THE JACK5ON SUN o SUNDAY, FEB. t, 2015

Last day to registerfor UT Martin'sWorking Women'sConference

University of Tennes-see at Nlartin alumna Jen-nifer Horbelt will be thekeynote speaker for theschool's 17th annual Work-ing Women's Conference.

Horbelt is the co-an-chor of WPSD Local 6news in Paducah, Ky. Shewill speak on "Recon-structing Your Life." Theconference will take placefrom 8:30 a.m. to 2:30p.m.,Friday, in the Boling Uni-versity Center DuncanBallroom on UT Martin'smain campus. Cost is $40per person and includes acontinental breakfast,lunch and all activities.Today is the last day toregister.

To register, visitwww.utmforever.com./wc2015 or contact Vir-ginia Gr.imes atvgrimes@utrfi.edu or

(731) 887-7298.The conference theme

is "Women Under Con-struction: Building Ca-reer, Family and Commu-nities." Sessions will fo-cus on building personaland professional relation-ships, physical fitness andemotional strength, ac-cording to a news release.

The conference sched-ule is as follows:

8:30 a.m. -Registrationand continental breakfast

9 a.m. - Welcome fromUT Martin .ChancellorTom Rakes and CharleyDeal, WestStar executivedirector

9:15 a.m. - KeynoteSpeaker' - "Reconstruct-ing your Life," JenniferHorbelt

10 a.m. - "ConstructingYour Family Tbee," Ste-phanie Tayloe, WG. RheaPublic Library

10:45 a.m. - Break11a.m. - "Building Re-

lationships, Influence andImpact," Alissa DeWitt;founder, executive coachand consultant, ExecutiveImpact

11:45 a.m. - Lunch1 p.m. - "Building a

Firm Foundation," LoralUnderwood, personaltrainer

1: 45 p.m, - "BuildingSpirits," Dr. Teresa Col-lard, UT Martin assistantprofessor of communica-tions

Cheatham County hires new football coachTheAshland CityTimes l:37 p n CST F'ebmary 2, 2()15

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Previously, Bain taught physical science and biology at Trenton Peabody High School and Portland High School

Most notably, he was part of the athletic staff that led Portland High School to win the state football championship

Bain received a bachelor's degree in health and human performance from University of Tennessee at Martin and Master of Administration from TreveccaNazarene University

Bain said he enjoys working in a small community and is looking forward to serving the students of Cheatham County

"l am excited to begin working with the students of Cheatham County Central and look forward to moving them to greater academic and athletic heights,"Bain said in a news release

According to school officials, Bain will step into his new role in March

Gibson County students receive scholarships to UTMMARTIN, Tenn. - Several

Gibson County students havebeen awarded scholarships forthe 2O15-2016 academic yearto attend the University of Ten-nessee at Martin, according toBrandy Caftmell, Interim Exec-utive Director, Student Engage-ment.

Keeley Davis, daughter of Johnand Brandie Davis, of Bradford,will be a freshman. She receivedthe Dean's Scholarship.

Hohner Porter, son of Billyand Sherry Porter, of Trenton,will be a freshman. He receivedthe Chancellor's Award.

Ernily Rice, daughter of Mike

and Juli Rice, of Medina, willbe a frEshman. She received theDean's Scholarship.

Brian T. Schreiber, son of Billand Cheryle Schreiber, of Milan,will be a freshman. He receivedthe University Scholar Award.

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The Cheatham County school district announced on Monday that Chris Bain has been named the new head

football coach at Cheatham County Central High School

Bain replaces Brian Mintz, who resigned in November after two years as head coach

Mintz's decision came after the CCCHS administration notified him Nov 3 of its recommendation to not renew

his coaching contract for the 201 5-201 6 season

Bain comes to Cheatham County following a 14-year stint at Hendersonville High School, where he served as

head freshman football coach and assistant varsity football coach.

west carroll FFA takes 1st place atur Martin

FIRST PLACE IN HORSE JUDGING - The West Canoll FFA team took firsr place honors ar the WestTennessee FFA Horse Judging Competition held at UT Martin on January 2i .TistenFuller also took thetitle of overall high individual scorer tbr the event. pictured are: Collin Simmons, Tristen Fuller, JustinKraemer, and Dalton Vaughn.

Community invited to join musicaltravel study to Eastern Europe

versity of Tennessee atMartin on a travel studyacross. Eastern Europeto visit some of the mostmusical cities on the conti_nent. The trip is scheduledlor May 8-24 and rhe cs_timated cosr is $3,643.g9

on.re$t

31.Drs. Jonathan Vest and

Mark Simmons, both asso-

other locations that havehelped shape the historyof western music.

For more information,contact Vest at 8gI_l4gTor by email at jvest@utm.edu

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Dr. Ann Gathers, associ-ate professor of biologicalsciences at the Universityof Tennessee at Mafiin,will present a seminarThursday at 7 p.m. on thechemistry and biologi-cal effects of nitric oxide.The seminar will be held '

in room 103 of the JosephE. Johnson EngineeringPhysical Sciences build-ing on the main UT Martincampus.

The lecture, sponsoredby the UT Martin chapterof the Student Membersof the American Chemi-cal Society, will focus onrecent research conductedregarding nitric oxideand nitric oxide synthase.These biological com-pounds play a key role inmemory and behavior bytransmitting informationbetween nerve cells in thebrain and immune system,regulating blood pressure,reducing infl ammation andirnproving gastric motility.

Gathers received abachelor's degree from

ANN G,rrrnns

UT Martin, a master's de-gree from the Universityof Louisville and a doctor-ate from the University ofKentucky.

The seminar is free andopen to the public.

For more information,contact Dr. S. K. Airee,professor of chemistryaqd physics and fac-ulty sMACS adviseq at881-7454 or by email atskairee@utm.edu.

Lusby and Sullivanparticipate in We stS tarLeadership Program

Kyle Lusby and JasonSullivan, both of Weak-ley County, are membersof the University of Ten-nessee at Martin WestStarLeadership Program's2015 class.

Lusby is a staff phar-macist at Evans DrugCompany in Fulton, Ky.He is a Leadership Weak-ley County graduate andserves on the WeakleyCounty Leadership boardof directors.

Sullivan is the assistant

athletic director for devel-opment at the Universityof Tennessee at Martin anda small business owner. Heis a graduate of Leader-ship Weakley County andserves on the local Fellow-ship of Christian Athletesboard of directors.

For more informationabout the WestStar Lead-ership Program, contactVirginia Grimes, pro-gram coordinator, at 73I-881-7298 or by email atvgrirnes@utm.edu.

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THE WEAKI,EY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3,2015

llotson, Booney srowned I

atoom[ined mgeantsShelby Dotson turned a

first runner-up finish lastyear into a title as the 19-year-old sophomore K-6 el-ementary education studentfrom Rutherford claimedthe Miss UT Mafiin crownin the combined Miss UTMarlin/Miss TennesseeSoybean Festival Scholar-ship Pageant on Saturday.The pageant was held infront of a sold-out audiencein the Haniet Fulton The-atre on the university's maincampus.

Claiming the Miss Ten-nessee Soybean Festivalw4s Carsen . Rooney, an18-year-old homeschooledhigh school senior fromCordova. Both Dotson andR.ooney will compete in theMiss Tennessee ScholarshipPageant this June in Jack-son. The winner of MissTennessee will advance tocompete in the Miss Ameri-ca Pageant later in the year.A total of 12 contestantsparticipated.

Only current UTM stu-dents could compete forthe Miss UT Martin crown.Those competing for theMiss Tennessee Soybean

Festival title must be WestTennessee residents or en-rolled as a student in WestTennessee, but did not haveto be UT Martin students.

"I am so excited. I cannotwait to hit the ground run-ning and get ready for MissTennessee," said Dotson,whose platform is "Takinga Stand Against Bullying."As for the opportunity tocompete in Miss Tennessee,"It's incredible. I've workedso hard for this. and it's justa dream come true. I can'tbelieve it," she said.

Last year's pageanthelped to prepare Dotsonfor Saturday's competition,especially for talent and in-terview. "I really focusedon interview because I feellike it's really great for thejudges to get to know whoyou are so that you can talkto other people and be agood representative for theUniversity of Tennessee atMartin," she said.

Katherine Felthauser, asenior UT Martin music ed-ucation major from Clarks-ville, was first runner-up,and AIi Barros, a sopho-more double major in com-

munications and politicalscience from Medway Md.,was second runner-up.

Rooney, the youngestcontestant in the pageant,was surprised and gratefulto claim the Miss TennesseeSoybean Festival title.

"I can't believe it," shesaid. "l'm just so honoredbecause I didn't expect be-ing one of the youngestcompetitors to win, and thefact that I get to go to MissTennessee is, oh my gosh,it's just unbelievable. I can'tbegin to wrap my headaround it yet."

Rooney, whose literacyplatform is "Read to Suc-ceed," has won other pag-eant cro MissJackson Teenin2013 MissShelby Outstanding Teen. "Ifocused (in this pageant) onshowing the judges who Iwas in int€rview and show-ing them how passionate Iwas about the program ofMiss Tennessee and MissSoybean andjust how muchI really wanted the job, notjust the crown," she said.

Sarah Yarbrough, a seniorAustin Peay State Universi-

ty communications studentfrom Jackson. was first run-ner-up, and Noreli Mendez,a senior UT Martin biologi-cal sciences student fromMcKenzie, was second run-ner-up.

Contestants competedin four categories: pre-

S

presence and poise (eveninggown), and lifestyle and fit-ness (swimsuit).

Hayley Lewis, Miss Ten-nessee 2014, attended andparticipated in the program.Erica Glisson. 20 l4 MissUT Martin and a UT Mar-tin nursing graduate whonow lives in Nashville, andCamille Garner, 2014 MissTennessee Soybean Festivaland a senior biology healthsciences major at TennesseeTech in Cookeville, bothgave farewell speeches be-fore the 2015 winners wereannounced.

Katrina Cobb and Hol-lie Holt shared co-execu-tive director duties for thepageant. Cobb was pleasedwith the pageant and theoutcome.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015

CR.OWNED - The combined Miss UT Martin/MissTennessee Soybean Festival Scholarship Pageant was heldSaturday. Left: Eica Glisson, the 2014 Miss UT Martin,crowns Shelby Dotson as the new 2015 Miss UT Martin.

Right: Camllle Garner, rhe 2014 Miss Tennessee SoybeanFestival, crowns Carsen Rooney as the new 2015 MissTennessee Soybean Festival. (Photos by Tammy Lynn Er-winiSpecial to The Press)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2OI5THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS

SWORN-IN - Chancellor W. Michael Maloan shakes hands withweakley C_o_unty clerk an_d vlasrer Regina vancleave att". u t*"uiin!-inceremony Monday at the Weakley County Courthouse.

Regina YanCleave sworn-in Mondayas Weakley County Clerk and Master

Regina VanCleave wassworn-in Monday morning for asix-year term as Weakley Coun-ty's Clerk and Master.

She was appointed to the po-sition and sworn-in bv Chan-cellor W. Michael Maloan. Shesucceeds Susan Collins, who isretiring.

"I want to thank ChancellorMaloan for having the confi-dence in me to appointment meto do this job," VanCleave said."I'm happy to serve the citizensof Weakley County."

The Chancery court deals withcivil cases, including divorce,adoptions, worker's compensa-

tion; boundary disputes, delin-quent tax, breach of contractand change of name, amongothers. In Weakley County, ithas exclus.ive jurisdiction overthe administration of estates, in-cluding estates ofdecedents andestates of wards under guard-ianship or conservatorship.

VanCleave worked in ObionCounty's Chancery Court officefrom August 1998 to August2005. From August 2005 untilJuly 2006, she worked in thelaw office of Collins and JeffParham.

She began working for theWeakley County Chancery

Court in July 2006 through July2012. She became ChancellorMaloan's secretary inJuJy 2012and held that position throughher recent appointment.

VanCleave grew up in Troyand graduated from ObionCounty Central High School in1995. She graduated from UTMartin in 2009 with a degreein university studies. She andher husband, Cory, have beenmarried for 17 years. They haveto children: Lyndsey, 16, whois a jut'rior at Westview HighSchool, and Mason, ll, who isa sixth-grader at Martin MiddleSchool.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE . FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Lusby, Sullivan participate inWestS tar Leadership Program

Kyle Lusby and Jason Sullivan,both of Weakley County, aremembers of the Univer.sity ofTennessee at Martin WestStarLeadership Program's 2015 class.

Lusby is a staff pharmacist atEvans Drug Company in Fulton,Ky. He is a Leadership WeakleyCounty graduate and serves onthe Weakley County Leadershipboard of directors. Sullivan isthe assistant athletic director fordevelopment at the University ofTennessee at Martin and a small

business owner. He is a graduateof Leadership Weakley Countyand serves on the local Fellowshipof Christian Athletes board ofdirectors.

Jason Sullivan Kyle Lusby

UT Martin continues Reading Clinic SessionsThe University of Termessee at

Martin Office of Extended Campusand Online Studies will offer the

second ofthree reading clinic sessronsfrom Feb. l2-March 23 on the UTMarlin main campus. Sessions canbe scheduled from 3-7 p.m. twice perweek. Students will meet for one houreach on either a MondayAVednesdayor Tuesday/Thursday schedule.

Students will participate in anintensive reading improvement coursetaught by experienced professionals

from the UT Martin Reading Center.The clinic is for students in grades2-72 who need extra supporl andpractice in reading. Students will beindividually tested to determine theirspeciflc phonics and comprehensionlevels andplaced into acourse ofstudydesigned to build skills and fill gaps intheir reading abilities.

Each session is $100 plus a $25

workbook needed for the class. Thethird session is scheduled for March24 t\pnl27.

For more information about thereading clinic sessions or to register,visit htQ ://wwwuton.edu/deparhnents/ecos/nondegree.php or call the Officeof Extended Campus and OnlineStudies at 73 l-881-7082.

Locals receive scholarshipsSeveral Weakley County

students have been awardedscholarships for the 2015-2016academic year to attend theUniversity of Tennessee at Martin,according to Brandy Cartmell,Int€rim Executive Director, StudentEngagement.

'Jacob Galewood, ofPalmersville, son of Beth Todd andRich Galewood, will be a freshman.He received the Chancellor'sAward.

'Addison Hazlewood, daughterof Cary and Tammy Hazlewood,

of Martin, will be a freshman. Shereceived the Dean's Scholarshipand the Chancellor's Award.

