UTM students can now apply to become a Career Peer Educator. This paid opportunity will allow students to strengthen their communication and leadership skills while assisting other students in the process. Career Peer Educators have the responsibilities of helping students prepare resumés, cover letters and applications, as well as locating job-related information and resources. Educators… Continue reading Career Peer Educator applications due soon
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‘Phun with Physics’ dazzles students with demonstrations
The UTM Department of Chemistry and Physics hosted the spring 2018 edition of “Phun with Physics” on April 10, at 6 p.m. in Gooch Hall, room 117. The event, which was open to the public free of charge, is intended to give people of all ages an up-close look at scientific experiments displaying different laws… Continue reading ‘Phun with Physics’ dazzles students with demonstrations
Equestrian rides into Texas ready for NCEA Championships
The UTM Equestrian team has had yet another fruitful season, being nationally ranked yet again. However, the National Collegiate Equestrian Association championships are closing in right around the corner. At the United Equestrian Conference Championship in Dallas, Texas, UTM came in as the number two seed, behind hosts Southern Methodist University and followed by three… Continue reading Equestrian rides into Texas ready for NCEA Championships
Preparing for the college ‘death week’
Finals week is quickly approaching, and as everyone knows, the hardest week of school is the week prior to finals’ week. This week, affectionately known as “death week”, and other names that won’t be printed in The Pacer, is all about big projects, papers and more being due in one seven-day period. In addition to… Continue reading Preparing for the college ‘death week’
Sisterhood of the traveling cap and gown
There is a graduation cap and gown that has traveled to and fro across the UTM campus much like those magical blue jeans in the film, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” If you remember, the blue jeans were shared equally among four young women, miraculously fitting each girl to a tee. Even though they… Continue reading Sisterhood of the traveling cap and gown
Looking at the future of UTM: Strategic Plan
Chancellor Carver and the SGA sponsored a forum on March 19, in Watkins Auditorium to discuss the five-year Strategic Plan for UTM. The Strategic Plan focuses on “Where we are, who we are and what can we do,” said Carver. These three aspects were the guiding points in creating the new plan for UTM. Carver addressed… Continue reading Looking at the future of UTM: Strategic Plan
‘King’ is dead, long live the impact of (the)‘King’
Fifty years ago the world lost one of the greatest spokespeople for human rights it has ever known. The impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on civil rights in the United States, who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, and his impact on humanity itself cannot be overstated. King was a… Continue reading ‘King’ is dead, long live the impact of (the)‘King’
SGA election 2018 set April 3
It’s once again SGA election season on campus and the campaign season is in full swing for the two parties running this year. Students are typically given two public opportunities to interact with the candidates. One of these opportunities is the “Meet the Candidates Forum” that was held March 19 and the other is… Continue reading SGA election 2018 set April 3
Women’s basketball heads to Indiana for WNIT
The UTM women’s basketball team has finished their regular season and will begin postseason play in the WNIT tournament tonight at 6 p.m. against Indiana. Tip off will be from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at Indiana University. UTM will be coming into the game after falling to one seed Belmont in an overtime defeat in… Continue reading Women’s basketball heads to Indiana for WNIT
UTM first to install drug take-back box
UTM is the first university in Tennessee to install a drug take back box located at the Department of Public Safety in Crisp Hall. The box was donated by the Weakley County Prevention Coalition and allows students, faculty, staff and community members to safely dispose of expired or unnecessary medication. The take back box accepts all… Continue reading UTM first to install drug take-back box