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October
Doak
House Museum hosts merchandizing workshop
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Debbie Salisbury, standing,
led a workshop Oct. 31 at the Doak House Museum about merchandizing
for museums and small profit organizations. [10/31/03]
New
environmental education scholarship established in honor of long-time
director of Cedar Creek Learning Center
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Future Tusculum College students
interested in majoring in environmental education may have the opportunity
to do so thanks to a scholarship recently established in honor of
a leader in environmental education in Northeast Tennessee. [10/28/03]
Tusculum
unveils 'Niswonger Sports Complex' in ceremony
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College's sports complex
is now named for the man who personally funded its development:
Greeneville-based business leader and philanthropist Scott M. Niswonger.
[10/27/03]
Tusculum
welcomes alumni back to campus for Homecoming activities
GREENEVILLE,
Tenn. — The Tusculum College campus was bustling with activity
October 17 and 18 as alumni were welcomed back to campus for Homecoming
2003. [10/20/03]
Doak
House Museum to offer special program for 'Character Counts Week'
Oct. 20-24
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Good character is a
major component of the Doak House Museum's "Quill Mark & Ink Spot"
educational program, and it will be a focus of particular emphasis
Oct. 20-24. [10/14/03]
Tusculum
College breaks ground for library expansion and renovation
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College leaders,
faculty and staff members, associates and community friends gathered
on Saturday (Oct. 11) and ceremonially broke ground for the college's
library expansion and renovation, which is expected to take about
a year to complete. [10/13/03]
Secrets
of the backstage to be explored in lecture Oct. 14 at Tusculum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "It's a piece
of junk!" — Secrets of Backstage" will be the focus of a lecture
Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Tusculum College, by Frank Mengel, technical
director/stage manager for the college's Arts Outreach program.
[10/10/03]
Ramseys
speak to Tusculum students, staff during visit to Greeneville
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — John and Patsy Ramsey,
who were at the center of a media firestorm after their daughter
was murdered in December 1996, told Tusculum College students and
staff Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 7) how their Christian faith has helped
them through this trying time. [10/08/03]
Volunteer
training set for Oct. 14 at Doak House Museum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Doak House Museum
will offer training Tuesday, Oct. 14, to all its volunteers in using
storytelling techniques with children and special emphasis on children's
educational programs at the Doak House. [10/07/03]
Tusculum
College class helps Chuckey Elementary School students learn 'The
Power of Five'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Sixth graders at Chuckey
Elementary School now know about "The Power of Five" thanks to students
in a Tusculum College Service-Learning class. [10/07/03]
Tusculum
College holds 'Fall Focus Day' on Saturday; second event scheduled
Nov. 15
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — John Paulling,
associate professor of mathematics at Tusculum College, talks to
a prospective student and his family about the college's mathematics
and science academic programs during a session of the "Fall Focus
Day" on Saturday, Oct. 4. [10/06/03]
Susan
Vance new alumni and annual giving director at Tusculum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Susan Vance, well known in Greene
County for her successful work in community service organizations,
has accepted the position of director of alumni relations and annual
giving at Tusculum College. [10/03/03]
College
hosts fourth annual Health Fair
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College student
Amanda Musick, above, prepares to have blood drawn for a free blood
chemistry screening offered at the Takoma Adventist Hospital booth
Thursday, Oct. 2, at Health Fair hosted by the college. [10/02/03]
Olympic
Gold Medalist Vonetta Flowers to visit Tusculum College and Greeneville
in October
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Greeneville and Greene
County residents will receive the opportunity to meet a history-making
Winter Olympic gold medalist who has an inspiring and faith-building
personal story when bobsledder and track star Vonetta Flowers visits
Greeneville as a guest of Tusculum College on Oct. 16-18. [10/01/03]
September
Archeological
field school yields unexpected discoveries about past uses of the
Doak House Museum property
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Two previously undocumented
buildings, scores of ceramics dating from the 1800s, and even the
remnants of a fence post from late in that century were among the
items found last May in an archeological field school at the Doak
House Museum. [09/29/03]
Tusculum
College drive collects school supplies for Holston Home
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Resident assistants