'Sara Hibbard, daughter of Garyand Teresa Hibbard, ofMartin, willbe a freshman. She received theChancellor's Award.

'Brendon Maitland, grandsonof Kathy and the late Gary Burns,of Martin, will be a freshman. Hereceived the Dean's Scholarship.

'Madison Nelson, daughterof Marcy Laird, of Martin, willbe a freshman. She received theChancellor's Award.

Three Obion County stu-dents have been awardedscholarships fo r the 2O I 5 - I 6academic year to attend theUniversity of Tennessee atMartin.

They include MatthewEdmaiston, son of Allenand Beth Edmaiston ofUnion City, who received

Residence Award and the

Dean's Scholarship; andZack Williamson, son ofJim and Amy Williamsonof Union City, who receivedthe Leaders-in-ResidenceAward.

All three students will befreshmen.

At the college level

Award Winning Poet at UTM

'.'st:rd or Fi:h.!ai y' 4, 2L)la lly Charles Choate I Local News

Speaker Serieshttp ://www.thunderboltradio.com/

The Paul Meek Library will feature an nationally known, award winning

poet to the UT-Martin campus Thursday night, as part of their Literary

Legacy Speaker series

Hampton University Assistant Professor Shonda Buchanan, who

authored the critically acclaimed "Who's Afraid of Black lndians" will

appear at the library for the speaking at 7:30

Paul Meek Director Dr Chuck Julian said Ms Buchanan's writings have

been widely published and focus on her heritage

Dr Julian said Ms Buchanan will bring a newer style of poetry to the

audience, being descriptive and touching on personal issues

Thursday night event is open to the general public and there is no

admission to attend

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Trenton G azette, Trenton, Tennessee Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Local residents selected for 2015 WestStar classHope Cooper and Dr'

Lisa Piercey, both of GibsonCounty, are members of theUniversity of Tennessee atMartin WestStar LeadershiP

in 2010-11. She receivedthe 2009 LJAA Harbert Al-exander Award for ServantLeadership and the MaY2009 LJAA Star PerformerAward. Cooper currentlYserves on the boards of di-rectors for the KirklandCancer Center, the TheraPYand Learning Center and theJackson Symphony League.She also volunteers for theWest Tennessee HealthcareFoundation, the AmericanCancer Society and theAmerican Hearl Associa-tion.

Piercey is thedent of physiciat West Tennescare. She is a graduate ofLeadership Jackson and hasreceived the Jackson SunReaders' Choice Award for

theard,one

of Jackson's Finest YoungProfessionals. She currentlYserves on the boards of di-rectors for the EntrePreneuF'Development Center andMid-South Healthcare Ex-ecutives, and is a member ofthe Tennessee Child AbusePrevention Task Force. Shealso serves as the volunteermedical director and childabuse oediatrician For theMadisoh Counry Child Ad-vocacv Center.

For' more informationabout the WestStar Leader-ship Program, contact Vir-ginia Grimes. Program co-ordinator. at 731-881-7298or by email at vgrimes@utm.edu

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TI{E FAYETTE F'ALCON

Wednesday, February 4, 20ts

Local Studenton Honor Roll

The University ofTennessee at Martin hasannounced that LukeSwitzer of Somerville hasbeen named to the UTMartin Chancellor's HonorRoll for the fall semest€r.

Cooper Piercey

annual UT Martin Honor Band held January 22-24 were'. (from left) Claire Rol-lins, Emily Campbell, Eshan Patel, Carl Nowell, Hohner Porter and Steven West-brook - PHS band director

INDEPENDENT APPEAL

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Local Mayor participates in 2015 UTMartin Weststar Leadership Program

Selmer Mayor John Smith is a member of the Univer-sity of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Pro-gram's 2015 class.Smith is the mayor of Selmer and a Leadership Mc-Nairy County graduate. He currently serves as an ex-ecutive committee member for the Selmer/McNairyCounty lndustrial Development Board. He is also onthe board of directors for the Tennessee Energy Ac-quisition Council, is a policy council mernber for theSouthwest Human Resource Agency. and is an execu-tive committee member for the Southwest TennesseeDevelopment District. He has served the town of Sel-mer as an alderman since 2006. Smith has also beenthe recipient of the Fireman of the Year Award, as wellas Public Servant of the Year.For more information about the WestStar LeadershipProgram, contact VirEinia Grimes, program coordina-tor, at 731-881-7298 or by email at vgrimes@utm.edu.

The News Leader, February 4,2015

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The University of Ten-nessee at Martin Office ofExtended Campus and On-line Studies will offer abasiccoursdays,the UT Martin ParsonsCenter.

their camera to its maxi-mum capabilities. Studentswill be taught camera fea-fures and functions, expo-sure, depth of field andfocus, as well as how to uti-

ographylighting

All students shouldbring a digital camera, op-erations manual and tri-pod. Email and classevaluations of images willbe utilized throughout thecourse. The registration feeis $125 per student, Formore information aboutthe course please visithttp ://www.utm. edu/de-partments/parsons/ or callthe Office of ExtendedCampus and Online Stud-ies at 731-88I-7082.

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The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, February 4,2O11

Kimbletakingpart inWeststarclass

Shawn Kimble, ofLauderdale County, is a

member of the UniversitY-ofTennessee at MartinWestStar LeadershipProgram's 2015 class.

Kimble is the

Superintendent ofLauderdale County Schools

and currently seryes as an

Executive Committee mem-

ber of the LauderdaleCounty Chamber ofCommerce/ECD. His school

district was one of three in

Tennessee to receive an

exemplary distinction foracademic progress duringthe2Ol3-I4 school year, and

Kimble is asked to sPeak

statewide on the initiativesand progress occurring inhis district. He is also a 2010

graduate of LeadershiPLauderdale and was the

recipient of the LeadershiP

Lauderdale DistinguishedLeadership Award.

For more informationabout the WestStarLeadership Program, con-tact Virginia Grimes, Pro-gram coordinator, at 731-

881-7298 or by email at

vgrimes@utm.edu.

Shawn Kimble

WY:t ffiYffi.uiry @ountt ffitlr,sThursday Fcbruary S, ZOls

Local resident partin 2015 UT M a

icipatesWbststar

for the Southwest HumanResource Agenry, and isan executive committeemember for the SouthwestTennessee DevelopmentDistrict. He has servedthe town of Selmer asan alderman since 2006.Smith has also been therecipieht of the Fireman ofthe Year Award, as well asPublic Servant ofthe Year.Fof more informa-

tion about the WestStarLeadership Program, con-tact Virginia Grimes, pro-gram coordinator, at 731-BBI-7298 or by email atvgnqeq@uJq.ggu.

Leadership Program/ohn Smith, of McNairy

County, is a member of theUniversity of Tennesseeat Martin WestStarLeadership Program's2015 class.

SmithSelmer aMcNairyate. He currently servesas an executive commit-teeman for the Selmer/McNairy 'CountyIndustrial DevelopmentBoard. He is also on theboard of diiectors forthe Tennessee EnergyAcquisition Council, Jsa- pbligy eciuncil-rfiEmber

THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, RIPLEY, TENNESSEE, FEBRUARY 5, 201 5

Superintendent, has been occurring in the district.selected to participate in He is also a 20.10 gradu-

the University of Tennes- ate of Leadership Lauder-

see at Martin WestStar dale and was the recipientLeadership Program's of the Leadership Lauder-

2O15 class. Kimble also dale Distinguished Lead-

servL-s as an executive ership Award.committee member of For more informationthe Lauderdale County about the WestStar Lead-

Chamber of Commercei ership Program, contactECD. Lauderdale Coun- Virginia Crimes, coordi-ty's school district was nator, al731-881-7298'one of three in Tennes-see to receive an exem-plary distinction for aca-

demic progress during the2O13-14 school year, andKimble has been asked

currently chairs the advisorYcommittee for the Benton CountYVolunteer Program and serves as

a member of the Joint EconomicDevelopment Council. She is a

graduate of the Tennessee ValleYRural Leadership Institute andthe Tennessee Basic EconomicDevelopment Course.

For more information about the

WestStar LeadershiP Program,contact Viiginia Grimes, Pro gram

coordinator, at 7 3 I -881 -1 298 orby email at vgrimes@utm.edu.

Wesley Blow receives

A Benton CountY student has

been awarded a scholarshiP forthe 2015-2016 academic year toattend the UniversitY of Tennes-

see at Martin, according to Bran-dy Cartmell, Interim ExecutiveDirector, Student Engagement.

Wesley Blow, son of Williamand LaBriska Blow, of Cam-

den, will be a freshman. He re-

ceived the Leaders-in-Residence

UT Martin scholarshiPAward.

Additional information on

scholarships and other tYPes offinancial assistance is available

by contacting the UT MartinOffice of Student Financial As-

sistance, 205 AdministrationBuilding, UT Martin, Martin,Tenn.,38238, or bY calling (731)

881-7040.

Kilgore attends WestStarLeadership Program

Sara Kilgore, of Benton Coun-ty. is a member of the UniversitYof Tennessee at Martin West-Star Leadership Program's 2015.

class.Kilgore is the executive direc-

tor of the Benton CountY/CamdenChamber of Commerce. She

Sara Kilgore

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Area high school students participate UTM mentoringin

progra m

1'r)sierj ari F ebr!,rry 5 2lla lrv Steve James .' Local News

UT Martin Leaders-in-Residence members Julia Ewoldt

(second from right) and Tyler Graham (far right) participated

in a scavenger hunt with high school students from Weakley

County as part of the first-ever Near Peer Mentoring Program

on Jan 29

MARTIN, Tenn - Twenty{wo students from Weakley County high schools participated in a "Near-Peer Mentoring Program" hosted by

the University of Tennessee at Martin on Jan 29 The program, sponsored in conjunction with the Weakley County School System,

was designed to enhance peer mentoring and inform selected high school juniors and seniors about the long{erm benefits of higher

education opportunities The program is inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama's "Reach Highel' initiative, which encourages students

across the country to continue their education beyond a high school diploma

UT-Martin near-peer mentors guided visiting students through a typical collegiate day, which included a residence hall tour, dining hall

meal, classroom experience, library visit, recreational activity and information sessions on financial aid, admissions and student life

opportunities

,,The purpose of our program is to pair successful first-year college students with high school students who are just beginning to

consider the collegiate experience," said David Belote, UT-Martin Leaders-in-Residence Program coordinator and co-coordinator of the

First year lnitiative program "The value is found in the relationship. The high school students know they have someone they can trust

to answer their questions and guide them through the process "

UT-Martin near-peer student mentors are students currently involved in the Leaders-in-Residence Leadership Program These

students receive peer mentorship training as part of a continuous leadership-development curriculum

Guidance counselors p. K Kelley, of Dresden High School; Jennifer Martin, of Martin Westview High School; Monica Rollins, of

Gleason High School; and Sherry Page, of Greenfield High School, played instrumental roles in the creation of this program'

Miss UTM, Miss Soybeqn crowned in pageantsShelby Dotson turned a

first runner-up finish lastyear into a title as the 19-year-old sophomore K-6 elementary educationstudent from Rutherfordclaimed the Miss UTMartin crown in the com-bined Miss UT Martin/MissTennessee Soybean FestivalScholarship Pageant onSaturday.

The pageant was held infront of a sold-out audi-ence in fhe Harriet FultonTheatre on the university'smarn campus.

Claiming the MissTennessee Soybean Festivalwas Carsen Rooney, an 18-year-old homeschooledhigh school senior fromCordova. Both Miss Dotsonand Miss Rooney will com-pete in the Miss TennesseeScholarship Pageant thisJune in Jackson. The win-ner of Miss Tennessee willadvance to compete in theMiss America Pageant laterin the year. A total of 12contestants panicipated.

Only current UTM stu-dents could compete forthe Miss UT Martin crown.Those competing for theMiss Tennessee SoybeanFestival title must be WestTennessee residents orenrolled as a student inWest Tennessee, but didnot have to be UT Marrinstudents.

"I am so excited. I can-not wait to hit the groundrunning and get ready forMiss Tennessee," saidMiss Dotson, whose plat-fonn is "Taking a StandAgainst Bullying." As forthe opporlunity to cbmpetein Miss Tennessee, "It'sincredible. I've worked sohard for this, and it's justa dream come true. I can'tbelieve it," she said.

Lastyear's pageanthelpedto prepare Miss Dotson forSaturday's competition,especially for talent andinterview. "I really focusedon interview because I feellike it's really great for thejudges to get to know whoyou are so that you can talkto other people and be a

PAGEANT ROYALTY - Carsen Rooney (left) ofCordova and Shelby Dotson, a UT Martin K-6 elemen-tary education student from Rutherford, claimed the MissTennessee Soybean Festival and Miss UT Martin titles,respectively, Saturday in Martin.

good representative for theUniversity of Tennessee atMartin," shp said.

Katherine Felthauser. asenior UT Martin musiceducation major fromClarksville, was first run-ner-up, and Ali Barros, asophomore double major incommunications and politi-cal science from Medway,Md., was second runner-up.

Miss Rooney, the young-est contestant in the pag-eant, was surprised andgrateful to claim the MissTennessee Soybean Festivaltitle.

"I can't believe it," shesaid. "I'm just so honoredbecause I didn't expect,being one of the young-est competitors, to win, andthe fact that I get to go toMiss Tennessee is, oh mygosh, it's just unbelievable.I can't begin to wrap myhead around it yet.", Miss Rooney, whose lit-

eracy platform is "Read toSucceed," has won otherpageant crowns. includingMiss Jackson OutstandingTeen in 2013 and last year'sMiss Shelby OutstandingTeen. "I focused (in thispageant) on showing thejudges u,ho I was in inter-

view and showing them howpassionate I was about theprogram of Miss Tennesseeand Miss Soybean and justhow much I really wantedthe job, not just the crown,"she said.

Sarah Yarbrough, asenior Austin Peay StateUniversity communica-tions student from iackson,was first runner-up, andNoreli Mendez, a senior UTMartin biological sciencessludent from McKenzie,was second runner-up.

Contestants competed

in four categories: pre-sentation and communityachievement (interview),artistic expression (talent),presence and poise (eve-ning gown) and lifestyleand fitness (swimsuit).

Hayley Lewis, MissTennessee 2014, attendedand participated in the pro-gram. Erica Glisson, 2014Miss UT Martin and a UTMartin nursing graduatewho now lives in Nashville,and Camille Garner, 2014Miss Tennessee SoybeanFestival and a seniorbiology health sciencesmajor at Tennessee Techin Cookeville, both gavefarewell speeches beforethe 2015 winn€rs wereannounced.

Katrina Cobb and HollieHolt shared co-executivedirector duties for the pag-eant. Ms. Cobb was pleasedwith the pageant and theoutcome.

"I have never been to apageant that has gone thissmoothly," Ms. Cobb said."Hollie (Holt) is amazingto work with. We had thebest eincee. We had queensfrom last year who jumpedin and helped us out, andour new royalty is fabu-lous.

"We just had a great day,enjoyed doing this, and weare looking forward to their(the 20 l5 pageant win-ners') reign.'i

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Dunn to be honored at UTM Saturday

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One of the country's most prolific women's baskeball coaches will be honored Saturday night when UT-Martin hosts "Lin Dunn" night

during the UT-Martin SIU-Edwardsville games

Coach Dunn recently retired from coaching after completing a stellar career in the WNBA, most recently with the Indiana Fever She

has more than 500 career wins on her resume

She announced her retirement last May and was rnducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame last June

Coach Dunn grew up in Dresden, played basketball at UT-Martin, graduating in 1 969 and began her coaching career at Austin Peay,

spent time at Ole Miss, Miami and Purdue University where she made the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship seven

times, and the Final Four once

She later coached the Seattle Storm and ended her career in lndiana

STATE GAZETTE I SUHONY FEBRUARY 8,2015

local re$idcnts participatc in 201 5lTest$tar leadership Program

Special to the State Gazette

MARTIN, Tenn.James Luvene and JohnYoung, both of DyerCounty are members ofthe University ofTennessee at MartinWestStar LeadershipProgram's 2015 class.

Luvene is the pastor ofHughlett, Lighthouseand Ross UnitedMethodist Church inDyersburg. He isinvolved with NorthwestTennessee Head Startand serves on the boardof directors forTransitions of DyerCounty a group home for

State Gazefte photo/provided

Luvene

abused women. Luveneis a member of theNAACP and is a pastmember of the National

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Young

Geo graphic Foundation.Young is a vice presi-

dent at Security Bank.He currently serves on

the boards of directorsfor the Salvation Army,United Way DyersburgState CommunityCollege Annual Fund,Dyersburg Main Streetand Ducks Unlimited. Heis a member of theKiwanis Club and is amentor for DyersburgPrimary School's HOSTSProgram. Young is eLeadership Dyer Countygraduate.

For more informationabout the WestStarLeadership Progiram,contact Virginia Grimes,program coordinato4 at731-881-7298 or by emailat vgrimes@utm.edu.

THE JACKSON 5UN . SUNDAY, FEB.8. 2015

COURTESY OF UT MARTINFrom left: Victoria Key and Matt youngblood, both of Selmer.

COURTESY OF UT MARTINFrom left: Laura Croom, of Greenfield, and Ben Rollins, ofMcKenzie.

COURTESY OF UT MARTINFrom left: Emmanual McClerking and Kendrick McGill. both ofLexington.

COURTESY OF UT MARTINTaren HatcheL of Greenfield.

THE.iACKSON SUN . SUNDAy, FEB 8, 2015

The University of Tennessee at Martin held fall commencement exercises on Dec. 13 at the Kathleen ,na rort?l#t:::i"'J iltHtthan 600 students were eligible to participate in the ceremony, which featured Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner BethDeBauche as keynote speaker. From left: Diyana Fishei of Dyersburg; Drae Turne4 of Union City; Bria Brown, of Memphis; andDerrickia Payne, of La Grange.

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From left: Lauran Barber, of Adamsville; Danielle Stagnel of Munford; and Leslie Serrano, of Drummonds.COURTE5Y OF UT MARTIN

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COURTESY OF UT MARTIN

From left: Dr, Margaret Toston, vice chancellor for student affairs; Amy Belote, of Martin;Constance Bonds, of Gates; and Amber Thompson, of Arlington. Belote, Bonds and Thompsonreceived the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Awards during the UT Martin fallcommencement exercises Dec. 13.

From left: Brandy Smith, of Bartlett; Kristi Parsley, of Dresden; Briana Harris, of Henderson; and

Sloan Shaw, of Fairview.

From left: Darrin Howard,Williams, of Franklin.

COURTEsY OF UT MARTINof Union City, and MaryLynn

COURTESY OF UT MARTIN

Lscal,s participate in'75 UTMWe ststar leadership progr&mMARTIN, Tenn. - Hope

Cooper andDr. Lisa Piercey,b.othof Gibson County, are membersof the University of Tennessee

at Martin WestStar LeadershipProgram's 2015 class.

Cooper is the marketing direc-tor for Alexander ThompsonArnold CPAs. She is a gradu-

ate of Leadership Jackson and

served as president of the Lead-ership Jackson Alumni Asso:ciation board of directors in20IO-II. She received the 2009LJAA Harbert Alexander Awardfor Servairt Leadership and the

May 2009 LJAA Star PerformerAward. Cooper currently set'ves

on the boards of directors forthe Kirkland Cancer Center, the

Therapy and Learning Centerand the Jackson SymphonyLeague. She also volunteersfor the West Tennessee Health-care Foundation, the AmericanCancer Society and the Ameri-can HeartAssociation.

Piercey is the vice president

of physician services at WestTennessee Healthcare. She is a

graduate of Leadership Jacksonand has received the JacksonSun Readers' Choice Award forbest pediatrician and the ChapterIMPA.CT Award, and has beennamed one of Jackson's Finest

Young Frofessionals. She cur-rently serves on the boards ofdirectors for the EntrepreneurDevelopment Center and Mid-South Healthcare Executives,and is h member of the Tennes-

see Child Abuse Prevention Task

Force. She also serves as the

volunteer medical director and

child abuse pediatrician for the

Madison County Child Advo-cacy Center.

For more information about the

WestStar Leadership Program,

contact Virginia Grimes, pro-gram coordinator, at 731-881-7298 or by email at vgrimes@

utm.edu.Hope Cooper

Dr. Lisa Piercey

UTM MUSIC PROFESSORS VISIT - Professors in the Music Dept. at the University of Tennessee at

Martin held a music workshop featuring wind instruments for students in the Milan school band program

Thursday, Feb. 5. The outstanding musicians and teachers performed several pieces of music and toldsfudents about opportunities for students interested in studying music at UTM. Pictured (left to right)wele Dr. Elizabeth Alexander on clarinet; Dr. Doug Owens on oboe, bassoon and saxophone; and Dr.Chatles Lewis on flute and alto flute.

The McKenzie Banner. McKenzie,Tennessee.Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Smothers Participates inWestStar Leadership Program

MARTIN, Tenn. - NathanSmothers, of Carroll County,is a member of the Universityof Tennessee at Martin West-Star Leadership Program's2015 class.

Smothers is a partner atHuntingdon Insurance Agencyand.S&S Insurance with loca-tions in Huntingdon, Milan,Lexington and Camden. He isa Leadership Carroll County

graduate and serves as chair-man of the board of the UnitedWay of Carroll County.

Smothers was nominated byJoel Washburn, an alumni ofWestStar.

For more information aboutthe WestStar LeadershipProgram, contact VirginiaGrimes, pro gram coordinator,at 731-B8t-7298 or by email atvgrimes@utm.edu.

UNIVERSIry OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN OFfERIT{C-'ACT PREPARATION CLASSfue 02i1a12015 ll l3 Bolv.ri'1

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[,4ART|N, Tenn The Universrty of Tennessee at l\4artin Office of Extended Campus and On ine Stud es will

offer a one day ACT preparation class from B a m noon' Feb 21 at the UT l\'4artrn l'/cNairy County

Center/Selmer

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY FEBRUARY I 2015

SHOW OF SUPPORT - The Dresden Middle School girls' basketball team shows its appreciation to Lin Dunn for all she has done for wom-en's basketball. Dunn, as well as the City of Dresden, was honored in the Skyhawks' double-header on Saturday at the Elam Center.

UT Martin honors Dresden native Lin f)unnThe University of Tennessee at

Martin honored Dresden native andwomen's basketball Hall of Famecoach Lin Dunn on Saturday.

Dunn recently wrapped up ahighly successful 38-year coachingcareer in the collegiate and profes-sional ranks and was in attendanceas part of the Skyhawk double-header on "Lin Dunn and City ofDresden Nighf'at the Elam Center

Dunn briefly spoke with ThePress after she was honored at half-trme.

Dunn said she has high regards

for women's head coach KevinMcMillan and his staff and withwhat the Skyhawks have done inthe Ohio Valley Conference thisseason. She said it was easy forMcMillan the last four years withHeather Butler and Jasmine New-some on the team. This year hasbeen different without those twoguards, she said, but the results are

similar."Kevin has done a great job,"

Dunn said. "He has won OVCchampionships, but I think a lot ofcredit went to the fact that he had

Butler and Newsome. Now he doesnot have Butler and Newsome and"what is he, 10-0 in the OVC.

"I think that finally says, 'Hey,wait a minute. That is more thanjust a player.' You have a greatcoach in Kevin McMillan. I am re-ally impressed with what he is do-ing after Newsome and Butler."

McMillan has learned the re-cruiting process very well and itshows in the OVC standings. Dunnis especially happy that McMillanis recruiting players in the westernpart ofthe state.

"That is what I like about Kev-in," Dunn said. "lt is the fact he re-cruits a lot of West Tennessee andTennessee first. He has a few fromout of state. But the majority of hisplayers are homegrown."

Dunn has retired from coachingand is enjoying every minute of herretirement. She is grateful to theuniversity for honoring her and theCity of Dresden.

"I want to thank Julio Freire andthe UTM athletic deparlment fornot only honoring me, but the Cityof Dresden as well." Dunn said.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY t0, 2015

Area high school students participatein UT Martin near-peer mentoring program

Twenty-two studentsfrom Weakley County highschools recently participat-ed in a "Near-Peer Mentor-ing Program" hosted by theUniversity of Tehnessee atMartin

The program, sponsoredin conjunction with theWeakley County SchoolSystem, was designed toenhance peer mentoringand inform selected highschool juniors and seniorsabout the long-term ben-efits of higher educationopportunltres.

The program is inspiredby First Lady MichelleObama's "Reach Higher"initiative, which encourag-es students across the coun-try to continue their educa-tion beyond a high schooldiploma.

UT Martin near-peermentors guided visitingstudents through a typicalcollegiate day. which in-cluded a residence hall tour,dining hall meal, classroomexperience. library visit.recreational activity andinformation sessions on fi-nancial aid, admissions andstudent life opportunities.

"The purpose of our pro-gram is to pair successfulfirst-year college studentswith high school studentswho are just beginningto consider the collegiateexperience," said DavidBelote, UT Martin Lead-ers-in-Residence Programcoordinator and co-coordi-nator of the First Year Ini-tiative Program. "The valueis found in the relationship.The high school students

know they have someonethey can trust to answertheir questions and guidethem through the process."

UT Martin near-peerstudent mentors are stu-dents currently involved inthe Leaders-in-ResidenceLeadership Program. Thesestudents receive peer men-torship training as part of acontinuous leadership-de-velopment curriculum.

Guidance counselors P.

K. Kelley, of Dresden HighSchool; Jennifer Martin,of Martin Westview HighSchool; Monica Rollins, ofGleason High School; andSherry Page, of GreenfieldHigh School, played instru-mental roles in the creationof this program.

SCAVENGER HUNT - UT Martin Lead-ers-in-Residence members Julia Ewoldt(second from right) and Tyler Graham (farright) participated in a scavenger hunt withhigh school students from Weak-ley Countyas part of the first-ever Near Peer Mentor-

ing Program on Jan. 29. Students spentabout 20 minutes searching the Paul MeekLibrary for items, which they then had tophotograph and post to Instagram using thehashtag #pmlhunt.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, F'EBRUARY IO, 2015

WORKING WOMEN -Jennifer Horbelt, UT Mar-tin alumna and co-anchorof WPSD Local 6 news inPaducah, Ky., was the key-note speaker Friday for UTMarlin's 17th annual Work-ing Women's Conference.The conference theme wasWomen Under Construc-tion: Building Career, Fam-ily and Communities." Hor-belt's presentation was titled"Recon structing Your Life."The conference, sponsoredby the WestStar Leader-ship Program, attracted235 attendees to the BolingUniversity Center's Dun-can Ba-llroom on the maincampus. Horbelt receivedthe university's Outstand-ing Young Alumni Award inOctober during UT Martin's2014 Homecoming celebra-tion.

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NEW COMMISSIONER SPEAKS - Randy Boyd,Tennessee's new commissioner of Economic and Com-munity Development, was introduced in a town hallmeeting of West Tennessee economic development lead-ers, elected officials, chamber representatives and othersFriday at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Gov.Bill Haslam named Boyd in December as the new ECDcommissioner. Boyd, a successful entrepreneur, spokebriefly and then joined in an exchange of ideas withthe group for enhancing the region's econonric devel-opment. Before taking his current position, Boyd tooka leave of absence from his company in 2013 to serveGov. Haslam as a volunteer special adviser on higher ed-ucation in developing the Drive to 55 and the TennesseePromise initiatives" Boyd was named a 2Ol4 Universityof Tennessee Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

M uriel Tomlins on le cturerescheduledfor Feb.77

The University of Ten-nessee at Martin's annualPhi Kappa Phi Muriel Tom-linson Lecture, originallyscheduled t-or today, hasbeen rescheduled for 7 p.m.on Feb. i7 in Watkins Au-ditorium of the Boling Uni-versity Center on the mainUT Martin campus.

Dr. Richard Garlitz, UTN{artin associate professorof history and philosophy,will present a lecture titled,"Friends Like These: TheLegacy of the 1953 Coupon United States-IranianRelations." His research ex-amines the roles that Ameri-can colleges and universi-ties played in internationaldevelopment during the firsttwo decades of the ColdWar, especially as part ofthe U.S. govemment-spon-sored Point Four Program.

Garlitz completed un-dergraduate work in his-tory and English at PurdueUniversity. He received amaster's degree in historyfrom Ball State Universityand a Ph.D. in history fromOhio Universiry. He joinedthe UT Maflin faculty in2008 and teaches courseson American foreign rela-

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tions. the Middle East andworld history.

