Nashville, Tenn. – The fourth annual ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Roads Scholars Tour rolls out on Wednesday, Aug. 17, taking and about 50 faculty, senior administrators, staff, student leaders and a member of the Board of Trust to parts of Tennessee and Alabama. Initiated in 2002 with a trip to East Tennessee, the annual tour is designed to welcome new faculty and to familiarize them and other members of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ community with the region.
Traveling on a bus – emblazoned with “²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Roads Scholars Tour” – the entourage will make the two-day trip across two states with stops at the in Sewanee, Whitwell Middle School in Marion County, in Chattanooga, the , the headquarters, in Huntsville and in Lynchburg. This is the second year the tour will reach beyond Tennessee’s borders, emphasizing the importance ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ places on creating and strengthening partnerships in the entire region it calls home. Last year the tour traveled to Kentucky.
WHAT: ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee, along with new and newly tenured faculty, students and administrators, leave for a two-day tour of Tennessee and Alabama
WHERE: ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s Office of Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations, 2007 Terrace Place
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 17. Registration and breakfast, 6:30-7:15 a.m. Group photo, 7:15 a.m. Departure promptly at 7:30 a.m.
Roads Scholars Tour 2005 Itinerary
Day One – Wednesday, August 17
6:30 – 7:15 a.m. CST
Registration and Breakfast for Roads Scholars Tour participants at the Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations House, 2007 Terrace Place
7:15 a.m. CST
Group picture of the Roads Scholars Tour participants
7:30 a.m. CST
Depart from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ
9:00 a.m. CST
Arrive at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
10:20 a.m. CST
Depart from the University of the South
11:05 a.m. CST
Arrive at Whitwell Middle School, Whitwell, Tenn.
11:40 a.m. CST
Lunch at Whitwell Middle School
12:40 p.m. CST
Depart from Whitwell Middle School
2:35 p.m. EST (1:35 p.m. CST)
Arrive at Erlanger Hospital
Chattanooga, Tenn.
3:55 p.m. EST (2:55 p.m. CST)
Depart from Erlanger Hospital
5:20 p.m. CST
Arrive at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham, Ala.
6:05 p.m. CST
Depart from Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
6:10 p.m. CST
Arrive at the Tutwiler Hotel
Birmingham, Ala.
6:45 p.m. CST
Depart from the Tutwiler Hotel
6:55 p.m. CST
Arrive at The Summit Club for dinner
Day Two – Thursday, August 18
7:15 a.m. CST
Begin Loading Bus
7:30 a.m. CST
Depart from Tutwiler Hotel
7:45 a.m. CST
Breakfast at Southeastern Conference (SEC) Offices
Birmingham, Ala.
9:05 a.m. CST
Depart from Southeastern Conference (SEC) Offices
10:45 a.m. CST
Arrive at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Ala.
11:00 a.m. CST
Lunch at NASA
1:15 p.m. CST
Depart from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
2:30 p.m. CST
Arrive at Jack Daniel’s Distillery
Lynchburg, Tenn.
3:45 p.m. CST
Depart from Jack Daniel’s Distillery
6:00 p.m. CST
Return to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ
Nashville, Tenn.
Media contact: Susanne Hicks, (615) 322-NEWS
Susanne.hicks@vanderbilt.edu