Student Success Stories

Photo of SkillsUSA National Silver Medalist   SkillsUSA National Silver Medalist

Kathy Woodby, a student in the Practical Nursing program at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, received a Silver Medal at the SKillsUSA National Competition awards ceremony held in Kansas City, Mo., on June 24, 2011. 

Woodby scored a second place finish in Health...Read More
Photo of SkillsUSA Gold Medalist   SkillsUSA Gold Medalist

Adam Vest of Carter County, a student in the Welding training program at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton and a 2010 graduate of Happy Valley High School, took first place in Welding in SkillsUSA Statewide Competition in...Read More
Photo of Student Completes Education Journey   Student Completes Education Journey

Amy Campbell of Carter County, Tennessee, a displaced worker, will complete a journey she began 31 years ago when she graduates from the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton in August 2011 after completing the...Read More
Photo of SkillsUSA Medal Winners   SkillsUSA Medal Winners

Seven students from the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton received medals in SkillsUSA competition held in Chattanooga on April 28, 2010.

Read More
Photo of Kim Wilson   Kim Wilson

I am ecstatic to have received the Jon H. Poteat National Vocational Technical Honor Society scholarship. The nursing program at Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton has had a very positive influence on me. Winning the scholarship has given me the confidence...Read More
Photo of Scottie D. Coleman   Scottie D. Coleman

Scottie D. Coleman of Johnson City, a recent graduate of the Computer Operations Technology Program at Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, has traveled a road few have gone before him.

Coleman has been certified as a Master Microsoft Office Software Specialist by...Read More
Photo of Voelzow & Company knows the VALUE of TTC Grads!   Voelzow & Company knows the VALUE of TTC Grads!

Norm Voelzow, owner of Voelzow & Company, Wingate, N.C., has been a member of the Millwright Skills Advisory Committee since 1996. During this period, Voelzow and Company, has donated more than $20,000 in laser equipment for use by students in the...Read More
Photo of Elizabeth Teasley-Sinks   Elizabeth Teasley-Sinks

Attending Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton has been one of the best life changing experiences that I have ever had. I have attained above average knowledge from the classroom and excellent experience from clinical. I have grown in several ways due to the LPN...Read More
Photo of Susan Robinson   Susan Robinson

"Mommy, we go to school. You go to school. Hurry up and get out of school," were the words of encouragement to Susan Robinson from her three daughters, Cynthia, Sydney and Brittany, ages four to eight, recently.

Robinson, a single mother from Johnson City, is enrolled in an 18-month...Read More
Photo of Michael and Rachel Hammons   Michael and Rachel Hammons

When Michael Hammons graduated from Science Hill High School in 1991, his destiny in the world of work was uncertain.

Hammons said the time spent as a student at Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, coupled with the encouragement from one of his instructors, Ronnie White, forever...Read More