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  • Alumni
    • Alumnus Named NFF National-Scholar Athlete and Campbell Trophy…

      Alumna Named Tennessee Teacher of the Year

      Leveling the Playing Field

      Seeing Beautiful

      “It’s All About the Kids!” High Fives for…

  • Education and Society
    • Alumna Named Tennessee Teacher of the Year

      UT’s Deaf Studies Program Prepares Role Models

      $1 Million Grant Bringing Culturally Relevant Robotics to…

      Resources and Support from Our Experts During the…

      CSPS Launches Global Disability Rights Advocacy Project

  • Outreach
    • Make Every Bite Count: New Dietary Guidelines from…

      Opioid Research Provides Experiential Learning for Students

      Collaboration is Key for Faculty Combating Substance Misuse

      $1 Million Grant Bringing Culturally Relevant Robotics to…

      Resources and Support from Our Experts During the…

  • Research and Discovery
    • Opioid Research Provides Experiential Learning for Students

      TPTE Faculty Member Receives Grant for NEH Initiative

      CEHHS Faculty Members Named Among World’s Top 2…

      Collaboration is Key for Faculty Combating Substance Misuse

      Super Foods That Boost Your Immunity

  • Students
    • Alumnus Named NFF National-Scholar Athlete and Campbell Trophy…

      UT’s Deaf Studies Program Prepares Role Models

      UT Supports K–8 ESL Students Across Region

      Leveling the Playing Field

      Into the Light

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Accolades

The University of Tennessee’s College of Education, Health & Human Sciences

  • News
  • Alumni
    • Alumnus Named NFF National-Scholar Athlete and Campbell Trophy…

      Alumna Named Tennessee Teacher of the Year

      Leveling the Playing Field

      Seeing Beautiful

      “It’s All About the Kids!” High Fives for…

  • Education and Society
    • Alumna Named Tennessee Teacher of the Year

      UT’s Deaf Studies Program Prepares Role Models

      $1 Million Grant Bringing Culturally Relevant Robotics to…

      Resources and Support from Our Experts During the…

      CSPS Launches Global Disability Rights Advocacy Project

  • Outreach
    • Make Every Bite Count: New Dietary Guidelines from…

      Opioid Research Provides Experiential Learning for Students

      Collaboration is Key for Faculty Combating Substance Misuse

      $1 Million Grant Bringing Culturally Relevant Robotics to…

      Resources and Support from Our Experts During the…

  • Research and Discovery
    • Opioid Research Provides Experiential Learning for Students

      TPTE Faculty Member Receives Grant for NEH Initiative

      CEHHS Faculty Members Named Among World’s Top 2…

      Collaboration is Key for Faculty Combating Substance Misuse

      Super Foods That Boost Your Immunity

  • Students
    • Alumnus Named NFF National-Scholar Athlete and Campbell Trophy…

      UT’s Deaf Studies Program Prepares Role Models

      UT Supports K–8 ESL Students Across Region

      Leveling the Playing Field

      Into the Light

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Alumni

  • Norm Witek

    by Accolades Staff October 15, 2015

    Norm Witek (’68 & ’69) is a retired from Brevard College as a professor and cross country coach. And he is the only nonprofessional athlete
    to have an athletic shoe named after him by a major shoe company.

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  • A Musical Life

    by Michael Purdy October 15, 2015

    Get to know Dove Award-winning artist Ellie Holcomb

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  • Out of the Debris

    by Michael Purdy October 9, 2014

    When a roof collapse at Jefferson County High School in July 2013 destroyed the drama department, Billie Yardley (BS ’77, MS ’82) was determined to
    continue teaching her students about using their creativity. Her challenge then became how to tap into her own.

    Read more
  • More than Math

    by Michael Purdy October 9, 2014

    When the state of Tennessee named Knox County AP calculus teacher Wanda Lacy as 2013–14 Teacher of the Year, officials highlighted her sensational student success rate. Lacy (BS ’71, MS…

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  • Strong Women. Better World.

    by Accolades Staff October 9, 2014

    Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in US history, visited UT in April to speak and participate in a panel discussion with coaches from six countries as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative.

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  • Keith Carver

    by Accolades Staff October 9, 2014

    Keith Carver (’95 & ’09) is executive assistant to University of Tennessee’s president, Joe DiPietro.

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  • Singing and Cooking with the Band

    by Accolades Staff October 9, 2014

    By Brooks Clark During her time as an undergraduate in Child and Family Studies at UT, Kimberly Schlapman sang lead on some good old honky-tonk tunes for the Buttermilk Cowboys…

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  • 2014 High School Teacher of the Year

    by Accolades Staff September 25, 2014

    Melissa Brooks (’08), who teaches US history and is an instructional leader at Hunters Lane High School in Nashville, was named 2014 High School Teacher of the Year for the…

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  • Teachers of the Year

    by Cassandra Sproles March 3, 2014

    The Today show named Billie Yardley (’77; MS ’82) its Teacher of the Year during a televised broadcast in November. The Jefferson County High School drama teacher and cheerleading coach…

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  • A Vol at the Paralympics

    by Accolades Staff March 3, 2014

    Alumnus Joshua Pate has studied the Paralympic Games for years. This winter, he experienced them firsthand as a volunteer, working as a news reporter for the games in Sochi, Russia.

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  • Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
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