NEWS & CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

The Pioneer Club Basketball Hospitality Event scheduled for Saturday, January 30, has been cancelled due to schedule changes relating to the expected winter storm this weekend.  A decision has not yet been made regarding the actual games; however, due to the strong possibility of the games being postponed or moved due to weather concerns, the Pioneer Club event will not be held.  If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 423-636-7303.

The next Pioneer Club event is scheduled for Saturday, February 20, at 3:30 p.m. and will be catered by the Chocolate Café.

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They just don’t make them like that anymore. The “Fabulous Cars of the ’50s” was the topic of a lecture presentation held Tuesday, January 26, at the Thomas J. Garland Library on the Tusculum College campus.

More than 15 people braved the snowy weather and were treated to a lively presentation by Charles Tunstall, assistant professor of library science and reference and instructional services librarian. Tunstall, a self-proclaimed car enthusiast, presented a wide selection of cars through the decade along with information and trivia about their makers and in some cases those who owned them.

Many of the cars presented during the presentation were those of the “Big Three” automotive manufacturers of the time - Ford, General Motors and Chrysler; however, Tunstall also offered some more rare models including those from Studebaker, Willys, Kaiser, Fraser and Nash.

Most of the cars of the 1950s were larger models, according to Tunstall, as Americans were seeing low gas prices and the automobile was the ultimate status symbol. One interesting tidbit about the early years, Kaiser actually sold their “Henry J” and other models out of the appliance section of the Sears and Roebuck store.

Some of the key trends through the decade of the 1950s included moving away from dual panel windshields to the single panel we see on cars today, as well as the rise in popularity of fins and an increased number of models made with quad headlights.

 No discussion of the 1950s cars would be complete without the discussion of the Ford Edsel, which has been described as the “worst financial disaster in the automotive industry.” Tunstall described the development of the Edsel as being developed based on market research conducted by Ford. 

Unfortunately for the Detroit manufacturer, despite giving the public what they said they wanted, the Edsel took so long to get to production that “by the time it came out, the public had changed its mind,” Tunstall told the group.

Also making its private consumer debut was the Jeep, initially a GP, general purpose, vehicle used in World War II. According to Tunstall, the Jeep was produced for the public market after many veterans returned with a fondness for the vehicle from their time in service.

The photo slide show driven presentation ended up with the cars of 1960, as manufacturers finally began producing a few compact cars as the American public turned their attention to imports, such as the popular Volkswagen.

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Central Ballet Theatre of Greeneville will present its newest ballet, “Exodus: The Story of Moses,” on Jan. 22– 24 at Tusculum College.

The local ballet company that brought “Esther” and “Prince Caspian” to East Tennessee now presents its seventh production with 93 local and professional dancers in an exciting, original ballet for all ages.

“Exodus” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24.  All performances will be in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on the Tusculum College campus.

The production is a spinoff of “Deliver Us!” the first original story ballet Central Ballet Theatre performed, with more complex plots and a deeper story-line.  Except for five original scenes, there is all new choreography, new music (both classical and contemporary), new and old costumes and scenes enhancing the depth of new characters and the richness of a new storyline.  The ballet presents the Biblical story of Moses found in Exodus chapters 1–15 in detail along with the presentation of the Egyptian historical side of the story.

“This ballet brings the story of Moses alive, allowing the audience and the dancers to live a part of history in such a way that one will not soon forget it,” said Lori Ann Sparks, artistic director of Central Ballet Theatre.  She envisioned this version of the old ballet this past spring “where the new parts just fell into place, creating such a depth of the characters that the audience will see their hearts and feel their passion, their peace, their despair and their hope.”

Sparks, also the company’s resident choreographer and a professional dancer, will portray the role of Pharaoh’s daughter, the princess. Previously, she danced the role of Dr. Cornelius as well as the head tree in last year’s production of “Prince Caspian.”

Returning to perform with Central Ballet for his fourth season is Jeffrey Diehl who will portray Moses.  Now a freelance dancer from Louisville, Ky., Diehl has 12 years professional experience dancing various roles with Orlando Ballet, Louisville Ballet and BalletMet.  He played the part of Caspian in Central Ballet’s last production.

