Posts published in January 2019

By Gloria Cortes

Construction for a pedestrian sidewalk around Volunteer State Community College was scheduled to begin last fall.  

In an email from Vol State Senior Director of Plant Operations Will Newman, the project has already begun.

Newman wrote, “One of the two crosswalks are under construction at the moment. Once the sidewalk that leads to Nashville Pike is complete the city will complete the crosswalk.”

By Gloria Cortes

Volunteer State Community College’s Work Based Learning (WBL) academic program gives eligible students the opportunity to earn work experience and college credit simultaneously through a course.

“Work Based Learning is an academic program that allows the student to gain work experience directly related to his/her academic major and/or vocational choice. Students work off campus and have the opportunity to apply classroom learning to practical work situations and learn work-related skills,” according to https://www.volstate.edu/work-based-learning.

Students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA, 2.5 program GPA and 70 percent of their degree completed in order to be eligible for the program, but there can be an appeal if they are close to meeting the requirements depending on their situation.

By Jim Hayes

Tim Goodrich scored 37 points to lead the Volunteer State Community College Volunteers to a 91-86 win over the Roane State Community College Rebels Jan. 12, at Pickel Fieldhouse.

Goodrich’s heroics offset the loss of four Volunteer players, including the nation’s leading junior college scorer, George Stanberry, who were unable to play because they were academically ineligible.

“George was a big factor to our team,” said Goodrich.  “I was only trying to do what he would have wanted us to do and help the team.”