addenda The University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty and Staff Newsletter October 20, 2014 Jennifer Horbelt Quad City s 10th Year Highlights 2014 Homecoming; Three to Receive Awards The University of Tennessee at Martin s quadrangle will transform Oct. 25 into the focal point for Homecoming 2014 as more than 80 tents and other gathering points welcome alumni, students and visitors to campus. Homecoming weekend begins Friday, Oct. 24, and ends Sunday, Oct. 26. Quad City celebrates its 10th year by offering food and family activities leading up to the UT Martin and Austin Peay State University football game that kicks off at 2 in Hardy M. Graham Stadium. This year s Quad City features a laser tag dome measuring 120 feet across, along with student organization tents, food vendors and the Skyhawk Marching Band s leading the football team s Skyhawk Walk at 11 a.m. through Quad City. This year s Streaking Back to Martin theme is featured at utmforever.com where complete Homecoming Lin Dunn 2014 information is available. Horbelt, Dunn and Smith To Be Honored An accomplished television news anchor and reporter, a legendary basketball coach, and a former dean, college president and co-founder of the WestStar Leadership Program will be honored as part of Homecoming 2014. WPSD Local 6 s Jennifer Horbelt, retired WNBA coach Lin Dunn and Dr. Bob Smith, president emeritus of Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, will be honored during the 2 Homecoming football game against Austin Peay State University, Saturday, Oct. 25, at Hardy M. Graham Stadium. The individual awards are: Jennifer Horbelt, receiving the Outstanding Young Alumni Award that recognizes outstanding achievement in the recipient s chosen profession (recipient must not be more than Dr. Bob Smith 40 years of age); Lin Dunn, receiving the Outstanding Alumni Award that recognizes an alumnus or alumna for outstanding achievement in his/her chosen reception; Dr. Bob Smith, receiving the Chancellor s Award for University Service that recognizes outstanding service to UT Martin. Horbelt, who was raised in Houston, Texas, and received her communications degree in 2007, is the co-anchor of WPSD Local 6 s 5, 6 and 10 newscasts alongside Todd Faulkner. She began her WPSD career while still a UT Martin student, working her way from intern, to reporter, to evening anchor, covering a wide range of stories. In 2011, she left to anchor and report in Colorado Springs, Colo., at NBC affiliate KOAA News 5. While there, she took part in covering multiple, massive wildfires, including the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires; the Aurora Theater shooting; and the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XLVIII appearance earlier this year. She also interviewed President Barack Obama during his 2012 campaign and Jimmy Fallon shortly before he became host of The Tonight Show. Horbelt returned to Paducah and WPSD earlier this year. Dunn, a Dresden, Tenn., native, received her bachelor s degree in health, physical education and English in 1969 from UT Martin and a master s degree in 1970 from UT Knoxville. Regarded as a pioneer in women s basketball history, her coaching career preceded passage of Title IX legislation in the 1970s and includes trips to the NCAA Final Four and WNBA finals. Her collegiate coaching career began at Austin Peay State University and later included head coaching positions at the University of Mississippi, Purdue University and Miami University. She left Purdue, Miami and Austin Peay as the winningest coach at each school. On the national level, Dunn served on the USA Basketball Team staffs for the 1992 Olympics and the 1990 gold medal-winning World Championship and Goodwill game teams. She was head coach of the 1995 bronze medal-winning USA Jones Cup team and also served for eight years on the USA Basketball Team selection committee. Dunn s first assignment in professional basketball began when she took over the coaching cont. on page 2
page 2 addenda October 20, 2014 DR. VINCENT SHERRY TO SPEAK OCT. 24 Dr. Vincent Sherry, a World War I expert and scholar, will discuss Bare Death: The Failing Sacrifice of the Great War at 6, Friday, Oct. 24, as the 2014-15 Academic Speakers Series continues. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held in Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Quad City cont. from page 1 reigns of the American Basketball League s Portland Power during its inaugural campaign in 1996-97. Her storied coaching career ended recently when she announced her retirement as head coach of the WNBA s Indiana Fever where she won a WNBA championship in 2012. She was named to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the UT Martin Athletics Hall of Fame, all in 2010. In 2012, she was named to the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, and this past June, she became a member of the Women s Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith holds degrees from Temple University, Ohio University and Wichita State University. He served for nine years as president of Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania after serving three years as the university s provost. Before his time at Slippery Rock, Smith was dean of the UT Martin College of Arts and Sciences, during which time he was a co-founder of the university s WestStar Leadership Program that is entering its 26th year. He had previously served as associate dean of the Wichita State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as