Ridley Wills II gave UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library more than 1,000 postcards from his personal collection of some 28,000 unduplicated Tennessee cards in September 2013. The gift included all of his Weakley County postcards, which covers cards featuring photos and information from Gleason, Dresden, Greenfield and Martin. Continue reading Ridley Wills’ Postcard Collection
Checking items off life’s bucket list takes time. For Gaye Coleman (‘17), graduating magna cum laude from UT Martin in December followed 25 years with her husband and family as missionaries for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Continue reading Missionary Returns to Earn Degree
Dr. Temple Grandin, an internationally-known animal behaviorist and autism advocate, spoke to a capacity crowd Feb. 13 in the Skyhawk fieldhouse at UT Martin. Continue reading A “Grandin” Experience
With an automatic bid into the Postseason Women’s NIT, the Skyhawks’ earned their seventh postseason berth in the past eight years, joining four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2011-14 and a pair of Women’s NIT berths in 2015 and 2016. Continue reading Hoops Success Continues
Dr. John Glass, associate professor of English, has taught and studied in some faraway places – from Paris, France, to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – and brings a wide variety of experiences and ideas to the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages. Continue reading Dr. John Glass
When leaving her home in Iten, Kenya, Ann Asipan (’17) never dreamed she would find another place to call home some 8,000 miles away. Continue reading Ann Asipan
Students come to UT Martin to prepare for careers in agriculture, education, criminal justice, music, engineering and a host of other academic specialties. However, a small group of students is also taking part in a unique learning opportunity that’s creating quite the “buzz” on campus. Continue reading Busy Bees
When Jana Ogg (‘08) and her business partners first created Switchboard Missions in 2011, they started down a path to meet the needs of communities around the world. However, it wasn’t long before they realized those needs – both physical and spiritual – were not always what Switchboard leaders expected them to be. Continue reading Living the Mission
Brig. Gen. Tommy Baker (’95) knows a little something about service to his community, state and nation. He enlisted in the Tennessee National Guard as a high school senior and today serves as assistant adjutant general for the training, supervision and wellbeing of 10,000 soldiers. Continue reading Serving his State and Nation