{"id":4037,"date":"2009-02-26T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T17:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.tusculum.edu\/newsletter\/alumni\/?p=168"},"modified":"2009-02-26T17:22:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T17:22:41","slug":"dates-set-for-events-to-celebrate-the-gps-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2009\/dates-set-for-events-to-celebrate-the-gps-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates set for events to celebrate the GPS&#8217; 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tusculum College\u2019s Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) program, and the milestone is being marked by activities and events planned for Greeneville, Knoxville, Morristown, and the Tri-Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni, faculty, staff, and students from the four locations are involved in planning the activities and events, and while all the details of the events have not been finalized, dates have been set. Events are scheduled April 30 in Knoxville, June 20 in the Tri-Cities, June 26 in Morristown, and October 17 in Greeneville.<\/p>\n<p>These Silver Anniversary celebrations are set to include students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the long-established adult education program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are celebrating 25 years of making dreams of a college education come true for non-traditional students,\u201d said Dr. Lisa Johnson, director of the Graduate and Professional Studies Program and assistant professor of education at the College.<\/p>\n<p>While planning is still in the early stages, events could range from receptions reuniting former students with current and former faculty, to a cookout, to golf outings to a GPS \u201creunion\u201d at a fall football game, said Cody Greene \u201908, coordinator of development and alumni relations for the College\u2019s Department of Institutional Advancement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a year-long celebration of all the successes of GPS, and there are many exciting things being discussed.&#8221; Greene added that the group is also trying to track down as many of the original class of 1986 as possible in order to recognize them during the events. If you are a member of that original class, want more information about the GPS celebrations, or would like to volunteer with one of the events, please contact Greene at 423-636-7303 or email ccgreene@tusculum.edu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pix\" title=\"gps1\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/gps1.jpg\" alt=\"gps1\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tusculum College\u2019s Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) program, and the milestone is being marked by activities and events planned for Greeneville, Knoxville, Morristown, and the Tri-Cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dates set for events to celebrate the GPS&#039; 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