Twenty-four incoming transfer students and several staff members from the

University of Tennessee at Martin participated in the first Transfer Boot Camp event Aug. 2-4.

This group photo was taken outside the Dunagan Alumni Center on the UT Martin main campus.

MARTIN, Tenn., July 1, 2019 – 2019 WESTSTAR GRADUATES – Members of the 2019 WestStar Leadership Class graduated Thursday, June 25, at Madison Downs Venue in Jackson. A 5:15 p.m. reception was followed by dinner and the graduation ceremony. Members of the 2019 WestStar graduating class are (seated, l to r) Erica Moore, Reba Celsor, Kayce Beam, Amber Greene, Jason Martin, Sharron Murden, Chris Davis, Joyce Brown, Skipper Bondurant, Bryce West and LaShell Moore; (standing, l to r) Jordan Gardner (WestStar staff and honorary member of the 2019 WestStar class), Jim Cheatham, Paul Newbill, Al Da Silva, Justin Hargrove, Mark Woodruff, Nichole Lawrence, Lucianne Shoffner, Derick Seaton, Jenna Cole-Wilson, Travis McLeese, Sybil Dancer, John Penn Ridgeway, Civil Miller-Watkins, Jeffrey Richmond, Lori Weir, Ron Wells, Dr. Larry Lusk and Jamie Worrell.

(Not pictured is Andrew Maddox.)

Rosann and Bill Nunnelly

Col. Jack Usrey (left) took a moment during his Memorial Day address to thank Martin residents (seated, from left) Raphael and Joe Walker, who are veterans of the Korean War and World War II, respectively.

Jason Crawford, associate professor of English, received the Carla D. Sanderson Faculty of the Year Award, and Josh Simmons, director for eLearning success and media services, received the Gary L. Carter Staff of the Year Award at the 2019 Awards Day chapel service. (Photo by Kristi Woody)