Five University of Tennessee graduates who have achieved exceptional success in the fields of agriculture, athletics, business and law are being honored Friday for exceptional service to their alma mater with the highest awards given by the University, designated and presented by the president of UT.
Sandy Jansen, executive director of the University of Tennessee’s Audit and Consulting Services, has been elected president of the Association of College and University Auditors. Her one-year term begins Sept. 16, 2014.
Dr. Herb Byrd III, director of Extension Evaluation and Staff Development for the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been selected to serve as interim vice president of the UT Institute for Public Service. UT President Joe DiPietro will appoint Byrd to the interim vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Mary Jinks as IPS vice president effective Aug. 29, 2014. Byrd assumes his new role on Sept. 2, 2014.
University of Tennessee System President Joe DiPietro has been invited to participate in Leadership Tennessee, a statewide leadership education program that includes leaders in business, government, education and nonprofit sectors.
The final year of a multi-institutional research project funded by the National Science Foundation and led by the University of Tennessee kicks off at the TN-SCORE annual conference today in Nashville.
