The University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty and Staff Newsletter | November 23, 2015

addendaAcademic Speaker: Grayzel to present “Women In A

World At War, 1914-1918” Dr. Susan Grayzel, professor

of history and director of the Sarah Ison Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, will present a seminar on “Women in a World at War, 1914-1918” at 6 p.m., Nov. 23, in Watkins Auditorium.

Grayzel has researched and taught about culture, gender and the world wars in national, European and global contexts for 20 years.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in history and literature from Harvard University and a Master of Arts and doctorate degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

She has written several books, including “Women’s Identities

At War: Gender, Motherhood, and Politics in Britain and France during the First World War,” which was awarded the 2000 North American Conference on British Studies British Council Prize for the best book in the field of 19th and 20th century British studies.

Grayzel has also published articles in “The Journal of Modern History,” “The Journal of Women’s History and Twentieth Century British History” and several other edited collections.

Grayzel is currently working as an American Council of Learned Societies collaborative research fellow on a project about gender, civil defense and citizenship in 20th century

Britain with Dr. Lucy Noakes, University of Brighton, United Kingdom.

She is also finishing a book titled “The Age of the Gas Mask: Chemical Weapons and Civilian Bodies in Imperial Britain, 1915-1945,” which uses the gas mask to reflect on the changing nature of modern war and the new relationship between the state and its subjects.

This presentation is part of UT Martin’s Academic Speakers Program.

For more information, contact Dr. Lionel Crews, director, Honors Programs, at 731-881-7436 or by email at lcrews@utm.edu.

Dr. Susan Grayzel, professor of history and director of the Sarah Ison Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi

Dr. Mahmoud Haddad chosen as Featured Faculty ScholarDr. Mahmoud Haddad,

professor of finance, has been selected as the university’s Featured Faculty Scholar for the fall 2015 semester. A selection of Haddad’s professional work is on display in the Paul Meek Library and open for public viewing.

The Featured Faculty Scholar award, instituted in the 1996-97 academic year by the UT Martin Academic Council, is designed to recognize faculty members whose research and creative works are judged to be among the most prestigious of those

Continued on pg. 3FACULTY SCHOLAR – Dr. Mahmoud Haddad (left), was selected as the fall 2015 Featured Faculty Scholar. He is pictured with Dr. Jerald Ogg, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, in the Paul Meek Library.

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State Representative Andy Holt (right) presented Dr. Teresa Collard, associate professor of communications, with an official proclamation Nov. 10 in recognition of her status as the Tennessee Communication Association’s Outstanding Communication Educator of the Year for 2015. Collard accepted this award during a joint conference of the Tennessee and Kentucky Communication Associations held at Montgomery Bell State Park near Dickson.

Faculty members from the Department of Computer Science accompanied the senior design class to the annual Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Regional Conference in Gatlinburg Nov. 13.

The department attends the conference each year to allow senior capstone students to present their research before regional students, professors and members of the computing industry.

Students Alex Clark, of Dyersburg; Mason Cullen, of Dickson; and Houston Howard, of Paris; took home second place in the undergraduate four-year college category for

their project “Virtual Campus,” which allows individuals to take a complete three-dimensional digital tour of the UT Martin campus and buildings. The project was mentored in part by Dr. Somsak Sukittanon, professor of engineering.

Michael Nolte, an engineering major from Brentwood, won third place in the same category for his presentation titled “Using genetic algorithms to approximate digital circuits.” Nolte’s presentation is part of a two-year research project for the University Scholars Program, mentored by Dr. Joshua Guerin, assistant professor of computer science. Nolte is a computer science minor.

The Paul Meek Library recently reorganized the leisure reading area near the front entrance and relocated a collection of best-selling fiction and non-fiction titles to a prominent location. The UT Martin tennis team stopped by to browse through the collection. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Jemima Potter, Sarah Candeloro, Assel Jumamukhambetova, Haya Hamed, (back row, l-r) Burcu Tari, Hitomi Naito, Andrea Plantada Cortes and Elina Geut.

