Published: 9/30/2022


COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S ENGINEERING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AT PULASKI TO HELP STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION TOWARD AN ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE. THE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO BEGIN THEIR STUDIES AT TCAT BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO RECEIVE A TWO YEAR DEGREE. THE AGREEMENT, SIGNED BY COLUMBIA STATE PRESIDENT JANET F. SMITH, PH.D. AND TCAT PULASKI PRESIDENT MIKE WHITEHEAD, ALLOWS STUDENTS TO TRANSFER FROM TCAT PULASKI TO COLUMBIA STATE AFTER THEY RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS. STUDENTS THAT COMPLETE THESE TCAT PULASKI PROGRAMS WILL THEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR ARTICULATED COURSE CREDITS AT COLUMBIA STATE. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT, “IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE SOME BARRIERS AND ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION,”.