of the Charles Oliver Gray-East residence hall at Tusculum College
recently organized a campus-wide effort to collect school supplies
for Holston United Methodist Home for Children. [09/23/03]
Tusculum
College honors Robert K. Bird
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — City of Tusculum
Vice Mayor Robert K. Bird, who for more than a decade was Tusculum's
mayor, was honored Saturday by Tusculum College at the halftime
of its game against visiting Morehouse College. [09/16/03]
Tusculum
hosts College Fair
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — More than 700 high school
students had the opportunity to learn about colleges in the region
at a recent College Fair hosted at Tusculum College. [09/12/03]
Tusculum
College provides a day of service at sites in three counties
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Nearly 900 Tusculum
College students, faculty, and staff provided more than 4,250 cumulative
hours Wednesday in service to the community. View
photos from 'Nettie Day.' [09/04/03]
August
Importance
of diversity to community organizations to be discussed during 'Nettie
Day' event at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Diversity and how it
can benefit community service organizations will be the focus of
the leadoff event Tuesday, Sept. 2, for "Nettie Fowler McCormick
Service Day" at Tusculum College. [08/28/03]
Tusculum
College hosts church fair
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Nine churches
and the Gideons participated Wednesday in a church fair at Tusculum
College. [08/28/03]
Department
of Museum Studies to serve as Northeast Tennessee Regional National
History Day coordinator
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Department of Museum
Program and Studies at Tusculum College is serving as the National
History Day coordinator for the Northeast Tennessee region for the
2003-04 academic year. [08/27/03]
TC
students to conduct special census Wednesday, Sept. 3, in City of
Tusculum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Students from
Tusculum College will go door-to-door to conduct a special census
of residences inside the City of Tusculum on Wednesday, Sept. 3,
between 5 and 7 p.m. [08/27/03]
Literature
class explores some of oldest books on Tusculum College campus
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Students in an literature
class at Tusculum College recently had the opportunity not only
to study early American authors, but also to read from books in
use during that time period. [08/26/03]
Tusculum
College Opening Convocation marks start of 210th academic year;
new faculty introduced
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College marked
the beginning of its 210th academic year Thursday with its annual
opening convocation. [08/19/03]
Doak
House Museum, Character Counts partner in educational program
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Providing an education
to help students build knowledge and character was the goal of the
Rev. Samuel Doak, and his son, Samuel Witherspoon Doak, in founding
a school on the East Tennessee frontier in the early 19th century.
[08/20/03]
Dr.
Jerry Gehre honored by college
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Jerry Gehre, who
has led a distinguished career in higher education in Northeast
Tennessee, was recently recognized by Tusculum College for his contributions
and service to the state's oldest college. [08/13/03]
Trio
Programs marks 30th year in providing educational opportunities
for the region's young people
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — For 30 years now, an
Upward Bound program has operated on the Tusculum College campus,
providing young people from regional families with an early introduction
to college life and opportunities for travel, special activities,
and study in literature, composition, mathematics and science in
the environment of a college campus. [08/08/03]
Scott
Mashburn earns doctorate from Argosy University
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College's Dean
of Students Scott Mashburn has earned the right to go by the title
of Dr. Mashburn, having successfully completed his doctoral work
at Argosy University in Sarasota, Fla. [08/08/03]
Descendent
of Rev. Hezekiah Balch visits museum at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A direct descendent
of the Rev. Hezekiah Balch, founder of Greeneville College which
later merged with Tusculum College, visited the Tusculum campus
on Thursday, Aug. 7. [08/07/03]
Tusculum
College looks forward to another record enrollment as beginning
of fall semester nears
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — August is a time of
transition at Tusculum College as the relative quiet of summer is
replaced with the welcome sounds of students returning to campus,
and this month promises to be one of the busiest [08/06/03]
Ribbon
cutting to be held Wednesday at Johnson City site for Professional
Studies
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A ribbon cutting ceremony
will be held Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. at the Johnson City Mall,
with representatives of Tusculum College, the Mountain States Health
Alliance (MSHA), and the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce taking
part. [08/04/03]
2003-2004