A native of Iowa, Diehl received his early training at the Houston Ballet Academy. He attended Northern Illinois University where he earned a degree in dance performance. Diehl has performed an array of works by great choreographers such as Sir Fredrick Ashton, George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh, Paul Taylor and Antony Tudor. He had the privilege of performing at the Kennedy Center in 1998 for the American College Dance Festival Association’s 25th Anniversary Gala Concert.

Dante Adela, returning to Central Ballet for his third season, comes to dance the role of Pharaoh’s Son, the new Pharaoh.  Adela played the role of Trumpkin in “Prince Caspian.”  He studied at Lou Conti Studios in Chicago (Hubbard Street Dance Co.), then went to New York City to study at Steps on Broadway, then to Alvin Ailey Dance Center, then finally to North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C. — all on full scholarships.  He has also danced professionally with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Cedar Lake Dance, Ballet NY, Orlando Ballet and Kansas City Ballet, just to name a few.

Now Adela teaches contemporary dance, as well as rock climbing, in three major sport centers in New York City. He remembers his nervousness and desire the first time dancing in public in the Philippines and is “happy and fortunate I am that I’m still dancing, and thankful that I get to share it with you guys (Central Ballet Theatre). I started as a break-dancer, went backward, from street to classical ballet, the foundation of dance, of movement. Now I dance vertically, on a rock wall.”

Jacobed, Moses’s mother, will be danced by Tanya Rathbun, who performed the role of Nik-a-Brik in “Prince Caspian” and is returning to Central Ballet for her third season. Rathbun has more than 20 years of professional experience, teaching and performing with respected companies in the U.S. and abroad. She has trained under some of the best dancers and choreographers in the business, including The Chicago City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Rotara Ballet of Atlanta, Joel Hall Dancers, Danceworks Conservatory and The Störling Dance Theatre.

Her performance experience ranges from classic roles in traditional ballets such as “The Nutcracker,” to fast paced flapper and swing choreography set to the big band music of the 1920s. Her broad range includes expressive lyrical performances, as part of her own original ballets – “God With Us, Remember Me” and “Genesis.” Rathbun currently serves as the artistic director and owner of Trinity Arts Center of Johnson City, a multi-disciplinary arts school founded in 2006, where she continues to teach and direct a variety of classes and productions each year.

As with Central Ballet tradition, a large group of volunteer parents brings costumes, props, performance coordination and master sets to the ballet.  Brian Sparks, master builder of sets, also assists with the acting in the performance.  Marilyn duBrisk, artist-in-residence at Tusculum College, is providing advice for scenes in addition to her help at the ballet’s auditions last fall.  Well known local actor Wess duBrisk will make a guest appearance in the ballet as Jethro, the Midian priest.  Beth Stone and Dell Hughes, other Greeneville artists, are creating poster art and Egyptian gods for the ballet.  Sam Lane and Barbara Badenhope have painted the scenery.  The production will be reusing masks from “Deliver Us!,” which were made under the direction of local artist, James-Ben Stockton.

“Exodus will be the best ballet CBT as produced yet,” said Parke Brumit, president of Central Ballet Theatre’s board of directors. “It will be exciting, beautiful, and heart-moving.  Thank you to all the community for the encouragement and financial gifts that help make this ballet happen.”

General admission is $12, and tickets are $6 for students and senior citizens. To reserve tickets or for more information, call 423-330-3098 or 423-798-1620. Tickets may also be purchased at Three Blind Mice, James-Ben Studio, The General Morgan Inn, or at the box office the day of the performance (reservations are suggested).

Central Ballet Theatre is funded in part by Arts Build Communities, a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission; the Johnson City Area Arts Council, and Tusculum College’s Acts, Arts, Academia.

For more information, visit www.centralballet.com.

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Lynnsey Jett of Jefferson City has been honored as “Student of the Block” for her academic achievement and campus leadership at Tusculum College.

Jett was recognized as “Student of the Block” for Block 4 in a brief ceremony by the Office of Student Affairs, which presents the award each block. Faculty members and/or staff nominate students for the award.

“I feel very honored to be selected because I know there are a lot of deserving students on the campus,” Jett said. “I am thankful and grateful for the recognition.”

Brandon Conner, director of freshman services and student success, nominated Jett for the honor. Conner said that Jett is an exemplary student who has discovered the important balance of pursuing a college education and seeking spiritual wisdom. During the ceremony, Conner spoke of Jett’s Christian faith and her compassion for others that help guide her actions.

