A series of new classes at Pellissippi State Community College will offer students a new career path — and a national laboratory a pipeline of workers who have the skills needed for its own rapidly growing programs. Starting in fall 2023, Pellissippi State will partner with the Department of Energy’s… Read More »Pellissippi State, ORNL partner for new pathway to chemical radiation career
Prospective college students of all ages are invited to the spring Pellissippi Preview this Saturday on Pellissippi State Community College’s Hardin Valley Campus. The free event, which runs 9-11:30 a.m. April 1, includes opportunities to learn about not only the college’s academic programs, but also financial aid and scholarships, student… Read More »Learn more about Pellissippi State at open house this Saturday
Pellissippi State Community College and Herzing University have developed and signed a transfer articulation agreement that allows graduates of the college’s Nursing program to seamlessly transfer into the university’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program as juniors. Pellissippi State President L. Anthony Wise Jr. and Herzing University Associate Vice President… Read More »Pellissippi State Nursing students can transfer seamlessly to Herzing University
To celebrate our class of fall 2022, we will be releasing a series of graduate spotlights to share the accomplishments of our amazing students. The first in this series features Mariana Milano-Benitez, a Venezuelan-born student who moved to the United States five years ago with her family so they could… Read More »Milano-Benitez interns with quantum materials, plans career in energy
Arconic Foundation has awarded Pellissippi State Community College $80,000 to help Blount County juniors and seniors explore advanced manufacturing careers while still in high school. The Pellissippi State Credit to Credentials pilot project includes Career and Technical Education dual enrollment opportunities for students in 11th and 12th grades at Alcoa,… Read More »Arconic Foundation helps more high schoolers take Pellissippi State dual enrollment courses
The James Agee Online Reading Series returns this fall, continuing a tradition that started seven years ago as an on-campus literature conference at Pellissippi State Community College. This year’s authors are James E. Cherry and Jane Harrington. “By rethinking the conference as an online reading series that will be available… Read More »Online reading series features authors James E. Cherry, Jane Harrington
Efraim Zuroff, Ph.D., director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, is coming to Pellissippi State Community College on Nov. 1, and the public is invited. Zuroff, a renowned Nazi hunter, historian and author, will discuss his work bringing Nazi and fascist war criminals to trial in this presentation sponsored… Read More »Nazi hunter speaks at Pellissippi State about bringing fascist war criminals to trial
Four Pellissippi State Community College students brought home Silver medals in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference last month, the second year in a row the college has had teams finish in the top three on the national stage. The team of Ian Johnson and Channing Mendez brought home… Read More »Pellissippi State students win Silver medals in national SkillsUSA competition
People who are 23 years old are now eligible for the Tennessee Reconnect scholarship if they have not previously earned a college degree. This is regardless of their dependency status on federal income tax forms. Similar to Tennessee Promise for college freshmen who are coming straight to higher education from… Read More »Tennessee Reconnect now covers 23 year olds
Blind since birth, Campbell Rutherford of Dandridge is used to “seeing” the world a different way from her sighted peers. But as a dual enrollment student at Pellissippi State Community College since fall 2020, Rutherford has helped her professors “see” new ways of teaching. “Parts of calculus are inherently visual,”… Read More »Blind student helps Pellissippi State professor ‘see’ calculus a different way
