Centennial News
List of 7 news stories.
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96th Commencement
With opening greetings from Gil Chilton and a farewell by Grace Melchiore, both of whom are closing their USN careers after many years, the 2015 Commencement ceremony was especially moving.Read More -
Curtain Falls, Curtain Rises
by Vince DurnanRead More
The lively stretch that started with ribbon cutting last August as we entered a new year in a new way concludes with graduation on the Peabody green this Sunday. How did it happen and what comes next? -
Stanford Moore Prize Awarded
Every year, the last award given out at the high school's awards assembly is its most prestigious, the Stanford Moore Prize.Read More -
"This is That School" Captures USN Essence
Everything on the screen at the Belcourt at USN's Movie Night helped to answer the question "What's so special about that school, anyway?"Read More -
ALBANIE Speaks: Our Students' Perspective
On Friday, May 1, a panel of middle and high school members of ALBANIE will convene to begin the alumni reunion and Centennial birthday party weekend with a discussion of "The State of Diversity at USN."Read More -
100 Years of Archives
USN's Centennial celebration has meant more than just big celebrations and interesting panel discussions--our 100th birthday has inspired us to catalogue and organize our treasure trove of archival material, with some of it now available online.Read More -
Centennial Edition of 2000 Edgehill
You can read the Centennial edition of 2000 Edgehill, the alumni magazine of PDS and USN.Read More
Centennial Media Coverage
- Peabody Reflector Article about USN Centennial
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2000 Edgehill, 2014-15, Issue II
The Centennial edition of 2000 Edgehill, the alumni magazine of PDS and USN. -
Channel 5 Story about the Centennial Children's Book
Some of the children who worked on the project tell what it was like.
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Tennessean Story about MS Art Collaboration with Rose Park
Another example of building neighborhood relationships.
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WPLN Blog Entry about USN
Blake Farmer talks to Vince Durnan about the Centennial.
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WSMV: May 12, 2014; University School of Nashville ushers new era with $8M facelift
"For nearly a century, University School of Nashville has stood as a symbol of progress. It's one of the city's oldest schools and was once on the front lines of the city's civil rights movement."
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The Tennessean: Aug. 8, 2014; University School of Nashville to celebrate centennial
"It began as the vision of a 27-year-old graduate student, in the basement of a psychology building at Peabody College.There, Richard Thomas Alexander, who years later became a nationally renowned educator, laid the foundation for Peabody Demonstration School, a place for aspiring teachers that he boldly — the story goes — stated would "surpass all others."
More Centennial Stories
- Nashville Lifestyles Story about Artclectic Patrons Party
- Green Hills News Story about Artclectic Patrons Party
- Article in Nashville Pride about Desegregation Symposium
- Tennessee Tribune Article about Desegregation at PDS
- Green Hills News Story about Centennial Books
- About USN's Centennial - 8/6/14 Press Release
