NEWS & CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

“Popular Culture: Media Images of Masculinity from the 1960s to the Present” will be the topic of a diversity lecture at Tusculum College on Monday, November 22.

The lecture will be from 4-6 p.m. and will be held in the Behan Arena Theatre in the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building.

The guest speaker will be Dr. Elwood Watson, professor of American History at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Watson is a nationally known historian who specializes in American History, ethnographic studies, race and gender studies, popular culture and diversity training.

He is the editor of multiple anthologies and more than 50 articles. He has served in several administrative positions, including interim director of the African-American Studies Program and assistant director of the University Honors Program. He has also served as associate chair of ETSU’s History Department.

 The 2010 diversity lecture is sponsored by the Tusculum College Diversity Council. The event is free and open to the public.

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The “Storytelling and Gingerbread” educational program at the Doak House Museum is giving  students an opportunity to touch the lives of wounded soldiers with one-of-a-kind greeting cards.

Through Dec. 9, students who participate in the educational program, designed for younger elementary school students, will be making greeting cards to express gratitude and brighten the day of a soldier who is recovering at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center or other military medical facilities.

The cards that the children are designing and making will be sent to the Red Cross “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program for distribution. In the Holiday Mail for Heroes program, Red Cross and Pitney Bowes partner to distribute greeting cards to those serving in the U.S. armed forces worldwide as well as the soldiers who are recuperating in military medical facilities.

“When I first heard about this Red Cross program, I couldn’t wait to participate,” says Dollie Boyd, interim director of the Museums at Tusculum College. “What a great way for kids to connect to our nation’s soldiers. The cards they create are absolutely precious and heartfelt.”

Making the cards helps the children also learn the importance and reward in giving a little something back at this special time of year.

The volunteers and staff of the museum will be collecting children’s cards now through Dec. 9 to send to the Red Cross. The deadline to submit cards to the program is Dec. 10. The cards will then be distributed to active duty military and veterans.

For more information about the Doak House and the Storytelling and Gingerbread program please contact Dollie Boyd at 423-636-8554 or by email dboyd@tusculum.edu.

The Doak House Museum and the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library are operated by the Department of Museum Program and Studies of Tusculum College. In addition to the museums, the department is responsible for the College Archives and offers one of the few undergraduate Museum Studies degree programs in the country. The two museums are also part of the National Historic District on the Tusculum College campus. Follow the museums of Facebook and Twitter to learn the latest news and upcoming events.

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Tusculum College is hoping to defeat the Carson-Newman Eagles this week, but not by notching yardage and points, but by banking units of donated blood. Medic Regional Blood Center will be on campus and in the community as well as at the Tusculum College Morristown location collecting much needed blood donations.

 In addition, Carson-Newman will be holding its own drives in effort to pump up the friendly competition to meet a need in the community and region.

 The schedule for the Medic unit will be Wednesday, November 10, at Niswonger Commons from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; at the Davy Crockett Travel Center (195 Van Hill Road) from noon to 6 p.m., and at the Tusculum College Morristown site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  ”This is annual tradition that really meets a need in our region,” said Cody Greene, coordinator of development and alumni relations for Tusculum College.  “It doesn’t take much to punch up the rivalry with Carson-Newman, but with the Blood Drive Bowl, the communities are the real winners.”

 The winning school will be announced during halftime of the Tusculum College-Carson-Newman football game set for Saturday, November 13, at 1:30 p.m. at Pioneer Field.

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Beginning in January, a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Human Resource Development degree program will be offered for the first time at Tusculum College’s Greeneville campus. The program is part of the college’s Graduate and Professional Studies program.

In addition, the program will also be offered at Tusculum College off-site locations in Gray and Morristown. The Gray program is expected to launch in January as well and the Morristown program in March 2011.

Tusculum College offers a graduate program concentration in Human Resource Development to prepare professionals with the practical wisdom they need to be effective in helping organizations, groups and individuals work more effectively. The curriculum addresses the major segments of human resource development by focusing on concepts, models, skills and methods.

Courses are designed so that theoretical foundations are complemented with practice and application that enable students to build skills and competence.

The Human Resource Development concentration is designed to lead students to: assess organizational needs for enhancing performance; apply adult learning theory and the instructional System Design model into practice for organizational learning needs; evaluate learning and the impact of learning; apply principles and practices of human behavior in organizations to help groups work more effectively; develop team behaviors, including team leadership; develop organizational consultant skills; develop effective team communication skills; e.g., facilitation, decision-making, conflict resolution, problem-solving and support organizational development through project management, strategic planning, succession planning, process analysis and improvement, and career planning processes.

