Class of 2009 Senior Gift is sidewalk, dedicated in honor of Interim President Dr. Russell L. Nichols

sidewalkA dedication ceremony was held May 7 for a new concrete walkway from Katherine Hall to Shiloh Road. The sidewalk was dedicated by members of the Class of 2009, who raised money for the project as their senior class gift.

The program was led by members of the Senior Class Gift Campaign Committee that identified the project as a gift they would like to complete and leave as a legacy for future Tusculum College students.  During the dedication, senior Megan Hart noted that the sidewalk was selected as a solution to students tracking mud into the residence hall and other campus buildings after using a dirt path the sidewalk replaced.

Senior Rachel Barnard explained that the students had chosen to make the gift to the College in honor for departing Interim President Dr. Russell L. Nichols for his service to the College and its students. New President Dr. Nancy B. Moody and Tusculum College Board of Trustee members Sam Doak and Jane Pilloni also thanked the students for their efforts during the brief ceremony.

Dr. Nichols cut a ribbon, held by members of the Senior Class Gift Campaign Committee, to officially open the sidewalk. The students also presented Dr. Nichols with a framed copy of the wording of a marker telling about the Class of 2009 gift and its dedication to him.