| A
newsletter for the faculty and staff of Pellissippi State
The different
faces of adult education
Frederic Leyd,
like many adults, needed a General Education Development
credential to attend college. But that’s about the
only thing Leyd had in common with Shatoya Harper, Donald
Barnard and other GED students in the Adult Education program
at Pellissippi State. (more)
 President
Edwards honored with Project GRAD award
President Allen Edwards has received “The Caught Doing
Right for Kids” Award from Knoxville Project GRAD
for his work in helping students at participating Knoxville
schools. The ceremony took place at the Project GRAD Celebration
Dinner May 9 at the Knoxville Convention Center. (more)
 Associate
professor recognized by international honor society
Carol O’Farrell, an associate professor of English,
has received the Paragon Award for new advisors from the
international honor society Phi Theta Kappa. (more)
Top faculty
and staff named for 2006
Seven faculty and staff members and one instructional team
have earned recognition at the College’s 2006 Employee
Awards Ceremony. (more)
 Hot
Air Balloon festival grows in popularity
It
hasn’t even happened yet, but the Hot Air Balloon
Festival scheduled for September has already been selected
as a must-see event by the Southeast Tourism Society.
(more)
 College
computer class helps local organization
A class project during the spring semester at the College
has international implications for a local organization
that asked for help. (more)
Akima
Club honors past president with Foundation grant
The late Patty Thompson, long-time member of the Akima Club of Knoxville and past president of the organization, has been honored by the club with a scholarship in her name to the Pellissippi State Foundation. (more)
BCS co-sponsors
project management training course
If you need to learn how to manage projects of all types
and sizes, a three-day course scheduled this month can help.
(more)
EMPLOYEE
PROFILE  Name:
Eileen A. McAllister
Title: Technical Clerk,
Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Planning
Major responsibilities: The main things
that I do are design, develop, publish, organize, update
and deploy online content, forms, programs, databases
and surveys, including the Pellissippi State Fact Book;
plan the calendar and associated documents; and do the
Institutional Research, Grant Development, and Foundation
of Excellence Web sites.
Length of service at the College:
3 years (more)
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