Tennessee Valley Corridor
Initiatives & Ventures

To help advance the mission of the Tennessee Valley Corridor, the Corridor develops and supports key initiatives and ventures involving multiple organizations and partners throughout the region.

 

Adopted by the TVC Board of Directors as a workforce development and educational initiative, the Tennessee Valley Corridor Non-Traditional Emerging Workforce in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (NEW-STEM) Initiative was created to fill the current shortage of scientists and engineers in the Tennessee Valley with the flux of technically-trained Warrant Officers (WOs) and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) departing from the military.  The Initiative links WOs (Ranks W1-W5) and NCOs (Ranks E5-E9) leaving the service with job openings in participating federal agencies and private sector companies in Huntsville, Ala.  Selected candidates will attend the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) to gain their engineering degree while participating in a co-operative educational assignment/work study program being offered by one of the participating federal agencies or private sector companies.  Upon the participants college graduation, they will receive priority consideration for a full time position with the participating organization they worked for during their co-operative educational assignment.  Click here to learn more about this initiative.  

 

An additional workforce development and educational initiative in East Tennessee that is also supported by the TVC Board of Directors is the “America's Veterans to Tennessee Engineers” program.  The Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tenn. communities are sponsoring this program for military members completing their service to our country and interested in becoming Nuclear, Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineers.  The program supports veterans that are using their GI Bill benefits to complete their Engineering degrees and will provide them a guaranteed job upon graduation.  In addition, the community and corporate sponsors offer part time employment, community sponsors, and academic mentors.  Click here to learn more about this program.  

 

Another important initiative is the Tennessee Valley Nuclear Energy Coalition (TVNEC). As the Corridor continues to be a leader in America’s energy innovation and nuclear renaissance, the TVNEC works to meet America's rising need for new sources of safe, clean and abundant energy. Click here to learn more about the TVNEC.

 

The new and emerging initiative supported by the TVC is Forensics. In the next three to five years, the forensics industry in the United States will experience accelerated evolution, moving rapidly from a disparate, disjointed collection of resources towards a coherent national system. The coming consolidation of the forensics industry presents a rare opportunity to expand on existing resources and build an emerging new industry for the Corridor in order to diversify our region's economic portfolio, complement our current industrial base, and result in good paying jobs. Click here to learn more about the TVC's newest initiative!