During the eight-day celebration, the University will celebrate the legacy of excellence, resilience and unity that the institution has been known for the past 100 years.
Events will include lectures, exhibits, symposiums, visual and performing arts and social events to commemorate this milestone.
For more information, visit http://www.tnstate.edu/centennial.
Saturday, April 14
The Ralph Boston Track Classic
Location: Ed Temple Track
Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Legends Football Game
Location: William Jasper Hale Stadium (The “Hole”)
Time: 1 p.m.
Blue and White Game
Location: William Jasper Hale Stadium (The “Hole”)
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15
The Centennial Rededication Ceremony
Location: Kean Hall (on the Steps)
Time: 5 p.m.
Centennial Gospel Celebration
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 6 p.m.
Monday, April 16
National Imported Fire Ant Conference
Location: Holiday Inn Nashville Downtown
Time: 6 – 9 p.m. (Opening Reception)
Green House Complex Dedication
Location: The Farm, Ed Temple Blvd.
Time: 9:15 a.m.
Agriculture Day Keynote Speaker, Dr. Chandra Jacobs-Young
Location: Agricultural Industrial Technology Center
Time: 10:20 a.m.
Centennial Health Fair
Location: Floyd-Payne Campus Center – 2nd Floor
Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Diversity Celebration Week – “Celebrating Cultures and Diversity”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: All Day
Centennial Multimedia Festival
Location: Performing Arts Center Room 210
Time: 3 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Sustaining the Legacy Annual Student Organizations Banquet
Location: Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
Time: 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17
National Imported Fire Ant Conference
Location: Holiday Inn Nashville Downtown
Time: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Diversity Celebration Week – “Celebrating Cultures and Diversity”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: All Day
Centennial Television program, “Eye of the Tiger”
Locations: Campus Monitors
Time: All Day
Chemistry Day SeminarSpeaker: Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, 2001 Nobel Prize Recipient in Chemistry
Location: The Poag Auditorium
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Real Utopia lecture with guest Dr. Erik Wright
Location: Agricultural Industrial Technology Center
Time: 1 p.m.
Our Legacy: Celebrating the Brown Daniel Library’s 100th Birthday
Location: Brown-Daniel Library
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Centennial Showcase of Art, Music and Communication
Location: Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
Time: 4:30 – 7 p.m.
100 Years of Blue Fashion
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18
Asthma Management Lecture by Bijoy John, M.D
Location: Tom Jackson Industrial & Technology Building, #307
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
National Imported Fire Ant Conference
Location: Holiday Inn Nashville Downtown
Time: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Geier Breakfast
Location: Avon Williams Atrium
Time: 9 a.m.
Geier Panel Discussion
Location: Avon Williams Campus
Time: 10 a.m.
Biology Day lecture with guest speaker Dr. Edith Peterson Mitchell
Location: Floyd Payne Campus Center
Time: 11 a.m.
Research and Sponsored Programs Showcase
Location: Research and Sponsored Research Building, 1st Floor Lobby
Time: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Pulmonary Function Mini Screenings
Location: Tom Jackson Industrial & Technology Building Room #307
Time: 11a.m. – 1 p.m.
Diversity Celebration Week – “ Celebrating Cultures and Diversity”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: All Day
“Living Legends: A Vision of Excellence – Perspectives from TSU’s Former President’s”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 12:45 p.m.
Guest speaker Mayor Karl Dean sponsored by Family and Consumer Sciences
Location: Farrell-Westbrook Complex
Time: 3 p.m.
Centennial Week TV Newscast
Location: Performing Arts Center TV Studio
Time: 5 p.m. (Live newscast)
Centennial Speech Contest
Location: Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
Time: 3 – 6 p.m.
TSU’s Legacy TigerFest
Location: President Lawn
Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Resilience and Unity: The Freedom Riders
Location: Floyd-Payne Campus Center—Robert N. Murrell Forum
Time: 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 19
Diversity Celebration Week – “Celebrating Cultures and Diversity”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
National Imported Fire Ant Conference
Location: Holiday Inn Nashville Downtown
Time: 8 a.m. – Noon (Extension Workshop)
Centennial Theatre Festival
Location: Performance Arts Center Cox-Lewis Theatre
Time: 4 -6 p.m.
Viewpoint Symposium Series
Special Guest Speaker: Donna Brazile
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 7 p.m.
Friday, April 20
Diversity Celebration Week – “Celebrating Cultures and Diversity”
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
Live on the Lawn—The Taste @ TSU
Location: Big Blue Meadow Lawn
Time: 4 – 7 p.m.
Cost: $20 per person/$30 per couple/$40 for family (maximum of five)
*Inclement weather location: Gentry Basketball Pavilion
Saturday, April 21
TSU Pan-Hellenic Greek Step Show
Location: Kean Hall
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Centennial Scholarship Gala
Location: The Mansion at Fontanel
Time: 6:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Attire: Black Tie
Cost: $225.00
Contact the TSU Foundation for more information
The Blue Tiger Student Unity Ball
Location: James Ferrell & Fred Westbrook Building
Time: 8 p.m.
About Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is Nashville’s only public university and is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational, land-grant university offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees. Founded in 1912 after its organization in 1909 as the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School, TSU became the four-year teachers’ college in 1922, and elevated to full land-grant university status in 1958. TSU absorbed the University of Tennessee at Nashville in 1979. Tennessee State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2012 Tennessee State University will celebrate 100 years in Nashville. Visit the University online at tnstate.edu.
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