Adam Cabo

The training program will prepare adults to work in STEM careers. The paid program will provide participants with $20 an hour who will be able to sit for the Biotechnology Aptitude and Competency Exam.

The MOU will allow the university to offer Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP) certification for bachelor of arts in education graduates, making it the first undergraduate school in the country to do so.

The Foundation’s support will establish the new Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship program and the Joanne Barkett Conway Dean's Emergency Fund which will provide scholarships and emergency funding to students in the Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing.

Alumna Tracy Barbour and her husband Ronald Barbour have established the Rev. Clifford and Mrs. Ollie Mae Griffith Memorial Endowment to benefit honors program students.

The $2 million grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will support the college’s Rural RNs Rise (R3): Growing Caregivers initiative.