Just a few weeks remain to Homecoming 2014. Make your reservations today to return to Tusculum and enjoy time with your fellow alumni.
Check out the schedule below:
Friday, Oct. 17
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Registration – Living Room of Niswonger Commons
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Memory Lane Take a walk down memory lane as the staff of the Museums of Tusculum displays outfits, slide shows, pictures from Tusculum’s past, yearbooks and newspapers in the Living Room of Niswonger
Commons.
10 a.m. – Bright’s Zoo – $30 – Located in Limestone, Tenn., Bright’s Zoo is home to many rare species. Transportation will be provided. To learn more, visit www.brightszoo.com. A boxed lunch will be provided.
11:30 a.m. – Lunch with students – $10 – Enjoy lunch with students and share your Tusculum experience with the Pioneers of today.
1 p.m. – Campus Tours Revisit and rediscover your Alma Mater. Take a tour with the President’s Society, a group of elite Residential College
students.
1 p.m. – Golf Tournament – $50 – Enjoy some friendly competition on the Link Hills Golf Course. Scramble format will be used with handicap system for a net division and gross division. Registration is at noon pm with shotgun start at 1 p.m. Alumni, spouses, faculty, staff and friends are invited to participate. Dinner will be provided for participants in the golf tournament as well as those who may want to join them following the tournament. The cost for dinner will be $20 for those not participating in the tournament. Reservations are required.
2 p.m. – Herbs and Herblore – no charge – Fun make and take workshop hosted at the Doak House Museum.
2 – 3 p.m. Career Services Open House Alumni are invited to stop by the Career Services office in Room 307 of Niswonger Commons for “cookies and information.” Meet the staff of Tusculum’s Career Services office
and learn more about how they can assist you.
6 p.m. – Dinner at Link Hills – $20 – Join us for a buffet dinner beginning at 6 p.m. Reservations are required.
Evening – Individual Class Gatherings – cost varies
8:30 p.m. – Bonfire Enjoy the annual Homecoming Bonfire, located near the parking lot at Pioneer Field, with current students.
Saturday, October 18
8 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Registration – Living Room of Niswonger Commons
8 a.m. – Memorial Service – Join us in remembering alumni who have passed away since Homecoming 2013.
8:30 a.m. – Alumni Breakfast – $15 – Come enjoy breakfast with alumni and friends.
9 a.m. – Alumni Meeting – Learn the latest about the Alumni Association and hear an update on the College.
9:30 a.m. – Alumni Awards and Sports Hall of Fame Awards – Come celebrate the newest alumni and Sports Hall of Fame award honorees.
11 a.m. – Class Photos – $10 – In front of Niswonger Commons
11 a.m. – Student Support Services Luncheon – Alumni who were in the Student Support Services program or ARCHES are invited to a cookout and other festivities at the Patton House (near Pioneer Park).
Noon – Parade – Watch the 11th Annual Homecoming Parade along the route between the Charles Oliver Gray Complex and Pioneer Park.
Noon – Tusculum Volleyball hosts Newberry, Pioneer Arena.
12:30 p.m. – Tailgate – $10 – Enjoy a Tusculum College Pioneer Tailgate Party.
2:30 p.m. – Tusculum Pioneer Football vs. Carson-Newman – Cheer on the Pioneers as they take on Carson-Newman at Pioneer Field. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket booth preceding the game.
6 p.m. – Alumni and Friends Social Hour General Morgan Inn
7 p.m. – Alumni and Friends Dinner Join us at the General Morgan Inn for dinner. A cash bar will be available throughout the evening.
8 p.m. – Alumni and Friends Music and Fellowship DJ Donnie Bunch will provide music.
Sunday, October 19
Attend the church of your choice. First Presbyterian Church of Greeneville (110 N. Main Street) is the mother church of the College. Early service at 8:30 a.m., Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., the traditional service at 10:45 a.m. Learn more at www.firstpresgreeneville.org.
1 p.m. – Tusculum Women’s Soccer hosts Lenoir-Rhyne, Pioneer Field.
3:30 p.m. – Tusculum Men’s Soccer hosts Lenoir-Rhyne, Pioneer Field.
During Homecoming, you are encouraged to visit the museums, art gallery, the Presidential photo gallery at the Library and the Bookstore. Hours for each are below:
Tusculum College Bookstore
Niswonger Commons
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 16
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, October 17
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, October 18
Thomas J. Garland Library
8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Thursday, October 16
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, October 17
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, October 18
Allison Gallery (Rankin House behind Three Blind Mice)
The Allison Art Gallery will be hosting visiting artist, Melissa Stallard’s exhibition of digital photographs called “The Shrinking City.” Stallard is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Akron.
3:30 – 5 p.m. Thursday, October 16
3:30 – 5 p.m. Friday, October 17
Closed Saturday, October 18
Doak House Museum
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, October 16
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, October 17
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, October 16
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, October 17
Please make every effort to make your reservations prior to Friday, October 3, in order for us to provide accurate estimates on food preparations. Make your reservation online.
If you have questions about Homecoming 2014 registration, please contact Joni Blake Parker, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at jbparker@tusculum.edu or 423-636-7303.
Greeneville Hotel Information
Econo Lodge (former Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn)
1790 E Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville
(423) 639-4185
935 E Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville
(423) 639-2156
Quality Inn (former Jameson Inn)
3160 E Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville
(423) 638-7511
111 N Main St, Greeneville
(423) 787-1000
Knights Inn (formerly Charray Inn)
121 Serral Dr, Greeneville
(423) 638-1331
3130 E Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville
(423) 638-3735