In his nomination, Conner noted Jett’s role as a change agent for the college as she works with prospective students through the President’s Society, a student leadership organization. “As a department … charged with the responsibility of improving retention, it is helpful for me to have change agents on campus like Lynnsey,” Conner wrote.

Jett, a senior, is a history education major with aspirations of teaching history to students in grades 7-12. She also plans to seek a graduate degree in education to further her ability to impact students in the classroom.

She came to Tusculum upon the recommendation of her older sister, Courtney, a 2004 graduate of the college, and found the small campus atmosphere to her liking. “I wanted to be close enough to home but far enough away that I did not shop in the same grocery store as the individuals I’d seen for the past 18 years of my life,” she said. “Continuing my softball career as a member of the Tusculum College softball team was important to me.”

Quickly settling into the tight-knit college community, Jett became involved in the President’s Society, the Peer Tutor program and the Andrew Johnson Society history organization as well as the Lady Pioneer softball team. While filling her calendar with obligations, these activities helped push Jett to excel in both her academic and extracurricular endeavors.

Initially undecided in her major, Jett’s experience in Dr. David Key’s “Revolutionary America” class sparked her interest in history education. “His approach to the classroom is unique because he uses every aspect of teaching techniques – group debate and lecture – to engage the students to learn and be involved,” she said. “I wanted to teach students history in a way that hadn’t been used … there’s so much more to history than dates and facts, and I wanted to teach that aspect. I wanted the experience to be more than the boring class in high school all students are required to take.”

Jett looks forward to becoming a teacher and picking an effective curriculum for her students. “It’s scary to think I’ll have my own classroom, but I want the ability to impact student’s lives and influence their lives in and out of the classroom,” she said.

During the spring 2009 semester, Jett had the opportunity to student abroad in London and credits her experience in England with creating a new passion for travel. As a result of Jett’s experience in the international study program, she was invited to give a formal presentation about her time in London to the college’s Board of Trustees last October. “Lynnsey’s presentation was nothing short of remarkable,” Conner noted in his nomination of her for the award. “In fact, (Tusculum President) Dr. Nancy Moody was so impressed with Lynnsey that she held her out as a model student in multiple public forums.”

Jett credits her family, especially her parents Barry and Brenda Jett, as instilling in her the values of hard work and dedication. “My parents encourage me to do whatever makes my life worth living,” she said. “Both of my parents are hard workers and that made an impression on me to work hard in everything I do.”

She also expressed appreciation to Conner and Jacqui Elliott, vice president for enrollment management, for their advisory skills. “They are both individuals from whom I seek counsel and advice,” she said. “They are able to teach me skills I will need in my professional future, and I really respect and value the relationship I have with both of them.”

Among her favorite memories of her time at Tusculum are sledding with friends on rare snow days, enjoying the annual Spring Fling celebration, treasuring the collegiate carefree lifestyle and being part of the close knit campus community. “Meeting life-long friends, playing softball, studying abroad and enjoying the teaching of my professors are some of my greatest memories,” she said. “My advice to students is that your college experience is what you make of it – get the most out of your education, make friends and create relationships that will last.”

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A partnership between Tusculum College and Adult Basic Education was kicked-off with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, January 19, as representatives from both sides gathered to announce the opening of an official GED Testing Center, which will provide a much-needed service on a regular basis to Greene County and the surrounding communities.

The ribbon cutting for the new testing center was held on the main floor (first floor) of Virginia Hall on the Tusculum College campus. The first GED exam for the new site at the College was administered later that afternoon.

“Becoming a General Education Degree testing site is a very visual way that Tusculum College combines our commitment to service and education with the strong relationship with have with the community that supports us so well,” said Tusculum President Dr. Nancy B. Moody.

“With this project we are able to share our resources and in doing so, improve the lives of those who live here and in our region. We are very proud of this project, which is based in the value of education - at whatever level that may be - which is at the core of all that Tusculum College is and will be.”

In fact, said Moody, her own mother was a very proud recipient of a GED.

Kim Gass, director of Adult Basic Education for Greeneville and Greene County, was also on hand and thanked Tusculum College for its willingness to work on this project and provide an answer to an ongoing problem for persons seeking to take the GED Exam.

“It’s a hardship for many of our students to get to a testing site. We are so excited about our partnership with Tusculum College and appreciate their kindness and open doors,” said Gass.

