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Pellissippi State Technical Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• State Technical Institute at Knoxville (State Tech) was established on September 4, 1974. State Tech opened with 45,000 square feet of floor space, 45 students, 12 faculty and staff members, and three associate's degree programs, all in engineering technology. The new institute was housed in a building adjacent to the Regional Vocational-Technical School (later renamed the Knoxville Area Vocational-Technical School and now the Tennessee Technology Center at Knoxville).
• Pellissippi State offers Associate's degree and certificate programs that lead to employment in engineering technologies and business, Associate's degree programs and courses that prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate-level colleges and universities, remedial and developmental education and other educational support programs and services, General Educational Development (GED) preparation, training to meet specific needs of businesses, industries and individuals, continuing education programs, seminars and workshops, Resources for special grade K-12 programs and events and support for, involvement in, and promotion of civic and cultural projects and events.
• Located in Tennessee's third-largest metropolitan area, Pellissippi State comprehensively serves the greater Knox and Blount County area and extends its engineering technology offerings to Anderson, Loudon, Roane, Cumberland, Campbell, Fentress, Scott, and Morgan counties. A member of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) System, the College seeks to develop and maintain effective student transfer agreements with TBR universities, the University of Tennessee, and private colleges and universities of the region.
• Pellissippi State is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees.
• Profile last updated: 08/10/2009.

In the News:

• Study: Majority of unwed dads involved with infants (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 03:20:00 am
  By the time he found out he was having a son, Tyler Newman, then 21, had just three months to get used to the idea.He and his son’s mother, both students at the University of Tennessee, had ended their relationship, and she had moved back home to West Tennessee. That summer, she called him with some shocking news: She was six months pregnant.
• Experts say cultural trends contribute to unmarried births (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on March 14, 2010 at 05:00:29 am
  The way Dennisa Smith sees it, she did it backward. "I just thought I would finish college, and then maybe have a man that I was with all through college or meet someone, and then get married and have children," Smith said. "That's how you always hope it to be."
• Make graduation part of funding formula (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on January 17, 2010 at 05:00:00 am
  The special legislative session on education this week is likely to focus on reforming higher education, and - as with last week's K-12th-grade effort - the discussion will be healthy for the final outcome.Unlike last week, the lawmakers and governor are under no specific deadline, but getting the subject behind them will enable the regular legislative session to begin. Then, the state budget ...
• People and Honors: Dec. 6 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on December 6, 2009 at 05:00:00 am
  -- Eric Abelquist has been promoted to executive vice president of Oak Ridge Associated Universities and deputy director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He previously was vice president and director of ORAU's Independent Environmental Assessment and Verification Program.-- Jon Clemons and Matthew Reddish have been promoted to bankruptcy representatives at Vanderbilt ...
• Green Tide: State taking big steps toward energy-efficient future (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on December 6, 2009 at 05:00:00 am
  A modest zero-energy project has multiplied into a major career change for one-time software developer David Bolt.The Roane County resident may be on the cutting edge of an industry wave that could mean valuable jobs for an East Tennessee economy hungry for new investment.Bolt grew interested in sustainability - also known as energy and environmental conservation - as he was renovating his ...

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