Motlow State Community College


Motlow State Community College is a public community college with multiple locations in southern Middle Tennessee. The main campus opened its facilities in 1969 and is located in Moore County on 187 acres of land donated by the late Senator Reagor Motlow and family. Motlow College also has learning centers in Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna, a teaching site in Sparta and a partnership in Shelbyville at the Middle Tennessee Education Center.
The college residents in an 11-county service area including Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore, Rutherford, Van Buren, Warren, and White. The college also allows residents of three border counties in Alabama to pay in-state tuition: Madison, Jackson, and Limestone counties.
Motlow participates in baseball, softball, and men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer as part of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association.

History

The Motlow family donated of land on which the college is built in Moore County, Tennessee; subsequently, the college bears the family name—Motlow College.

Presidents

  • Sam Ingram
  • Harry Wagner
  • Wade Powers
  • A. Frank Glass
  • Arthur L. Walker, Jr.
  • MaryLou Apple
  • Anthony Kinkel
  • Hilda Tunstill
  • Michael L. Torrence

    Accreditation

Motlow is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Level 1 associate degree.

Notable alumni