About the Columbia State Community College Foundation

The Columbia State Community College Foundation’s mission is to support and partner with Columbia State to positively impact our communities and student success through the maintenance and enhancement of resources through excellence in relationship building, fundraising and investment management. Foundation management is under the direction of Bethany Lay, Executive for Advancement for Columbia State. Advancement also includes annual giving, alumni relations, community events and grants management.
In addition, for more than a decade the Foundation has partnered with Columbia State Community College, First Farmers Bank and other sponsors and patrons have successfully brought local and world-renowned artists to perform on the Cherry Theater stage as part of the Performance Series. The Foundation also supports the mission of the Pryor Art Gallery, located on the CSCC campus in Columbia, which strives to a first-class artistic venue where appreciation for all forms of visual art is enhanced through presentation of stimulating exhibits and programs that inspire, educate, enlighten, challenge and entertain.


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Columbia State receives law enforcement training grant for $449,950.83



More than $18.1 million in grants has been awarded for the 2012-213 funding cycle to support highway safety in Tennessee, according to Claudia Johnson, Director of Grants for the Columbia State Office of Advancement.
 Of those funds, Columbia State Community College has received a grant for $449,950.83 for Standardized Statewide Traffic Training for Law Enforcement. The grant was prepared for submission by Dawn Riddle, Director of the TN Highway Safety Training Center in Columbia State’s Economic and Workforce Development Department.
The grants are awarded to agencies that successfully applied for funding based on a defined problem and statistical need. Columbia State’s application argued that the problem of a lack of consistent traffic training can be overcome by standardizing traffic classes and offering those classes at multiple, statewide, accessible locations, in a grant funded capacity.


“Traffic safety for Tennessee must include trained law enforcement officers and departments with internal traffic safety programs,” Riddle stated in Columbia State’s application. “By offering standardized statewide training in traffic safety related courses, departments will be able to overcome the problems of cost prohibitive classes, and better, more consistent interventions and investigations can occur.”


The funds awarded to Columbia State support the mission of the Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) to save lives and reduce injuries on Tennessee roadways through leadership, innovation, coordination and program support in partnership with numerous public and private organizations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides the funding for these GHSO grants.