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News from the Division of Geosciences

GGP COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL 5-YEAR PROGRAM REVIEW :

May 2009

The Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics had a very successful 5-Year Program Review in April 2009.  The review committee found the department to have met almost all of its institutional goals and had a good number of distinct strengths; the only points that were negative involved funding/staffing support and the need to better develop alumni relations.  The external reviewer who had participated in and led the previous review in 2004 noted that the Department had made widespread and significant improvements over the past five years.

WE'RE MOOOVING! :

May 2009

Due to a re-organization plan authorized by the UT Martin administration, the Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics will be dissolved and its units will be reassigned to other departments effective 01 July 2009.

The geosciences program and its faculty (including geography and geology) will be merged with the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.  The new unit will be called the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources.  Dr. Jerry Gresham will be the Chair of the department and Ms. Janet Bonar will serve as the administrative assistant.. 

The physics program and its faculty will be become part of the new Department of Chemistry and Physics.  Dr. Charles Thomas will be the Chair of the department.  Ms. Lana Ferrell will be the administrative assistant.

The department's administrative assistant, Ms. Janice Lee, will be moving with her husband to the Kansas City area in July 2009.

All faculty and staff will be able to maintain their current offices in Johnson EPS.  Classroom and laboratories will also remain as they have been.

All major and minor degrees will remain the same through the 2009-2010 academic year.

After 30 June 2009, surface mail and department-related telephone calls should be directed to either:

Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources

256 Brehm Hall

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Martin, Tennessee 38238

Telephone: 731.881.7260

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Department of Chemistry and Physics

319 Johnson EPS Building

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Martin, Tennessee 38238

Telephone: 731.881.7450.

The faculty and staff of the Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics thank everyone for their support over the past years.  We look forward to serving our students, the university, and greater community in the future, as well.

DR. TODD ALBERT TO JOIN GEOSCIENCES FACULTY :

May 2009

Dr. Todd Albert will be joining the Geosciences faculty in August 2009 and work with Dr. Mark Simpson to begin development of an all-new meteorology concentration.  Dr. Albert received his Ph.D. in Geography from Florida State University in 2007.  His areas of expertise include contemporary climate change, mountain glaciers, ice sheets, and remote sensing.