November 5
International Coffee and Conversation
November 6
Deadline to Drop/Withdraw With a "W" Grade
November 7
"Our Traumatic History: The Battle of Fort Sanders"
November 8
Study Abroad Information Fair
November 9
"Focus on China: Sharing our Experiences"
November 12
Priority Registration for Spring and Summer 2008
November 12
Blount County - Voice-Out
November 12
"PTK Satellite Series: Afgahanistan after the Taliban"
November 13
Breast Health Lunch and Learn
November 14
"American Traditions: Native American Mascots, Nicknames,
and Logos"
November 15
Donor/Scholar Reception
Affholter, Kathleen
Bacot, Robert
Barnes, Kim
Bentz, Mandy
Breiner, Fred
Burdette, Beverly
Burlingame, Sharon
Clark, John
Clark, Debbie
Coleman, Bob
Cox, Rose Ann
Cragle, Rachael
Douthat, Kathy
Fitzner, Alex
Harrison, Amy
Hayes, Bruce
Hicks, Ben
Hill, Curtis
Ijames, Lisa
Jones, Dan
McDaniel, Toni
Meyer, Anna
Oster, Rick
Pantanizopoulos, Jo Ann
Pevey, Nancy
Pointer, Connie
Preston, Ann
Shastid, Sharon
Slone, Norma
Smith, Sandra
Streebeck, Linda
Wawrzyniak, Cindy
Wilson, Peggy
Wood, Gayle
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James Ayers
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newsletter for the faculty and staff of Pellissippi State
 Confucius
descendant to speak at International Days
The long Chinese beard, weeping mustache and elaborate flowing
robes may be missing, but Hsiang-te Kung, the clean-shaven
direct descendant of Confucius, is keeping the ancient philosopher’s
penchant for wisdom alive and well. (more)
 Share
some stuffing with international students
Got any extra room at the Thanksgiving table? If so, set
a place for a couple of our international students and invite
them for dinner. (more)
Internal family campaign seeks 100 percent participation
The Pellissippi State Foundation will soon launch the annual internal family campaign on behalf of the College, and your help is needed to make it a success. (more)
Pellissippi
State hosts author of book on ancestor’s Civil War
diary
The Civil War had its share of military heroes, and their
mark on American history has been recorded as truth and
fiction by thousands of writers in the nearly 150 years
since the conflict’s end. (more)
Pellissippi State Fall Ensemble Concert to include student composition
Matt Stephens, a Music student at Pellissippi State, has composed an original work, “A Christmas Hymn,” that the college’s Brass Ensemble will perform November 20 as part of the Fall Ensemble Concert. (more)
 Coffee
kicks off International Days November 5
The Coffee and Conversation Café on November 5, 8:15-10:30
a.m., kicks off the College’s ‘Window on the
World” International Days celebration. International
students will gather in the Goins Rotunda for the event
to chat with visitors about life in the students’
native countries. The activity is open to the community.
(more)
 Pellissippi
State hosts satellite presentation on Afghanistan November
12
Who exactly is the Taliban, and why should you care about
Afghanistan or Jihadist fundamentalists? (more)
Pellissippi
State constructing local Civil War mansion on Second Life
virtual island
Like Ben Stiller’s security guard character in the
2006 movie “Night at the Museum,” you may soon
find yourself all alone in the night—not in a cursed
museum but in the darkened hallway of Bleak House. Bleak
House is the Civil War mansion on Kingston Pike where Confederate
sharpshooters took aim at Union troops during the Battle
of Fort Sanders in 1863. (more)
 Blount
campus seeks donations for annual Pellissippi State book
sale
Pellissippi State’s Blount County Center has begun
its quest for donations of new and gently used books for
the annual Faculty Senate Book Sale in the spring. (more)
 Pellissippi
State study-abroad semester set for Morelia, Mexico
While your friends and family freeze through another gray
Tennessee winter, you can be soaking up the sun in Morelia,
Mexico—and getting college credit for it! (more)
Pellissippi
State student receives scholarship from death row inmates
Sometimes compassion appears in unusual forms and springs
from the most unlikely of sources. (more)
Pellissippi
State offers new plastics concentration to meet employer
needs
Knoxville and the surrounding area are home to 37 plastics
manufacturers, and now Pellissippi State has created a new
academic concentration to supply qualified employees to
the industry. (more)
McClung
Museum educator to speak at Pellissippi State on Civil War
Joan Markel never meant to become a detective. She just
got hooked. (more)
EMPLOYEE
PROFILE  Name:
Lisa Kay Wills
Title:
Coordinator, Web Authoring Services
Major
responsibilities: The coordinator provides support
for faculty, students, staff and the community through
the College’s Web site. The coordinator manages
and maintains the Luminis Content Management System and
provides support in the form of training and needs-based
employee assistance in the publishing of online information.
The coordinator is also responsible for the creation,
maintenance and good care of online College materials
and works with other employees to ensure the accuracy
and functionality of online systems.
(more)
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