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On April 15, The Buechner Institute at King University will welcome back author, commentator, and undertaker Thomas Lynch as the final speaker in the 2012-13 Buechner Lecture Series. More
The Buechner (Beek-ner) Institute at King University will be hosting the second annual BuechnerFest at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, N.C., May 30 through June 2, 2013.More
Caryl Griffin, founder of the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation, will speak at King University on Monday, April 8, 2013 as part of the Buechner Institute Lecture Series.More
On Wednesday March 13th at 6 p.m., the Buechner Institute at King University will showcase a documentary film screening of “Your Name is My Name.”More
Kenda Dean, author and professor of Youth Ministries at Princeton Theological Seminary, will speak at King University and to the Bristol community on Monday, March 11.More
Known for his dramatic finish in the 1972 Munich Olympics’ 800 meter event, Dave Wottle will now share his inspirational message entitled “The Winning Attitude,” on March 4 at 7 p.m. More
Songwriter and record producer, Doyle Lawson, along with his bluegrass band Quicksilver will bring their talents to King University on Monday, March 4, 2013.More
Bonnie Thurston, poet, author, and theologian, will speak at both King University and the Bristol Public Library on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 as part of the Buechner Institute Lecture Series.More
World War II Holocaust survivor, Emanuel (Manny) Mandel, will share his experiences at the Buechner Institute at King on Feb. 11, as part of the Institute’s 2012-2013 Lecture Series. More
King Alumna Katherine Paterson (’54) is the recipient of the 2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honoring an author or illustrator, published in the United States, whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to...More
Michael Perry, educator, attorney, and author, will speak at both King University and the Bristol Public Library on Monday, Feb. 4 as part of the Buechner Institute Lecture Series.More
King President Greg Jordan announced to students today that the 146-year-old King College of Bristol, Tenn., is officially becoming King University, effective June 1, 2013.More
The Buechner Institute is pleased to present award-winning poet and author Kathleen Norris as the 2013 Buechner Lecturer on Saturday, Jan. 26, at First Presbyterian Church in Bristol, Tenn.,More
Jennifer Pharr Davis, author and avid hiker, will speak at both King College and the Bristol Public Library on Monday, Dec. 3, as part of the Buechner Institute Lecture Series.More
Leonard Pitts, Jr., award-winning author and syndicated columnist on commentary and real world issues, will speak at both King College and the Bristol Public Library on Monday, Nov. 12.More
Father Elia N. Khalifé, a research associate of the Oriental Faculty for Oxford University in the United Kingdom and Monk of the Orthodox Christian Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, will speak at King College on Monday,...More
Author and nationally recognized authority on the history and significance of American barbecue traditions Doug Worgul will speak at King on Monday, Monday, Oct. 22.More
On Monday, Oct. 1, the Buechner Institute will welcome Nashville’s The Rough & Tumble - the folk duo of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler.More
Joel Cunningham, the vice-chancellor and president emeritus, and professor of Mathematics at Sewanee, the University of the South, will speak at King on Monday, Sept. 24.More
Grady Bogue, author and professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee Knoxville will speak at King on Monday, Sept. 17More
