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Pellissippi State offers medical office training in 2020

Lesli Bales-SherrodDecember 13, 2019West Knox, What's Up Pellissippi

If one of your New Year’s resolutions for 2020 is to start a new career, Pellissippi State Community College has options to help you meet that goal in just 12 …

YouthForce students get hands-on experiences at Pellissippi

Julia WoodJune 14, 2019Our Town Teens, What's Up Pellissippi

Something is happening.
The nurses check the patient’s pupils. “They’re asymmetrical,” one reports. Stethoscopes out, they listen to his chest, where they hear an asthmatic wheeze. A few minutes later, they’re …

Pellissippi State names Kevin Fillers Alumnus of the Year

Julia WoodJune 3, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

Pellissippi State Community College has recognized Kevin Fillers as its Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2019.
Fillers, business manager at Innovative Design Inc., graduated from Pellissippi State in 2011 with an …

Pellissippi notes

Julia WoodMay 29, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

Pellissippi State salutes its outstanding students for 2020. Click here.

Julia WoodMay 14, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

New Student Orientation at the Hardin Valley Campus for the 2019 summer semester will be held 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Clayton Performing Arts Center. New Student …

Sandra ClarkFebruary 20, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

The annual Photography Student Exhibition, part of The Arts at Pellissippi State, will run through Friday, March 15, at the Bagwell Center for Media and Art Gallery on the college’s Hardin …

Sandra ClarkJanuary 15, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

Gene Haas Foundation has received the 2018 Regents Award for Excellence in Philanthropy for its contributions to higher education. Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee College for Applied Technology …

Sandra ClarkJanuary 10, 2019What's Up Pellissippi

Appalachian Heritage Project planned for Strawberry Plains campus: A $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help fund the new cultural center, which will focus on regional …

[caption id="attachment_60263" align="alignleft" width="150"] Isaac Thorne[/caption]

Isaac Thorne will be Knoxville’s new director of transit, effective Aug. 31. Thorne is currently the chief executive officer for Connect Transit in Normal, Illinois. “Isaac has a winning track record in the transit industry,” Mayor Indya Kincannon said. “He is an innovative leader who never loses sight that public transit is a customer-focused service. Thorne succeeds Transit Director Dawn Distler, who left in 2018 to direct a larger regional transit system in Akron, Ohio, and interim director Melissa Roberson, who will return to her position as KAT’s chief administrative officer.