The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences held its Annual Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, April 25th in the Hollingsworth Auditorium on the Agriculture Campus to celebrate the conclusion of another successful academic year.
Recipients of recognition at this year’s events are:
- Mary Helen Byers Award – Recipient: Lee Murphy Awarded to a faculty member or team in the Department of Nutrition to promote the College’s mission through innovative teaching.
- Frances Speight Clark Award – Recipient: Kristina Kintziger Used for faculty enrichment and development in the health or human sciences areas of Child and Family Studies; Nutrition; Public Health; or Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management.
- Irma Fitch Giffels Award – Recipient: Heidi Stolz Awarded to a faculty member in the health or human sciences areas of Child and Family Studies; Nutrition; Public Health; or Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management. This award is based on superlative research, teaching, or service.
- John Tunstall Outstanding Faculty Award – Recipient: Sherry Bell Awarded to an outstanding faculty member who is involved in the preparation of teachers, administrators, or others entering the field of education. The faculty member shall have a distinguished record in teaching, research, or community service or any combination of the three.
- John Tunstall Outstanding Staff Award – Recipient: Teresa Allmon Awarded annually to a staff member who has executed their duties in an exemplary manner in support of those programs which prepare “teachers, administrators, or others entering the field of education.”
- Helen B. Watson Outstanding Faculty Research Award – Recipient: Louis Rocconi Awarded to a full-time faculty member or team within the departments of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Educational Psychology and Counseling; Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies; or Theory and Practice in Teacher Education.
- Helen B. Watson Faculty/Student Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Student Recipient: Allison Smith Faculty Recipient: Robin Hardin Awarded to a student and the faculty member who directed the outstanding doctoral dissertation within the departments of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Educational Psychology and Counseling; Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies; or Theory and Practice in Teacher Education.
- Academic Enrichment Upward Bound, US Department of Education, $358,115
- Educational Opportunity Center, US Department of Education, $476,833
- Academic Enrichment Upward Bound, US Department of Education, $358,115
- Educational Opportunity Center, US Department of Education, $476,833
- Math Science Upward Bound, US Department of Education, $313,594
- Pre-College Upward Bound, US Department of Education, $398,231
- Veterans Upward Bound, US Department of Education, $333,528
- Coordinated School Health Events, Tennessee Department of Education, $270,759
- Partners in Education (PIE) Conference Support, Tennessee Department of Education, $1,308,909
- TDOE Summer Trainings, Tennessee Department of Education, $621,980
- Tennessee Education of the Deaf (TENNEDDE) Personnel Preparation Project: Focus Area B: Preparing personnel to serve school-age children with low-incidence disabilities, US Department of Education, $500,000
- Tennessee Universal Newborn Screening and Intervention Program, Tennessee Department of Health, $300,000
- Fall 2017, UTK Graduate School Award
- June 2018, UT Customer Relations & Communication Certificate
- April 2018, Certified Administrative Professional CAP Exam
- Jessica Adkins
- Travis Burnett
- Synthia Clark
- Venetia Cornett
- Casey Darby
- Christine DePirro
- Laura Brown
- Tammi Basile
- Leigh Elkins
- Gina Guinn
- Teresa Smith
- Victoria Thal
- John Dever
- Karlin Green
- Constance Honorable
- Marcia Lane
- Duren Thompson
- Debbie Archdale
- Karlin Green, 1997-2017
- Susan Benner, 1980-2017
- Sandra Russell, 2003-2017
- Bill Wishart, 2001-2018
- Pam Grimes, 1986-2018
- Richard Allington, 2005-2017
- Pat Flynn, 1974-2018
- Nivedita Ganguly, 2010-2018
- Karen Walker, 1995-2017