addenda The University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty and Staff Newsletter August 25, 2014

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1 addenda The University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty and Staff Newsletter August 25, 2014 Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Officially Open Nursing Wing at Parsons Center A ribbon-cutting ceremony this Thursday, Aug. 28, will officially open the new West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation Nursing Wing at the UT Martin Parsons Center. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. at the center located at 975 Tennessee Avenue North in Parsons. The public is invited. UT President Joe DiPietro, UT Martin Chancellor Tom Rakes, local and state elected officials and university nursing faculty members are expected to join Parsons Center students and others for the ceremony. Dr. Kelli Deere, Parsons Center director, will lead the event. Initial funding for the expansion was included in the budget proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam and approved by the Tennessee General Assembly. A $1 million appropriation was made to build a 10,000-squarefoot addition to the current facility. The addition includes classrooms, a skills laboratory and a high-fidelity computerized simulation laboratory. The expansion plans received an added boost when the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation also made a $1 million commitment to the project. The Parsons Center will have openings for up to 30 students annually for the program. BSN program graduates will be eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses and obtain Workers are putting the final touches on the new West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation Nursing Wing at the UT Martin Parsons Center. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the expansion is set for 10:30 a.m., this Thursday, at the center located at 975 Tennessee Avenue North in Parsons. The public is invited. licensure as registered nurses. The university recently announced that nursing graduates in the class of 2014 achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-RN. We are pleased to expand nursing education opportunities at the Parsons Center, said Dr. Tom Rakes, university chancellor. The most recent nursing licensure examination pass rates reflect that UT Martin nursing graduates are among the best in Tennessee. This expansion will help to increase the number of highly qualified nurses for the region. Nursing students at the Parsons Center will receive the same experience as those students enrolled at the Martin campus. The program works with healthcare facilities across the region to provide three years of clinical experience for its students. Similar WELCOMING FACULTY --- Chancellor Tom Rakes addresses faculty and administrators during the annual Fall Faculty Meeting, Aug. 19, in Watkins Auditorium. In addition to the chancellor s remarks, the event included numerous introductions, including new faculty members and administrative staff who have joined the university this fall. Also speaking on the program were Dr. Jerald Ogg, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Dr. Brian Donavant, associate professor of criminal justice and faculty senate president. programs at other institutions offer only two years of clinical experience. The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing recommended reaccreditation for the UT Martin Department of Nursing in June. addenda The University of Tennessee at Martin Published weekly during the academic year and biweekly during the summer by UT Martin, Martin, TN Dr. Joseph DiPietro - President, University of Tennessee System Dr. Thomas Rakes - Chancellor Joe Lofaro - Addenda Editor UT Martin is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer. E

2 page 2 addenda August 25, 2014 GUITAR AS ART Contest and Exhibition Gallery Opening Set for Aug. 31 Acoustic guitars converted into 2D art will be featured in an exhibition starting Sunday, Aug. 31, in the UT Martin Fine Arts Building Gallery. The exhibition opens at 2 p.m., followed at 2:45 by award presentations for the Guitar As Art Contest. The event is part of the 21st Annual Tennessee Soybean Festival, Aug. 28-Sept. 6, and is free and open to the public. The exhibition will feature acoustic guitars altered by local artists using 2D media such as painting, mosaic, photo transfer and drawing. A $500 purchase prize will be given to the winning entry, and the guitar will be featured in print advertising for the 2015 Tennessee Soybean Festival. A People s Choice Award will also be awarded. For additional information, contact Katie Smith, UT Martin coordinator for student organizations, at Calendar Aug Fall Semester Day and Evening Classes begin. Aug. 25 Student Organization and City of Martin Fair, Elam Center, 5 7 p.m. Aug. 26 Skyhawk Family Fan Fest, Graham Stadium, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 28 Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, UT Martin Parsons