| Pellissippi State Community College | |
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| Established | 1974 |
| Location | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Pellissippi State Community College (Pellissippi State or PSCC) is one of 13 member community colleges operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition to the primary campus situated several miles west of downtown Knoxville, the school has three satellite campuses in the surrounding area. Pellissippi State Community College was named Pellissippi State Technical Community College until July 1, 2009. Pellissippi State is the successor to the former State Technical Institute at Knoxville ("STIK"), founded in 1974.
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Pellissippi State Community College operates four campuses spread across the Knox County and Blount County area, including:
The precursor to Pellissippi State, State Technical Institute at Knoxville, was established on September 4, 1974. The original school was added on as a wing to the Knoxville State Regional Vocational-Technical School and intended to simply provide post-educational vocational training to area residents. However, at the backing of the newly seated director Colonel John C. Mauer, the Tennessee State Board of Vocational Education soon took over governance of the school, providing three associate's degree programs in engineering technology to 45 students on the first day of classes, September 23, 1974.
STIK received its initial accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1977, under the leadership of the first school president, Dr. Wayne Jones, and six years later, on July 1, 1983, STIK became a member of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, thereby transferring governance of the school to the Tennessee Board of Regents.
In 1986 the campus was moved to its current location, on a 445-acre (1.80 km2) plot in west Knox County. Initially, STIK shared the campus with Roane State Community College. In 1988, however, the school's mission was broadened to include that of a technical community college, adding numerous university-parallel associate's degree programs, changing its name to Pellissippi State Technical Community College, and absorbing the space occupied by Roane State.[1]
A hot air balloon festival is organised at the college since year 2004.
Pellissippi (also spelled Pelsipi on early maps) means "winding waters" in Cherokee, and was their name for the Clinch River.[2]
PSCC employs about 185 full-time faculty, 265 adjunct faculty, 231 staff members, while serving over 10,000 students, between 100 and 150 of whom are classified as international.
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