Alumni Honored at 2024 MSIS Hooding and Awards Ceremony - College of Communication and Information

During the School of Information Sciences 2024 Hooding and Awards Ceremony, two alumni from the SIS master’s program were honored for their work in libraries and information sciences. Alice Faye Duncan (‘91) was awarded the SIS Distinguished Alumni Award and Isaiah West (‘14) was awarded the SIS Innovator’s Alumni Award.Distinguished Alumni Award Presented to Alice Faye DuncanThe Distinguished Alumni Award honors graduates who have demonstrated professional achievement or leadership attributable to their education at the school and demonstrate a credible career based on service, teaching, and scholarship.Alice Faye Duncan is a National Board Library Media Specialist who writes for young learners.Duncan came to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the fall of 1990 on a Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) fellowship.“It allowed me to go to school free of charge and gave me a stipend,” she said.Under the fellowship, Duncan was required to serve as a graduate assistant and s...