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Poster for Livin' Live Music Festival on April 11, 2024.

Student plans downtown Maryville music festival

A Pellissippi State Community College student is putting into practice everything he’s learned in Audio Production Engineering to put on a music festival in Maryville this month.  Addison Clark has organized the LIVIN’ LIVE Music Festival that will be held Thursday, April 11, from 4-10 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre,… Read More »Student plans downtown Maryville music festival

Anna B. Graham headshot

Graham named new Blount County Campus Dean

Longtime Maryville resident Anna B. Graham has been named the new dean of Pellissippi State Community College’s Blount County Campus.  Graham, who has lived in Maryville for 30 years this fall and is married to an 8th generation Blount Countian, has been serving as the interim dean since fall 2023.… Read More »Graham named new Blount County Campus Dean

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

Charles Dodd White with books

James Agee Conference reverts to in-person at Pellissippi State

Pellissippi State Community College’s annual literature conference returns to its original in-person format this year – but in a new location.  The James Agee Conference for Arts and Literature will be held Saturday, March 2, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on the college’s Strawberry Plains Campus, 7201 Strawberry Plains… Read More »James Agee Conference reverts to in-person at Pellissippi State

Author Matt Deaton

Pellissippi State hosts free teaching conference Feb. 16

Pellissippi State Community College will host a free Teaching and Learning Conference on Friday, Feb. 16, and registration is still open.  “Teaching through the Whirlwind: Strategies for Navigating It All” is scheduled for 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. on the college’s Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville.  Some sessions will… Read More »Pellissippi State hosts free teaching conference Feb. 16

Pellissippi State Culinary Arts students at the Legislative Breakfast on Feb. 2, 2024.

Experiential learning, industry partnerships on display at Legislative Breakfast

State and local legislators saw firsthand Friday the kind of experiential learning that is preparing Pellissippi State Community College students to enter the workforce.   “Students are supplementing what they’re learning in the classroom through doing,” said Pellissippi State President L. Anthony Wise Jr., as Business/Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts students… Read More »Experiential learning, industry partnerships on display at Legislative Breakfast

Pellissippi State Nursing students who graduated in fall 2023 attend the Pinning Ceremony before their Commencement.

98% of Pellissippi State Nursing graduates pass national licensing exam on first attempt

Pellissippi State Community College earned a 98.13% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam in 2023, finishing in the top five of 20 Tennessee colleges that confer associate degrees in Nursing.  One hundred five of the 107 Pellissippi State Nursing graduates who took the national licensing exam in 2023 passed on… Read More »98% of Pellissippi State Nursing graduates pass national licensing exam on first attempt

Spring Semester 2024 Virtual Classes

Spring 2024 semester classes at Pellissippi State will begin virtually on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, however campuses will remain closed due to inclement weather. Students should expect to receive communications from their professors via Brightspace or their Pellissippi State email accounts for information about how to attend class virtually.  In-person… Read More »Spring Semester 2024 Virtual Classes

Cutline: Rebecca Duhamel, far left, gets ready to run the Secret City Half Marathon in November with family friend Sami Abu-orf, her brother, Joseph Duhamel, and her father, David Duhamel.

Graduate spotlight: Rebecca Duhamel has makings of ‘a great historian’

For someone who wants to teach middle school history, Rebecca Duhamel is already on the right track.  Not only will Duhamel graduate from Pellissippi State Community College on Friday with her Associate of Science in History, “she has a knack for helping her peers understand and appreciate history and its… Read More »Graduate spotlight: Rebecca Duhamel has makings of ‘a great historian’

Braeden Watkins, far right, enjoys a trip to Guatemala with his family over fall break 2023: stepfather JP Anderson, younger brother Caleb Watkins, who is starting at Pellissippi State this spring, and mother Alicia Anderson, from left. “Family is a major part of my life,” Watkins said. “My mom played a great role in keeping me motivated when I was going through rough patches."

Graduate spotlight: Braeden Watkins wants to treat others like professors treated him

Braeden Watkins started Pellissippi State Community College as a dual enrollment student his senior year at Bearden High School – and had such a “great experience” that he wanted to come back full time.  “I really liked the environment and felt like I could fit in,” said Watkins, who graduates… Read More »Graduate spotlight: Braeden Watkins wants to treat others like professors treated him