Michael Oher, Whose Story Inspired ‘The Blind Side,’ and Best-Selling Author Dr. Arthur C. Brooks to Speak at UTM Campus on Aug. 28

Martin, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-The University of Tennessee at Martin will welcome two highly noted speakers to campus on Wednesday, Aug. 28, with a free public session scheduled for the afternoon. Harvard professor and best-selling author Dr. Arthur C. Brooks and Michael Oher, the former Tennessee Titan and member of the Baltimore Ravens team that won Super Bowl XLVII, will speak to students and the public. Chancellor Yancy Freeman will moderate a question-and-answer session for both speakers at the 2:30 p.m. session in Watkins Auditorium in the Boling University Center. The event is sponsored by the Institute of American Civics and the University of Tennessee at Martin. The two speakers will have a meet-and-greet session at 11 a.m. in Room 206 of the Boling University Center with a select group of university, faculty, staff and student administrators as well as media members. The opening 25 minutes will feature remarks from the two speakers, and the floor will then be opened for questions for 20 minutes. At noon, the two will speak in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center to UT Martin students, with Oher making introductory remarks for Brooks, who will deliver a traditional keynote speech called “Build the Life You...