2011-2012 Report
Speakers and Special Occasions Committee
S. Baker, Chair
The purpose of the UTC Speakers & Special Events Committee is defined in the UTC
Faculty Handbook: “The Speakers and Special Events Committee is allocated funds from the activities fee for the purpose of paying honoraria, travel expenses, and other expenses for non-university related speakers or special events presented on campus for students and other members of the University community. All faculty and students are invited to submit a proposal for financial support for speakers, lectures, arts, and entertainment events sponsored by this Committee.”
Members of the Committee with their email addresses, are:
Sybil Baker ENGL
Bumphus, Vic CRMJ
Gailey, Elizabeth COMM
Giffin, Phillip ECON
Harman, William PHIL &
Henley, James MKTG
Kizza, Immaculate ENGL
Love, Sharon Redhawk CRMJ
Ribeiro, Brian PHIL & REL
Ventura, Abbie
President of SGA Shalin Nandlal Shah
SGA: David
For the academic year, the committee was allotted $25000.00 for disbursement among
various agencies and departments on campus to bring to campus programs and speakers
to address issues and topics relevant to the concerns of the sponsor organizations.
The Committee awarded $12,963.00 during the Fall semester round, even though several
of the proposals addressed events that would occur in the Spring. Eighteen awards were given
in the Fall ranging from $200 (Theatre and Speech) to $2,400 (Meacham Conference/English). Twelve proposals were fully funded, six were partially funded, and one was not funded.
During the Spring round of application, the Committee awarded $12,000.00 in grants.
Seventeen requests were full (4) or partially funded (13). Awards ranged from
$100(Theatre and Speech) to $1,700 (Counseling).
Guest Speakers and Events Brought to Campus in the 2011-2012 Year
September 15 Funding Round:
Verbie Prevost. English, Emma Bell Miles and Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature
Tom Gavin Accounting, Accounting Lecture
Brian O’Leary ,Psychology, Deciding to be Green
Heather Small, Music, Guest Artist John Bailey
Dennis Plaisted (on behalf of UTC’s C. S. Lewis Lecture Committee), Philosophy and Religion, CW Lewis lecture
Bart Weathington, Psychology, River Cities I-O Psychology Conference
Marty Coulter, Music, Forest Robinson Clinic
Neslihan Alp, Engineering Management and Technology, Engineering Management Technology Series
Phillip Lewis, Music, Visiting Artist Martina Shenal: Lecture, Demo, Exhibition,
Critiques
Randy Walker, Physical Therapy, Annual PT Forum
M. Shannon Smith, University Center, PERSPECTIVES 2012: The Raymond & Florence Witt Lecture Series
Joe Ellis, Jonathan Mansfield, and Dr. Beverly Brockman, Business Entrepreneurship, from the CEO Club at UTC, You are a social medium
Elizabeth Gailey, Communication, UTC Documentary Film Screening & Filmmaker Presentations
Richard Jackson, English, Meacham Writers’ Workshop
Sin-Hsing Tsai, Music, Variations on Latin America – Duo Piano Recital
Vincent Phillips, Theatre and Speech, Rabiyah A. Karim-Kincey: Black History Month
Richard Apgar, Foreign Language and Literature, The Battle of Missionary Ridge: Creating Memory, Civil War Cycloramas and the American Panorama Company
Joe Wilferth, English, The Everest Peace Project (with cinematographer Brad Clement)
January 17 Funding Round
Mike Jaynes, English, Awake and Engaged
NikolasaTejero, Music River City Clarinet Winter Festival/Richard Shanley Residency
Randy Walker, Physical Therapy, Annual PT Forum
Kay Andrews, Jewish Federation Speakers
Talia Welsh, Women’s Studies/Philosophy,Dr. Carrie Baker-Social Change at the Grassroots: The Women’s Movement Against Sexual Harassment”
Jeannie Hacker-Cerulean, Theatre and Speech, Mountain Top Removal Road Show
Roger Thompson, Criminal Justice, The Influence of School Start Times of Learning and Behavior Patterns
Lee Wind, Music, Shared Visions: The Wind Ensemble and All-State Students in Concert—Sgt. Sherry Burt, Distinguished Alumnus, Soloist
David Aborn, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Communication and Intelligence in Parrots, by Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D Parrots
Carol Oglesby, Counseling, Sex Therapy (Relationship Advice through Humor) with Daniel Packard
LaxmiLuthra, Art, Visiting Artist
Richard Jackson, English, Meacham Writers’ Workshop
Lindsay Irvin, History, "Discorsmachina: Trauma, Grotesquerie, and Chaos in
Literature of War"
Mike. Thompson, History, Desegregating College Football in the Jim Crow South,
1945-1975
Marisa Colston, HHP, Advanced manual therapy techniques
Michelle Rigler, Office for Students with Disabilities, JR Martinez speaker
Sarah Coffman, English, Ann Pancake