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UPCOMING PROGRAM
Education Recognition Day
(with guest speaker Dan Murphy)
The Foundry, May 6th
Join us on May 6th for Education Recognition Day as the Rotary Club of Knoxville honors two outstanding teachers and the recipient of the Samples Community School for the Arts Scholarship. Teacher of the Year awards will be presented to Janet Reinholz, Sequoyah Elementary and Debbie Sayers, West High School. The Samples Community School of the Arts will be presented to Carrie Nicely. In the spirit of the day, please come prepared to sing the first two verses and chorus of The Beach Boys "Be True to Your School."
Our guest speaker will be Dan Murphy. Dan is the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accounting and Department Head at the University of Tennessee. He joined the faculty in 1990 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Murphy teaches tax strategy, international taxation, and global issue and strategy in the Master of Accountancy and MBA programs. Dr. Murphy has won numerous awards for teaching excellence including the Pugh & Company Accounting Faculty Excellence Award and the John Moore Award.
Dan was selected to the Knox County School Board in 2002 and served as chair fro 2004 to 2006. He will talk about the selection of the new superintendent of Knox County Schools, James MacIntyre, previously the chief operating officer of Boston School.
