U of M names new vice provost

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 30, 2022 2:26 PM CT | Published: August 30, 2022 1:25 PM CT

Deborah Perron Tollefsen’s appointment follows other recent changes in leadership at the university. 

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University of Memphis M. David Rudd Deborah Perron Tollefsen Bill Hardgrave
Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.


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