Category: Campus & Local

A night of poetry and neo soul music is what the Eta Xi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta had in store for UTM on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, an event for all the soul lovers called “Soul Night.” This event was full of soul from the moment the students hit the door. Selections of soul… Continue reading Delta Sigma Theta hosts ‘Soul Night’

The Student Government Association’s 62nd General Assembly had its first meeting of the 2013-2014 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Alex Wilson, the previous assembly’s president and this year’s vice president, announced Freshmen Council has plans to start next week. John Abel, SGA’s new advisor, informed the assembly of the changes made to Homecoming voting.… Continue reading New year brings changes in SGA

For those who have ever wanted to broaden their college experience by learning somewhere other than at the campus of UTM, the UTM Travel Study office might just be able to help. This year, over 15 programs are available including trips to Japan, France, Germany, Washington D.C., Brazil and Guatemala. “We have several travel studies,… Continue reading UTM Travel Study programs open doors for students

This Saturday, Aug. 31, the 9th annual Miss Soybean Pageant was held in the Student Life Center. The pageants began at 10 a.m. and ended at 5 p.m. The Miss Soybean emcee was UTM’s very own Mary Lynn Williams. The judges were Taren Hatcher, Mimi Dubois and Jantzen Kelly. This year, the volunteer group that… Continue reading Davis wins 9th annual Miss Soybean title

Every year, the Martin community, students at UTM and neighboring cities alike make the journey to the annual Soybean Festival. Any person can enjoy the outside glamorous appeal of the festival, but only certain individuals are aware of the more in-depth values on the week-long carnival. For one, much hard work is put in by… Continue reading Soybean Festival UTM involvement reaches ‘all-time high’

Since 2008, the Martin Arts Co-op has promoted the arts throughout Weakley County and its communities and is a place for local artists to showcase their work. All of that began to change, former members said, when Cecil Edward Norwood showed up on the local arts scene in late April. He opened his business in… Continue reading Martin Arts Co-op President to be evicted

Recently the West Nile Virus (WNV) has quickly gained attention in West Tennessee and surrounding areas. To date the total number of reported cases of the West Nile Virus across the state is five, according to the Tennessee Department of Health; with two of those cases being confirmed as human, just two days ago in… Continue reading West Nile Virus confirmed in Tennessee

  This Thursday, Aug. 29, the formal Fall Recruitment starts for the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Sororities. Recruitment will last through Monday, Sept. 2. This year almost 200 women on campus will be going through this process. Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha are the four sororities participating in… Continue reading NPC Sorority Recruitment starts Aug.29

Current UTM students are paying $1,606 more in tuition per semester, which is an increase of almost 84 percent, than those who attended just 10 years ago. In fact, this year alone tuition increased by 6 percent. Of this year’s increase, Dr. Jerald Ogg points out that there are pros and cons. “The bad news… Continue reading Students see 84 percent tuition increase over past decade

Of the several changes that happened at UTM over the summer, many students and faculty noticed the bold change that the look of UTM.edu took on July 31. “We wanted to strip out the old while maintaining the new,” said Craig Ingram, Director of the Instructional Technology Center. Ingram has been with the Web Services… Continue reading UTM website updated with other parts of campus