The Technology Center Directors from the State of Tennessee voted unanimously for all Tennessee Scholars to get free tuition to attend any Technology Center in the state.
This vote is important because this will help Tennessee educate students in areas that will eventually help fill high-skilled, high-demand jobs.
Ruth Woodall, Director of the Tennessee Scholars program for the Tennessee Chamber said that the program will give extra money to students for books if the student requested it and could show need.
There is a local Tennessee Technology Center in Knoxville. For more information on the programs offered, visit the Tennessee Technology Center website here.
The Knoxville Chamber’s workforce development team has expanded to include a new Workforce Development Manager, Ahnna Estes.
Estes will work with the Director of Workforce Development and Education, Jennifer Evans, in various projects. She is currently undertaking the Tennessee Scholars program and is also dealing with the workforce development aspects of the new Innovation Valley Inc. programs.
Estes owned her own business in the Knoxville area for the past two years She also spent 20 years in the hospitality industry in operations management for hotels in Connecticut.
She said that she accepted this position because of the opportunity to work with Evans and to be involved in an area that is relatively new.
Estes said, “Helping the business and education systems reach their goals is important to me. I want to use my experience and knowledge to help reach the department goals.”
Estes is currently a student at Tusculum College. She is working on obtaining her bachelor’s degree.
She is married with three children, two grandchildren and a Dalmation.
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