By Mark Attanasio
If you have heard Gregorian chants while walking through the Goins Rotunda, than you have heard the voice of Eleanor Wolf.
Eleanor is a math major in her second semester at Pellissippi State and is not at all timid in her surroundings. A very spiritual person, Eleanor does not feel the conforming pull of [...]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
by Ben Underwood
University of Tennessee civil and environmental engineering student David Townsend used to get up early to go to class every morning to learn theories about his major. Now he has a different classroom — Pellissippi State’s under construction Bagwell Media Center on the Hardin Valley campus.
Townsend works as a U.T. [...]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
by Sarah Duncan
Walk into Professor Jane Wilson’s English 1010 class and behold a demonstration of Chinese exercise disciplines.
Wilson, recognized as a first, second, and third-place winner at national and international Tai Chi and Kung Fu tournaments, said she was a natural born klutz. She hopes to encourage those students claiming they are “no good†[...]
Monday, December 11, 2006
by Alex Franklin
Karen Quammen might appear like other Pellissippi students, but her scholastic aptitude has taken her to new heights and given her opportunities to work beside some of the country’s elitist minds.
According to Quammen, her husband, who recently returned to college, played a large part in her decision to return to school [...]
by Alex Franklin
What do two local radio shows, one that plays freestyle hip-hop music and the other a sports talk program, have in common? The answer is Pellissippi State student Brian Tate.
Tate, a sophomore in sports broadcasting, hosts a freestyle hip-hop show — where he sometimes freestyles — on 90.3 FM WUTK, Saturday nights [...]
Thursday, December 7, 2006
by Alex Franklin
Imagine being from a society rich in culture and tradition, and being dropped right into the middle of a country where there is no singular culture or tradition to define the masses. Such was the case for Pellissippi student, Aisa Suaniu.
Suaniu, 22, is from Western Samoa, a small island in the [...]
by Alex Franklin
At first glance Emir Hambo seems like any other Pellissippi State student. But looks can be deceiving.
Originally from Bosnia, Hambo, 20, and his family settled in Knoxville seven years ago after a series of moves that began when he was only 5-years old.
At the age of 5, Hambo and his family moved [...]
By Sarah Duncan
For 22-year-old Dannisha Davis, making the decision to go back to school was not an easy one.
Finding herself at a dead-end job, Davis said she “put aside her financial worries” and began to prepare a better life for herself and her two young children by joining Pellissippi State’s Student Support Service [...]
by Nan Krichinsky
“I might be here five more years,” said Allen Edwards reflecting on his tenure as president of Pellissippi State Technical Community College.
He came here 13 years ago to help complete the transformation of the college from a technical institute to a full community college. That meant developing solid, college-level programs that would be [...]
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
by Lloyd Loveday
Being in tune with nature, peacefulness and a spiritual feeling have guided Gay Bryant down the pathway to completing every named hiking trail in the Smokies.
Bryant, an associate professor at Pellissippi State, has completed a major goal by hiking every mile of officially-named trails in the national park. Bryant has worked at [...]
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