Pat Tuley receives MTNA Distinguished Service Award.

Patricia Dyer Tuley, NCTM, was awarded the second annual MTNA Distinguished Service Award at the National Conference in Austin, Texas.

Tuley was an independent music teacher for 36 years until her retirement in 1996. Since that time, she has remained professionally involved in the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League (HMTL), the Mississippi Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and MTNA. As past chair of the MTNA National Certification Commission, Tuley was instrumental in the development of an MTNA Professional Certification philosophy, teaching standards, a certification portfolio and a procedural plan for the operation of the program. As a member of the MTNA Board of Directors during the 1998-2000 biennium, she served as chair of the ad hoc committee that revised the MTNA Professional Certification Program. Tuley has served as president of MTNA's Southern Division, MMTA and HMTL. She holds a music degree from Murray State University.