Highlight: Senate Panel approves permanent merging of CSTCC and the Chattanooga Area Vocational-Technical School.  The new Humanities and Applied Arts Building has its opening celebration.

  "Branch Says CSTCC Can Aid the Shift to High-Tech Fields,” by Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times, January 28, 1983,
          p. B1.  Also in JPG.

“In a luncheon address to the Rotary Club, Branch said Chattanooga State will open $2.6 million of new computer and robotic training facilities this year to help local industries adjust to the new ‘information age.’  The vocational college will complete its ‘office of the future’ training center this summer and will open its ‘factory of the future’ demonstration complex this fall, Branch said.  The new facilities, financed entirely from CSTCC’s own budget, ‘underscore our commitment to high technology’ ….”

  "Tennessee Wesleyan, Chattanooga State Offer 4-Year Science Program,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, March 4,
          1983, p. B4.  Also in JPG.

“A new four-year degree program in applied science, sponsored by Tennessee Wesleyan College on the Chattanooga State campus, was announced today.”

  "Chattanooga State’s Music Director ‘Gives All’,” by Amelia Morrison, Chattanooga News-Free Press, March 26, 1983,
          p. B8.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

Jane Reeder is presented with a Distinguished Citizen Award on behalf of Mayor Pat Rose.

  "Thornton Grant Created at CSTCC,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, April 9, 1983, p. A1.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

This scholarship is for broadcast journalism.

  "Chattanooga State Will Open Arts Building with ‘Oklahoma’,” by Emily McDonald, Chattanooga Times, April 14, 1983,
          p. B4.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

“Chattanooga State’s new $4 million Humanities and Applied Arts Building will officially open today….”  “Ms. Matheson joined the Chattanooga State faculty in January and is in the process of building a theatre department from scratch.”

  "Senate Panel OKs Permanent Merging of CSTCC, Vo-Tech,” by Jeff Powell, Chattanooga News-Free Press, April 17,
          1983, p. C3.  Also in JPG.

“The state Senate Education Committee Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would make permanent the trial merger of Chattanooga State Technical Community College and the Chattanooga Area Vocational-Technical School."

  "Attention to the Arts,” by Anne Bowers, Chattanooga News-Free Press, April 17, 1983, p. J1.  Also in JPG 1, 2, and 3.

“New humanities building flourishes at Chattanooga State, the only ‘technical’ community college in Tennessee.”

  "McEwen Named to CSTCC Liaison, Foundation Development Post,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, May 5, 1983,
          p. C2.  Also in JPG.

Jack McEwen is named director of community development.  “His duties will include serving as a liaison between the college and the community.”

  "CSTCC Planning $4 Million Project for Computer Skill,” by Libby Wann, Chattanooga Times, May 24, 1983, p. B1.
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The “programs will take three years to put in place.”

  "CSTCC to Get $350,000 from TVA for Computers,” by Libby Wann, Chattanooga Times, June 23, 1983, p. B1.  Also in
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Gift is expected for buying “robots and computer equipment for the school’s new ‘factory of the future,’ which will showcase ‘high-tech’ manufacturing techniques.”

  "Paul Chambers Named to Fill Post at CSTCC,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, July 14, 1983, p. B5.  Also in JPG.

He will coordinate the Career Planning and Placement Center.

  "Chattanooga’s Hi-Tech Center,” by Anne Bowers, Chattanooga News-Free Press, July 24, 1983, p. I1.  Also in JPG
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“In the nine years since coming to the institution to implement its conversion from the Chattanooga State Technical Institute to its present status, the educator [Dr. Branch] has seen the campus on Amnicola Highway grow from a one-building school to include six separate structures in the expanding complex….  The seventh edifice, nearing completion today, is the $4 million Center for Productivity, Innovation and Technology and will house an automated factory along with an office of the future incorporating the latest in word-processing equipment.”

  "CSTCC Given Funding for Design Center,” by Steve Parker, Chattanooga News-Free Press, August 4, 1983, p. A1.
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“The Appalachian Regional Commission has ear-marked $170,000 toward purchase of a computer-aided design system…making possible the South’s first totally integrated computer system for producing machine parts.”

  "CSTCC to Install New Computer-Aided System,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, August 18, 1983, p. B5.  Also in JPG.

Article discusses $1 million CAD system to be added in the fall.

  "CSTCC Celebrating ‘A Decade of Progress',” September 25, 1983, p. A1.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

Article highlights the Center for Productivity, Innovation and Technology.

  "Competitive Art Exhibition at Chattanooga State,” by Julie A. Steele, Chattanooga News-Free Press, October 13, 1983,
          p. D3.  Also in JPG.

Tennessee Community College Art Council opens an art exhibition and competition at Chattanooga State.

  "Ben Carr, Pilot, Hold Aviation Classes, Seminars,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, October 28, 1983, p. F8.  Also
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Mr. Carr is in his ninth year at Chattanooga State.  Pictures not copied.