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.
“Howard Baker was both a distinguished statesman and great friend of the University of Tennessee. Through his brilliant career as a U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan, he honored his beloved home state. He honored the University of Tennessee as a proud … Continued
One year into a two-year pilot program, the University of Tennessee’s test of the utility of new online learning technology compared to other online platforms currently in use has achieved successful outcomes that resulted in additional state funding.
