Tusculum Class Project Receives Award of Excellence

A traveling exhibit honoring Tusculum's 225th anniversary recently received an award of excellence from the Tennessee Association of Museums. 

The exhibit was developed as a class project with students using photos and artifacts to explore three themes - the changes in student experiences on campus, the university's engagement with the broader community and Tusculum's connection with national and international events.

Tusculum celebrated its 225th anniversary in 2018 and traces its history to the founding of Martin's Academy in 1784, later renamed as Washington College. It was known as Tusculum College after 1844. Tusculum merged with Greeneville College in 1868 to become Greeneville & Tusculum College. The name was shortened to Tusculum College in 1912 and then changed to Tusculum University in July 2018.

You can read more about the exhibit in an article, "Tusculum 225 Exhibit created by students earns Award of Excellence from Tennessee Museum Group," published in the Johnson City Press on April 11, 2019.

Tusculum also posted an interesting "Treasuring our History" segment on YouTube where three museum studies students, Jonathon Nicholson, Josh Renner, and Lilli Wallace, describe the development of the exhibit. Dr. James Hurley, Tusculum president, and Dr. Peter Noll, associate professor of public history and museum studies, also provide context for the project.