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High school seniors: Get help with your Tennessee Promise application

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RSCC Coffey McNally Building Oak Ridge

The Coffey/McNally Building is pictured at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College. (Photo by Roane State)

Roane State Community College is hosting four evening sessions to help students sign up for the Tennessee Promise and complete their college applications.

Sessions will be held on the following dates:

  • October 8—Roane County campus, Room O-201, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
  • October 19—Oak Ridge campus, Goff-118, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
  • October 26—Roane County campus, Room, T-306B, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
  • October 26—Oak Ridge campus, Goff-118, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.

The sessions are designed to encourage students to enroll in Tennessee Promise, Governor Bill Haslam’s program to provide two years of community college or technical school tuition-free. Tennessee Promise is part of the Drive to 55 initiative to increase the number of Tennesseans with some form of postsecondary credential, such as a college degree or technical certificate.

The deadline to apply for the Tennessee Promise is November 2.

For more information, contact Karry Hamby at [email protected] or (865) 882-4555.

High school seniors can sign up for TN Promise at Roane State today

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Tennessee Promise LogoHigh school seniors can sign up for the Tennessee Promise and fill out their college application on Monday, October 20, at Roane State Community College’s Oak Ridge campus at 701 Briarcliff Avenue.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in Room 107 in the Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building.

The event is designed to encourage students to enroll in Tennessee Promise, the state’s new program that provides two years of community college or technical school tuition-free for any student graduating from a Tennessee high school. [Read more…]