The Munel Tomlinsonlecture is presented eachspring semester in honor ofDr. Muriel Tomlinson, a UTMartin faculty member andchair of the Department ofModern and Foreign Lan-guages from 1959-76. Tom-linson created the campuslanguage laboratory andwas a supporter of the idealsof the Phi Kappa Phi honorsocrety.

This event is free andopen to the public.

For more information,contact Dr. Becky Cox, as-sociate professor of educa-tional studies at 881-7134or by email at beckyc@utm.edu.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE

FEBRUARY 11,2015

New TN ECD Commissioner speaks at UT MartinRandy Boyd, Tennessee's new

commissionei of Economic andCommunity Development, wasintroduced in a town hall meetingof West Tennessee economicdevelopment leaders, electedoffi cials, chamber representativesand others February 6 at theUniversity of Tennessee at Martin.

Gov. Bill Haslam named Boydin December as the new ECDcommissioner.

Boyd, a sucspoke brieflyan exchangegroup for enhancing the region'seconomic development. Beforetaking his current position, BoYdtook a leave of absence from hiscompany in20l3 to serve Gov.

Haslam as a volunteer sPecialadviser on higher education indeveloping the Drive to 55 andthe Tennessee Promise initiatives.Boydwas named a 2014 UniversitYof Tennessee DistinguishedAlumnus of the Year. Randy Boyd, was named the

Ilaslam in December.ECD Commissioner by Gov. Bill

Hart is Board of Directors AwardWinnerAndrew Hart, a Martin native, was recently chosen as one of the University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors Award winners for 2014.Ilait, UTMartin assistant director of alumni relations and annual giving, was recognized at a board neeting oi Feb.3. Picfured are (l-r): AndyWilson'vice chancellor for (JT Martin Advancement; Charlie Moore, UT Foundation board member and 1960 UT Martin graduate; Bill Blankenship' UTFoundation board member and 1956 UT Martin graduate; Hart; Steve Morris, chair, University of Tennessee Foundation board of directors; Dr' LlnnAlexander, board member and dean of the UT Martin College of llumanities and FineArts.

America-Iran relationsfocus of TuesdaY lecture

The University of Ten-nessee at Martin's annu-al Phi Kappa Phi MurielTomlinson Lecture hasbeen rescheduled for lp.m. Tuesday in WatkinsAuditorium of the BolingUniversity Center on themain UT Martin campus.

Dr. Richard Garlitz, UTMarlin associate Professoroi history and philosoPhY.will present a lecture titled,"Friends Like These: TheLegacy of the 1953 CouPon- United States-lranianRelations."

His research examines theroles that American colleg-es and univeisities PlaYed in

international develoPmentdurins the first two decadesof the"Cold War. esPeciallY

as part of the U.S. govern-m.nt-spontoted Point FourProgram.

G arlitz comPleted under-in historyat Purduereceived a

master's degree in historyfrom Ball State UniversitYand a Ph.D. in history fromOhio UniversitY. He joinedthe UT Martin facultY in2008 and teaches courses

on American foreign rela-tions, the Middle East and

world history.The Muriel Tomlinson

lecture is presented each

spring semester in honorof Dr. Muriel Tomlinson. a

UT Martin facultY memberand chair of the DePartmentof Modern and ForeignLanguages from 1959-76.Tomlinson created the cam-pus langu oryand was a theideals of th Phihonor societY.

This event is free and

open to the public.' For more information.

contact Dr. BeckY Cox,associate professor of edu-cational studies, at ('731)881-7134 or bY email at

beckyc@utm.edu.

Post 9lIl veterans, spousescan earn certifications free

Post 9/11 veterans andtheir spouses have theopportunity to obtain indus-trial certifications throughSyracuse University, byway of the University ofTennessee at Martin.

Veterans do not need tobe curent UT Martin stu-

'dents to apply.Veterans (active dutY,

National Guard and Reservemembers) who have alreadyseparated or retired lromthe military, or who willtransition from military ser-vice to the civilian work-force within l8 months, areeligible to choose one of26 certttication courses tohelp transition into civilianlife or into a new civiliancareer. Veterans must haveserved at least one day ofactive duty after Sept. ll,2001.

Spouses of eligible vet-erans, as well as spousesof all active duty servicemembers, are also eligibleto enroll.

All interested partrcl-pants must be registeredfor their desired courses bYFeb. 23 . Veterans may reg-ister at http://vets.sYr.edu/vctpapp and spouses maYregister at http://vets.sYr.edu/vctspouse. ParticiPantsshould select UT Martin inthe online drop-down menuin order for the universitYto receive credit for theenrollment.

A letter of recommenda-tion from a current or Pastemployer is required.

Courses begin April 20and will be completed inMay. All students must takea final certification exam.Participants may choosefrom a variety of subjectareas, and a complete listof courses, requirementsand eligibility criteria canbe found at http://vets.syr.edu/vctp.

Courses are offeredentirely online and may beaccessed from any person-al computer with updated

software. Martin residentsparticipating in the Pro-gram will belaptop and vfrom the UTMeek Library.

Participation in onecourse and one certificationexam is offered at no cost.

For more information,contact Dr. Alice-CatherineCarls, UT Martin facultymember, ar (73I) 881-7412orby email at accarls@utm.edu.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED - KeraSnyder ( ght), -a. junior inthe nursi the UniversitY ofTennesse recently awarded

of Tennessee. West and Ms. Shumate are

members of the chapter's scholarship com-

The News Leaden February II, 2015

UTltl Parsons Center donates

time to DC Backpack ProgramOn Jan. 27 tbie IXf Martin Parsons Center StudentArnbassadors volunteered their time to help with the

Board of Education 852'2391.

Trenton G azette, Trenton, Tennessee Wednesday, February ll, 201 5

Butler to speak at DSCC eventDyersburg State Commu-

nity College (DSCC) willwelcome Heather Butleq2014 Ohio Valley Confer-ence (OVC) College Play-er of the Year, as a guestspeaker on February 18 at 4p.m. at the Gibson CountyHigh School Theatre. Thisfree event is being held inconjunction with DSCC'smonth-long activities tocelebrate Black HistoryMonth.

Butler, an alumna of Gib-son County High School andUT Martin, is a 5'4" guardwho closed her career asthe top scorer in UT Martinand OVC history with 2,865points that ranked 16'h onthe National Collegiate Ath-letic Association's (NCAA)all-time leader board. Sheranked ninth in the countryin scoring with 23.6 pointsper game along with settingher third NCAA three-pointrecord consisting o1392 ca-reer three-pointers made.

For more information,contact Yuketa Hall, Direc-tor of Student Life, aIha|lfu)dsce.edu or 901-47 5-3166.

Miss UTMShelby Dotson

Heather Butler

DotsoncapturesMiss UTMcrown

Shelby Dotson turned a

first runner-up finish lastyear into a title as the 19-year-old sophomore K-6 elementary educationstudent fiom Rutherfordclaimed the Miss UT Martincrown in the combined MissUT Martin ScholarshipPpaHarriet Fulton Theatre.

Dotson will comPetein the Miss TennesseeScholarship Pageant thisJune in Jackson. Thewinner of Miss Tennesseewill advance to compete inthe Miss America Pageantlater in the year. A total ofI 2 contestants particiPated.

Only current UTMstudents could compete forthe Miss UT Martin crown.

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UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT CARR ELEMENTARY - During the spring2014 semester, 14 members of the University of Tennessee at Martin University Scholars Programparticipated in a service learning project at Carr Elementary School as part of their freshman yearrequirements. The scholars played a role in helping Carr students improve their state reading scoresfrom the eighth percentile to the 48th percentile, ultimately raising the school from 'focus school" to"high-progress school district" status. Scholars were primarily involved with kindergarten and first gradeclassrooms, where they worked one-on-one with students to focus on reading fluency, comprehensionand phonics skills. They also worked with third through eighth-grade students after school to completehomework and master basic skills. "The University Scholars played a part in student growth and theincrease of test scores," said Sondra Gibbs, assistant principal of Fulton lndependent School, whichincludes Carr Elementary. "Our teachers are very appreciative of the help from the scholars." Gibbsrecently spoke to the current scholars ciass about continuing the work begun by their predecessorsthis spring. She was joined by teachers Cyndi Brown, first grade, and Alley Evans, kindergarten. TheUniversity Scholars Program is the highest scholarship honor awarded on the UT Martin campus andfocuses on a variety of components, including community service. Pictured are Gibbs, far left, Brown,seated, second from right, and Evans, seated, far right, with members of the current scholars class whointend to work with Carr students this coming semester. (Photo submitted)

Humboldt Chronicle, Wednesday, Feb. '11' 2015

UTM Jackson Center ofFers

one- d^y act prep workshopThe University of

Tennessee at Martin Officeof Extended Campus andOnline Studies will offer aone-day ACT preparationclass from l-5 P.ffi.,February 21, at the UTMartin Jackson Center.This comprehensive

course covers the widerange of subjects tested

during the ACI includingmathematical skills,grammar usage and readingcomprehension. Guidedby instructor Alex Beene,college andACT advisor forFayette County schools, thisone-day workshop looks tocreate a quick, efficient wayto help students improvetest performance and boost

their scores.There is a fee forthe course

and advance registration isrequired.For more information,

visit http://wwwutm.edu/dep artments/ecos/nondegree.php or call theOffice of Extended Campusand Online Studies at 731-88 1-7082.

Humboldt Chronicle, Wednesday, February 1 1, 2O1 5

Cooper, Pierc ey join2015 \TestStar classHope Cooper and Dr. Lrsa

Piercey. both of GibsonCounty, are members of theUniversity of Tennessee atMartin WestStar LeadershipProgram's 2015 class.

Cooper is the marketingdireetor for AlexanderThompsonArnold CPAs.

She is a graduate ofLeadership Jackson andserved as president ofthe Leadership JacksonAlumni Association boardof directors in 20 I 0- I I . She

received the 2009 LJAAHarbert Alexander Awardfor Servant Leadership andthe May 2009 LJAA StarPerformerAward.

Cooper currently serveson the boards of directorsfor the Kirkland CancerCenter, the Therapy andLeaming Center andthe Jackson SymphonyLeague. She also volunteersfor the West TennesseeHealthcare Foundation, theAmerican Cancer Societyand the American HeartAssociation.

Piercey is the vrcepresident of physicianservices at West Tennessee

, Healthcare.She too is a graduate of

Leadership Jackson and hasrec6ived the Jackson SunReaders' Choice Award forbest pediatrician and theChapter IMPACT Award,and has been named oneof Jackson's Finest YoungProfessionals.

She currently serves on theboards of directors for theEntrepreneur DevelopmentCenter and Mid-SouthHealthcare Exebutives, andis a rnember of the TennesseeChild Abuse Prevention TaskForce. She also serves as thevolunteer medical directorand child abuse pediatricianfor the Madison CountyChild Advocacy Center.For more information

about the WestStarLeadership Program,contact Virginia Grimes,program coordinator, at13l-881-7298 or by emailat vgrimes@utm.edu.

Hope Cooper Dn Lisn Piercey

INDEPENDENT APPEALWEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2015

UTM's Super Crew in Glend*],gSix students from UTM's sport business plogramworked hospitality events at last week's Super Bovvlgame in elendale, Ariz., where the New E1-g!-a-ndJa-t-riots defeated the Seatl le Seahawks 28-24. TheorouD. led bv Dr. Dexter Davis, is the second fromUf Mirtln to-attend the big game. The students alsoworked behind'the scenes at the Pro Bowl on Jan.

Civil Rights Conference at UT-Martin

Posled on FebruaD/ 1 1, 201 5 by Charles Choate rn Local News

Selma and Voting" and professor Dr

"Hunger and Race in MemPhis"

Miss UT-Martin PreParingPosled or February 12, 201-5 by Steve James rr Local Neffi

Laurie Green, of the university of Texas at Austin, presenting "one Man',s Fight for Equality" and

for Miss Tennessee crown

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The University of Tennessee-Martin will hold their 15th annual Civil

Rights Conference this month.

The focus of the February 22nd thru the 27th event will be the theme

"LBJ and the Great Society at 50",

The six day event will feature many activities, including a keynote

address by Mark Updegrove, an ABC News analyst and the director

ofthe Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas

Scheduled events includes a performance by Memphis actress and

producer Florence Roach, a presentation by professor Dr Rebecca

Miller Davis, of Missouri-Kansas City, titled "Crossing the Bridge:

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Now that,s she,s captured the title of Miss UT-Martin, shelby Dotson has her eyes set on the crown of Miss Tennessee

The 19-year-old sophomore elementary education student from Rutherford was crowned the new Miss UT-Martin two weeks ago,

along with Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival Carsen Rooney

Both Dotson and Rooney now move on to compete in the Miss Tennessee Pageant, and Dotson says she's preparing herselffor the

interview portion of the competition, which she says is such an important part of the competition and it's really important to know what

you're talking about

Dotson,s platform is ,,Taking a Stand Against Bullying" and says ther reason she chose this platform is personal to her' as she, herself,

was bullied in middle school

Dotsonhasonlyafewmonthstoprepareforthestatecrown TheMissTennesseePageantissetforJunelTththroughthe20thatthe

Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson

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UT Martin Students ComplHospitalrty WorkAt Super Bowl ruIX

Sh students:from the Unlverslty of Tennessee at Martln's sport buslness program worked hospltalfty errents attast weef's Supgr Bowl gamc ln Glen the l{ew England Patrlots defeated the Seattle Seahawks2&24. The group; led by Dr. Dexter asslstant professor of sport bustness, ls the second fromUT llattfit.to, atteltd,,tte blg'gamc. The studePictured on the iielii pmt:game are Rachel Ro

Dako$ Shid*i:s,'a 3ofhoiirbrelioin Bdn Aqua;ilatney, a se[ior from Bon Aqua; Rms Landreth; a senlHuntlngdon. Caton, Roblson and Shanes are marketlng maforc, while Landreth,Mahey and McGrew are sport buslness,mafors.

The University of Tennessee at Martin Office ofExtended Campus and Online Studies will offer a one-dayACT preparation class from 8 a.m.-noon, Feb. 21, at theUT Martin McNairy County Center/Selmer.

This comprehensive course covers the wide range ofsubjects tested during the ACT, including mathemati-cal skills, grammar usage and reading comprehension.Guided by instructor Alex Beene, college and ACT advisorfor Fayette County schools, this one-day workshop looksto create a quick, efficient way to help students improvetest performance and boost their scores.

