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EDUCATION
2024-25 tuition and fee increases approved for UT Martin
MARTIN, Tenn. – A 3% in-state undergraduate tuition increase for University of Tennessee at Martin students was approved June 25 for the 2024-25 academic year by the UT Board of Trustees during the final day of the board’s annual meeting in Knoxville. Specific fees increases were also approved...
Bethel: Broad Budget Cuts, Staff Reductions, Some Sports Programs Eliminated
McKenzie, Tenn.–When Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, announced June 1, 2024, their swimming pool was closed after months of staffing and maintenance issues, it should have been obvious circulating rumors about the future of Wildcat swimming were probably true and that the swim team was in danger. On Wednesday,...
Fulton Independent Schools superintendent resigns, interim selected
FULTON, Ky. — The Fulton Independent Board of Education has selected Heath Cartwright as its interim superintendent effective Monday, July 1, the board announced Thursday. According to a news release from Fulton Independent Schools, Superintendent Jeff Rogers resigned from the position effective Sunday, June 30, and the school district has formed a search committee to begin the process of finding a permanent superintendent.
Schlicht Earns 2024 UT President’s Award
MARTIN, Tenn. – Jennifer Schlicht, who serves on University of Tennessee Foundation Inc. (UTFI) staff at the University of Tennessee at Martin, was one of six recipients of the 2024 UTFI President’s Award presented at a ceremony at the Embassy Suites in Franklin during the UT Foundation Fiscal Year 2025 Planning Forum.
Union City High School Names New Head Coach for Tennis Programs
Union City is turning to one of its own in a restructuring of its high school tennis program. School Communications Director Mike Hutchens said Maddie (King) Britt, who helped the Lady Tornadoes to four consecutive state team tournament berths as a player and three times competed in the state doubles tourney, has been named head coach of the boys’ and girls’ programs.
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