Alan Windham
Professor
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Expertise:
Alan Windham can discuss diseases of trees, ornamental plants and turfgrass. He is a member of the UT Dogwood Working Group, the UT Turf Team, and the UT Rose Team.
Expertise Categories: Entomology | Plant Pathology
Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 615-835-4572
Web: http://eppserver.ag.utk.edu/personnel/WindhamA/windhama.htm
The University of Tennessee College of Law has added a Wills Clinic to its clinical offerings. Law students will prepare wills, powers of attorney, living wills, and other estate planning documents free of charge for eligible clients under the supervision of adjunct professor Barbara Johnson, an experienced estate planner. Client eligibility depends on financial wherewithal and other factors.
The Wills Clinic is underwritten by a grant from the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Amy Morris Hess, a UT Knoxville Distinguished Service Professor, the Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis and Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law, and an academic fellow of ACTEC, was instrumental in obtaining the two-year grant. The grant includes seed money to establish a permanent endowment for the Wills Clinic.
The Wills Clinic will accept members of the nonexempt staff of the University as clients as time permits and provided that the staff members meet all the guidelines.
If you are interested in having the Wills Clinic do estate planning for you, contact Patti Anderson at 974-2331.
The Office of the Chancellor is seeking nominations of outstanding teachers and academic advisors. Nominees will be considered for a “Chancellor’s Teaching Award” or a “Chancellor’s Advising Award.”
Teaching performance is a critically important component of our university community. Nominations for the teaching award should be for those who demonstrate the ability to communicate knowledge that significantly separates their skills in knowledge dissemination from all other teachers on the campus.
Advising is a foundation for student guidance within our university community, so nominations for the advising award should be of those who demonstrate significant ability in communicating with and guiding students through the university system which helps them achieve their desired academic and career goals.
For more information on the nomination process or to obtain a nomination form, contact Lloyd M. Rinehart, Chair of the Teaching / Learning Council, at [email protected].
Nominations are due by Friday, Feb. 5.
KNOXVILLE – Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” will run February 4-21, 2010 in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Carousel Theatre. This production contains adult content.
“This play is an example–an ancient example–of a culture’s effort to make sense of the incomprehensibility of man’s existence. It raises searching questions about man’s place in the world–is man free or are his actions predetermined by some supernatural force? This question is at the heart of Sophocles’ play and one that has perplexed philosophers and theologians for centuries,” said director John Sipes. “Oedipus left his home to escape his “destiny” only to learn later that he had precisely fulfilled the god’s horrific prediction. Ironically, it is Oedipus’ choice to uncover the truth that destroys him; it is in exercising his free will that he discovers the horrible truth of his existence.”
Sipes is a second-year faculty member in the UT Theatre Department. Prior to this, he was the Resident Movement Director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. In thirteen seasons at the Festival, he worked on over 100 productions. Before joining the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he directed shows and choreographed fights for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival for twelve seasons; he served as the Festival’s Artistic Director from 1990 to 1995. Recent directing credits include “Love’s Labour’s Lost” and “All My Sons” at the Clarence Brown, “Henry VIII” and “King John” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, “The Year of Magical Thinking” and “The Hollow” at the Milwaukee Rep, and “Julius Caesar” at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. He received an MFA in Acting from Indiana University. He is a certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique (AmSat), and a certified actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. John also trained in Corporeal Mime with Etienne Decroux in Paris, and studied with Tadashi Suzuki in Japan.
The cast includes many talented resident artists, MFA students, and community actors, all of whom have been seen regularly on the CBT stages. They are: David Alley, Carol Mayo Jenkins, David Kortemeier, Donald Thorne, Cycerli Ash, Jessica Ripton and Matt Ventura.
