Annual Report Pellissippi State Community College a Letter from the President the Year of Covid-19

2020 pellissippi state community college Annual Report Pellissippi State Community College A Letter From The President the year of covid-19

In the face of challenging circumstances, legendary Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt often advised, “Left foot, right foot, breathe, repeat.” It is an apt description of the approach many students, faculty and staff have taken in response to the extraordinary disruption of a global pandemic. When we left for spring break in March 2020, our faculty committed to moving all of our courses online for the duration of the semester and our staff dedicated themselves to serving students at a distance.

A Coronavirus Response Team started meeting twice daily to work on how we could best serve our students remotely – and how we could use our resources to help a community in crisis. Individuals across Pellissippi State stepped up to volunteer their time and expertise to projects with far-reaching impact, such as making personal protective equipment for frontline health care workers on the 3D printers in our Strawberry Plains Campus’ MegaLab.

As we moved through summer and into fall, we were able to offer a number of our technical courses in person and continued to adapt instruction and support to an online environment that posed significant When Pellissippi State faculty and students left for spring challenges to many members of our College community. break in March 2020, they had no idea many of them would You’ll read some of these stories in the pages of this Annual Report, but others preferred to stay out of not return to campus for the rest of the calendar year. the limelight. Know that for every story we were able to share with our stakeholders, there are countless From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, a That difficult decision meant that all College events others of Pellissippi State faculty, staff and students quietly, sometimes anonymously, reaching out to Coronavirus Response Team of Pellissippi State staff planned through May 11, 2020, were canceled, includ- help others who were struggling during the pandemic. They represent the very best of who we are and was working daily to figure out how to keep employees ing spring Commencement and the Nursing Pinning who we aspire to be. and students safe while still providing the best edu- Ceremony. Originally postponed until August and later cational experience possible during unprecedented canceled, the ceremonies were held virtually in Decem- I am proud of what Pellissippi State was able to accomplish in 2020, but I cannot say I am surprised. We challenges. Coronavirus updates emailed to faculty, ber instead as the pandemic raged on. staff and students and uploaded to a new coronavirus # “We know this is not the semester you imagined. It is used PellissippiStrong as a tagline for our campus community long before any of us had heard the word webpage began March 13, 2020, as the College commu- not the semester we imagined. But we will get through “coronavirus.” I am fortunate to have the opportunity to see it every day and grateful for the opportunity nity grappled with rapidly changing information about this together,” Wise said in an email to faculty, staff and what we were up against. to share it with you here. students when the pandemic began. “We have a dedicat- President L. Anthony Wise Jr. announced March 19, ed group of employees working every day to ensure we 2020, that it was in the best interest of faculty, staff and cover all our bases so we can finish the semester Pellis- students to move classes and student services online sippi Strong. This includes everything from offering for the remainder of the spring semester, with very few advising and tutoring online or by phone to making exceptions. This serious decision was made after the sure our work-study students and part-time employees White House and the Centers for Disease Control and get paid, even if their jobs change to duties they can do L. Anthony Wise Jr. Prevention revised their guidance that social gatherings remotely.” President should be limited to 10 or fewer people, a challenge for Pellissippi State Community College any institution. 3 2020 annual report Pellissippi State Community College

