A Welcome From The President

Greetings and welcome to another banner year at Volunteer State Community College, one of the premier colleges in the state of Tennessee! Volunteer State has a commitment to provide high-quality academic programs to assist you in reaching your goals, not only in your educational endeavors, but also for your career and life plans as well. Volunteer State is your best source for high quality programs and services, and will continue to enhance those services as necessary. It is because of that commitment that our student enrollment continues to increase.

If you are already a Volunteer State student or have had the opportunity to visit our campus, I am sure you have noticed that the College is alive with physical changes. To accommodate our growing enrollment, we have recently opened the new John Wallace Health Science Building; made recent additions to the Hal R. Ramer Administration Building; recently opened new Video and Commercial Music Studios; made improvements to the five buildings on what is generally known as our Campus Annex, which is literally next door to the main campus; created and improved parking lots; and will be undergoing another new addition to the Ramer Administration Building beginning this Spring. As you can see, we continue to keep our facilities updated in an effort to provide an attractive and pleasant environment for our students and our community.

However, we do not rest on our superb physical facilities. Our academic programs are also evolving to keep up with student demands. Assessment and revisions are constantly made to ensure that each of our degree programs, certificate programs, and individual classes meet the requirements of senior colleges and universities, along with remaining current in their respective fields--thus enabling our students to be prepared as they continue their education or move into the world of work. With an outstanding family of faculty, staff and administrators who continually work to enhance their credentials and increase their base of skills and knowledge, Volunteer State offers you the opportunity to learn from educators who are the best of the best!

As a Volunteer State student, you are part of a tradition of success. Our students consistently score above state and national averages on national exams. And, colleges and universities across the state report that students who have attended Volunteer State for two years do as well, and frequently better, than those students who began at a four year university as freshmen.

We are here to help you achieve your goals, and we want Volunteer State Community College to be a positive experience for you. Whether you are coming to us as a full-time or part-time student, taking day and/ or evening classes, distance education classes, classes by video or internet, or taking a non-credit course for personal enrichment at the main campus or one of our off-campus sites, I am sure you will find that our motto is correct, Volunteer State is "a step in the right direction!" I wish you much success.