The cast also includes three visiting guest artists. Jeremy Holm, a New York actor, returns to play the role of “Oedipus.” He previously appeared in the CBT productions of “Anna Karenna” and “The Trojan Women.” Elizabeth Norment, also a New York actor, will play the role of “Jocasta.” She has appeared on regional theatre stages, Broadway and in film and television, and she most recently performed in the one-woman show “The Year of Magical Thinking” at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Ned Schmidtke, formerly based in Chicago, now resides in Los Angeles where he maintains a busy career in television, film and theatre.
Visiting guest artist, Jennifer Tipton, designed the lights.
“Ms. Tipton is a two-time Tony Award and two-time Drama Desk Award winning Lighting Designer, and a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award. She has designed lights for theatre and dance on Broadway and in regional theatres across the country. In addition to her prolific professional career, Ms. Tipton has taught Lighting Design at the Yale School of Drama since 1981 where she has inspired countless young designers many of whom are now significant professional designers themselves. We all feel privileged to have the opportunity to collaborate with an artist of Ms. Tipton’s caliber,” Sipes said.
MFA set design student, Mary Pingree, designed the set.
“The set contains some architectural elements that harken back to the ancient theatres of Greece, and some others that could be found in our city centers today. So, the set will appear simultaneously foreign and familiar, old and new, much in the same haunting way the story of “Oedipus Rex” feels–at once mysteriously distant and unreal, while at the same time, disturbingly recognizable and very real,” Sipes said.
Marianne Custer, head of Design at UT, designed the costumes.
“Marianne’s costume designs suggest a modern world while simultaneously evoking aspects of the ancient past. Her designs, as always, contributed immeasurably to the shaping of our approach to the play” Sipes said.
UT Theater faculty member, Terry Silver-Alford, and resident sound designer, Mike Ponder, collaborated as Composer and Sound Designer.
“Our production will include some of Terry’s original music played on a “prepared piano.” Terry’s music captures exquisitely the mystery and haunting beauty of the play,” Sipes said.
Preview for the show is February 4. Opening night is February 5. The show runs to February 21. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Matinees begin at 2 p.m. For tickets, call the Clarence Brown Theatre box office at 865-974-5161, Tickets Unlimited at 865-656-4444 or online at http://www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.
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Who: Clarence Brown Theatre in the Carousel Theatre
What: “Oedipus the King”
When: Feb. 4-21. 2010, 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Tickets: Preview: Adult $20, UT Fac/Staff—BOGO $17, Seniors $17, Students $12, UT Students Free with ID
Opening: Adults $33, Students $20, UT Students $10 with ID
Wed/Thursday: Adults $22, UT Fac/Staff—BOGO $19 Seniors $19, Students $12, UT Students $5 with ID
Weekends: Adults $27, UT Fac/Staff-BOGO $22, Seniors $22, Students $15, UT Students $5 with ID
Box Office: 974-5161 or http://www.clarencebrowntheatre.com
The University of Tennessee and the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) are teaming up to host H1N1 vaccine clinics before two upcoming basketball games. KCHD medical staff will administer the shots free to the public at the Jan. 31 men’s game against Florida from 11 a.m. until everyone is served after the game, and at the Feb. 4 Lady Vols game against Arkansas from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. or the last person is served.
Both clinics will be in the Pratt Pavilion basketball practice facility adjacent to Thompson-Boling Arena, on the corner of Lake Loudoun and Phillip Fulmer Drive. A second location also will be set in Arena Dining Room “A” at the Phillip Fulmer Drive entrance during the Feb. 4 game.
The clinic will remain open throughout the men’s game on Jan. 31 to service the crowd before and after the game. Game attendees will not be allowed to leave and re-enter the arena once they have presented their ticket, so they should take advantage of the clinic before entering or after leaving the game. People not attending the game may come after tip-off for their vaccines.
“We’ll have plenty of staff available to administer the vaccines and move people through the lines quickly,” said Ranee Randby of the Knox County Health Department. “We appreciate the chance to partner with UT Athletics and hope we’ll be able to reach a lot of people with these clinics.”
KCHD staff will screen for any age requirements, medical issues or additional follow-up needed. For more information, contact the Knox County Health Department at (865) 215-5534.
KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee College of Engineering has appointed Todd Reeves as the new director for the Office of Professional Practice. Reeves started work in January after serving 21 years in private industry, where he focused on new product development, team leadership and customer relationship management.
Reeves’ most recent position was with Emerson, working for the Knoxville-based Machinery Health Management business as a senior staff engineer and product manager. In this role, he focused on the creation and global market launch of new machinery condition monitoring products for the process industries. Reeves previously worked for General Dynamics Electric Boat division in Groton, Conn., as a sound and vibration design engineer, where he assessed the acoustic acceptability of nuclear submarine propulsion plant systems.
“Having been in the types of positions that engineering students are aspiring to reach, I believe he can bring a fresh perspective to the office,” said Masood Parang, associate dean for academic and student affairs in the college. “The combination of his engineering and marketing background uniquely qualifies him for working with employers, faculty and students to further UT’s engineering co-op and internship program.”
Since moving to Knoxville in 1991, Reeves has been an active member of the Knoxville community, leading and participating in various civic organizations. He holds seven patents in the area of machine condition monitoring, has been a conference speaker while also publishing 20 articles and presentations in various conference proceedings and trade journals. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, a Master of Science in mechanical engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn.
The UT Office of Professional Practice is the second oldest cooperative education program in the Southeast, established in 1926. The program combines classroom learning with educationally relevant, productive work experience in a field related to students’ academic and career goals.
For more information, contact Kim Cowart, Engineering Communications Director, at (865) 974-0686 or [email protected].
Innovative changes in university teaching spaces will be the topic of discussion Monday, Jan. 25, at the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center, 103 Aconda Court.
Robert Beichner from North Carolina State University will hold an informal meeting at 2 p.m. to discuss the SCALE-UP Project. Educational research indicates that learning is enhanced in collaborative environments where students work on interesting tasks together, have significant interaction with faculty who roam the classroom, and are deeply involved in their learning process. The SCALE-UP Project was designed to provide environmental classroom designs and teaching methods to facilitate this type of learning.
The SCALE-UP Project has arguably begun to radically change the way large classes are taught at major universities. SCALE-UP stands for “Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs.” In its relatively short existence, SCALE-UP has already worked with dozens of research universities, helping to create meaningful changes in the student learning experience.
In this open session, Beichner, the director of SCALE-UP, will provide an overview of the project and lead a discussion of facilitating change within large institutions.
For more information on the presentation, contact David Schumann at [email protected].
This article in Brentwood Home Page features the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, based in the UT Knoxville Department of Geography.
KNOXVILLE — Three colleges at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, would charge extra tuition per credit hour, under a plan being proposed by Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek.
The plan was outlined at the UT Board of Trustees’ Trusteeship Committee and Executive and Compensation Committee meeting on Jan. 20. If approved by the Board of Trustees in February, the differential tuition program would go into effect at the beginning of the fall semester 2010.
Under the plan, juniors and seniors in the Colleges of Nursing, undergraduates taking business courses and all students taking engineering courses would pay differential tuition – that is, a supplemental per-credit-hour charge in addition to university tuition. These differential tuition charges would increase in the future at the same percentage rate as university tuition increases. The extra funds are needed because those three colleges are facing extraordinary growth and need additional staffing and state-of-the-art technology to keep pace with the demand.
“UT graduates in business, engineering and nursing are among the most employable college graduates in the state; these areas are where there are jobs – well-paying jobs,” Cheek said. “Consequently, student demand for these areas of study is outpacing our ability to accommodate students. Without this differential tuition, we will have to limit enrollment in these areas.
“Officials in all three colleges have spoken with groups of their students and have gotten tremendous support for these plans,” he said. “UT Knoxville students realize they are getting a top-notch education at an affordable price. Students tell us they want to maintain, and grow, the caliber of their education because they know a UT Knoxville degree is a tremendous asset to their future.”
Cheek said many of UT’s peer institutions already charge differential tuition in these areas.
