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in obtaining a list of such facilities may contact the Office
of the Vice President for Student Services in the Wood Campus
Center, room 210. The Student Injury and Sickness Insurance
packet is available through the Office of Health Services
located in the Wood Campus Center, room 206A. Insurance
policies are issued by a private agency, authorized and
approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Student Conduct and Discipline
The college student is considered a responsible adult.
Enrollment at Vol State indicates acceptance of those standards
of conduct appearing in detail in the Student Handbook,
and Academic standards described in this catalog. Violations
may result in disciplinary action by an administrative official
or an appropriate college committee. Action by the committee
involved may range from exoneration to a recommendation
for expulsion from the College. While such actions may be
temporary or permanent, except in the most extreme cases,
committee actions may be reviewed and the student restored
to normal status after a stated period or completion of
certain requirements. The principle of due process is followed,
and every effort is made to give a positive approach to
each situation.
Special Adult Programs
The Office of Special Adult Programs coordinates and works
with outside WIA (Workforce Investment ACT) Programs. WIA
is a Federal program that combined and replaced several
Federal programs including JTPA. WIA serves as a program
to assist eligible participants in their endeavors to update
their job skills or complete a degree or certificate program,
enabling them to be more successful in seeking employment.
These participants may have been laid off from a job, are
dislocated workers, unemployed, under-employed, or seeking
to enhance their job skills or career opportunities. While
attending VSCC, WIA may provide financial assistance for
the cost of tuition, books, training materials and classroom
supplies. The office of Special Adult Programs, located
in the basement of the Wood Campus Center, serves as a resource
for students during this period of transition and is available
for personal counseling.
Psychological Services
For students who are not achieving academically and cannot
determine why, psychological services may be of assistance.
A variety of individually administered assessment tools
are available to help identify specific problem areas and
optimal learning modalities. Following assessment, an individual
plan is developed with the student and with input from individual
faculty when potentially beneficial. This plan provides
strategies to maximize learning strengths, compensate for
weaker areas and enhance academic success.
Testing
Testing services are provided by the College through the
Office of Counseling and Testing. As a service to students
entering Volunteer State Community Collegeand other local
students and citizens of thecommunity, the College serves
as a testing center for the General Educational Development
(GED) exam. The testing center administers the ACT Test
on national test dates. For students who have made application
to Vol State, the college testing center administers the
ACT Residual and COMPASS or ASSET Placement Testing, and
ESL testing. The college serves as a testing site for the
Nurse Entrance Test, Automotive Service Excellence Examinations,
Southern Building Code Congress International Examinations,
CLEP, National Dental Assisting Certification Examination,
and Microsoft Office User Specialist Examination as well
as other types of exams. Additionally, the Testing Center
administers the exit examinations required of all graduates.
Student Organizations and Activities
Student organizations and activities provide ample opportunity
for students to participate in campus governance and leadership
opportunities designed to promote their educational, personal
and social development.
The rules governing student organizations are found in
the current VSCC Student Handbook.
The College provides budgetary support for the following
student organizations and activities.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The Student Government Association was established to provide
leadership training in an environment which permits the
exploration of a wide range of ideas. This avenue, through
which student interests and needs may be expressed, provides
students the opportunity to work with administrative officers
in matters affecting the welfare of the student body. The
SGA works with all student organizations to maintain and
improve the quality of student life onand off-campus. Students
filling the elected offices of the Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Branches of the SGA are elected during the
Spring term. Every student enrolled at Vol State is a non
voting member -at -large but can freely choose to become
an active voting member by being elected to an office. All
registered full-time and part-time students of Vol State
possessing a G.E.D. score of 45 or a cumulative high School
or Collegiate G.P.A. of 2.5 are eligible to run for offices
in the Legislative and Judicial Branches. Students desiring
to run for the Office of President must have a cumulative
Collegiate G.P.A. of 3.25 and those desiring to run for
the offices of Vice President or Secretary/Treasurer must
have a cumulative Collegiate G.P.A. of 3.0. Additional information
may be obtained through the Office of Student Liife or the
Office of the SGA President.
GAMMA BETA PHI HONOR SOCIETY
Gamma Beta Phi is a non-secret, non-profit, scholastic
honor, and educational service organization which encourages
scholastic effort and rewards academic merit. GBP stands
for and promotes worthy
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