Pictured, from left: John Fitzsimmons, retired director of Lincoln Medical Center EMS, Roane State’s Thomas Herron, and Rick Valentine, director of the Sevier County Ambulance Service. (Photo courtesy Linda P Photography) By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Roane State’s Thomas Herron knows first-hand the trauma that EMS personnel can experience …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Roane State student Journey Long has been interested in video games for as long as he can remember. He said he was around 4 or 5 years old when he started thinking about designing games. “It kicked my little kid mind into overdrive,” he …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Banners commemorating the 50th anniversary of Roane State Community College and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman now line Rockwood’s main thoroughfare. The 10 large banners are on utility poles from Wheeler Street to Rockwood Street on Gateway Avenue near the downtown district. Each …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Roane State Community College Associate Professor Emily A. DeLozier has been awarded the Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Educator of the Year Award for 2021. The Tennessee chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association recently announced the award during its virtual spring business meeting. “It’s …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer It was the perfect setting for a surprise announcement: surrounded by her teammates and coach at a team cookout. Madison “Madi” Lamon watched on a YouTube livestream on Awards Night that she had been named the winner of Roane State Community College’s highest student …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Amelia Terry is on a fast track to academic success. Terry, 18, is the only student at Oneida High School to complete Roane State’s Middle College curriculum this academic year. She earned her diploma from the 400-student high school and an associate degree from …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Thanks to prudent fiscal management and increased donations, 50 percent more funding is available next academic year for a variety of Roane State Community College scholarships. Scott Niermann, executive director of the Roane State Foundation, expressed gratitude to the Foundation’s Board of Directors and …

By Bob Fowler Roane State staff writer The radiology lab in the Coffey/McNally Building on Roane State’s Oak Ridge Branch Campus now has an official name: the Mary Alice and Wallace Casnelli Radiology Lab. A plaque on the wall outside the lab bears the couple’s names and was recently dedicated. …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer The Tennessee Reconnect program, which makes it possible for Tennesseans age 24 and older to attend community colleges tuition-free, was life-changing for Knoxville resident Myneshia “Neshia” Fears. Enrolling at Roane State “is the best decision I’ve made so far,” she said. “I would recommend …

By Bob Fowler Roane State staff writer A replica of a portrait of the man for whom Roane State Community College is named is now prominently displayed in the President’s Conference Room in the college’s Dunbar Building on the Roane County campus. Archibald Roane served as Tennessee’s second governor from …