1780 – The Official Blog of Transylvania University
Transylvania University is readying the elves and preparing for Santa Claus’ visit on Saturday. That’s when the school will bring the spirit of the season to 25 local elementary schoolchildren and their families for the 28th annual Crimson Christmas at the Living Arts and Science Center.
Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, Transylvania’s education program partners with James Lane Allen Elementary in a drive that invites the entire campus community to donate non-perishable food to assist the families of these local schoolchildren.
Joined by Interim President John N. Williams — who is a dentist — Transylvania University Pre-Dental Club students carpooled to the Mission Lexington clinic earlier this week to learn more about the field and volunteer opportunities.
After carving more than 600 jack-o’lanterns for this year’s PumpkinMania, Transylvania donated the scooped-out pumpkin guts to the Kentucky Wildlife Center.
A new exhibition at Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery highlights artists who employ queer archives and histories — from the personal to the collective, the informal to the institutional, the real to the imagined.
