Dr. Laura Philips, associate professor of management sciences, and Dr. Sarah Easter, assistant professor of management, led students to Costa Rica for the College of Business Administration's first-ever Social Enterprise Consulting class in spring break of 2019. They plan to continue the class next spring. In 2019, the main purpose was to ... [Read More…]
Solo production raises awareness of suicide prevention
The Theater Honor Society will host “Lance’s Night of Shakespeare” on Sunday. The proceeds for this production will be directed to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This play is produced in honor of Lance Bleakney, a theatre major who had graduated in May 2019. This student took his own life two weeks after his graduation. He was ... [Read More…]
Brown Library ships 393 boxes of old books to recycle
The Brown Library shipped 393 boxes of old books last week to be processed and recycled in California. This collection of books being sent out for recycling consists of a large number of older books including literature, textbooks, criticisms, novels, and collections from 1999 and before. Many of these books have sustained damages, such as ... [Read More…]
12th day numbers show increased retention
The retention rate of last year's freshman was the third highest retention rate of first year students in history at 79 percent. According to student population numbers found in the report as of the 12th day of the semester, data shows that enrollment numbers for the graduate programs have increased by 101 students and undergraduate enrollment ... [Read More…]
Sub T-16 dealt indefinite suspension
Social club Sub T-16 has been suspended indefinitely for "multiple policy violations" of university rules, said Dr. Scott McDowell, vice president for student life. After an investigation, McDowell said the university found multiple violations made by members of the social club. The suspension means the club will not be allowed to accept ... [Read More…]
113th annual Summit to focus on Psalms
The 113th annual Summit will begin this year on Sunday evening and end on Wednesday during Chapel. “The purpose of Summit is to be a place where conversation is held for life and faith and so it is a time of spiritual renewal,” said Dr. David Wray, director of Summit. Summit began in 1906 around the name Lectureship. Through the years it has ... [Read More…]
Delta Theta seeks to relieve financial barrier for future pledges
Delta Theta is making a "Biddie Closet" to provide the uniforms and items needed for any pledges who are financially unable to do so. The Biddie Closet is a new idea Delta Theta plans to implement by providing any girls that receive a bid from their club with necessary items and apparel needed for their pledging process. The club will take ... [Read More…]
113th Annual Summit features Film Fest documentaries
Film Fest will partner with the 113th Summit to feature true story documentaries. Charles Smith, a retired minister who is leading Summit Film Fest this year, said he is excited to see the good news of the gospel being spread to students on a different level of film and documentaries. His goal in featuring the films is to spread awareness and ... [Read More…]
Former student acquitted on sexual assault, tampering charges
A former student has been acquitted of charges that he sexually assaulted another student and withheld and destroyed evidence during an investigation related to an incident at a house two blocks from campus in the fall of 2014. Jacob Windsor, who at the time of the incident was a junior biology major from Midlothian, was found not guilty by a ... [Read More…]
Author’s visit highlights racial justice
Author and activist Austin Channing Brown spoke to students Monday after faculty and staff read her recently published memoir during different reading groups. Several faculty members read Brown’s memoir “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” as part of a small reading group last spring. Dr. Robert Rhodes, provost, then ... [Read More…]
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