The 2021 EPC Awards Ceremony & Retirement Celebration Luncheon was held on December 2, 2021 in the beautiful Calhoun’s on the River, Knoxville, event space. Students, faculty, and staff were invited to the ceremony to recognize this year’s outstanding students, many of which were awarded with scholarships and monetary awards, and to honor six faculty members who recently retired, or will be retiring this year. For more on our retirees, see, “Retired and Soon-to-Be-Retiring EPC Faculty Honored at Banquet”
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The following EPC students were recognized at the 2021 EPC Awards Ceremony:
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award:
Covington Hanley, Counselor Education
Leadership & Service Excellence Award:
Mary Wynn, Counselor Education
Research Excellence Award:
John Walker, Evaluation, Statistics & Methodology
The 2021 Katherine H. Greenberg Scholarship Award:
Jaime Hodge, Ed Psych Online – Applied Ed Psych Concentration
The 2021 Mary Ziegler Scholarship Award:
Jordan B. Murphy, Ed Psych Online – Adult Ed Concentration.
Accepted by Dr. Mitsunori Misawa on Jordan’s behalf.
Graduate Student of the Year Awards:
Awarded to an outstanding student from each of our graduate programs, recognized by their faculty as exemplary students in their program.
Hillary Anderson, School Psych EdS
Haley Ault, Counselor Education PhD
Elizabeth Boyd, School Counseling MS
Jess Croll, Clinical Mental Health Counseling MS
John Kennedy, IT Online MS
Ashley King, Learning, Design & Technology PhD
Kristin Lucas, Ed Psych Online MS – Applied Ed Psych
Kristen Massey, Adult learning PhD
Tim Waldo, Ed Psych Online MS – Adult Ed
John Walker, Evaluation, Statistics & Methodology PhD
Chelsea Wilson, School Psychology PhD
2021 Friends of EPC Grant Applications:
Jerri O’Rourke
Laura Bryant
Jessica Killian
Jennifer Hightower
Zach Budesa
Loidaly Gonzalez-Rosario
Jada White
Noelia Pacheco Diaz
Thank you to all who attended. Congratulations again to this year’s winners, and thank you to all of our students, faculty, and staff for a wonderful event!