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A Northeast State Community College student works at the college's Aviation Technolgy operations in Gray.
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Northeast State Community College

ARC grant to bolster NSCC's aviation curriculum

Money will be added to $500,000 from Tri-Cities Airport Authority to expand the college’s Aviation Technology program.

Oct 18, 2019 at 10:18 AM
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Appalachian Regional Commission

Region to receive nearly $5M in ARC grants

All total, these 54 awards across the commission’s service area are projected to create or retain more than 5,700 jobs, leverage more than $39 million in private investment, create and/or retain 2,940 businesses, and train thousands of workers and students within several; industries. 

Oct 8, 2019 at 9:30 PM
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Collegiate Recovery Program

NSCC honor society supports substance abuse recovery

Alpha Iota Chi chapter seeks to establish Collegiate Recovery Program at Northeast State Community College, which would make it the first community college in Tennessee with such a program for students.

Sep 7, 2019 at 1:30 PM
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Northeast State Community College

ETSU's Robert Plummer new Northeast chief advancement officer

Plummer has been with East Tennessee State University since 1984 and will join Northeast State Community College on Sept. 23.

Aug 27, 2019 at 5:23 PM
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Northeast State Community College

Workforce Solutions at Northeast State offers Lean Leadership workshop series

Either work sessions start Sept. 27 and conclude Nov. 22.

Aug 23, 2019 at 3:17 PM
U.S. Army veteran and Northeast State Community College student Joni Hughes is one of 20 women nationwide selected for the Military Family Research Institute's 2019 Focus Forward Fellowship cohort.
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Northeast State student veteran Joni Hughes earns Focus Forward Fellowship

BLOUNTVILLE — U.S. Army veteran and Northeast State student Joni Hughes was one of 20 women across the nation recently selected by the Military Family Research Institute for its 2019 Focus Forward Fellowship cohort. The fellowship is designed to build skills, leadership and a sense of community among women student veterans.

Aug 16, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Northeast Community College graduate Victoria Hewlett graduated from Yale University in May, one of few community college graduates accepted by the Ivy League school.
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Northeast State Community College

Northeast State's Victoria Hewlett: From high school dropout to Yale graduate

She said her Ivy League education wouldn’t have happened without Northeast State Community College, where she got her first two years of college and graduation in May of 2016, and the support she got there.

Aug 9, 2019 at 6:00 AM
Northeast State Community College President Bethany Flora talks with with Bridge students during the summer session.
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Northeast State Community College

Summer Bridge students at Northeast State post top scores in Tenn.

The Summer Bridge Program helps incoming college students to start on a more college-ready path through an intensive three-week camp. Known as “Team Bears” by program instructors, summer bridge students receive reading, English and math instruction from Northeast State faculty to help them prepare for college-level courses. On the last day of the program, students are given an opportunity to test out of learning support courses in those three subjects.

Aug 7, 2019 at 11:15 PM
Northeast State Community College students who competed at the 2019 SkillsUSA event in Lousville, Ky., this year. The Northeast Health Knowledge Bowl team won fourth place nationwide.
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Northeast State Community College

Northeast SkillsUSA Health Knowledge team wins fourth in nation

The Northeast State Community College Health Knowledge Bowl team of four placed fourth in the national competition last month.

Jul 20, 2019 at 12:30 PM
Morgan Kiser of Eastside Elementary School in Elizabethton works with a robotic caterpillar controlled by computer code Monday at the second annual Girls Rule Technology Camp at Northeast State Community College.
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Northeast State Community College

Girls Rule technology camp teaches computer science

BLOUNTVILLE — From learning the basics of electrical circuits to operating a computer-controlled caterpillar, computer science was front and center for some area rising fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade girls this week.

Jun 19, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Adult Education program graduate Michelle Whitaker celebrates here graduation June 13 at Munsey United Methodist Church. Northeast State Community College operates the program in Northeast Tennessee.
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Adult Education

Northeast graduates second batch of adult ed students

More than 30 graduates of all ages received a standing ovation from a packed house as they received their High School Equivalency diplomas from the Northeast State Adult Education Program on June 13 in Johnson City, following a recent one in Kingsport. 

Jun 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Sullivan South High School is proud to announce that for the 17th year in a row, its Air Force JROTC program has earned the Distinguished Unit Award presented by the JROTC Headquarters at Maxwell AFB. That's every year since the squadron first stood up in 2002. This award recognizes the personal growth and accomplishments of the cadets, contributions of the instructors as mentors, and the support of the school and local community. The Northeast State Nursing family welcomed the 11th graduating class of nursing students at the program’s annual Pinning Ceremony held May 3 at the Regional Center for the Performing Arts on the College’s Blountville campus. Spring was in the air as local teachers and other guests gathered May 16 to honor 27 foster grandparents volunteers at a special recognition event. The event, "A Spring Social: Seeds Planted for a Child's Future" was held at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Big Stone Gap and catered by The Shack. The New Vision Youth led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting in May. The group has been leading the pledge at meetings for four years.
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Sunday Stories

Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of June 2

You share your photos and we show them off in our Scrapbook Gallery! Each week, we feature photos highlighting the 'scrapbook' moments in the lives of our readers in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Some of the photos also appear in print

Jun 7, 2019 at 5:02 PM
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Tuition and fees

The cost of college in Tennessee could be rising

The Tennessee Board of Regents later this month is to consider combined tuition and fee increases at the state’s community and applied technical colleges averaging 2.45 percent at its June 21 quarterly meeting, under recommendations approved June 4 by the board’s Finance and Business Operations Committee.

Jun 6, 2019 at 1:30 PM
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Adult Education

‘We don’t have to stop here’

Several adult students took big steps forward on May 30 when they walked the stage to receive their High School Equivalency diplomas via the Northeast State Adult Education Program

Jun 6, 2019 at 9:00 AM
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Northeast State Community College

Tee off for Northeast student success at Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament June 21

Event is at the Johnson City Country Club with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Single play entry is $125, team sponsorship is $650, hole sponsorship is $1,000.

Jun 1, 2019 at 12:30 PM
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