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Surveying pins placed in advance of regional competition
Surveying and engineering students at the UT Martin will have a new technological tool to use in learning their trade.

Office of University Relations
Jan 13, 20241 min read


MBA Consulting Project formed at UTM
The UT Martin REED Center is partnering with the UTM MBA program.

Office of University Relations
Jan 13, 20242 min read


Martin MLK Breakfast canceled
This year’s breakfast in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Martin originally scheduled for Jan. 15 has been canceled due to inclement weather. Brad Thompson, the director of the City of Martin Economic and Community Development, made the announcement on Friday, saying it was “in the best interest of the community” based on weather forecasts. “We are meeting next week to discuss presenting awards and doing a media release,” Thompson stated in an email. “We are a

Office of University Relations
Jan 13, 20241 min read


UTM reps named to Leadership Institute
MARTIN, Tenn. – Three representatives from the University of Tennessee at Martin were about the 24 people from campuses and institutes across the University of Tennessee System who were chosen to make up the 2024 class of the University of Tennessee Executive Leadership Institute. The institute, which is operated by the UT Institute for Public Service’s Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, develops exceptional executive leaders for the needs of the University of Tennessee

Office of University Relations
Jan 13, 20241 min read


UTM, Vol State-Springfield form partnership
The UTM and Volunteer State Community College in Springfield have formed an academic partnership that was made on Nov. 29.

Office of University Relations
Jan 10, 20242 min read


UT Martin spring classes begin Jan. 11
The University of Tennessee at Martin will begin spring semester classes on Thursday, Jan. 11.

Office of University Relations
Jan 7, 20241 min read


12th annual MLK Breakfast set for Jan. 15
The 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at the Martin Event Center.

Office of University Relations
Jan 6, 20242 min read


FAFSA forms now available
Students in college or planning to attend college need to know that the FAFSA has changed and is now available for the 2024-25 school year.

Office of University Relations
Jan 5, 20243 min read


Burton, Copley earn Meek Leadership Awards
Daariq Burton of Memphis and Emma Copley of Centerville, Tennessee, were presented with the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award on Dec. 9.

Office of University Relations
Dec 15, 20233 min read


UTM hosts commencement ceremonies
The University of Tennessee at Martin held two Fall 2023 commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.

Office of University Relations
Dec 14, 20234 min read


Demolition of UT Martin's Grove Apartments to begin Dec. 4
MARTIN – The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Grove Apartments were home for decades to married students who attended the university. Later they also served as meeting space for university sororities and housed international students. The apartments, located on the city block surrounded by University, Moody and Oxford streets and Lovelace Avenue, will become part of UT Martin’s past starting Monday, Dec. 4, when demolition of the units begins. Allen Searcy Builder-Contract

Office of University Relations
Dec 12, 20232 min read


UTM sophomore earns national FFA honor
MARTIN, Tenn. – Lainey Hutchison is a sophomore from Gadsden in Crockett County majoring in farm and ranch management at the University of Tennessee at Martin. She was an FFA member for all four years of high school, and she is currently a member of the UT Martin rodeo team, where she takes part in breakaway roping, team roping and goat-tying. Lainey Hutchison, a sophomore at UT Martin majoring in farm and ranch management. Hutchison also has an eye toward advancing agribusin

Office of University Relations
Dec 9, 20234 min read


Young Writers Conference to be held Friday
MARTIN, Tenn. – The 2023 Young Writers Conference will take place Friday, Nov. 3, on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The event is sponsored by the UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and the West Tennessee Writing Project. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Boling University Center, with the conference beginning at 9 a.m. It is sponsored by the UTM Department of English and Modern Lang

Office of University Relations
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Christmas Parade returns Monday
“Deck the Halls” is the theme for the 2023 Kiwanis and City of Martin Christmas Parade, lighting up Martin at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4.

WUTM STAFF
Nov 30, 20232 min read


WestStar organizes first-ever alumni trip to Washington, D.C.
The first trip ever organized by the WestStar Leadership Program to the nation’s capital.

Office of University Relations
Nov 15, 20234 min read


Kolitsch named UTM associate provost
MARTIN, Tenn. – Dr. Stephanie Kolitsch has been named the associate provost for academic affairs at UT Martin, according to an announcement made Nov. 6 by Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, the university provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. In the announcement emailed to UT Martin faculty and staff on Nov. 6, Cavalier said Kolitsch would continue to manage all accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges as well as

Office of University Relations
Nov 14, 20232 min read


Rafielle Freeman comes home to UTM campus
Coming back to the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin is like coming home for Rafielle Boone Freeman.

Office of University Relations
Nov 7, 20234 min read


UTM to host Veterans Week
The University of Tennessee at Martin is set to provide various programs for Veterans Day and Veterans Week.

Office of University Relations
Nov 6, 20233 min read


UTM instructor uses fellowship to teach in Africa
Dr. Violet Bumah, took part in the Carnegie African Diaspora fellowship in Nigeria last summer.

WUTM STAFF
Nov 3, 20233 min read


UTM to host senior artwork exhibition
The UTM Department of Visual and Theatre Arts will also host an exhibition of artwork by regional university senior art education students.

Office of University Relations
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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