In addition to the regular news items listed below, we encourage you to visit the following links to individual college electronic newsletters to read news and information pertaining to your specific college. College of Agriculture & Applied Sciences College of Business & Public Affairs College of Education and Behavioral Sciences College of Humanities & Fine Arts     News_______________________________   Van Jones isn't likely to forget 2008. He scored a New York Times bestseller with The Green Collar Economy, was named a Time magazine Environmental Hero and one of the George Lucas Foundation's Daring Dozen, and received the San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Award. It also was the year his father died, his second son was born, and he turned 40. Jones—a Jackson, Tennessee, native who lives in Oakland, California—is an environmental, civil-rights, and human-rights activist. He is founding president of Green for All, a national organization that promotes green-collar jobs and opportunities for the disadvantaged. He is promoting a plan to put people to work retrofitting the country and making it more environmentally sound. He also is a senior fellow for the Center for American Progress, a Democratic Party think tank. In 1996 the UT Martin and Yale Law School graduate co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which advocates for juvenile justice reform, police reform, youth violence prevention, and green-collar jobs. Read more... UTM Recycles! at the University of Tennessee at Martin, recently was recognized with an Award of Excellence in the public education category at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)/Keep Tennessee Beautiful (KTnB) 2009 Biennial State Conference in Nashville. Partnership with Canadian university yields global benefits. Learn more... The University of Tennessee at Martin SHAPE Club will sponsor the 2009 Brian Brown Memorial 5K and 1-mile fun walk, 9 a.m., April 18, in the Elam Center at UT Martin. Proceeds will benefit the Brian Brown Memorial Greenway Project and the UT Martin SHAPE Club. Registration received before April 11 is $12; registration on the day of the race is $15. Make checks payable to: UTM Shape Club, 3006 Elam Center, Martin, TN 38237. The course runs through the UT Martin campus. There will be t-shirts, awards and door prizes. For more information, contact Dr. Laura Brown at 731-881-7334 or Scott Pun at 731-881-7316 or visit www.utm.edu/departments/cebs/hhp/SHAPEClub.php.   Events______________________________  Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18 - UT Martin Spring College Rodeo Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 - Golden Grad Reunion Wednesday, April 29 - Grand Finale Celebration and Senior Walk Saturday, May 9 - Commencement