{"id":403,"date":"2012-05-22T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giving.utm.my\/?p=403"},"modified":"2012-05-22T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T07:46:18","slug":"utm-discovery-park-partnership-celebrated-with-new-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/2012\/05\/22\/utm-discovery-park-partnership-celebrated-with-new-endowment\/","title":{"rendered":"UTM, Discovery Park partnership celebrated with new endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:17 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"1\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The University of Ten-nessee at Martin recently received $300,000 from the Kathleen Elam Endowment that will be used to establish the Elam\/Discovery Park Quasi-Endowment.<br \/>\nThe Park Quasi-Endow-ment will be used to fund student internships and faculty stipends for UT Martin students and faculty working and conducting research at Discovery Park of America (DPA).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a true partnership between UT Martin and DPA,\u201d Elam trustee Betty Smith said. \u201cIt is appropriate for the Elam Endowment to be used for faculty and students. Education and life-long learning are missions of both UT Martin and Discovery Park.\u201d<br \/>\nAl Creswell, also an Elam trustee, facilitated the gift and serves on the DPA board of directors.<br \/>\nDiscovery Park of America, currently under construction in Union City, will focus on nature, science, technology, history and art. Discovery Park\u2019s mission is to enhance the educational experiences of children and adults and to inspire them to see beyond their current level of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The Robert E. and Jenny D. Kirkland Foundation is Discovery Park\u2019s principal benefactor. The Kirklands are longtime supporters of educational pursuits in the area and they share in the vision and mission of Discovery Park.<br \/>\n\u201cWe anticipate this as just the beginning of a productive and long-term relationship between the university and Discovery Park,\u201d Robert Kirkland said. Published in The Messenger 5.14.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:17 pm The University of Ten-nessee at Martin recently received $300,000 from the Kathleen Elam Endowment that will be used to establish the Elam\/Discovery Park Quasi-Endowment. The Park Quasi-Endow-ment will be used to fund student internships and faculty stipends for UT Martin students and faculty working and conducting research at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvcdev.utm.my\/endowmen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}