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t is often more challenging to put words on a page than to speak them out loud. I get it. Writing takes effort. Writing takes time. However, the more you write, the easier it becomes. I promise.
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Dr. ‘Pat’ Flannagan Prepares For The First Time At Carnegie Hall
*Republished from the September 2017 issue of The Kayseean
Dr. William Patrick (Pat) Flannagan has a remarkable year coming up as he will conduct a concert for thefirst time at Carnegie Hall in 2018. The choir for this performance will consist of singers from across the USA…
Covid-19 and “Prayers That Are Made Out of Grass”
At first, to be honest, I relished the abrupt and absolute vanishing of all the entries on my calendar after the Covid-19 pandemic hit. No more soccer games on Saturdays. No more church on Wednesday nights. No more showing up in person to teach, or driving my kids to and from school. No more anything outside of the home. The shelter in place order fed my shadow introvert tendencies. I relished wearing yoga pants every day, sleeping in, and the extra time with my family…
Perspective: First Things First
As a communication professor at King’s Knoxville campus, I get to teach a leadership communication class regularly. One of the required texts for that class is Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. As a result, alongside my students, I am consistently challenged to evaluate my life in terms of priorities and efficiency…
Perspective: The 1918 Spanish Flu
We are in the middle of the worst health crisis in over 100 years. The entire world has been impacted and deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic continue to rise. King students, faculty and staff left campus and our facilities are being cleaned and locked down. Our administration has acted responsibly and are doing all they can to protect us when we return. But as of this writing, we don’t know when that will be.
Slaughter Talks Process Behind Twin City Radio Theatre’s Productions
*Republished from the February 2016 issue of The Kayseean
The Twin City Radio Theatre has become the creative enterprise for Christopher Slaughter, associate professor of theatre and the chair of the department of theatre at King University. Since the fall of 2007, Slaughter has been an active force in the theatre department, especially with his ongoing project, “Twin City Radio Theatre,” which began its first season in 2008 on the main Bristol campus…