The Police Services and Public Safety Department at Southwest Tennessee Community College has been awarded an accreditation through the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. Three years ago it was accredited by the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police.

The Innovative Water Workforce Development Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency has given GRCC $1 million, which it will use to help fill the need of employees in the water utility sector in the city of Grand Rapids.

The two schools signed an agreement on August 8 that will give students the ability to attain their associate degree from Delta College and transfer their credits toward a bachelor degree from Saginaw Valley State University.

Beginning in the Spring 2025 semester, Baker College students will be able to study abroad in more than 20 countries.

The programs have been approved by Thomas More University’s board of trustees, though state approval and accreditation remains to be seen.

The $257,596 grant from the National Science Foundation will give Monica Wakefield, who is the director of the Anthropology and Evolutionary Studies programs, the opportunity to research juvenile primates.

The college will use the grant funding to attract and retain students from communities that are typically underrepresented in cybersecurity education.

The funding comes via Lilly Endowment’s College and Community Collaboration initiative, which has given funding to 13 different educational institutions in the state of Indiana.

The grant comes from Lilly Endowment’s College and Community Collaboration initiative.

The grant will allow Dr. Justin Miller to study a specific bacterial species as well as provide students who come from underrepresented communities with mentorships and other opportunities on campus.