The College received notification in December that it had been approved as a testing center to administer the GED (General Educational Development) tests that provide adults who did not complete a formal high school program the opportunity to certify their attainment of high school-level knowledge and skills.

Tusculum College will become the only testing center providing GED testing on a regular basis in Greene County.

The Tusculum College testing center may also serve individuals from up to 10 surrounding counties, as there is just one testing site in the Tri-Cities and one in Morristown.

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On Monday, January 18, Tusculum College students celebrated the life and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King with service projects and Tusculum’s Tom McKay, student services facilitator for the Knoxville Regional Center, shared his personal story as a speaker at the  Oak Ridge Martin Luther King multi-denominational services at First Christian Church.

“Because Martin Luther King was devoted to service, we are designating the holiday not as a day off, but as a day on — devoted to serving others,” said Joyce Doughty, director of the College’s Center for Civic Advancement.

The activity was sponsored by the Center for Civic Advancement and the Tusculum College Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Doughty said there were seventeen volunteer Tusculum College students and staff members who gathered to work with children from the Greeneville Boys & Girls Clubs.

The Tusculum College students spent time with their young visitors working on a variety of arts and crafts projects, including flower making and helping the 24 children who participated create pet rocks and put together coloring books for patients in local hospitals. Several of the Tusculum students who are in the Bonner Leaders program will accompany the children to deliver the books on Monday, January 25.

            McKay was one of several speakers to participate in the Martin Luther King Day services in Oak Ridge and focused his topic on “What Martin Luther King Means to Me.”

            “I spoke of my experience with segregated schools being integrated in Paden City, W.V., as well as my ‘colored’ roommate at the United State Naval Academy who became the Outstanding 1960s Alumnus in 1995,” said McKay.

He also discussed how much the world has changed, and the integration of his own family when he welcomed his daughter-in-law into the family in 1990.

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Three talented, well known regional vocalists will share some musical fun in a special “Appalachian Divas” concert Sunday, Jan. 31, at Tusculum College.

Sopranos Jennifer Barnett and Jill Jones and mezzo soprano Kristin Small will perform together in a concert that will feature a range of music from opera arias to show tunes from popular musicals to American standards.

The concert will be at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on the Tusculum campus. The performance is part of Tusculum College Arts Outreach’s 2009-10 Acts, Arts, Academia performance and lecture series.

The three vocalists, who have known each other since the 1990s and first sang together as part of the Knoxville Opera Company, will be performing some of their favorite pieces. The program will begin with arias from operas such as “Susannah,” “I Puritani” and “Carmen” and feature favorite tunes from musicals such as “West Side Story,” “Nunsense” and “Showboat.” The concert will conclude with patriotic standards.

The vocalists have enjoyed working and putting the program together. “Don’t expect the typical recital,” Jones says.

Her compatriots are two very talented vocalists, Small says, and the three vocalists have a deep appreciation for each others’ talents.

One of the special things about the concert, they agree, is the opportunity to not only perform together but to also choose the program, something that even featured performers rarely have the chance to do.

“It is special for us, and we hope that comes through the audience as well,” Barnett says.

In addition to choosing pieces they wanted to sing, the vocalists selected music that would not only represent the region but the country as well, she added.

Barnett, a native of Greeneville, completed a bachelor of arts in music from Emory & Henry College.  During her undergraduate years, Jennifer was a soloist with the college’s choirs including the touring Concert Choir that performed in Brazil.  While at Emory & Henry, she also sang with the Bristol Concert Choir. Her stage experience includes roles in “The Crucible” and “Where’s Charley?” as well as the lead role in “Susannah.” Barnett was selected to participate in a Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop in 2000 and had the opportunity to work under James Conlon, conductor with the Paris Opera Company.

She earned her master’s degree in voice from Indiana University.  While at Indiana, she sang roles in “Turn of the Screw,” “Cosi fan Tutti” and “Le Nozze di Figaro.”  Barnett is the director of education and community partnerships for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.  She sang her Masterworks debut with the orchestra in 2004 in DeFalla’s “Tri-Cornered Hat” and has since performed Mozart’s “Impressario” Orff’s “Carmina Burana” and two sets of American songs on the Knoxville Symphony Chamber series last year.  She has also performed with the Oak Ridge Symphony.  Barnett is an ensemble member of the Knoxville Opera Company.  In addition, she teaches music appreciation for Tusculum College’s Gateway program in Knoxville. Barnett also has ties to Tusculum through her father, Dan Barnett, who is an associate professor of chemistry at the college.

