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KNOXVILLE — The Center for Executive Education in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is making several key personnel changes.

Carolyn Cuddy has become the center’s chief operating officer, a newly created position for the center. She simultaneously continues as the center’s executive director of Executive MBA programs. Chuck Parke is the center’s new executive director of non-degree programs, replacing John Riblett, who is retiring after 34 years. Ron Solmonson has assumed the newly created position of director of business operations for the center’s National Defense Business Institute.

“These promotions are extremely well-deserved for an incredibly talented group of individuals,” said Ted Stank, associate dean of executive education for the college. “My only sadness is in having to say goodbye to John. His insight and integrity has inspired the center to achieve award-winning performance and recognition in executive education.”

Cuddy received both her undergraduate degree in marketing and MBA from the UT College of Business Administration. In her nine years with the center and 20 years with UT Knoxville, she has received the Dean’s Award for Excellence and the College of Business Administration Award for Professionalism.

Cuddy’s prior professional experience includes seven years as a faculty member of Maryville College, where she received an award for excellence in teaching, and eight years as director of student financial aid for UT Knoxville. She also did consulting with the state Department of Education. She worked for 10 years at Lockheed Martin Energy Systems in Oak Ridge, where she was director of its Center for Leadership and Employee Development. She received Lockheed’s Management Achievement Award and its National Management Association Leader of the Year Award. Cuddy is a certified instructor and consultant of Franklin Covey, Kepnor Tregoe, Developmental Dimensions Inc. and Tom Peter’s Leadership Challenge.

Parke received both his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and his Executive MBA from UT Knoxville. Parke has been a full-time faculty member with the center since 2007, instrumental in developing the center’s training and leadership programs for managers and executives involved in the manufacturing sector.

A native of East Tennessee, Parke’s professional experience prior to joining the center includes nine years at TRW Automotive in Rogersville; plant manager and vice president of operations for Snapper Power Equipment in McDonough, Ga.; and vice president of manufacturing and product engineering for Lifestyle Furnishings’ Lexington Home Brands Division. Parke also served as vice president of operations for Maytag’s Laundry Division in Herrin, Ill., and was later promoted to division vice president for Whirlpool’s Cooking Division. Five years later, Parke left Whirlpool to become CEO for a privately held collection of companies.

Solmonson served for approximately 10 years as the center’s director of operations prior to assuming his new position. He was on the center’s leadership team and responsible for the center’s logistics unit, registrar operations, technology integration, administrative activities, purchasing and facilities management. During this time, the center experienced a nearly four-fold increase in revenues, rapid growth of both degree and non-degree programs and nearly doubled its number of employees. Solmonson managed this growth by leveraging technology and capitalizing on process improvement.

Prior to joining UT Knoxville, Solmonson completed a 23-year career with the U.S. Army, specializing in language training and intelligence activities. He retired as a command sergeant major. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Regents College and master’s degree in leadership and business ethics from Duquesne University.

For more information about the UT College of Business Administration, visit http://bus.utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Cindy Raines (865-974-4359, [email protected])

Julie Wiest
Instructor
Sociology

Expertise:
Julie Wiest can discuss deviance, extreme violence, mediated interaction and social media.

Expertise Categories: Violence | Deviance | Social Media

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-6021
Web: http://juliebwiest.weebly.com/index.html

KNOXVILLE — In an effort to expand availability and increase its level of customer service, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Facilities Services department has launched the Facilities One Call program.

Beginning April 5, members of the campus community can call one phone number, 24 hours a day, any day of the year and speak live with a Facilities Services representative. The number is 865-946-7777, or 6-7777 if you are calling from a campus phone.

Facilities Services staff routinely fulfill projects and work orders covering a wide variety of services. Tasks range from simple maintenance like changing out light bulbs to complex renovations and new construction. The department employs roughly 550 staff members and is comprised of a number of divisions, including the steam plant, grounds landscaping and maintenance, carpentry services, electrical services and utilities, architecture and engineering, heating and air conditioning, plumbing, lock and key services and building maintenance. Facilities Services staff members also oversee the university’s environmental programs, including recycling and energy conservation.

Although it maintains a heavy workload, the department is focused on taking care of students, faculty and staff.

“Customer service is very important to us,” said Mike Sherrell, Facilities Services executive director. “The Facilities One Call program provides a unique service to the campus community, in that a live representative of the department will be available to answer questions and provide assistance at any time of the day or night. And using a memorable phone number like 6-7777 is a help when you need to report a problem and don’t have time to look up different phone numbers depending on the time of day or night.”