Larry Holder (left), IT administrator IV, Office of Information Technology Services, received the 2015 Barton/Nelson Leadership/Service Award presented at the Southeastern CoHEsion Conference in Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 3. CoHEsion is a user group consisting of universities using the Ellucian Banner student information system. He is pictured with Robert Nitzos, CoHEsion board president, who presented the award.

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Dr. George Daniel, co-coordinator, First Year Initiative, completed a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools off-site visit in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 4-6. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the regional accrediting body for higher education institutions.

Dr. Cherry Watts, associate professor, Department of Educational Studies, recently gave a presentation titled “Table Topics: Helping Middle Level Students Give Organized Impromptu Talks” during the Association of Middle Level Education’s national convention in Columbus, Ohio.

produced by individuals at UT Martin.

Haddad has published more than 30 papers in leading refereed journals and has presented at and participated in numerous national and international professional business conferences.

In addition to his work at UT Martin, he has taught a variety of business, finance and economics topics at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich.; the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich.; and Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn.

He has also held positions at Arab American University-Jenin in Jenin, Palestine; American University of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia; and the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon.

He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration, both in accounting, from Minnesota

Continued from pg. 1State University and a doctorate degree in finance from the University of Alabama.

He was the recipient of the Bob Figgins Award for Outstanding Student Service in 2011 from UT Martin and was the Featured Faculty Scholar during the 1998-99 academic year.

Haddad was also selected as the UT Martin Student Government Association’s Outstanding Faculty Member in 1999.

He is listed in “Who’s Who in American Education” and “Who’s Who in American Teachers,” and also serves as a review board member for the “Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives” and as UT Martin director of the Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Program.

For more information on Haddad’s work, contact him directly at 731-881-7249 or by email at mhaddad@utm.edu.

Inaugural Faculty Teaching and Learning Communities MeetThrough funding of the Title

III Strengthening Institutions Program, UT Martin created two faculty teaching and learning communities in the fall of 2015. The communities will focus primarily on the scholarship of teaching and learning in order to capitalize on the role of faculty in student success and promote dialogue and research about effective teaching.

They will also work to support “the development of a scholarship of teaching and learning that fosters significant, long-lasting learning for all students; enhances the practice and profession of teaching; and brings faculty members’ work as teachers the recognition and reward afforded to other forms of scholarly work,” as stated by the Carnegie Academy for

Teaching and Learning. The communities will discuss

issues common to new faculty in the initial phase of their academic careers, such as teaching effectiveness, learning assessment and navigating the tenure review process. Participants will meet in their individual groups but will also have access to webinars and speakers. Each mentee will develop a research project based on the scholarship of teaching and learning and present initial findings during the spring 2016 semester.

For more information about becoming a mentor or mentee in the 2016-17 academic year, contact Dr. Bonnie Daniel, program coordinator, at 731-881-7015 or by email at bdaniel@utm.edu.

INAUGURAL MEETING – Attending the first meeting of the faculty teaching and learning communities were (front row, l-r) Amy McLean, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Cindy Boyles, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Kate Ericson, Department of Computer Science; (middle row, l-r) Dr. Justin Martin, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Lindsay Anderson, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Dr. Emalee Buttrey, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources; Dr. Chris Caldwell, mentor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; (back row, l-r) Dr. Keith Dooley, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; Adam Kemper, Paul Meek Library; Dr. Kathy Evans, mentor, Department of Educational Studies; and Dr. Anderson Starling, Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science. Not pictured is Dr. Terry Silver, Department of Educational Studies.

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Hammer receives Beth Maloan Outstanding UT Martin Student Employee Award for fall 2015

BETH MALOAN AWARD – Chuck Hammer (center) is pictured with Beth Maloan family members Mike Maloan (left), Jennifer Stroh (right) and Stroh’s children, Kate and Colin Stroh.

Chuck Hammer, of Martin, received the Beth Maloan Outstanding UT Martin Student Employee Award for the fall 2015 semester during a presentation Nov. 9. The university awards this honor each semester to a student employee who has been recommended by their campus supervisors.

