MARTIN, TENN., August 24, 2022 – EARNS 10th DEGREE – UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver

presents Dr. Dan Pigg with his seventh master’s degree – this time from UT Martin – during the

university’s 2022 spring commencement. This was his first degree earned from the university where he is

an English professor and his 10 th degree overall. Pigg is in his 33 rd year of teaching for the university.

MARTIN, TENN., Aug. 24, 2022 – HONORED BY UNITED WAY – Dr. Charley Deal, Gem

Bell, Judy Long and Leigh Anne Bentley were honored Aug. 18 by the United Way of West

Tennessee with awards recognizing their service and commitment to the organization.

CAPTE Approves FHU Physical Therapist Assistant Program for Candidate Status.

MARTIN, TENN., August 2, 2022 – NEW DEGREE – An anonymous gift to UT Martin will

support the university’s new Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, an engineering

major developed to meet Tennessee workforce needs. The new degree program has received full

approval from the UT Board of Trustees and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and

will begin this fall. The program will be taught in the university’s new Latimer Engineering and

Science Building (pictured), which will be completed this fall.

Dr. Jerry Woods pictured with WD Family Advocate, Gwendolyn Cooper

MARTIN, Tenn., July 27, 2022 – FIRST NOYCE GRADUATE – Elizabeth Campbell, of Murfreesboro,

is the first to complete UT Martin’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which prepared her to

become a classroom teacher in STEM education. Campbell received her education master’s degree in

May and will begin her K-12 education career this fall as a biology and anatomy teacher at Riverdale

High School in Murfreesboro. She is pictured at the university before spring commencement with Dr.

Steve Elliott, professor of mathematics and statistics and UT Martin STEM Center director.