Jones has sung with the Greater Greeneville Chorale and has appeared in many theatre productions at Tusculum College, including the role of the mother in “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”  She has appeared in several Little Theatre of Greeneville productions including “The Fantasticks,” “The Sound of Music” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

In 1993 and 1995 she was a soprano soloist with the Knoxville Chamber Orchestra, and in 2006 she was a soprano soloist with the Johnson City Symphony.  In 1997, she sang the role of Monica in the Johnson City Area Arts Council’s production of “The Medium.”  Her many solo oratorio appearances include requiems by Rutter, Mozart, Duruflé and Brahms, Schubert’s “Mass in G,” Handel’s “Messiah” and Vivaldi’s “Gloria.”  Currently she sings with the Knoxville Opera, the Civic Chorale, Tusculum College Community Chorus and First Presbyterian Church of Greeneville. Jones is director of Academic Advising at Tusculum College. The native of Newport News, Va., holds a master of arts in adult education and a bachelor of arts in biology/mathematics with a minor in vocal performance from Tusculum College.

As a mezzo-soprano, Small has performed on numerous stages throughout the southeast, singing in both the musical theater and opera venue. She has performed such roles as Katisha in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta “The Mikado,” Julie LaVerne in Jerome Kern’s “Showboat” and Guinevere in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederic Loewe’s “Camelot.” Locally, Small has sung the roles of Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma,” and Sister Robert Anne in Dan Goggin’s “Nunsense,” “Nunsense II”, and “Nuncrackers.” Small has been rostered with the Knoxville Opera Company for 15 years, where she can be seen in the current production of “Lucia de Lammermoor.”

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 60 years of age and older, and $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, contact Tusculum College Arts Outreach at 423-798-1620, e-mail jhollowell@tusculum.edu or visit http://arts.tusculum.edu.

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Director of the Library Myron “Jack” Smith recently published his 80^th book. His latest release, titled, “Tinclads in the Civil War — Union Light-Draught Gunboat Operations on Western Waters, 1862-1865, ” focuses on the converted riverboats that were used as naval vessels on the Western front of the Civil War from 1862-1865.

This is his third book in the “The Civil War on Western Waters” series. The first was “Le Roy Fitch: The Civil War Career of a Union River Boat Commander.” It was published by in 2007. The second volume in the series was Smith’s “The Timberclads in the Civil War: The Lexington, Conestoga and Tyler on the Western Waters,” published 2008.

“The College congratulates Jack on reaching this milestone,” said Tusculum College President Dr. Nancy B. Moody. “Publishing 80 books is an amazing lifetime achievement, and he is a shining example of how our faculty and staff contribute to academic excellence at Tusculum College.”

 In its 412-pages, the new book covers in great detail the U.S. Navy’s tinclad river gunboats along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, especially in Tennessee and Kentucky, pointing out that “the U.S. Navy’s tinclad vessels met the needs of President Abraham Lincoln’s government for easily-procured vessels that could operate year-round in shallow rivers.”

According to Smith, the new volume focuses on Confederate resistance to Federal inland river nautical activity, emphasizing the South’s efforts to hit the Union steamboat logistical effort between the summer of 1862 and early 1865. Also included are the ship-to-shore battles between the Union tinclads and bands of Confederate guerrillas and gray-clad regular Army cavalry.

Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. These tinclads fought Confederate forces attacking from the riverbanks, provided convoy for merchant steamers, enforced revenue measures, and offered tow, dispatch and other fleet support services. This history documents the service records and duties of these little-known vessels of the Union fleet.

Smith’s latest work is dedicated to the staff at Tusculum College’s Thomas J. Garland Library.

The book’s price is retail priced at $55; however, it will be available in the Tusculum College Bookstore for $49.95.  The Bookstore also has the first and second books of the “The Civil War on Western Waters” series in stock.

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“They Don’t Make ‘em Anymore:  Those Fabulous Cars of the Fifties,” will be the topic of a presentation of the Thomas J. Garland Library at Tusculum College on Tuesday, January 26.