All but essential employees such as Campus Police were sent home immediately to work remotely. Everyone had to learn how to do their jobs from home. Microsoft Teams and Zoom became daily tools for keeping the College connected. Marketing and Commu- nications sent faculty, staff and students daily updates to keep everyone on the same page despite the distance. Knowing that the transition to an online learning environment was a monumental shift, Pellissippi State put into place more resources to make sure no students would fall through the cracks. The College rallied to provide students with technology to take home – everything from laptops to internet hot spots – and bolstered the Wi-Fi available outside campus buildings so that students could access the internet from their cars out in parking lots. A new PantherHelp As fall 2020 loomed, another group of Pellissippi State employees launched Virtual Walk-in Student Services so team was created to check in with students personally by phone and that students could get the help they needed with Admissions, Financial Aid and other offices before the semester text, and students were encouraged to fill out the PantherHelp form started. online or email PantherHelp with their questions and concerns so that the team could connect them to the right services. Pellissippi State’s Coronavirus Response Team also used the summer to brainstorm how and when to reopen offices and bring faculty, staff and students back to campus. The team, led yb Police Chief Terry Crowe, created a phased Meanwhile, a new StayStrong team was created to check in with plan for reopening and safety protocols that are still in place. Anyone who is reporting to a Pellissippi State campus faculty and staff and provide them with additional support. must fill out a Daily Campus Access and Screening form, available online and as an app for smartphones, to ensure they are not exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus or have been exposed to it. Once on campus, masks are required “We know this is not the semester you imagined. It is not the inside all Pellissippi State buildings, as well as outside when social distancing guidelines of 6 feet cannot be main- tained. Designated entrances and exits, additional hand sanitizing stations and posted maximum capacities for semester we imagined. But we will get through this together,” classrooms and common spaces were among the physical changes on campus. -L. Anthony Wise Jr. Despite everything that changed at Pellissippi State – and in the world – in 2020, the College awarded 1,645 diplomas and 591 certificates. The College’s 2020 graduates were the first to have virtual commencements and to pick up their diplomas in drive-thru distribution events. They overcame unprecedented challenges in their final semesters and The efforts from every corner of the College paid off. Pellissippi embodied what it means to be #PellissippiStrong. State’s data from spring 2020 showed that students’ success rates in general education courses such as English, science, math and history did not suffer when classes moved online March 23 for the remainder of the semester. This information bolstered the recommendation from Interim Vice President for Academic AffairsKathy Byrd and CLASS FORMATS the College’s academic deans that Pellissippi State continue to offer virtual and hybrid classes in fall 2020 and spring 2021. Students were able to choose classes taught in a variety of ways: • Online: These traditional online courses do not meet on a certain day or at a certain time, but are taught com- pletely through Pellissippi State’s learning management system, Brightspace; • Virtual: These courses are offered online, but they use virtual platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom to offer instruction at the times and days listed in the College’s schedule; • Hybrid: These courses offer part online or virtual instruction and part face-to-face instruction in a classroom or lab, with instructors letting students know which days they will meet on campus; and • On-campus: These courses are taught in a traditional classroom, face-to-face, and will be limited primarily to programs that have a strong hands-on component, such 4 as Nursing and Welding Technology. 5 2020 annual report Pellissippi State Community College helping our community

Media Technologies faculty, Nursing students administer COVID-19 Nursing student sews masks students give festival new life vaccine to frontline medical workers for strangers for free with streamed concerts Pellissippi State Nursing students started administer- ing the first rounds of a COVID-19 vaccine to frontline Pellissippi State’s Media Technologies faculty and Nursing student Bridget Frazier had a lot on her plate workers at Covenant Health hospitals in December, with students directed, filmed, recorded, photographed and her final semester at Pellissippi State – wife to a disabled 50 students having volunteered within five minutes of engineered Sites & Sounds from Big Ears, a series of veteran, mother to 6-year-old twins and an emergency room posting the sign-up sheet. intimate concerts at the historic Bijou Theatre during technician at Parkwest Medical Center – but she still made fall 2020. The new livestreaming initiative filled a gap “You are part of something historic that you will tell the time to sew more than 2,000 surgical masks and ship left when Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival was canceled due your grandchildren about,” Nursing Dean Angela them all over the United States to people in need. to coronavirus. Lunsford told students. Frazier, who has been sewing since she was 12 years old, Big Ears Festival Executive and Artistic Director “I knew I had to volunteer to be a part of this experience noticed the mask shortage when she went in to work over Ashley Capps reached out to Assistant Professor because I wanted to be part of the solution to this prob- spring break and started researching what kinds of fabrics Mischa Goldman to brainstorm how they could lem that has greatly affected not only my family, but the work best in lieu of the N95 surgical masks that were in support artists and venues that had suffered severely entire world,” said Nursing student Keiara Tate, who short supply due to the pandemic. Then she took her own due to COVID-19 closures. What they landed on wasn’t helped administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Fort mask from her Pellissippi State nursing pack and traced it. your typical livestream, where the viewer experiences Sanders Regional Medical Center on Dec. 19. “I have had The only thing that went viral in Frazier’s household was the concert from a fixed perspective, far from the stage. two family members who have passed due to COVID word of her mask making, yet she still didn’t charge a thing, and many others who have been ill due to this virus. I not even shipping. Instead, Sites & Sounds from Big Ears livestreamed con- am looking forward to ushering in hope and a cure.” certs in a single take with a Steadicam — taking viewers Frazier graduated from Pellissippi State in May 2020, down Gay Street, viewing the marquee out front, into passed her boards and now is employed as a full-time reg- the empty Bijou Theatre, backstage and, ultimately, istered nurse by Parkwest, where she was recognized with a up on stage with the artists for a simulated first-person Speak Up Award from the hospital in September for helping experience. save a patient from sepsis. 6 7 2020 annual report Pellissippi State Community College events MegaLab churns out personal protective gear for health care workers Pellissippi State used the 3D printers on its Strawberry Plains Campus to manufacture personal protective equipment for health care professionals caring for coronavirus patients as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic struck Tennessee. The project was announced by Gov. Bill Lee on March 23, and by the next afternoon, the colleges participating had cranked out more than 1,500 pieces of equipment including 838 headbands like the ones Pellissippi State produced to attach to face shields. Essential personnel continued to report to the College’s MegaLab to keep the 3D printers working around the clock and completed 1,700 headbands for face shields in April, thanks to donations of filament from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knox County’s Career Magnet Academy and Roane State Community College. Each of the MegaLab’s 3D printers produced more than 140 headbands – “likely more printing time than most printers see in a lifetime of use,” noted MegaLab Director Andy Polnicki. “In times like these, we are reminded how much we can accomplish when we work together for the greater good,” said President L. Anthony Wise Jr.

