The University of Tennessee at Martin Faculty and Staff Newsletter | Jan. 28, 2019

addendaSports journalist Kate Fagan to speak Feb. 4

The UT Martin Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will sponsor an appearance by Kate Fagan, New York Times best-selling sports journalist, beginning at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 4, in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse. The event is free and open to the public.

Fagan served as a columnist and feature writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, as well as an on-air talent for ESPN for seven years. She frequently appeared on “Outside the Lines” and “E:60” and was a core member of The Friday Four. She also made more than 150 appearances on “Around the Horn,” and she served as the show’s first female host in 2017.

Born in Schenectady, New York, Fagan is also the author of “What Made Maddy Run,” which spent one month as the No. 1 New York Times best-seller on the sports list. The 2017 book addresses the important issues of anxiety, depression and suicide in a perfectionist, social media-driven society.

She is also the author of the memoir “The Reappearing Act”

about her experience coming out as a women’s basketball student-athlete at the University of Colorado.

In addition to her work with ESPN, Fagan is a sought-after speaker on athlete mental

health and the variables facing female athletes. She served as commencement speaker at her alma mater in May 2017 while also routinely hosting events and moderating panels both for brands and non-profits.

SPEAKER – Kate Fagan is shown in this official publicity photo.

Fagan is a co-host of the “Free Cookies” podcast, which blends wellness, food and humor. She was named a 2018 Webby finalist for “Best Sports Podcast.”

Honors Programs to bring award-winning poet to campus Jan. 31

Award-winning poet Ryan Wilson will speak on “The Poetry of Remembrance” beginning at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 31, in Campbell Auditorium, located in the Andy Holt Humanities Building. Wilson is returning to campus after

being featured at the Southern Literary Festival in April 2018.

The presentation will focus on the development of poetic language and imagination, as well as the language of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Wilson is the author of “The Stranger

World,” a collection of poems that won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. The book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.

Wilson is also editor of Literary

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Dr. Elaine Harriss (above, left), professor of music, performed Jan. 19 as part of Amro Music of Memphis’s Saturday Steinway series. She performed Francis Poulenc’s fascinating setting of “L’Histoire de Babar” (“The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant”) for piano. “Babar” is a well-known French children’s book written and illustrated by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931. Dr. Richard Robinson (above, right), professor of communications, provided the narration, and slides prepared by Lane Last (not pictured), professor of art, showcased illustrations from the book.

The UT Martin Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble received word over the holiday break that they have been selected to perform during the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Iowa City, Iowa, this summer. Dr. Bill Waterman, associate professor of music, leads the group and will join with musicians from both UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga to present a system-wide ensemble. The is the second time the UT Martin group has been chosen to perform during this international conference.

Drs. Patrick Baker (above, left) and Anderson Starling (above, right), both with the College of Business and Global Affairs, and Dalis Lampkins (not pictured), a 2019 graduate, gave a presentation titled “The Impact of Deregulation on Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge” during the 2019 Southern Political Science Association conference in Austin, Texas, this past month. Lampkins and her mentor, Baker, were also awarded UT Martin’s Smith, Henson, Sliger Undergraduate Research on Reelfoot Lake Grant in the amount of $4,000. Lamkins is the first grant winner outside the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences.

Jerry Hall, previously the director of human resources at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis, is serving as interim director of human resources until the position can be permanently filled. Hall can be contacted at jhall3@utm.edu or 881-7845.

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Matters, an online journal for literary criticisms, translations, poetry and interviews. Through the journal, he has published works by several U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bollingen Prize.

His own poems have been published in platforms such as Best American Poetry 2018, Five Points, the Hopkins Review, the New Criterion, the Sewanee Review and the Yale Review. Wilson has also published multiple critical essays, which have received awards such as the Jacques Maritain Prize, the Eleanor Clark Award and the Sewanee Review’s Walter Sullivan Prize.

Wilson works as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and teaches in the Western State Colorado University graduate program. He also serves as the office administrator and chief financial officer of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, a non-profit organization that supports the study of literature in academic and creative environments. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.

Wilson’s presentation is sponsored by the UT Martin Honors Programs.

Deadlines approaching for grant proposals, award applicationsApplications for UT Martin

Reagan Leave awards are due this Friday, Feb. 1, to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Reagan Leave can be awarded for a full academic year or a single semester. Proposals must not exceed three pages and should include the elements mentioned in the application cover sheet. Click here to see

those guidelines. Faculty research and

development proposals for international travel, research programs and teaching programs are due March 1, also in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Click here to find detailed information on submission criteria and proposal guidelines for these awards.

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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs also offers a free search program called PIVOT to help faculty members search for external funding for teaching, travel and research. Click here to access that program, and contact ORSP at 881-7015 to schedule a personal meeting with a grant specialist.

Proposals for the Campus

Sustainability Grant are also due March 1 to the UT Martin Center for Sustainability. This grant is intended to fund a campus sustainability project coordinated by a student group during the 2019-2020 academic year and can provide up to $5,000 in assistance. Faculty and staff who sponsor student groups can submit online.

Click here to register for the WestStar Working Women’s Conference! 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Feb. 15

$40 per person by Feb. 11

GLOBETROTTERS – (above) The Harlem Globetrotters played for a standing-room-only crowd Jan. 25 in the Elam Center. They thrilled audience members with tricks and stunts throughout the game and left victorious, a change from their last visit to Martin, which featured one of their historic losses. (Read more about that game in this article from Campus Scene.) (left) The family-friendly event attracted a number of children, many of whom especially enjoyed the acrobatics. For more images, visit utm.edu/photos and use the search feature.

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•Jan. 28-Feb. 1 – Greek Fest•Jan. 30 – Memphis Future Skyhawk Reception; Memphis; 6 p.m.; faculty and staff welcome; students by invitation only; RSVP to admitme@utm.edu•Jan. 31 – Speaker: Ryan Wilson, “The Poetry of Remembrance”; Campbell Auditorium, Andy Holt Humanities Building; 6:30 p.m.•Feb. 2 – Cups for the Cure; UT Martin Wesley Foundation; 2-4 p.m.; $15•Feb. 2 – Dr. Roberto Mancusi and Friends: A Gala Celebration; Blankenship Recital Hall; 3 p.m.•Feb. 4 – Speaker: Kate Fagan, mental health and awareness; Skyhawk Fieldhouse; 7 p.m.

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