The new memorial endowments will provide scholarships for students in the Eriksson College of Education and students who are criminal justice majors.
The partnership will see current teacher assistants transition into becoming certified teachers by creating a pipeline from Columbia State Community College to employment with Maury County Public Schools.
The $25,000 grant comes from the Tennessee Board of Regents and is awarded to college partnerships that seek to collaboratively address the issues facing education institutions, including changes in enrollment.
Thanks to an estate gift from Evelyn Hoskins Phillips, new scholarships for students in veterinary medicine, agriculture, and horticulture are available.
The college is the state’s first two-year college to establish a women’s flag football team and is among the first 10 two-year colleges in the country to do so.
The funding comes from a Tennessee Department of Labor Rural Health Workforce Initiative and will pay for the tuition of the first six students to register for the college’s allied health programs, with the exception of the Registered Dental Assistant program.
The two $30,000 gifts come from the City of Lenoir City and its utilities board, LCUB. The total estimated cost of the project is $75 million, with $7.5 million needing to come from private donors.
The partnership will give current VUMC employees the opportunity to participate in a 12-week training program to earn certification as Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) Certified Registered Central Service Technicians.
The two new NCAA Division II athletic programs bring the university’s total of NCAA sports to 25, with 28 sports programs offered overall.
The university last had a men’s wrestling team in the 1989-1990 school year, and thanks to an initiative started by wrestling alumni, the program will return and will add women’s wrestling to the roster, as well.