College partners with Blount Memorial Hospital to train nurses for COVID-19 care Pellissippi State allowed Blount Memorial Pre-pandemic Hospital nurses to train in the College’s Nurs- ing simulation lab on the Blount County Cam- 12 regional artists celebrate Harlam Renaissance performance pus in May, as local health care workers braced for more COVID-19 patients. Pellissippi State that which makes us human anchors Black History Month Nursing staff got together withBriana Dahl, The Figurative Impulse, a regional survey of contem- “Of Ebony Embers,” written by Akin Babatunde and critical care educator for Blount Memorial, to porary paintings and drawings, kicked off The Arts at performed by the Core Ensemble of Florida, was one of create simulation scenarios based on actual Pellissippi State in January 2020. Associate Professor several Black History Month events hosted by Pellissippi cases to better prepare these nurses for what Herb Rieth curated the exhibit, which he proposed as a State in February 2020. The performance examined was to come. reaction to the increasingly shrill and acrimonious de- the lives of African American poets Langston Hughes, “Learning is often experiential,” saidMichelle McPherson, director of education for Blount Memorial. “This training bate between people on social media and in person. The Countee Cullen and Claude McKay as seen through the enables us to run scenarios that maybe they’ve only come across once or twice in their career.” 12 artists from Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, eyes of the African American painter and muralist Aar- Louisiana and Georgia “come from diverse backgrounds, on Douglas. One actor portrayed all the characters while By the time the training ended in June, 61 Blount Memorial medical-surgical nurses had gained more experience in generations, impetuses and are at many different points interacting on stage with a musical trio playing cello, intubation care, putting patients on a ventilator, adjusting ventilator settings, suctioning and “proning” patients, in their careers, yet they hold in common their concern piano and percussion. which means lying them flat on their chests. The trainings culminated in a mock code that allowed nurses to prac- for their fellow humans,” he said. tice what to do when a patient is declining.

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During pandemic College hosts digital storytelling of theatre — he looked to the past. Pellissippi State presented a double feature of two short radio plays, series on Zoom “The Lone Ranger Redux” and the science fiction piece “Think Like a Dinosaur,” in October. It was the first Pellissippi State’s Media Technologies program hosted a time Pellissippi State had produced radio plays, which free, three-part continuing education webinar series ti- were performed back to back and broadcast live on the tled “The Art, Science & Impact of Digital Storytelling” College’s YouTube channel, as well as recorded for later on Zoom, with sessions in October and December 2020 listening by Pellissippi State’s Audio Production Engi- and January 2021. The webinar series took the place of neering faculty and students. the half-day digital storytelling forum that was planned for April 24 and postponed due to the coronavirus pan- Blackberry Farm Foundation helps Foundation exceeds goal, raises more demic. Sponsored by The Hive, Bagwell Entertainment Annual holiday concert shifts and Jupiter Entertainment, the series brought together online during pandemic expand Culinary Arts program than $14 million for Campaign thought leaders in digital production, creative services with new Culinary Institute The Pellissippi State Foundation wrapped up its cam- The talented musicians and singers at Pellissippi State and brand storytelling, to discuss industry trends and paign to raise money for Pellissippi State’s two new know that “the show must go on,” so the College pre- A $250,000 gift from the Blackberry Farm Founda- workforce opportunities. buildings and other initiatives in March, exceeding its sented its annual Holiday Spectacular concert online tion is paving the way to expand Pellissippi State’s $10 million goal by more than $4 million. The Campaign through Pellissippi State’s YouTube channel and Face- Culinary Arts program into Blount County. The new Theatre students perform radio for Pellissippi State, a four-year project spearheaded book page. “With so many of us working and learning Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center by 60 volunteers, will support the College’s largest plays, broadcast live, in lieu of from home this year due to the pandemic, we thought, on the College’s Blount County Campus will include a expansion in its 45-year history, anchored by the new ‘Why not bring the concert into people’s homes?’” said 4,700-square-foot Culinary Institute, including a teach- in-person performances Bill Haslam Center for Math and Science on the Hardin Assistant Professor Meagan Humphreys. “Home for the ing and demonstration kitchen and a baking center. Valley Campus and the Ruth and Steve West Workforce Holidays … Again!” featured more than 70 students in The Culinary Institute will be located adjacent to the When brainstorming how Pellissippi State could give its Development Center on the Blount County Campus. Of Pellissippi State’s jazz band, studio orchestra, percussion Corporate Training Center and Lobby so that Culinary Theatre students the experience they needed to gradu- 1,547 donors who contributed to the Campaign, 571 were ensemble, bluegrass ensemble, guitar ensemble, brass en- Arts students can support the community at events and ate while still adhering to social distancing protocols, new donors to Pellissippi State. Professor Charles R. Miller didn’t look to the future semble and two choirs, Concert Chorale and Variations. pre-event functions held on the Blount County Campus.

