Dyersburg State Community College history

In November of 1984, Doctor Karen Bowyer became the third president.

A Center was built and dedication services were held on April 1, 1990.

The Tennessee Board of Regents approved a master plan for the DSCC Campus in September 1991.

A leased facility, made possible by gifts from the city of Covington, Tipton County government, First State Bank, Union Savings Bank, Tipton County Bank and Cole Lumber Company, was opened in Covington in August 1992.

28, 1994, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, upon the recommendation of the Tennessee Board of Regents, approved the establishment of an educational center in Gibson County and the extension of Associate of Science and Associate of Applied Science degree programs to that center.

The new Tipton County Center opened on February 26, 1996.

The E. H. Lannom, Jr., Gymnasium was dedicated at the 30th anniversary celebration on October 16, 1999.

Contributions and pledges totaled approximately $5.9 million in December 2000.

The Covington Industrial Board donated 38 acres of property adjacent to the existing 64-acre site for the Tipton County Center in the spring of 2001.

The City of Covington Lobby of the Tipton County Center was dedicated on July 22, 2003, in appreciation of the generous support shown by the city and the Industrial Development Board.

On August 23, 2004, the chemistry laboratory was named in honor of Colonial Rubber.

The Eller Administration Building renovation began on July 25, 2005, and ended on December 21, 2005.

Forty-eight students were accepted for the class that began in August 2006 in Dyersburg.

Thirty-two nursing students were in the first class in the New Academic Building in January 2007.

DSCC hosted the quarterly meeting of the Tennessee Board of Regents on September 25-26, 2008.

The 2009-10 Annual Fund Campaign raised $1,116,506.55 under the leadership of Danny Watson.

On March 23, 2012, DSCC presented the Chancellor’s Award to the Assisi Foundation of Memphis.

On March 15, 2013, a Construction Celebration was held at the Jimmy Naifeh Center to commemorate the beginning of construction on the 54,000 square-foot addition that includes a new state-of-the-art Learning Resource Center, Student Center and Tipton County Public Library.

In the 2015-16 year, $1,349,572.23 was raised for the Annual Fund under the leadership of John Tucker and Chris Heckler, both of First Citizens National Bank.

Sandra Rockett, Director of Financial Aid, retired from the College in the spring of 2016 after serving 47 years.