Here is a detailed look at each college’s differential tuition proposal:
College of Nursing
The college would charge juniors and seniors an extra $90 per credit hour.
Juniors in nursing take 30 credits per year and seniors take 31 credits per year. At those levels, juniors and seniors would pay an extra $2,700 and $2,790 per year, respectively. That amounts to an extra $5,490 for the two years.
UT nursing students now pay undergraduate tuition and fees of $6,850 per year. The differential tuition would push that amount to $9,550 for juniors and $9,640 for seniors.
Elsewhere in Tennessee, nursing students’ annual tuition now ranges from $6,343 per year at East Tennessee State University – the only school with tuition lower than UT Knoxville — to $22,360 per year at Belmont University.
Many colleges and universities nationwide already charge differential tuition for nursing students. Fees and surcharges are also common. For example, nursing students at the University of Arizona pay $8,358 per year plus a $383 per semester surcharge; students at West Virginia University pay $12,692 per year plus a fee of $150 per semester; and students at the University of Pittsburgh pay $14,104 per year plus lab fees of $35 to $70 per course.
UT’s nursing curriculum consists of two years of prerequisite courses, such as English, science, math and humanities, followed by two years of upper-division nursing courses.
The College of Nursing currently admits 96 students per year. Plans are to increase enrollment by eight students next year and eight more students the next year. By 2010, the college will have 200 students in its upper-division nursing courses.
Based on that number, the College of Nursing anticipates net revenue from the differential tuition to be $548,640 per year. That money would be used to hire 2.5 new faculty members and upgrade technology.
Joan Creasia, dean of the College of Nursing, said the cost of educating nurses is high because the college is mandated to have a faculty-student ratio of 1-to-8 and hospitals are pressing for a 1-to-6 ratio.
“Although there is a current nursing shortage which is projected to worsen over the next decade, there is no shortage of applicants seeking admission to the College of Nursing,” Creasia said. “We had more than 500 applicants for our fall 2009 freshman class who indicated they wanted to major in nursing. During the past several years, applications from juniors who want to be in our clinical nursing major have outnumbered available slots nearly 3-to-1. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to accommodate the demand; enrollment in the College of Nursing clinical major has been limited by available fiscal resources.”
Also, Creasia notes, hospitals that provide students with their clinical education mandate the college maintain a faculty-student ratio of 1-to-8.
College of Business Administration
The college would charge all undergraduates taking business courses an extra $50 per credit hour.
For students taking a typical full load, the differential tuition will equate to an additional $700 in the sophomore year and $1,200 in each of the junior and senior years. It will result in about $3,100 in differential tuition for a business major over the three years in which a student takes business courses. For a business minor, the total amount will be about $1,200 over the three years the student takes business courses.
In the past five years, the number of undergraduates studying business has more than doubled, from 2,516 to 5,135, while the number of faculty in the college has declined by six.
Funds from the differential tuition will prevent the college from having to reduce faculty when stimulus funding goes away in 2011-12. The funding will be used to hire eight new tenure-track faculty and nine new non-tenure faculty.
The college also would hire four new undergraduate advisers and one new career placement staff member. At UT Knoxville now, the student-to-adviser ratio is 1-to-978 — compared to 1-to-712 at the University of Florida; 1-to-500 at the University of Alabama; and 1-to-233 at the University of Georgia.
The differential tuition will raise about $4.5 million and “will allow us to keep up with the growth that we expect to continue without infringing on the budgets of other units on campus or requiring us to significantly reduce the number of students majoring and minoring in business,” college Dean Jan Williams said.
Differential tuition in businesses schools is common at many colleges and universities across the country.
“In the SEC, the universities of Arkansas, Kentucky and Alabama and Auburn University are examples of schools that currently have undergraduate business fees or differential tuition, and the University of South Carolina differential is approved for 2010-11,” Williams said. “When considered in the context of the HOPE Scholarship for UT undergraduate students, a UT degree in business provides significant value at a relatively low cost.”