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Pellissippi State sponsors new tool Arconic Foundation funds new Pellissippi State wins and die apprenticeship program after-school program with statewide food drive Pellissippi State’s Business and Community Services is Pellissippi State Pellissippi State crushed the (friendly) competition in making it easier for area employers to start apprentice- fall 2020, collecting the equivalent of 31,412 items in Arconic Foundation awarded Pellissippi State $50,000 to ship programs for their workers. Newell Brands, located TBR – The College System of Tennessee’s 22nd Annu- start a new after-school program for children in Blount in Maryville, kicked off a new apprenticeship program al Food Drive Challenge. Pellissippi State was the top County. The Pellissippi Youth Scholars Program, which during summer 2020, marking the first time the College institution in its tier during the month-long food drive will be implemented at the Martin Luther King Jr. had sponsored an apprenticeship program. The compa- that ended Dec. 8, more than doubling 2019’s total of Community Center in Alcoa and the Boys & Girls Club ny’s expansion of its tool room and molding department 15,411 items. All the food collected by Pellissippi State in Maryville, will focus on career awareness, exploration created a need for additional tool and die makers, and it and community partners – Church of the Savior, Faith and preparation for high-wage, high-demand advanced became clear to Newell Brands’ leaders that training and Promise, Hardin Valley Church of Christ and the manufacturing and coding careers. The program will of- promoting current employees within the department Scarecrow Foundation – stays with the College to serve fer concentrations in robotics, additive manufacturing, was the right move to make to fill those positions. Pellissippi Pantry participants. coding, hydraulics and pneumatics.

Pellissippi State assistant professors Magnolia Avenue Campus celebrates College breaks ground on long-awaited receive grants to create free 20 years of changing lives workforce development center course materials for students Pellissippi State broke ground Oct. 23 on its new Ruth Pellissippi State’s Magnolia Avenue Campus celebrated and Steve West Workforce Development Center, Pellissippi State assistant professors Antija Allen and its 20th anniversary Dec. 4 in a socially distanced way, a joint project with Tennessee College of Applied Shaquille Marsh were awarded grants in 2020 that will in keeping with the challenges of marking milestones Technology Knoxville. The 51,000-square-foot building help them – and their teams of colleagues – create free during a pandemic. Magnolia Avenue Campus Dean on the College’s Blount County Campus will help fill course materials for students. The Tennessee Board of Rosalyn Tillman, who served as dean since the campus the area’s need for highly skilled, college-educated Regents, which governs the state’s 13 community colleges opened, oversaw the celebration on Zoom, which includ- employees. Named for longtime Blount County and 27 technical colleges, awarded the Open Educational ed speakers sharing what the Magnolia Avenue Campus Campus benefactors Ruth and Steve West, the Resources grant “as part of its work to reduce the costs did for them. “This was the only east campus (of Pellis- workforce development center will include space for of college attendance and increase equity in student out- sippi State) when we opened 20 years ago, and we had Pellissippi State’s Computer Information Technology, comes.” The free course materials are intended to take the opportunity to serve this community in a way that Culinary Arts, Electrical Engineering Technology and the place of commercially published textbooks, the cost they had not been served before,” Tillman remembered. Electromechanical Engineering programs while TCAT of which can be a burden to students and hinder their will have space for its Engineering Technology program, educational progress. giving that college its first footprint in Blount County. Math students take top Ruth and Steve West at the groundbreaking ceremony 100% of spring Nursing graduates honors in Southeast pass national licensing exam Pellissippi State not only finished first in the Southeast For the first time since Pellissippi State’s Nursing in the 2019-2020 Student Mathematics League competi- program started in 2011, 100% of the College’s gradu- tion for the first time, but also had the top individual in ating Nursing students passed their national licensing the region. Jingxing Wang, a senior at Knoxville Catho- exam on their first attempt. All 70 of the spring 2020 lic High School who is dual enrolled at Pellissippi State, th Nursing graduates passed the NCLEX-RN exam, which finished first in the Southeast. “We were 20 nationally, each nurse in the United States and Canada must pass which also is the highest we have been,” said Associate to become a registered nurse. Dean of Nursing Angela Professor Robert “Bobby” Jackson, who coordinates the Lunsford commended Nursing students for working annual competition for Pellissippi State. through a very demanding curriculum and putting in 540 clinical hours despite the global pandemic.

