•The University of Tennessee at Martin was founded in 1900 as Hall-Moody Institute.
•7,751 students enrolled for the 2012 fall semester. Increases were noted in first-time freshmen and graduate enrollment. The freshman class numbered 1,320 students, the third largest in university history, which was up almost two percent compared to last fall’s freshman class of 1,276. Meanwhile, graduate enrollment was up almost three percent from 413 students last fall to 425 students for the current fall semester.
•UT Martin is home to UT Online, the University of Tennessee’s online programs for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
•UT Martin and Hirosaki University entered into one of Tennessee’s oldest formal university relationships in 1980 that continues today. UT Martin currently has agreements with eight university education groups in six countries.
•Since 2008, $62.5 million in capital improvement and maintenance projects have been completed at UT Martin. Almost $30 million in additional capital improvement projects are under way or set to begin, including projects through 2013. Among new projects, the Fine Arts Building Project ($14 million) will add more than 52,000 square feet of space to house all of the Fine and Performing Arts under one roof for the first time in many years.
•UT Martin completed the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university’s history, bringing in just over $58 million during the past seven years for scholarships, academic and athletic programs and campus enhancements. UT Martin led the UT System with 145% percent of its campaign goal achieved.
•UT Martin is listed as a top-tier university among southern, master's level institutions in the 2013 edition of America's Best Colleges compiled by U.S.News & World Report.
•The Princeton Review lists UT Martin as A Best Southeastern College for 2013.
•For the seventh consecutive year, Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc. lists UT Martin among America’s 100 Best College Buys.
•The Princeton Review named UT Martin among the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities in the book The Best Value Colleges: 2013 Edition. For the second consecutive year, UT Martin was one of two public universities in Tennessee included in the listing.
•UT Martin’s online graduate business program has received a national ranking, being named one of the top-10 best online graduate business programs in 2013 by the U.S. News & World Report.
•UT Martin is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to the second annual edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition. UT Martin is one of three public institutions in Tennessee included in the guide.
•UT Martin is an All-Steinway School, one of 150 such schools in the world.
•The Carnegie Foundation selected UT Martin for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification.
•The university was named to the 2012 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 among the safest public college campuses in Tennessee based on crime statistics released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
•UT Martin's nursing program marked its 40th year in 2012 and its 20th year of offering the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
•UT Martin offers baccalaureate degrees, majors, concentrations and options in more than 100 specialized fields.
•UT Martin is home to two Tennessee Governor’s Schools: the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities, the first so designated in Tennessee, and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences.
•UT Martin is home to three chairs of excellence: the Gil Parker Chair of Excellence in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and the Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking and the Tom E. Hendrix Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise, both in the College of Business and Global Affairs.
•A new veterinary health technology option, offered in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources, will prepare graduates for the vet-tech job market that’s expected to grow by more than 20 percent in the next six years.
•New options in gifted and talented education, instructional design and technology, and Montessori teaching are now available through the Master of Science in education.
•The geosciences major at UT Martin offers a meteorology concentration, the first of its kind in Tennessee.
•UT Martin offers the only dance-education teaching option in Tennessee.
•UT Martin serves as the executive center of the Southern Consortium of the American Democracy Project (ADP-South).
•Engineering students at UT Martin have made more than 20 mobile applications now available for both Android and Apple products.
•Their respective national accreditation associations reaccredited UT Martin’s general engineering and education programs.
•Seven UT Martin students were accepted to four different veterinary schools for fall 2012, a first for the university.
•The UT Martin Student Members of the American Chemical Society chapter leads the nation for the number of outstanding ratings (31) and Green Chapter designations (11).
•WUTM received the Abraham & Borst Award for Best Overall Radio Station in the nation at the 2012 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference in New York City. WUTM has also earned an IBS Platinum Award for three consecutive years, the highest peer-review level award given annually by the organization.
•The UT Martin Collegiate FFA chapter was named top collegiate chapter in the state at the 2013 Tennessee FFA Alumni State Convention. The UT Martin chapter has received this award eight of the last 10 years.
•WUTM-FM was named 2011 “Best College Radio Station in the South,” the third consecutive year for the station to earn the award.
•The Tennessee Association of Residence Halls (TARH) named UT Martin the 2013 TARH School of the Year for the second year in a row. This marks the second consecutive year that UT Martin has received the award.
•UT Martin Recycles! was recognized for the organization’s achievements and positive impact on the state’s natural resources in the 2011 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards.
•UT Martin has center locations in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley and Selmer. The Jackson Center relocated to a new facility in fall 2011, and the Ripley Center officially opened its new 8,000-square-foot expansion in February 2013.
•UT Online continues to answer the demand for online courses and degree programs, including online master’s degrees in agriculture and natural resources systems management, family and consumer sciences, and education; an online bachelor of science of business administration in management, an online bachelor of integrated studies, and an online bachelor’s degree in agricultural business. UT Online also offers an online track for registered nurses to earn a bachelor of science in nursing degree.
• UT Martin offers a new out-of-state scholarship program for eligible Honors Programs students.
•UT Martin is home to the WestStar Leadership Program, Tennessee’s first and largest regional leadership program. WestStar boasts 649 alumni and is in its 24th year of developing the region’s leaders.
•UT Martin has more than a $140 million annual impact in the state of Tennessee and supports nearly 4,000 jobs in the region.
•The university’s Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (REED) Center provides consulting services for existing and prospective entrepreneurs and supports economic development in rural Northwest Tennessee.
•UT Martin is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference.
•The Skyhawk soccer team claimed its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship and second consecutive OVC Tournament championship in fall 2012, earning its second straight appearance in the NCAA women’s soccer tournament.
•The Skyhawk women’s basketball team earned a three–peat by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship for the third consecutive year. The 2013 championship earned an automatic berth in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
•The Skyhawk softball team won its second OVC regular-season title in the past three seasons and earned the program’s second trip to the NCAA tournament by winning the 2012 OVC Softball Championship Tournament. Coach Donley Canary earned his second OVC Coach of the Year honor.
•The UT Martin rodeo team, the only collegiate rodeo team in Tennessee, is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished second in the Ozark Region, earning berths in the 2012 College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.
•Teresa Easton received a 2012 Love Community Service Award for her work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Twenty-seven UT Martin students, faculty and staff members have received Love Awards, sponsored by The Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
•Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam appointed Dr. Janet Wilbert, assistant professor of health and human performance from Medina, and Teresa Fowler, a nursing student from Camden, to two-year terms on the UT Board of Trustees. The governor also appointed Greg Frye, a junior Bachelor of University Studies major from Newbern, a student member for a two-year term on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
•Dr. Tracy Rutledge, assistant professor of communications, was awarded first place in the 2011 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Best Practices in Teaching Competition.
•The Tennessee Association of Residence Halls named Ryan Martin, assistant director of housing, 2012 TAHR Advisor of the Year, and Sammie Linton, student assistant for residence life, 2012 TAHR Student of the Year.
•Dr. Stephanie Kolitsch, UT Martin STEM Center director, is chair-elect of the Tennessee Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Leadership Council for 2011-12, assuming the chair position in 2013-14.
•Tomi Parrish, instructor of communications and adviser to both The Pacer student newspaper and The Spirit magazine, was president of the 2012 Southeast Journalism Conference.
•Nationally known alumni include: Pat Head Summitt (’74), UT Lady Vols head basketball coach; Leonard Hamilton (’71), Florida State Seminoles head basketball coach; Dr. Shirley Raines (’67), University of Memphis president; Jerry Reese (’87, ’88), senior vice president and general manager of the New York Giants; and William (Bill) Rhodes (’87), president and CEO of AutoZone. |