About $500,000 received from differential tuition funds would be used to augment instruction in other courses that business majors are required to take, fund computer hardware and software improvements, and provide other forms of educational enrichment.
College officials said they plan to solicit private monies for scholarships for business majors who may need assistance.
College of Engineering
For eight years, the College of Engineering has charged differential tuition of $25 per credit hour on the first eight hours of coursework. The college’s new proposal would increase that by $20 — to $45 per credit hour for all engineering courses taken by undergraduate and graduate students.
The differential tuition will mean about $680 per year, or about $2,700 for a student completing a four-year degree.
“Our differential tuition was established to cover the costs of laboratory courses, and purchase critical equipment and engineering software – all to ensure that engineering students are ready to enter the workplace with the tools needed to compete in a technological world that is rapidly advancing in complexity,” Dean Wayne Davis said. “In the past eight years, substantial increases in the costs of software, equipment and instruction tools have often surpassed that of inflation.”
Also, during the past five years, undergraduate enrollment in the College of Engineering has increased by 18 percent and number of doctoral students has increased by 37 percent. At the same time, however, there has been little or no increase in full-time tenure track or tenured faculty.
Davis said a survey done last year by the SEC Deans’ Group that found that differential tuition at SEC engineering schools now ranges from $35 to $50 per credit hour – which means UT’s proposed $45-per-credit-hour charge will be in line with other schools in the region
The College of Engineering has about 3,000 students, or about 11 percent of UT Knoxville’s enrollment. The college’s current projected enrollment growth is 25 to 30 percent over the next five years.
Based on fiscal year 2009 student credit hours, the proposed differential tuition would raise about $2 million.
The money would be used to add faculty lines; enhance program advising and career services, including programs to provide students with greater access to international exchange programs; provide state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, as well as access to software and tools that graduates will encounter in the work world; provide enhanced research experiences and offer need-based scholarships for students.
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C O N T A C T :
Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, [email protected])
KNOXVILLE — The College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is sending a team of four instructors to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to teach two customized Lean for Healthcare courses at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.
It is the first time UT faculty — who have delivered the course for organizations in Italy, Germany, Canada and across the U.S. — have tailored the course for healthcare professionals in the Middle East.
A customized one-day lean healthcare overview will be delivered to approximately 40 senior King Faisal healthcare executives; a customized five-day Lean for Healthcare course will be delivered to approximately 40 King Faisal healthcare practitioners.
“We’re excited to take the expertise we’ve developed in this area to another part of the world,” said Ted Stank, associate dean of executive education in UT’s College of Business Administration. “This opportunity illustrates how global the reputation of our college and curriculum has become.”
Developed in 2007, Lean for Healthcare is a five-day program offered through the College of Business Administration’s Center for Executive Education. Designed for hospital executives, physician leaders, nursing executive and medical suppliers, the course teaches how to efficiently deliver quality healthcare by identifying and eliminating waste. Instructors include academics, lean practitioners and physicians who have gone through the program and have successfully implemented lean in their work environments.
The opportunity to take the Lean for Healthcare course to Saudi Arabia came about, in part, because five physicians associated with King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center graduated from the University of Tennessee’s Physician Executive MBA program (PEMBA). PEMBA has trained over 350 physician leaders from 45 U.S. states; Saipan; Puerto Rico; and eight other countries, including Saudi Arabia. Lean is one of the organizational improvement philosophies taught in PEMBA.
“In Lean for Healthcare, the patient is the center of everything,” said Jody Crane, a 2004 PEMBA graduate who helped develop and is a lead faculty member for the Lean for Healthcare program. Crane is an emergency physician at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., and business director of Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance.
By applying lean principles, Crane and his team reduced the length of stay in the Mary Washington Hospital emergency department by more than 38 percent — from over four hours in 2004 to two hours and 30 minutes in 2009. They also decreased the rate with which patients leave without being seen by almost 90 percent — from a high of 13 percent in 2003 to 1.5 percent in 2009. In essence, the team created the capacity to treat 38 percent more patients with similar resources.
