Pellissippi State Community College is up 3% in enrollment this semester, an increase of 258 students over fall 2022. Pellissippi State’s total fall enrollment of 8,710 students – 5,476 of whom are full time – tops the state’s 13 public community colleges, according to figures from TBR – The College… Read More »Pellissippi State still the largest community college in Tennessee
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
Erika Waycaster knows what her volleyball players are going through. Waycaster, 29, was part of Walters State Community College’s first volleyball team in 2012. Now she’s leading Pellissippi State Community College’s first volleyball team as the school’s head coach. “I’ve been telling the girls: what I’m asking you to do,… Read More »Waycaster leads Pellissippi State’s first volleyball team
Pellissippi State Community College has bested its previous record in a national math competition, finishing 6th in the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Student Mathematics League for 2022-2023. Pellissippi State cracked the top 10 for the first time last year, finishing 8th. The college’s previous best finish was 20th… Read More »Pellissippi State boasts top three math students in Southeast, finishes 6th in nation
Channing Mendez was working as an electrician before attending Pellissippi State, but saw his apprenticeship abruptly end during the pandemic. “I started wondering what to do with my life because I had worked all kinds of jobs and I wasn’t particularly happy with any of them,” he admits. Channing… Read More »National competition winner finds passion for video production at Pellissippi State
From as far back as Sarah Howell can remember, music has been a part of her life. “I think as soon as I had my first word, I was singing my first song,” she recalls. So when she started at Pellissippi State in the fall of 2020, majoring in music… Read More »Howell finds her voice as Pellissippi State’s Outstanding Music Graduate
An LPGA teaching professional will lead Pellissippi State Community College’s first men’s golf team starting this fall. Mackensie Grohman, originally from California, has been hired as head coach, tasked with building a men’s golf program from the ground up as the college embarks on its inaugural season of competitive athletics. … Read More »Grohman leads Pellissippi State’s first men’s golf team
Despite starting out in the tumultuous, mid-pandemic semester of fall 2021, Pellissippi State graduate Peyton Pettyjohn made connections and wore many hats within the College, including serving as president of the Student Activities Board, vice president of the Student Government Association and as a worker in Student Engagement and Leadership. Peyton was… Read More »Graduate finds college ‘family’ by getting involved in student clubs
Blizzards, fires and flooding – oh my! Young women ages 16 through 22 can learn to manage and lead through disasters at a free emergency management camp this July. Pellissippi State Community College is one of four institutions nationwide that was chosen to host the HERricane Program in 2023. The… Read More »Pellissippi State hosts free emergency management camp for young women
It’s official: A partnership between Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is set to bring new career options to students and a stronger workforce to the national lab. On May 31, representatives from the college and the U.S. Department of Energy’s ORNL signed a Memorandum of Understanding… Read More »Partnership offers direct career path from Pellissippi State to ORNL