Last year the Facilities Services department completed 534 projects and 22,476 work orders. To learn more about Facilities Services and the Facilities One Call program, visit http://facilities.utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Ali Virtanen (865-974-2510, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information (CCI) will hold its annual Experience Diversity Banquet, 7 p.m. Friday, April 9, at the Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike, in Knoxville.

The keynote speaker is Phyllis Y. Nichols, president and CEO of the Knoxville Area Urban League. Nichols also will be presented with the 2010 College of Communication and Information Diversity Award.

Alice R. Bowling Wirth, a lecturer in the college’s School of Communication Studies and director of the college’s Diversity Student Leaders Society (DSLS), says the banquet is DSLS’s major fundraiser for the year.

“Our main objectives are to open doors for students by giving them the opportunity to network with professionals and explore career options, and to provide a variety of support programs to help diverse students stay in college,” Wirth said. The society is also raising funds to begin a scholarship program to encourage students to attend graduate school.

Nichols has been involved in the Knoxville Area Urban League since 1994, and has led the organization since 2000. She serves on numerous local boards including Child and Family Tennessee, Leadership Knoxville and the Knoxville Chamber.

“Phyllis Nichols has fought the good fight for civility and human rights,” Wirth said. “She has made a significant difference in Knoxville by opening doors for so many, helping them get back their dignity and improving their lives. She’s been a trailblazer and we’re thrilled to have her as our keynote speaker and to present her with the 2010 CCI Diversity Award.”

The banquet will provide an inspirational diversity experience for all attendees. In addition to the keynote speech, the program will include creative diversity presentations, music and dancing. Tickets to the banquet are $30 each and tables of 10 are available for $300. To order tickets, contact Sherry McNair at (865) 974-1540 or [email protected].

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C O N T A C T :

Alice R. Bowling Wirth (303-748-9452, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who has served as an economic adviser for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush and presidential candidate John McCain, will visit the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on April 7 to discuss some of the most critical issues facing the nation, including the budget, health care, education, and energy and the environment.

Sponsored by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Department of Economics, Holtz-Eakin’s talk — titled “Policy Challenges Facing the U.S.: Navigating the Future” — begins at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Holtz-Eakin was the sixth director of the Congressio­nal Budget Office, the chief analytical arm and impartial arbiter of the costs associated with new legislation. He served for 18 months as chief economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers under George W. Bush and for two years as senior staff economist for President George H. W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers. Holtz-Eakin also served as director of domestic and economic policy for the McCain presidential campaign.

Holtz-Eakin also has recently been senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, the director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He has held academic appointments at Columbia and Princeton Universities and was Trustee Professor of Economics at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

He has advised several state governments and was principal investigator for several research initiatives funded by federal government agencies.

In 2006, Holtz-Eakin was the recipient of the Morris and Edna Zale Award for Outstanding Achievement in Policy Research and Public Service.

Holtz-Eakin is now president of the American Action Forum (http://www.americanactionforum.org), a new think tank that “seeks to promote common-sense, innovative, and solutions-based policies that will reform government, challenge out-dated assumptions, and create a smaller, smarter government that will serve its citizens better.”

In the blog The Hill, John Feehery said the American Action Forum is “one of the few places in Washington that the left and the right can have a grown-up discussion about the future.”

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — The 10th annual Julian Blackshear Jr. Scholarship Banquet, sponsored by the College of Law and the Black Law Students’ Association at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be held on April 17.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. at UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive.

Tickets are $30 and reservations are needed by April 11. To reserve a ticket, contact Alexis Bell at [email protected] or (865) 974-6691.

Keynote speaker will be Peyton T. Hairston Jr., senior vice president of diversity and labor relations at Tennessee Valley Authority.

Founded by Julian Blackshear Jr., one of the first African-American graduates from UT’s College of Law, this scholarship program has helped recruit and retain outstanding African-American students to the UT College of Law. All proceeds from ticket sales and money raised at the banquet directly support the Blackshear Scholarship, helping realize the University of Tennessee’s commitment to diversity.

C O N T A C T :

Clarence “Bo” Odom (865-603-9343, [email protected])

David Dupper
Associate Professor
Social Work

Expertise:
David Dupper can discuss issues related to school bullying, alternatives to suspension and positive approaches to school discipline.

Expertise Categories: Bullying | School Discipline

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-5825
Web: http://www.csw.utk.edu/faculty/pages/dupper/index.htm

Vena Long
Professor
Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

Expertise:
Vena Long can discuss education issues such as teaching mathematics in rural areas, education policy, and assessment of education efficacy.

