FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 11 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
DeShea Rigg, a graduate student and teaching assistant of Japanese in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded the J. Hillman Yowell Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2026. This award is given to a Fulbright graduate student who exemplifies outstanding contributions to the university and college's teaching mission.
Rigg, who graduated with her Master of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), has returned this fall to pursue a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and continue her teaching assistantship in Japanese. Rigg teaches both levels of Elementary Japanese an...