Steven Gass has become the newest member of the Agricultural, Education, Leadership, and Communication (ALEC) Department. Gass will be filling the role of a part-time lecturer to observe job-embedded educators…
ALEC Department Welcomes Steven Gass as New Part-Time Lecturer
ALEC Special Tribute: Two Decades with Dr. Carrie Stephens
Written by Dr. Shelli Rampold, ALEC Faculty The Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications (ALEC) department recently recognized and celebrated Dr. Carrie Stephens for her 20 plus years of service to…
Victoria Beasley Celebrates Ten Years with the ALEC Department
Written by Abigail Hamm, ALEC Sophomore Victoria Beasley, a lecturer for the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications (ALEC) and former student of the program, recently celebrated ten years…
ALEC Faculty Members are Bringing Virtual Reality to Agriculture Education Through New Agriscience Metaverse Academy
Written by Dr. Shelli Rampold, ALEC Faculty The Agriscience Metaverse Academy is a new, grant-funded professional development program led by University of Tennessee (UT) ALEC assistant professor, Dr. Tyler Granberry,…
ALEC Hosts the East Tennessee Regional FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event (CDE)
Written by Allison Reaves, ALEC Senior The Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications (ALEC) department was allowed to host the first East Tennessee Regional FFA agricultural communications CDE following contest changes…
ALEC Hosts Regional Conference and Leads National Symposium
Written by Shelli Rampold, Assistant Professor In February, the ALEC department traveled to Atlanta, GA with a truck full of equipment and a team of eighteen faculty and students to…
ALEC Faculty Receives Distinguished Manuscript Award at AAAE
Congratulations to ALEC Assistant Professor Tyler Granberry for being recognized as a Distinguished Manuscript winner at the 2023 Southern Region meeting of the American Association of Agricultural Education (AAAE) Conference…
ALEC Faculty Member Nominated to Participate in LEAD21
Written by Jordan Richardson, sophomore Tom Gill, a faculty member of the Department of Agriculture Leadership, Education, and Communications and chair of the Smith Center for International Sustainable Agriculture has…
