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Dr. Pamela Harris has been named as the dean of Motlow State Community College’s Moore County Campus. Harris also serves as an associate professor of Sociology and Psychology at Motlow.

Adam Boyd, Motlow State Community College student and Marine Corps Veteran, was awarded the Chancellor’s Commendation for Military Veterans.

Motlow State campuses are open to all students this fall semester May 06, 2021 at 04:43 pm by WGNS Motlow State Community College will re-open its campuses to in-person students for the fall semester. Motlow’s reopening aligns with the Tennessee Board of Regents institutions across the state. The college will initiate its return to campus plan beginning May 10. Specific details for accessing campuses and services are available at www.mscc.edu or by calling 1-800-654-4877 ...

Tips for Finding Your Way to a (High-Paying) Trade Job Listen Apr 28  (Cha Pornea for NPR) Figuring out what to do with your life is a challenge for anyone. Students are often told to get their bachelors degree and find their passion and theyll eventually be rewarded by landing their dream job. For most people, its not that simple. Along the way, Isis Harris in Portland, Ore., says, "I kept hitting walls and I kept running into obstacles." Then she took a course designed to sample different jo...

Cha Pornea for NPR Figuring out what to do with your life is a challenge for anyone. Students are often told to get their bachelors degree and find their passion — and theyll eventually be rewarded by landing their dream job. For most people, its not that simple. Along the way, Isis Harris in Portland, Oregon says, "I kept hitting walls and I kept running into obstacles." Then she took a course designed to sample different jobs in construction, and while wiring a light bulb, a s...

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/989609489/990330393" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: This is NPRs LIFE KIT. And Im Elissa Nadworny, an education reporter. Figuring out what to do with your life and how to get there can be a major challenge for anyone. Isis Harris, shes been there. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) ISIS HARRIS: There was the uncertainty. There was fear. There was anxiety. NADWORNY: Shes f...

Motlow State Community College will welcome Dr. Fredrick Douglass Dixon on Feb. 23 when he presents “The Death of Black Wall Street and the Myth of the American Dream” from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom at mscc.zoom.us/j/93950141333. The presentation is part of Motlow’s celebration of African American History Month, embracing and modeling diversity, equity, and inclusion. Motlow’s Access and Diversity Committee, Community Relations Office, NIXLA Fellows, and the Dean of Students offi...

>> reporter: mykenzi eldridge is one of four children in her family, shes the second to go on the tennessee promise, paying for two years of community college or technical school regardless of income. saving her and others up to $2,200 a semester. >> what difference does it make in your life? >> its really helped me stresswise. i would have been stressed having to ask my parents to help me or having to look for a job that would help me pay more. >> reporter: funded by the lottery, tennessee prom...

Saving her and others up to $2200 a semester. >> what difference does it make in your life? >> i know its really helped me stress wise. i know i would have been stressed having to ask my parents to help me or look for a job that would help me pay more. >> reporter: funded by the lottery, tennessee promise passed with bipartisan support five years ago. sold by then governor republican bill haslum as an investment in tennessees economic future. >> the reality is most jobs in the future will requir...