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
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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
September marked as National Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. “Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of death for people aged 10-34,” according to the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Tennessee has seen a 24.2% increase in suicide rates from 1999 to 2016, according to statistics from the Centers… Continue reading September marked as National Suicide Prevention Month
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
The library: things you didn’t know
The Paul Meek Library offers a variety of services to help students succeed in their studies. Most students are aware of the study rooms and the use of computers in the library, but they may not be aware of other ways to utilize the library. One way the library helps is through the Library Subject… Continue reading The library: things you didn’t know
UTM sororities to build school
UTM’s College Panhellenic Council (CPC) intends to raise enough funds in the next four years to build a school in a Third World country for girls’ education through Circle of Sisterhood. The five sororities at UTM will need to raise between $40,000-$47,000 in order to sponsor a school in one of the following countries: Haiti,… Continue reading UTM sororities to build school
ENGAGE Speaker
Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, spoke to an audience of students on Sept. 3 in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse. Twenge, author of over 140 scientific works and three books about the “iGen” generation, spoke to students as a part of UTM’s ENGAGE Civic Initiative. Dr. Arthur Hunt, professor of public… Continue reading ENGAGE Speaker
Changes across campus continue
Several changes have been made across campus since students left for summer break. Most students will be affected by the updated campus parking map, which restructures the access of parking to commuters. According to Chad Worley of Public Safety, “Lot 4, Library, is now a staff only lot from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. After… Continue reading Changes across campus continue