associate dean and acting dean of the University College and Continuing Education, and chair of the Wichita State Department of Communications. Smith s work in enrollment management at UT Martin and Slippery Rock University led to double-digit increases in enrollment. Under his guidance, Slippery Rock University made rapid advancements, including a 22 percent increase in enrollment while improving its academic reputation; a 16 percent increase in retention; and a 24 percent increase in graduation rates. During this period, the university received several awards for its innovative work in enrollment management, and he and his team often spoke at national conferences on all aspects of enrollment management. Smith s longtime work on strategic communication with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education led to two CASE awards for teaching excellence, including the organization s prestigious Crystal Apple Award. OFFICIALS SUPPORT NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK The University of Tennessee at Martin chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society will host the annual National Chemistry Week program of the Kentucky Lake Section at 7, Thursday, Oct. 23, in the Boling University Center. SMACS from Union University, Bethel University, UT Martin and Murray State Universitywill present a special program of chemistry demonstrations. The UTM SMACS chapter is hosting the undergraduate programs at the 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Nashville, and the KLS-ACS is coordinating a Global Innovation Grant project for the first Web-based Poster Symposium on Water, Energy and Health in India and the U.S. Proclamations for the celebration of National Chemistry Week were issued by Martin mayor Randy Brundige and Weakley County mayor Jake Bynum. Pictured are (seated, l to r) KLS chair Dr. Bomana Loganathan, of Murray, Mayor Brundige, Mayor Bynum and UTM SMACS president Krysten A. Harris of Union City. Standing (l to r) are KLS past chair Dr. Phillip Shelton and SERMACS program co-chair Dr. Abigail Shelton, both UT Martin chemistry faculty members, SMACS officers Stephanie Gourley, of Martin, Dwight Johnson, of Brownsville, Kristan McCrillis, of Bradford, Layla Gargus, of Martin, and the faculty advisor Dr. S. K. Airee.
YoUTM Dr. Roberto Mancusi, associate professor of music, traveled Oct. 11 to Memphis to perform with the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra, a terrific 45-piece orchestra in Memphis founded and directed by former UT Martin student Zachary McCoy. The performance was an arrangement of an operatic work entitled The Dream Oath by Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu. The work, which first appeared within the video game Final Fantasy VI, has been performed extensively as a concert piece. The performance was also a benefit concert for the Memphis PRIZM Ensemble. The PRIZM ensemble is a chamber ensemble dedicated to supporting local musicians in Memphis by maintaining an active concert calendar and educating its audiences about the importance of classical music, especially at an early age. Dr. Charles A. Chuck Julian, director of the Paul Meek Library, presented a session at the West Tennessee Academic Library Consortium (WeTALC) held Saturday, Oct. 18, in Jackson. The presentation, Connecting With the Teaching/Learning Process: Creating a Syllabi Clearinghouse Database at UTM, highlighted the cooperative venture between the university s Information Technology Center and the Paul Meek Library in compiling, indexing and distributing information related to creation page 3 addenda October 20, 2014 students, faculty and staff working together of a centralized collection of UT Martin syllabi. Other Meek Library employees attending the WeTALC fall meeting included Georgia Baskett, assistant professor of library science, and Pat Sanders, library supervisor in the Rogers Media Center. Dr. Joseph W. Frye, assistant professor of music, visited Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., Oct. 12-13, at the request of Dr. Douglas Mark, assistant professor of low brass. Frye presented a masterclass that was open to all students, had a roundtable discussion with musicians regarding performance technologies in music, and rounded out his visit with a trombone recital of varied musical content, including several of his own arrangements. Dr. Sean Walker, assistant professor of management, recently was awarded a Best Paper recognition at the Academy of Business Research Conference at Las Vegas. The paper was titled The Impact of Managerial Narrative on Perceptions of Termination Interviews. Send your Addenda news to : Bud Grimes bgrimes@utm.edu MAURY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASS IS COLLEGE BOUND Katie Spence s 5th grade class at Maury City Elementary School in Crockett County is flying high after receiving Future UTM Graduate shirts from the Office of Student Engagement. UT Martin supports Maury City Elementary School s mission of We Are College Bound! No Excuses at Maury City by providing Spence s class with UT Martin T-shirts for the past two years. Spence says that every classroom has a different college, and her classroom is Skyhawk Proud to be associated with the University of Tennessee at Martin. Every Friday, the children wear their college shirts and perform their UT Martin cheer. This year, Maury City is presenting college trivia during morning announcements, and Spence s class will present UT Martin trivia this week (the week of Oct. 20).
