Technical & Community Colleges
Nashville State Community College
Medvance Institute
Volunteer State Community College
Nashville State Community College/Cookeville Campus
http://www.nscc.edu/Cookeville/
The mission of Nashville State Community College/Cookeville Campus is to provide comprehensive educational programs and partnerships, exemplary services, an accessible, progressive learning environment and responsible leadership to improve the quality of life for the communities it serves.
In 1963, the Tennessee General Assembly passed House Bill No. 633 authorizing the statewide system of regional technical institutes and area vocational-technical schools. Nashville State opened its Nashville campus in 1970 with an enrollment of 398 students. By the fall of 2000, that number had grown to 7,315, with an enrollment of over 14,000 students. Nashville State’s initial offering of five associate degree programs has grown to 49 degree programs and 12 certificate programs. In addition, Nashville State offers continuing education courses ranging from technical skills to management training and programs providing training in such areas as computer-aided drafting and office technology.
Nashville State shares a 109 acre campus with the Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville. The Nashville State facilities include 239,000 square feet of space for classrooms, labs, offices, student services, and a library. Since 1984, Nashville State has been governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) of the State University and Community College System. By 2001, TBR began analyzing the lack of a comprehensive community college presence in Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, and Stewart counties. After extensive study and consultation, TBR decided to pursue the objective of expanding the mission of Nashville State as a comprehensive community college in order to help Middle Tennesseans by preparing a skilled workforce; attracting high skill, high pay jobs; improving the per capita income rank of 8th among 11 peer cities; easing transfer to baccalaureate programs; and projecting a substantial income lifetime advantage of graduates with Associate’s degrees. In the spring of 2002, the decision was approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and the Tennessee State Governor to expand Nashville State to community college status effective on July 1, 2002.
Since 1984, Nashville State has been a member of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee and governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR).
Nashville State is authorized to offer the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree, as well as technical and academic certificates. The Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Associate of Science (A.S.) degrees are offered for students planning to transfer to universities.
MedVance Institute
http://www.medvance.edu/sc_cookeville.html
Our mission is to provide an outstanding education in a supportive environment helping all students to succeed in healthcare careers. MedVance is committed to graduating qualified professionals who can participate in the community's medical services and contribute to the health and wellbeing of all those they serve.
MedVance Students Acquire:
- Basic knowledge and skills to succeed professionally.
- Pride and dedication in their chosen careers.
- A sense of professional responsibility and ethics.
Teacher/pupil ratios coupled with an individualized teaching approach to education helps create a strong learning environment and promote professional relationships between the faculty and students.
MedVance opened its first institute in Cookeville, a short distance from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
1025 Hwy. 111
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: 931-526-3660
Toll Free: 866-86-GO-MED
Fax: 931-372-2603
MedVance Institute offers training to individuals who are planning today to be part of the medical profession tomorrow. Healthcare services are needed throughout the country. To help meet the national demand for allied health professionals, MedVance is focused on offering its students a variety of medical programs. MedVance appeals to people for many reasons:
- Choose from a variety of medical training programs.
- Convenient day, afternoon and evening class schedules.
- Small classes and personalized attention for the individual student needs.
- Experiences through externships.
- Qualified instructors who are highly trained professionals.
If you are looking for a career that you can attain in a short period of time and want to enter the workplace as soon as possible then you should consider MedVance Institute.
Hospitals, diagnostic centers, laboratories, physician offices, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, insurance & billing companies, home health agencies, pharmacies, surgery centers and medical businesses recruit MedVance graduates.
MedVance Institute is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education, and is authorized for operation as a postsecondary educational institution by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. http://state.tn.us/thec/
Volunteer State Community College
Volunteer State Community College is a public two-year community college in Gallatin, Tenn., serving a twelve-county region including the counties of Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and Wilson. The College is committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable student body.
Volunteer State Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404 - 679-4501) to award the Associate Degree and holds membership in the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, and the Southern Association of Junior Colleges and the Tennessee College Association.
The College has eligibility certification by the U.S. Office of Education and is approved by the State Department of Education for Veterans Education.
The College is an Equal Opportunity Institution of Higher Learning of the Tennessee State Board of Regents and maintains an “open-door” policy of accepting any student who desires to improve through education. A Faculty Assembly offers the faculty opportunities to become involved in decision making on an advisory level. The assembly is designed to improve communications between the faculty and administration and to express collective faculty opinion on issues of concern. The assembly is chaired by a speaker who is chosen from the body by the elected divisional representatives.
1480 Nashville Pike | Gallatin, TN 37066 | 615.452.8600 | 888.335.8722 | www.volstate.edu