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Pellissippi State Foundation has been providing scholarships for Pellissippi State Foundation students since 1987. Board Emeritus Program 2020 The Pellissippi State Foundation was chartered by the In 2020, the Pellissippi State Foundation instituted a new Board Emeritus program. This honorary title signifies state of Tennessee in 1982 and gained tax-exempt an ongoing relationship with a trustee as an advisor and recognizes exemplary service. A Board Emeritus scholarships in $395,418 709 the amount of (Combined total Foundation and College) status as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1983. A volunteer member does not have a fiduciary responsibility and is not obligated to attend meetings. They may act as a Board of Trustees comprised of representatives from representative of the Foundation at the request of the executive director or president of the College. Amount the Foundation provided in $6,322 grants and subsidies to students local industry, community leaders and donors governs it. (including Bookstore vouchers, gas cards, food gift cards, etc.) The inaugural class of Board Emeritus includes 19 members: The Foundation exists to develop financial resourc- Students awarded es through fundraising and a benefactor network to 131 the amount of $40,351 support the educational, cultural and service goals of Students with Federal and Institutional Pellissippi State Community College. 277 Work-Study in 2019-2020 Employee Recognition Emergency Student Funding The Foundation is an active member of the College’s Employee Recognition Commit- through the Student Opportunity Awards in 2020: tee. This committee is tasked with developing a comprehensive appreciation program based on the College’s six values: 1) accountability, 2) community and civic engage- 148 $53,854 ment, 3) diversity, equity and inclusion, 4) excellence, 5) integrity and 6) relationships. In 2020, the Foundation provided 86 awards in the amount of $8,725. Students received To assist with textbooks, fuel, bus passes, assistance tuition, car repairs and emergency assistance Alumni Relations 92% of these students were adult learners (24+) The Foundation supports an alumni relations program that provides graduates with engagement opportunities such as networking, professional development and volunteering. Foundation staff recognize career success through the Distinguished of students receiving awards from the fund are Alumni Award and the Facebook series “Where are they now Wednesday.” A growing either still in school, have transferred to a four-year 81% school or have graduated number of graduates are finding ways to give back to the institution—including financially. In 2020, there was a 110% increase in alumni donations. Emergency student loans that were provided in the Planned Giving 98 amount of $16,888 100% were paid back! The Foundation’s Planned Giving program supports a donor’s intention to contribute a major gift beyond his or her lifetime. Such donations enable individuals to create a powerful philanthropic impact on Pellissippi State. The Legacy Society recognizes Past Foundation College President Service of Distinction the individuals who have pledged to provide support through their estate plan, retirement assets, securities or real estate. There are 35 members of Pellissippi State’s Presidents Emeritus Cathy Ackermann Legacy Society, which includes three new commitments in 2020. Lou Dunlap Allen Edwards Marty Adler-Jasny Support for Pellissippi State Phyllis Driver J.L. Goins David Black Ann Hansen Mark Brodd $2,033,587 79 Joe Johnson Christine Lee Department equipment and capital improvements Volunteers for the Todd Moody David Martin Foundation Employee Giving Jerome Moon Will Pugh, Sr. Becky Paylor Don Shell $100,894 56% Nancy Stanley of full-time employees are donors Ruth West 15 PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2019-2020 Revenues Revenues By Source: Total: $107,206,000 TOTAL $107,206,000 STUDENT TUITION AND FEES $15,316,000 Revenues collected from students, including tuition, program and service fees and other fees, net of scholarship allowances and uncollectible debt.

