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New TCAT at Stanton opens as state's newest technical college campus
06/14/2024

Hundreds of West Tennesseans joined Gov. Bill Lee, Sen. Bill Hagerty, members of the Tennessee Board of Regents, TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings, and other state and local officials Friday, June 14, in opening Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Stanton, the state’s newest technical college campus.

JSCC students greet Regents Ross Roberts, MaryLou Apple, Danni Varlan, Thomas White
06/13/2024

The Tennessee Board of Regents Thursday approved tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year, capital budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, and a new associate degree program in nuclear technology at Roane State Community College.

The board also appointed Heath R. McMillian as the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, to succeed President David Hicks, who is resigning June 28.

TBR earned a 5th place award for Middle Tennessee's Top Workplace by the Tennessean
06/12/2024

The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has been recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace by the Tennessean – an honor that acknowledges companies ranked by their employees as the best places to work in the state of Tennessee. TBR earned a 5th place ranking in the midsize category among 28 other businesses and organizations.

Chattanooga State, Nashville State, Pellissippi State Community Colleges awarded innovation grants
06/10/2024

The Tennessee Board of Regents has awarded grants to three community colleges to foster innovation in corequisite learning support models to improve long-term student success. Corequisite learning support enables students to earn college credit while also receiving the additional support they need to be successful. 

Selected through a competitive request for proposals (RFP) process, the colleges and their projects are:

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
06/07/2024

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its next regular quarterly meeting Thursday, June 13, at Jackson State Community College. The agenda includes, but is not limited to, consideration of recommendations for tuition and fees for Academic Year 2024-25, capital budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, appointment of the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, and a new associate degree program in nuclear technology at Roane State Community College.

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
05/29/2024

At its June 13 quarterly meeting, the Tennessee Board of Regents will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases totaling 4.88 percent at the state’s technical colleges and from 4.58 to 5.37 percent (an average of 5.2 percent) at the community colleges, under recommendations approved May 29 by the board’s Finance and Business Operations Committee.

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Members of Maxine Smith Fellows leadership program Class of 2021-22 announced 06/04/2021
Board of Regents Committee Chairs, Audit Committee, and Personnel and Compensation Committee to meet June 1 05/25/2021
Jackson State Community College & TCAT Jackson create student pathway to Engineering Systems Technology program 05/18/2021
Grants awarded to college & university teams to create Open Educational Resources for students 05/03/2021
Search committee for next president of Volunteer State Community College to hold first meeting & public forum April 28 04/21/2021
College System of Tennessee, Columbia State Community College & other institutions celebrate Southern Tennessee Higher Education Center opening 04/16/2021
Committee appointed to lead search for next president of Volunteer State Community College 03/31/2021
Board of Regents appoints Willie Huffman president of TN Colleges of Applied Technology Paris and McKenzie, approves criteria for next presidents of Volunteer State Community College and TCAT McMinnville 03/25/2021
College System of Tennessee honors its Outstanding Students, Faculty, Staff, Colleges and more in third annual SOAR Awards 03/25/2021
SOAR Awards Ceremony Live-Streamed Thursday at 8:25 a.m. CT 03/24/2021
Board of Regents to meet March 25. Agenda includes consideration of president of TCATs Paris & McKenzie, criteria for next presidents of Volunteer State and TCAT McMinnville 03/18/2021
ACTE Announces Dr. Tachaka Hollins as a 2021 Postsecondary Leadership Success Program Fellow 03/17/2021
New Health & Science Center opens at Cleveland State Community College 03/09/2021
Two finalists selected for presidency of Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology at Paris and McKenzie 03/04/2021
Tennessee Board of Regents Committee Chairs & Audit Committee to meet March 9 03/02/2021
Tennessee colleges & universities celebrating Open Education Week 03/02/2021
Dr. Allana Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Fund honors the late college professor, president and vice chancellor and her devotion to students 03/02/2021
The University of Tennessee announces a new collaborative partnership with the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville & Knoxville College 02/26/2021
Board of Regents to hold second Strategic Plan Workshop Feb. 12 02/05/2021
Deadlines extended for TN Reconnect (adults without degrees) & Dual Enrollment Grants (high school students) 02/04/2021

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