Local student begins classes at UT Martin

Gerpouria Minter, of Whiteville, and Latrice Huntley, of Memphis, pause on campus during the first day of fall classes at the University of Tennessee at Martin on Aug. 24.
Minter is a senior majoring in food and nutrition/dietetics, and Huntley is a senior majoring in sociology.
A freshman class of more than 1,000 students began arriving Aug. 21 to participate in the university’s First-Year Initiative Welcome Weekend, an orientation program that prepares students to navigate the university environment. All day and evening classes began Monday.