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
In 1832, Captain William Martin, a young tobacco farmer from Halifax County, Va., and his wife, Sarah, left their home and headed west toward the Mississippi in search of fertile ground. Continue reading The City of Martin
Callie Cornell, a senior dance education major from Nashville, performs during a modern dance recital in spring 2017. Continue reading Dance Recital
Dexter Anoka (’10) spent his college years playing both basketball and football for the Skyhawks, staying active in his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity chapter and putting himself in positions to gain as much real-world work experience as possible. Continue reading Experience is Everything
Ed Jones (‘32), a 10-term U.S. representative for Tennessee’s 7th and 8th Districts, worked his way through college by showing cattle. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Junior College, UT Martin’s predecessor, in 1932 before pursuing a degree in agriculture from UT’s flagship campus in Knoxville. Continue reading Remembering a Legacy
James Gilleylen, Antonio Clifton and Julian Thompson-Clay, of the Skyhawk football team, read Dr. Seuss’ “The Foot Book” to students at Martin Primary School on March 1 during Read Across America. Continue reading Giving Back
Five decades ago this December, a legendary team was born in the Sunshine State. Playing more than 800 miles from campus in the first bowl game in school history, the UT Martin Volunteer football team trounced West Chester State by a 25-8 margin in front of 5,500 fans at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Continue reading Victory in the Sunshine State
“I worked hard at the practice pen; I worked hard at the gym; I worked hard when no one else was watching. That was the piece for me. I wasn’t doing it to change a system; I was doing it for me,” Continue reading A Non-Linear Road