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Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council 2024

Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council 2024

Welcome!

TCHC 2024 Inspire Growth

Lincoln Memorial University is pleased to welcome the membership of the Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council to the Harrogate campus on February 9-10, 2024.

This year's conference will begin with an opening reception on Friday, February 9, 2024, at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. On Saturday, February 10, members will gather at the Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine for this year's keynote, student sessions, member discussion, and roll calls. 

We look forward to greeting you in February!

Dr. Monika G. Pretz, 2024 Keynote Speaker

We are proud to welcome Dr. Monika G. Pretz of the Tennessee Environmental Council as this year's keynote speaker! From her bio at TEC:

"Monika graduated with a Master of Science degree in Biology and Teaching in Budapest, Hungary and gained her PhD at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest, Hungary, and at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

Monika had a passion for biology and conservation from an early age and considers conservationist Gerrald Durrell as her biggest role model and inspiration. Her passion for education and conservation included projects such as teaching Track and Field to blind children, working as an HIV educator for the Hungarian HIV+ Children Foundation and volunteering at Duke University Lemur Center in Durham North Carolina. Monika loves oil painting, hiking, canoeing with family and friends and gardening."

1st Annual TCHC Essay Contest

Where to Stay

The Holiday Inn Express is a short five minute drive away from Lincoln Memorial University. It is offering special rates to TCHC attendees.  

Nearby Things to Do

Welcome to the Tri-State area! Visit some of the area's local attractions while you are in Harrogate, Tennessee. A short five minute drive away, Bell County, Kentucky, is home to the Holiday Inn Express and is the only city in the United States to be built within a meteor crater. Lee County, Virginia, is home to the Wilderness Road State Park, which is ten miles down the road from LMU. There, you can visit a recreated Revolutionary War-era fort, a Native American village, and grazing buffalo.
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