UT PRESIDENT SPEAKS – UT System President Randy Boyd delivered the address at both fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 10 at UT Martin.

FHU President David R. Shannon and NFL Quarterback Kurt Warner answered questions about his football journey that is portrayed in the movie “American Underdog” and the importance of the nonprofit he and Brenda founded, Treasure House. 

ETERNAL FLAME – UT Martin’s eternal flame was

“relighted” during a Nov. 28 ceremony in the university’s Paul Meek Library. A ceramic flame

created by retired UT Martin faculty member David McBeth (pictured placing the flame) now

sits atop the display that is located on the library’s second floor. Also participating in the

ceremony was Dr. Keith Carver (left foreground), university chancellor.

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.