Casey Cobb
Lon Bird
Roane State Community College faculty member Casey Cobb and staff members Lon Bird and Rebecca Calfee have been honored for their work.
Cobb, associate professor of history, received the 2013 Sarah Ellen Benroth Award for Outstanding Teaching. [Read more…]
Earl J. Hess
A leading author of Civil War history books who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 11 years ago will speak here this month at the Fall Kickoff of the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning.
The free kickoff will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Pollard Auditorium. Fall catalogs of ORICL courses and trips, as well as refreshments, will be available.
At 4 p.m. Earl J. Hess, Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, will speak on “Appalachia as Seen by Union and Confederate Soldiers during the Civil War.” [Read more…]
Roane State’s Andy Pokelwaldt, right, works with instructor Josh Martin to set up a filament-winding machine used by students in the college’s composite materials courses. (Submitted photo)
As the leader of Roane State Community College’s Advanced Composites Employment accelerator, Andy Pokelwaldt can blend his experience as a military trainer, an educator, and a mentor.
“I enjoy teaching, and I understand what having skills in composite materials will mean in the marketplace,” Pokelwaldt said. “Learning about composite materials will make people more employable, and that’s what this job is all about.”
The ACE program, based at the Halcyon Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides three introductory courses in composite materials. People with two- or four-year degrees can take the courses at no cost because ACE is grant-funded. [Read more…]
Starting Saturday, Roane State Community College campuses will offer extended business hours to help students get ready for the fall semester.
Extended hours for the Roane County and Oak Ridge campuses will be: [Read more…]
Roane State’s Bob Gatton explains a composite materials demonstration during an open house showcasing the college’s advanced manufacturing programs. (Submitted photo)
Bob Gatton wants to spread a simple but powerful message.
Manufacturing is not what it used to be.
“When you start talking about factories, people have this mental picture of being covered in soot,” Gatton said. “That’s just not true anymore. Most factories are clean and automated.”
As director of Roane State Community College’s National STEM Consortium Program, Gatton is in a position to train people for today’s high-tech manufacturing jobs. The college has developed two one-year certificate programs—mechatronics and composite materials—with funding from a $19.7 million grant awarded to the National STEM Consortium. [Read more…]
Lincoln Memorial University Director of Admissions Sherry McCreary, left, and Roane State President Chris Whaley, right, congratulate 2013 Lincoln Memorial University transfer scholarship recipient Angela Loy of Knoxville. (Submitted photo)
Angela Loy felt stuck.
She had a stable job with good pay, but Loy wanted a change, a chance to follow her passion for caring for others.
That feeling led her to Roane State Community College, and now she is on her way to Lincoln Memorial University on a full tuition scholarship as the recipient of the 2013 Lincoln Memorial University transfer scholarship. [Read more…]
Roane State Community College students who have registered for classes must pay their fees by Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 4:30 p.m. to keep their class schedules. (Photo courtesy RSCC)
Roane State Community College students who have registered for classes must pay their fees by Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to keep their class schedules, a press release said.
Students can pay fees at www.roanestate.edu. They need to log in to RaiderNet and click “Your Account” to get started. [Read more…]
Everyone is invited to learn how Roane State Community College’s advanced manufacturing programs can help their career at an open house on Tuesday, July 30, at the Clinton Higher Education and Workforce Training Facility at 214 Nave St. in Clinton.
The open house is scheduled from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Visitors are welcome to drop by anytime to learn more about the programs. Employers are also encouraged to attend to learn more about training opportunities for their employees. [Read more…]
Roane State Community College’s Continuing Healthcare Education Department will host a wilderness first aid course at Oliver Springs High School.
The $125 course includes three sessions: July 30 from 6-9:30 p.m., Aug. 1 from 6-9:30 p.m., and Aug. 3 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. [Read more…]
The Roane Chamber’s 2013 Youth Leadership Academy graduates and their schools:
(Back row, left to right) Kara Brindley (Rockwood High), Samantha Schaefer (home schooled), Hunter McClure (Roane County High), Peyton Jones (Oliver Springs High), Shelby Dailey (Midway High), and Jordan Zurcher (Roane County High); (Front row, left to right) Sarah Hooper (Academy Director, Roane State Community College faculty), Jonathan Cate (Oliver Springs High), Bryce Laughlin (Rockwood High), Ian Barnett (home schooled), Hayden Hester (Midway High), Matt Snow (Harriman High), and Lindsey Seymour (Harriman High).
Twelve Roane County high school students graduated this year from Roane County Chamber of Commerce’s Youth Leadership Academy held at Roane State Community College. The students, representing the county’s five high schools and home-schooled groups, formed six school teams. As a part of the academy requirements, each team will be completing a community service project in the coming months.
The students and their school teams are: Lindsey Seymour and Matt Snow for Harriman High; Shelby Dailey and Hayden Hester for Midway High; Jonathan Cate and Peyton Jones for Oliver Springs High; Hunter McClure and Jordan Zurcher for Roane County High; Kara Brindley and Bryce Laughlin for Rockwood High; and Ian Barnett and Samantha Schaefer are home-schooled. [Read more…]
Roane State Community College’s Community Outreach and Professional Training Department is offering a QuickBooks 2012 course on Friday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The class will meet at the college’s Oak Ridge campus, 701 Briarcliff Ave. The cost is $179. [Read more…]
From left at Roane State’s annual Student Art Show are juror Kelly Hider with students Kayla Ayers-Chastain of Crossville, Josh Chastain of Crossville, Rachel Hale of Oak Ridge, Candice Debord of Rockwood, and Kari Cottrell of Crossville. (Submitted photo)
The following Roane State Community College students earned awards for their work in the college’s Student Art Show, held at the end of the spring semester.
Students and their honors were:
