College of Professional & Liberal Studies

06/09/2026

Want to help an amazing college with their mission and their student success? Are you an alum? A current student? Do you love someone who is an alum or a current student? We would love your support!

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At the College of Professional and Liberal Studies, we are committed to helping learners build brighter futures through knowledge, skills and lifelong learning.

05/14/2026

What a wonderful opportunity to cheer on the first graduating class of University High School this afternoon! Onward and Upward students!

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05/08/2026

Starting new traditions in CPLS! Congratulations to our latest graduates - thank you for coming out to be recognized and take some pictures, eat cake and socialize with your professors and advisors. We can't wait to do this again next graduation! YIPEE!

04/28/2026

Last night, a posthumous degree was awarded to the family of Captain Arthur Allen, Jr., earned from the College of Professional & Liberal Studies. Captain Allen was a student at then Memphis State, before being called to action during WWII.

For more information regarding this WWII hero:

Capt. Arthur H. Allen Jr., the Memphis pilot who captivated the nation with four narrow escapes, described by newscaster Walter Winchell, was killed in action 75 years ago today.

04/10/2026

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Tiger Meal Swipes allows students who need temporary food assistance up to five meal swipes to the Tiger Den on the Central Campus. Meal swipes can be donated by others using the unused guest meals preloaded to their cards.

03/06/2026

Are students learning, or are they just performing well enough on multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank and essay exams to move on?

The University of Memphis has partnered with the Educational Testing Service Research Institute and Georgia State University on a new $4 million U.S. Department of Education grant that will enable researchers to look at reinventing how college students learn and demonstrate knowledge.

“The concept of performance assessment has been around for many years,” said Dr. John Sabatini, distinguished professor at the UofM. “But in practice, they were too costly to develop, time-consuming to implement and score and often lacked measurement integrity. With the widespread availability of digital technologies including AI, the landscape has changed. What was impractical or infeasible then is fast becoming a necessity of quality instruction today."

The team brings together a multidisciplinary group of psychologists, literacy experts, learning scientists and educators focused on how humans learn.

Read more » https://blogs.memphis.edu/newsroom/2026/03/04/university-of-memphis-secures-4-million-ed-grant-to-research-learning/

UofM College of Arts & Sciences

03/05/2026

So proud of our University of Memphis Aviation program. Continuing to grow and expand over in the Engineering's Polytechnic Institute.

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03/02/2026

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A university that challenges its students to think bigger, push harder and never settle for ordinary. From our nationally recognized Carnegie R1 research pro...

02/27/2026

Great work being done at LeBonheur and our own Sandy Guntharp, Child Development & Family Studies:

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is ranked as one of the nation's Best Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, featuring expert physicians and staff, state-of-the-art technology and family-friendly resources.

11/19/2025

So excited for our Doctor of Liberal Studies (DLS) student, Kelsey Ryan. She had her first chapter published in From Letters to Leaders. Way to go!