An Events Bonanza!

          SMYRNA, Tenn. -- The next two weeks will offer plenty of fun, educational and creative activities on the Motlow Smyrna campus. Here's an overview:

         * Oct. 23-27 (Monday-Friday): Motlow’s Smyrna campus will host the Oskar and Emilie Schindler Exhibit for five days in October, giving students a chance to learn more about their lives. Wall panels for the exhibit will display previously unpublished photographs, maps and narratives that describe the heroics the Schindlers showed during World War II. The display will show more than what director Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film “Schindler’s List” starring Liam Neeson was able to. Students can look forward to an in-depth look at the lives of the Schindler family as they risked their lives to save thousands of Jews from Nazi concentration camps. The exhibit will be on display during regular campus hours from Oct. 23-27 (Monday-Friday) inside the lobby of the Marylou Apple Science – Technology – Allied Health Building. Admission is free. 

 

         * Oct. 24 (Tuesday): Internationally awarded Nashville visual artist Camille Engel will share insights on her art exhibition at the Parthenon during a one-hour talk in the STAH Student Lounge on Oct. 24 (Tuesday). Engel will speak from 2-3 p.m. as part of Motlow Smyrna’s “Famous Communicators Speakers Series.” Her exhibition, “My Tennessee Home,” features original contemporary realism paintings that depict state symbols such as the state beverage, cultivated and wild flowers, fruit, wild animal, insects, butterfly, gem, reptile, fish and more. 

         * Oct. 31 (Tuesday): Motlow’s Smyrna campus will host its Fall Festival on Oct. 31, providing plenty of activities to relieve midterm stress and accumulate Tennessee Promise service hours. Fall Festival will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the STAH Lobby and on the grassy areas between the two buildings on campus. Free activities such as pumpkin painting, a poetry session, cornhole, and volleyball will be available. There also will be a bake sale at the “Flavors of Fall” booth. A songwriters show will spotlight tunesmiths and poets. Food trucks will be on hand to provide refreshments to participants. Despite the immense growth in the number of students attending Motlow, Fall Festival committee member Candace Grissom is confident that every student will have a chance to participate.