In 2014, Tatge was awarded the prestigious Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Fellowship at the University of South Carolina. The fellowship is funded by a $500,000 gift made by Kenneth W. Baldwin Jr., a 1949 USC journalism alumnus. Tatge is teaching, conducting research and developing financial literacy programming while pursuing a doctorate in mass communications. In 2016, Tatge was awarded USC's Graduate Teaching Award for "innovative and engaging approach to teaching business journalism." At USC, Tatge helped the school secure a $2.3 million chair in business journalism and he established a Baldwin lecture series bringing nationally acclaimed journalists such as New York Times Editor David Leonhardt and Center of Public Integrity Founder Charles Lewis to USC's campus.