PHOTO: UT Martin Chancellor Yancy Freeman Sr. smiles during a light moment in the UT Martin 125th anniversary celebration kickoff ceremony held Oct. 10, 2025, in the university’s Boling University Center. UTM Faculty Senate President Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn is shown to his left. Freeman and other university representatives will make a statewide 125th anniversary tour in April to promote and celebrate the milestone. Representatives from the University of Tennessee at Martin will ma

PHOTO: University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd provides remarks at the opening ceremony of UT Martin’s 125th anniversary celebration Oct. 10 in the Phillip W. Watkins Auditorium. Also speaking at the event were (seated, l-r) Ashlee Mallon, student trustee on the UT Board of Trustees and a junior finance major at UT Martin; Bud Grimes, vice chancellor for communications and marketing, who emceed the event; Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn, Faculty Senate president and professor