campaign for the Pioneer Club under way
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The 2003-2004 Pioneer
Club campaign is now under way, an annual effort that raises scholarships
for Pioneer student athletes. [08/01/03]
July
Santa
Barbara, Calif., couple visits campus to see the settings of many
beloved stories
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A visit to the Tusculum
College campus in late July by Steve and Beverly Balash of Santa
Barbara, Ca., was a sentimental journey to the past — though
neither had ever before set foot on the grounds of Tennessee's oldest
college. [07/28/03]
Doak
House Museum hosts history summer day camp
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Making kaleidoscopes,
left, and writing in copybooks with quill pens, at right, were two
of the many activities for the participants in the "Blast to the
Past," a history summer day camp hosted this week (July 22-25) by
the Doak House Museum. [07/25/03]
Tusculum
College professor travels to Turkey as part of Rotary International
program
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A lady working in a community
garden caught the eye of Dr. Jennifer Brooks as she traveled between
towns in western Turkey during a recent trip. [07/16/03]
Tusculum
College announces less than three percent tuition increase for 2003-04
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — As state colleges and
universities in Tennessee announce double-digit tuition hikes in
light of state budget constraints, Tennessee's oldest institution
of higher learning, Tusculum College, a private, Presbyterian-affiliated
college at Greeneville, has announced that its tuition increase
for the 2003-2004 academic year will be at less than three percent.
[07/10/03]
June
Tusculum
College financial aid director receives state honor
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Shannon, director
of financial aid at Tusculum College, was recently honored with
the 2003 Distinguished Service Award by the Tennessee Association
of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA). [06/03/03]
May
Tusculum
College class helps Doak students learn about research process
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Some seventh and
eighth grade students at Doak Elementary School are better prepared
for the term papers and research projects they will do in high school
and college thanks to a Tusculum College class. [05/29/03]
Tusculum
College hosts Mosheim students competing in national academic competition
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Five Mosheim Elementary
School students who have advanced to a national history competition
were the recent campus guests of the Tusculum College Department
of Museum Program and Studies. [05/29/03]
Dr.
Ed Kormondy honored as 2003 recipient of Tusculum College Distinguished
Service Award
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Edward J. Kormondy,
a Tusculum College graduate of the Class of 1950 who led a distinguished
career in higher education and who is an active member of the college's
Board of Trustees, was honored with Tusculum's Distinguished Service
Award at the annual President's Dinner at the college on May 16.
[05/19/03]
Archeological
dig under way at Doak House Museum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Graduate students
from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga dig and sift through
the removed earth from a pit dug near the kitchen of the Doak House
Museum on the Tusculum College campus. [05/13/03]
Doak
TSAP Club helps beautify Tusculum College campus
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Planting marigolds outside
of the Niswonger Commons on the Tusculum College campus was a recent
project for members of the TSAP (Tennessee Students Against Pollution)
Club at Doak Elementary School. [05/09/03]
'Citizenship
and Social Change' class undertakes variety of service projects
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Thanks to the work of
a recent Tusculum College class, above, a nearly lost, historic
old cemetery in Greeneville is free of weeds and brush that had
overgrown it, and a drop-rail fence is being put in place around
it. The fencing was donated by Haskell and Linda Waddle, who live
nearby the site. [05/06/03]
Tusculum
College students join Omicron-Psi National Honor Society
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Ten Tusculum College
students were welcomed into Omicron-Psi National Honor Society at
a breakfast reception May 3 in the President's Dining Room on campus.
[05/05/03]
220
receive degrees at spring commencement Saturday
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A total of 220 students
received degrees Saturday as Tusculum College hosted its spring
commencement for 2003. [05/05/03]
Tusculum
sending champion SIFE team to national competition May 11-13
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College's
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization will for the second
year in a row send a team to compete for honors at the national
SIFE convention to be held May 11-13 in Kansas City, Mo. [05/02/03]
Tusculum
students help children at Backyard Learning Center learn about agriculture,
entrepreneurship
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "Can I have another plant?
