Roane State Community College News

Browse past news stories for Roane State Community College in Harriman, TN:

  • Stolen USB Drive -- The Downside of Data on a Stick (Enterprise IT Planet)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:00:06 pm
    A USB drive containing thousands of student Social Security Numbers was nabbed at a Tennessee college, exposing 16,000 to potential identity theft.
  • Stolen USB Drive Puts Tennessee Students at Risk (InternetNews.com)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:18:15 pm
    A purloined USB drive contains thousands of student Social Security Numbers -- exposing 16,000 to potential identity theft.
  • Roane State mobilizing after private information stolen from thousands (WATE 6 Knoxville)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 09:58:22 pm
    Roane State Community College officials have set up a call center in hopes of easing fears after private information was stolen from thousands of former and current employees and students.
  • Roane State reports theft of sensitive data (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 03:03:31 am
    A data storage device containing the names and Social Security numbers of nearly 11,000 current and former Roane State Community College employees and students was stolen from an employee's unlocked car recently, college officials announced Wednesday. The college mailed letters and sent e-mail messages that morning to those affected. Major consumer reporting agencies have been notified, and the ...
  • Social Security numbers stolen from Roane St. Community College (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 08:14:39 pm
    Personal information for former and current students and staff of Roane State Community College, was stolen when an employee took the information home on a flash drive.
  • Roane State: thousands of names, SS numbers on stolen device (WATE 6 Knoxville)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 07:13:22 pm
    Roane State Community College has posted an "ID alert" on its Web site after the theft of a storage device containing confidential information on more than 10,000 people.
  • Roane State gets more than $500,000 to enhance student services (WATE 6 Knoxville)
    posted on October 5, 2009 at 08:17:15 pm
    Roane State Community College has received $511,257 in new grant funding to enhance student services, officials announced Monday.
  • Editorial: TVA money will help Roane County move on (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on October 1, 2009 at 06:34:15 pm
    It was altogether proper for the Tennessee Valley Authority to pay Roane County $43 million to offset the negative effects of the Dec. 22 ash spill into the Emory River and a nearby neighborhood. In terms of publicity and a black eye, the entire region suffered when 5.4 million cubic yards of wet fly ash spilled after the breach of a retention wall at the Kingston Fossil Plant. However, the ...
  • Transplant patient doing well after back surgery (The Oak Ridger)
    posted on September 28, 2009 at 12:49:35 am
    Jordon Hensley was sitting up in bed Thursday night, a few hours after a day-long surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
  • More surgery for heart recipient (The Oak Ridger)
    posted on September 24, 2009 at 01:19:35 pm
    For the second time in nearly two years, a Kingston teenager will undergo complex surgery in Nashville. However, today's surgery will not be as momentous as her heart transplant nearly two years ago.
  • Lady Dog great honored (The Red and Black)
    posted on September 22, 2009 at 09:15:57 am
    She has broken down barriers not only as a player, but also as a coach. Former Georgia basketball All-American Bernadette Locke-Mattox will join the likes of Vince Dooley, Teresa Edwards and other elite Bulldogs in the University of Georgia Circle of Honor, as she is one of four to be inducted Friday.
  • Theater restoration sparks debate (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on September 19, 2009 at 11:33:48 pm
    HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Harriman Mayor Chris Mason, right, discusses the future of the Princess Theater with Diane Tronsor, who operates the Spot Cafe near the historic building. A restoration project of the theater recently received $1.7 million from a special TVA fund. HARRIMAN - Eyebrows shot up when the restoration of an old movie theater received $1.7 million last week from a special TVA fund ...
  • Seeds of Roane rehab began days after spill (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on September 19, 2009 at 03:33:39 am
    Days after the ash spill disaster, TVA President Tom Kilgore sowed the seeds for this week's announcement of a $43 million TVA donation to help Roane County and its cities recover from a tarnished image. TVA would make Roane County whole if not better than before the Dec. 22 calamity at Kingston Fossil Plant, Kilgore assured worried residents gathered in late December in the Roane County High ...
  • RAM dental/vision clinic set for this weekend in Harriman (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
    posted on September 17, 2009 at 07:49:20 pm
    Remote Area Medical, which provides medical services to people who otherwise would not be able to afford them, is holding a free dental and vision care clinic at Roane State Community College this weekend.
  • Roane wastes no time with TVA funds (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on September 17, 2009 at 04:04:33 am
    KINGSTON - It took a new foundation 28 minutes Wednesday to spend more than $6.7 million from a special $40 million TVA allocation set aside to boost Roane County as a result of the disastrous coal ash spill. Projects approved include renovating the historic Princess Theater in downtown Harriman for use as a regional cultural and educational center at the price of $1.7 million and doubling the ...