The course is S30 per student. For more informationabout the ACT class or to register, visit http://www.utm.edu/departments/selmer/ or call the Office of ExtendedCampus and Online Studies at 731-88l-/082.

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1sth Annual UT Martin GivilRights Gonference to focus

on LBJ and the GreatSociety at 50, Feb. 22-27

The University of Tennessee at Martin's 15th annual Civil Rights'Conference, Feb.22-27 , will focus on the theme "LBJ and the GreatSociety at 50." Mark Updegrove, director of the Lyndon B. JohnsonPresidential Library in Austin, Texas, will deliver the keynote ad-dress at J p.^.,Feb.26, in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling Uni-versity Center.

ln addition to his duties as library director, Updegrove is alsoan analyst for ABC News and a contributing editor for PARADEMagazine. He has authored three books relating to the Americanpresidency and has conducted exclusive interviews with five U.S.presidents. Updegrove has served as U.S. publisher of Newsweek,president of TIME Canada and manager of TIME Los Angeles, andhas written forAmerican Heritage, The Nation, National Geograph-ic, Parade, Texas Monthly and TIME.

The we6k's activities will begin Feb. 22 with viewings of LeeDaniel's "The Butler" at 6 and 9 p.m., sponsored by the UT MartinStudent Activities Council. Florence Roach, an acffess and producerfrom Memphis, will perform at7 p.m., Feb. 23. Roach is most re-cently noted for portraying a maid in the 2011 film "The Help." Thisis Roach's fourth appearance at the conference.

A presentation titled "50 Years of Juvenile Literature - Focus onAfrican American Civil Rights" is scheduled for 12:15 p.m., Feb.24,tnthe Paul Meek Library Media Center. Dr. Julie Hill, associateprofessor of music, and her percussion students will present "Rootsof Rhythm" at'l:30 p.m., Feb 24, and again at noon, Feb. 25, inthe Harriet Fulton Theater of the Fine Arts Building. Also at noon,Feb. 25, there will be a black writers roundtable discussion in theHortense Parrish Writing Center.

The final day of the conference will begin al9:30 a.m. with a pre-sentation by Dr. Rebecca Miller Davis, assistant teaching professorof history, University of Missouri, Kansas City, titled "Crossing theBridge: Selma and Voting Rights." The day will continue with pre-sentations by Dr. Henry Parker, professor, UT Martin Department ofHistory and Philosophy, and Dr.,Laurie Green, associate professorof history, University of Texas atAustin. Green is also an Organiza-tion of American Historians distinguished lecturer. Parker will speakon "One Man's Fight for Equality" at l1 a.m., and Green will dis-cuss "Hunger and Race in Memphis" at 1 p.m. Tammy Wade, HeadStart program manager, will then present a history of Head Start andits imponance in the lives of poor children at 2:30 p.m. Updegrove'will speak atl p.m.

All events will be held in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling Uni-versity Center, unless otherwise noted. Events are free and open tothe public.

For more information, contact Dr. Renee LaFleur, assistant pro-fessor, Deparlment of History and Philosophy, at 731-881-1534 orby email at rlafleur@utm.edu.

Scholarship opporStudents who begin classes at

the University of Tennessee atMartin Parsons Center in the fall2015 semester will have access

The Kick Start Scholarship willaward all traditional students whoqualify for the Tennessee LotteryHope Scholarship $250 duringtheir first fall semester. Studentswho maintain a 2.75 GPAinto thespring semester will also receive$250, totaling a $500 award.

Those who continue to meetlottery scholarship requirementsinto their sophomore year ofstudy will then be eligible toreceive the new UT Martin Ad-vantage Scholaward each eliduring both the sophomore andjunior years, totaling a $1,00paward. i

Fundinghigh schoolwho enrollcourses through the UT MartinParsons Center. High schoolseniors who receive the lotteryscholarship will also receiyethe Jump Start Dual EnrollmentScholarship, which offers $20Otoward two dual enrollmentcourses for the 2015-16 acadeni-ic year. This brings the cost oJtwo courses to $100 total. Highschool juniors receiving the lot-tery scholarship will receive ahadditional $75 toward two du4lenrollment courses, reducirlgthe total cost to $25. Studentsmay choose to take two coursesduring the fall semester or onecourse each in the fall and springsemesters.

For more information, contaitDr. Kelli Deere, UT MartinParsons Center director, at'73I-847-3880 orby email atkdeere@utm.edu.

THE JACKSON SUN . THURSDAY, FEB. 12'2A15

SmallBusinessConference

The Jackson Chamber andWestStar are sponsoring theWest Tennessee Small BusinessConference - on "GrowingYour Business in Small TownAmerica" - featuring keYnotespeaker Michael Angelo Caru-so, who will conduct the session,"Effective Leadership - Get-ting People to do Stuff, from7:30 a.m.to2p.m. Feb. 19 at FirstUnited Methodist Church, 200S. Church St.

This session covers whatIeadership groups need to knowabout the best waYs to educate,

,,motivate and reward team,members. If you are interested,contact Julie Daniels,jdaniels@jacksontn.com or call423-2200.

t-u n i t i,es ottCred tFro u g h-UTMto new scholarship opportunities,thanks to the Parsons DecaturCounty Higher Education Foun-dation.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2OI5

Civil Rights Conference to focus on LBJ

and the Great Society

The University of Ten-nessee at Martin's 15th an-nrral Civil Rights Confer-ence, Feb. 22-2'7, wlll focuson the theme "LBJ and theGreat Society at 50." MarkUpdegrove, director of theLyndon B. Johnson Presi-dential Library in Austin.Texas, will deliver the key-note address at 7 p.in. onFeb. 26 in Watkins Audito-rium of the Boling Univer-sity Center.

In addition to his dutiesas library director, Upde-grove is also an analyst forABC News and a contrib-uting editor for PARADEMagazine. He has authoredthree books relating to theAmerican presidency andhas conducted exclusiveinterviews with five U.S.presidents. Updegrove hasserved as U.S. publisherof Newsweek, president ofTIME Canada and managerof TIME Los Angeles, andhas written for AmerioanHeritage, The Nation, Na-tional Geographic, Parade,Texas Monthly and TIME.

The week's activitieswill begin Feb. 22 withviewings of Lee Daniel's"The Butler" at 6 and 9

p.m., sponsored by the UTMartin Student ActivitiesCouncil. Florence Roach,an actress and producer

from Memphis. will per-tbrm at 7 p.m.. Feb. 23.Roach is most recently not-ed for portraying a maid in

the 2011 film "The Help."This is Roach's fourth ap-pearance at the conference.

A presentation titled "50Years of Juvenile Literature- Focus on African Ameri-can Civil Rights" is sched-uled for 12:15 p.m., Feb.24, in the Paul Meek Li-brary Media Center. Dr. Ju-lie Hill, associate professorof music, and her percus-sion students will present"Roots of Rhythm" at 7:3Op.m., Feb 24, and again atnoon, Feb. 25, in the Harriet Fulton Theater of theFine Arts Building. Also atnoon, Feb. 25,there will bea black writers roundtablediscussion in the HortenseParrish Writing Center.

ThbA-naIday o1 the con-ference will begin at 9:30a.m. with a presentation bY

Dr. Rebecca Miller Davis,assistant teaching profes-sor of history, Universityof Missouri, Kansas City,titled "Crossing the Bridge:Selma and Voting Rights."The day will continue withpresentations by Dr. Henry

Parker, professor, UT Mar-tin Department of Historyand Philosophy, and Dr.Laurie Green, associateprofessor of history,, Uni-versity of Texas at Austin.Green is also an Organiza-tion of American Histori-ans distinguished lecturer.Parker will speak on "OneMan's Fight for Equality"at 11 a.m., and Green willdiscuss "Hunger and Racein Memphis" at 1 p.m.

the lives of poor children at

2:30 p.m. UPdegrove willspeak at 7 P.m.'All

events will be heldin Watkins Auditorium ofthe Boling UniversitY Cen-ter, unless otherwise noted.Events are free and oPen tothe public.

For more tntormatton.contact Dr. Renee LaFleur,assistant Professol DePart-ment of HistorY and Phi-losophy, at 881-7534 or bY

email dt rlafl eur@utm.edu.

CONFERENCE - President Lyndon B. Johnson (far right) I .uther King

;.1;";1*) ;Jother civil rights activists Jan 18, I9&. (LBJ llections)

UTM offers ACT prep course

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The UT-Martin Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies is offering an ACT prep course beginning February 28th

UTM adjunct instructor and obion central teacher Ron Ramage will lead the course.

Students will learn to complete test problems based on question frequency, difficulty, substantive knowledge, curriculum and

alternative tesltaking strategies. participants will also learn how to maximize their scores and develop time management skills.

The registration fee is $225 and includes two textbooks, two official ACT tests and a diagnostic report. Students may bring an ACT-

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The ACT prep course will be Saturdays from from 8:00 until noon February 28th through April 11th at the UTM main campus

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UT Martin Hosts 15th Annual Civil RightsConference Next WeekBy KATE LOCHTE (/PEoPLggIE LoCHTEI &

The University of Tennessee at Martinhosts its r5th Annual Civil Rights

Conference next week Conference

Director, Assistant Professor of HistoryRenee l-aFleur previews the multi-dayevent wbose ke).note speaker is

presidential historian and Director of the

Llndon B. Johnson Library since zoog,

Mark Updegrove. On Sounds Good,Kate

lochte speaks with LaFleur about the

theme of how President Johnson's "Great

Society" contributed to the Civil Rights

Movement and other featured speakers at

the event.

The theme is Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society at 5o, focusing on hiscontdbutions to the advancement of civil rights, not just u.ith the voting rights and civilrights acts, but also fighting for things like economic equality, issues of hunger, LaFleursays.

Dr. Rebecca Miller Davis, assistant teaching professor of history, University ofMissouri, Kansas City, titled "Crossing the Bridge: Selma and Voting Rights.,, Dr.l,aurie Green, associate professor of history, University of Texas at Austin, on "Hungerand Race in Memphis" during the r96os with attention to the influence of St. JudeHospital dealing with malnutrition amongst infants. Tammy Wade, Head Startprogram manager, explores the origins of one of the most ra'ell-knornm programs tocome out of the Great Society program.

Mark Updegrove, director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin,Texas, gives the kelmote. He takes to task historical inaccuracies of the portrayal ofleaders in movie and television - in this case the film Selma - by going to the source,saying things like "No, Johnson wasn't a reluctant pafticipant in the CMI RightsMovement," La Fleur says the portrayal of Johnson in Selma wasn't entirely accurate.She cites a conversation between Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in whichthey negotiated boots on the ground and political tactics, with Johnson working thelegislative political side and King leading the grassroots effort.

In addition to the presentations, Florence Roach, an actress and producer fromMemphis, returns to the conference with an original play around the theme, this yearit's "Before, During and After LBJ," which has acting, singing, dancing and studentinyolveme4t. Ro_ols gn4 lh).tb!q4 +ulgqlpglqqssion group, tlqles lhe lrum rhJ4!!I

from Africa to North and south America Students wear costumes and dance. LaFleursays this a kid-friendly activity.

The events will be held in watkins Auditorium at the university center in Martin, offofUniversity Avenue

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17,20t5TITE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS

UT Martin radio station and staff receive '

IBS nominations in 10 categoriesThe Intercollegiate

Broadcasting System hasawarded the University ofTennessee at Martin cam-pus radio station - WUTM90.3 FM "The Hawk" -nominations in l0 catego-ries for the 2Q15 awards.Each submission ranked as

a category finalist placedin the top 10 percent of allsubmissions.

The student nominationsare as follows:

. Best Newscast: SydneyLaFreniere (a senior fromOak Ridge);

. Best Community NewsCoverage: LaFreniere andAimee Bilger (a seniorfrom Plantersville, Miss.)for "Hospital Ground-breaking";

. Best Sports Play-by-Play in baseball and soft-ball: Chuck Hammer (ajunior from Martin) andKayla Harmon (a juniorfrom Lewisburg) for "UTMartin vs. Tennessee Statesoftball" and Hammer and

Quinton Stevens (a seniorfrom Bernie, Mo.) for "UTMartin vs. Missouri Statebaseball";

. Best Sports Update:Hammer;

. Best Talk Show:Tori Seng (a junior fromUnion City) for "SkyhawkScene";

. Best News Director:

Blake Stevens (a seniorfrom Brighton);

. Best Promotions: LaFreniere;

. Best Production Direc-tor: Ashleigh Burton (a ju-nior from South Fulton).

The students are all com-munications majors.

The station was alsonamed a finalist for BestCollege Radio Stationwith under 10,000 enroll-ment. Dr. Richard Robin-son, associate professor ofcommunications, has beennominated for the JeffTellis Outstanding Advi-sor Award.

Winners will be an-nounced during the 75thannual IBS InternationalConference in New YorkCity. March 6-8.

Since 2011, WUTMhas received 56 nationalawards from IBS, includ,ing the Abraham & BorstAward in 2012, which de-termines the winners fromthe top college radio pro-grams in community col-leges, small institutions,large institutions andstreaming-only stations.The station has been in therunning each year since2013. WUTM has alsowon numerous awards inregional and state compe-titions, including honorsfrom the Tennessee As-

sociated Press, SoutheastJournalism Conferenceand Collegiate Broadcast-ers, Inc.

"To consistently be afinalist in these awards istruly an honor, and WUTMhas not only been a finalist,but has won many awardsas well, including BestOverall Station in 2012,which honestly makesthem one of the best of thebest in the entire nation,"said Chris Thomas, Presi-dent of IBS.

Len Mailloux. chair-man of the IBS board ofdirectors and professor ofmedia at Simmons Collegein Boston, Mass., calledWUTM "a major player inthe Intercollegiate Broad-casting System," addingthat "we (the IBS com-munity) know WUTM andits fine staff will continuetheir award-winning workin the years to come."

The IntercollegiateBroadcasting System, Inc.,is a not-for-profit edu-cational association andfoundation created in 1940by Dr. George Abraham,Ph.D., and David Borst.Headquartered in NewWindsor, N. Y., the asso-ciation includes more than1,000 non-profit, educa-tion-affiliated radio sta-tions and webcasters.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17,2015

Updergrove to give academic presentation as part of

UT Martin's Citil Rights Conference

Mem LlpoEcRovr

Mark Updegrove, direc-tor of the Lyndon BainesJohnson Library and Mu-seum in Austin, Texas,'will present a lecture titled"LBJ and America's Prom-ise" at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26 inWatkins Auditorium on theUT Martin campus.

