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Grants covering tuition, expenses available for careers as direct support professionals, caregivers & supervisors

New scholarships for direct support professional careers

Residents interested in rewarding careers as direct support professionals – as frontline supervisors, community health workers and caregivers in assisted care facilities, nursing homes, other institutions and home-health settings – may be eligible for up to $3,000 per year to cover tuition, fees and expenses at Tennessee’s community and technical colleges, thanks to a $3 million federal grant.

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Board of Regents approved new policies, received several informational reports during its quarterly meeting Tuesday

Tennessee Board of Regents December 2023 quarterly meeting

The Tennessee Board of Regents approved several new policies and policy revisions and received informational reports on student success initiatives, fundraising and other activities during its quarterly meeting Tuesday (Dec. 12, 2023).

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Tennessee College of Applied Technology Jackson appoints Patrick Davis Sr. as VP of its campus at BlueOval City

Dr. Patrick Davis Sr. appointed VP of TCAT Jackson's campus at BlueOval City

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Jackson has appointed Dr. Patrick Davis Sr. vice president of the college’s campus at now under construction at BlueOval City.

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Board of Regents appoints Laura Travis President of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Dickson

Board of Regents appoints Laura Travis President of TCAT Dickson

The Tennessee Board of Regents, in a special called meeting today, appointed Laura Travis as the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Dickson. She will succeed retiring President Arrita Summers Dec. 1.

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Tennessee’s community and technical colleges honor veterans, including 37 recipients of the Chancellor’s Commendation for Military Veterans for 2023

Jackson State Community College honors its veterans

Tennessee’s community and technical colleges are honoring veterans of military service – including students, faculty, staff and alumni – in Veterans Day activities this week. As part of those ceremonies, one veteran at each college is awarded the Chancellor’s Commendation for Military Veterans, a special recognition launched four years ago by Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora W. Tydings.

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Board of Regents to meet Nov. 15 to consider presidential appointment at Tennessee College of Applied Technology Dickson

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 Nov. 15 to consider the appointment of Laura Travis as the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Dickson.

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Tennessee’s community and technical colleges delivered more than 1.6 million hours of direct workforce training in 2022-23

Instructor Delivery Training

Driven by a growing number of apprenticeship programs, Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges delivered 1.628 million hours of direct workforce training in 2022-23, the Tennessee Board of Regents Center for Workforce Development announced today. TBR colleges trained 50,589 students and served 880 companies through their broad range of workforce programs.

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Board of Regents Committee Chairs and Audit Committee to meet Nov. 8

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

The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Nov. 8, 2023, to receive informational reports and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting Dec. 12. The board’s Audit Committee will meet immediately afterward to review various audit matters.

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

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NACCE presents its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Chancellor Flora Tydings

NACCE presents 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Chancellor Flora W. Tydings

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has awarded Chancellor Flora Tydings of the College System of Tennessee its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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