This year’s Remote Area Medical clinic will occur on March 22 and 23, with free healthcare services, including physicals, dental work, and optometry exams provided to anyone who needs them.
The partnership will begin in the Fall 2025 semester and will see participants earning a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lipscomb University and receiving the benefits of the Memphis Teacher Residency program.
The fund was created in honor of Dr. Gary McKnight, who spent 30 years instructing and mentoring in the FHU music program before retiring in 2024.
The grant funding is supporting two separate projects, which are both pilot courses for the Spring 2025 semester, using Open Educational Resources. OER are teaching and learning materials that are free to use and help reduce textbook costs as education barriers.
The partnership will form the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Medical Accelerated Pathway Program that will help medical students complete their education one year faster than normal.
The grant comes via the Appalachian Regional Commission and will be used to address shortages in the aviation industry in the Appalachian Region by creating a regional aviation education network.
The grant comes via the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and will allow the college to partner with Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville to provide a medical assistant training program.
The $1.5 million gift comes from the estate of Mary L. Marshall Sidorsky, M.D.
The grant comes via Lilly Endowment’s Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative and totals $2.4 million, giving Ashland Theological Seminary the chance to help strengthen ministries.
The $25,000 grant comes from the Ohio Deans Compact and will allow the university to rework the curriculum to better align with the Science of Reading initiative.
