Three Tennessee Tech University faculty members have received a $760,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to help build the workforce of future STEM educators. “This scholarship program allows students to pursue their STEM major while also preparing to become licensed teachers,” said Holly Anthony, professor of mathematics education at Tech and lead investigator on the grant. “Across both public and private schools in the state of Tennessee over the last 10 years, we’ve only licensed three physics teachers,” Anthony said. Through the grant, Tech expects to support 22 students – building on the university’s status as the largest producer of teachers in the state of Tennessee. As a native Tennessean and former high school math teacher herself, Anthony takes pride in knowing that Tech is positioned to help grow the next generation of local STEM educators.