{"id":14710,"date":"2017-02-06T20:54:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=14710"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:15:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T20:15:05","slug":"tusculum-college-donates-science-equipment-to-greene-county-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2017\/tusculum-college-donates-science-equipment-to-greene-county-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusculum College donates science equipment to Greene County Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Tusculum College settles into the new Ronald H. and Verna June Meen Center for Science and Math, which opened for classes just after the holiday break, the Greene County School System is benefitting from a donation of science equipment from the old Tredway Hall.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Melissa Keller, assistant professor of biology and chair of the Department of Natural Sciences at Tusculum College, with the new building came the opportunity to purchase new equipment for the college\u2019s science laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of our new equipment has been custom installed and other items have been replaced with newer versions,\u201d said Dr. Keller. \u201cAs a result, we are able to provide items such as microscopes and other equipment to the local school system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Keller added that the college is happy to be able to provide these items to local school science programs and support the work that is done by instructors and teachers in the Greene County School System.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe realize that it would not have been possible to provide the thousands of dollars of equipment to the teachers without the generous donation by Tusculum,\u201d said Steve Tipton, energy specialist with the Greene County School System. \u201cThe Greene County Schools are very appreciative, and much of the equipment has already been put to use in the classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the equipment was provided directly to the science departments at the four county high schools, while a \u201cshop\u201d was set up with other equipment that all county school teachers could access and take items that could be used in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14712\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14712\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2017\/tusculum-college-donates-science-equipment-to-greene-county-schools\/attachment\/sciencedonationweb-2\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14712\" title=\"sciencedonationweb\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonationweb1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonationweb1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonationweb1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonationweb1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tusculum College has donated a variety of science equipment to the Greene County School System. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14713\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14713\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2017\/tusculum-college-donates-science-equipment-to-greene-county-schools\/attachment\/sciencedonation2web\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14713 \" title=\"sciencedonation2web\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonation2web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonation2web.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sciencedonation2web-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at West Greene High School display earth science instructional materials donated to the school by Tusculum College. 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