Academic news items dealing directly with departments, programs, etc. Also includes news about individual Educational Outreach Centers.
The American Shakespeare Center’s national tour of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will perform at both 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Feb. 11, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Harriet Fulton Theatre. Continue reading American Shakespeare Center to present ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on Feb. 11
The fourth-annual Cups for the Cure event will be held from 2-4 p.m., Feb. 1, at the UT Martin Wesley Foundation building on Lovelace Avenue. Continue reading Cups for the Cure to be held Feb. 1
The Blair String Quartet, currently the string quartet-in-residence at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, will perform at 3 p.m., Feb. 9, in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Harriet Fulton Theatre. Continue reading Blair String Quartet to perform Feb. 9 at UT Martin
For the seventh consecutive year, UT Martin will be represented at America’s biggest sporting event. Dr. Dexter Davis, associate professor of sport business, will take 11 students this year. Continue reading Seventh UT Martin cohort to work Super Bowl LIV
Danielle Ables didn’t consider herself “college material” when she first enrolled for courses at the University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center in fall 2016. Continue reading Somerville student overcomes challenges to earn her bachelor’s degree
Katie Rea, of Martin, received the University of Tennessee at Martin Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award for the fall 2019 semester during a ceremony Dec. 14. Continue reading Rea named UT Martin Outstanding Student Employee
Last year, Ansley Moore, of Selmer, waited to be rejected for an internship at the United States White House. “Over 3,000 people apply for the internship, but less than 100 are accepted,” she said. Continue reading Selmer Center student interns in White House office
Approximately 348 students participated in the University of Tennessee at Martin’s fall 2019 commencement ceremony held Dec. 14 in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Stuart McWhorter, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, served as keynote speaker. Continue reading Stuart McWhorter offers graduates four principles for success during fall commencement 2019
Jennifer Horbelt Bonds, a 2007 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin and longtime evening anchor on WPSD Local 6 in Paducah, Kentucky, crossed the UT Martin commencement stage again Dec. 14 with a Master of Arts degree in strategic communication. Continue reading WPSD evening anchor completes UT Martin master’s degree
Shelby Guffey, of Coopertown, and Trisdan Ragland, of Martin, were each presented with Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Awards during the University of Tennessee at Martin’s fall commencement ceremony Dec. 14. Continue reading Guffey, Ragland receive Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Awards