UTM faculty and staff began last week with the annual Opening Celebration breakfast and Opening Meeting, in the Boling University Center.
Chancellor Yancy Freeman spoke with the group mentioning
this year’s highlights including the university’s 125th anniversary, which will be celebrated throughout the school year, beginning October 10th.
He also announced that this would be the last year for Browning Residence Hall. At the end of the spring 2026 semester, it will be razed, and a 400-bed residence hall would be built at its site. The new residence hall is expected to be opened in fall 2027.
Phase 2 of HVAC work at the Hall-Moody Administration Building is taking place during this school year and is expected to be completed in late spring or early summer 2026.
2024 UTM attained its largest enrollment since 2012 of over 7,500 students.
The university received $8 million in grant funding for Fiscal Year 2025 and more than $17 million in sponsored projects over the last two fiscal years.
Ground was broken for the building of the Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology Hub.
The university received approval of construction of a Business Administration Building.
The university added the Skyhawks Achieving In Life (SAIL) program, funded through a Tennessee Believes grant.
UTM student-athletes had a grade-point average of 3.37 in the spring 2025 semester, marking the best GPA in recorded history for UTM athletics and the 11th straight semester for student-athletes to boast a GPA of 3.2 or better.
The 2024 season marked the fourth straight year for football to claim at least a share of the conference title and the second postseason win in the university’s history as an NCAA Division I member.
The equestrian team won a conference title and earned a bid to the national championship.
The tractor team placed 10th at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition, the best finish in the university’s 13-year history of competition.
