Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Pellissippi State hosts art exhibit featuring Jason Stout

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Pellissippi State Community College is currently hosting “Quiet Histories and Futures From the Republic,” a 15-day exhibit by artist Jason Stout, at the Hardin Valley Campus. The event runs through Feb. 6. Stout’s vivid and political work deals primarily with variations of past, current and future narratives, almost always concerning our identity or history. He [...]

Pellissippi State’s Veterans Support Committee hosts Wounded Warrior staff

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Many East Tennesseans know Pellissippi State Community College’s reputation for supporting and enrolling one of the largest student-veteran populations in the state. It’s a reputation that, in fact, has made its way to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also may know the Wounded Warrior Project, respected for its role in helping injured service [...]

Pellissippi State: first community college in state to launch AT&T mobile app

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Pellissippi State Community College has become the first community college in Tennessee to offer accessibility to important and timely college information via a mobile app powered by AT&T. The application is available for free download on Android, Apple and Blackberry devices. The new feature allows Pellissippi State students to access their class schedules, final grades, [...]

‘Treasures of the Turkomen’ Exhibit Opens at UT McClung Museum Jan. 18

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Elaborate silver, gilt jewelry, carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan are the focus of a new exhibit, which opens Jan. 18 at the Frank H. McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The exhibit, “Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia,” runs through May 12. It [...]

Pellissippi State students earn paralegal scholarships

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Two Pellissippi State Community College students have been named winners of scholarships that attracted applicants from across the state. Daniel Ostrom, in his second year of Paralegal Studies, was awarded an $800 scholarship from the Smoky Mountain Paralegal Association. To be eligible for the SMPA funds, students must be enrolled full time in a sustaining [...]

School district posts armed officers

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In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Connecticut, six schools in Greeneville, Tenn. have chosen to place an armed guard at each school. City Administrator Todd Smith said in a news release, “”We want to enhance police presence at all of our schools to reinforce security and the comfort level of [...]

West High  2013 Lead-off Baseball Banquet & Fund-Raiser

West High School will hold its 2013 Lead-off Baseball Banquet & Fund-Raiser Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, Knoxville. The features speaker will be Carson-Newman Baseball Head Coach, Tommy Griffin. The program will present a 2013 Season Preview, West Legacy Players will be honored, [...]

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