STATE APPROPRIATIONS $46,447,000 State Appropriations Grants and Contracts Revenues from legislative appropriations from the state of Tennessee for current $46,447,000 $38,469,000 operations and capital appropriations. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS $38,469,000 Revenues from federal and non-federal granting entities and funds for specific purposes, including training or academic support. SALES AND SERVICES $1,643,000 Revenues from sales and other services, including space rental. Tuition and Fees AUXILIARY $427,000 $15,316,000 Revenues from operation of auxiliary activities like dining and bookstore.

INVESTMENT INCOME $647,000 CAPITAL GRANTS AND GIFTS $2,700,000 SALES AND SERVICES $1,643,000 CAPITAL GRANTS AND GIFTS: $2,700,000 OTHER $1,557,000 Contributions of capital assets or funds restricted for the purchase of capital assets. INVESTMENT INCOME $647,000 AUXILIARY $427,000 OTHER $1,557,000 Revenues generated from other sources, including gifts and other revenues. Expenses 2019-2020 Expenses By Category: Total: $86,036,000 TOTAL $86,036,000

SALARIES $41,483,000 Benefits Expenditures of staff and faculty salaries and wages in connection with $15,671,000 credit and non-credit courses.

BENEFITS $15,671,000 Salaries Expenditures related to faculty and staff benefits. $41,483,000 Operating OPERATING $14,099,000 $14,099,000 Expenditures related to operations, including support services, auxiliary enterprises and instruction.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS $11,859,000 Scholarships/ Expenditures for student scholarships and aid. Expenditures are recorded according to Governmental Accounting Fellowships Standards Board (GASB) requirements. Capital expenditures are $11,859,000 DEPRECIATION $2,917,000 recognized over the life of the asset. The information above reflects Expenses related to the depreciation of property and equipment. gross revenues and noncapital expenditures. OTHER $7,000 DEPRECIATION $2,917,000 OTHER $7,000 16 PELLISSIPPI STATE FOUNDATION Revenues 2019-2020 REVENUES Total: $3,237,000 By Source: TOTAL $3,237,000 CONTRIBUTIONS $2,696,000 Revenues with or without donor restrictions. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS $15,000 Contributions Revenues related to in-kind contributions. $2,696,000 Investment INVESTMENT INCOME $301,000 Income Revenues generated from investments. $301,000 NET REALIZED/UNREALIZED Net Realized/Unrealized GAINS AND LOSSES $225,000 Gains and Losses $225,000 Change in the value of invested funds.

In-Kind Contributions PELLISSIPPI STATE FOUNDATION $225,000 2019-2020 EXPENSES By category: Expenses TOTAL EXPENSES $3,246,000 Total: $3,246,000 STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT $2,313,000 Expenses related to scholarships, awards, aid to students and resources provided for support of academic departments. COLLEGE-FUNDED SUPPORT $865,000 Expenditures made by the College on behalf of the Foundation for staffing, facilities, support services and other expenses. Student and ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES $68,000 Academic Support Expenses related to fundraising and general administrative services. $2,313,000

College-Funded Support endowment $865,000 TOTAL BALANCE 2019: $11,604,000 YEAR: BALANCE RETURNS: FY `16 $8,251,000 1% FY `17 $9,486,000 13% FY `18 $10,601,000 8% Administrative FY `19 $11,604,000 8% Services $68,000 FY `20 $11,875,000 2% 19 2020 annual report Pellissippi State Community College Awards and Accolades The winners of Pellissippi State’s annual Outstanding Employee Awards are nominated by and The Employee Recognition awards are sponsored by the Pellissippi State Foundation. They are selected by selected by their peers, with monetary awards sponsored by the Pellissippi State Foundation. a Foundations Board of Trustees committee based on written applications and in-person interviews.

