Two Chances to 'Lunch and Learn' on Thursday at Lindsey Wilson University

Lunchtime events will focus on sport performance major, how content strategy can promote local and rural tourism.

by Duane Bonifer

COLUMBIA, Ky. (11/04/2026) — Area residents can dine and learn this Thursday at Lindsey Wilson University.

Two lunchtime events will offer lessons in local tourism and the student perspective of a new major in sport performance.

The Lindsey Wilson sport performance major will hold "Lunch & Learn: The Student Perspective," and the Lindsey Wilson School of Business and Communication will hold "Lunch & Learn: Adair County Tourism and Convention Commission."

Both events, which are free and open to the public, get underway at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, Nov. 5, and will be held at the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

At the sport performance event, six student-athletes will reflect on the new major, how they are applying its lessons in their respective sport and the impact it's having beyond competition. The student speakers will be archer Keegan Benton '29 of Summerville, South Carolina; football players Anderson Brock '30 of Gallatin, Tennessee, and Bradshaw Klym '30 of Nashville, Tennessee; women's soccer player Marisa Bates '30 of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; and women's wrestlers Hailey Medina '28 of Gering, Nebraska, and Gia Simonpietri '29 of Saint Johns, Florida.

The event will be moderated by LWU sport performance and sports management professor Courtney Carter, who is also director of LWU's sport performance major.

The event sponsored by the LWU School of Business and Communication will feature two members of the Adair County Tourism Commission: Executive Director of the Adair County Tourism Commission Paige Nickel '11 and Josie Sprowles Hatcher, who is a social media and digital content specialist.

They will discuss how local and rural tourism are supported by content strategy. That event will be moderated by LWU School of Business and Communication Dean Benson Sexton '04.

Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 30 undergraduate majors, six graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university's 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.

Lindsey Wilson University

Two Chances to 'Lunch and Learn' on Thursday at Lindsey Wilson University

Lunchtime events will focus on sport performance major, how content strategy can promote local and rural tourism.

Lindsey Wilson University

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