MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSPer) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Antonio R. Pavia-Vidal, a former senior official with Puerto Rico's centralized oversight authority for grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has joined Baker Donelson as of counsel in the Firm's Disaster Recovery practice. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mr. Pavia-Vidal served as Deputy Executive Director for the Central Office of Recovery and Reconstruction (CO  more

LORETTO, Pennsylvania, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Saint Francis University issued the following letter by President Fr. Malachi: * * * Dear University Community, Peace and good! I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael B. McGinnis as Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. McGinnis will be joining the Saint Francis University leadership team this summer. Dr. McGinnis earned his ACS-certified B.S. degree in chemistry from Elizabethtown College (PA) and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 7 (TNSPer) -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news on April 6, 2022: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today announced that Senior Assistant Attorney General Dianna Baker Shew will assume the role of Chief Deputy. As Chief Deputy, Shew will coordinate and oversee the substantive legal work of all four sections of the office. "Dianna's high-level management and civil litigation experience makes her a natural fit for our leadersh  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Two attorneys with Baker Donelson have been elected to leadership roles in the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation (ACBF). Jan M. Hayden has been elected to serve as chair of the ACBF. She is the first woman to hold this position. E. Franklin Childress Jr. has been elected to a second two-year term on the ACBF's board of directors. A shareholder in Baker Donelson's Corporate Restructuri  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University was the recipient of two Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) Awards of Excellence at the recent TAM conference. The TAM awards were presented to museums across the state for exceptional projects, programs and events held in 2021. The Awards Ceremony took place in Jonesborough at the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School on March  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Derrick Stowell, administrator for the University of Tennessee Gardens' Education and Horticultural Therapy Program, is the recipient of the 2022 American Horticultural Society's Horticultural Therapy Award. "It is an incredible honor to be selected for this award," said Stowell. "I hope that this award inspires others to become horticultural therapists and contin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 (TNSAcc) -- Belmont University issued the following news release: Belmont's Jack C. Massey College of Business recently announced the sustainment of its business and specialized accounting accreditation by The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in business a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 (TNSAcc) -- Belmont University issued the following news release: The Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University has earned "Candidate Status" from its accrediting body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). This is the next step in the College's accreditation process and comes with a site visit from the LCME, to be scheduled soon. A team appointed by the LCME will visit Belmont's campus to tour the College's facilities, review sub  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 2 (TNSPro) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: Cumberland University announced today the launch of three new academic programs in the Labry School of Science, Technology and Business for the Fall 2022 semester. The university will launch a Bachelor of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Project Management and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences. All three progra  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSconf) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: Cumberland University is pleased to announce two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick, Heisman Trophy winner, and author Tim Tebow as the Rise Above Speaker at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m. CST. The event will take place at Nokes-Lasater Field two hours before the 4:00 p.m. kick-off against Campbellsville University. Afterward, he will spend time   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSpar) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University signed two articulation agreements aimed at expanding opportunities for students who want to pursue careers in the health sciences. One agreement provides students who achieve an Associate of Arts and Science degree at Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC), located in Abingdon, Virginia, with the opportunity to transfer those credits to ETSU to pursue a   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 -- Endeavor Business Media issued the following news release: Endeavor Business Media announces the acquisition of Construction Business Media, LLC, publisher of Architectural Products and Architectural SSL magazines. As leading publications serving the architectural design and construction communities, this acquisition highly complements Endeavor's existing portfolio of brands serving the lighting, buildings and construction markets. "We are pleased to add Archit  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 2 -- The Iowa Department of Commerce's Insurance Division issued the following news release: Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen recently issued an enforcement order against Gary D. Marcum formerly of Clive, Iowa, and now a resident of Kodak, Tennessee. The enforcement order permanently revokes Marcum's resident insurance producer license and orders Marcum to pay $30,000 in civil penalties for violating a previous enforcement order from October 8, 2019. "Assisting   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance's (TDCI) Division of Regulatory Boards announces that 137,887 applications for professional licenses were processed by TDCI in 2021. Additionally, the Division processed 3,880 consumer complaints, completed 18,472 inspections, and assessed $1.03 million in civil penalties for violations of state laws and rules. "From TDCI's customer se  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 6, 2022: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe today announced the 10 Tennessee communities selected to participate in the eighth round of the Tennessee Downtowns program. The communities selected are Alexandria, Copperhill, Cumberland Gap, Decherd, Loretto, Newbern, Oneida, Rossville, Tellico Plains and Waverly. "Streng  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 5, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Dot Foods, Inc. officials announced today the company will expand its Tennessee operations by establishing a new distribution facility at the Manchester Industrial Park, a Select Tennessee Certified Site. Dot Foods will invest $50.5 million and create 171 n  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education announced two Tennessee teachers--Raeven Brooks, 2nd grade teacher at Black Fox Elementary School in Murfreesboro City Schools and Tyler Hallstedt, 8th grade social studies teacher at Mt. Juliet Middle School in Wilson County Schools-- have been named recipients of the prestigious Milken Educator Award, one of the highest honors in education that has be  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, April 9 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation recently awarded Tennessee Tech alumnus Brandon J. Perry the Student Innovation Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year. He will receive $5,000 to fund a research project that furthers innovation in structural engineering and applied mechanics. Perry will use the fellowship to further his research in unmanned aerial vehicle-based structural inspections, w  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 7 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Peggy Reisser William Novick, MD, professor of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has operated on children around the globe, as part of his mission to extend health care access to children in need wherever they are. When the war broke out in Ukraine, even though he was on a surgical trip in the Democratic Republic of the Con  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 2 (TNSPro) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: With its new Learning and Engagement for Aspiring Physicians (LEAP) program, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine aims to produce a group of more diverse physicians in the future In March, 35 high school students participated in the full-day inaugural event designed to encourage underrepresented students to pursue careers in medicine. Hosted by  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has opened its first out-of-state research office: the UT Space Institute Huntsville Research Center, located in Huntsville, Alabama. The new research center will focus on connecting federal agencies and industry leaders with UT talent and capabilities to solve complex aerospace and defense challenges. Four key areas for the center are research and development  more

TULLAHOMA, Tennessee, April 8 -- The University of Tennessee Space Institute issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has opened its first out-of-state research office: the UT Space Institute Huntsville Research Center, located in Huntsville, Alabama. The new research center will focus on connecting federal agencies and industry leaders with UT talent and capabilities to solve complex aerospace and defense challenges. Four key areas for the center are research   more