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The Latest News From TPTE

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    Doctoral Students Win Dissertation FellowshipAugust 5, 2025
    Two Doctoral Students from TPTE Win Dissertation Funding in National Competition Dani Rimbach-Jones and Bethany Parker are the recent recipients of a $25,000 fellowship from the American Association of University… Read more: Doctoral Students Win Dissertation Fellowship
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    Michael Skyer Awarded with the Dr. Jon Henner Memorial Early Career Award by the Association of College Educators – Deaf & Hard of HearingAugust 5, 2025
    By Carly Utterback, CEHHS Student Reporter, Class of 2025 Our very own Michael Skyer, assistant professor of deaf studies and deaf education in the department of Theory & Practice in… Read more: Michael Skyer Awarded with the Dr. Jon Henner Memorial Early Career Award by the Association of College Educators – Deaf & Hard of Hearing
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    Lillian Sims Named Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship RecipientMay 8, 2025
    We are pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the distinguished Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship: Theory & Practice in Teacher Education undergraduate student, Lillian Sims. Lily will receive a monetary… Read more: Lillian Sims Named Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship Recipient
  • Courtney Drennen Named Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship RecipientAugust 10, 2023
    This year’s distinguished Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Theory & Practice in Teacher Education undergraduate student, Courtney Drennen (’24). Courtney will receive a monetary award in the… Read more: Courtney Drennen Named Nita Ganguly Memorial Scholarship Recipient
  • Everywhere a Volunteer: VolsTeach Student Awarded Fellowship in Washington, DCJuly 17, 2023
    Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology student, Benjamin Bridges, who for four years now has been enthusiastically sharing his passion for STEM subjects with K-12 students through the department’s VolsTeach… Read more: Everywhere a Volunteer: VolsTeach Student Awarded Fellowship in Washington, DC
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    CEHHS Receives over $2.8 Million in Grant Funding to Support Educational PrioritiesJuly 6, 2021
    The College of Education, Health and Human Sciences (CEHHS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently received over $2.8 million in grant funding to support areas of educational priority in… Read more: CEHHS Receives over $2.8 Million in Grant Funding to Support Educational Priorities
  • TPTE alum, Sarah Edge, on being named an Austin-East Magnet High School Teacher of the YearJanuary 27, 2021
    Congratulations to TPTE alum and 5th year teacher mentee, Sarah Edge, on being named an Austin-East Magnet High School Teacher of the Year! We are very proud of her and… Read more: TPTE alum, Sarah Edge, on being named an Austin-East Magnet High School Teacher of the Year
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    TPTE Master’s student, Amanda Danson, is named a Hardin Valley Academy Teacher of the YearJanuary 22, 2021
    Congratulations to current TPTE Master’s student, Amanda Danson, on being named a Hardin Valley Academy Teacher of the Year! We are very proud of her and the great work she… Read more: TPTE Master’s student, Amanda Danson, is named a Hardin Valley Academy Teacher of the Year

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