Updated May 2, 2019

Work is progressing at the site of Southern Tennessee Higher Education Center in Lawrence County.

Classes from Columbia State, Tennessee Technological University, Middle Tennessee State University and Martin Methodist College will be taught in this new center.

Students will be able to earn an Associate degree from Columbia State, then a Bachelor's in the programs offered by the other institutions.

Classes are expected to begin in January 2020.

Entrances to STHEC will be located on U.S. 43 and the U.S. 64 bypass, which are just out of view in these shots.Entrances to STHEC will be located at the corner of U.S. 43 South and the U.S. 64 Bypass.

Photos show the building site at Eagle Factory Road (East-West), and Old Florence Road (North-South.) Fill dirt for the building site is being excavated from an area that will eventually serve as a retention pond for the campus.

Entrances to STHEC will be located on U.S. 43 and the U.S. 64 bypass, which are just out of view in these shots.

Photos show the building site at Eagle Factory Road (East-West), and Old Florence Road (North-South.) Fill dirt for the building site is being excavated from an area that will eventually serve as a retention pond for the campus.

Entrances to STHEC will be located on U.S. 43 and the U.S. 64 bypass, which are just out of view in these shots.

expected to begin in January 2020.