Spring 2016

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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?

Hannah Robison wearing her Miss Tennessee crown
The Last Word

Scholarship, Service, and Dreams Fulfilled

I can never truly repay UT Martin for the experiences I have been provided, the relationships made available to me and the education I will take away with me.