Expertise Categories: Education | Assessment

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-5973
Web:

To: UT Knoxville Faculty and Staff
From: Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek
Subject: Open Forum for Faculty and Staff on April 13

During the past several months, I’ve been working closely with the vice chancellors to strategically prepare for the fiscal 2011 and 2012 years.

Throughout these discussions, our goal has remained the same – to preserve quality, lessen the impact on students, faculty and staff and to best position UT for the future.

I plan to share more information about the budget by hosting an open forum at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Shiloh Room of the University Center. I will begin the session with a brief overview and save most of the time for your questions.

In the next few months, the legislature will finalize the state’s budget. The UT Board of Trustees will consider our FY 2011-2012 budget at their annual meeting in June. We are working on recommendations to prepare the university for and help delay the impact of a nearly 30 percent or $54 million reduction in state appropriations during the past three years.

While the stimulus has helped delay the pain of the state budget cut, we are dealing with the realities of how to fulfill our core mission once they occur. We have plans in place to deal with these reductions, but it will be painful.

As you know, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided UT Knoxville with $101 million. This one time allocation gave us more time to implement reduction plans. All stimulus funds must be spent by June 30, 2011. Although there are spending restrictions, this funding delayed the impact of the state’s budget shortfall for this and next fiscal year.

Thank you for your patience, commitment, and hard work during what has been a difficult time for the university, the state and, of course, our nation. We know there is significant and understandable concern among all who care about the university – alumni, donors, faculty, staff and students.

Since I began serving last February, I have continued to be impressed by so many people that clearly demonstrate their commitment to preserving the quality of our great institution. This shared focus already has paid off as our community has helped to reduce our energy consumption by more than 10 percent over the past year, saving more than $1 million. Also many thoughtful ideas from employees are helping to improve the way we do business and reduce our bottom line throughout campus.

We know there is a long road ahead that will involve more difficult decisions. There are several challenges that we face in the coming year. The greatest will be sustaining positive momentum in all we do and maintaining an optimistic view of our future in light of our present budget circumstances. It is critical that we continue to innovate and think creatively about how to fulfill our mission in this tough economic environment.

We have a tremendous faculty, staff, alumni and student body, and we must capitalize on those resources as we move forward. With your help, we can be well prepared and make sure that we do what is best for our students, our dedicated faculty and staff, as well as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Thank you for all you contribute to our mission. I appreciate your work and your commitment.

Please RSVP to [email protected] if you plan to attend the open forum on April 13.

I look forward to talking with you on April 13.

KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will close the eastbound lane of Andy Holt Avenue between Volunteer Boulevard and Phillip Fulmer Way on Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11, as part of the current phase of renovations to Neyland Stadium.

The westbound lane of Andy Holt Avenue next to the University Center and the Haslam Business Building will remain open to one-way traffic from Phillip Fulmer Way. Motorists wishing to turn east on Andy Holt will be detoured north on Volunteer Boulevard, then east on Cumberland Avenue, then south on Phillip Fulmer Way.

Middle Way Drive in front of the Alumni Memorial Building will be open during the construction. Phillip Fulmer Way in front of the KAT bus transfer station and Neyland Stadium remain closed until just before the start of classes this fall.

Staff Lot 9 will be accessible through the entrance at Peyton Manning Pass.

Construction crews will close the section of the road to make infrastructure improvements to the water and sewer lines serving the stadium.

Public events taking place on April 10 and 11 at Tom Black Track, Lindsay Nelson Stadium, Thompson-Boling Arena, the University Center and the Alumni Memorial Building may cause extra delays for motorists. However, pedestrian access to events held in these facilities will be available. UT Police Department officers will be assisting with traffic control.

The closed section of Andy Holt Avenue is expected to reopen on Monday, April 12.

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C O N T A C T :

Jeff Maples (865-974-3061, [email protected])
Brian Browning (865-974-3061, [email protected])
Mary Lynn Holloway (865-974-6031, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — Steve Perry, CNN correspondent and principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., will visit the UT Knoxville campus on Monday, March 29, as part of the Black Cultural Programming Committee’s Young Black Professional Series.

Perry will speak on what it means to be black in America today. The event, which takes place at 7 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium, is free and open to the public.

The Young Black Professional Series highlights accomplished African-Americans who have made significant strides toward improving society. Perry became a correspondent for CNN after being featured in the network’s “Black in America” series for his work at Capital Preparatory Magnet School. Perry founded the public school six years ago as a way to serve low-income high school students with college aspirations. The school has maintained a 100 percent college acceptance rate since its inception.

