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Walters State Community College presidential search committee appointed. First public forum set for April 22.

Walters State Community College

The Search Advisory Committee leading the Tennessee Board of Regents' search for the next president of Walters State Community College has been appointed, and a public forum on the search will be held April 22.

Board of Regents Member Miles Burdine is chair of the 16-member committee. Board Members Cayden Keltgen, Ross Roberts and Danni Varlan also are serving as committee members, along with representatives of the college’s faculty, staff, students and alumni, and business and civic leaders from the community. The full membership is listed below.

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Members of the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellowship class announced, representing community & technical colleges across the state

Maxine Smith Leadership Series

The College System of Tennessee today announced the 10 members of the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellowship Class of 2025-26, representing faculty and staff from community and technical colleges across the state.

The Chancellor’s Fellowship is a new cornerstone initiative of the Maxine Smith Leadership Series, designed to cultivate leadership talent among senior administrators across the college system. 

Members of the Chancellor’s Fellowship Class of 2025-26 are:

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Board of Regents approves tuition, presidential search criteria for Walters State Community College, new program at Roane State Community College

In a special called meeting today, the Tennessee Board of Regents approved tuition and fees for Academic Year 2025-26, search criteria for the next president of Walters State Community College, and a new associate degree program at Roane State Community College.

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Board of Regents special called meeting March 27: Agenda includes tuition & fees for Academic Year 2025-26, search criteria for next president of Walters State Community College

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting Thursday, March 27, 2025, to consider tuition and fees for Academic Year 2025-26, search criteria for the next president of Walters State Community College, a new associate degree program at Roane State Community College, and the chancellor’s performance evaluation process.

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Phi Theta Kappa & National Technical Honor Society students recognized during Student Honors Luncheon

Phi Theta Kappa & National Technical Honor Society students recognized

Fifty high-achieving students at Tennessee’s community and technical colleges were recognized recently at the College System of Tennessee’s annual Student Honors Luncheon.

The students are members of the Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team, from the community colleges, or inductees into the National Technical Honor Society, representing their Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology campuses.   

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Nine TBR colleges & system office awarded grants to increase healthcare career training

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

2025 SOAR Award Honorees

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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Board of Regents hears reports on college programs, policies during quarterly meeting

TCAT Murfreesboro President Patrick Wade, student Carlos Castillo, and Nissan workforce development executives Dan Caldwell, Rodney Douglas, Jason Stanley

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 Sutton assumes Council on Occupational Education chairmanship. TCAT Dickson President Travis elected to COE board.

TCAT Memphis President Gwendolyn Sutton & TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis

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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