Center, West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation Nursing Wing, 10:30 a.m. Aug st Annual Tennessee Soybean Festival begins (through Sept. 6) Aug. 29 Skyhawk Volleyball at Alabama State Tournament, Montgomery (10 a.m. vs. South Carolina State; 3 p.m. vs. Alabama State) Aug Skyhawk Volleyball at Alabama State Tournament, Montgomery (3 p.m. vs. Southern University) Aug. 30 Skyhawk Football at the University of Kentucky, 11 a.m. Aug. 30 Skyhawk Cross- Country at Memphis Twilight Classic, 9:20 p.m. Aug. 31 Skyhawk Soccer vs. Indiana State University, Skyhawk Field, 1 p.m. Aug Guitar As Art Exhibition Opening, Fina Arts Gallery, 2 p.m. (award presentations at 2:45 p.m.) Sept. 1 Labor Day Holiday (no classes; university administrative offices closed) Sept. 2 Skyhawk Volleyball vs. Alabama A&M, Skyhawk Fieldhouse, 7 p.m. Sept. 3 Skyhawk Soccer vs. Evansville, Skyhawk Field, 6 p.m. Sept. 5 - Skyhawk Volleyball at Memphis Tournament, (4 p.m. vs. Arkansas State) Sept. 6 - Skyhawk Volleyball at Memphis Tournament (noon vs. Memphis; 4 p.m. vs. Old Miss) Sept. 6 Skyhawk Football at Central Arkansas, 6 p.m. Sept. 7 Skyhawk Soccer at Missouri, 1 p.m. Sept. 11 Volunteer Leadership Day, UT Martin main campus Sept. 11 Grand Re- Opening, Barnes & Noble College Bookstore and Sodexo Skyhawk Dining Hall, Boling University Center, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 11 TribUTe Faculty and Staff Family Picnic, Graham Stadium Parking Lot, 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11 Skyhawk Football vs. Cumberland University, Graham Stadium, 6:30 JACKSON CENTER SPONSORS BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH --- A large American flag, a firetruck and UT Martin banners welcomed visitors to the Jackson Center s Back-to-School Bash from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 15, at the 24-hour Walgreens, located at 1332 North Highland Ave. in Jackson. The event was held in the parking lot adjacent to the building. University advisers were on hand to discuss the center s degree programs, online courses, non-degree programs and youth classes. Information was also offered about financial aid, scholarships and related application deadlines. Walgreens provided immunizations for back-to-school, free blood pressure checks and limited quantities of free school supplies. Additionally, the Old Hickory Lions Club offered free eye tests, Toyota offered specials to students, the Jackson Generals Sarge mascot gave away game tickets, and Personnel Placements recruited for job openings. American Red Cross volunteers also provided information about disaster relief.

3 YoUTM Dr. Jessie Thoman, assistant professor of horn and music history, and her chamber group, the Mirari Brass Quintet, were featured guests at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference held in Bloomington, Ind., in May The group performed commissioned and standard brass quintet repertoire, being cited as one of the best performances of the conference. The quintet also performed on a concert series in Texas. The Mirari Brass Quintet has also been signed by Ariel Artists Management out of Boston, Mass. The group joins a high-profile roster of young and vibrant musicians from all over the country. They look forward to tours this year in the Washington D.C., Kansas City, Mo., and Chicago areas, as well as the Northwest United States. Having released their debut album, SPIRES, in October of 2012, they are slated to record their second album in May of Thoman also was assistant director of Jeff Nelsen s Fearless Performance for Musicians Seminar in Bloomington, Ind., in June for the seventh year, where she gave lectures and coachings to participants (college to professional-level musicians) on Fearless Performance. Thoman gives Fearless lectures at high schools and universities all over the United States. Dr. Elaine Harriss, professor of music, attended the Oxford Philomusica s 2014 Piano Festival and Summer Academy at St. Hilda s College in Oxford, England, July 26 Aug. 4. Dr. Harriss studied piano with Professor Neil Immerman from the Royal College of Music in London and attended concerts, masterclasses and lectures by Menahem Pressler, Mario Papadopoulos, Janina Fialkowska, John Lill, Ferenc Rados, Philip Fowke, Stephen Kovacevich, Neil Immerman and Dame Fanny Waterman. This was made possible by a travel grant from the Office of Research, Grants, and Contracts. Dr. Louis Glover, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, has received a grant from the West Tennessee STEM Hub to support a STEMulation Saturday Mini-Camp. He will continue the STEMulation Camp for the children who attended this summer s twoweek event and will have a daylong Saturday camp this fall during the months of September, October and November. Dr. Abigail Shelton, assistant professor of chemistry, along with 19 other inorganic chemistry faculty and four graduate students page 3 addenda August 25, 2014 students, faculty and staff working together IONiC workshop participants in front of the Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics and postdocs from across the country, completed the faculty