Innovations Award The team of Professor Minoo Askari, Professor Susan McMahon, Laboratory Technician Kristen Kover, Instructional Media Technician Leslie Owle and Outstanding Contract Worker: Outstanding Adjunct Faculty: Outstanding Full-time Faculty: Nina McPherson Outstanding Instructional Media Technician Gary Hinshaw received Pellissippi State’s Innovations Award for creating an online accessible microbiology lab manual that is Stefanie Decker Raul Rivero Sue Yamin Service Award: free to all microbiology students. Judy Sichler

Gene Joyce Roger Crowe Excellence Staff Excellence Visionary Award in Teaching Award Award Instructor Cristina Carbajo received the 2020 Professor Kathleen Affholter Rogers received Jennifer Cozart, a career specialist for the Uni- Outstanding Administrator: Outstanding Support Professional: Outstanding Technical/ Faculty Senate Adjunct Gene Joyce Visionary Award for coordinating the Roger Crowe Excellence in Teaching Award for versal Pathways to Employment Program, received Royce Jacomen Holly King Service/Maintenance: Appreciation Award: Pellissippi State’s Water Quality Technology pro- 2020. Rogers, whose students call her “Special K,” the Staff Excellence Award for 2020. Cozart's hard Gail Maples Tevin Turner gram, the first of its kind in Tennessee. Carbajo has a passion for geology that she passes along to work brought Pellissippi State recognition at the collaborated with local utility districts to get her students through hands-on learning such as national and international level for UPEP’s promis- their advice before creating, on her own, course conducting experiments at nearby Cherokee Cav- ing outcomes in integrating academics and career materials and hands-on laboratory experiences erns and exploring the great outdoor classrooms services to increase college graduation rates and designed to prepare students for the workforce. found throughout East Tennessee. job placement for students with disabilities. Chancellor’s Award for Chancellor’s Commendation Excellence in Philanthropy for Military Veterans The Distinguished Alumni Award and the Peggy Wilson Alumni Volunteer J.L. Goins, former president of State Randy Martinez, Class of 2017, was honored Award are selected by members of the Alumni Steering Committee. Technical Institute at Knoxville — now on Veterans Day with the Chancellor’s Commen- Pellissippi State Community College, and dation for Military Veterans. Martinez served in Distinguished Peggy Wilson Alumni his wife Martha Goins, who worked as a the U.S. Army for eight years, earning the rank of counselor at Oak Ridge High School until Specialist 4th Class, and was awarded the Global Alumni Award Volunteer Award her retirement, received the Chancellor’s War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Curt Maxey, Class of 1979, is Pellissippi State’s Leila Cook, human resources manager at Integ- Award for Excellence in Philanthropy for Commendation Medal twice, the Unit Commen- 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award winner. The rity HR Services, is the recipient of the 2020 Peggy 2020 at their Friendsville home Dec. 11. The award honors individuals, dation Medal twice, Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, first in his family to go to college, Maxey obtained Wilson Volunteer Alumni Award. Cook started at companies and organizations who go “above and beyond” to donate National Defense Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal and the his associate degree in Engineering Technology by Pellissippi State more than 20 years ago, then put their resources, finances and personal time to a Tennessee Board of Army Service Ribbon. working his way through school. As a research and college on hold when she became a mother of five Regents institution. Pellissippi State President L. Anthony Wise Jr. development staff engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Maxey was children. She finished her Associate of Science in 2011 and now is pursuing her nominated the Goinses as “career educators with a focused passion for awarded 15 patents, earned multiple awards and made significant contribu- master’s degree. career and technical education.” tions to many engineering projects of international significance. 20 21 Pellissippi State Community College grant $8,033,075summaries JULY 1, 2019 TO JUNE 30, 2020 Pellissippi State Community College Foundation Board of Trustees 2019-2020

