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MTSU will use a $120,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to will help higher education faculty improve their students’ understanding of diverse cultures.

The interdisciplinary program “will explore the historical roots of religious intolerance and conflict in the South along with successful examples of religious pluralism in Tennessee communities,” according to the grant proposal.

MTSU will join forces with Cleveland State Community College and Jackson State Community College to implement the program.

Four finalists have been selected to possibly become the next president of Motlow State Community College. Each will participate in interviews, campus forums and community receptions next week.

A Maker Space provides equipment and tools entrepreneurs need to develop prototypes. 

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 8, to review background materials and discuss information needs and next steps as it begins consideration of tuition and maintenance fee recommendations.

Mayors from across Sumner County gathered at Volunteer State Community College to salute volunteerism.

Tennessee Board of Regents colleges are improving success rates for students who come to campus requiring remedial support.

Members of the Tennessee Board of Regents received the news during a report on academic initiatives at the Board’s quarterly meeting on the campus of Tennessee Tech University today.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will meet in regular quarterly session on Friday, March 27, on the campus of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville following a program honoring the 100th anniversary of TTU’s charter date.

Named a Rewards School for performance in 2014, Collegiate High ranks in the top five percent of schools for performance and the top five percent of schools for progress.

When President Barack Obama visited East Tennessee in January, he introduced Americas College Promise and launched a manufacturing innovation hubboth with ties to Pellissippi State Community College.

A Tennessee Tech University computer science associate professor is organizing a conference to bring together industry professionals and higher education faculty and students.

In honor of 100 years of academics, Tennessee Tech University begins its Centennial Celebration Friday, March 27, with a ”Charter Day” ceremony.

Behind a glass door on the third floor of the Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library is a technology lab that allows anyone to step into a human heart, jump into a polluted river, and design, build and test devices and prototypes.

The presidential search advisory committee for a new president of Motlow State Community College has been selected and will meet for the first time Wednesday, March 18, and include an opportunity for campus and community comments.

Columbia State Community College’s President’s Leadership Society recently garnered attention among community and technical college leaders when the college was selected to present at the COMBASE consortium conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Middle Tennessee State University announced it will send teams of counselors and representatives to seven Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges in March and April to aid students who have their sights set on the four-year institution.

The Tennessee Board of Regents Audit Committee, Finance and Business Operations Committee, and Committee Chairs are scheduled to meet at the TBR office in Nashville on Tuesday, March 10.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and City of Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, recipients of the Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellors Award for Excellence in Philanthropy, celebrated the grand opening of the Center for Student and Community Engagement at Pellissippi State Community Colleges Magnolia Avenue Campus.

Trigonometry is one of those subjects that can seem removed from practical life. Mike Welham knows a way to bring it home for students. He takes the conversation into space.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has announced the designation of Volunteer State Community College as one of Tennessee’s first “VETS Campuses,” recognizing the institution’s efforts toward increasing the educational attainment of student veterans.