West Tennessee Lunch & Learn  Workshop

"An Action Guide for Crisis Management"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Union University, Carl Grant Events Center: Salon III
Register by Friday, February 26th

Middle Tennessee Workshop and Membership Drive

Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(Registration and networking from 10:00am to 11:00 am)

Nashville State Community College
Student Services Center, Room S-118
120 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN  37209

Click here for more information and to register

EAST TENNESSEE REGIONAL MEETING
in OAK RIDGE on:

Friday, March 26, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (approximate)

Outside Events of Interest to TACE Members

Past Events

Ready to Race at Bristol Motor Speedway
November 10, 2009

The Fall 2009 East Tennessee Regional TACE meeting was held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Bristol, TN with sixteen in attendance.  The group braved the rainy weather to travel to King College where Donna Felty and the King College staff treated everyone to a wonderful buffet lunch with a wide variety of choices and delicious desserts.  Attendees included representatives from Tennessee Wesleyan College, Pellissippi State, University of Tennessee, Richmont Graduate University, East Tennessee State University, King College and guests from Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Highlands Community College.  The meeting included a discussion on the upcoming SoACE conference, the Interstate Career Council and an update on job fairs and how the economy is affecting attendance in general.  The lunch meeting concluded with a presentation by our employer sponsor, Israel O’Quinn, Director of Government & Community Affairs for K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City) on their partnership with the region.

From there, the group traveled to the Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) for a bus tour of the track, including the Bristol Dragway, Victory Lane and the setup for the charity event, Speedway in Lights.  Donna from King College outdid herself by arranging for the tour to end in owner Bruton Smith’s private suite overlooking the track where we heard from Kevin Triplett, BMS VP of Public Affairs, on the importance of putting the customer first in everything that is done at BMS, including their need for employees, interns and volunteers.  We also got to hear a lot of great stories on NASCAR events and drivers and received gifts from the track to go with the “goody bag” that was provided by Food City and King College. 

Thanks again to everyone who made this event a success and to our sponsors – Food City and King College – who provided the lunch and the events of the day free to all our TACE members and guests! 

I look forward to seeing everyone at the Spring 2010 East Tennessee Regional TACE meeting planned for Oak Ridge, TN. Kim Harris from Roane State will be working with me to plan this event and we are looking for mid-to-late March as a possible date.  Please let me know if you have preferences or conflicts with a March date or if you have any ideas for the meeting. 

• Submitted by Leslie Fox, TACE ET Regional Liaison, University of Tennessee Engineering Career Consultant, lfox6@utk.edu, 865-974-5435

Critical Issues in Risk Reduction: How bridging the gap between “Drug Free Campuses” and “Drug Free Workplaces” can promote safety
Wed, November 4th, 2009

• Special thanks to the Kimberly Wood and Lisa Fletcher at Nashville State for planning the event, Rick Parrent and the staff at Vol State for their hospitality and CADCOM for presenting and sponsoring the workshop!

Join us for a FUN day at the Knoxville Zoo
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thanks to Leslie Fox for organizing this event.  Also, a special thanks to Gene Crabtree at 21st Mortgage and the Knoxville Zoo for serving as sponsors and making this a completely free TACE Networking Event!

"Demystifying Dilemmas and Ironing Out Issues"
Thursday, March 12, 2009

View the PowerPoint from Dr. Katheryn Skinner and Wayne Hampton's presentation,
"I'm an International Student: May I Work?"

• Special thanks to the Belmont University for hosting us at their site!

December 16, 2008

• Special thanks to the Lipscomb University Career Development Center for hosting this event!

“Navigating the Risky, Wired, and Strengthened Work Place”
November 7, 2008

• Thanks to everyone who attended the Fall Drive In at Comdata in Brentwood!  Special thanks to Gary and Don for bringing in such great speakers and for a great lunch! 

November 13, 2008

• Thanks to Carolyn Carson for hosting the group at Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Knoxville!  What an incredible lunch and tour of the new Bagwell Center for Media and Art at Pellissippi, followed by an amazing tour of Rivr Media with an inside view of the world of production for the web, television and direct to the consumer. 
• Hope everyone got to watch “Renovation Realities” and ‘Whale Wars”!