Chuck Griffin Sharon Yvonne Hannum Christy Newman Akima Club of Knoxville Tennessee Board of Regents Chair Community Leader Arconic Tennessee Operations Akima Club $1,750 Advising Innovation $10,000 Pat Ball Bryan L Harper Heather Overton Provides a student scholarship from the Patty Thompson Memorial Akima Hires student workers to assist with pre-advising career assessments for Community Leader Regions Bank Johnson Architecture, Inc. Scholarship fund. new students and contracts with a nationally known expert to provide Tom Ballard Jonathan Hayes Dulcie Peccolo professional development for Pellissippi State advisors on issues in Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. Head Investment Partners Community Leader Appalachian Regional Commission community college advising. Blount County Culinary Institute Project $150,000 Patrick Birmingham Sherri Gardner Howell Lezah Pinnell Xfinity Military $5,000 Covenant Health SGH Enterprises Community Leader Expands and enhances Culinary Arts and related associate degree and Provides laptops to veteran students to help them complete coursework industry-recognized certification programs. and post-graduation job searches. Joy Bishop Moe Khaleel Lisa Hood Skinner Community Leader ORNL Community Leader Pellissippi Empowers Educational Results $68,000 First Tennessee Foundation John M. Blum Anita Lane Don Tracy Tennessee Small Business Resource Center $5,000 Implements relational advising model at Pellissippi State. Messer Construction Company Riverstone Resort & Spa DENSO Serves clients, individuals and organizations at no charge and provides Perkins FY 2020 - Annual Application $106,930 Vrondelia (Ronni) Chandler Herc Ligdis Dennis Upton online computers, business related software and printing services. Provides equipment/supplies for CTE programs Project GRAD Knoxville Southeast Bank Community Leader Gene Haas Foundation Perkins Reserve FY 2019-2020 David A. Clothier Andy Lorenz Mary Beth West Start SMART – SkillsUSA $10,000 Pilot Company Provision Health Partners Fletcher Marketing PR Gene Haas Foundation $12,000 Generates interest and support in SkillsUSA to incoming students, Provides student scholarships for Computer Numerical Control technol- Whitney Erickson Bobby Malone Harley (Andy) White existing students, faculty, staff and industry partners. Ensures promotion ogist training and machining-based engineering program and SkillsUSA Vinna Community Leader FireWater and recruitment to SkillsUSA chapter are ongoing processes that involve and/or SAE team competition. faculty and staff and all chapter members. Ron Fuchs Reed Mullins L. Anthony Wise Jr. Boldsquare Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC Pellissippi State US Bank Foundation Tennessee Board of Regents Hardin Valley Math-Science Access Initiative $5,000 Provides lab equipment, classroom materials, software and other tech- Student Engagement, Retention and Success nology needed to prepare students for the STEM workforce. Intentional Hiring Practices for Faculty & Staff of Underrepresented Groups at Pellissippi State $50,000 U.S. Department of Education Aligns recruitment and hiring practices with the strategic mission of Tennessee Board of Regents Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund CARES Act $5,513,424 Pellissippi State to close equity gaps for students by recruiting and hiring Provides emergency financial aid grants to students for expenses related minority faculty and staff applicants. Board Members 2019-20 to disruption of operations due to coronavirus. Student Care and Advocacy Pathways Project $21,831 The Honorable Bill Lee Thomas A. H. White MaryLou Apple th Provides students access to resources designed to increase their ability to Ex-Officio Regent At-Large, East 6 Congressional District Governor of the State of Tennessee Vanderbilt University, NASA Subaward persist and complete their educational goals. Mark Gill Joey Hatch Tennessee Space Grant Consortium New Avenues The Honorable Emily J. Reynolds At-Large, Middle 7th Congressional District for Student Advancement $15,000 Vice Chair 5th Congressional District Tennessee Higher Education Commission Mark George Nisha Powers Provides student scholarships. Tennessee Promise Summer Success Program $60,350 The Honorable Penny Schwinn At-Large, West 8th Congressional District Offers the Online College Success Course to participating Tennessee Ex-Officio Regent Miles A. Burdine Greg Duckett Students Learn Students Vote Coalition Commissioner of Education Promise students: 1-3 college credit hours that can go toward a credential 1st Congressional District 9th Congressional District TurboVote $500 conferred at the institution. The Honorable Charles Hatcher Danni B. Varlan Kenneth Goldsmith Promotes civic learning and engagement with students through an online Ex-Officio Regent 2nd Congressional District Faculty Regent platform. Governor's Investment in Commissioner of Agriculture Weston Wamp Wanda Reid The Honorable Emily House Vocational Education (GIVE) 3rd Congressional District Faculty Regent GIVE Blount County Careers Collaborative (BC3) $998,416 Ex-Officio Regent GIVE Knox County Careers Collaborative (KC3) $999,874 Executive Director at Tennessee Higher Yolanda S. Greene William T. McElyea Education Commission th Identifies and addresses skills gaps in local workforce groups through 4 Congressional District Student Regent long-term regional partnerships with TCAT, Pellissippi State and Blount and Knox county high schools. 22 23 Pellissippi State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other class protected by Federal or State laws and regulations and by Tennessee Board of Regents policies with respect to all employment, programs, and activities.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Annazette Houston Executive Director of Equity and Compliance [email protected] 10915 Hardin Valley Road P.O. Box 22990 Goins Building, Room 258 Knoxville, TN 37933-0990 865.539.7401

The Pellissippi State Community College policy on nondiscrimination can be found at www.pstcc.edu/about/nondiscrimination.

Pellissippi State Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award the associate degree. Questions about the accreditation of Pellissippi State Community College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).

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