Columbia State Community College is pleased to announce and congratulate 297 Fall 2020 graduates. The following students graduated from Columbia State in December and earned a degree or technical certificate.

Columbia State Community College is pleased to announce 145 students named to the President's List for earning academic honors during the Fall 2020 semester.

Fifteen Columbia State Community College athletes received all-academic awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Columbia State Named Dakota Villers a 2019-2020 Carolyn Allred/Lewis Moore Outstanding Student Nominee during a virtual presentation May 12. Every year, Columbia State faculty nominate the finest of our students for this award. Criteria include outstanding academic achievements, extracurricular activities and dedicated service to Columbia State and our communities.

Columbia State Student Government Association secretary/treasurer, Amiee Sadler, was selected as the Tennessee Board of Regents Presidents' Council community college liaison and is serving as a voice for community college students.

Southern values became a tale of Greek heroics during a study abroad trip for Columbia State Community College student, Josh Valdes during a recent visit to Mystras, Greece. Exemplifying respect and kindness, Valdes provided extraordinary assistance to an elderly woman, unable to descend on her own, by quite literally carrying her down a mountain to safety.

Columbia State Community College student, Anthony Thomas, recently placed second in the Industrial Motor Control competition at the Tennessee state SkillsUSA competition.

Columbia State Community College's Film Crew Technology students recently participated in the 54 Film Fest where they won eight honors for a short film they had to write, shoot and edit in 54 hours.

The Columbia State Community College Student Veterans Organization, in collaboration with the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, recently hosted an event where they collected more than 20 hours of stories of service from more than 25 U.S. military veterans.

Columbia State computer science students Shane Sevier and Ethan Pierret recently completed a 10-week capstone course in emerging technologies that started in early October and recently gave a presentation about their experiences. The capstone course allows students to research emerging technologies in the retail industry by exploring areas of study such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, big data and analytics and other progressive topics in the technology industry. Tractor Supply Company was instrumental in the course development and oversaw the students' day-to-day work experiences. Pierret and Sevier agreed that learning about the day-to-day operations of a large corporation like Tractor Supply has been one of the highlights of the course. Deepa Janakiraman, Columbia State program director and assistant professor of computer information systems, has been involved with the program since its inception in December 2017.

Columbia State Rad Tech students placed first in the student bowl competition during the Tennessee Society of Radiologic Technologists 80th Annual Educational Conference.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

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Recent Columbia State Community College graduates, Megan Franz and Camrie Jacobson, received the 2018 Lipscomb University Transfer Trustee scholarship.

Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) formally recognized the Class of 2020 during a White Coat Ceremony on June 16, 2018. The White Coat Ceremony at LMU-DCOM is a special ceremony designed to mark a student's entrance into the clinical rotations of their medical school training.

Columbia State Community College freshman, States Labrum, has been accepted into the Harvard University Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in ecology for the upcoming summer. This summer research undergraduate program invited applications from two-year and four-year undergraduate institutions across the U.S. The selection process for the program, which involved an in-depth interview of the candidates by the Harvard Faculty, was highly competitive.

The New Century Scholars program is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Foundation, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, Phi Theta Kappa and the American Association of Community Colleges. The program shares a common application with the All-USA Community College Academic Team program, which recognizes outstanding community college students.