NEWS & CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

Dr. Kim Estep, Tusculum College provost and academic vice president, has announced the appointment of Dr. Troy Goodale, assistant professor of political science, as the new faculty sponsor of the Tusculum College chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Society.

Dr. Goodale is an Oklahoma native who was raised in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area before moving to East Tennessee during his eighth grade school year. Living in the nation’s capitol began his interest in politics and government.

Three Tusculum College students recently received a crash course in coal mining and its effects on communities and the environment when they were immersed in service to a small community in East Tennessee near the Kentucky border.

On Thursday, October 22, Tusculum College’s Knoxville Regional Center held its first Opportunity Fair. The event provided an opportunity for students to practice networking and talk with potential employers.
Featuring 27 outside vendors representing businesses from the area and four representing the College, the Opportunity Fair also allowed Tusculum alumni and former students to showcase what they [...]

Tusculum College’s Thomas J. Garland Library recently announced Come join the Thomas J. Garland library staff and Bonner Leaders for a children’s story hour in the Greeneville campus library on Thursday, November 19, from 6-7 p.m.

On a recent trip to Latin America, several professors from Tusculum College embarked on an expedition to gain insight into the biodiversity, diverse geography, stable democracy and diversified economy of a developing country.

The trip, initially planned to include both Costa Rica and Nicaragua, was an opportunity for each of the three professors to incorporate an international perspective into their classroom experiences back in Greeneville. Due to restrictions on border crossings because of the swine flu, the eventual trip focused solely on Costa Rica.

The international flags in the Niswonger Commons Living Room at Tusculum College were revitalized with new flags representing the College’s international student population in a ceremony on Friday, November 13. Five new flags were added to those that represent current students and alumni, and the ceremony was held as part of the College’s International Education Week activities.

For the first time in school history, the Tusculum College volleyball team has received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The announcement came with the release of the 64-team national bracket.

The Pioneers (18-14) will be the No. 8 seed in the Southeast Regional and will face top-seed and host Wingate University (34-1) in an opening round match this Friday at Cuddy Arena on the Wingate, N.C. campus. Match time will be announced on Monday.

The first event of the Tusculum College English Department’s 2009-2010 Humanities Series, held November 3, featured Dr. Desirae Matherly, assistant professor of English, reading a personal, nonfiction essay. The event was titled “A Reading in Nonfiction by Desirae Matherly.” Matherly spoke to a full house of nearly 50 attendees and read a non-published work focused on the writing of personal essays.

the Graduate and Professional Studies department has taken both the Best Chili and the new Showmanship trophies, after tallying 150 votes. They beat out a very strong field of competitors that included the 2008 Chili Champs, the Athletic Department, as well as the Office of Student Affairs, Facilities, the History Department and the Office of Institutional Advancement. This year a panel of judges was used to determine the winner for best chili. Their votes, which carried 60 percent of the overall points, along with people’s choice, which was 40 percent, determined the overall winner. The Showmanship award is voted on entirely by the people, and GPS, with their “Virginia Hall House of Corrections” theme, was the fan favorite.

Tusculum won the seventh annual Blood Drive Bowl that benefits Medic Regional Blood Center by collecting 190 pints of blood last week, topping Carson-Newman’s 139 pints.

Tickets are still available for this weekend’s production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” by Theatre-at-Tusculum. The musical, which features a cast of more than 100, will be performed at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12, 13 and 14 with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on Nov. 15.

Greenevillians will soon have a unique opportunity to take tea later this month with the two individuals most responsible for establishing the Thanksgiving holiday – Sarah Hale and Abraham Lincoln. The tea on November 17 will benefit the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association.

Ten Tusculum College students and two professors are making plans to visit the art, architecture and history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe when they take their classroom to Europe in March.
Because of the uniqueness of the “one class at a time” block schedule offered at Tusculum College, students enrolled in “Politics and Religion in Renaissance [...]

Jessica “Jessi” Smith of Afton has been honored as the “Student of the Block” for the second block of the fall semester at Tusculum College.

Five Tusculum College professors spent time this summer in Northeast Italy as part of the Tusculum College Global Studies program.

The professors, which included Dr. Greg Church, associate professor of biology; Dr. Jack Currie, professor of education; Dr. Troy Goodale, assistant professor of political science; Dennis Lingerfelt, assistant professor of computer science, and Craig Wright, assistant professor of business administration, participated in order to pave the way for future student trips.