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Dr. Jamie Harvey’s UTC journey began in 1975 as a 17-year-old college freshman. For the last 35 years, she has been a full-time member of the UTC faculty. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Jamie Harvey never set out to leave a legacy.<\/p>\n

Yet, after five decades at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, that\u2019s precisely what she has done.<\/p>\n

An associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP), Harvey is stepping down at the end of the semester after 35 years as a full-time faculty member\u2014not to retire, but to \u201crepurpose\u201d her time and energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have more to give, just in a different way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Harvey\u2019s UTC journey began in 1975 as a wide-eyed 17-year-old student\u2014eager to earn her degree and teach elementary school children the importance of staying active. Returning as a faculty member was never part of the plan. She certainly never expected to shape the future of HHP, mentor generations of students and colleagues, or become so deeply involved in campus life that students affectionately call her \u201cMomma Moc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her ties to the University run deep\u2014not just professionally, but personally. Her son, Kell, attended the UTC Children\u2019s Center as a toddler, and now her grandsons\u2014Thomas Mark and Banks\u2014are spending their early years there as well.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Harvey\u2019s influence has extended far beyond the classroom. She served as Faculty Senate president during the pivotal 2019-2020 academic year, was selected to the 2018-2019 All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, and has most recently chaired the Faculty Awards Committee for three years\u2014ensuring faculty recognition remained a priority.<\/p>\n

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As Faculty Senate president, Dr. Jamie Harvey served as macebearer during December 2019 commencement ceremonies.<\/p><\/div>\n

After earning her bachelor\u2019s degree from UTC and her master\u2019s from Eastern Kentucky University, the Red Bank, Tennessee, native returned home with plans to teach elementary physical education.<\/p>\n

Instead, in 1982, she was offered a chance to teach one-hour activity courses at UTC\u2014tennis, racquetball, bowling and swimming. She accepted, thinking it would be temporary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018Yeah, I could do that,\u2019 not ever realizing it would morph into a gradual progression of 40 years of teaching higher education,\u201d Harvey said. \u201cPaths open the door\u2014and it just depends on what steps you take and the changes that you can make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not long after that, she and her husband, Mark\u2014who received his business degree from UTC in 1979\u2014became parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a child care center here on campus,\u201d she explained, \u201cand once Kell turned 2, I thought, \u2018I can come to campus and he\u2019ll be across the parking lot. I can teach three or four classes\u2014and he\u2019s had lunch and taken a nap. That culture was available.\u201d<\/p>\n

The short-term gig evolved into a lifelong career.<\/p>\n

In 1990, Harvey became a full-time faculty member at UTC. From there, her influence only grew as she developed courses, mentored students and younger faculty members, and ultimately shaped the Health and Physical Education (HPE) K-12 program.<\/p>\n

Over the last 35 years, Harvey has \u201cnurtured, inspired and built a legacy of mentorship,\u201d said Associate Professor and HHP Department Head Eric Hungenberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamie Harvey has been instrumental in establishing a culture within the department that is one of respect and support and encouragement,\u201d he said. \u201cShe is at the forefront of establishing a culture of selflessness and optimism. You can\u2019t walk past her and not smile and feel better about your day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer positivity has permeated through this department in ways that cannot be quantified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvey has taken her commitment to connection seriously. For years, she has invited department heads to visit her classes so that students could see a broader picture of the academic world they were entering.<\/p>\n

Professor Marisa Colston, a former longtime HHP department head who has worked with Harvey for 25 years, saw firsthand how much her colleague valued relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has that unique ability to demonstrate how much she cares,\u201d Colston said, \u201cand I think she wants people to know that before they know what she knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Colston and Hungenberg praised the manner in which Harvey has helped welcome new faculty members into the program\u2014especially those starting their higher ed careers.<\/p>\n

Associate Lecturer Bailey Payne, who began working at UTC in 2021, was one of those mentees.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamie is absolutely amazing. She is supportive. She is kind. She loves her students. She treats her students like she would treat her own son,\u201d said Payne, who spent nine years working for Hamilton County Schools as a K-12 physical education content lead before coming to UTC.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is always excited, passionate and open to change because the education landscape changes a lot. We have to update our curriculum pretty regularly, and she\u2019s always open to doing that and researching new opportunities for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

To Payne, Harvey represents more than just a faculty member: she embodies the institution itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is UTC,\u201d Payne said. \u201cShe brings that maternal energy to our program that I know our students are going to miss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jamie

Jamie Harvey (first row, second from right) and the Health, Physical Education and Recreation department’s 1983 Moccasin Yearbook photo. Photo courtesy of UTC Digital Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond teaching, Harvey has documented the history of her department\u2014a project that became personal.<\/p>\n

In 2018, she compiled and published a book tracing UTC\u2019s Health and Human Performance program from its origins in 1918 to its present form.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thought at the time was, \u2018How long have we been a department?\u2019 I started in 1975 as part of this department, but it existed before I came along,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n