Updegrove became di-rqctor of the LBJ Libraryin Oclober 2009. He is

also an author, publisher,lecturer and journalist,and has served as U.S.publisher of Newsweek,president of TIME Canadaand manager of TIME LosAngeles. He has publishedthree books relating tothe American presidency:"LBJ in the Presidency,""Baptism by Fire: EightPresidents Who Took Of-

fice in Times of Crisis" and"Second Acts: PresidentialLives and Legacies Afterthe White House." He hasalso conducted exclusiveinterviews with five U.S.presidents.

"We are very excitedto have Updegrove speakwith us about PresidentJohnson's legacy," saidDr. Lionel Crews, director

of UT Martin Honors Pro-grams. "His status as thedirector of the LBJ Libraryand extensive list of me-dia events show just howunique his perspective is onthe issues. It will be a realtreat to hear someone whohas personally interviewedfive presidents. We are alsoproud to paftner yet againwith the Civil Rishts Con-

ference at UTMartin tMarobring renowned speakers toour campus."

The presentation is partol the UT Marrin CivilRights Conference, Feb.23-27 , and is free and opento the public.

For nlore inlormationcontact Crews at I3l-881-1436 or by email atlcrews@utm.edu.

INDEPENDENT APPEAL

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2O1 5

UT Martin McNairy County/Selmer Centeroffers One-Day ACT Prep Workshop

by Alexandra Barros and Bud GrimesOffice of University Relations, UTM

The University of Tennessee at MartinOffice of E:,ctended Campus and OnlineStudies will offer a one-day ACT prepara-tion class from B a.m.-noon, Feb. 21, atthe UT Martin McNairy County Center/Selmer.

This comprehensive course coversthe wide range of subjects tested duringthe ACT, including mathematical skills,grammar usage and reading comprehen-

sion. Guided by instructor Alex Beene, col-lege and ACT advisor for Fayette Countyschools, this one-day workshop looks tocreate a quick, efficient way to help stu-dents improve test performance and boosttheir scores.

The course is $30 per student. Formore information about the ACT classor to register, visit http://wwwutm.edu/departments/selmer/ or call the Office ofExtended Campus and Online Studies at731-BB1-7082.

Submitted Photo and Cutline by Erin Chesnut, Contributor

Jerry Emmons, a Selmer native, will present his junior percussion recital at 7:30 p.m.,Feb. 26, in the Blankenship Recital Hall at the.University of Tennessee at Martin.

(731) 881-7418 or by email at jhill@utm.edu.

UT Martin radio station, staffe&rn several IBS nominations

. Intercollegiate Broad-casting System has awardedthe University of Tennesseeat Martin campus radio sta-tion - WUTM 90.3 FM"The Hawk" - nomina-tions in l0 categories forthe 2015 awards.

Each submission rankedas a category finalist placedin the top 10 percent of allsubmissions.

The student nominationsinclude:

. Best Newscast

- Sydney LaFreniere, asenior from Oak Ridge:

. Best Community NewsCoverage LaFreniereand Aimee Bilger, asenior from Plantersville,Miss., for "HospitalGroundbreaking";

o Best Sports Play-by-Play in baseball and soft-ball - Chuck Hammer,a junior from Marlin, andKayla Harmon. a juniorfrom Lewisburg, for "UTMartin vs. Tennessee Statesoftball," and Hammer andQuinton Stevens, a seniorfrom Bernie, Mo., for "UTMartin vs. Missouri Statebaseball";

. Best Sporls Update -Hammer;

. Best Talk ShowTori Seng, a junior fromUnion City, for "SkyhawkScene":

. Best News Director

the Tennessee AssociatedPress, Southeast JournalismConlerence and CollegiateBroadcasters Inc.

"To consistently be afinalist in these awards istruly an honor and WUTMhas not only been a finalist,but has won many awardsas well, including BestOverall Station in 2012

- which honestly makesthem one of the best of thebest in the entire nation,"said Chris Thomas. presi-dent of IBS.

Len M ailloux, cha ir-man of the IBS boardof directors and profes-sor of media at SimmonsCollege in Boston, calledWUTM "a major play-er in the lntercollegiateBroadcastin g System," add-ing that "we (the IBS com-munity) know WUTM andits fine staff will continuetheir award-winning workin the years to come."

The lntercollegiateBroadcasting System Inc.is a not-for-profit educa-tional association andfoundation created in 1940by Dr. George Abraham,Ph.D., and David Borst.Headquartered in NewWindsor, N.Y., the asso-ciation includes more than1,000 non-profit, educa-tion-affiliated radio stationsand webcasters.

8. 2015

- Blake Stevens, a seniorfrom Brighton;

. Best PromotionsDirector - LaFreniere'. Best ProduciionDirector AshleishBurton, a junior from Sou"thFulton.

The students are all com-munications majors.

The station was alsonamed a finalist for BestCollege Radio Station withunder 10,000 enrollment.Dr. Richard Robinson,associate professor ofcommunications, has beennominated for the JeffTellis Outstanding AdvisorAward.

Winners will beannounced during the 75thannual IBS InternationalConference. set for March6-8 in New York City.

Since 2011; WUTM hasreceived 56 national awardsfrom IBS, including theAbraham & Borst Awardin 2012. which determinesthe winners from the topcollege radio programs incommunity, colleges, smallinstitutions, large institu-tions and streaming-onlystations. The station hasbeen in the running eachyear since 2013.

WUTM has also wonnumerous awards in region-al and state competitions,including honors from

Yanguard play set for this weekendThe University of

Tennessee at MartinVanguard Theatre willpresent the Pulitzer-win-ning story of the Sycamoresand the Kirbys in "YouCan't Take It With You"Thursday through Sunday.

The curtain will rise at8 p.-. Thursday, Friday

and Saturday and at 3p.m. Sunday in the HarrietFulton Theatre in the FineArts Building on campus.

Tickets are $15 each foradults and $5 for studentsand children.

Tickets may be reservedby calling (731) 881-7400or may be purchased two

hours before each perfor-mance at the main theaterbox office.

For more informationon the Vanguard Theatretroupe or this weekend'sshows, contact Doug Cook,chairman of the Deparlmentof Visual and Theatre Arts.at (731) 881-7400.

Civil Rights Conferenceto focus attention on LBJ

The University of Tennes-see at Martin's l5th annualCivil Rights ConferenceSunday through Feb. 27will focus on the theme"LBJ and the Great Societyat 50."

Mark Updegrove, dir-ector of the Lyndon B.Johnson PresidentialLibrary in Austin, Texas,will deliver the keynoteaddress at 7 p.m. Feb. 26in Watkins Auditorium ofBoling University Center.

In addition to his duties aslibrary director, Updegroveis also an analyst for ABCNews and a contributingeditor for "Parade" mag-azine. He has authoredthree books relating to theAmerican presidency andhas conducted exclusiveinterviews with five U.S.presidents.

Updegrovq has servedas U.S. publisher of"Newsweek," president ofTIME Canada and managerof TIME Los Angeles,andhas written for "AmericanHeritage," "The Nation,""National Geographic,""Parade," "Texas Monthly"and "TIME.1'

The week's activitieswill begin Sunday withviewings of Lee Daniel's

"The Butler" at 6 and 9p.m., sponsored by the UTMartin Student ActivitiesCouncil. Florence Roach,an actress and producerfrom Memphis, will per-form at 7 p.m. Monday.She is most recently notedfor portraying a maid in the201I film "The Help." Thisis her fourth appearance atthe conference.

A presentation titled "50Years of Juvenile Literature

Focus on AfricanAmerican Civil Rights" isscheduled for 12: 15 p.m.Tuesday in the Paul MeekLibrary Media Center. Dr.Julie Hill, associate pro-fessor of music, and herpercussion students willpresent "Roots of Rhythm"at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday andagain at noon Feb. 25 in theHarriet Fulton Theater of theFine Arts Building. Also atnoon Feb.25, there will bea black writers roundtablediscussion in the HortenseParrish Writing Center.

The final day of tlre con-ference will begin at 9:30a.m. with a presentation byDr. Rebecca Miller Davis,assi stant teaching professorof history at the Universityof Missouri at Kansas City,titled "Crossing the Bridge:

Selma and Voting Rights."The day will continue

with presentations by Dr.Henry Parker, professor inthe UT Marlin Departmentof History and Philosophy,and Dr. Laurie Green, asso-ciate professor of historyat the University of Texasat Austin. Green is also anOrganization of AmericanHistorians distinguishedlecturer. Parker will speakon "One Man's Fight forEquality" at 11 a.m. andGreen will discuss "Hungerand Race in Memphis" at Ip.m. Tammy Wade, HeadStafi program manager,will then present a historyof Head Start and its impor-tance in the lives of poorchildren at 2:30 p.m.

Updegrove will speak. at7 p.m. to close out the con-ference.

AII events will be heldin Watkins Auditorium ofBoling University Center,unless otherwise noted.Events are free and open tothe public.

For more information,contact Dr. Renee LaFleur,assistant professor in theDepartment of Historyand Philosophy, at (731)881-7534 or by email atrlafleur@utm.edu.

Nf-usic students to presentMonster Concerts at IITM

Members of the MartinArea Music Teachers As-sociation will present theirstudents in "monster" con-certs, so-named because ofthe "monstrous" number offingers making music at onetime.

These light-hearted pro-grams will be on Saturdayat 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in theBlankenship Recital Hall inthe Fine Afis Building onthe University of Tennesseeat Martin campus.

Approximately 90 pianoand vocal students willperfoim works for largegroups. As a special treat,the teachers will also per-form two numbers. There isno admission charge and thepublic is invited to attend.

The Martin Area MusicTeachers Association is aprofessional organizationlor music teachers associat-ed with the Music TeachersNational Association andhas members from Weakley,Obion, Caroll and Gibsoncountres.

For information, contactDr. Elaine'Harriss, presidentof MAMTA, aI (131) 587-4601.

TRpNroN Gazprrp

Wednesday, February 1 8, 201 5

UTM extended campusoffers ACT Prep Course

The University of Tenaes-see at Martin Office of Ex-tended Campus and OnlineStudies will ofler an ACTpreparation course from 8a.m. to noon on Saturdays,Feb. 28-Apr. 11, on the UTMartin main campus. Therewill be no class on April 4.

Students will participatein an intensive ACT prepa-ration course taught by RonRamage, UT Martin adjunctlnslnrctor and teacher atObion County High School.Students will leam to com-plete test problems based onquestion frequency, diffi cul-ty, substantive knowledge,curriculum and alternativetest-taking strategies. Par-ticipants will also learn howto maximize their scoresand develop time manage-ment skills.

Students will begin thecourse by taking an official

off-record ACT test. Afterreceiving feedback, instruc-tors will guide studentsthrough the exam based ontheir areas of need. At theend ofthe program, studentswill take another of[-recordexam. Once participantsreceive their post-test data,instructors will meet one-On-o onal-ized para-tion

The registration fee is$225 and includes two text-books, two olicial ACTtests and a diagnostic re-port. Students may bring anACT-approved calcu lator, i fdesired. For more informa-tion about the course or toregister, visit http://www.utm. edu/departments/ecos.nondegree.php orcall theOffice of Extended Campusand Online Studies at 731-88 I -7082.

TRBNToN Gezerrs

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

UTM master's program receivesDept. of Education approyal

Th. Tennessee Depart-ment of Education recentlyelevated the University ofTennessee at Martin's onlinemaster's degree program ineducational leadership tofull approval status after theprogram met or exceededexpectations on all reviewindicators.

Students wishing toearn a Master of Sciencein Education. with a majorin educational leadership,must have already receiveda bachelor's degree, hold avalid teaching license andhave a minimum of threeyears of successful workexperience in the educationfield. Obtaining a master'sdegree allows candidates tocomplete licensure require-ments for an instructionalleadership license-beginner(rLL-B).

The master's degree pro-gram includes a three-hourcourse in models of instruo-tion, curriculum develop-ment and advanced teach-ing;'27 hours of leadershipconcentration coursework;and a three-hour course inclinical supervision. Allcoursework is accessibleonline.

Teachers who alreadyhold master's degrees butwish to pursue the addi-tional endorsement in edu-cational leadership mustmeet the university's re-quirements for conditionalor non-conditional admis-sion and complete 24 hoursof coursework.

All students wishing to berecommended for the ILL-B must also pass the Edu-cational Testing Service's

Praxis school leadership bytheCollegesoftheSouth-series, "School Leaders Li- ernAssociation of Collegescensure Assessment." A fi- and Schools Commissionnal portfolio project is also on Colleges to award bach-required. elor's andmaster's degrees.

Obtaining an ILL-B is UT Martin's education cur-vital for those who wish riculum is approved by theto pursue careers as school Tennessee State Board ofprincipals, assistant prin- Education and accreditedcipals or supervisors of in- by the Council for Accredi-struction. tation of Teacher Prepara-

This approval follows the tion (CAEP).university's receiving Ten- For more information,nessee's only U.S. Depart- contact the Department ofment of Education teacher Educational Studies at731-education grant in 2014, 881-7128 or email Kristywhich totaled $3.3 million. Crawford, coordinator, at

UT Martin is accredited kcrawford(@utm.edu.

THE FAYETTE FALCON

Wednesday, February 1.g, 201rs

Local Student onUT Honor Roll

Jody Yager has beennamed to the University ofTennessee Martin Chancel-lor's Honor Roll for the fallsemester 2014.

Jody is a graduate ofFayette Academy and is thedaughter of Joe and patriciaYager of Moscow, TN.

