With opportunities for Tennesseans to attend college at an all-time high thanks fo Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect, the Tennessee Board of Regents is proud to honor six outstanding students, faculty and staff members and two colleges of the year in its second annual Statewide Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) Awards.
The six individual SOAR Award winners represent Motlow State and Nashville State community colleges, and Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) at Elizabethton, Knoxville and Paris.
And the first Partnership of the Year SOAR Award goes to TCATs Jacksboro and Oneida/Huntsville for a partnership they established, along with Somerset Community College in neighboring Kentucky, to address workforce needs in four economically distressed Tennessee counties and four in Kentucky.
Community College of the Year
Columbia State Community College
Technical College of the Year
TCAT Shelbyville
Students of the Year, Community College
Deborah Carol Hale, a pre-K education major, Chattanooga State Community College.
Student of the Year, Technical College
Brian Shanley, a collision repair major, TCAT Oneida-Huntsville.
Faculty Member of the Year, Community College
Candace Justice, director of instructional design and associate professor of English, Walters State Community College.
Faculty Member of the Year, Technical College
Jennifer Wright, technology foundations instructor, TCAT Shelbyville.
Staff Member of the Year, Community College
L. Angela Webb, director of police services and public safety at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Staff Member of the Year, Technical College
Rob Alford, special industry training coordinator, TCAT Pulaski.
Community College of the Year
Roane State Community College
Technical College of the Year
TCAT Hohenwald
Students of the Year, Community College
Dominic Marcoaldi, Nashville State Community College
Student of the Year, Technical College
Ryan Olivia Cross, TCAT Paris
Faculty Member of the Year, Community College
Kathleen McAdams, Nashville State Community College
Faculty Member of the Year, Technical College
Mike Sledzinski, TCAT Knoxville
Staff Member of the Year, Community College
Sharon Edwards, Motlow State Community College
Staff Member of the Year, Technical College
John Lee, TCAT Elizabethton
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