Do I need more dirt? Is this okay? What kind of eggs are we going
to eat today?" Nick Baumann and Jennifer Wilcox, Service Leader
Scholars at Tusculum College, are used to fielding these type of
questions from the youngsters at the Backyard Learning Centers the
Greeneville School System operates for elementary school students
at Executive Manor mobile home park and Greeneville Terrace Apartments.
[05/01/03]
April
Student
art from Tusculum College now on display in Allison Gallery
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The 36th Annual Tusculum
College Student Art Exhibition is under way through May 9 at the
college's Allison Gallery in the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building.
[04/29/03]
Tusculum
College students celebrate traditional Lantern Festival
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Lantern-bearing students lined up
at the Tusculum College stone arch on the night of April 21 to begin
the annual Lantern Festival, the oldest continuing tradition at
Tusculum College. [04/29/03]
Students,
faculty recognized during Honors Convocation
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Student academic
achievement and outstanding service by faculty and staff were recognized
during Tusculum College's annual Honors Convocation Thursday, April
24. [04/25/03]
Service-Leader
Scholars help teach elementary school students about Earth Day
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — B.J. Roberts, Noah Grunzweig,
and Jessica Wilde, at left, read Dr. Suess' "The Lorax" to students
in Mary Ann Connell's kindergarten class at Doak Elementary School.
[04/22/03]
Tusculum
professor receives service award from national physical education
association
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Kirpal Mahal, professor
of physical education at Tusculum College, has received a service
award from the International Relations Council of the American Association
for Active Lifestyles and Fitness. [04/21/03]
'Airline
Encyclopedia' by library director recognized in journal
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "The Airline Encyclopedia: 1909-2000"
by Tusculum College Library Director Myron J. "Jack" Smith has been
recognized as one of the "Best Reference Sources of 2002" by the
Library Journal. [04/21/03]
A.C.T.
Presents 'Annie Get Your Gun'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — High school students
in A.C.T. (Actors Coming Together) have literally learned "there
is no business like show business" in their latest production, opening
April 25. [04/17/03]
Students
to experience history being uncovered at Doak House Museum
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Doak House Museum
has helped thousands of visitors discover history, and during the
month of May will be the focus of new historical discoveries. [04/17/03]
Tusculum
students help GVDC clients express themselves through art
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A wall in one of the
residential cottages at Greene Valley Developmental Center has been
transformed into a kaleidoscope of color. [04/17/03]
Service-Learning
Immersion class travels to Belize
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "Back me." This was
a request heard often by Tusculum College students as they recently
volunteered in schools in Belize. Crowding around their visitors,
the school children would ask for rides on the college students'
backs — "back me." [04/10/03]
duBrisk
serves on Tennessee Arts Commission Advisory Panel
GREENEVILLE,
Tenn. — Marilyn duBrisk, artist-in-residence at Tusculum College,
recently served on the Tennessee Arts Commission's 2003 Citizen
Advisory Panel in Nashville. [04/10/03]
Woman
visits campus to see historic bell once part of the life of her
ancestor
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A High Spring, Fla.,
woman came to the Tusculum College campus on Wednesday (April 9)
to see and hear the same bell that used to ring from a Civil War
gunboat upon which her great-great-grandfather served as a fireman.