The award is named for the late Beth Maloan, longtime director of budgeting and payroll, who was a strong advocate of student employment. It recognizes exemplary work ethic and commitment to the university.

Hammer, a senior communications major, has served as program director of the award-winning campus radio station WUTM 90.3 FM “The Hawk” for the past two years.

He is responsible for every aspect of on-air programming for the station, including supervising all on-air and production staff; reviewing and selecting music and public service announcements; making personnel scheduling decisions; and helping to ensure the station remains in compliance with all Federal Communications Commission and campus regulations.

He has worked to produce varied and diverse programming in the past two years, including several outreach programs with other campus departments.

One such program includes faculty from the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages and the Department of History and Philosophy to provide poetry readings in various languages.

Hammer was also involved in the celebration of World College Radio Day in October, which included student appearances on WCMT’s “Good Times in the Morning” program, securing proclamations from the mayors of the city of Martin and Weakley County, and coordinating a one-hour simulcast, which was aired around the world on campus stations.

WUTM and its staff have received several prestigious awards during Hammer’s tenure as program director, including “Best of Show” from the Tennessee Associated Press Collegiate Competition, “Best College Radio Station in the South” from the Southeast Journalism Conference, and a platinum rating from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System.

Hammer himself took home two personal awards from the Tennessee Associated Press Collegiate Competition. He has also been recognized at UT Martin with the Duke Drumm Thunderbolt Broadcasting Scholarship for 2014 and 2015, the WUTM Dr. Gary Steinke

Broadcast Excellence Award in 2015 and the WUTM Faculty Advisor Award in 2014 and 2015.

“I have never worked with a student who has such a commitment to excellence and dedication to duty,” wrote Dr. Richard Robinson, associate professor of communications and faculty advisor for WUTM, in a personal recommendation letter.

“I can truthfully say that if the campus station has been successful over the past two years, he was one of the major reasons for it. He is smart, trustworthy, dependable, reliable and dedicated. The

mark of excellence is stamped onto every single endeavor he undertakes.”

In addition to his duties with WUTM, Hammer also works part-time at Thunderbolt Broadcasting, the company that owns five Northwest Tennessee radio stations including WCMT AM-FM in Martin, WCDZ-Star 95.1 in Dresden, and WQAK and KYTN in Union City.

He and his wife, Jade, are raising twins, Colby and Calleigh. Hammer plans to graduate in May 2016.

Women’s basketball to host Unspoken in concert Dec. 2The vocal group Unspoken,

joined by the JJ Weeks Band and David Dunn, will perform their tour “A Christmas Together” directly following the UT Martin women’s basketball game against the University of Alabama.

The game will begin at 5:30 p.m., Dec. 2, in the Kathleen

and Tom Elam Center, with the concert expected to begin at 7:30 p.m.

Unspoken has two consecutive top-five singles – “Who You Are” and “Lift My Life Up” – and has toured with the bands Sanctus Real and Big Daddy Weave.

Some of their top hits include

“Start a Fire,” “Call it Grace” and “Good Fight.” The band made the top-20 on Billboard’s album chart with the self-titled album “Unspoken” and broke into the top 30 in 2014 with “Start a Fire,” taking #28 on Billboard’s National Christian Audience Chart.

Admission is $5 per person until Dec. 1, $10 at the door prior to halftime of the game and $15 starting after halftime.

For more information or to purchase a ticket, contact Fran Spears, UT Martin ticket manager, at 731-881-7207.

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LSA to host holiday art bazaar Dec. 3-5 in Fine Arts Gallery

HANDMADE GIFTS – A few items from the 2014 bazaar are pictured.

Those who haven’t finished their holiday shopping will have an opportunity to purchase original handmade artwork during the second annual Holiday Art Bazaar, hosted by the UT Martin League of Striving Artists and the Department of Visual and Theatre Arts. The bazaar will be open to the public Dec. 4-5 in the Fine Arts Building Gallery.

Student league members will have a variety of artwork available, including paintings, scarves, handmade holiday cards, ceramics and glass ornaments.

A special preview evening for Support the Arts campaign members will be held from 5-7 p.m., Dec. 3.

