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Scholarship Recipients

Brent L. and Rachel W. Trentham Endowed Scholarship

The Brent L. and Rachel W. Trentham Endowed Scholarship, established in 2013, recognizes and awards a VolsTeach student who has demonstrated high-quality math teaching skills and commitment to the education profession. Brent and Rachel Trentham are alumni of the University of Tennessee.

 

Tiarra Emi Baker, the 2021-2022 recipient of the Trentham Scholarship is a senior majoring in Mathematics. Tiarra will complete her Apprentice teaching this fall at Farragut High School. She will graduate in May, 2022.

Natalie Parsons, the 2021-2022 recipient of the Trentham Scholarship is a senior majoring in Chemistry. Natalie will complete her Apprentice teaching this fall at her assigned middle school. She will graduate in Dec. 2021.


Stringer-Thompson-Taylor-Richardson-Cox Endowed Scholarship

This endowment was established by Jeanne and Neal Richardson, UT Knoxville alumni, to support those students who show high academic performance and are planning to teach science.  The name given to this scholarship honors four generations of Jeanne’s family and the positive influence they shared about the importance of good education.

Not Awarded for 2021-2022. 


The Tom and Judy Edenfield Hodge Scholarship

Not Awarded for 2021-2022. 


Cloenelda B and Leo Harner Scholarship

Leo E. Harner grew up on a dairy farm in Mantua, Ohio, with eight brothers and sisters. He graduated from Ohio State with a degree in Ceramic Engineering. Following college, he served in World War II from 1942 to 1945. After the war, he moved to Chattanooga where he co-owned and operated T & H Company, a ceramic engineering plant with his brother Ray. Leo was an avid hunter and fisherman.

Cloenelda Braden Harner was born in Tennessee. She attended Millsaps College and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Home Economics. After she graduated from college, she moved to Chattanooga to work and married Leo E. Harner in 1951.

This endowment was established through an estate gift of the Harners.

Not Awarded for 2021-2022. 


ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship

The mission of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.  The ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship is awarded to undergraduate chemistry majors who attend one of ACS-Hach Land partner institutions and express an interest in teaching high school chemistry.

Natalie Parsons, the 2021-2022 recipient of the ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship, is a senior majoring in Chemistry. Natalie will complete her Apprentice teaching this fall at her assigned middle school. She will graduate in Dec. 2021.


University of Tennessee Math Department Scholarship Recipients