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Pellissippi State Instructor Shane Terry, left, helps Ava Fain, a seventh grader at Coulter Grove Intermediate School in Maryville, learn how to use a 3D pen during a spring break camp on the college's Blount County Campus.

Middle schoolers learn 3D printing in free Pellissippi State camp

Pellissippi State Community College’s Blount County Campus has a new 3D printing lab – and six middle school students spent their spring break learning how to use it.  The seventh- and eighth-grade students from several Blount County schools took part in a free 3D printing camp offered by Pellissippi State… Read More »Middle schoolers learn 3D printing in free Pellissippi State camp

From left: Associate Professor Diane Riley, Associate Professor Julie Shubzda, Interior Design Technology student Dixie Lewis, Media and Engineering Technologies Dean Margaret Ann Jefferies and Interior Design Technology students Vanessa Lupasco, Valentyna Tretiak, Hannah West and Reagan Campbell check out the shipping container that was delivered to Pellissippi State's Hardin Valley Campus on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Pellissippi State students to transform shipping container into tiny home

Pellissippi State students across more than 10 career programs will come together this year to transform a shipping container into a tiny home.  The experiential learning project is spearheaded by Associate Professors Julie Shubzda and Diane Riley of Interior Design Technology and funded by a $10,000 grant from the college’s… Read More »Pellissippi State students to transform shipping container into tiny home

Students share notes on a bench at Hardin Valley Campus

Pellissippi State nets $2.2 million grant to continue ‘Reimagining Community College’

Pellissippi State Community College will receive $2.2 million from the U.S. Department of Education over the next five years as part of its Strengthening Institutions Program. Every two years, the Strengthening Institutions Program competitively selects colleges that demonstrate a commitment to serving low-income students, helping them achieve self-sufficiency.  The Title… Read More »Pellissippi State nets $2.2 million grant to continue ‘Reimagining Community College’

Tennessee community college students enjoy a canal cruise in Amsterdam while on a study abroad program during summer 2023.

Pellissippi State receives grant to train, mentor other colleges on study abroad programs

Pellissippi State Community College, home of the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies, is one of only eight community colleges nationwide to receive a federal grant to develop and expand study abroad opportunities.  The U.S. State Department’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students Program, known by the acronym IDEAS,… Read More »Pellissippi State receives grant to train, mentor other colleges on study abroad programs

Gov. Bill Lee, seated, learns about the race car Pellissippi States Motorsports students have designed, engineered and built.

Governor learns about Pellissippi State Motorsports in campus visit 

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee made a stop in Knoxville Aug. 30 to check in on the success of a grant program that has provided nearly $2 million to Pellissippi State Community College to aid in further development of vocational and information technology education.  Lee announced in November that Pellissippi State… Read More »Governor learns about Pellissippi State Motorsports in campus visit 

Sparky and Rhonda with photo credit to Pam Zappardino

‘Celebrate Appalachia!’ with music and storytelling at Blount County Public Library

Pellissippi State Community College Libraries’ Appalachian Heritage Project will host an evening of Appalachian music and storytelling with local legends Sparky and Rhonda Rucker next week.  The free Celebrate Appalachia! event will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in the Blount County Public Library’s Main Gallery, 508 N.… Read More »‘Celebrate Appalachia!’ with music and storytelling at Blount County Public Library

Christy Newman of Arconic presents $80,000 grant to Pellissippi State in front of Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center

Arconic Foundation helps more high schoolers take Pellissippi State dual enrollment courses

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

Ribbon cutting for the new Strawberry Plains Campus Library and Appalachian Heritage Project

Appalachian Heritage Project opens on Pellissippi State’s Strawberry Plains Campus

A new campus library at Pellissippi State Community College will serve as a repository for regional literature, history and folklore.  The Appalachian Heritage Project, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, opened Friday, Sept. 9, inside the college’s new Strawberry Plains Campus Library. The ribbon cutting was… Read More »Appalachian Heritage Project opens on Pellissippi State’s Strawberry Plains Campus

Kelle Jolly, Chris Durman and Sean McCollough will present a music-filled presentation on the life of Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong.

Pellissippi State celebrates Appalachian musician Armstrong in free public webinar

Join Pellissippi State Community College in celebrating the life and art of Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, an “Appalachian Original.”  The event, hosted by Pellissippi State Libraries Appalachian Heritage Project, will be held 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, on Zoom. While the celebration of the internationally acclaimed musician, painter and storyteller… Read More »Pellissippi State celebrates Appalachian musician Armstrong in free public webinar

Ahadut Mengesha works on his Raspberry Pi computer at camp in summer 2021. Raspberry Pi camp is an introduction to physical computing using the Python programming language and a Raspberry Pi single board computer.

Pellissippi State to extend work-based learning in information technology, advanced manufacturing

Pellissippi State Community College has received a second round of funding to enhance its College to Career Collaboratives in Knox and Blount counties.   Gov. Bill Lee announced Nov. 18 the second round of the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) program, which prioritizes learning opportunities in rural counties and enhances… Read More »Pellissippi State to extend work-based learning in information technology, advanced manufacturing