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Nine TBR colleges & system office awarded grants to increase healthcare career training
03/10/2025

Nine Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) community and technical colleges and the TBR system office have been awarded grants to increase healthcare career training opportunities that will expand access to healthcare in rural communities.

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2025 SOAR Award Honorees
Seventh Annual SOAR Awards honor our outstanding students, faculty, staff & supporters. Dyersburg State Community College & TCAT Nashville are Colleges of the Year
02/28/2025

The Tennessee Board of Regents honored outstanding students, faculty, staff, philanthropists, volunteers and partners of the year from our community and technical colleges in the Seventh Annual Statewide Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) Awards Thursday night (Feb. 27) in Nashville.

In addition to individual SOAR Award winners, Dyersburg State Community College earned Community College of the Year honors and Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Nashville took home the Technical College of the Year award.

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TCAT Murfreesboro President Patrick Wade, student Carlos Castillo, and Nissan workforce development executives Dan Caldwell, Rodney Douglas, Jason Stanley
Board of Regents hears reports on college programs, policies during quarterly meeting
02/26/2025

During its quarterly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 26, the Tennessee Board of Regents heard an informational report on TCAT Murfreesboro’s innovative partnership with Nissan in an Industrial Electrical Maintenance and Mechatronics training program in which students can earn diplomas and industry-ready certificates.

The partnership is in its second trimester with about 100 students currently enrolled. Graduates may work at any industry in need of their new skills.

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TCAT Memphis President Gwendolyn Sutton & TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis
TCAT Memphis President Sutton assumes Council on Occupational Education chairmanship. TCAT Dickson President Travis elected to COE board.
02/21/2025

Dr. Gwendolyn Sutton, president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis, has been elected chair of the Council on Occupational Education’s governing Board of Commissioners.

The COE membership also elected Laura Travis, president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Dickson, to a three-year term on the 20-member Board of Commissioners.

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Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
Board of Regents quarterly meeting is Feb. 26. Agenda includes staff recommendations for tuition & fees.
02/19/2025

The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), which governs the state’s public community colleges and colleges of applied technology, will hold its next regular quarterly meeting Feb. 26, 2025. The agenda includes a presentation of staff recommendations for tuition and fees for Academic Year 2025-26, which the board will consider during a special called meeting March 27.

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Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
Board of Regents Audit Committee to meet Feb. 18
02/11/2025

The Audit Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, to consider audit items and review informational reports in advance of the next regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents scheduled for Feb. 26.

The Board of Regents governs Tennessee's public community colleges and colleges of applied technology.

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News Archive

News Title Post date
TBR Chancellor Recommends Youlanda Jones-Wilcox as new director of TCATs Covington & Ripley 05/26/2015
Board to vote Wednesday on Tracy Hall as next president for Southwest Tennessee Community College 05/22/2015
TBR Chancellor Recommends Flora Tydings as Chattanooga State’s Next President 05/22/2015
TBR Board Meets May 27 to Approve New Presidents and Director; Audit, Finance, Committee Chairs Committees Meet Too 05/21/2015
TBR campuses show over $15 million in improved efficiencies, planning more 05/15/2015
TBR Finance and Business Operations Committee to Meet May 7 04/30/2015
Candidates for Chatt State Presidential Search Narrowed to 4; Campus Visits Scheduled Week of May 4 04/28/2015
Campus Visits Week of April 27 for 4 Southwest Tennessee Community College President Search Finalists 04/22/2015
Finalists Selected for Motlow College Presidential Search; Interviews Scheduled April 21, 22 04/14/2015
TBR Finance and Business Operations Committee to Meet April 8 04/01/2015
TBR Hears Restructured Remediation Success Story; Approves New Programs, Fee Changes, New TCAT Director 03/27/2015
TBR Plans Quarterly Meeting March 27 in Cookeville; Participates in TTU 100th Charter Day Celebration 03/20/2015
Motlow State Presidential Search Advisory Committee Named; First Meeting Scheduled March 18 03/06/2015
TBR Schedules Audit, Finance, Committee Chairs Meetings for March 10 03/03/2015
TBR Finance and Business Operations Committee to Meet Feb. 19 02/13/2015
Colleges, TTU to expand higher ed options in Cookeville 02/13/2015
Tennessee higher education leaders express support of higher standards for K-12 education 02/11/2015
TBR schedules special telephonic meeting Feb. 13 02/06/2015
Chattanooga State Presidential Search Advisory Committee named; first meeting Feb. 10 02/05/2015
Open forum, first meeting of Chattanooga State Presidential Search Advisory Committee scheduled Feb. 10 02/04/2015

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