Perry grew up in a housing project in Middletown, Conn., and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science for the University of Rhode Island, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in education from the University of Hartford.

The event is sponsored by the Black Cultural Programming Committee within the Office of Minority Student Affairs. Founded in 1979, the committee aims to develop programs and activities that enhance public awareness of African-Americans and their accomplishments, encourage the interaction and unity of African-American students, provide opportunities for African-American students to be actively involved in the academic and local communities and serve as a catalyst to motivate African-American students’ self-development, discovery and esteem during their educational careers at the university.

For more information or disability accommodations, contact the Office of Minority Student Affairs at 865-974-6861.

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C O N T A C T :

Rebekah Winkler (865-974-8304, [email protected])

March 26, 2010

To: UT Knoxville Students, Faculty and Staff
From: Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek
Subject: Campus Civility

We have had an increase in the number of reported incidents of actions and language that reflect bias on our campus. These actions include derogatory and racist language found in our dormitories. We also had an incident where someone threw a banana at visiting African American students, their parents and guidance counselors. This incident was witnessed by some of our own UT ambassadors.

I am saddened and outraged by this behavior because it does not reflect our campus values or the mission of this great university. We will not tolerate disrespect, racism or bias on our campus.

The UT Police Department is investigating all of the reported events. If you have any information about any such events, you are strongly encouraged to contact the UTPD or any other person of authority on campus so that appropriate action can be taken. We will also keep you informed of the progress of the investigations. In the near future, we will make reports of all such incidents available online on the UTPD Web site, http://web.utk.edu/~utpolice/.

One of my top priorities as chancellor is to increase diversity on our campus, and one of the best ways to do that is to create and maintain a welcoming campus climate for all. I challenge you as faculty, staff, students and administrators to work with me to make sure we are welcoming to all and hostile to none. I am in the process of finalizing the details for a campus project on civility and respect. I will be sharing more information about this and ways you can get involved in the coming weeks.

It is my responsibility to lead our campus in a manner that rejects any action of bias or hatred, but I need your help. As a campus community we must stand strong in our belief that we do not discriminate against anyone regardless of demographic or cultural background. I ask each of you to join me in this important commitment.

KNOXVILLE – What do dishes from the tropics and South America have in common with UT basketball?

All are on the menu March 29-April 1 at the Ready for the World Café at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The week’s menu includes chicken sauté with guava sauce; charred mahi mahi with a sesame crust topped with lime-ginger beurre blanc; jerk-spiced beef tenderloin; caramelized onion and Gorgonzola mashed potatoes; cargamanto and green bean salad with chimichurri dressing; butternut squash soup; and broiled asparagus with lemon-tarragon dressing.

Diners also can enter a drawing for a basketball autographed by men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl.

The Ready for the World Café is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the University Center.

Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out.

Faculty and staff can use ARAMARK’s new UT Reward Card to receive a 15 percent discount at the café.

Students enrolled in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445, the advanced food production and service management class, plan and operate the café. They take turns serving as the café manager. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food.

The café manager for March 29 to April 1 is Brittany Bivins, of Manchester, Tenn., a junior majoring in nutrition with a minor in hotel, restaurant and tourism management. She has worked as a server at Calhoun’s on the River and has volunteered with several child nutrition organizations. She plans to get her master’s degree in nutrition, and she wants to be a pediatric nutritionist.

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C O N T A C T :

Bridget Hardy (865-974-2225, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE – William Weber, an authority in the ways radiation interacts with materials, has been named the eighth University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

Weber will serve in the department of materials science and engineering at UT Knoxville and in ORNL’s materials science and technology division.

He currently is a laboratory fellow and team leader at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he has served as a researcher since 1977.

“The Governor’s Chair program has given us the capability to recruit absolutely top-tier scientists to our faculty, and that is having a dramatic impact on attracting interest and support for the university, both academically and financially,” UT Interim President Jan Simek said. “Adding the eighth participant will only further enhance our momentum going forward.”

Weber will serve as the Governor’s Chair for radiation effects on materials.

Funded by the state of Tennessee and ORNL, the program attracts top scientists to broaden and enhance the unique research partnership that exists between the state’s flagship university and the nation’s largest multi-program laboratory.

