Kim Midkiff Appointed Outreach Coordinator
Kim Midkiff has been appointed as coordinator of Academic Outreach in the College of Arts & Sciences office.
Having served the college’s Department of Theatre since 2002 in both outreach and instructional roles, Kim brings a wealth of expertise to the College Office of Academic Outreach and Communications. Her efforts will have an even broader influence than in her previous role, as she works with faculty in the college’s twenty-five departments and schools and fourteen interdisciplinary programs.
The College of Arts & Sciences is very fortunate to have Kim join the college office. Her experience teaching undergraduates and interacting with faculty in the college, combined with her several years of experience working with local schools, has equipped her well to administer the college’s service learning program. As a native East Tennessean, Kim has developed broad-reaching community connections and relationships that will also serve the college well.
Kim completed both the B.A. and M.F.A. at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She began working with the Department of Theatre as a graduate student, where she eventually accepted a staff position. In addition to administering outreach programs and grants, she has taught workshops and classes in theatre. This semester she is teaching Theatre 411, “Theatre History: Antiquity to Restoration.”
As service learning coordinator, Kim will collaborate with faculty to develop service learning components in their classes and to place their students in school or community settings, affording students the opportunity to provide a needed community service as they enhance their classroom learning.
Kim’s responsibilities will also include serving as editorial director of the Academic Outreach Newsletter and playing a leading role in outreach programming in the humanities and visual and performing arts.
Kim’s appointment to the Academic Outreach office extends significantly our capacity to serve the faculty and department heads in the college as well as our constituents in the community.