Dr. Mike Revelle, a Jackson physician, host of the WBBJ-TV “Healthwatch” program and a UTM graduate, will deliver the fall commencement address.

Commencement will be at 11 a.m., Dec. 17, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center on the UTM campus. Approximately 445 degrees are expected to be awarded.

Revelle, who recently received the UTM Outstanding Young Alumni Award, is an emergency room physician at Jackson-Madison County Hospital. He also is Madison County assistant medical examiner and medical director for Medical Center Emergency Services, Hardeman County Emergency Medical Services, Crockett County First Responder Program and Jackson State Community College Paramedic Program. He is resident delegate to the board of directors, Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians. In March, Revelle returned from Iraq after serving four months as a medical officer in the Tennessee Army National Guard.

He is a native of Crockett Mills, graduating from UTM in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a doctor of medicine from UT College of Medicine in 1999. Revelle was named UTM Outstanding Male Graduate and was vice president of Alpha Gamma Rho. He and his wife, Krista Freeman Revelle, have three children, Collin, Davis and Madeline.

Chancellor Nick Dunagan will preside over the exercises and confer degrees. Dr. Jerry Gresham, University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Alumni Distinguished Service Professor, will be the mace bearer, and the processional marshals will be Dr. Robert LeMaster, faculty senate president; Dr. John Schommer, faculty senate vice president; Al Hooten, vice chancellor for finance and administration, and Len Solomons, vice chancellor for university advancement.

Immediately following commencement ceremonies, a reception will be hosted in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse.