ETSU's ACL to offer trips, classes, music
Issue date: 3/5/09 Section: The Scene
Beginning Tuesday, March 24, East Tennessee State University's Alliance for Continued Learning (ACL) will present a wide range of sessions from which to choose this spring, with topics as diverse as hula dancing, sharks, Civil Rights, prison ministry, traffic cameras, birds and others.
Among the intriguing offerings are Donna Jacobson talking on "Desert Divas: History and Performance of the Hula Dance"; Community Action Committee member Ann McConnell leading a panel discussing the Civil Rights movement in Johnson City; Drs. Diane and Jack Nelson presenting "Sharks: Friends or Foes?"; Carlos Whaley, co-chair of the Andrew Johnson Bicentennial Celebration, on "The Battle of Blue Springs"; and retired minister David Lovelace heading a panel on a prison ministry at the Northeast Correctional Complex.
Also, ETSU philosophy and humanities professor Dr. Richard Kortum will talk on "When Stones Speak: Prehistoric Petroglyphs in the Alai Mountains of Mongolia"; Mike Farmer with Kingsport's Police Department will discuss "The Kingsport Experience: Red-Light Cameras - Preventing Accidents, Saving Lives"; and Dr. John King, ETSU communication professor, will cover "United Arab Emirates: A Contrast in the Middle East."
Special Wednesday sessions feature a visit to the Johnson City Senior Center on April 15, when LeeAnn Overbay, JCSC activities director, explains "Using Wii and Brain Fitness," and on April 22, Dr. Fred Alsop, ETSU professor of biological sciences, offers "Birds and Birding in Upper East Tennessee," while Alanna Leonberg of Holston Habitat for Humanity demonstrates that the organization provides "A Hand Up Not a Hand Out."
Tours are planned of ETSU's James H. Quillen College of Medicine and Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, and an all-day trip to see barns decorated with colorful quilt designs is also scheduled.
To give new members an opportunity to become acquainted with the group, the ACL will host an informal continental breakfast and welcoming remarks on March 24 from 9-10 a.m., followed by the Jonesborough Novelty Band's concert for Habitat for Humanity.
Among the intriguing offerings are Donna Jacobson talking on "Desert Divas: History and Performance of the Hula Dance"; Community Action Committee member Ann McConnell leading a panel discussing the Civil Rights movement in Johnson City; Drs. Diane and Jack Nelson presenting "Sharks: Friends or Foes?"; Carlos Whaley, co-chair of the Andrew Johnson Bicentennial Celebration, on "The Battle of Blue Springs"; and retired minister David Lovelace heading a panel on a prison ministry at the Northeast Correctional Complex.
Also, ETSU philosophy and humanities professor Dr. Richard Kortum will talk on "When Stones Speak: Prehistoric Petroglyphs in the Alai Mountains of Mongolia"; Mike Farmer with Kingsport's Police Department will discuss "The Kingsport Experience: Red-Light Cameras - Preventing Accidents, Saving Lives"; and Dr. John King, ETSU communication professor, will cover "United Arab Emirates: A Contrast in the Middle East."
Special Wednesday sessions feature a visit to the Johnson City Senior Center on April 15, when LeeAnn Overbay, JCSC activities director, explains "Using Wii and Brain Fitness," and on April 22, Dr. Fred Alsop, ETSU professor of biological sciences, offers "Birds and Birding in Upper East Tennessee," while Alanna Leonberg of Holston Habitat for Humanity demonstrates that the organization provides "A Hand Up Not a Hand Out."
Tours are planned of ETSU's James H. Quillen College of Medicine and Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, and an all-day trip to see barns decorated with colorful quilt designs is also scheduled.
To give new members an opportunity to become acquainted with the group, the ACL will host an informal continental breakfast and welcoming remarks on March 24 from 9-10 a.m., followed by the Jonesborough Novelty Band's concert for Habitat for Humanity.
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