February 11
Healthy Love
Blount County
February 12
Healthy Love
Magnolia Avenue Campus
February 12
“Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on
Young Black Women,”
Performing Arts Center
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
February 12
“Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on
Young Black Women,”
Magnolia Avenue Campus
7:00 p.m.
February 13
Black Sunshine
Magnolia Avenue Campus
noon - 12:45 p.m.
February 14
Graduation Information Day
February 20
American Journey Readers Theatre
Magnolia Avenue Campus
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
February 21
Pellissippi Invitational Choral Festival
Performing Arts Center
2 :00 - 4:30 p.m.
Thomas
Alley
Functional Support Technician
College Advancement
Brad
Coburn
Director, Industrial and Contract Training Programs
Business and Community Services
February Birthdays
Brenda
Ammons
Rick Barber
Ashley Boone
Betsy Boyd
Tracey Bradley
Teri Brahams
Gay Bryant
Kathy Byrd
George Cox
Betty Dahl
LeChelle Davenport
Nancy Donahue
Dorothy Donaldson
Jan Foreman
Eddie Francisco
Ralph Gillespie
Gypsy Harrill
Vida Hashemian
Darlene Ingram
Maggie Jenkins
Orpha Leitch
Shari Lillestolen
Anita Maddox
Becky Milam
Karen Webb Nance
Laxman Nathawat
Gitti Negahban
Dana Parson
Denise Reed
Mike Rose
Ella Ruggles
Ann Satkowiak
Pam Smith
John Sterling
Claire Suddeth
Elizabeth Wade
Janice Wade
Lois Williams
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newsletter for the faculty and staff of Pellissippi State
 Human
rights activist Naomi Tutu to speak February 15
Like the elder Tutu, the former archbishop
whose international efforts helped end apartheid in his
native South Africa, Naomi Tutu is an outspoken champion
for the dignity of people worldwide. (more)
| Sign
up for Pellissippi Alerts
Last
week’s destructive storms in West Tennessee
are just a reminder of why it’s important
to sign up for Pellissippi Alerts, the College’s
emergency alert text messaging service. The service
is free—standard text messaging rates apply—and
registration is easy. Those who sign up will be
notified instantly of any College closings or emergencies
through a text message on their cell phone.
To register, go to www.pstcc.edu/alerts
and follow the instructions.
If you have already signed up for the service, please
take this time to visit the Web site and review
the status of your account. Many accounts expired
in January and need to be reactivated.
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 College
hosts author of book on hip hop and women February 12
She’s
married and has a 5-year-old daughter, but T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
sure isn’t your typical mom.
(more)
From the
Depression to Civil Rights to today
Believe in yourself: professor’s life inspires students,
faculty
By
Sharon Littlepage
Growing up
black and poor in rural East Tennessee at the tail end
of the Great Depression, young Robert Boyd didn’t
feel, as he puts it, “tragically colored.”
(more)
BlackSunshine
to perform at Magnolia Avenue Campus
“Our ultimate goal is to bring about change in the
world that we live in through the power of the Word,”
says Rhea Scruggs, co-founder of the Knoxville-based group
BlackSunshine Arts and Entertainment. “For in the
beginning was the Word, and it is all that will remain when
the world is gone.” (more)
 Students
on first semester-long study abroad in Mexico
February 1 was a milestone for the Tennessee
Consortium of International Studies and Pellissippi State.
(more)
 Works
of renowned Mexican artists featured at Bagwell Center gallery
Pellissippi State and the Tennessee Consortium
for International Studies will host the Mexican art exhibit
“Cinco Maestros Michoacanos” at the Bagwell
Center for Media and Art on the Pellissippi Campus beginning
February 18. (more)
Pellissippi
State hosts community college choral festival
The College community and the public are
invited to attend the biennial Invitational Choral Festival
February 21 on the Pellissippi Campus. There is no admission
charge and parking is free. (more)
 Pellissippi
State makes summer study abroad affordable
Instant messaging. It allows users of the
networking technology to communicate in real time by typing
text back and forth. (more)
 Land
acquired for new Blount County Campus
The College is one major step closer to building
a new campus in Blount County. The state of Tennessee has
completed its purchase of property for the College to relocate
and expand its current site, Blount County Center. (more)
Deadline
approaches for Edinburgh study abroad through Pellissippi
State, TnCIS
The deadline is fast approaching for students
wanting to attend and study the Edinburgh International
Film Festival in Scotland June 14-July 14. The study abroad
opportunity is sponsored by Pellissippi State and the Tennessee
Consortium for International Studies. (more)
Pellissippi
State accepting donations for annual Book Sale
 Pellissippi
State is now accepting new and gently used books and other
items for its annual Faculty Senate Book Sale, set for March
25-26. The event will take place at all four sites: the
Pellissippi Campus, Blount County Center, Magnolia Avenue
Campus and Division Street Campus. (more)
Financial
aid info event set for February 10
Need money for college? Then don’t
miss College Goal Sunday at Pellissippi State Technical
Community College. (more)
 Name:
Sharon Yarbrough
Title:
Director, Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Planning
Major
responsibilities: Coordinate and assist in various
institutional data collection, reporting and informational-sharing
functions
Length
of service at the College: 7 ½ years
(more)
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