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South College Opens School of Pharmacy

Monday, January 30th, 2012 by Stephen A. South

Kelly Goza, experiential education office coordinator, and Jacob Dunbar, associate professor and chair for pharmaceutical sciences, test the equipment in the new labs at the South College School of Pharmacy on Parkside Drive. South College has received approval from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to launch its Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree program, allowing the school to proceed with its plans to begin its inaugural class.

We are thrilled to welcome students to our new South College School of Pharmacy. In January of 2010, we submitted an application for pre-candidate status to the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This past Monday, we received notice that we have been granted approval to launch our doctor of pharmacy degree program.

This is great news, not only for South College but also for the community. This new program offers a unique educational opportunity in this area and will bring faculty and students from all over the country to Knoxville. (more…)

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Healing opens doors around the world

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 by Stephen A. South

South College has a great service record — military service that is.

Within our Physician Assistant program alone, five faculty members are veterans of Vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan. Many of our graduate physician assistants are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and we have a host of students who have served or are current reservists. (more…)

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Grand Celebration Rings in the New Campus

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Stephen A. South

Recently, school bells rang in the opening of our new West Campus, the Parkside Learning Center. I was proud to welcome nearly 200 friends, including elected officials, community leaders and staff members to our new state-of-the-art facility on Parkside Drive. (more…)

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New Facility on Target for January Opening

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 by Stephen A. South

We’re almost there!

Tiered lecture halls are wired for laptop use.

I am so excited about our new West Knoxville facility and how it is shaping up, I thought I would give you a sneak preview.

The new Parkside Learning Center is highly visible, yet in one of the most peaceful, contemplative settings in West Knoxville. It is going to be a fantastic state-of-the-art learning environment for four of our great programs.

The new medical suites for our Physician Assistant Studies students are incredible. Built to replicate actual office settings, they will provide the latest training protocol available to help our students acquire the knowledge and skills they will need as health care professionals. The PA program will share the third floor with our school of nursing.

Pharmaceutical studies students will soon be able to earn their doctoral degree here at South College. The school of pharmacy will occupy the second floor of the new facility which includes fully equipped labs and dispensaries necessary for pharmacy training.

The first floor of the new facility will house the school of education. We have added even more classrooms to accommodate this growing field, complete with the latest technology that allows teachers to “write on the board” from their desktop computer. As the field of education continues to evolve, we want to help our students prepare to teach in this new generation of classrooms.

Numerous study rooms have been incorporated throughout the building to accommodate small group learning and discussions which are an important part of all our programs.

The Parkside Learning Center also features a student activities center, a canteen and a 120-seat theater. With all the latest audio visual technology, the theater will be a great venue for lectures, events and special guest speakers.

Of course, the whole facility is wired with up-to-the-minute technology so students and faculty will have all the information they need at their finger tips anywhere in the building. Though it is a tremendous project encompassing nearly 85,000 square feet, we are moving right along. I am looking forward with great enthusiasm toward January, when South College will open the doors on the newest, most exciting learning environment in Knoxville.