The Teaching and Learning Center will host Bob Kronick presenting on university assisted community schools at the Faculty Appreciation Week luncheon and poster session 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 6.
Five faculty and staff members shared the impact of UT’s work on various communities during a national conference in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this month. The university also received a national award that recognized a project designed to improve the wellness and disaster readiness of an Appalachian community in Clay County, Kentucky.
Robert Kronick, a professor of educational psychology in UT’s College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, was honored as a visionary of Knoxville’s community schools at a recent Community Schools Celebration.
UT, in partnership with Knox County Schools, has added Inskip Elementary School as the newest member of its University-Assisted Community Schools initiative.
Bob Kronick, a UT professor known for his work to bring health, community, and social services to youngsters and their families within their elementary school, is the first recipient of an inaugural faculty endowment award from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.
Some recent graduates and seniors were recently awarded Baker Scholar medallions for completing the program sponsored by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. Baker Scholars are selected via a competitive application and interview process. They propose a research project, which they complete over the course of an academic year under the mentorship
Randy Boyd, founder and president/CEO of Radio Systems of Knoxville, will lead a presentation about the University-Assisted Community Schools Project at Pond Gap Elementary School at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at UT Knoxville. This event is free and open