Maryville College News

Chattanoogan John "Thunder" Thornton has enjoyed much success in the business world, but he did tell Maryville College graduates Sunday night that he has one regret - he did not enjoy the climb toward achievement as much as he should have.

THE DAILY TIMES Maryville College graduate Paris Wilson celebrates with college president Dr.

THE DAILY TIMES Bagpipe marching bands kicked off the opening of the 2013 Highland Games at Maryville College featuring Scottish games, music, and food.

Alice Mercer, Women's Fund Advisory Board Member and East Tennessee Foundation Board Chair; Mary Ellen Brewington, Women's Fund Advisory Board Chair;guest speaker Ali Wentworth; Paige Preston, Women's Fund Luncheon Chair; Christine Patterson Winter, Women's Fund Luncheon Co-Chair; and Mike McClamroch, East Tennessee Foundation President and CEO, at ... (more)

Political science professor Dr. Frances Henderson and Maryville College students Sara Jean-Philippe, Mathiang Gutnyin and Emily Julian presented their research to Angong Dhol Acuil at the Embassy of South Sudan.

The Daily Times Dr. Frances Henderson talks about her six years of teaching at Maryville College and what it means to be the first African-American woman to receive tenure there, at St.

Dr. Scott Brunger, Maryville College professor of economics, will move his Economics 221: Economic Development class to the Clayton Center for the Arts and give his "last lecture" on May 7. Dr.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel From Monday, May 10-Thursday May 18, boxes will be located in the lobbies of resident halls across campus where students can drop off their unused or unwanted items, such as gently-used clothing and household items.

Historic Crawford House, home to Mountain Challenge on the Maryville College campus, has received Gold LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council Mountain Challenge in Maryville has joined the ranks of such national brands as Patagonia and King Arthur Flour in receiving recognition for its environmental and social policies.

THE DAILY TIMES Jamsie Johnston of the band Albannach, from Glasgow, Scotland, provides a high-energy performance at the 2012 Smoky Mountain Highland Games.

The eighth annual plein-air art event, exhibit and sale sponsored by the Knoxville Museum of Art guild is Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11.

Knoxville celebrates the national "Let's Move" initiative at two locations today.

Blake Smith, director of operations for the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas, has been named the new general manager of the Clayton Center for the Arts located on the Maryville College campus.

The work of seven Maryville College senior art majors is on exhibit through May 19 in the Clayton Center for the Arts' Blackberry Farm Gallery.

Robert J. Booker is a freelance writer and former executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

Lindsay is the daughter of Mardi and Jeff Craig of Knoxville, TN, and Jason is the son of Doris Spain and the late Don Spain of Nashville.

Whether it's the Smoky Mountains themselves, or a half-day spent with the Wood-N-Strings Dulcimer Shop, your memories of Tennessee will be nothing but good ones.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel Paul K. Chappell, soldier turned peace leader, will speak at Maryville College at 10 a.m. May 3 at 10 a.m. in the Samuel Tyndale Wilson Center for Campus Ministry.

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel The Orchestra at Maryville College and the Maryville College Community Chorus will present a joint spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre of the Clayton Center for the Arts.

Sister Kathleen Donnelly doesn't sit much. With three floors and lots of square footage at Winnetka Sacred Heart School, where she has served as principal for 15 years, walking the walk is necessary.