Thursday, April 29, 2010
Contact: Madge Gibson
news@utsi.edu
The Fourteenth Annual Thomas Jefferson Lecture was held at the
University of Tennessee Space Institute Auditorium on April 22,
2010. As part of the Thomas Jefferson Day at UTSI, students from
surrounding high schools were given an opportunity to participate in
an essay contest in conjunction with the lecture. The topic of the
essay contest was “Jefferson’s Relationship with John and Abigail
Adams.”
This year there were joint first place winners. Sarah Hall, a junior
at Franklin County High School in Winchester won a $300 joint first
place prize. She is the daughter of Mickey and Melissa Hall of
Estill Springs, Tennessee.
LeAnne Kuhns, a junior at Lincoln County High School in
Fayetteville, Tennessee, also won $300 joint first place for her
essay. LeAnne is the daughter of Brenda Kuhns of Fayetteville,
Tennessee.
In addition to the students receiving a cash prize, $500 was given
to each school for academic program development. Cindy Calloway,
English teacher at Franklin County High School accepted the award on
behalf of the school, and Theresa Patton, Social Studies Chair,
accepted the award for Lincoln County High School.
Dr. Richard A. Samuelson, the guest speaker at the Thomas Jefferson
Lecture, spoke on “Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the American
Future.” He is assistant professor of history at California State
University, San Bernardino and is currently the Garwood Visiting
Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Dr.
Samuelson has held fellowships at numerous colleges and universities
throughout the world.
Attendees arriving early for the event had the pleasure of listening
to the music of the Tullahoma High School Flute Trio, Megan
McKinney, Kelia Washington and Demetrius Seay.
The Thomas Jefferson Lectures are funded by an anonymous donor.
(L to R) Cindy Calloway, Franklin County High School English
teacher; Sarah Hall, joint first-place winner of Thomas Jefferson
Essay Contest; Dr. Richard Samuelson, Lecturer; LeAnne Kuhns, joint
first-place winner of Thomas Jefferson Essay Contest; Theresa
Patton, Social Studies Chair, Lincoln County High School.
