Photo ID: Dr. Mark Farley, assistant professor of finance, presents to a cohort of MBA students

at the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Joshua Guerin

From left to right: Chelsi Brown( 2nd place), Joseph Linningham (3rd place),
Tiera Pankey(5th place), Destiny Shutes(4th place), David Willis (1st place)

A bee visits a UT Martin campus flower.

MARTIN, TENN., July 1, 2022 – FIRST TO GRADUATE – Graduation became a family celebration

when Sinahi Carrizales participated in commencement May 7 at UT Martin’s Kathleen and Tom Elam

Center. She became the first from either side of her family to graduate from college. Family members

pictured with Sinahi (center) at her May graduation were (l, r) her father, Jose; youngest brother, Ramses;

younger sister, Ivy; younger brother, Jose Carrizales Jr.; grandmother, Eva; and mother, Mayra.

Somerville is home to the Carrizales family.

MARTIN, TENN., June 30, 2022 – CIVIL WAR SCHOLAR HONORED – Dr. Timothy B. Smith,

history lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy, was presented the Frank E. Vandiver

Award of Merit in May by the Houston Civil War Round Table. A large wooden Minie ball symbolizing

the award was presented to Smith by the Houston (Texas) Civil War Round Table.

WEST RECEIVES PRESIDENT’S AWARD – Cindy West,

dean of the UT Martin College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences, received one of

seven President’s Awards presented to faculty and staff throughout the UT System. The awards

were presented following the UT Board of Trustees annual meeting June 24 in Knoxville. West

is pictured with University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd.

Kimberly Jones

NILE UNIVERSITY VISIT – Five UT Martin faculty and staff visited Nile University May 27-June 3 to strengthen and expand the new collaborative relationship that was announced in the fall of 2021 between the two universities. The arrangement will allow Nile University students to earn a dual MBA-EMBA from UT Martin’s College of Business and Global Affairs and the Nile University School of Business Administration. In this May 29 photo, Dr. Mahmoud Haddad (top facing row, right) addresses a meeting of representatives from both universities that includes Dr. Phil Cavalier (right, head of the table). Haddad is a UT Martin professor of finance, and Cavalier is the university’s provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. Others visible in the photo from UT Martin are (top facing row, third from left) Stephanie Butler, coordinator of international student services; (fourth from left) Jennifer Killebrew, MBA program and student success coordinator; and (third from right) Erica Bell, director of UT Martin Regional Centers and Online Programs.

MARTIN, TENN., June 27, 2022 – PRESENTING THE MASTER PLAN – Chancellor Keith Carver
presents the UT Martin Campus Master Plan to the Finance and Administration Committee of the UT
Board of Trustees on June 23 prior to the full board meeting June 24. The plan received full board
approval. The annual meeting was held in the Student Union Ballroom on the UT Knoxville campus.

Three University of Tennessee at Martin Noyce Scholars signed a contract agreeing to

fulfill the program’s requirements as they begin their Master of Science in Initial Licensure at

UT Martin. Pictured (l,r) is Petra McPherson, senior vice chancellor for finance and

administration; Grace Looney, of Millington; Taylor Dennis, of Jackson; Terae Phelps, of Union

City; and Dr. Steve Elliott, professor of mathematics and statistics and UT Martin STEM Center

director.