Crane, who is traveling to Saudi Arabia, said UT’s Lean for Healthcare curriculum applies to for-profit and nonprofit healthcare facilities, as well as facilities that operate in countries having a government-run healthcare system.
“The curriculum is the same; it’s robust enough to apply to just about any healthcare setting,” Crane said.
For more about the Lean for Healthcare program, see http://LeanHealthcare.utk.edu.
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C O N T A C T :
Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, [email protected])
Cindy Raines (865-974-4359, [email protected])
A Haitian girl rests after receiving treatment at an ad hoc medical clinic
Many of our faculty, staff and students are involved in efforts to support Haiti as the nation struggles to recover from the catastrophic earthquake that hit last week. This page will serve as a clearinghouse for the information we receive about these efforts; however, please be aware that this is secondhand information.
Many of the events listed here are not sponsored by the university, so we cannot ensure their legitimacy. We encourage you to investigate involvement opportunities thoroughly. We will keep this page updated as more local and regional efforts are shared.
Michael Handelsman, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and professor in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish), is the co-editor of a book, “Globalization and its Apparitions (La Globalización y sus Espejismos),” recently published by the distinguished Ecuadorian publisher El Conejo. The work is a collective effort by 13 humanists from five different countries, reflecting upon the contradictory and conflicted nature of globalization.
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Haitao Liao, joint professor in Industrial and Information Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
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Norman Magden, professor in the School of Art, has received a First Place in Experimental Film award for his film, “CAFÉ,” at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. The film also was selected for screening at festivals in Hollywood, New Orleans, Denver, and Quito, Ecuador.
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Adboulaye Yansané, GTA in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (French), has just had his first novel, “Destinées,” published with Editions Phoenix. In this novel, Amidou Camara, after the violent arrest of his father, leaves his native Guinea at the age of 5 and begins a long journey into exile. In Mali, then in Senegal, he leads a picaresque life under the protective gaze of his mentor, Maam Matty Diop.
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Dolly Young, professor in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish), has just published ¡Vívelo! with John Wiley and Sons, Inc. This first-year comprehensive textbook and program includes an electronic activities manual, self-tests and assignment questions, animated grammar tutorials, voice-recording questions and voice boards powered by Wimba. The entire textbook is also digitized with audio and video. The textbook takes an anthropological and socio-cultural approach to content for the purpose of breaking down stereotypes and broadening students’ perspectives so they are less ethnocentric.
Bill Stetar
Human Performance Technology Consultant
Center for Industrial Services
Expertise:
Bill Stetar can discuss human resources, organizational effectiveness, change management and leadership development.
Expertise Categories: Human Resources | Effectiveness | Management | Leadership
Contact Information
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cis.tennessee.edu/productivity/hpt/
University of Tennessee employees and their families with incomes less than $49,000 may be eligible to receive free assistance with preparing their income tax returns. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) programs are certified by the Internal Revenue Service and operated by trained and certified community volunteers.
The free assistance is being promoted by The United Way of Greater Knoxville’s Knoxville Alliance for Financial Independence, as a way to help individuals maximize their refunds through free tax preparation and the claiming of tax credits such as Earned Income Tax and Child Tax Credits.
Many people need access to their tax refunds quickly and are therefore vulnerable to using rapid refund tax services that charge fees and high-interest refund loans. The idea behind VITA is to offer these individuals and families a no-cost alternative to make sure they get as much money back as they are eligible for to help stabilize their financial situation.
For example, many rapid refund preparation businesses overlook the Earned Income Tax credit that is available to low income families. This credit alone can be as much as $4,500, based on income and family size. This can make quite a substantial difference in the amount of their refund.
Participants do not need to be Knox County residents to receive VITA’s free services. For questions or further information, contact Anna Seale with Consumer Credit Counseling Service at 865-329-8006 or [email protected].
