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A Start That Shaped a Career – Holly Appleton Alumna Spotlight

A Start That Shaped a Career – Holly Appleton Alumna Spotlight

Holly Trotter Appleton, Director of Communications at Cleveland State Community College, has worked at the college for over 24 years and earned national awards for her writing and marketing campaigns, but her Cleveland State story began as an undecided 18-year-old...

100% Pass Paramedic Practical Test

100% Pass Paramedic Practical Test

- Cleveland State Community College paramedic class recently achieved 100% pass rate on the paramedic state practical test. All 13 paramedic students passed the state practical test. These students will also complete a comprehensive exam to earn their Tennessee...

Cleveland State and TCAT Athens Launch Accelerate Program

Cleveland State and TCAT Athens Launch Accelerate Program

Cleveland State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Athens will launch the Accelerate Program on Tuesday, August 18, at the TCAT Athens campus. The Accelerate Program provides students who graduate from TCAT Athens in eligible programs...

A Promise Kept – Tammy Kelleher-Randolph Alumna Spotlight

A Promise Kept – Tammy Kelleher-Randolph Alumna Spotlight

When Tammy Kelleher-Randolph left college to marry her high school sweetheart, she promised her mother that she would finish her degree. More than 30 years later, Randolph kept that promise. At 53, she completed the Advance Business program at Cleveland State...

Summer Commencement

Summer Commencement

Cleveland State Community College held its summer commencement ceremony on Friday, July 31, in the L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium on the CSCC campus. During the ceremony, 54 associate degrees and 65 technical certificates were awarded. The youngest graduate was 18 years...

Medical Assisting Pinning

Medical Assisting Pinning

Cleveland State Community College recently held a Medical Assisting Pinning Ceremony. Fifteen students graduated with a certificate in Medical Assisting and were pinned during the ceremony. Medical assistants work in family practices, specialty practices, and walk-in...

Finding the Right Path – One Step at a Time

Finding the Right Path – One Step at a Time

In May, Alisha Kimsey graduated from the Advance Business program at Cleveland State Community College, 17 years and two careers after she originally enrolled at the college. As a child, Kimsey dreamed of being a police officer. After graduating from Bradley Central...

Turning 3D Printing into Life Changing Mobility

Turning 3D Printing into Life Changing Mobility

Bambi Cannon, Associate Professor of Computer Information Technology (CIT), spends the academic year as lead faculty for the CIT program at Cleveland State Community College. This summer, however, she is producing custom mobility chairs for children using her 3D...