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A lifetime at Trevecca: Jim Hiatt retires after 43 years

6Apr

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A lifetime at Trevecca: Jim Hiatt retires after 43 years

By Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor During the summer, a young Jim Hiatt worked as a student building the roof for the university president’s home and digging drainage for Trevecca’s baseball field. After 43 years at the university, he is retiring from the place he once helped build. “It's almost like abandoning the biggest part of my life,” said Hiatt, associate provost and dean of the Skinner School of Business. Hiatt is set to retire later in June. He began as a Trevecca student in the 1970s earning his bachelors in business administration. He also earned a law degree from University of Tennessee and his masters at Middle Tennessee State University. During his time at Trevecca, Hiatt has helped create multiple programs in his department. Before working a...

May Graduate Promoted to Dining Hall Manager

Photo by Natasha Clark Photographer By Emily Gibson Section Editor Kaylah Richey decided in the eighth grade that she wanted to be a chef and manage a dining service of some sort someday. She had no idea she would be living her dream immediately after her college graduation at her alma mater at the age of 22. Richey, who graduated with a business degree in May, was recently promoted from her previous position as student supervisor of the Apple Dining Hall where she managed student workers to the Dining Hall Manager where she now oversees the work of over 30 dining hall staff. “I knew that I’d probably go to a supervisor job and then eventually get to that manager position, but I didn’t know that it would come so quickly, and I’m just very happy with how everything turned...

Alumni won’t be at Homecoming: Events planned for current students

By Diana Leyva Jacob Alumni won't be able to come to the hill for homecoming this year. Instead, campus officials are planning virtual events to attempt to connect with alumni in the midst of a pandemic that makes gatherings like homecoming impossible. “I think for our emotional well-being, it is important to try to capture as much of a sense of normalcy, so that's what we hope to do by sharing these virtual events,” said Michael Johnson, director of alumni and church engagement. An online kit is available for $25, which includes access to the virtual live stream, a Trevecca mask and t-shirt, candy, and popcorn. Ten dollars from each purchase will go towards the Fund for Trevecca Scholarship. While university officials aren't allowing anyone on campus other than...