MARTIN, TENN., Nov. 15, 2022 – PAGEANT COURTS – UT Martin students Caleigh Jo Erwin, of

Dyersburg, and Karenna Rainey, of Adamsville, claimed the Miss UT Martin and Miss Tennessee

Soybean Festival crowns respectively at the combined pageant Nov. 5 in the UT Martin Boling

University Center’s Duncan Ballroom. The new titleholders will compete in the statewide Miss Tennessee

Volunteer Scholarship Pageant, Wednesday-Saturday, July 26-29, 2023, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center

in Jackson. Pictured in the pageant courts are (l, r): Tera Townsend, of Nashville, Miss Tennessee

Soybean Festival second runner-up; Kailey Duffy, of Holladay, Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival first

runner-up; Karenna Rainey, Miss Tennessee Soybean Festival; Nadia Treadwell, reigning Miss

Tennessee Soybean Festival; Carly White, reigning Miss UT Martin; Caleigh Jo Erwin, Miss UT Martin;

Malea Bigham, of Turtletown, Miss UT Martin first runner-up; and Sierra Smith, of Newland, North

Carolina, Miss UT Martin second runner-up.

MARTIN, TENN., November 11, 2022 – EMPTY BOWLS – The University of Tennessee at Martin and

We Care Ministries, Inc. will co-host the 19 th -annual Empty Bowls event on Nov. 19 in the Boling

University Center Duncan Ballroom. Pictured is a photo from a previous Empty Bowls event.

MARTIN, TENN., Nov. 11, 2022 – VISITING WRITER – Author T.J. Martinson will speak at 4 p.m.,

Nov. 17, in the Campbell Auditorium located on the first floor of the Andy Holt Humanities Building.

The free event is open to the public and will include a meet-and-greet opportunity. Martinson is an

assistant professor of English at Murray State University, teaching courses in creative writing and

literature. He will also teach during the Young Writers Conference on Nov. 18 in the Boling University

Center.

MARTIN, TENN., Nov. 7, 2022 – BROADCASTING HONORS – UT Martin’s student-

operated radio station, WUTM 90.3 “The Hawk,” was awarded first and second places in both

categories offered in the college competitions at the inaugural Tennessee Association of

Broadcasters “Excellence in Broadcasting” awards banquet. The event was held Oct. 4 at the

Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. (l, r) Davis Gregory, a senior from Knoxville; Blaine

McDonald, a senior from Martin; and Daariq Burton, a senior from Cordova. Not pictured are

Shannon Sullivan, a 2022 meteorology graduate from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Dylan

Ingram, a senior media design major, also from Martin. WUTM can be heard over the air in the

Martin area and via livestream at www.wutmradio.com.

MARTIN, TENN., Oct. 31, 2022 – LATIMER-SMITH BUILDING DEDICATED – Bill

Latimer addresses the crowd gathered to celebrate the dedication of UT Martin’s new Latimer-

Smith Engineering and Science Building. The event was held Thursday, Oct. 27, at UT Martin.

ONLINE RN-BSN PROGRAM RECOGNIZED – The University of

Tennessee at Martin has received a top-10 ranking in the state by EduMed for its Online RN-to-BSN

Program in nursing. UT Martin was ranked sixth in Tennessee and recognized for its small class sizes,

affordable tuition and career placement success. The complete rankings are available at

www.edumed.org.