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The public is invited to join the campus community as more than 500 jack-o’-lanterns light the steps of the school’s historic Old Morrison administration building Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The university has expanded trick-or-treating times this year to 6-7:30. There’ll also be music, additional food trucks and more.
Thanks to the prompting and examples set by his fellow students — in addition to a music class, access to the school’s recording technology and learning the guitar — senior Austin Lamb recorded an EP of four original songs, which have been streamed nearly 3,000 times on Spotify, Apple Music and elsewhere.
In June, Transylvania became the first college in Kentucky to partner with Bon Appétit Management Company, an award-winning industry pioneer whose mission is “food service for a sustainable future.” In choosing Bon Appétit, Transy is looking to bring fresh, healthy, chef-driven, sustainable and local food choices to students, faculty and staff. The “local” part of that mission will be highlighted at lunch Tuesday, Sept. 24, when Bon Appétit’s Café Transylvania participates in the 2019 Eat Local Challenge, a companywide event celebrating farmers, producers and artisans annually with a 100% local meal. According to Bon Appétit’s website, it is the first food service company to create and celebrate the Eat Local Challenge annually. “We love celebrating our local farmers, ranchers, fishermen and food craftspeople and explaining to our guests why supporting them is so vital to our food supply. Although we serve locally grown food every day in our cafés, highlighting this extreme example of a 100% local meal has started lively conversations amongst guests and our staff,” the company said. The Eat Local Challenge in Transylvania’s café will feature menu items sourced entirely from within 150 miles of the downtown Lexington campus. The featured ingredient — mushrooms — comes from Prayer Mountain Farms in Upton, Kentucky. Other providers — many of whom are featured daily in the café — include: Marksbury Farms, Lancaster (beef and pork); Courtney Farms, Bagdad (vegetables); Mount Pleasant Acres, Owingsville (vegetables); Nate’s Coffee, Lexington (coffee); Epping’s on
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Former Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on Thursday drew from his personal and political experiences when he spoke at Transylvania University’s Academic Convocation on the 2019-20 campus theme of resilience. The annual ceremony — which includes a student awards presentation — kicks off the academic year.
Cutting-edge musicians and artists from across the nation will converge on Transylvania University next month for the Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival from Oct. 3-4.