THE FurroN Ls.alr& FsnRuanv 18, 2015

ACT Prep course offered at UTMtheir post-test data, instructorswill meet one-on-one to Provide

two official ACT tests and adiagnosticmay bringcalculator, iinformation about the courseor to register, visit httP://www.utm. edu/departments/e c o s/nondegree.php or call the Officeof Extended Campus and OnlineStudies at 73 1-88 1-7082.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE . FEtsRUARY 18, 2015

Mark Updegrove to give presentationUT Martin Civit Rights Conference February 26

aI 7 p.m., Feb. 26, in WatkinsAuditorium on the UT Martin

ame directorin October

2009. He is also an author,publisher, lecturer and joumalist.and has served as U.S. publisher

BJ inmbyTook" and

"second Acts: Presidential Livesand Legacies After the WhiteHouse.'t He has also conductedexch.rsive interviews with five U.S.oresidents.' "We are very excited to haveUodesrove soeak with us aboulPr'esid"ent Johhson's legacy," saidDr. Lionel Crews, directot of UTMartin Honors Programs. "Hissthtus as the director of the-LBJLibrarv and extensive listofmediaeventishowjust how unique his

perspective is on the issues. It willbe a real treat to hear someone

who has personally interviewedfive presidents. We are also proudto pafiner yet again with the CivilRights Conference at UT MartintMaro bring renowned speakersto out campus."

The presentation is partof the UT Martin Civil RightsConference, Feb. 23-27, and isfree and open to the public. Formore information contact Crewsat 131-881-7436 or by email a1

lcrews@utn.edu.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE February 18,2015

Tickets are $15 for adultsand $5 for students and children.Tickets go on sale Feb. I 6 and maybe reserved or purchased fromSycamore 8 a.m.-5 p.m. throughthe Department of Visual andTheatre Arts by calling 731-881-7400. Tickets are not sold fromnoon-l p.m.

Tickets may also be pruchasedtwo hours before each performance

at the main theatre box officelocatedinthe lobby areaoutside ofthe Haniet Fulton Theate. Supportthe Arts (STARTS) contributorsmay reserve their tickets throughthe departrnent beginning Feb. 13 .

For more information on theVanguard Theatre troupe, contactDoug Cook, chair, Department ofVisual and Theatre Afis, at 731-881-7400.

tlTM Meteorlogt Department visits Shuron SchoolThe Meteorolory Department of The University of Tennessee at Martin recently visited Mn.-Missy Estes's sixth

grade science cla.. nt Snuroot"lool fhe sixtn graders have been studying and analyzing Earth's atmosphere and

its efrects on weather. The tl'fM students, along-with professors, dis-cussed the, components of weather and showed

demonstrations during tn#p*1""t"ti"it. rni "rit,i..

from UTM Meteorology Department include: Dr' Mark

Simpson, Chris Karmosky, RoseValdes, and Zach Hatcher'

camores qnd Kirb'You can't take it with you'February 19-22

The University of Tennessee

"You Can't Take It With You' onFeb.l9-2at 8 p.m.,at 3 p.m. on Sunday inthe HarrietFulton Theatre in the Fine ArtsBuilding on the main UT Martinc€rmpus.

The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, February 18, 20'15

Former UTM-RipleyDirector speaks to RotaryRipley Rotary Club Presldent Frank Currie, left,welcomed guest speaker Youlanda Jones-Wllcox,canter, to the club's Feb. 10 meeting. DwayneHaynes, rlght, lnvlted Mrs. Wilcox to speak to theclub about her passlon, whlch is hlgher educatlonand motlvatlng others to the best that they can be.Mrs. Wllcox spoke of the lmportance of highereducation and keeping an educated workforce toattract industrles to Lauderdale County. Mrs.Wllcox served as the first Director of theUniversity of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Centerand called Ripley her home from 2005-2011. Whilein Ripley, she was a member of the Ripley RotaryClub and is now a member of the Dyersburg NoonRotary Club. ln Dyersburg, she serves as VicePresident for lnstitutional Advancement andContinuing Education at Dyersburg StateCommunity College.

THE PARIS POST-INTELLIGENCERTHUR5DAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Tayloe speaks at women's conferenceStephanie Tayloe, head ofthe

Henry County Archives andGenealogy Department, spokeon family genealogy researchat the rTth annual WorkingWomen's Conference held Feb.6 inthe Boling University Cen-ter at the University of Tennes-see at Martin.

Tayloe was introduced by

Kim Foster, City of Pansfinance director. She enter-tained and educated attendeeswith real-life stories of fam-ily members researching andlearning about their forebearsthrough records maintainedin county and state filesand archives - wills, deeds,obituaries, birth and death

certificates, and marriage anddivorce documents.

She told ofresearchers learn-ing about unknown relativesand family histories throughreview of available documentsand how everyone benefitsfrom gaining knowledge andunderstanding of their fami-lies and family history.

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THE JACKSON SUfJ " THURSEAY, FFB. 19,20i5

lnclement weathercauses UT Maftinevent changes

Inclement weatherhas made schedulechanges necessary forthe follor,ving Universityof Tennessee at Martinevents and activities:

r The West TennesseeSmall Business Confer-ence, originally sched-uled for today in Jack-son, is rescheduled forMarch 24, at First Unit-ed Methodist Church inJackson. Participants al-ready registered do notneed to take further ac-tion. For new registra-tions, go to www.utmfor-ever.com/201.5WTSBC, orcontact the WestStarLeadership Program formore information at 731-881-7298.

> Scholar ProspectWeekend, originallyscheduled for this week-end, will be rescheduled.The weekend is spon-sored by UT MartinHonors Programs. Forinformation, call 731-881-7436.

New scholarchip opportunities are available for studentsthrough the UT Martin Parcons Center, thanks to theParsonsDecatur County Higher Education Foundation.lnformation about the Kick Start Scholarchip and the fumpStart Dual Enrollment Scholarchip is available by contact-ing Dr. Kelli Deere, UT Martin Parcons Center director, at731847-38EO or by email at kdeere@utrn.edu.

Students who begin classesat the University of Tennesseeat Martin Parsons Cenrer inthe fall 2015 semester willhave access to new scholar-ship opportunities, thanks tothe Parsons-Decatur CountvHigher Education Foundation

The ICck Start Scholarshipwill award all traditional stu-dents who qualify for theTennessee Lottery HopeScholarship $250 during theirfirst fall semester. Studentswho maintain a 2.75 GPA intothe spring semester will alsoreceive $250, totaling a $500award.

Those who continue to meetIottery scholarship require-ments into their sophomoreyear of study will then be eligible to receive the new UTMartin Advantage Scholarship,which will award each eligiblestudent $500 during both thesophomore and junior vears,totaling a $1,000 award.

Funding is also available tohigh school juniors and scniorrwho enroll in dual enrollmentcourses through the UT MartinParsons Center. High schoolseniors who receive the lottervscholarship will also receive thelump Start Dual EnrollmentScholarship, which offers $200toward two dual enrollmentcourses for the 2015-16 aca-demic year. This brings the costof ttvo courses to $100 totalHigh school juniors receiv-ing the lottery scholarshipwill receive an additional $75toward two dual enrollmentcourses, reducing the total costto $25. Students may choose totake two courses during the fallsemester or one course each inthe fall and spring semesters.

For nlore infolmar ion,contact Dr. I(elli Deere, UTMartin Parsons Center direc-tor, at 731-847-3880 or bvemail at kdeere@utm edu.

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UT Martin closed again Friday

Posted oil lebtuary 20 201 5 by Paui Tinkle n Local News

No one can seem to remember when UT Martin was closed for a full week but today marks the first time in recent history the Universityhas not been able to open its campus forfive consecutive days

Maintenance workers have been aggressively working to scrape the sidewalks and the parking lots but travel and walking on campushas been too difiicult for students, faculty and support staff.

The university hopes to have the green light from mother nature to return to campus Monday

THE JACKSON SUN . FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 2015

UTM play tocontinue, weatherpermitting

Weather permitting,the Vanguard Theatreopening night productionof "You Can't Take It

With You" will be held at8 p.m. today in the Harri-et Fulton Theatre locatedin the university's FineArts Building. Perfor-mances are also sched-uled for 8 p.m. Saturdayand 3 p.m. Sunday.Thursday's opening per-formance was canceled,so an additional Saturdaymatinee is scheduled at 3p.m.

Tickets are $15 foradults and $5 for stu-dents and children andcan be purchased at theVanguard Box Office twohours before each per-formance.

THE JACKSON 5UN . MONDAY, FEB.23,'2015

Civil Rights Conference to focus on LBJ, Great Soeiety

president Lyndon B. rohnson (far risht) '*" *''ii'lil?i'lffl'fl"?'['r'J:"(center) and other civil rights activists Jan 18,'1964.

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The University of Tennesseeat Martin's 15th annual CivilRights Conference, which wasscheduled to begin Sunday andcontinues through Friday, willfocus on the theme "LBJ andthe Great Society at 50."

Mark Updegrove, directorof the Lyndon B. Johnson Presi-dential Library in Austin, Tex-as, will deliver the keynote ad-dress at 7 p.m. Thursday inWatkins Auditorium of the Bol-ing University Center, accord-ing to a news release.

In addition to his duties as li-brary director, Updegrove isalso an analyst for ABC Newsand a contributing editor forPARADE Magazine. He has au-thored three books relating to

the American presidency andhas conducted exclusive inter-views with five U.S. presidents.Updegrove has served as U.S.publisher of Newsweek, presi-dent of TIME Canada and man-ager of TIME Los Angeles, andhas written for American Heri-tage, The Nation, National Geo-graphic, Parade, Texas Month-ly and TIME.

l'We are very excited to haveUpdegrove speak with us aboutPresident Johnson's legacy,"said Lionel Crews, director ofUT Martin Honorg Programs."His status as the director ofthe LBJ Library and extensivelist of media events show justhow unique his perspective ison the issues. It will be a real

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treat to hear someone,who has personally inter-viewed five presidents.We are also proud to part-ner yet again with theCivil Rights Conferenceat UT Martin to bring re-nowned speakers to ourcampus."

The week's activitieswere scheduled to beginSunday with viewings ofLee Daniel's "The Butler"at 6 and 9 p.m., sponsoredby the UT Martin StudentActivities Council.

Florence Roach, an ac-"tress and producer fromMemphis, will perform at

7 p.m. today. Roach ismost recently noted forportraying a maid in the2011, film "The Help."This is Roach's fourth ap-pearance at the confer-ence.

A presentation titled"50 Years of Juvenile Lit-erature - Focus on Afri-can-American CivilRights" is scheduled forL2:L5 p.m. Tiresday in thePaul Meek Library MediaCenter. Julie Hill, asso-ciate professor of music,and her percussion stu-dents will present "Rootsof Rhythm" at 7:30 p.m.Tlresday and again atnoon Wednesday in theHarriet Fulton Theater ofthe Fine Arts Building.Also at noon Wednesday,there will be a black writ-

ers roundtable discussionin the Hortense ParrishWriting Center.

The final day of theconference will begin at9:30 a.m. with a presenta-tion by Rebecca MillerDavis, assistant teachingprofessor of history, Uni-versity of Missouri, Kan-sas City, titled "Crossingthe Bridge: Selma andVoting Rights." The daywill continue with presen-tations by Henry Parke4professor, UT Martin De-partment of History andPhilosophy, and LaurieGreen, associate profes-sor of history, Universityof Texas at Austin. Greenis also an Organization ofAmerican Historians dis-tinguished lecturer. Park-er will speak on "One

Man's Fight for Equality"at 11 a.m., and Green willdiscuss "Hunger andRace in Memphis" at 1,

p.m. Tammy Wade, HeadStart program manager,will then present a histo-ry of Head Start and itsimportance in the lives ofpoor children at 2:30 p.m.Updegrove will speak at 7p.m.

All events will be heldin Watkins Auditorium ofthe. Boling UhiversityCenter, unless otherwisenoted. Events are freeand open to the public.

For more information,contact Renee LaFleur,assistant professor, De-partment of History andPhilosophy, at 73L-881,-7534 or by email at rla-fleur@utm.edu.

THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2ol5

Civil RightsConferenceunderwayatUTM

The University of Ten-nessee at Martin's l5thannual Civil Rights Con-ference runs this weekthrough Friday and willfocus on the theme i'LBJand the Great Society at50." Mark Updegrove,director of the LyndonB. Johnson PresidentialLibrary in Austin, Texas,will deliver the keynoteaddress Thursday at 7p.m. in Watkins Audito-rium ol- the Boling Uni-versity Center.

In addition to his dutiesas library director, Upde-grove is also an analyst forABC News and a contrib-uting editor for PARADEMagazine. He has au-thored three books relat-ing to the American pres-idency and has conductedexclusive interviews withfive U.S. presidents. Up-degrove has served asU.S. publisher of News-week, president of TIMECanada and manager ofTIME Los Angeles, andhas written for AmericanHeritage, The Nation,National Geographic, Pa-rade, Texas Monthly andTIME.

A performance byFlorence Roach, an ac-tress and producer fromMemphis, scheduled forMonday was cancelledbecause of inclementweather. The remainderof the conference willcontinue as scheduled.

A presentation titled"50 Years of JuvenileLiterature - Focus on.A.frican,American CivilRights" is scheduled for12:15 p.m. today in thePaul Meek Library Me-dia Center. Dr. Julie Hill,associate professor ofmusic, and her percus-sion students will pres-ent "Roots of Rhythm" at7:30 p.m. today and againat noon Wednesday in theHarriet Fulton Theater ofthe Fine Arts Building.Also at noon Wednesday,there will be a black writ-ers roundtable discussionin the Hortense ParrishWriting Center.

The final day ofthe con-ference will begin at 9:30a.m. with a presentationby Dr. Rebecca MillerDavis, assistant teachingprofessor of history, Uni-versity of Missouri, Kan-sas City, titled "Crossingthe Bridge: Selma andVoting Rights." The daywill continue with pre-sentations by Dr. HenryParker, professor, UTMartin Deparlment ofHistory and Philosophy,and Dr. Laurie Green, as-

sociate professor of his-tory, University of Texas

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at Austin. Green is also anOrganization of AmericanHistorians distinguishedlecturer. Parker will speakon "One Man's Fight forEquality" at 11 a.m., andGreen will discuss "Hun-ger and Race in Memphis"at 1 p.m. Tammy Wade,Head Start program man-ager, will then present a

history of Head Starl and

its importance in the livesof poor children at 2:30p.m. Updegrove will speakat 7 p.m.

All events will be heldin Watkins Auditorium ofthe Boling University Cen-ter, unless otherwise noted.Events are free and open tothe public.

For more inlormation,contact Dr. Renee LaFleur,assistant professor, Depart-ment of History and Phi-losophy, at 881-7534 or byemail at rlafl eur@ utm.edu.