[04/09/03]
'Stories-Plants
Stenciling'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Doak House
Museum hosted "Stories-Plants Stenciling, " an enrichment day camp
for home-schooled students April 1-4. [04/07/03]
Prospective
students visit Tusculum campus on Spring Focus Day
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Sally Ford, standing,
associate professor of physical education, talks to prospective
students and their parents about the sports management major during
a session of Tusculum College's Spring Focus Day on Saturday, April
5. [04/07/03]
Bachman-Bernard
provides car for use of Tusculum College president
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Dolphus E. Henry,
left, president of Tusculum College, on behalf of the college receives
keys to a 2004 model Chrysler Concorde LX. [04/03/03]
Class
project benefits Ronald McDonald House in Johnson City
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — How many aluminum cans and can tabs
can you collect in 15 days? [04/02/03]
Service
project for Tusculum College students ties to school's and local
Presbyterian church's histories
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A group of Tusculum
College students recently cleared underbrush and trash from a small
cemetery at the corner of New Hope and Oak Grove roads near campus.
[04/02/03]
President's
List members honored
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Individuals on the most
recent roster of the Tusculum College President's List were honored
at the recent Alphi Chi Honor Society reception in the Chalmer's
Conference Center. [04/01/03]
March
Tusculum
students take part in leadership event in Georgia
KENNESAW, Ga. — Tusculum College students
Rhiannon Hartman, Ryan Tolman, Jennifer Webb and Tusculum professor
Zachary Jack traveled to Kennesaw State University's Center for
Leadership for a civic journalism presentation and collaboration
held recently in Kennesaw, Ga. [03/21/03]
Lucas
elected president of the Tennessee Association of Museums
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Cindy Lucas, associate
director of the Department of Museum Program and Studies at Tusculum
College, has been elected president of the Tennessee Association
of Museums. [03/19/03]
Workshop
focuses on integrating community-based research into classroom
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Stephen Fisher,
standing, led an interactive community-based research workshop Monday,
March 17, at Tusculum College. [03/19/03]
Tusculum
College students raise funds to help family in Belize
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Students in a service-learning
class at Tusculum College held a car wash Tuesday to raise funds
for an upcoming trip to Belize. [03/18/03]
McDonald
exhibit on display in Allison Gallery at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tim McDonald, at right,
talks about one of his paintings with a visitor to the Allison Gallery
at Tusculum College during a reception for the artist on March 14.
[03/18/03]
Tusculum
College featured in new Carnegie Foundation book
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A new book published
by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
lists Tusculum College as one of 12 colleges and universities nationwide
"that place moral and civic development at the center of their educational
programs." [03/05/03]
Second
annual History Fair held at Mosheim School with help of college's
Museum Studies program
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — An effort that for some
students began last fall culminated Thursday, Feb. 27, in a History
Fair at Mosheim Elementary School. [03/04/03]
Tusculum
professor documents history of the Nolachuckey DAR
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — In the classroom, Tusculum
College professor Carolyn Gregg teaches her students about research,
and the results of one of her own research projects have been recently
published. [03/04/03]
February
Tusculum
students provide varied resources for Homeless Coalition
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tusculum College students have applied
their minds and their helping hands for the benefit of homeless
individuals in a nearby city this academic year. [02/28/03]
Good
stewardship training needed, says final speaker in Theologian-in-Residence
series
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Churches should focus
on developing good stewardship among members rather than raising
funds for projects, according to the final speaker in this year's
Theologian-in-Residence lecture series at Tusculum College. [02/26/03]
Tusculum
College students host 'Hunger Banquet'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine standing in
line for a few spoonfuls of rice for your dinner while people next
to you enjoy a three-course meal seated at a handsomely decorated
table. [02/24/03]
Scholarship
competition hosted by Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — About 60 prospective
students participated in a scholarship competition Saturday (Feb.
22) at Tusculum College. [02/24/03]
Giving
for Christians is a 'heart issue,' speaker tells Tusculum College
crowd
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Though Christians continually
carry on "in-house debates" about tithing and other matters related
to giving, the crux of New Testament teaching is that "giving is
a heart issue," a speaker in the Theologian-in-Residence series
at Tusculum College said on Tuesday (Feb. 18). [02/20/03]
Tusculum
communications students to be in audience of live CNN program Thursday
GREENEVILLE — Members of Tusculum
College's Introduction to Mass Media class, taught by Associated
Professor of Communications Wess duBrisk, are scheduled to be in
the audience of the live broadcast of CNN's "TalkBack Live" program
at 3 p.m. Thursday. [02/19/03]
Development
of good citizens focal point of regional program at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College's
continuing tradition of developing educated, moral citizens served
as a backdrop Tuesday evening (Feb. 18) for a call for character-building
among both youth and adults. [02/19/03]
Doak
House Museum hosts 'Tea & Treats'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Cynthia Feltner Lancaster, standing
at right, describes Victorian dining customs during "Tea and Treats"
Friday at the Doak House Museum on the Tusculum College campus.
