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Tennessee's community and technical colleges collected 148,578 food items and cash in 24th Annual Food Drive Challenge

Roane State Community College's food pantry

Thanks to the generosity of our campus communities, food insecurity is less of a barrier to attendance for students in need and hunger is less prevalent in our broader communities.

Students, faculty and staff at Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges collected and donated the equivalent of 148,578 food items in the College System of Tennessee’s Annual Food Drive Challenge for 2022. The food and cash donations go to campus food pantries and local organizations, programs and food banks in their communities.

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College System of Tennessee kicks off 24th Annual Food Drive Challenge

College System of Tennessee kicks off 24th Annual Food Drive Challenge

Tennessee’s community and technical colleges have kicked off their 24th Annual Food Drive Challenge, with campuses competing to collect the most food items and cash donations to help stock student food pantries on their campuses and food banks in their communities.

The colleges, comprising the College System of Tennessee, collected 132,701 items, including cash, in last year’s Challenge. Over the years, more than 1,490,700 food items and funds converted to items have been collected.

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AT&T Foundation's $130,000 donation to fund industry certification exams for underrepresented students

As part of AT&T’s continuing commitment to supporting quality education across Tennessee, the AT&T Foundation has donated $130,000 to the College System of Tennessee to pay for industry certification exams for community and technical college students in various Information Technology career fields.

The goal of the grant opportunity is to encourage more students from underserved or underrepresented populations to enter and succeed in IT careers.

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Collaborative launched to expand law enforcement career exploration and education pathways for students

Police Partnership

Partnership of Tennessee Board of Regents, Mayor John Cooper, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Metro Nashville Public Schools & Nashville State Community College is a model for scaling up statewide

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Board of Regents quarterly meeting is June 16-17 at Columbia State Community College; agenda includes budgets, tuition for 2022-23, policy revisions

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its next regular quarterly meeting June 16-17, at Columbia State Community College in Columbia. The agenda includes operating budgets and tuition for fiscal year 2022-23, capital budget requests for campus construction projects for fiscal year 2023-24, and several proposed policy changes.

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Faculty, presidents, staff from Tennessee’s community & technical colleges focus on challenges facing student attendance at Strategic Enrollment Management Conference

Nearly 200 faculty, staff participate in SEM 2022

Teams of presidents, faculty and staff from Tennessee’s community and technical colleges gathered in Nashville Thursday for SEM 2022 – the College System of Tennessee’s Strategic Enrollment Management conference to share information and best practices about student engagement, enrollment and retention efforts across the system.

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Board appoints next Presidents of Cleveland State Community College and TCAT Elizabethon, and next Vice Chancellor of Business & Finance

Board of Regents to meet May 25

The Tennessee Board of Regents today appointed the next Presidents of Cleveland State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, and the system’s next Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance – all who will succeed officials who are retiring this summer.

In a special called meeting this afternoon, the Board appointed:

Dr. Ty A. Stone as the next president of Cleveland State

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Chancellor recommends Dr. David Hicks as next President of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton; Board meets May 25 to consider appointment.

Dr. David J. Hicks

Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora W. Tydings is recommending Dr. David J. Hicks for appointment as the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton. The Board of Regents will consider his appointment in a special called meeting May 25.

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Chancellor recommends Dr. Ty Stone as next President of Cleveland State Community College; Board of Regents to meet May 25 to consider her appointment.

Dr. Ty A. Stone

After a national search and campus forums for four finalists, Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora W. Tydings is recommending Dr. Ty A. Stone for appointment as the next president of Cleveland State Community College. The Board of Regents will convene a special called meeting May 25 to consider acting on the appointment.

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Tennessee College of Applied Technology Newbern is now Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest

Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Newbern has officially changed its name to Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest, in recognition of its broader northwestern Tennessee service area.

In addition to its main campus in Newbern, the public technical college also offers career and technical education at its extension campuses in Bells, Dyersburg and Union City.

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