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Volunteer State Community College Radiologic Technology student Dana Sloan of Pleasant Shade has won the Malcolm Sloan Scholarship. Sloan was a member of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Radiology & Radiological Sciences for 42 years. He helped train many technologists and radiologists. He was known as a champion for radiologic education. He is not related to the student. The $3000 award from Vanderbilt was presented recently by members of the Vol State Health Sciences faculty.

Vol State students have access to a number of free academic support programs, all designed to help you succeed in your classes. We have put them together in one place that we call the College Success Zone. The services are available on all Vol State campuses and also online. See the line-up here: https://www.volstate.edu/collegesuccess

We have Commit to Completion flags up on our campuses for the start of the semester. They're intended to set a tone for the coming school-year and remind you why you are here. Committing to Completion means that you will earn your degree or certificate. It's most important to remember that commitment when times get tough, as they inevitably will. We'll have boards on all of the campuses this week that you can sign to show your commitment.

Here are a few ideas to help you do well in your classes:

The Art Gallery at Volunteer State Community College will be showing the work of artist Matt Eddmenson of Nashville. The exhibit is open to the public. A graduate of The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Eddmenson draws from a range of influences and sources for his practice, including Cowboy Comics, Pop Art, and the work of Cy Twombly. His works are gatherings and reconfigurations of American imagery and iconography, commonly featuring cowboys, skulls, and rodeo horses. He also incorporates images from the golden age of comics and tattoo culture.

College supporters turned out recently to wish Volunteer State Community College president, Jerry Faulkner, a good retirement. Faulkner has served as Vol State president for more than nine years. The event was held at the Lighthouse Center in Hendersonville. A portrait of Faulkner was unveiled. It was painted by Memphis artist Glenda Shaw Brown and will hang in the Ramer Great Hall on the Vol State Gallatin campus.

A new grant provides funding for a Gallatin greenway segment that will include part of the campus at Volunteer State Community College. The twelve foot wide path will run across the front of campus near Nashville Pike and eventually be the middle portion of a greenway from downtown Gallatin to Station Camp, where it will connect to the Sumner County greenway. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is providing $950,000 for the grant. The project is expected to take several years to complete.

WVCP-FM 88.5 is a community radio station run by Volunteer State Community College. It has been serving the area with music, news, and public affairs programing for more than forty years. A new radio show will go into more depth about Vol State in a talk show format and podcast. The Vol State Chat will be airing weekly on Thursdays at noon on WVCP. The first show airs on August 12. It features interviews with students, faculty, and staff, highlighting interesting activities and academic work.

Volunteer State Community College celebrated the graduation of the second class of Nursing students today with a pinning ceremony in Caudill Hall. Thirty-eight students from the Gallatin and Livingston groups are graduating this year with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing. The program prepares students to apply to sit for licensure as a Registered Nurse.

The Tennessee Board of Regents confirmed Dr. Orinthia T. Montague as the next president of Volunteer State Community College during a special called board meeting Tuesday. Dr. Montague was recommended to the Board by Chancellor Flora Tydings and a committee, after a nationwide search.