
Community members can participate in the class for free but must register. Current and incoming 鶹ýӳstudents can take the course and earn a credit hour for free. Each session lasts about an hour. This summer, 鶹ýӳfaculty members will share the county’s impressive history in a six-week course available to community members and the university’s students. Called “,” the class will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays starting June 29. Those who register for the class can attend in person in the Meen Center lecture hall on the Greeneville campus or via live stream.
“Our connection to Greene County runs deep, and we are proud to support our friends and neighbors in the community with this well-designed course,” said Wayne Thomas, dean of the. “As the first higher education institution in Tennessee, we recognize the value of embracing history and using it to inform the present. Greene County’s history is a wonderful story to share, and our expert faculty members are ready to bring it to life and enhance everyone’s understanding of what makes the community special.”
The course will focus on Greene County, but it will also touch on the subjects’ relationship to the nation as a whole, too. Here is the breakdown of the six sessions:
“My colleagues and I look forward to presenting Greene County’s history in an engaging and innovative way,” Dr. Van Amberg said. “As Dr. Keaton will explain in her introductory lecture, using material objects to interpret the past allows us to understand history in new ways and broadens our vision of what transpired. Greene County has some of the richest history in the state, and 鶹ýӳhas been a part of that from the earliest days. We are excited to engage with the community as we explore our collective history and its connection to the larger world.”
To learn more about “A History of Greene County in Six Objects” and register for the course, please visit. Additional information about the university is available at.鶹ýӳlaunched the six-week free summer course in 2020 with “Pandemic! Perspectives,” which delved into the coronavirus from history, criminal justice, business and economics, nursing, sociology and public health angles. As a follow-up to that course, some participants suggested that 鶹ýӳoffer one in the future about Greene County’s history.




