award and earned a Platinum Award, the highest ranking, for the sixth consecutive year from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS).
=== Television ===
WLJT-TV was launched in the fall of 2015.
== Student life ==
The campus is home to many student organizations. It also is the location of the 1965 founding of the medical fraternity Mu Epsilon Delta. Several fraternities and sororities are on campus. Religious Life is also a part of student life at UT Martin: Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Church of Christ Student Center, and Wesley Foundation.
== Notable alumni ==
Gin Cooley (2016) professional model, Canadian film festival winner, singer-songwriter and human rights advocate
Elizabeth Donald (1997) journalist and horror novelist
Lin Dunn (1969) head coach of the 2012 WNBA Champions Indiana Fever
Doc Gamble (1995) University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff head Football coach
Leonard Hamilton (1971) Florida State Seminoles head basketball coach
Roy Herron (1975) Chairman for Tennessee Democratic Party and …
