NASHVILLE, TN — Graduates of the American Baptist College Class of 2024 celebrated personal milestones at the recent Baccalaureate and Commencement ceremonies. Their collective achievement also represented a milestone for the College because they were the graduates of the 00th year anniversary. “Today marks a truly special occasion in the life of our school as we celebrate the Commencement exercise of our 100th year,” said Executive Vice President Richard Jackson. “Every person whose name is listed in the program and every person in this room is a part of history.” The Baccalaureate service, held May 15, featured readings and reflections…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Spotlight Awards program is dedicated to encouraging and supporting the talents, educational endeavors, and friendships of high school theatre students in Tennessee to build a strong and inclusive theatre community. As a regional awards program, the two Outstanding Lead Performer recipients will travel to New York City in June 2024 to compete at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards®. Additionally, Freeze and Murphy received a scholarship presented by KraftCPAs for winning top honors in this year’s Spotlight Awards program. TPAC’s Jackson Hall was buzzing Saturday evening as more than…
Nashville, Tennessee – The Dorothy Marie Kinnard Foundation (DMKF) is excited to announce it will hold its 4th Annual FunFitness Dance Exercise™ event which will take place on Saturday, June 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Camp Widjiwagan (Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center) located at 3088 Smith Springs Road, Antioch, TN 37013. The purpose of the event is to spread diabetes awareness and promote health and wellness in the community by helping individuals learn ways of better managing and/or preventing the disease. This year’s pre-Juneteenth FunFitness theme: Do Right: Mind, Body & Soul will focus on empowerment…
A 3% in-state undergraduate tuition increase for UT Martin students was recommended for the 2024-25 academic year by the university’s advisory board Friday, May 17, during the board’s summer meeting in the Boling University Center. The recommendation now goes to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees for consideration at the board’s annual meeting June 24-25 in Knoxville. The UTM Advisory Board also recommended a $174 million UT Martin operating budget for UT board consideration in June. Petra McPhearson, UT Martin senior vice chancellor for finance and administration, presented the proposed budget and explained that the increase means undergraduate students…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-The Metro Nashville Arts Commission selected Nashville-based multi-disciplinary artist Omari Booker to design and create a work of public art at Nashville’s first Permanent Supportive Housing facility. Omari Booker studied studio art and graphic design at Belmont University and earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Tennessee State University. Booker’s primary medium is oil painting, and he includes mixed media, charcoal, ink, and found objects as essential building blocks of his work to create finished pieces. He also creates large-scale installations, such as the project that will line the exterior of the new Permanent Supportive Housing facility. City leaders,…
NASHVILLE – Twelve Tennessee communities will have the opportunity to invest in their green spaces, thanks to grant funding provided by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program. “Trees play a key role in our lives, providing environmental, health, and economic benefits that are vital for all communities,” State Forester Heather Slayton said. “This funding is important because it helps ensure those benefits are available to all areas of Tennessee.” Funding through this program, which is designed to promote the creation, protection,…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Alice Walker. Gloria Steinem. Shirley Chisholm. Their stories — and dozens of others — are told in Nashville Public Library’s (NPL) Votes for Women Room. Meanwhile, some unsung heroes exist even closer to home. That’s definitely the case with Don Holmes — outgoing Chair of the Nashville Public Library Foundation (NPLF) Board — whose devotion to voting was instilled by two women who helped raise him. Radical Changes and Daily News In the 1950s and ‘60s, The Civil Rights Movement — spearheaded by giants like Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and Rosa Parks — was gaining traction…
By Tori Gessner NASHVILLE, TN (WKRN) — A change in Tennessee law that formally defines bullying and cyberbullying and ensures the acts would be treated the same as harassment will go into effect July 1. The amendment, HB 2590, expands the offense of harassment to include bullying and cyberbullying, according to the language in the legislation, and it will require law enforcement to notify the victim’s parents and/or guardians of the bullying situation at school if the victim is a minor. “There’s an enormous amount of shame that comes from the impact of bullying,” Rodger Dinwiddie, CEO of Students Taking…
NASHVILLE, TN — Music is in the name, but musical innovation is a key part of the game. That once again remains evident in the plan for a 55-acre campus called Rock Nashville, comprising three buildings and more than 514,000 of space serving live entertainment production, with an expected opening in the second half of 2025. And that innovation is taking place in a different part of Nashville. Rock Nashville will feature 15 studio rehearsal spaces, a theater, an amphitheater, an arena and stadium scales — including a facility up to 95 feet tall — to replicate large venues for…
By Hayden Mitman PHILADELPHIA, PA — Alexander McClay Williams, who was executed at 16 after being convicted of murder in 1931, is the youngest person put to death in Pennsylvania. The family of a teen who was executed by the state of Pennsylvania after being convicted of murder in 1931 have filed a lawsuit seeking damages nearly 100 years after his death. On Monday, attorneys for the family of Alexander McClay Williams, who was executed by the state when he was just 16-years-old, announced that they were bringing forward a lawsuit over Williams’ execution after his conviction was vacated in…