development workshop VIPEr: Bioinorganic Applications of on applications of molecular orbital diagrams. The LOs are posted on VIPEr. The conference was organized Coordination Chemistry. by IONiC Leadership Council IONiC, the Interactive members professors Hilary Online Network of Inorganic Eppley (DePauw University), Chemistry, organized the July Elizabeth Jamieson (Smith 13-18, 2014, workshop. IONiC College), Sheila Smith supports faculty interaction (University of Michigan, through its Web home, VIPEr Dearborn), Adam Johnson (Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical (Harvey Mudd College) and Electronic Resource, www. Nancy Williams (Claremont ionicviper.org). Colleges). The workshop was Four chemists, professors sponsored by a National Science Tom Meade (Northwestern Foundation grant to IONiC. University), Janet Morrow Lane Last, professor of art, (SUNY Buffalo), Anne has had an artwork selected to Katherine Jones (Arizona be included in the Color, Line, State University), and Tom & Form exhibit at the Hot O Halloran (Northwestern Springs Regional Art Center. University) presented their His mixed media work entitled current bioinorganic research. Viking Stories was chosen Workshop participants then for the show. The exhibition is create Learning Objects (LOs) about the research to bring back to their institutions and implement in their classrooms; from Sept. 5 Oct. 25, and the opening reception is 5 9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, during First Fridays Gallery Walk in Hot Shelton s LOs included Springs. The Fine Arts Center is contributions on a reading guide and problem set that were paired with Dr. Janet located at 626 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Ark. Dr. Arthur W. Hunt Morrow s recent research on III, associate professor of redox-active MRI contrast communications, gave two Mirari Brass Quintet (photo by Jason Aldridge) agents. Additionally, Shelton presentations at the Fifteenth completed an individual LO cont. on page 4

4 page 4 addenda August 25, 2014 INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION Emily Coleman, a member of the Huntingdon High School Marching Band, receives personal instruction from Julie Davila (right) during the 10th Annual Drum Line Tune-Up Day on Aug. 23 at UT Martin. Davila is adjunct instructor of percussion at Middle Tennessee State University and also performs with Dr. Julie Hill as a member of the Caixa Trio chamber percussion ensemble. Hill, associate professor of music and director of percussion studies, created Drum Line Tune-Up Day in 2005 during her first year as a UT Martin faculty member. Seven bands participated in this year s Tune-Up Day event. More information to come! WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS The UT Martin Faculty Women s Club held its 77th annual Get Acquainted Tea on Aug. 24 at the Dunagan Alumni Center. Membership includes women faculty members, wives of faculty members and women heads of administrative offices. The club provides academic scholarships, supports community non-profit organizations and participates in university activities throughout the year. Welcomed Sunday as new members were: (back row-left to right) Dr. Emalee Buttrey, assistant professor of animal science; Shannon Perry, wife of Dr. Timothy Perry, assistant professor of finance; Kavitha Nambisan, instructor, Office of International Programs and International Admissions; and Caroline Ideus, instructor, Office of International Programs and International Admissions; (front row-left to right) Ashley Rowland, wife of Dr. Aaron Rowland, assistant professor of sociology; Sandi Libis, wife of Dr. Carl Libis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Amy Fenning, director, Office of International Programs and International Admissions; and Amanda Guarno, wife of Rich Guarno, assistant head baseball coach. YoU Tell Me Questions and Answers about UT Martin Question: I received my football season ticket renewal paperwork, and a new $10 handling fee was added. I think this is the first time this has been included. I m curious why this was added. Answer: The $10 handling fee was added to all season ticket sales this year to help off-set printing, mailing and handling costs. This is a common practice within college athletics, as well as other agencies that sell tickets to athletic and entertainment events. Thank you for your loyal support of UTM student-athletes. Submit your questions to the Suggestion Box link at YOUtm cont. from page 3 Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, June 19-22, at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. One presentation dealt with the meaning of progress in the 21st century and the other, a plenary panel, addressed the thought of communication theorist Neil Postman. Two Accounting faculty members in the College of Business and Global Affairs have been successful researchers recently. Dr. Richard Williams, associate professor of accounting, and Dr. Paula Moore, associate professor of accounting and business law, each presented papers in May at the Academic Business World International Conference. The paper, Deception in Financial Graph Presentation: A Behavioral Test of Influences, coauthored by Williams and Moore, and presented by Richard Williams, received a Best Paper Award and thus received automatic acceptance for publication in the Journal of the Academic Business World. A second paper, Structuring an Inverted Upper-Division Accounting Course, coauthored by Moore and Williams, and presented by Paula Moore, received a Presentation Excellence Award. Send your Addenda news to : Bud Grimes bgrimes@utm.edu

