Category: Campus & Local

Earley named Veteran Services Coordinator

Jason Earley, originally from South Fulton, has joined the UTM staff as the new veteran services coordinator. Earley, a retired captain in the U.S. Army, has 20 years of military experience and served as platoon leader, company executive officer, brigade logistics officer and company commander. Earley managed a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program as a… Continue reading Earley named Veteran Services Coordinator

Sustainability Center hosts Hazardous Waste Day

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is collaborating with the UTM Sustainability Center and Clean Harbors to host its annual Household Hazardous Waste Day Oct. 5, 8 a.m.-noon.  This waste collection event, which is usually held in Dresden, will be held for the first time at the UTM Recycling Center. Household Hazardous Waste Day… Continue reading Sustainability Center hosts Hazardous Waste Day

UT Promises free tuition

The UT System officially implemented the UT Promise, a last-dollar scholarship campaign which guarantees free tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduate students from households whose income is less than $50,000 a year. The announcement came at the inter-system football game Saturday, Sept. 14, at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The UT Promise was first announced in… Continue reading UT Promises free tuition

UTM ranks well in 2020 colleges poll

UTM made several appearances within the 2020 U.S. News & World Report college rankings. The university received top ranks on the lists of Regional Universities within the South (12th), Best Universities for Veterans within the South (16th), Best-Value Universities within the South and Regional Universities for Upward Mobility within the South (36th). The University was… Continue reading UTM ranks well in 2020 colleges poll

SGA celebrates students during appreciation week

The UTM Student Government Association (SGA) will host their Student Appreciation Week Sept. 23-28, with each day filled with activities to show Skyhawks their support. “Student Appreciation Week is pretty much what it sounds like, a week to show students that not only does the school care about everybody, and it’s also a good way… Continue reading SGA celebrates students during appreciation week

Campus provides classes for community

University Outreach is opening courses to include the community, not just students, including photography, foreign languages and exercise. UTM is offering Digital Photography, which will be taught by Dr. Tom Gallien. Students will learn how to program a DSLR camera instead of relying on the “auto” setting. The class is every Monday night in September… Continue reading Campus provides classes for community

Exhibit houses Appalachian children’s literature

Students and faculty can look forward to a new exhibit in the J. Houston Gordon Library, “Reading in Appalachia: Voices From Children’s Literature,” which will run through Nov. 22. The exhibit, produced by the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, showcases scenes of folklore and everyday life in Appalachia captured through children’s stories. The exhibit… Continue reading Exhibit houses Appalachian children’s literature

Women’s Center has full slate of fall events

The Verna B. Coleman Center for Women and Gender Equality, located in room 255 in the Paul Meek Library, provides services and resources for women and hosts events and speakers regarding gender equity. Dr. Renee LaFleur, associate professor of History and the Women’s Center director, said, “The goal of the center is to help students… Continue reading Women’s Center has full slate of fall events

Music documentary comes to UTM

WUTM “The Hawk,” the campus-run radio station at UTM, and WLJT-TV, Northwest Tennessee’s local PBS affiliate, are partnering to bring a premiere preview of “Country Music,” a Ken Burns documentary on the roots, evolution and importance of the art form, to UTM’s Watkins Auditorium. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., Sept. 12, and the… Continue reading Music documentary comes to UTM