The gallery will be open to the public from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Dec. 4, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 5. Cash, check and charge will be accepted.

For more information, contact Jason Stout, associate professor of art and League of Striving Artists faculty adviser, at 731-881-3402 or by email at jstout@utm.edu; or Karen Johnson, Department of Visual and Theatre Arts, at 731-881-7400 or by email at kjohnson@utm.edu.

Martin Kiwanis Club and City of Martin Christmas Parade will be held starting at 7 p.m.,

Monday, Dec. 7.

For entry forms, go to martinkiwanisclub.org or Martin Kiwanis Club on Facebook.

BUZZING IN – The UT Martin chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society hosted its annual high school science bowl in the Boling University Center on Nov. 14. Seventy-three students from eight schools participated in the event, which includes written and quiz-bowl style competition in biology, chemistry, physics and general science. More than 16 SMACS members contributed approximately 200 man-hours to the event. Pictured are student members (front row, l-r) Heather Streckert, William Kuenzinger, Kendall Oziminski, Benjamin Ide, (second row) Shannon Belton, Michaela Short, Drake Williams, Layla Gargus, Chase Haynes, Dacotah Faught and Sofia Oliva, with UT Martin faculty members (back row) Dr. S. K. Airee, Dr. Matthew Pritchett, Dr. Jason Alexander, Dr. Misganaw Getaneh, Dr. KhanhVan Nguyen and Dr. Cahit Erkal.

Calendar•Nov. 23 – Academic Speaker: Dr. Susan Grayzel; Watkins Auditorium; 6 p.m.•Nov. 23 – Concert band performance; Harriet Fulton Theatre; 7:30 p.m.•Nov. 25-27 – Thanksgiving break for students; no classes•Nov. 25 – Men’s basketball vs. Harris Stowe; Elam Center; 4 p.m.•Nov. 25 – Women’s basketball at Southern Illinois; 6 p.m.•Nov. 26-27 – Thanksgiving administrative closing; all offices closed•Nov. 29 – Biweekly pay period 25/2015 ends

Have a happy and

safe holiday weekend!

We’ll see you Nov. 30.Schedule a university photographer early! Call University Relations

at 731-881-7615

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RETIREE RECEPTION – Five employees from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Educational Studies were honored during a retirement reception in the Holland McCombs Tennessee Room on Nov. 17. Pictured at the reception are (starting second from left) Dr. Becky Cox, professor of education; Kristy Crawford, coordinator of education graduate programs; Dr. Beverly Hearn, former associate professor of education; Dr. Sandra Murray, former associate professor of education; and Ben Wolski, son of the late Dr. Crystal Whitlow, former associate professor of education. They are joined by Cindy West (far left), dean, College of Education, Health and Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Norma Gerrell (far right), interim chair, Department of Educational Studies.

“Questions and Answers” about UT Martin

•Question – What renovations are taking place in the Boling University Center, and when will they be complete?

•Answer – The former Mail Services area

is being transformed into the university’s Welcome Center, which includes relocating the Information Desk to the Watkins Auditorium foyer. The former bookstore area will soon become the new Office of Student Life and will be the home of the Student Government Association, Student Activities Council, Greek Life, Student Organizations and Boling University Center administration. Several meeting rooms will also receive new paint and flooring as part of this renovation. Completion of the project is expected in late March 2016.

Submit your questions to the Suggestion Box link at www.utm.edu.

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CELEBRATED AUTHOR – The annual Young Writers’ Conference for students in grades 9-12 was held Nov. 13 in the Boling University Center. Dana Chamblee Carpenter, author of “Bohemian Gospel,” served as the keynote speaker. Carpenter is an associate professor of English at Lipscomb University and won Killer Nashville’s 2014 Claymore Award. “Bohemian Gospel” has also been featured in the New York Times and mentioned as one of goodread.com’s books to read this year. Dr. John Glass, associate professor of English, served as conference organizer.

Need a speaker? The revised campus speakers guide is available at www.utm.edu/departments/univrel/_pdfs/Guide%20to%20Speakers%202015.pdf.