The illustrated discussion, led by Charles Tunstall, assistant professor of library science and reference and instructional services librarian, will be held in Room 206 of the Garland Library and will begin at 6 p.m.

“During the 1950’s, the automobile became to most Americans the ultimate status symbol,” said Tunstall.

He added that while the discussion will focus on “The Big Three,” (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors) the last efforts of the American independent manufacturers will also be noted. In addition, questions will be answered such as:  What is a fastback?  When did the two-piece windshield disappear?  Which car had the highest rear fins?  When did four headlights come into use?  What cars were specifically marketed to women?  What was Ford’s most colossal failure?

The program is open to the public, refreshments will be served for participants and Tusculum College students attending will receive arts and lecture credit.

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Innovations from the printing press to frozen food to the national park service were among the subjects of the student projects in Chuckey-Doak Middle School’s second annual National History Day event.

The event, held on December 15, involved displays, student-written plays, documentaries, Web pages and papers related to this year’s theme, “Innovations in History.”

Students worked on projects individually and as groups throughout the semester in preparation for judging.

Students and teachers at Chuckey-Doak received assistance from Tusculum College’s Department of Museum Program and Studies in researching subjects and putting together the projects.

Supplies needed to complete the projects were provided by the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association. The association has also provided a grant to the Department of Museum Program and Studies to hire Darlene McCleish as National History Day resource coordinator to provide an increased level of hands-on assistance to students and teachers in preparing projects.

In addition to their historical subject, the projects also gave the students the opportunity to learn research, writing and organization skills as evidenced by the final projects.

Projects that earned first, second and third place honors in each category of the event – exhibits, performance, documentaries, Web pages and papers – will advance to the Regional National History Day event hosted on the Tusculum campus by the Department of Museum Program Studies in February.

Advancing to the regional competition were the following (by category):
Individual exhibits – sixth grade: first place, “The Battery” by Megan Silvers; second place, “Extra, Extra, Extra: Read All About It” by Madison McCoy and third place, “Vietnam War Gear” by Josh Edgell; seventh grade: first place, “Mammograms” by Peyton Bacon; second place, “Healthful Innovations: The Influenza Vaccine” by Ariel Davis and third place, “See Beyond the Skin” by Alicia Phillips; eighth grade: first place, “Atari 2000: History of the Future” by Chance Powell; second place, “Telescope” by Breanne Schroeder, and third place, “Need for Speed” by Lauren Dunbar.

Group exhibits — sixth grade: first place, “Reaping Across America” by Amee Hankins and Caleb Moon; second place, “Party Lines to Private Lines” by Ashlynn Harrison, Logan Taylor and Keri Ricker; third place, “The Plow” by Jacob Bolton and Jody Harrison; seventh grade: first place, “Protecting the Present, Preserving the Past, Transforming the Future” by Alexus Gibson and Michala Myers; second place, “Insulin: by Heidi Rose Armstrong and Amelia Rose Schroeder, and third place, “Tractors of Time” by Austin Brooks and Parker McCrary; eighth grade: first place, “Handwriting Be Gone” by Roman Bishop, Matthew Donaldson and Jacob Quillen; second place, “Shall Not Deny My Vote” by Katie Bishop and Maddy Hensley, and third place, “First Creation of Video Games” by Zach Byer and Jameson Wills.

Performance — first place, “Orville and Wilbur Wright: The Invention of Flight” by Austin Fillers, Daniel Beddingfield and Kelley Russ, and second place, “Wright Brothers” by Nathan Blaylock, Taylor Dean and Jeff Hensley.

Documentary and Web page — first place, “It’s Atomic” by Josh Lamb, Jared Meredith and Tad Norton, and second place, “The Pythagorean Theory” by Dustin Cobble.

Papers — first place, “Giving Life to Abortion” by Caroline Kinney.

The Museums of Tusculum College administer the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library and the Doak House Museum on campus. The Doak House Museum, the 19th century home of the Rev. Samuel Witherspoon Doak, co-founder of Tusculum College, hosts thousands of school children from the region for a variety of educational programs related to the 19th century and CHARACTER COUNTS! The President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library houses a special collection of items relating to the 17th president, the college’s archives and volumes from the institution’s original library. The museums are also two of the 10 structures on the Tusculum campus on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum department also offers one of the few undergraduate degree programs in museum studies in the country.

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