Volunteer State Community College

Infobox_University
name =Volunteer State Community College


established =1971
president =Dr. Warren Nichols
city =Gallatin
state =Tennessee
country =United States
nickname =Pioneers
colors =Red and Blue
website =http://www.volstate.edu

Volunteer State Community College is a publicly-supported two-year community college located in Gallatin, Tennessee and operated under the auspices of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Vol State, as it is popularly known, serves the Nashville community as well as its home area of Gallatin, some 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast. In total, Vol State serves 12 counties in northern Middle Tennessee: Clay, northeast Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, and Wilson.

Volunteer State has five major divisions: Allied Health, Humanities, Business, Social Sciences/Education, and Math/Science. Popular programs at the school include Radiologic Technology, Physical Therapist Assistant, Education, Pre-Nursing, Paralegal, Pre-Engineering and Communications. The college has a television studio and a recording studio. It offers a recording management program and classes in commercial music and songwriting. Many students also take University Studies programs which prepare them for transfer to 4-year colleges and universities.

Vol State has two auxiliary campuses: one in Livingston, Tennessee, and the other at McGavock High School in Nashville. Both sites offer degree programs. The school also has learning sites at Hunter's Lane High School in Nashville and in Madison, Springfield, Macon County, and Wilson County. Vol State also offers some third and fourth-year level college courses through arrangements with other institutions.

In Fall of 2006 more than 7,300 full and part-time students were registered and nearly 900 students graduated in May 2007, the largest graduating class ever at the school.

Degree Programs

Allied Health

Allied Health Option

Dental Assistant

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

EMT - Basic, Paramedic

Fire Science Technology

Health Information Technology (Medical Records)

Medical Laboratory Technology

Ophthalmic Technician

Physical Therapist Assistant

Radiologic Technology

Respiratory Care Technology

Sleep Diagnostics Technology

Business

Accounting

Aviation

Banking

Business and Commerce

Business Education

Commercial Music

Computer Information Systems Technology

General Technology

Hotel & Restaurant Management

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems

Management

Marketing

Medical Practice Management

Office Management Technology

Paralegal

Humanities

Art

Communications

English

ESOL

Foreign Languages

Liberal Arts

Music

Philosophy

Recording Industry Management

Theater

University Studies

Mathematics and Science

Agriculture

Biology

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Engineering

Environmental Science

Geology

Industrial Technology

Mathematics

Mathematics and Science

Physics

Physical Science

Pre-Dental Hygiene

Pre-Med Professional

Pre-Nursing

Pre-Nursing (Belmont Partnership)

TSU Nursing

Social Sciences

Associate of Science in Teaching Degree (A.S.T.) K-6

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

Economics

Geography

Health and Physical Education

Health, Physical Education and Sports Medicine

Health, Physical Education and Wellness

History

Homeland Security

Human Services

Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice

Political Science

Pre-Law

Psychology

Secondary Education

Social Science and Education

Sociology

TSU Elementary Education

Regents Online Degree Program (RODP)
*Associate of Applied Science in Professional Studies: Concentration in Information Technology (CIS)

tudent Life

Students can work on the weekly student newspaper, "The Settler", or the award-winning student magazine, "The Pioneer". Radio station WVCP also provides students with a chance to work at a broadcast radio station. There are a variety of student clubs and organizations. Student groups work to provide events on campus throughout the year. Theater students produce several plays each year and the Music Department puts on showcases each semester that feature student performers and original student works. The Music Department also produces a CD of student performers to sell at each showcase.

Athletics

The athletic teams at Volunteer State Community College include Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, and Women's Fast Pitch Softball. The intercollegiate teams have been highly successful and nationally ranked. Vol State is a member of the Western Division of the Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association. Vol State is also a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region VII.

The Volunteer State Baseball team has been to the Junior College World Series Twice in 1994 and 1999. Led by Coach Kenny Thomas, they held the number one ranking in the NJCAA during most of the 1998 season. However, they did not make a world series appearance that season.

April 7, 2006 Tornado

The college was damaged heavily in a tornado outbreak on April 7, 2006. Two buildings suffered direct hits from the twister, and reports from the college indicated that over 80 cars in the parking lots were damaged and destroyed. There were only minor injuries on campus. The Hal Reed Ramer Administration Building received major damage, including damage to the office of the President. Noble Caudill Hall suffered perhaps the worst damage, as much of the second floor on the south side of the building collapsed, and a large section of roofing above WVCP radio and the Wemyss Auditorium was ripped off and/or collapsed inward. Caudill Hall closed for more than a year and a half until repairs were completed. In all, eleven classrooms had to be relocated due to damage and 72 faculty and staff offices were moved. Volunteer State building coordinators and campus safety staff have been credited with helping to save lives on the day the tornado hit. They were honored in a ceremony at the school.

By spring of 2007, the Ramer building was fully occupied again, including a new home for the student radio station. The Caudill Building re-opened for classes on January 12, 2008. A major landscaping project was finished in spring 2008 marking the end of tornado repair.

ee also

*WVCP - campus radio station

External links

* [http://www.volstate.edu http://www.volstate.edu/] Official site
* [http://volunteerstatecommunitycollege.blogspot.com/] Official college blog