communication and director of the Governor’s School for the Humanities. From there, Ogg served as the liaison between the students and other university officials to determine if the time capsule was possible.\r\n<blockquote>“After all, we’re the ones who celebrate community. We’re the ones that capture culture. We love history, and again, if you’re a humanities person, you have to love the idea of capturing something. This month’s been so special for all of us.”</blockquote>\r\n“I think it is an absolute perfect fit for humanities,” Ogg said. “After all, we’re the ones who celebrate community. We’re the ones that capture culture. We love history, and again, if you’re a humanities person, you have to love the idea of capturing something. This month’s been so special for all of us.”\r\n\r\nThe students filled a PVC pipe, which was donated by the university’s Physical Plant, with souvenirs like photos, name tags, drawings and other mementos from their time at Governor’s School. Students also individually shoveled soil to help bury the time capsule. The capsule will be reopened in five years, which is when the students will have graduated from college.\r\n\r\nThe Governor’s School for the Humanities is a four-week summer program that offers rising high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to earn three semester credit hours and experience a collegiate environment. 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This month’s been so special for all of us.”\r\n\r\nThe students filled a PVC pipe, which was donated by the university’s Physical Plant, with souvenirs like photos, name tags, drawings and other mementos from their time at Governor’s School. Students also individually shoveled soil to help bury the time capsule. The capsule will be reopened in five years, which is when the students will have graduated from college.\r\n\r\nThe Governor’s School for the Humanities is a four-week summer program that offers rising high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to earn three semester credit hours and experience a collegiate environment. 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