Congratulations to TPTE VolsTeach secondary education student, Sydney Allen, on receiving the 2025-2026 Nita Ganguly Memorial VolsTeach Scholarship! The Nita Ganguly Memorial VolsTeach Scholarship is named after our dear former… Read more: Sydney Allen awarded the Nita Ganguly Memorial VolsTeach Scholarship

We are proud to announce the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education’s Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 scholarship recipients!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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