Edmond Melody's Profile
EDMOND, Melody Kay
Melody’s higher education experience started at Motlow State Community College where
she began her love of the community college. After receiving her undergraduate degree
in Accounting from MTSU, she worked at a CPA firm in Nashville. After a move, she
was able to pursue an MBA at Tennessee Technological University with a concentration
in Decision Science. This allowed her to become a full-time instructor at Motlow State
Community College.
She Melody’s higher education experience started at Motlow State Community College
where she began her love of the community college. After receiving her undergraduate
degree in Accounting from MTSU, she worked at a CPA firm in Nashville. After a move,
she was able to pursue an MBA at Tennessee Technological University with a concentration
in Decision Science. This allowed her to become a full-time instructor at Motlow
State Community College. She served in this position for five years and earned the
Faculty Excellence Award in 1999. At the end of the five years she received promotion
to an Assistant Professor and tenure. Simultaneously, she was named Director of the
McMinnville Center.
She served as the Director of the McMinnville Center for many years. During this
time she became very active in many community activities. In fall 2015, Melody was
asked to serve as the interim Department Chair for the Business and Technology department
while remaining the Director of the McMinnville Center. Then in June 2016, she was
asked to serve as the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs. While being in
this position, there have been some exciting accomplishments for the academic area.
Some of these include Motlow State Community College securing a $5.5 million grant
for an Advanced Robotics Training Center in McMinnville, the planning for an 80,000
square foot building at our Smyrna Campus, and a successful SACSCOC visit in October
with no findings on the compliance certification.
Melody is currently pursuing the Community College Leadership graduate certificate
at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and considering pursuing the EdD in Post-Secondary
& Private Sector Leadership.
See Melody's introduction video here