Women make up 60% of the student population on campus and 48% of faculty, yet I’m constantly wondering, where are the women? The university recently announced the finalists for the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement position, the major fundraising arm of the university, and the Dean of the College of Business and Global Affairs. All… Continue reading Where are all the women?
Category: Letters to the Editor
Student trustee to fellow UT students: Let’s work together
Dear Students, My name is Spencer Ammen, and I have the privilege of serving as the Student Representative on the UT System Board of Trustees. I wanted to take the time to write this letter to explain what exactly the UT System Board of Trustees is, my role as Student Representative and some of the… Continue reading Student trustee to fellow UT students: Let’s work together
White Supremacy and the Need for a Required Class in African American History
On Nov. 19, 2019, just before the Thanksgiving break, flyers appeared on the UTM campus asking if students were “proud to be white?” and suggesting that if they were, they should “contact like-minded people,” giving a website address. More disturbing still these white supremacists circulated a second flyer at the same time – this one… Continue reading White Supremacy and the Need for a Required Class in African American History
Welcome to UTM
Dear Skyhawks, My name is Devin Majors and I am the president of the UTM Student Government Association (SGA). I am going into my second term as president and I couldn’t be more excited to welcome you all back to UTM. I hope that everyone has had a great summer and is just as excited… Continue reading Welcome to UTM
Incoming interim UT president says inclusion is paramount
This letter to the editor was initally published in UT Knoxville’s student newspaper, The Daily Beacon. As I begin the next 60 days listening and learning to prepare for one of the most exciting jobs in my life, my overarching goal is to continue and accelerate the great successes across the UT System. While I… Continue reading Incoming interim UT president says inclusion is paramount
A statement against SGA S.R. 1704 and S.R. 1708 that will allow students to carry firearms on campus from the Black Student Association
Many students were horrified to learn that a group of Senators in our Student Government had introduced resolutions that would misleadingly claim that students wanted to be able to carry guns on campus. Both resolutions have come as an unwelcome surprise to students and they showcase the lack of transparency and communication that has been… Continue reading A statement against SGA S.R. 1704 and S.R. 1708 that will allow students to carry firearms on campus from the Black Student Association
What the Liberal Position on Guns and Mass Shootings Ought to Be
As a student of philosophy and English at the University of Tennessee at Martin, I tend to do a lot of thinking. I am neither a liberal nor a conservative, but I am interested in finding the truth. There is something which has bothered me in the discussion about gun control and mass shootings that… Continue reading What the Liberal Position on Guns and Mass Shootings Ought to Be
Letter: Human component needed in mission statements
The other day I was handed a document that included a proposal for a new mission statement for UTM and was made aware there was an ongoing discussion about the future shape of our university. Although the document I was handed is still being shaped, this is what it said: Given that democracy cannot function… Continue reading Letter: Human component needed in mission statements
Search for next VCCA is here
I want to alert you to what I believe is an important event going on at the University of Tennessee at Martin: the search for a Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (VCAA). To many this may seem of little concern but I want to insist that the selection of a VCAA has the greatest ramifications… Continue reading Search for next VCCA is here
SGA senators disrepectful, ‘out of hand’
Several members of the UTM Student Government Association got out of hand at the last Senate meeting on Tuesday, April 10. With the SGA advisers absent from the meeting, several SGA members made extremely disrespectful remarks regarding Chancellor Rakes and the Athletics Department, which I find to be completely unprofessional. The first rude comment came… Continue reading SGA senators disrepectful, ‘out of hand’