KINGSPORT, Tennessee, May 26 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Appalachian Power is seeking proposals from developers to purchase up to 200 megawatts (MW) of completed solar and/or wind generation projects. Adding more clean energy options for customers is an ongoing priority for the company. The Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued today by Kingsport Power Company, which does business in northeast Tennessee as AEP Appalachian Power.  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, May 25 (TNSeco) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: Next time you're passing through Clarksville or Nashville, look at all the hotels, restaurants and event spaces popping up, and you'll see why tourism is now the No. 2 industry in Tennessee. According to the state's Department of Tourism Development, "Tennessee Tourism generated $16.8 billion in domestic and international travel spending" in 2020. In the next few years, that number will only cont  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 27 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Peggy Reisser Bradley A. Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FNAP, MCCM, has been named the interim dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Pharmacy. On June 1, Dr. Boucher, currently the associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations in the college, will succeed Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, who served as dean for 1  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, May 28 (TNSpar) -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release on May 27, 2022: Chattanooga State Community College announces a new articulation agreement that will allow students enrolled in their Criminal Justice Associate of Applied Science (AAS) program to seamlessly transfer to the Bachelor of Science in Professional Leadership in Criminal Justice program at Tennessee Wesleyan University (TWU). Dr. Rebecca Ashford, president, Chattanooga S  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, May 25 (TNSeco) -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Advanced Manufacturing Building will take place on the main campus of Chattanooga State Community College. Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 Time: 11:00 a.m. ET Location: Chattanooga State Community College 4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN (Please enter the campus using the West entrance off Amn  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, May 27 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: A new scholarship designed to provide assistance to students who began but did not complete a baccalaureate degree at East Tennessee State University will begin accepting applications for consideration later this year. The "Laura Casey Terry Finish Line Scholarship" bears the name of the Multicultural Center's director of Programing and Outreach. The scholarship, created by members of the ETSU Black A  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has grown its Corporate Group with the addition of William W. Fagan III, who counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions, and other complex commercial transactions, as well as serving in the role of de facto in-house counsel for business owners. Mr. Fagan, who joins as of counsel in the Firm's Atlanta office, previously served as general counsel and corporate secretary for one of   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson Groundbreaking research on regenerative medicine and stem cell biology was recently presented at a major international conference recruited to Memphis by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Twenty national leaders in the field of regenerative medicine gave presentations at the International Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference (IEBM  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: IperionX Limited is pleased to partner with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture to research the implementation of sustainable operating and rehabilitation practices at the Titan Critical Mineral Project in West Tennessee. The University of Tennessee is the flagship university in the state of Tennessee, and UTIA is at the forefront of agribusiness re  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSper) -- The Nashville International Airport issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), which owns and operates Nashville International Airport(R) and John C. Tune Airport(R), today announced the election of officers for its Board of Commissioners: William Freeman was reelected as board chair, Joycelyn Stevenson elected as vice chair and James W. Granbery as elected secretary. In accordance with commiss  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on May 23, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Buffalo River Truss, LLC officials announced today the company will expand to a new location, creating 40 new jobs in Perry County. Buffalo River Truss, headquartered in one of Tennessee's Tier 4, distressed counties, will invest $1.5 million as the company   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 27 (TNSsro) -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 22-00032): In Re: Chattanooga Gas Company Petition For Approval Of Its 2021 Annual Rate Review Filing Pursuant To Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 65-5-103(D)(6) ORDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE This matter is before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") to establish a procedural schedule for the orderly administration of these pro  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, May 24 (TNSpar) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Tennessee Tech University has joined Nissan North America to discuss partnership opportunities at a recent collaboration workshop in Smyrna, Tennessee, to help build and keep the automotive industry moving forward. "Tech has been a great partner for a supplier of talent to help build that facility (Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant) to what it has become over the last 40 years," Senior Vi  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, May 23 (TNStalk) -- Union University issued the following news release: Though a graduation ceremony marks the end of students' time at Union University, as a "commencement" it serves as a beginning of lives and careers that can glorify God, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said May 21. "Don't believe the vanity that we are going to solve it all," Sasse told Union graduates. "Your work is important. But your work is not the means by which you will achieve status or meaning. Your   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: More than half of Michigan's local officials say that moving government meetings online during the pandemic decreased the overall quality of such gatherings, according to a University of Michigan survey. The finding comes from the spring 2021 wave of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) conducted by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at U-M's Ford School of Public Policy,  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 27 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Reducing levels of the nutrient phosphorus to control harmful algal blooms in places like Lake Erie is actually advantageous to toxic cyanobacteria strains, which can lead to an increase in toxins in the water, according to a new modeling study. Researchers from Technische Universitat Berlin (TU Berlin) detail their findings in a paper published online May 26 in the interdisciplinary journal Science. Two  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 28 (TNStalk) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news on May 27, 2022: By Peggy Reisser Daniel Mulhall, the ambassador from Ireland to the U.S., was greeted today by UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley, who is from Dublin, during a luncheon hosted by UTHSC and the Greater Memphis Chamber. It was his first trip to Memphis, but Daniel Mulhall, the ambassador from Ireland to the United States, must have felt right at home Friday when he v  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD, has been hired as the senior associate vice chancellor for Research and Administration for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Selected by Steve Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research, after a national search, Dr. Byerly's appointment was effective May 1, 2022. Most recently associate vice president for Researc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSpar) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: By Lexie Little In January 2016, Blair Miller, Pharm.D., of Vanderbilt University Health walked laps around her unit with a patient. She quizzed him about his medications: when to take them, how to take them, and how many to take. She had iterated these instructions in initial conversations, but she quickly realized this underserved, medically complex patient couldn't read the written in  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSpro) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: Leaders at the forefront of systemic change make a difference by thinking about how to shift old patterns that have kept people marginalized. Thirteen students, including three from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, nominated by deans across Vanderbilt this year got the chance to engage in such big-picture thinking as participants in the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership'  more