UT Martin Merit Badge Workshop

Hosted by UT Martin School of Engineering and West TN Area Council

Saturday, January 21st, 2023

UT Martin Campus

Registration opens December 1st.  We will be doing all registrations online www.westtnscouts.org.   Please register as a troop if possible.   It helps with the paperwork.    Multi councils will be attending this event.  Registration closes January 16th.  Instructions for obtaining a parking pass will be sent out once registration has closed.   Parking passes are free to obtain.

Scouts will be asked to follow the buddy system.

Schedule:

• 8:00      Registration begins, University Center, Watkins Auditorium
• 8:20      Potential guest speaker Dr. Keith Carver UT Martin Chancellor
• 8:30      Registration closes
• 8:40      Opening Ceremony
• 9:00      Classes Begin (Scouts will be taken to classrooms)
• 12:00    Lunch –Bring your own
• 1:00      Classes Resume
• 3:30      Classes end (return to Watkins Auditorium for dismissal and pickup)

Notes:

• Parking available in University Center lot building 16, marked on the map on the reverse side of this page. 
• Cost:  $10.00 per Scouts.  $5.00 per Adult wanting a patch.
• Orienteering, Veterinary Medicine, Landscape Architecture, Surveying and will include time spent doing outdoor activities- Dress for the Field!  Emergency Preparedness I the past has spent some time outside as well.
• Questions, contact Chris Winschel, 731-819-3721, winschel.chris@gmail.com. 
• Veterinary Medicine is on far side of campus.    If those going don’t mind driving those without rides to site.     Scouts and Leaders don’t come back at Lunch.   Please take it with you.
• Leaders/Parents if you would kindly spread yourself out among the different classes so we can get our 2 deep adult leadership.   Need to make sure we have male and female leaders spread out.   I also ask that you start the blue cards for the instructors.   That way all they have to do is sign them at the end.   Please return them to table at Watkins Auditorium for distribution.
• Blue Cards will be provided from BlackPug software.    Leaders please pick up cards at the end of merit badge classes.   They will be brought to Watkins Auditorium to the registration table.    Once you have your troops blue cards and scouts you may leave.    We do not have a closing ceremony.   Scouts will be brought back to Watkins Auditorium by Instructors/Leaders.
• Uniforms.   Please ask Scouts to wear Class A uniform.
• Lunch. Please bring your own lunch.   Food Court will be open but lines at Chick-fil-A tend to get hit with long lines.   Veterinarian Medicine will be eating in their rooms so lunch must be brought from home.   Veterinarian Medicine is on the far side of campus and doesn’t return to Watkins Auditorium until the end.
• Merit Badges choices. Scouts will be able to select one

Emergency Preparedness - Nobody is better qualified than Weakley County Emergency Management Agency Director Ray Wiggington, to teach this Eagle-required badge. Learn from the folks who oversee emergencies on a daily basis! 

Engineering - Everything is more fun when you put it to use – even Math and Physics!  Join Dr. Greg Nail, UT Martin Professor of Engineering, in a hands-on exploration of the world of Engineering!

Chemistry  - Have an interest in chemical reactions?   Come and interact with the UTM SMACS Club and Dr. Abigail Shelton

Orienteering - Interested in learning how to read a map and have strong compass skills.   Come and learn with the UT Martin ROTC Skyhawk Battalion

Veterinary Medicine - Dr Clint Ary and fellow UT Martin Veterinary staff will teach this exciting merit badge on the farm at UT Martin.

First Aid - Come and learn with the UT Martin ROTC Skyhawk Battalion.  Scoutmasters gave high compliments last year on this merit badge.

Theater - Do you enjoy being on a stage?   Come learn the Theater merit badge with Professor Phillip Male –scenic design, painting and technical direction and Melanie Hollis—acting, directing, movement and playwriting.

Geology - Dr. Angela Van Boening and the UTM GeoClub will be taking a look at Earths history.   Come find out about the rocks and minerals that make up this planet.

Fish and Wildlife Management - UTM Wildlife Society has always done a fantastic job presenting this merit badge.  If you’re interested in finding out more about wildlife and fish this is the merit badge for you.

Surveying Merit Badge - Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn and her students will be working with the Scouts on this merit badge.   Come find out exactly what they are doing when you see that equipment on the side of road.

Journalism - Tomi McCutchen and Pacer Student Newspaper Staff members.   Ever wonder what it takes to get a newspaper article published?

Crime Prevention  - Dr. Danny Pirtle will be discussing with the youth about crime prevention and how they can help prevent crime.

Programming - Dr. Charles Foltz and Dr. Bob Bradley   will be taking you behind the screen and what makes those codes that makes those digital devices preform for us.

Landscape Architecture - Dr Wesley Totten and   will be working on this merit badge.   This merit badge is enjoyed by both the Scouts and the Leaders attending it as well.   You will be surprised how many leaders take notes.