Activities with the 15th annual Civil Rights Conference will continue

today on the campus of UT-Martin

This year's theme is titled "LBJ and the Great Society at 50", with

events running thru Friday

Today at 12.15, a presentation called "50 Years of Juvenile Literature

- Focus on African American Civil Rights" will be delivered at the

Paul Meek Library Media Center

Tonight at 7:30, associate professor of music, Dr Julie Hill, along

with her percussion students, will be presenting "Roots of Rhythm" at

the Harriet Fulton Theatre

The keynote address of the conference will take place Thursday at 7:00, and will be presented by Mark Updegrove, the director of the

Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas

Civil Rights Conference at UT-MartinrostEd o1r I eirui.tl 24 2ill a) by Charles Choate I Local News

UTM to offer Wedding Planning course

rasled of i i)i)t\ ert lla 1'l I ; irv Steve James ilr Local Nere

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Starting next month the UT-Martin Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies, along with the Lovegevity Wedding Planning

lnstitute, will offer a course for Wedding and Event Planning

The course will teach the fundamentals of planning, orchestrating and delivering social evenls, including weddings, baby showers, and

anniversary or birthday parties

The course will be Tuesdays and Thursdays March '1 Oth through April 30th from 6:00 until 8:30 on the main UTM campus,

The registration fee is $995 per person

Those interested can contact the UTM Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies

UTM Rodeo pageantscheduled for March 7

The lOth annual Miss UTM Rodeo pageant will be heldMarch 7 at Watkins Auditorium in the University Center onthe University of Tennessee at Martin campus.

Doors open at noon and registration is at the door only.Age groups are as follows: birth to 12 months at I p.m.;

1-3 years at 1:30; 4-6 years at2;7-9 years at 2:30; 10-12years at 3;13-15 years at 3:30; and 16-20 years at 4.

The pageant is open to any girl who has not previouslywon her age division. The l6-20-year-old winner is re-quired to be at all rodeo week activities.

The registration fee is $25 for beauty only, with addi-tional categories available for an additional fee.

For more information, contact Beth Weldon at (731)225-r22',7.

TnsNroN Gazsrre Wednesday, February 25,2015

"UT Martin Advantage Initiative" announcedThe University of Ten-

nessee at Marlin recentlyannounced a new initiativecalled the "UT Martin Ad-vantage" to complement therecently-enacted TennesseePromise legislation.

Amajor component oftheUT Martin Advantage planis the introduction of a newscholarship. Students whoenter the university in theirf,reshman year and continueto meet requirements forthe Tennessee Hope LotteryScholarship will be eligibleto receive the UT MartinAdvantage Scholarship be-ginning in their sophomoreyear. This will take effectbeginning in the fall 2015semester.

The initiative also in-cludes the larurch of a newwebsite built to show pro-spective students the long-term advantages of attend-

ing a four-year universityand participating in the totalcollegiate experience.

At UT -Martin, studentshave access to award-win-ning faculty members;hands-on leaming oppofiu-nities inside and outside ofthe classroom; intemationaltravel study oppornrnities;and a variety of campusactivities and organizationsoften not present on com-munity college campuses.

"We believe that manl' s1u-dents benefit from attendinga four-year university," saidDr. Tom Rakes, UT Marlinchancellor. "The UT MartinAdvantage Scholarship pro-vides more students with theopporlunity to pursue the to-tal collegiate experience."

For more information,visit the new website athttp ://www.utm. edu/advan-tagel.

Tus FurroN LEaorn" FsnnuaRy 25,2075

SF native among UTM station honoreesThe Intercollegiate

Broadcasting System hasawarded the University ofTennessee at Marlin campusradio station - WUTM 90.3FM "The Hawk" - nominationsin 10 categories for the 2015awards. Each submissionranked as a category finalistplaced in the top 10 percent ofall submissions.

The student nominationsare as follows: Besl Newscast:Sydney LaFreniere (a seniorfrom Oak Ridge); BestCommunity News Coverage:LaFreniere and Aimee Bilger (asenior from Plantersville, Mis's .)for "Hospital Groundbreaking" ;

Best Sports Play-by-Play inbaseball and sOftball: ChuckHammer (a junior from Martin)and Kayla Harmon 1a juniorfrom Lewisburg) for "UTMartin vs. Tennessee Statesoftball" and Hammer and

Quinton Stevens (a senior fromBemie, Mo.) for "UT Martin vs.Missouri State baseball"; BestSports Update: Hammer; BestTalk Show: Tori Seng (a juniorfrom Union City) for "SkyhawkScene"; Best News Director:Blake Stevens (a senior fromBrighton); Best PromotionsDirector: LaFreniere; BestProduction Director: AshleighBurton (a junior from SouthFulton).

The students ate allcommunications majors. 1;

The station was also named afinalist for Best College RadioStation with under 10000enrollment.

Dr. Richard Robinson,associate professor ofcommunications, has beennominated for the Jeff TellisOutstanding Advisor Award.

Winners will be announcedduring the 75th annual IBS

Intemational Conference inNew York City, March 6-8.

Since 2OI'I, WUTM hasreceived 56 national awards fromlBS. including the Abrahani& Borst Award in2012, whichdetermines the winners fromthe top college radio programsin community colleges, smallinstitqtions, large institutionsand streaming-only stations.

The station has been in therunning each year since 2013.WUTM has also won numerousawards in regional and statecompetitions, including honorsfrom the Tennessee AssociatedPress, Southeast JournalismConference and CollegiateBroadcasters, Inc.

"To consistently be a finalistin these awards is truly an honor,and WUTM has not only beena finalist, but has won manyawards as well, including BestOverall Station in2Ol2, which

honestly makes them one ofthe best of the best in the entirenation," said Chris Thomas,President of IBS.

Len Mailloux, chairman ofthe IBS board of directors andprofessor of media at SimmonsCollege in Boston, Mass., calledWUTM "a major player in theIntercollegiate BroadcastingSystem," adding that "we (theIBS community) know WUTMand its fine staff will continuetheir award-winning work inthe years to come."

The IntercollegiateBroadcasting System, Inc., isa not-for-profit educationalassociation and foundationcreated in 1940 by Dr. GeorgeAbraham, Ph.D., and DavidBorst. Headquarlered in NewWindsor, N. Y., the associationincludes more than 1000 non-profi t, education-affiliated radiostations and webcasters.

THE FAYETTE FALCON Wednesday tr'ebruary 25, 2015

Neill, Alderman Jason Hamilton, and Richard Rucker, Higher Education Committee.

Approving the Higher Education ResolutionM.rnhers of the Somerville ioard approved the establishment of a higher education center in

Somerville. Pictured are, left to right, Marlin Mosby, Higher Education Committee; Somerville

Aldermen Mike French, John David Douglas, City Administrator Bob Turner, Alderrnen Judy

Accardi and Sandra Myers; Charley Deal, Assistant Vice Chancellor of UT Marlin; Dr- Tommy

Cates, Executive Director of UT Martin's Extended Campus and Online Studies; Mayor Ronnie

Somerville Board Approves Resolution to Establisha Higher Education Facility in the Town

Bv: Richard Rucker

tion. The Resolution also iden-

Somerville and identified thebuil s consisting ofaDD 20.000 SFrn;tii able to serviceabout 300 students.

As a result of thisResolution's execution, UTMartin's Assistant Vice

the FavetteEducitionand other

ns in theSomerville Career Center onSomerville's Court HouseScuare. where UT Martinclisses have been conductedsince the Fall Semester of2014.

officialsincludinSenator

Tennessee General AssemblYfor partial lunding of the Pro-oosed facilitv.' Much diicussion followedconcerning the offering of UTMar-tin dual credit courses thatare beins offered to the coun-ty's pub-lic and private high

school students. Officials fromFavette everaltiries ativesfrom U creditDrosram and thev plan to offerLt'ivtartin dual tredit coursesstarting with the Fall 2015Semester.

Discussions are also contin-

dual credit courses. With the

courses are an excellent way

versity.

Clinical medieal assistantprogram offered at UTM-P

A clinical medical assis-

The 140-hour course willbe held from 8:30 a.m.-3

suoolies and textbooks.^Students will be in-

tions, documentation ofvital signs, workplace be-havior and ethics, and the

ture and hands-on labora-

qualify for clinical rota-tions.

S mPletethis e eligt-ble ationalHealthcareer Associationcertified clinical medicalassistant national exami'nation.

Formore information orto reArster, contact the UTtvtardn Office of ExtendedCamous and Online Stud-ies af ?3t-881-?082 or rleg-ister online atwww.utm.edu/depart-menb/ecosfirondegree.php

ACT prep cours offered

The University of Ten-nessee at Martin Office ofExtended Campus and On-line Studies will offer anACT preparation coursefrom 8 a.m.-noon on Safur-days, March 7-Apil 4, atthe UT Martin ParsonsCenter.

Lexington High School.Students will learn to com-plete test problems basedon question frequency, dif-ficulty, substantive kirowl-edge, curriculum andalternative test-taking

strategies. Participants willalso learn howto ma:rimize

After receiving feedback,instructors will guide stu-dents through the exambased on their areas ofneed. At the end of the pro-gram, students will take an-other off-record exam.Once participants receivetheir post-test data, insffuc-tors will meet one-on-onetodsfunfor

Post-conferences will beheld on April 9 by appoinJ-ment.

$zbooks, two official off-record ACT tests and two

tion about the course or to

tended Campus and OnlineStudies at 731-881-7082.

Local Boy Scouts attend merit.)

badge clinic held at UT MartinMembers of five local Boy Scout troops participated in a Feb.14 clinic hosted bythe University of Tennessee at MartinStudent Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS)to help the Scouts earn their chemistry merit badges. Scoutswere able to hear mini-lectures on green chemistry andchemical safety, as well as tour the UT Martin laboratoriesand participate in a variety of hands-on activities. SMACS

members assisted with six learning stations and taught theScouts about copper plating, the chemistry of cooking, pol-lution, Cartesian divers, toothpaste and household cleaners,and separations of solutions. Scouts were then able to viewa chemical"magic show"to demonstrate reactions betweenvarious compounds. Attending were (left photo, from left)Phillip Davis, UTM professor of chemistry; Michaela Short,

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015

SMAGS m dY Glisson,Jeremie S h NewellandWillsimp and DrakeWil-liams, SM ) AmberTaYlor,SMACS member; Layla Gargus, SMACS president; ParisTroop28 Scouts Dustin Anderson, Rafg Howard and Austin Lindsey;Krysten Harris, SMACS officer; and Davis.

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THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS

TIIURSDAY FEBRUARY 26,2015

Local Boy Scouts attendMerit Badge Clinic at UTM

Members of five local Boy Scout troopsparticipated in a clinic hosted by the Uni-versity o{ Tennessee at Martin studentmembers of the American Chemical Soci-ety on Feb. 14 to help the Scouts earn theirchemistry merit badges. Scouts were ableto hear mini-lectures on green chemistryand chemical safety, as well as tour the UTMartin laboratories and participate in a va-

riety of hands-on activitres.SMACS members assisted with six learn-

iirg stations and taught the scouts aboutcopper plating, the chemistry of cooking,pollution, Cartesian divers, toothpaste andhousehold cleaners, and separations of so-lutions. Scouts were then able to view a

chemical "magic show" to demoirstrate re-actions between various compounds.

TROOP 1776 - Pictured are (from left)Jacob Thompson, SMACS member; Dr.S. K. Airee, SMACS faculty advisor andUT Martin professor of chemistry; Hunter

Hall; Micheal Shane; Briley Johnson; andKrysten Harris and William Kuenzinger,SMACS officers. The Scouts are membersof Troop 1776 in Martin.

TROOP 40 - Pictured are (frorh left)Layla Gargus, SMACS president; Dr. Phil-lip Davis, UT Martin professor of chemis-try; Connor McDaniel; Paul Nichols; Tony

Woodrough, scoutmaster; and StephanieGourley, SMACS member. The Scouts aremembers of Troop 40 in Dresden.

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High school students pre-paring to take the ACT collegeentrance exam are encouragedto participate in a l2-hourprep course offered throughthe University of Tennesseeat Martin McNairy CountYCenter/Selmer. The coursewill meet from B a.m.-noon,Saturdays, March 7-21.

Students will receivedetailed instruction on howto approach the four subjectscovered on the exam andan official ACT prep guide

from the makers of the exam.The book includes five previ-ously used official tests withoptional writing portions,explanations for the right andwrong answer choices, test-taking strategies for each sec-

tion, and an overview of howeach section is scored andweighted irr the final results.

Alex Beene, college andACT advisor for FayetteCounty Schools, will offeradvice on how to prepare forthe exam, both mentally and

physically, and give individu-al instruction based on areas

of need.The course is $99 per stu-

dent and includes the book"The Real ACT Prep Guide"and all its supplemental mate-rial.

For more information orto register, contact the UTMartin Office of ExtendedCampus and Online Studiesat 731-BBl-7082 or online atwww.utm. edu/departments/ecos/nondegree.php.-

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Center/SelmerThe UniversitY of

Tennessee at Martin Officeof Extended CamPus andOnline Studies will offer a

nicians. The class will meetfrom 6-9:30 p.m., ThursdaYs,March l2-fune lB at the UTMartin McNairy CountYCenter/Selmer. The course fee

is $I,199, which includes text-books and supplies.

Students will be intro-duced to dosage calculations,IV. 'flow rates, drug com-

, ons,g ons,c and

reimbursement.Participants will also review

medical terminologY sPecificandandand

brand names.Pharmacy technicians work

in hospitals. home infusionpharmacies, communitY Phar-macies and other health care

settings under the suPervisionof a registered Pharmacist.

Students will take a graded

final exam to helP PreParefor the official certificationexam.

For more information or toregister for the course, con-

tait ECOS at 73I-88l-7082 orregister online at http://wv"w.utm.edu/departments/ecce/nondegree/home.phP.

UT Board of Trustees endorses plan for bigchanges at schoolBy Associated Press

Published: February 26,2015, 6:25 pm

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Faced with a projected $377 million funding gap over 10 years, theUniversity of Tennessee has put together a plan that could mean some tough choices ahead forthe school and its students.

On Thursday, the UT Board of Trustees endorsed a plan presented by President Joe Dipietrothat would increase revenue but could mean big changes ahead.

Under DiPetro's plan, the university is going to take a hard look at realigning or shuttering low-performing programs. Options include increasing enrollment of out-of-state students who paymore, increasing tuition costs for students in certain degree programs and making students atthe campuses in Chattanooga and Martin take at least 15 hours to be considered full{ime.

The school will also review the tenure process and free tuition waivers.