[02/17/03]
Tusculum
College speaker outlines how to do business based on Biblical principles
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Contrary to one economist's
assertion that the only obligation of a business is to generate
a profit, business for a Christian lies under the authority of God
and should be operated in a way that glorifies Him, speaker Chuck
Coker told an audience at Tusculum College on Tuesday. [02/13/03]
Tusculum
professor helping to preserve, promote Appalachian musical heritage
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College professor
Katie Doman's summer plans involve the Smithsonian, Washington,
D.C., Appalachia, Scotland, and the African country of Mali. [02/12/03]
Reception
marks opening of Washington exhibit at President Andrew Johnson
Museum and Library
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Judith Plucker, left
foreground, and Sam Doak study one of the early maps of this area
surveyed during George Washington's presidency, part of the "Founding
Fathers: Exploring Our Presidential Heritage" exhibit at the President
Andrew Johnson Museum and Library on the Tusculum College campus.
[02/12/03]
Tusculum
hosts Scholarship Competition
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Thirty-seven prospective
Tusculum College students took part in a scholarship competition
at the college on Saturday (Feb. 8). [02/10/03]
'Pioneer
Library' offers educational services in a new location
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The latest Tusculum College entity
to call the Niswonger Commons home has settled there as the result
of ingenuity, hard work and adaptability to a new, but not unfamiliar
setting. [02/06/03]
Biblical
budgeting principles focus of first session of 'Theologian-in-Residence'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Biblical and practical
budget principles were explored Tuesday during the first session
of the annual "Theologian-in-Residence" lecture series at Tusculum
College. [02/05/03]
Value
of classical music to be focus of lecture Sunday at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "Why Does Classical
Music Matter?" will be addressed in a lecture presented on Sunday,
Feb. 9, at Tusculum College. Dr. David Hendricksen, adjunct professor
of music at Tusculum, will explore the topic in the lecture to begin
at 4 p.m. in the choir room -- room 46 on the lower level of the
Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building. [02/03/03]
January
Fifteen
years of research by Library Director Myron 'Jack' Smith results
in comprehensive 'Airline Encyclopedia'
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine trying to compile
comprehensive information about not only existing air transport
companies worldwide but all those that have operated at some time
since air travel began in the early 1900s - and keep it all straight.
[01/29/03]
Tusculum
College featured in America's Promise national news bulletin
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Tusculum College and its recent involvement
in a "Power of Five" project is featured in the national weekly
news bulletin for the America's Promise organization. [01/29/03]
Martin
Luther King's ideals explored during symposium at Tusculum College
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — "Injustice anywhere is
a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable
network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever
affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Dr. Martin Luther
King wrote these words almost 30 years ago in a letter to clergymen
in Birmingham, Al., to explain his reasons for coming to the city
to participate in non-violent civil disobedience activities that
had resulted in his imprisonment in the jail there. [01/21/03]
Tusculum's
museums open Saturday in conjunction with Bredesen's inaugural 'Family
Day' emphasis
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Doak House Museum
and the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library will be open
Saturday afternoon, Jan. 18, in coordination with incoming Governor
Phil Bredesen's statewide inaugural activities. [01/16/03]
Dr.
C.H. Charlton keynoting Martin Luther King symposium at Tusculum
College Monday; 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' provides theme for
event
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.'s influential "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"
will provide the focus for a symposium on Monday, Jan. 20, regarding
the famed social reformer's contributions toward the ongoing racial
unification of America. [01/14/03]