KNOXVILLE – For the fifth year in a row, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will compete in RecycleMania, an annual, intercollegiate recycling and waste reduction competition that takes place over ten weeks during the spring semester.
From January 17 through March 27, amounts of trash and recycling collected from every building on campus will be monitored and reported, and rankings will be posted each week comparing UT Knoxville with the hundreds of other colleges and universities competing nationwide. Last year 510 campuses collectively recycled more than 69.4 million pounds of waste, with UT Knoxville collecting 343,750 pounds.
“I’m very excited for this year’s competition,” said Environmental Coordinator Jay Price. “Last year we had awesome student participation and this year we’re hoping for 100% participation in residence halls. UT Knoxville has a long tradition of being environmentally conscious, and RecycleMania is a great way to showcase that.”
The competition kicks off on Wednesday, January 20th from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in University Center room 227 with giveaways, raffle prizes, recycling-themed games, and a waste-free breakfast for anyone who signs a pledge to support UT’s efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling.
UT Knoxville maintains a comprehensive recycling program, collecting paper, cardboard, aluminum, steel, plastics # 1-7, batteries, electronics, yard waste and a variety of other materials. Last year 1,144 tons of material was recycled on campus.
Nationally, RecycleMania is sponsored and produced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WasteWise Program, Keep America Beautiful, and the College and University Recycling Council. More information and rankings can be found on the national RecycleMania website at http://www.recyclemania.org, and on the RecycleMania – University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chapter Facebook page.
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Contact:
Alexandra Virtanen, Public Relations Coordinator
Facilities Services Department
(865) 974-2510, [email protected]
KNOXVILLE — This week the university’s dining service announced a name change, extended hours of operation and new campus locations.
ARAMARK, which operates campus dining, announced that they were changing the service’s name from UT Campus Dining to UT Volunteer Dining, to better connect with the spirit and energy of the university.
UT Volunteer Dining has added new locations and revamped some existing food service locations on campus in an effort to better serve the public:
UT Volunteer Dining also announced extended hours of operation at Smokey’s, which will now be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday. Meal Equivalency will be accepted for dinner at Smokey’s.
For more information on these changes, contact UT Volunteer Dining at 974-4111.
In this Wall Street Journal article, UT Knoxville law professor and “Instapundit” blogger Glenn Reynolds reviews Jaron Lanier’s new book “You Are Not A Gadget.”
Bertin Louis
Lecturer
Africana Studies
Expertise:
Bertin Louis Jr. can discuss the social and economic impacts of the 2010 earthquake and 2008 hurricanes that struck Haiti, and he can place those natural disasters within their short-term and long-term historical contexts.
A cultural anthropologist, Louis’ research interests include cultural identity, the African diaspora, gender, globalization, Haitian Protestantism, transnationalism and diversity in higher education. He has lectured on these topics in Europe, the Caribbean, Southern Africa and the United States.
In 2007, he became an Inaugural Member of the Washington University Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at Yale University . Some of his other most recent awards are a Fulbright Award from the International Institute of Education, the National Dean’s List Award, a Lambda Alpha Collegiate Honor Society for Anthropology Award , and the Washington University International and Area Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant.
Expertise Categories: Cultural Identity | Haiti | African Diaspora
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-2139
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~africana/people/louis.htm
Faculty Appreciation Week is being planned for Feb. 17-23. In preparation, we are collecting stories about great UT faculty members. Do you work with someone who is an extraordinary teacher? Do you know a dedicated researcher whose work should be recognized? Do you have a colleague who deserves a special pat on the back? Send your stories to [email protected].
The Spring 2010 Ready for the World Passports have arrived and are ready for distribution.
The Passport is a calendar and guide to many of the international and intercultural events taking place on campus and in the community through the end of the academic year.
If you would like free Passports to distribute to your classes, please contact Amy Blakely at 974-5034 or [email protected]. Please indicate the number of Passports you’d like and where they can be sent via campus mail.