“I’m pleased to see this program is continuing to meet its goal of bringing some of the world’s best minds to Tennessee,” said Gov. Phil Bredesen. “The momentum that began with the appointment of six chairs last year alone continues with the naming of yet another accomplished scientist who will further expand the portfolio of expertise the program is bringing to our state. The ability of these exceptional individuals to attract economic activity, research dollars and additional researchers for scientific collaboration is achieving exactly what was envisioned for the Governor’s Chair program.”

For more than three decades, Weber has worked to learn more about the complicated interactions between radiation and ceramic materials. He uses both direct measurement of materials and extremely powerful computer simulations to understand how radiation affects ceramics. The research has broad applications, touching areas from nuclear energy to environmental remediation and even space exploration.

“William Weber brings his expertise to bear on an issue that is at the heart of our energy future,” said UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek. “The knowledge generated by his work serves as a catalyst for innovation, which will in turn continue to enhance UT Knoxville’s role as a leader in this important field.”

Weber has been a particularly prolific researcher, and has published more research than all but one scientist in the more than 45-year history of PNNL. Weber is the editor or co-editor of five conference proceedings, and the author or co-author of more than 320 journal articles, seven book chapters, 108 peer-reviewed conference papers and 53 technical reports.

As a Governor’s Chair, Weber will have the opportunity to further his research by taking advantage of the exceptional resources and expertise available at both UT Knoxville and ORNL.

“ORNL’s longstanding leadership in advanced materials science is founded on the interaction of radiation and materials. William Weber’s added expertise in computational simulations is a great fit for the laboratory and this field of research,” said ORNL Director Thom Mason.

Weber has spent his entire career with PNNL, where he also served until recently as chair of the PNNL Council of Fellows, chair of the PNNL Publication Advisory Committee and manager of the PNNL Laboratory Fellows Initiative. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and his master’s degree and doctorate, both in nuclear engineering, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

About the Governor’s Chair program:

The UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair program is designed to attract exceptionally accomplished researchers from around the world to boost joint research efforts that position the partnership as a leader in the fields of biological science, computational science, advanced materials and neutron science.

Other UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs include:

• Jeremy Smith, a computational biologist who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He was appointed in 2006.
• Howard Hall, an expert in nuclear security who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He was appointed this in 2009.
• Alexei Sokolov, a polymer scientist who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from the University of Akron. He was appointed in 2009.
• Yilu Liu, an electric grid researcher who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from Virginia Tech. She was appointed in 2009.
• Thomas Zawodzinski, an energy storage researcher who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from Case Western Reserve University. He was appointed in 2009.
• Frank Loeffler, a biologist and environmental engineer who came to UT Knoxville and ORNL from Georgia Tech. He was appointed in 2009.
• Robert Williams, genetics and biomedical researcher at the UT Health Science Center and ORNL. He was appointed in 2009.

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C O N T A C T :

Jay Mayfield, UT Knoxville (865-974-9409, [email protected])

Bill Cabage, ORNL (865-574-4399, [email protected])

This News Sentinel story reports on UT’s Research Week, a celebration of the research done by undergraduate students at UT. Associate vice chancellor for research Greg Reed is quoted in the story, discussing how this research helps UT attain its goal of becoming a top 25 national public research university.

KNOXVILLE – Each year, the UT Knoxville Alumni Association celebrates the 50th anniversary of its graduates. This year’s Golden Grads Reunion will take place April 15-17 and honors class of 1960 graduates. Graduates from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s also are invited to attend.

The reunion weekend includes:

• A Clarence Brown Theatre performance of the musical “Man of La Mancha”
• “Classes Without Quizzes” – participants can accompany students to classes
• A Star of Knoxville Riverboat cruise
• A guided bus tour of the campus with the opportunity to visit key campus landmarks

The reunion is the same weekend as the annual Orange and White spring football game and participants will have the opportunity to purchase game tickets throughout the reunion.

Alumni may choose to participate in all or some of the events. Pricing and registration information can be found at http://alumni.utk.edu/programs/reunions/golden/index.shtml. The registration deadline is April 8.

The reunion event is sponsored by the UT Knoxville Alumni Association.

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C O N T A C T :

Phyllis Moore (865-974-3011, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — In honor of the Vols’ and Lady Vols’ participation in the NCAA tournaments, the Ready for the World Café is celebrating March Madness the week of March 22 with its international buffet and a raffle for a basketball autographed by coach Pat Summitt.

The menu includes pork chops with apple chutney; tilapia puttanesca, which is a spicy sauce made of garlic, onions, anchovies, chili peppers, black olives and capers; chicken piccata; wild rice with mushrooms; garden vegetable soup; cheesy broccoli casserole; and tossed greens with gorgonzola, walnuts and pears.