page 4 addenda October 20, 2014 Calendar War of 1812 exhibit, J. Houston Gordon Museum, Paul Meek Library (through Oct. 31). Senior Art Exhibition (Aaron Burks, Kayla Warden and Gracie Atkins), Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building, 4-5, Oct. 21-24). Homecoming Week 2014 (through Oct. 26 complete events at utmforever.com) Oct. 20 Skyhawk Golf at Austin Peay Intercollegiate. Oct. 20 Stephanie Wade, Peace Corps Presentation, Map Your Peace Corps Future, Legislative Chamber, Boling University Center, noon. Oct. 21 Skyhawk Golf at Austin Peay Intercollegiate. Oct. 21 Women s Center Speaker Series, Dr. Sue Byrd and Fashion Merchandising Students, Gooch 322, 12:20 Oct. 21 Skyhawk Volleyball vs. Tennessee State, Skyhawk Fieldhouse, 6:30 Oct. 21 Friends of Music Faculty Showcase Concert, Reception, Blankenship Recital Hall, 6 ; concert, Fulton Theatre, 7:30 Oct. 22 Former U.S. Rep. John Tanner, NATO and the Ukraine Crisis, Legislative Chamber, Boling University Center. 2 Oct. 22 Employee Engagement Survey Presentation (rescheduled), Watkins Aud., Boling University Center, 2:30 (survey opens for responses Nov. 3) Oct. 23 PRSSA Womanless Beauty Review, Watkins Aud., 7 Oct. 23 Flute Studio Recital, Blankenship Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, 7:30 Oct. 23 Skyhawk Rodeo at Oct. 24 Skyhawk Soccer at Belmont University, 5 Oct. 24 Skyhawk Volleyball vs. Belmont University, Skyhawk Fieldhouse, 6 Oct. 24 Dr. Vincent Sherry, Academic Speakers Series, Campbell Aud., Holt Humanities Bldg., 6 Oct. 24 Skyhawk Rodeo at Oct. 24 University Choirs Dessert Evening, Blankenship Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, 7 (tickets required) Oct. 25 Quad City, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 25 Skyhawk Rodeo at Oct. 25 Skyhawk Football vs. Austin Peay, Graham Stadium, 2 Oct. 25 University Choirs Dessert Evening, Blankenship Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, 7 (tickets required). Oct. 26 Skyhawk Homecoming Brunch, Sodexo Skyhawk Dining Hall, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26 Skyhawk Soccer vs. Austin Peay, Skyhawk Field, 2 Oct. 26 Katherine Felthauser, Senior Percussion Recital, Blankenship Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, 3 Oct. 26 Wind Ensemble Concert, Fulton Theatre, 6 (Note The Addenda calendar is not a comprehensive listing of university events. Check the Events Calendar at www.utm.edu or utmsports.com for additional university events and activities.) addenda VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BOARD RECOGNIZED Dr. Tom Rakes (back row, center), UT Martin chancellor, hosted an appreciation luncheon Oct. 13 at the Dunagan Alumni Center for the Volunteer Community Hospital Board of Trustees and staff. The hospital observed its 50th anniversary in September and was recognized at the luncheon for its long support of the university. Dr. Bonnie Daniel, Office of Grants and Contracts, and Bud Grimes, Office of University Relations, are current university staff members serving on the hospital board. Attending the event were (front row, l to r) Dawn Dill, administrative assistant; Dr. Bonnie Daniel; Natalie Scates, board member; Sandi Wilkinson, facility compliance officer and chief quality officer; and Bud Grimes; (back row, l to r) Dr. Paras Shah, hospitalist; Dr. David Jones, physician; Darrel Blaylock, chief executive officer; Dr. Tom Rakes; and Jake Bynum, county mayor and board member. The University of Tennessee at Martin Published weekly during the academic year and biweekly during the summer by UT Martin, Martin, TN 38238 Dr. Joseph DiPietro - President, University of Tennessee System Dr. Thomas Rakes - Chancellor Bud Grimes - Addenda Editor Nathan Morgan - University Photographer UT Martin is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer. E05-0425-00-007-15
page 5 addenda October 20, 2014 Former U.S. Rep. John Tanner 8th Congressional District Learn About the Employee Engagement Survey Topic: NATO and the Ukraine Crisis 2, Wed.-Oct. 22 Boling University Center 111 (Legislative Chamber) Everyone Welcome! Sponsored by International Security Studies Program 2:30 Wed. Oct. 22 (rescheduled from Oct. 13) Watkins Auditorium Help UT Martin remain a leader in responding to the Employee Engagement Survey, Nov. 3-21. The survey is open to all regular employees working 50 percent time or more. This survey opens Nov. 3. Help UT Martin be the best workplace possible! The Office of Campus Recreation is recognizing individuals and groups who are making extra efforts to elevate their fitness levels. We commend your friends and colleagues by deeming them UTM Fit. Dr. Heather D. Wilkins Professor Department of Biological Sciences About seven years ago, I began to have problems with my back and sciatic nerve. My physical therapist suggested that I attend water aerobics and swim in the pool, because it alleviated stress on my joints while allowing me to build muscles around the weak area in my back. Since then I regularly attend water aerobics and have worked up to swimming three to five miles a week. The benefits have been amazing. My mobility and endurance have greatly increased while my back and sciatic issues are minimized. In addition, I have lost over 30 pounds and hope to use swimming to continue my weight loss journey. Heather s Motivation: Before I began swimming regularly, I really didn t have an exercise regime that I enjoyed and looked forward to, but now that I know how much I enjoy and look forward to the time I spend at the pool, it is much easier for me to make it a regular part of my day.