Stories By Glen Robinson
July 30, 2010
“The only constant is change,” the old saying goes. Those words seem especially appropriate for the campus radio station at Southwestern Adventist University. At its last meeting in May, the University Board of Trustees voted to invest a “significant” amount in the station.
The “spark,” so to speak, for this action happened last fall when lightning struck the station, causing a fire with significant damage to equipment and the building structure.
“We felt we were at a turning point after the fire,” says Eric Anderson, president of Southwestern. “We were faced with a choice of making a significant improvement to the station or getting out of radio. Fortunately, the board voted to improve the station.”
July 30, 2010
Dr. Suzanne Phillips
Dr. Suzanne Phillips, associate professor of biology at Southwestern Adventist University is one of 33 Seventh-day Adventist theologians, scientists and students who will lecture on creation during the World General Conference sessions in Atlanta June 27-July 2. A specialist in biochemistry, Phillips will lecture on July 2 on “Compelling Evidence for Design in Nature.”
Organized by the Geoscience Research Institute at the request of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the lecture series will feature an exploration of the theological and scientific implications of creation.
July 30, 2010
Time is running out for students interested in submitting to the Second Annual Creative Writing Contest on the Southwestern Adventist University campus.
Southwestern Adventist University’s student creative writing group, the Rough Writers, in conjunction with the Write Spot writing center, is sponsoring the contest for all SWAU students. The contest will offer a $100 cash prize for the first-place winner in poetry and short story categories, $50 for second place, and a $25 gift certificate at the University Bookstore for each third place winner.
July 30, 2010
While visiting Facebook the other day, I stumbled across a message from my good friend Celeste perrino Walker, who had recently written an article for Liberty magazine. In it, she makes reference to the continuing sentiment by some well-intentioned Christians who get upset because the Ten Commandments are removed from city halls or because prayer is removed from a public event. Here’s an excerpt of what she says about it:
“Regardless, at the heart of all such disagreements is the issue of separation of church and state, an issue that some do not seem to fully grasp and some do not agree with. But the most obvious question, surely, is: Why do we want the government’s fingers in our religious pie? And the answer, quite simply, is that we are far enough removed to forget what the government does to religious pie. We have forgotten the terrible sacrifices many people have made in the name of religious freedom. And we would do well to remember.”
July 30, 2010
Dr. Bonnie Gnadt presented at an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland this summer.
Two nursing professors from Southwestern Adventist University made presentations at the Global Conference on Health and Lifestyle held in Geneva, Switzerland on July 6-11.
Drs. Catherine Turner and Bonnie Gnadt presented at the international conference, which was hosted by the General Conference Health Ministries Department and the World Health Organization, which is headquartered in Geneva. The conference offered 20 tracks and seminars and over 250 presentations by 140 international specialists. According to the conference website, the meetings provided "evidence-based information, working models, and target strategies to meet the pressing needs of your community for improved health and spiritual care."
July 30, 2010
David Neff, editor of Christianity Today, will speak for the Saxon Lecture series this Friday night.
Southwestern’s annual Saxon Lecture Series will feature David Neff, editor of Christianity Today magazine on Friday, March 27. One of the most influential voices in American religious life, Neff will speak on the topic,"Preaching the Second Coming and Preserving the Environment."
The editor of Christianity Today, Neff will examine the charge that many Christians don’t care for the environment precisely because they are so focused on end times. Is it true, Neff asks, that conservative Christians believe that "if God is going to come and destroy all this anyway," there is no point in preserving it?
His presentation will be in the Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church at 8 p.m. A reception in the Meadows Gallery will follow the lecture.
July 30, 2010
Time is running out for students interested in submitting to the First Annual Creative Writing Contest on the Southwestern Adventist University campus.
Southwestern Adventist University’s student creative writing group, the Rough Writers, in conjunction with the Write Spot writing center, is sponsoring the contest for all SWAU students. The contest will offer a $50 cash prize for the first-place winner in each of four categories as well as a $100 overall grand prize.
All Southwestern students are encouraged to enter an original, unpublished work under the categories of short stories, poetry, essays, and screenplays. There is a limit of two entries per category per student.
July 30, 2010
About a week ago, my wife and I watched the morning news as Barack Obama and his wife were invited to the White House for his first official visit as president-elect. I remember turning to my wife and saying, “I wonder how long it will be before editorial cartoons will be making fun of him.”
Editorial cartoons go back centuries, and it’s a rite of passage for presidents to be lampooned by the press. But we are in a new situation, the first time someone other than a Caucasian will be inaugurated as President of the United States of America. It’s a historic moment. My concern is that criticism of Barack Obama’s four years as President of the United States be leveled at Obama the man, rather than Obama, the (fill in the blank).
July 30, 2010
Carson Gibbons announces election returns from Keene and Johnson County while Bob Mendenhall prepares more election news from state and national sources. SWAU's broadcast journalism class is working with 88.3 KJCR on a live presentation of election returns, the only live coverage of the election in Johnson County. You can hear their live broadcast by tuning to 88.3 KJCR or catching them online at http://www.kjcr.fm.
July 30, 2010
Jessica Lozano is SWAU's new director of PR and marketing.
Jessica Lozano has been named by Southwestern Adventist University as its new director of public relations and marketing. The position became open when David Phillips assumed teaching duties in the school’s business administration department this semester. Previously Lozano had served as design manager for the SWAU marketing department for the past year.
Originally from Arkansas, Lozano grew up Jessica Clegg, attending Ozark Academy and then Southwestern. Her parents are Marlin and Marice Clegg of Gentry, Arkansas. Two siblings, Travis Clegg and Jenna Clegg Laue, graduated from SWAU in ’02 and ’06, respectively.
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