FacultyandStaffNewsletter March14,2011

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• Lane Last, professor of art, has had a com-position, “Snowblind,” selected to be performed in an experimental music festival in late March. Resound Falmouth 2011 is a three-day festival of sound art, contemporary audio performance and installation in Falmouth/Penryn in Cornwall, UK, March 25-27. Resound profiles a range of sound works, sound interventions, installations, live performances, works for broadcast, including radio interventions. Resound is also organizing a mass performance of the selected pieces from car stereos on the morning of the last day of the festival, culminating with a drive past finale.

The University of Tennessee at Martin is moving the Department of Nursing to the newly renamed College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences. The change is effective July 1.

Nursing previously was a department in the College of Agricul-ture and Applied Sciences. The change provides “a better fit with disciplines more closely aligned with nursing and will facilitate more interdisciplinary initiatives,” said Dr. Victoria Seng, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and Department of Nursing in-terim chair. Seng added that nursing shares similarities with several programs in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, as it

is currently named, in terms of additional admission requirements, supervision of students in off-campus clinical experiences and prep-aration of students for licensure after graduation.

“We are excited about the potential for cross-disciplinary work with nursing and other majors such as social work, psychology or exercise science,” said Dr. Mary Lee Hall, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences dean, who supported the move and the new college name.

The change was announced at the recent University of Tennessee Board of Trustees winter meeting in Chattanooga.

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TheDepartmentofMusicrecentlyhostedthe32ndAn-nualHighSchoolHonorBandFestivalandJuniorHighHonor Band Festival. The combination of these twoevents brought more than 300 student musicians tocampus,aswellastheirdirectorsandparents,repre-sentingmorethan50differentschoolsthroughoutthewestern andmiddle Tennessee regions. Participatingstudentswereexposedtoavarietyofnationallyrecog-nizededucatorsincludingDr.RebeccaPhillips,associ-atedirectorofbandsattheUniversityofSouthCaro-lina;JoelDenton,directorofbandsatOoltewahHighSchool;DennisAquilina,fineartschairatThomasHartMiddleSchoolinPleasanton,Calif.;andMatthewStrat-ton, UTMartin instructor ofmusic. The collaborationbetweenthesecliniciansandstudentsresultedintwoconcerts,whichwerebothhostedinDuncanBallroom.TheeventswerehostedbyDr.NolaJones,directorofbands,andcoordinatedbyDr.AndrewM.Bliss,lecturerofmusic.

The University of Tennessee will in-crease its minimum starting pay rate to $8.50 an hour, effective July 1, 2011.

The increase in the minimum starting pay rate was a recommendation from UT’s Compensation Advisory Board and is a first step in a long-term and stra-tegic plan to address compensation at the university.

The pay rate increase was prompted by input from university employees state-wide to the UT Board of Trustees’ Ef-fectiveness and Efficiency for the Future Committee, UTalk and various employ-ee representative groups regarding con-cern for the pay of co-workers in UT’s

first three pay grades. When it takes effect July 1, the in-

crease in the minimum starting pay rate will impact approximately 270 current regular full- and part-time employees working on UT campuses across the state. The university’s minimum pay rate is currently $7.50 an hour. After July 1, all regular UT employees will be paid no less than $8.50 an hour.

“All of our employees -- faculty and staff -– are essential to the success of the University of Tennessee,” said UT Presi-dent Joe DiPietro. “As is the case for ev-ery employer, adequate compensation is an important and ongoing concern for

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Calendar March14-20Monday, March 14

Spring break (March 14-18)-5 p m. – Ian Gray, Jonathan Riley, and Kelli Hytinen senior art exhibitions, Paul Meek Library upstairs gallery (March 14-18)

Tuesday, March 15-6:30 p.m. – HYPE Ministries, Oak Grove Baptist Church-6:30 p.m. – Skyhawk baseball @ Memphis

Wednesday, March 16-2 p.m. – Skyhawk softball @ Evansville-6:30 p.m. – Skyhawk baseball @ Arkansas State

Thursday, March 17-1 p.m. – Skyhawk women’s tennis vs. Arkansas State, Skyhawk Tennis Complex-5:30 p.m. – WOW Thursdays, Interfaith Student Center

Friday, March 18-6:30 p.m. – Skyhawk baseball @ UAB

Saturday, March 19-1 p.m. – Skyhawk softball @ Tennessee State-2 p.m. – Skyhawk baseball @ UAB-2 p.m. – Skyhawk women’s tennis @ Eastern Ken-tucky

Sunday, March 20-11 a.m. – Skyhawk women’s tennis @ Morehead State-1 p.m. – Skyhawk baseball @ UAB-1 p.m. – Skyhawk softball @ Tennessee State-6 p.m. – SAC movies

Lavonne Dawson, custodian, Office of Housing; Douglas LeBron Sliger, coordi-nator I, Environmental Health and Safety; Katherine C. Noles, student services spe-cialist III, Division of Student Affairs; Kayla R. Evans, senior admissions specialist, Office of Admissions; Roger Leon Hughes, teaching associate, Office of Extended Campus and online Studies; Katherine Ruth Bennett, adjunct instructor, Depart-ment of Nursing; Jewell Inetta Franklin, program resource specialist, International Education; and Kara Salyers, teaching associate, Student Recreation Center.

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The American Association of University Women will meet at 6 p.m., March 24, at C.E. Weldon Pub-lic Library. Dr. Teresa Collard, Women’s Center co-ordinator, will be the speaker. RSVP to Robin Last, rclast@yahoo.com or Georgia Baskett, gbaskett@utm.edu.

AnopenhouserecentlywashostedforthenewWomen’sCenteroncampus,locatedinGroveApartments,D11.Themissionofthecenteristoenhanceacademicexperienceswhile empowering students through the development and promotion of educationalinitiativesfocusedonencouragingpersonalwell-being,providingopportunitiesforpro-fessionalgrowthandleadershipandofferingvitaloutreachservices.Fromleft,areDr.JeraldOgg,vicechancellor foracademicaffairs,Dr.TeresaCollard,centercoordinatorandassistantprofessorofcommunications;andChancellorTomRakes.

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the university. This increase in the minimum starting pay rate is a first step in a long-term process.”

The Compensation and Advisory Board was formed in March 2010 and is guided by Chief Human Resources Officer Linda Hendricks. The group is working to create UT’s first-ever strategic compensation plan and will be advancing more recommendations in the coming months and years.

A total of 42 UT Martin employees will receive the pay increase at a cost of $51,645. Campuses made it a priority to reallocate existing money in their budgets for this adjust-ment.

“I am pleased this increase is becoming a reality and, hopefully, we will be able to better address compensation for all employees in the near future,” said Chancellor Tom Rakes. “Our employees are an important reason the UT Martin experience works.”

Additional communication and training efforts are in process to support effective im-plementation of the minimum pay rate increase.

For more information about this initiative and the Compensation and Advisory Board, visit http://humanresources.tennessee.edu/cab/.