Hi folks,

Please join me in congratulating our own Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw for being selected as a Chancellor Professor—one of the highest honors that a faculty member can receive at our institution.  This honors recognizes Dr. Shaw’s many contributions to the field of geography, geospatial analysis, and time-space geography.  Dr. Shaw joins Dr. Sally Horn in this elite group.  Dr. Horn is our department’s other Chancellor Professor.

Best wishes,

Derek

 

Derek H. Alderman, PhD

He / Him / His

Professor of Geography & Interim Head

Department of Geography, University of Tennessee

Betty Lynn Hendrickson Professor of Social Science

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Founder & Co-Coordinator, Tourism RESET

Past President, American Association of Geographers (2017-18)

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 3:08 PM
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Subject: Campus Update for August 6

 

A roundup of campus news and information.

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[log in to unmask]" alt="Image removed by sender. University of Tennessee, Knoxville">   A Message from the Chancellor   [log in to unmask]" alt="Image removed by sender. Chancellor's Updates">   [log in to unmask]" alt="Image removed by sender.">   Five Faculty Members Named Chancellor’s Professors Chancellor Plowman has named five outstanding faculty members Chancellor’s Professors: Amy Elias, Lindsay Young Professor of English and director of the Humanities Center; Matthew Mench, Condra Chair Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering; Shih-Lung Shaw, Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor and Arts and Sciences Professor of Geography; Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, professor of anthropology and director of the Forensic Anthropology Center; and Leon Tolbert, Min H. Kao Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.   [log in to unmask]" alt="Image removed by sender. Voluteers Prep Wellness Kits">   Vols across Campus Assemble Wellness Kits More than 200 faculty, staff, and student volunteers helped assemble 50,000 wellness kits that will be distributed before the start of the fall semester. Volunteers Needed Big Orange Welcome will take place during move-in week, August 10–17. Several organizations and offices are hosting events that need volunteer support. To volunteer for any of these events, please sign up on this Google doc. Welcome Week will kick off on August 16, with a socially distant Torch Night taking place Monday, August 17, in Neyland Stadium. At least 150 volunteers are needed to make Torch Night a reality. Individuals will be assigned to entrances, exits, and groups of about 30 students to ensure social distancing and mask wearing while welcoming new Vols to the UT family. To volunteer for Torch Night, please sign up here. If you have any questions, please reach out to Carrie Worley at [log in to unmask]. Melrose Avenue and Frances Street: Two-Way Conversion Melrose Avenue and Frances Street are now open to two-way traffic as work continues on the westward expansion of the Johnson-Ward Pedestrian Walkway. For more information, call 865-974-3061. In Case You Missed It The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is offering back-to-school support to teachers, parents and caregivers engaged in K–12 virtual learning. A team of researchers from the Haslam College of Business and the Tickle College of Engineering culled through 30 million tweets for a recently published study on the international demand for emojis. Four faculty members in the Haslam College of Business received named appointments: Melissa Cardon, Kelly Hewett, Georg Schaur, and Marianne Wanamaker. College of Law Professor Maurice Stucke helped a number of news agencies make sense of potential antitrust violations as CEOs from the four largest US technology companies participated in congressional hearings on online platforms and market power. View as web page

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