Registration for the Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Human Resource Development in Greeneville is December 11, with an official start date of January 8. Class times for this program will be on Saturdays, with classes meeting once a week while taking one course at a time. The hours for class will be 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

For more information or to enroll in the program, contact the Graduate and Professional Studies Enrollment staff at 1-888-488-7285.

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Tiffany Colbaugh, a senior majoring in biology, has been named “Student of the Block” at Tusculum College.

Colbaugh earned the honor for the Second Block of the fall semester. The Student of the Block Award is presented each block by the Office of Student Affairs to recognize students for academic achievement, leadership on campus and contributions to the college community.

During the award presentation on Nov. 4, Senior Student Life Coordinator Stephanie Rhea described Colbaugh as an individual who exemplifies the civic arts mission of Tusculum College - a person who excels academically, is actively involved in campus life and is committed to the service of others.

Active in a variety of organizations in high school, Colbaugh has continued her commitment to service and civic engagement at Tusculum as a Resident Assistant, a Student Support Services mentor, a mathematics tutor, an orientation leader and an active participant in the Voices Against Violence organization and the campus Relay for Life effort.

She served as president of the Student Government Association during the 2009-2010 academic year and has also served the student governance organization as secretary/treasurer.

“Each activity … made me the person I am today,” Colbaugh said. These activities “influence me not to stand back, become involved, step outside of my shell and help others succeed in life.”

Colbaugh chose to attend Tusculum to continue her education with best friend, Danielle Armstrong, a senior English major who was honored as a “Student of the Block” during the past academic year, as well as stay close to home.

“My first impression of Tusculum College was that people were extremely friendly,” she said. “I wanted to go to a school where people were friendly and care about me. I wanted to go to a small school, which reminded me of my high school.”

As an entering freshman, Colbaugh was at first quiet, shy and uninvolved in many activities, but that quickly changed as became a work-study student in the Office of Student Affairs and then became active in other activities on campus.

In her position as president and secretary/treasurer for the Student Government Association, Colbaugh worked tirelessly for the student body on issues such as purchasing additional picnic tables for student usage around campus, organizing and streamlining the process for allocation of funds to student organizations to make it a more fair system and obtaining new furniture for residence hall common areas.

Colbaugh fills the senior leadership position as a resident assistant, working with other resident assistants to make the residence hall environment a positive educational experience for the residents.

As an Student Support Services mentor, Colbaugh works with other mentors to create community service programs, serves as a resource to students about various issues and accompanies groups on spring break excursions that have included trips to New Orleans, New York, Pennsylvania and Orlando.

Academically, Colbaugh has enjoyed the courses she has had with Dr. Robert Davis, professor of biology, for whom she has high praise. “He gives one-on-one attention, always is in a great mood, is very entertaining, is ready to listen and is always available to students, even if he is not a particular student’s advisor,” she said.

Colbaugh initially chose biology as her major as an initial step to becoming a doctor, but has since discovered her real passion does not lie in medicine. She is considering entering a police academy after graduation after seeing her stepfather’s volunteer work with a local law enforcement agency and hearing the stories of helping others.

Completing her degree and becoming the first in her family to earn that degree immediately following high school is an accomplishment in which Colbaugh takes pride.

When asked about her role model, Colbaugh quickly answers it is her mother. “She was a teen mom who quit school to parent my brothers and me, but she still managed to finish high school, get her associate degree in phlebotomy and is working on her master’s degree in social work. I call her ‘Super Mom’.”

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Interested in environmental science careers? Come listen to Tusculum College alumnus William Kelly ‘09 speak about his job with Triumvirate Environmental located in Somerville, Mass.  Mr. Kelly will be presenting a short presentation on Thursday, November 18 at 11:30 a.m. in Tredway Hall, Room 35.

A question and answer session will follow.

For more information, contact Dr. Greg Church at gchurch@tusculum.edu or Lillian Burchnell at lburchnell@tusculum.edu

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Simon Holzapfel, a senior majoring in sports science and sport management at Tusculum College, has been selected as the state winner of the James E. Ward Outstanding Major Award by the Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD).

The award was announced at the TAHPERD state convention on November 2. Recipients of TAHPERD awards at colleges and universities in the state are considered for the award. As the statewide recipient, Holzapfel will represent Tennessee for the national American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) award. Holzapfel is the first Tusculum student to receive the statewide TAHPERD award.

