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Guests attending the inauguration of Maryville College’s new president on Saturday, April 16, better hope Dr. Tom Bogart doesn’t take his lessons from the college’s first president. A group of volunteers and staff preparing a special exhibit to honor past ...

It was to the sounds of his “ baggepype” that The Miller in Chaucer’s “Canturbery Tales” led the party of travelers out of town. The foothills of Maryville will reverberate next weekend with the sounds of the bagpipe, beckoning students, ...

Dr. Tom Bogart is a man of his word. A broad smile on his face, arms raised in celebration, the Maryville College president led three of his students into Neyland Stadium last Sunday morning as the anchor leg of their ...

A “Senior Study Student Symposium,” a presentation showcasing several exemplary Senior Studies, is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., April 13, in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall of the Clayton Center for the Arts. The event, which is free and ...

Maryville College’s connection to the Presbyterian Church began with its founding in 1819 by the Rev. Isaac Anderson, a Presbyterian minister of Ulster-Scot heritage. From the beginning, the church-related liberal arts college has emphasized the practice of faith and learning, ...

Last summer Dr. Tom Bogart and his family from Pennsylvania vacationed in Tennessee. This summer, they became permanent residents. The 46-year-old Bogart began his tenure as the college’s 11th president on July 1, 2010, and will be officially inaugurated on ...

“Don’t get your hopes up” isn’t advice Dr. Jerilyn Swann gives all of her Senior Study advisees, but for the research biology major Abby Ogle was about to undertake, Swann knew it was appropriate. “I told her from the start ...

New equipment is going into laboratories inside Maryville College’s Sutton Science Center, faculty and students are planning summer internships in research training, and Dr. Ben Cash is investigating vehicles that will get faculty and students to wetlands, fields, forests and ...

Benjamin Waugh had 15 countries to choose from when he wanted to spend the summer of 2011 studying abroad. He chose China. The Pellissippi State Community College student reflects a national trend: Interest in studying Chinese language and culture is ...

Students who wish to apply for admission to the fall 2011 Nursing program at Pellissippi State Community College have two key deadlines to meet before the end of January. New applicants must register for the Kaplan Nursing Entrance Exam by ...

One artist likens her work to a Rubik’s Cube. The other is a former punk rock–bluegrass musician who now composes mixed media and traditional acrylic paintings. Both are full-time faculty members at Pellissippi State Community College and will share gallery ...

Maryville College is inviting prospective student families to discover the College without ever leaving home. The College is maximizing its efforts to reach the largest number of people by holding a live virtual town hall meeting Thursday, Jan. 13, and ...

Extensive ceiling repair work began last week inside Maryville College’s historic Anderson Hall. The work, which is another step toward securing the 140-year-old building for a major interior renovation, will continue through the holiday break. “The repairs that are being ...

Jeff Bay, associate professor of statistics at Maryville College, will become chair of the Math and Computer Science Division of Maryville College on Jan. 1, 2011. In making the announcement to the campus community last week, Dr. Jeff Fager, vice ...

Pakistan has a friend in the students of Pellissippi State Community College. The Multicultural Awareness Club has mobilized to help the South Asian country recover from devastating summer flooding. Three members of the student-based group—Shayne Hinkle, Sadia Khan and Raeleen ...