  • TVA to provide $40 million to Roane (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on September 15, 2009 at 03:04:38 am
    KINGSTON - As the Tennessee Valley Authority continues to remove coal ash sludge from Roane County waterways, the agency is pledging $40 million in funding for projects to help clean up the county's image as an environmentally tarnished community. TVA and Roane leaders meeting in Kingston Monday said they have established the Roane County Economic Development Foundation to administer the funds ...
  • Police Reports: Aug. 12 (The Oak Ridger)
    posted on August 30, 2009 at 11:14:59 pm
    Compiled from records at area police and sheriff's departments. Readers are cautioned that persons may exist with names similar to those found in reports.
  • Bulldogs' Brown set to transfer to Roane State (The Post and Courier)
    posted on August 29, 2009 at 04:53:04 am
    Former Citadel basketball player John Brown plans to transfer to Roane State Community College, where he will play for ex-Bulldogs coach Randy Nesbit. Citadel coach Ed Conroy said Brown will be eligible immediately to play this season for Roane State, a junior college in Harriman, Tenn. ...
  • Sports bulletin board for Aug. 9 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on August 9, 2009 at 04:07:43 am
    Baseball Players: 11U Diamond Dawgs select team looking for advanced players; team will be affiliated with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, based out of West Knoxville and playing in the local area on scheduled weekends. 865-805-1875, b24woody@bellsouth.net.
  • Residents affected by coal ash spill critical of TVA (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on June 24, 2009 at 04:06:57 am
    HARRIMAN - The auditorium at Roane State Community College was only half full, but the air was charged as residents affected by the Dec. 22 Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill called upon TVA and other agencies to put their lives back together Tuesday. Many of those who spoke to TVA and other officials during a three-hour session at Roane State said they were frustrated because their properties ...
  • Ash spill town hall meeting attracts protestors from Ala. (WATE 6 Knoxville)
    posted on June 24, 2009 at 03:36:40 am
    A joint public meeting on the TVA ash spill recovery effort was held at Roane State Community College Tuesday night, but it wasn't just local residents who expressed their concerns.
  • TVA holding public meeting on fly ash spill (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on June 23, 2009 at 03:34:51 pm
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and TVA will hold a joint meeting today in Harriman to present a briefing on Kingston fly ash spill recovery efforts and invite questions and comments from the public.
  • 6 months later, those affected by ash spill say clean up is slow (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
    posted on June 22, 2009 at 10:25:18 pm
    Six months ago Monday morning, residents of the Swan Pond Road area of Kingston, Tennessee woke up to a mess.
  • TVA to hold public meeting regarding Kingston spill (The Herald-News)
    posted on June 19, 2009 at 07:54:37 pm
    TVA, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, June 23, to discuss the progress of recovery efforts at the Kingston Fossil Plant ash spill site and to answer questions from area residents.
  • Public briefing Tuesday on fly ash recovery (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on June 19, 2009 at 04:25:31 pm
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and TVA will hold a joint meeting Tuesday in Harriman to present a briefing on Kingston fly ash spill recovery efforts and invite questions and comments from the public.
  • Public meeting on ash spill; Watts Bar advisories issued (The Oak Ridger)
    posted on June 18, 2009 at 01:20:08 pm
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will hold a joint meeting from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Roane State Community College Theatre, Harriman, to discuss ongoing recovery efforts at the Kingston ash-spill site.
  • Knoxville couples endure long adoption waits (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on June 17, 2009 at 02:17:37 pm
    It's difficult enough to wait nine months for the arrival of a biological child, but what if you had to wait for two, three, or even four years to finalize the adoption of a foreign-born baby? This is the frustrating position in which many prospective adoptive parents are finding themselves these days.
  • Minnesota Lynx Hire Veteran Jim Davis as Assistant Coach (OurSports Central)
    posted on June 4, 2009 at 08:56:11 pm
    MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx today announced the hiring of Jim Davis as assistant coach. Davis joins Jim Petersen on head coach Jen Gillom's staff. Gillom was named Lynx head coach yesterday.
  • Community meeting on public health response to ash spill (WATE 6 Knoxville)
    posted on June 1, 2009 at 06:08:10 pm
    The state Department of Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry will hold a community meeting June 11 about the public health response to the TVA ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant.
  • 'Heartland Series' star teaches acting and filmmaking (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    posted on May 15, 2009 at 04:12:54 am
    Class is in session, with Bill Landry of "The Heartland Series" as the guest professor. For 16 weeks, Roane State Community College students have been learning acting and filmmaking from Landry.