Ross chosen for leadership training

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Youth

Elizabeth Ross, director of talent management at Pellissippi State Community College, is one of 12 College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) members selected to participate in the …

PSCC plans four class formats for fall

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Youth

Pellissippi State Community College plans to allow students to return to campus on a limited basis this fall, offering classes in four formats.
“While our top priority remains providing a safe environment for our students and employees, our goal …

Pellissippi State creates protective face shields

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Youth

Pellissippi State Community College has produced its first 200 transparent plastic face shields for Covenant Health, building on an earlier project that provided personal protective equipment to health care facilities throughout Tennessee.
“Once we …

Partners pitch in for 3D face shields

Lesli Bales-SherrodFeature

Pellissippi State Community College has 3D-printed 1,700 headbands for face shields health care professionals wear to protect them from infectious diseases such as COVID-19. But Pellissippi State didn’t do it alone.
Knox County Schools’ Career Magnet Academy, Roane …

Nursing student sews masks for strangers

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Neighbors

Bridget Frazier is a lot of things: wife to a disabled veteran, mother to 6-year-old twins, a nursing student at Pellissippi State Community College and an emergency room technician at Parkwest Medical Center.
But …

PSCC manufactures critical equipment amid pandemic

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Youth

Pellissippi State Community College is one of several Tennessee colleges using 3D printers to manufacture personal protective equipment that will help health care professionals caring for coronavirus patients.
The project, announced March 23 by …

Pellissippi State to host Family Visit Night

Lesli Bales-SherrodOur Town Youth

Latinx families in the Knoxville area are invited to Pellissippi State Community College this Thursday (March 12) for the school’s second Latinx Family Visit Night.
“We are specifically inviting prospective Latinx …