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Tennessee community college students ride the Tokyo Metro in Japan during a study abroad program in 2023.

Pellissippi State is No. 1 community college for study abroad

Pellissippi State Community College ranks first in the nation among community colleges for its number of students who study abroad.  According to the 2023 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, Pellissippi State sent 116 students to study abroad in academic year 2021-2022. That’s 23 more students than… Read More »Pellissippi State is No. 1 community college for study abroad

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, second from left, celebrates Pellissippi State winning the 2023 college voter registration drive for two-year schools on Nov. 8, 2023.

Pellissippi State wins statewide voter registration drive competition

Pellissippi State Community College registered more voters during September’s college voter registration drive than any other community college in Tennessee.  The college’s Student Engagement and Leadership office held voter drives on each of Pellissippi State’s four campuses the week of Sept. 14-21 and registered 264 new voters.  “Tennessee and our… Read More »Pellissippi State wins statewide voter registration drive competition

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’

A hand on the audio control panel (photo provided by UT)

UT College of Music announces new partnership with Pellissippi State

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Music has entered into an agreement with Pellissippi State Community College that provides a bridge from Pellissippi State’s Associate of Applied Science in media technologies/audio production engineering to UT’s Bachelor of Arts in music business administration. The articulation agreement — a program that formalizes a pathway for transfer… Read More »UT College of Music announces new partnership with Pellissippi State

Three female students walk on Pellissippi State's Hardin Valley Campus in fall 2023.

Learn more about Pellissippi State at open house Nov. 11

Prospective college students of all ages are invited to the fall Pellissippi Preview Saturday, Nov. 11, on Pellissippi State Community College’s Hardin Valley Campus.  The free event, which runs 9 – 11 a.m., includes opportunities to learn about the college’s academic programs, financial aid and scholarships, student support services and… Read More »Learn more about Pellissippi State at open house Nov. 11

Peter and the Wolf graphic for upcoming Theatre piece

Shadow puppets bring ‘Peter and the Wolf’ to life in Pellissippi State Theatre production

The creative process of 16 Pellissippi State Community College students comes to fruition in November with 12 showings of “Peter and the Wolf,” a theatre piece using shadow puppets, overhead projections and other technology to tell the classic children’s story in a new way.  “We have never created a play… Read More »Shadow puppets bring ‘Peter and the Wolf’ to life in Pellissippi State Theatre production

Pellissippi State Women's Soccer team celebrates their 1-0 win over Motlow State on Oct. 12. The college's Women's Soccer program has been honored with Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards from the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association.

Pellissippi State boasts Women’s Soccer Coach, Player of the Year: TCCAA

Pellissippi State Community College’s women’s soccer coach and several of the team’s players have earned statewide honors in their inaugural season.  Head coach Mariana Diaz Lopez was named Coach of the Year by the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association on Oct. 23, having led Pellissippi State’s first women’s soccer team… Read More »Pellissippi State boasts Women’s Soccer Coach, Player of the Year: TCCAA

Lovers, a cyanotype on cotton, is one of Anna Halliwell Gianferante's 2023 works on display at Pellissippi State through Nov. 17.

Pellissippi State art exhibit explores memory, truth and loss

Photos developed from film and handwritten notes passed in class take on a new life in the mixed media exhibit “what abides here” at Pellissippi State Community College.  The solo exhibition of artist Anna Halliwell Gianferante is on display in the Bagwell Center for Media and Art Gallery on the… Read More »Pellissippi State art exhibit explores memory, truth and loss

Author Neema Avashia outside with a river and stone bridge in the background

Young Creative Writer’s Workshop returns to Pellissippi State on Oct. 28

Pellissippi State Community College’s 9th annual Young Creative Writer’s Workshop features sessions on “Haints, Haunts and Horrors in the Holler” and “Appalachian Myths, Monsters and Mysteries” as well as other witchy workshops.  The free event will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, on Pellissippi State’s Strawberry Plains Campus,… Read More »Young Creative Writer’s Workshop returns to Pellissippi State on Oct. 28

Headshot of Rosa Mar

Hispanic Heritage Month culminates with Oct. 24 ‘Conversation with a Legend’

Pellissippi State Community College’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration wraps up next week with a ‘Conversation with a Legend,’ and the public is invited.  Pellissippi State President L. Anthony Wise Jr. will facilitate a discussion with Rosa Mar on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at noon in the Goins Building Auditorium on the… Read More »Hispanic Heritage Month culminates with Oct. 24 ‘Conversation with a Legend’