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Faculty Bring Home Two of Three Awards

Julie Hill, professor of music, and David McBeth, professor of art, received 2016 University of Tennessee President’s Awards at the State of the University address in February.

Tiffany Carpenter on the Marting quad
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Making the Decision, Taking the Leap

Juggling work, motherhood and online grad school

Jake Bynum and daughter Ella in the Tennsee Soybean Festival parade in 2014
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A Sense of Place and Community

UT Martin prepared and inspired Tennessee’s youngest county mayor to run for office.

A woman and man in baccalaureate and doctoral regalia
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Graduation Rituals, Regalia and Traditions

Caps, gowns, commencement. Where do graduation traditions come from?

Final Flight Outfitter Inc. wins award
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Tennessee Family-owned Small Business of the Year

Union City-based Final Flight Outfitters specializes in retailing high-end hunting products and is owned and operated by UT Martin alumni.

UT Martin students at the base of Mt. Fuji: Maryanna McClure, Caroline Parish, Chase Haynes, and John Sellers.
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Mentoring Innovators of the Future

UT Martin’s Ned Ray McWherter Institute fosters a spirit of innovation among UT Martin students and residents of West Tennessee.

John Sellers dressed in a blazer and plaid tie seated on a bench on the UT Martin quad
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Making an Impact One Letter at a Time

John Sellers has seen the world, and he wants to change it.

Dr. Robert Smith greets members of the UT Martin community
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Leadership Transition

Dr. Robert Smith has returned to UT Martin as interim chancellor.

S.K. and Shashi Airee pictured in garden
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Fifty Years in Martin

Chemistry professor S.K. Airee and family dedicated to UT

Katherine Felthauser playing vibraphone
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Civil Rights and LBJ

Featured photo: Katherine Felthauser, a senior music education major at UT Martin, performs during one of two Roots of Rhythm performances at UT Martin’s 15th annual Civil Rights Conference. UT ... Read more

Martha and David Shepard
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Health Care Providers

Pharmacist couple mix advocacy and service

Lisa Vanderwall
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What is a Nurse?

Changes in health care help expand opportunities and roles for nurses

Ann Cashion
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What is a Nurse?: UT Nursing Alumni

"There are so many ways you can choose to practice the art of nursing. I think that gets broader every year as new opportunities arise and healthcare changes"

Matthew Burleson
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What is a Nurse?: UT Nursing Students

UT Nursing students share what led them to choose nursing as a major, career path, and vocation.

Barrels, Broncs and Bachelor's Degrees title
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They Call it Rodeo

UT Martin is the Defending national champion in rodeo

UT Martin Assistant Professor Dexter Davis, center, helps former Chinese athletes move on to the next phase after competition.
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Life After Competition

Photo: UT Martin Assistant Professor Dexter Davis, center, helps former Chinese athletes move on to the next phase after competition. Dexter Davis is accustomed to taking his sport management students ... Read more

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Kids on Campus

Summertime and Kid College—it’s hard to separate the two at UT Martin. Kid College completed its 30th year in June on the main campus, with similar formats also offered at ... Read more

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Tennessee Outdoorsman

John Bass turns passion into career as a park ranger

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Proud and Personal

With small town charm, UT Martin is big on personal relationships between faculty and students.

Central BBQ in Midtown Memphis
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Local Favorites with Alumni

We asked alumni to help us choose restaurants to visit in each city.

Julio Freiere and family
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Freire Named New AD

Julio Freire, formerly the assistant/associate athletics director for development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is the 12th athletics director in UT Martin history.

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Welcome to the Discovery Park of America

UT Martin faculty, students help with exhibits

UT Martin Postcards
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Views of the Past

More than 1,000 vintage postcards have a new home in UT Martin’s Paul Meek Library.