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Middle, High School Students Here for History Day at UT
Hundreds of middle and high school students from across East Tennessee gather on the UT campus today to celebrate National History Day.
Higher Ed Engagement Expert to Speak on March 13
UT's Office of Research and Engagement is hosting a national expert on academic reward systems for engaged scholarship. KerryAnn O'Meara, associate professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, will present "Rewarding Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure: Strategies for Action" at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 13, at the university.
UT Recycling to Hold Paper Purge Party March 10-14
UT Recycling will hold its annual Paper Purge Party March 10 through 14. During the event, UT Recycling employees will come to campus offices to collect unwanted bulky paper for the 2014 RecycleMania competition. All forms of paper are accepted, including hardback books, journals, paper with tape or staples, and spiral notebooks.
McClung Museum Sculpture “Sandy” Poised to Become Official State Artifact
Sandy, a prehistoric Native American sandstone statue of a kneeling male figure that is part of the permanent collections at UT's McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, is set to become the official artifact of the state of Tennessee.
Student-Produced News Program Starts Twentieth Season
Students in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media are "learning by doing" as they produce a weekly news program called UT Today for WBIR-TV Channel 10 in Knoxville. The half-hour program begins its twentieth season on Sunday, March 9, at 11:30 a.m. UT Today was named the best student newscast in the state by the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association in 2013. The program is produced by an advanced television news class taught by Sam Swan, professor of journalism and electronic media.
CCI Dedicates Hilda S. Murray Classroom
The College of Communication and Information will name a classroom in honor of CCI alumna Hilda Murray, an accomplished entrepreneur and business executive. A brief ceremony, part of the CCI Board of Visitors spring meeting, will take place from noon to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7, in Room 309 of the Communications Building. A plaque honoring Murray, which will hang outside the classroom, will be unveiled at the ceremony.
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The Office of Service-Learning supports faculty in the design and implementation of service-learning courses and facilitates quality service-learning partnerships between faculty and community organizations.
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