Dr. Dawn Wilkins, a professor in the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Biological Sciences, and former resident of Hohenwald, has been named the university's 2021 spring semester Featured Faculty Scholar. She was honored April 15 with a reception in the Paul Meek Library, and her name will be added to a plaque bearing the names of past recipients that is permanently displayed in the library.

Wilkins is pictured working with then UT Martin student Benjamin Chrestman, a natural resources management major from Adamsville, who graduated in May 2020.

Wilkins began her career at UT...