The Ready for the World Café is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the University Center.

Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out.

Faculty and staff can use ARAMARK’s new UT Reward Card to receive a 15 percent discount at the café.

Students enrolled in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445, the advanced food production and service management class, plan and operate the café. They take turns serving as the café manager. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food.

The café manager for March 22-25 is Chris Hegseth, of Knoxville, a junior in hotel, restaurant and tourism management. He grew up in Sevierville and has worked at Dollywood’s Grandstand Café for five years. He also has worked at special events, including the Cystic Fibrosis Wine on the Water fundraiser. His goal is to own his own restaurant.

Hegseth has dubbed the days of the week “Sweet 16 Monday,” “Elite Eight Tuesday,” “Final Four Wednesday” and “Championship Thursday,” and he says anyone who eats at the café during the week can enter the raffle to win the autographed basketball. The drawing will be held on Thursday.

The café also will feature live jazz on Thursday.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — Barbara Dewey, professor and dean of the University of Tennessee Libraries, has been named dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at The Pennsylvania State University.

The appointment is effective Aug. 1, 2010, pending approval of Penn State’s board of trustees.

UT Knoxville Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Martin says an interim dean will be named soon, with a search process to begin in the summer.

“Barbara has had a tremendous impact on our library system during her time here at UT,” Martin said. “She has made our library a model for the friendly and expert assistance to faculty and students. Her leadership in digitizing the university’s library offerings and expanding its technology has been outstanding. We will miss her, and we wish her all the best in her new position.”

Prior to coming to UT in 2000, Dewey held administrative positions at the University of Iowa, Indiana University and Northwestern University. She began her library science career at the Minnesota Valley Regional Library in Mankato, Minn.

She is the author or editor of six books. The most recent, “Achieving Diversity,” was published in 2006. She has published articles and presented papers on research library topics including digital libraries, diversity, technology, user education, fundraising, organizational development and human resources.

Dewey is on the board of directors of the Association for Research Libraries and the Digital Library Federation. She serves on advisory boards for the National Museum for Women in the Arts Library, Purdue University Diversity Fellows and Robert Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. She is board member emeritus for the New Media Consortium and past president of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), a consortia of 43 research university libraries in the southeast.

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C O N T A C T :

Charles Primm (865-974-5180, [email protected])

KNOXVILLE — The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in partnership with the Student Government Association-Government Affairs Committee, will host a discussion about “Blogs, Social Media and Political Incivility” on March 23.

The event, free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center, 1640 Cumberland Ave.

Mike Fitzgerald, professor in the Department of Political Science, will introduce the program by discussing the shift from the political dialogue characteristic of civil partisanship to the current political atmosphere of incivility and a lack of cooperation.

UT law professor Glenn Reynolds, creator of Instapundit, a highly read political blog, will talk about the role that blogs and social media play in increasing dialogue on policy issues, as well as increasing polarization on issues and political incivility.

Blogs, Social Media and Political Incivility can be watched live via webcast: http://160.36.161.128/UTK/Viewer/?peid=820239f809404e37922b914e252dec5e.

On March 30, to complement this event, the Baker Center and the SGA-Government Affairs Committee will hold a workshop on learning the process of bipartisan dialogue. Free and open to the public, the workshop, “Training Future Leaders in Civility of Governance,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 30 in the Toyota Auditorium.

The Baker Center, which opened at UT in 2003, develops programs and promotes research to further the public’s knowledge of our system of governance, and to highlight the critical importance of public service, a hallmark of Sen. Baker’s career.

For more about the Baker Center, see http://www.bakercenter.utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, [email protected])

Sèbastien Dubreil
Assistant Professor and French Language Program Director
Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

Expertise:
A native of Nantes (western France), Sèbastien Dubreil moved to the US in 1994 and received his Ph.D. from Emory University in 2002. His research interests include the definition of culture in the foreign language classroom, its place in the curriculum, and the methods of assessment of the acquisition of culture. More specifically, Dubreil has extensively investigated the use of multimedia technologies (video and the Internet) in the teaching of culture in the foreign language classroom. He is also interested in French and Francophone cinema and enjoys teaching film. He was awarded the 2009 College of Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Teaching Award.

Expertise Categories: Contemporary French Culture | Applied Linguistics | Language and Culture | Computer-Assisted Learning | Internet-Mediated Culture Learning

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Phone: 865-235-2794
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~mfll/french/people/bios/dubreil.html