5 Erica Glisson, of Dresden, is a member of the UT Martin Bachelor of Science in Nursing class of 2014 that achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. The NCLEX-RN measures the competencies needed for individuals to perform safely and effectively as newly licensed, entry-level nurses UT Martin Nursing Graduates Achieve 100% NCLEX-RN Rate University of Tennessee at Martin nursing graduates in the class of 2014 achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. The NCLEX-RN measures the competencies needed for individuals to perform safely and effectively as newly licensed, entry-level nurses. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing implemented a test plan and increased passing standard change in 2013 to the NCLEX- RN. With this change, the passing rate for first-time, U.S.- educated nurses decreased nationally by nearly 10 percent. This (100 percent pass rate) is especially exciting considering the difficulty of the exam, said Dr. Mary Radford, UT Martin nursing department chair. We ve taken significant steps to better prepare students for the test, and it has paid off. This result is a direct reflection of the hard work and effort of these graduates. UT Martin s four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program includes one year of academic prerequisites and three years of nursing courses. The university s BSN program is distinctive in offering three years of clinical nursing courses in a variety of healthcare settings. This experience prepares graduates for entrylevel registered nurse positions in primary, secondary and other health-care settings and If you participated in a wellness screening in 2013 as part of the state s Partnership Promise program and recently received a letter from Onsite Health Diagnostics stating that your personal information was included in a data breach, you are encouraged to enroll in free identity theft protection services by Nov. 8, The state of Tennessee announced in August that a data breach occurred involving personal information stored by a subcontractor of the Appeal Process for Employees Enrolled in Partnership PPO Health Plan If you are currently enrolled in the state of Tennessee s Partnership PPO health insurance plan and received a letter explaining you will be transferred to the Standard PPO plan for 2015 but feel you were notified in error you are encouraged to file an appeal by Aug. 31. According to the state, some letters were sent by mistake, and correction letters will be mailed soon. However, the state recommends that members go ahead and file appeals to Healthways by Aug. 31 to ensure review. Appeal Process Step 1 - Complete the appeal form. for entry into advanced-degree nursing programs. The BSN degree is offered at the Martin campus and the UT Martin Parsons Center. An RNto-BSN completion program is offered both online and at the UT Martin Ripley Center for students who have an associate degree or a diploma in nursing. Identity Theft Protection Offered to Employees Affected by Health Screening Data Breach state s wellness program, Onsite Health Diagnostics.The information that is believed to be part of the breach includes: name, address, address, phone number, date of birth and gender. No social security numbers, medical information or employee IDs were compromised. To read more about the data breach and to enroll in the free protection services offered, visit com/idexpertsrecovery. You will need to reference an access page 5 addenda August 25, 2014 Step 2 File your appeal by Aug. 31: By tnappeals@healthways.com By Phone: (888) , Prompt #1 By Fax: (615) By Mail: Healthways Attention: State of TN Appeal 701 Cool Springs Blvd. Franklin, TN Appeals will be reviewed by Healthways, and a determination will be made within 10 business days of receiving the appeal. Written notification of whether the appeal was overturned or upheld will be sent once a decision is made. As a reminder, meeting the Partnership Promise for 2014 is a three-step process for most members and covered spouses. If you have additional questions after filing an appeal, contact the UT System Payroll Office at (865) UT cannot access your health information but might be able to help in other ways. code in the letter sent from Onsite Health Diagnostics. If you did not keep your letter, call (888) Questions also can be directed to the state s benefits administration privacy officer at (866) or benefits. privacy@tn.gov. The University of Tennessee cannot access your health information, but the UT System Payroll Office is available at (865) if you have additional questions.