Pellissippi State Community College has hired Meredith Smith to serve as the school’s first head softball coach in program history. Smith began her college athletics coaching career in 2004 at the University of Tennessee working for two years as the director of softball operations under legendary coaches Karen and Ralph… Read More »Meredith Smith to lead women’s softball
Pellissippi State Community College honored the 2024 graduating class of nearly 700 students Friday and Saturday during ceremonies at Faith Promise Church near the Hardin Valley Campus. Approximately 2,000 guests attended the events during the two days to honor the 693 students who received diplomas from Pellissippi State. View our… Read More »Graduates encouraged to ‘go all in’ at 2024 commencement
Two Pellissippi State Community College students who participated in the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship pitch competition last week now have the opportunity to turn their capstone projects into reality. Alen Muharemi and Simone Durrance, whose pitches demonstrated their interests in starting a mural company and a food truck business,… Read More »Pitch competition helps students bring business ideas to reality
Pellissippi State Athletics has hired Shawn Hughes of Knoxville-based BC Athletics as the college’s first head baseball coach. Hughes spent 18 years coaching college baseball at the NCAA Division I and NJCAA Division I levels. He was a founding member of the Cisco College baseball program in Cisco, Texas, and… Read More »Pellissippi State hires first head baseball coach
East Tennessee native Darrian Jones has been named head men’s basketball coach at Pellissippi State, Athletics Director Brock Evans announced Wednesday. Jones was a standout player at Alcoa High School from 1997-2001, earning 1st Team All-State. He went on to play for two years at Hiwassee College from 2001-2003 in… Read More »Pellissippi State Athletics announces hiring of first men’s basketball coach
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
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
Pellissippi State has hired Abe Tizaf as its new head men’s soccer coach, effective Feb. 16. Tizaf comes to Pellissippi State after spending a season as an assistant coach at Young Harris College in Georgia and five seasons as head coach at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. He was instrumental… Read More »Former professional soccer player to lead Pellissippi State men’s team
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
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
