![Left to right, Tusculum students Madison McGinnis, Xavier Velazquez, Stephen Brewer, Kori Clark and Jerry Ricker enjoy First-Generation College Celebration Day.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Tusculum celebrates students, faculty and staff who have been pioneers in their families by pursuing a bachelor’s degree
![Tusculum alumnus Phillip Hall reads a Scripture passage during the vespers service in 2022.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Tusculum University holding vespers service to help individuals prepare spiritually for the Christmas season
![Kelly Gray](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The Tusculum Review to launch the winning entry of its 2023 Poetry Chapbook Prize competition at campus event
![Claire Hensley holds her award after the ceremony.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Tusculum leader Claire Hensley selected to this year’s class of 40 Under Forty sponsored by a local business magazine
![Left to right, Chris Colmer, Hughston Burnheimer and Sydney May stand inside the museum at the President James K. Polk Home and Museum.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Three Tusculum history students to develop exhibit for the President James K. Polk Home and Museum
![Helena Walts, center, holds her trophy and certificate as she is flanked, left to right, by Dr. David Bow, professor of sport science; her mother, Elizabeth Walts; her father, Kevin Walts; and Angelo Botta, assistant professor of sport science.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Pre-physical therapy major at Tusculum University earns statewide award for academics, service and healthy lifestyle
![George Lane, left, and Cora Hawkins rehearse a scene in the foreground as, left to right, Eliza Girton, Vandal Harris and Bo Poe observe in the background.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
“Story Theatre” and “A Walk Through the Woods” coming to Tusculum University for multiple shows in November
![Zach Gass, right, and Elizabeth Wilson rehearse a scene in “Where Do We Go?”](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
“Edgar Allan Poe and Other Haunted Stories in the Woods” is back at Tusculum to prepare everyone for Halloween
![Dr. Scott Hummel, Tusculum’s president, front and center, and the Rev. Diana Moore, front right, sign the updated covenant as the Rev. Rodney Norris, front left, watches. On the back row are, left to right, Dr. Greg Nelson, the Rev. Karen Russell, Dr. Dan Donaldson and Dr. Chris Shumate.](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Updated covenant reinforces the longstanding connections between the Holston Presbytery and Tusculum University
![Local students selected as Homecoming king and queen at Tusculum University](https://www3.tusculum.edu/news/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)