 Chancellor Rakes officially announced the beginning of the Fine Arts Building Phase I renovation and addition project. He thanked legislators for their support of the facility that will be ready for classes in fall 2012. Fine arts students, faculty and staff are currently using other spaces across campus for classes, studios, practice and performance areas. |
*Develops student leadership skills through service and leadership opportunities enhanced by more than 125 campus organizations.
*Competes in Division I athletics as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
*Maintains a residential, traditional campus located in a friendly and beautiful collegiate setting in Northwest Tennessee.
*Creates a campus environment which has been recognized for campus safety and grounds management. |
*Provides travel opportunities to prepare students to live and work successfully in a global society.
*Serves as home for UTOnline providing 24/7 access to selected undergraduate and graduate program offerings.
The new $16.5 million, 96,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center is located at 95 Mt. Pelia Rd. on campus. The facility includes: four basketball courts that can convert into volleyball and badminton courts, walking/jogging balcony, three racquetball courts, fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, classroom, multipurpose and aerobics room, locker rooms, equipment checkout space and office suite. It also has two lobbies, which provide additional leisure recreational opportunities – pool, foosball and air hockey.
* After recent completion of more than $20 million in capital and maintenance projects, almost $24 million in additional capital improvement projects are under way or set to begin at UT Martin, including projects through 2012. Among new projects, the Fine Arts Building is being renovated and more than 52,000 square feet of new construction added to the facility at a cost of $14 million.
*Offers the only dance-education teaching option in Tennessee.
* UT Martin brings at least $138.5 million annually in income to the state of Tennessee and supports more than 3,800 jobs, according to a study released in May 2010 by UT Knoxville’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
* UT Martin was recognized by The Carnegie Foundation for community engagement and was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
* UT Martin is home to two Tennessee Governor’s Schools: the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences.
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