Among the areas considered for the award include a student’s academic standing, leadership in campus life, service to the college and to the community and other areas of achievement. Student nominations also had to include recommendations from the president of the college’s Physical Education and Sports Majors Club, the student’s faculty advisor and a faculty member.

Holzapfel, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in his studies since entering Tusculum, and thus, appeared on both the President’s and Charles Oliver Gray Scholars college honor lists each year.

In addition to the college’s TAHPERD award, last spring Holzapfel received the Alpha Chi Academic Excellence Award, presented to the highest academically ranked junior.

A scholar-athlete, Holzapfel has twice been the recipient of the college’s Duffield Award, which is presented to the upperclassman student-athlete with the highest grade point average. He was also the recipient of the Freshman Student-Athlete of the Year academic award.

This past weekend, he was named the 2010 South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year, the second time in his career to earn this honor. He has been named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll each semester he has been a student at Tusculum as well as to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. He earned Academic All-American honors in 2008 and 2009.

Holzapfel is one of the most decorated cross country runners in Tusculum’s history. He owns the top 11 8,000-meter times in school history and 14 of the best 20. He has captured 16 career individual titles, including six in a row this year. He is the 2010 SAC Runner of the Year, an honor he also received last year.

A leader on campus, Holzapfel is a senior resident assistant and has such responsibilities as supervising seven resident assistants, coordinating and organizing student activities, enforcing college policy, assisting with registration of new students and student mentoring and mediating.

Holzapfel is the vice president of the Pioneer Student-Athlete Advisory Council and the Physical Education and Sports Majors Club. He is a member of the Pioneer Green Team, serves as a peer tutor and is founder and president of the Track and Field Club.

While at Tusculum, Holzapfel has also served as a senator in the Student Government Association and been a member of the President’s Society and the John Witherspoon Society.

He has volunteered in annual campus clean-ups, in set building for the Theatre-at-Tusculum program, in efforts to raise funds for the Pioneer Club that supports student athlete scholarships and the athletic program and as a volunteer for the recent Inauguration of Tusculum’s 27^th president, Dr. Nancy B. Moody.

In the community, Holzapfel has helped in an effort to clean Harmony Cemetery, volunteered at the Greene County Field Day, assisted in administering fitness tests for students at Chuckey-Doak Middle School and has volunteered for fundraisers at DeBusk and Doak elementary schools and at a local nursing home.

During the March 2010 national AAHPERD convention, Holzapfel was co-presenter of two sessions, a Yoga Wake-up session and a Breathing-Relaxation Session. In 2009, he designed an undergraduate research study, “The Effect of Cognitive-Specific Imagery on Tennis Serve Accuracy.”

In 2007, Holzapfel was given a free membership to the German Physics Association due to outstanding achievements in physics. He has received a certificate from the Institute of German Economics for initiating and organizing a youth enterprise and been awarded a certificate from the Republic of France for his proficiency in French.

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Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center’s Mobile Digital Mammography Unit will be at Tusculum College from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, for the benefit of faculty, staff and women in the community. The digital unit will be parked outside the Niswonger Commons Building. The American Cancer Society recommends that women age 40 and above have a mammogram yearly. Please contact the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center at 1-800-456-8169 ext. 1003 for more information or to make an appointment.

 Most insurances will be filed. Please bring your insurance card for filing and driver’s license at time of service. Those who do not have insurance and would like a screening will be charged $247.50 payable at time of service. The cost includes a 25 percent discount and the radiologist interpretation. The center accepts cash, VISA or MasterCard.

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 On Wednesday, November 10, student members of the Psychology Department will present findings on two issues that are of concern to college students:  suicide and internet addiction. The event will be held from 7-8 p.m. Join us for this presentation in Chalmers Conference Center as we learn more about the current state of research on these two topics, what the signs are and when and how to intervene.

 For more information, please contact Bill Garris in the Psychology Department at Ext 5298

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On Monday, November 9, the Psychology Club and Abnormal Psychology class is pleased to host Mrs. Connie Whaley, discussing the topic, “Life with Schizophrenia.”  The event will be held from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the Brotherton Boardroom of the Thomas J. Garland Library. Mrs. Whaley is the former Regional Coordinator for The National Alliance on Mental Illness, a group which advocates for those with mental illnesses. She is also the parent of a child with schizophrenia. 

 Join us for what promises to be an informative, interesting and humanizing talk about life with schizophrenia.

 For more information, please contact Bill Garris in the Psychology Department at Ext. 5298.

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