Roane State Community College

Roane State Community College is a two-year college located in eastern Tennessee. It was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1969, along with two other community colleges, and operates under the authority of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

There were 5,353 students as of the fall of 2006, of whom 56% were enrolled full-time and 44% were part-time students. [ [http://www.roanestate.edu/effectiveness/fastfacts.asp RSCC Fast Facts] (accessed February 29, 2008)]

Roane State's main campus is in Harriman, Tennessee. Additional campuses are located in Oak Ridge, La Follette, Crossville, Jamestown, Knoxville, Lenoir City, and Huntsville; a new campus is being constructed in Wartburg.

History

The first classes were offered in the fall of 1971 at a temporary location, and in August 1973 the college moved to the current location of its main campus on Patton Lane in Harriman, Tennessee. [http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/keyword.asp?keyword=ABOUT%20ROANE%20STATE&keywordSub=COLLEGE%20HISTORY College history] , RSCC website (accessed February 29, 2008)]

Roane State's first permanent branch campus, designated as the Oak Ridge campus, was located in western Knox County near the Pellissippi Parkway and was shared with State Technical Institute at Knoxville, another Board of Regents institution. In the fall of 1988, two years after the campus opened in 1986, State Technical Institute became Pellissippi State Technical Community College and took over the entire campus, while Roane State moved its Oak Ridge classes to leased sites in Oak Ridge. A new permanent Roane State Oak Ridge campus opened in Oak Ridge on August 13, 1999.

In 1989 higher education centers were established in leased facilities in Cumberland, Scott, and Loudon counties. In 1990 a center was opened in Campbell County. The Scott County center relocated to a permanent site in Huntsville in 1994 and the Cumberland County center opened in a permanent site in Crossville in 1998. Also in 1998, Roane State's Center for Health Sciences moved into a new leased facility in western Knox County that was built specifically for the college.

Administration

The college president is Dr. Gary Goff. Dr. Adolf King serves as vice president.

The college's first president was Cuyler Dunbar, who served from 1970 until 1988, when he left to become president of Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina. He was succeeded by Dr. Sherry L. Hoppe, who served in the position (initially on an interim basis) until 2000, when she became interim president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. After Hoppe's departure, Bill Fuqua served as interim president until 2001, when Dr. Wade McCamey became president. McCamey left Roane State in 2005 to be president of Walters State Community College. Dr. Goff assumed the presidency in the fall of 2005. [ [http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/news/releases/02.14.06.a.html Roane State welcomes past presidents] , RSCC press release, February 13, 2006]

Program

The school is primarily designed for students who intend to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Four-year institutions with which Roane State has articulation agreements include Austin Peay State University, Carson-Newman College, East Tennessee State University, Lincoln Memorial University, Maryville College, Middle Tennessee State University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Strayer University, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Wesleyan, Trevecca Nazarene, three University of Tennessee campuses, and Union University. [ [http://www.roanestate.edu/news/releases/02.26.08.html Roane State reaches transfer agreement with Savannah College of Art and Design] , RSCC press release, February 22, 2008] [ [http://www.roanestate.edu/keyword.asp?keyword=UNIVERSITY%20TRANSFER%20PROGRAMS&keywordSub=ARTICULATION University Transfer Programs: Articulation Agreements] , RSCC website (accessed February 29, 2008)]

In addition to its transfer programs, Roane State offers career preparation programs leading to associate degrees or certificates in business management, office administration, police science, nursing, and 13 other health science fields. [ [http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/keyword.asp?keyword=ABOUT%20ROANE%20STATE About Roane State] , RSCC website (accessed February 29, 2008)]

Athletics

Roane State's mascot is the Raider.

Andy Landers, coach of the University of Georgia's women's basketball team and a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, got his start coaching at Roane State. [ [http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46833&SPID=3594&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=324064&Q_SEASON=2007 Andy Landers bio] , GeorgiaDogs.com]

References

External links

* [http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/ Roane State Community College official site]