Category: Campus & Local

Poverty Simulator returns to Civil Rights Conference

The Civil Rights Conference will host its Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Poverty is an issue that often goes unrecognized in rural areas like Martin, Tennessee. According to <em>datausa.io</em>, Martin has a poverty rate of 33.1%. This may appear to be just a small part of our population, but this… Continue reading Poverty Simulator returns to Civil Rights Conference

Working Women’s Conference

UTM’s WestStar Leadership Program is hosting its 22nd annual Working Women’s Conference, “Aloha! Creating Paradise”, on Feb. 7. The program will be held in the Duncan Ballroom in the Boling University Center from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The keynote speaker for the event is Keli McAlister, public informations officer for the Tennessee Bureau of… Continue reading Working Women’s Conference

MLK Day Celebration Breakfast

The city of Martin and UTM celebrated the life of slain Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast held Monday, Jan. 20, in the Duncan Ballroom of UTM’s Boling University Center. The event, first held in January 2013, is sponsored by the city… Continue reading MLK Day Celebration Breakfast

TWRA winter trout stocking

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) stocked roughly 900 rainbow trout at the Martin City Park on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Stocked trout are 10 inches in length on average, however larger trout and a small number of albino trout have been stocked for anglers to catch.  TWRA stocks the Martin City Park with rainbow… Continue reading TWRA winter trout stocking

Advisory Board Winter Meeting

MARTIN, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board met Jan. 10 to hear presentations from university officials on student affairs, student crisis response, UT Promise applications and student transfer procedures. Dr. Andy Lewter, vice chancellor for student affairs, updated the board on activities in the various student affairs units, including housing, student… Continue reading Advisory Board Winter Meeting

Library to host workshops

The Paul Meek Library will be hosting a workshop series titled “How to Read.” Erin Weber, public services librarian, will be teaching students how to read textbooks, scholarly journals and a library call number. Weber, through talking to UTM professors and other librarians, found a need to teach students on ways to understand the materials… Continue reading Library to host workshops

UTM Advisory Board to meet Jan. 10

The UTM Advisory Board will hold its winter meeting Friday, Jan. 10.  The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in room 206AB of the Boling University Center. The UT Focus Act, passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in 2018, is the umbrella legislation under which the Advisory Board was created.  The Advisory Board is composed… Continue reading UTM Advisory Board to meet Jan. 10

King Celebration Breakfast set Jan. 20

UTM will co-host the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast in the Boling University Center’s Duncan Ballroom on Jan. 20. The breakfast celebration is held each year to honor local community leaders and the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Mark McCloud, director of Career Planning and Development (CPAD),… Continue reading King Celebration Breakfast set Jan. 20

Graduating students have variety of plans

In its third academic year of awarding graduate degrees, the UTM Department of Communications graduated five students with a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication, a program that Communications faculty members say is growing fast. These five students were given their master’s hoods at a ceremony in the department offices before the fall commencement on… Continue reading Graduating students have variety of plans