HS Alliance
The Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning, in partnership with East Tennessee State University at Kingsport, will offer a series of informal in-person and virtual classroom options, focusing on a variety of topics ranging from science to local history and government to world travel and healthy living. .
The six-week series of uncredited courses are open to all. There are no homework, grades or tests.
Classes, which start Tuesday October 12 and run through Thursday November 18, will be held at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education, 300 W. Market St., in downtown Kingsport.
The cost of participation is $ 30 and covers all KACL fall courses. Some events, such as field trips, require additional fees.
The fall series will begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. with David Morin, director of clinical research for the Holston Medical Group, discussing “Facts and Fiction about the COVID-19 Vaccine.” Morin will discuss new vaccine technologies, vaccine myths and vaccine alternatives.
In another talk, “Thomas Wolfe – His Life and Works” on October 19, Fred Sauceman of ETSU, senior writer and associate professor of Appalachian studies and news director for WETS-FM / HD, spoke focuses on the regional novelist, a contemporary of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
From October 13 to November 17, Wednesdays will feature “Wisdom Literature from the High Courts: Proverbs and Job” moderated by Dave Petke. The study is a video series with Father Joseph Koterski, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, and will take an in-depth look at these inspiring books for new perspectives on our own wisdom as taught by these ancient writers.
The fall series will run through November when retired Eastman poet and chemical engineer Howard Carman will share “Experiences with the Poetry Society of Tennessee” on November 2.
On Tuesday, November 9, “Your Personal Safety and the Highlights of a Career in the Service of the United States Marshals” will be presented by Rebecca J. Marshall, Associate Faculty of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the ETSU. She will present personal safety suggestions as well as highlights from her career as an American Marshal.
An overview of the “ETSU Eagle Camera Project and George L. Carter Railway Museum” will be shared on November 10 by retired ETSU professor Dr. Fred Alsop. On November 16, Calvin Sneed – broadcast journalist, history buff and researcher – will present two talks, “The Story of African Americans in Kingsport, Tennessee” and “Bridges: A Love Affair with the Iron and Concrete Wings of America “. Sneed will explore how black people lived “separate, but equal” lives in Kingsport, the “model town,” and take a look at the history of truss and arch bridges.
In “The Quest to Invent – Let’s Make Something Useful” on November 18, King University professor Dr. John Gilmer will describe how to become a successful inventor. Gilmer will highlight some of his own inventions.
The KACL was established in 1993 with the ETSU at Kingsport to provide adults of all levels of education or age with the opportunity to attend engaging lessons, conferences and special events. For fall 2021, KACL attendees will need to follow health and safety guidelines and provide their own face coverings.
To pay the membership fee and register or for more information, including a full list of fall 2021 courses, call 423-354-5200 or visit kingsportlearning.org. Individuals can attend a course free of charge.
For disabled accommodations, call the ETSU at the Kingsport Town Center office at 423-354-5200.