The English as a Second Language students are ready for their ESL Completion Ceremony. Are you? The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wharton Auditorium. … [Read more...]

Southwestern Adventist University’s English Department presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Directed by English Professor Renard Doneskey, with cast and support provided by Southwestern students and faculty, the play will be sure to entertain with its tangled web of egos, deception, and lovesick hilarity. The play will be presented three times in Wharton Auditorium on the corner of Old Betsy and Magnolia Street: Thursday, April 18 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at 9 … [Read more...]

Spiritual weekend events include alumni vespers, afterglow, Ride 2Recovery, Lifehouse Sabbath School, alumni church, outreach, AY youth service, Homecoming vespers, Sunday’s student missions pancake breakfast, and the CABL color run. Friday night worship will begin at 8 in the Keene SDA church with a Spring Chorale Concert. Afterglow will follow in the Student Center and will be hosted by Women’s Club with an evening of fellowship and an ice cream buffet. On Saturday morning at 8:30, … [Read more...]

Spiritual weekend events include vespers, afterglow, Sabbath school, Music Festival Church, and a Sabbath vespers concert. Friday night worship will feature music majors in concert. It will be held in the Keene SDA Church and begins at 7. Afterglow will follow at the Mizpah Gate with refreshments and fellowship. Saturday morning, Lifehouse Sabbath School will be in the Student Center at 10 a.m. and a breakfast snack will be served. The lesson will be led by CTA (Chisholm Trail Academy) and … [Read more...]

Denielle Wilson of Atlanta Adventist Academy performs Suite No. 2 for Cello at Showcase Concert last night. The event marked the official beginning of the annual Music Festival, which draws hundreds of music students from academies all across the country. It climaxes with A Night at the Meyerson, held at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on Sunday. (Photo: Saul Flores) … [Read more...]

Four computer science majors from Southwestern recently took and passed a nationally recognized networking certification exam, the Comp TIA Network+ Exam. The Comp TIA Network+ Exam covers network technologies, installation and configuration, media and topologies, management, and security. This certification can give holders an added edge in securing jobs such as network administrator, network technician, network installer, help desk technician, and IT cable installer. The Comp TIA … [Read more...]

This week’s assembly is the showing of the movie “Lincoln” in the Wharton Auditorium. The movie has three different showing times: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 1 p.m., and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. “Lincoln” is a 2012 American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. The film is based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography Team of Rivals: … [Read more...]

The ninth annual Resurrection Pageant portraying the last week in the life of Jesus including His trial, His Crucifixion, and His Resurrection will be presented by Southwestern Adventist University, the Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Keene Spanish Church on Saturday, March 30. Eight performances will be offered for this live, walk-around, experiential depiction of these powerful events: 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 5:45 p.m. … [Read more...]

After last week’s Student Association election, SA officers for the 2013-2014 school year have been named. The new student association officers for the 2013-2014 school year are as follows: Luisa Manu, President; Anna Semakula, Vice President; Austen Powell, Religious Vice President; Melissa Vasquez & Ella Nguyen, Social Vice Presidents; Hien “Henry” Huynh, Treasurer; Makala Coleman, Status Editor; Kimberly Bernhardt, Secretary; and Brenna Sanchez, Senator at Large. … [Read more...]

  Southwestern’s Education Department received a six-year clear accreditation from the Education Department of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. The six-year clear accreditation is the maximum term that can be given for accreditation. The members of the accreditation team were very impressed with the classes and faculty they observed, according to Marcel Sargeant, chair of the department. They noted that the faculty follows the high standards required for … [Read more...]