At its summer meeting, the Tennessee Board of Regents approved recommendations by our administration to grant tenure to and/or promote 26 faculty members.

Tenure
* Mark Boshart, instructor, Computer Science
* Susan Elkins, associate professor, Curriculum and Instruction
* Paula Hinton, assistant professor, History
* Tammy Howard, assistant professor, Nursing
* Patricia McGee, assistant professor, Library
* Sandra H. Smith, assistant professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Tenure, promotion
* Anthony Baker, associate professor, English
* Christopher Brown, associate professor, Biology
* Wei Tsun Chang, associate professor, Music and Art
* Michael Harrison, associate professor, Earth Sciences
* Evan Hart, associate professor, Earth Sciences
* Joshua Hauser, associate professor, Music and Art
* Steven Hayslette, associate professor, Biology
* Sabine LeBorne, associate professor, Mathematics
* Joseph Richardson, associate professor, Mechanical Engineering
* Ying Zhang, associate professor, Mechanical Engineering

Promotions
* Mohamed Abdelrahman, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Melanie Earles, professor, Accounting and Business Law
* Nasir Ghani, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Gayla Hall, assistant professor, Library
* Steve Isbell, professor, Economics, Finance and Marketing
* Marketta Laurila, professor, Foreign Languages
* Allan Mills, professor, Mathematics
* Daniel Swartling, associate professor, Chemistry
* Russell Witcher, associate professor, English
* Hong Zhang, associate professor, Chemistry