Kenny Wooddell, an alumnus of the university, and his wife established the scholarship to assist students with the financial burden of receiving a college education.

The partnership provided graduate students with the opportunity to work with the resort on ergonomics and workplace safety through a semester-long project.

The two new credentials are Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher and Paraprofessional. Each is designed to fill gaps in early childhood and K-12 classrooms in the region.

The grant comes from the West Virginia Community and Technical College System and will allow the college to provide training courses in partnership with the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.

The new program is the college’s latest effort to prepare students for in-demand careers. The nine-week program will serve as a pathway into the industrial workforce.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center has sponsored the College of Nursing’s new building, which has been named the UT Medical Nursing Building.

The endowments come via a $4 million gift from UT alumnus Peyton Manning.

The new area of the library will be a space where students can come for academic assistance and support.

The Latimers chose to endow a pharmacy scholarship in honor of their daughter, Major Brittany Latimer, who entered the US Army after graduating from the inaugural class of Lipscomb University’s College of Pharmacy.

The grant will be used to fund an after school strings program for middle schoolers, a joint project between Lee University, the Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation, and Lake Forest Middle School, following a successful program pilot.