pellissippi state community college (pellissippi state) is a public community college in knox county, tennessee. it is one of 13 member community colleges operated by the tennessee board of regents. the hardin valley campus is in western knox county, west of the city of knoxville, tennessee. there are four satellite campuses in the surrounding area. pellissippi state was named pellissippi state technical community college until july 1, 2009. it is the successor to the former state technical institute at knoxville ("stik"), founded in 1974.