Category: News Features

Communications student shadows AP journalist Meg Kinnard

Kayla Brooks, a senior Communications major from Dickson and current News Director of WUTM-FM 90.3 “The Hawk,” received the opportunity to shadow Associated Press journalist Meg Kinnard for four days leading up to the 2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary. Brooks, who aspires to be a political reporter among many other things, said she is extremely… Continue reading Communications student shadows AP journalist Meg Kinnard

Celebrating 20 years of civil rights at UTM

Every February since the turn of the 21st century UTM has hosted an annual Civil Rights Conference. The conference is only one of two in the entire country dedicated to honoring civil rights activists, and promoting social change. Each year there are several events focusing on topics relating to civil rights such as immigration, segregation… Continue reading Celebrating 20 years of civil rights at UTM

Kindness, dreams know no borders

The lifelong dream of studying in America carried Anaïs Bocher over 7,000 miles from Orléans, France, to Martin, Tennessee, in order to pursue a career in medical journalism. Bocher, who began her nursing career in France at 18 years old, knew she wanted to help others with their nutrition through broadcasting. Bocher was intrigued by… Continue reading Kindness, dreams know no borders

HHP professor honored as faculty scholar

Dr. Laura Brown of the Department of Health and Human Performance was honored as UTM’s Featured Faculty Scholar. The Featured Faculty Scholar award moves between colleges each year, and this year the Department of Health and Human Performance decided to nominate Brown for all of her research and scholarship in the field of Health &… Continue reading HHP professor honored as faculty scholar

So you want to be a physicist?

So you want to be a nuclear physicist …: The title of the textbook taunts a curious seventh-grade boy from Mouthcard, Kentucky. Unbeknownst to Shadow Robinson, at the time, this book would change his life forever. “I don’t remember not having an interest in science,” says the theoretical nuclear physicist and dean of Engineering and Natural… Continue reading So you want to be a physicist?

More than a workplace, UTM is home

When Robert “Bud” Grimes graduated from UTM in 1978 with a Communications degree and a dream for being on television, he never pictured himself coming back to his alma mater as the Chief Communications Officer responsible for telling UTM’s story. Grimes, whose family roots run deep at UTM, always felt like Martin was his home.… Continue reading More than a workplace, UTM is home

It’s a family affair: Second annual Family Weekend at UTM

This past weekend, Sept. 14-16, UTM hosted the second annual Family Weekend for students and their families. Family Weekend gives students a chance to experience UTM and the community of Martin with their family members.  The event features food trucks, the Bowtie 5K, Donuts with the Deans, a UTM football game, a drive-in movie, brunch… Continue reading It’s a family affair: Second annual Family Weekend at UTM

New VCAA settling in at UTM

When you picture an administrator’s office you probably picture dark cherry wood, miles of book case shelves filled with anthologies and collections of intense reading, dark curtains pulled shut, a crowded and paper-filled desk and a leather couch that looks as though its cushions have never seen a Sunday afternoon nap. This image is not… Continue reading New VCAA settling in at UTM