The book, which turned out to be a 100-year celebration of the program, became a significant resource for faculty and alums alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were having conversations about all the various program name changes over the years,\u201d Colston recalled, \u201cand that kind of sparked in her mind, \u2018Wow, we really need to look into this history.\u2019 She asked if I would support it and I said, \u2018Absolutely.\u2019 Then she started the research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through yearbooks, archived faculty records and interviews, Harvey chronicled the program\u2019s transformations\u2014\u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough that it\u2019s been HPER, which is Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and EHLS, which is Exercise, Health and Leisure Studies\u201d\u2014to today\u2019s HHP structure.<\/p>\n

She described the research as a deep dive into the institution\u2019s past, uncovering the names and contributions of those who came before her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been through seven department heads since I\u2019ve been a part of this department,\u201d she said. \u201cEight if I count in my undergrad years.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the process of compiling the book, she discovered something even more meaningful: seeing her father, 1957 University of Chattanooga alumnus James Fairbanks, featured in old yearbooks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a real joy going to the library, looking through yearbooks and seeing my dad in them,\u201d she said. \u201cOur University was near and dear to his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jamie

Jamie Harvey’s first known appearance in a University publication: Page 24 of the October 1958 University of Chattanooga alumni news magazine. Photo courtesy of UTC Digital Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

When asked to share some of the highlights of her time at UTC, Harvey shifted the conversation to include former students like Rusty Wright, Rodney Stoker and Tim Starkey\u2014who have gone on to successful coaching careers.<\/p>\n

Harvey was right there with them to celebrate their successes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll say this: it excites me when I can write a (congratulatory) note,\u201d she said. \u201cI did that after Rodney Stoker was named (cross country and track) coach at McCallie School. Tim Starkey at Marion County\u2014his team won the state football championship last year and I sent him a note of congratulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s those outreaches that speak heavily to me. It\u2019s the relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright, UTC\u2019s head football coach since December 2018, was one of her students during his undergraduate days. Decades later, he still credits Harvey with shaping his University experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started school at Chattanooga over 30 years ago, one of the first interactions I had with a professor was with Mrs. Harvey. I enjoyed her class and had her for a couple of others during my time in school. She took a keen interest in her students and followed us closely being student-athletes,\u201d Wright recalled. \u201cOver the years, I would run into her\u2014no matter where I was coaching at the time\u2014and she always had that great smile and warm welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came back as an assistant coach in 2013, she was one of the first on campus to reach out welcoming me back to the University. When I became the head coach in 2018, she reached out as well. I truly can say that she was my professor at one time\u2014but I am so glad to call Mrs. Harvey a friend. She will always be Mrs. Harvey to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvey\u2019s time as Faculty Senate president turned out to be among the defining moments of her UTC career.<\/p>\n

Just months before assuming the role in 2019, she suffered an immense personal loss after her husband passed away from cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat year gave me a continuation of staying focused\u2014even though the grief was still there and still is\u2014to have that blessing of being elected and being able to serve,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She barely had time to process that grief before facing another challenge\u2014guiding the faculty through COVID-19. Working closely with Provost Jerold Hale, she helped launch virtual Q&A sessions to support instructors and ensure a smooth transition to online learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the first time I went to Asheville (North Carolina) and the Southern Conference basketball tournament without Mark\u2014and COVID was starting,\u201d Harvey recalled. \u201c(College of Health, Education and Professional Studies) Valerie Rutledge and I were sitting at a table saying, \u2018What are we going to do? How are we going to maneuver this?\u2019 Dr. Hale was over there, too, and he and I began a conversation about having a Q&A on Zoom with the faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d call that a highlight, organizing that and having him as an administrator be present for faculty\u2014to have those touch points with an administrator\u2014when everybody\u2019s world was swirling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"In

In 2020 during the early months of COVID, Dr. Jamie Harvey led weekly driveway sessions at her home in Red Bank, Tennessee, to help neighbors and UTC coworkers relieve stress.<\/p><\/div>\n

Though stepping away from full-time status, Harvey isn\u2019t stepping away from teaching. This fall, she\u2019ll continue at UTC part-time while also working with elementary school students\u2014balancing her love for education with time spent on her grandchildren, travel and community service.<\/p>\n

Retirement? Not in her vocabulary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t see her completely breaking away. She loves it too much,\u201d Colston said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t let her,\u201d Hungenberg said, laughing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not done teaching; I\u2019m just shifting my focus,\u201d Harvey explained, saying that she\u2019ll be teaching two UTC classes while assisting in elementary schools. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll get some jump ropes out of the closet and encourage a little kindergartener to jump over the rope.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m repurposing my time, my energy and my passion for education. There\u2019s still work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Harvey, that work has always focused on ensuring K-12 students have access to quality physical education. Movement isn\u2019t just exercise, she said; it\u2019s a fundamental part of a child\u2019s development, shaping confidence, teamwork and lifelong wellness habits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to educate in health and physical education, and what that means is that it needs to carry on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Though she is lightening her workload, Harvey\u2019s presence at UTC will remain strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could stay here until I\u2019m 75 years old, but I don\u2019t need to,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s time to step aside and let someone else begin their career here\u2014and I truly hope they find as much joy in this as I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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