Education

A decorated law enforcement officer and an accomplished scholar have been named Roane State Community College’s 2012 Outstanding Alumni.

The recipients are Jeff Burchfield of Maryville, captain and training supervisor for the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, and Dr. Barry Vann of Corbin, Ky., professor of higher education and geography at the University of the Cumberlands.

Burchfield graduated from Roane State in 1993 with an associate’s degree in police technology.

Roane County students can experience what it is like to be an engineer by using math, science and technology to design real structures for the 2013 East Tennessee Regional Model Bridge Building Contest.

The March 9 contest in the American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge, is open to middle and high school students.

Rules and specifications are available at www.amse.org.

Jared Breazeale of Rockwood has been accepted at Coastal Carolina University for the fall 2013 semester.

Breazeale, a Rockwood High School student, plans to major in exercise and sport science.

Coastal Carolina University is in Conway, S.C.

Amber Cofer of Rockwood received her degree during Tennessee Wesleyan College’s first winter commencement earlier this month.

“This is a celebration of the achievements of our new graduates,” said Tennessee Wesleyan College President Harley Knowles.

“In our 155th year of service as an educational leader in Southeast Tennessee, we are celebrating our first winter commencement,” he added. “This is a milestone for the college, as well as a milestone for our new graduates.”