Day: September 21, 2021

The Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists has been doing its best to protect students who attend Sabbath worship services on campus, according to two pastors who lead heavily attended church programs. Both Pastor David Ferguson, senior pastor of the Collegedale Church, and Pastor Reginald Horton, the spiritual leader of Merge and the Collegedale Church’s collegiate …

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The University Health Center (UHC) announced in an email sent to the student body last Thursday that Southern Adventist University will host an on-campus COVID-19 vaccine event this Friday. The Moderna vaccine will be offered to any unvaccinated individual, according to the email. Fully vaccinated individuals who wish to receive a booster dose must contact …

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Within the past couple of weeks, many students at Southern Adventist University received two emails regarding financial assistance.  The first email, sent by Student Finance, said Southern had begun the process of passing out the second round of emergency grants provided by the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) III program. Students can receive the …

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There are several construction plans currently in the works for the campus of Southern Adventist University, according to Associate Vice President of Financial Administration Marty Hamilton. One of those projects will take place at McKee Library.   “Our next project is replacing the front entrance to the McKee Library,” Hamilton said. “Those drawings are in process, …

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Written by SJC Summer Journalism Campers Grace Federspiel, Sedona Farquharson, Aleson Moralde, Caron Ross, Warren Jefferson and Maria Moraes Collegedale Mayor Katie Lamb shared her story on June 14 with a group of summer journalism campers during a “mock press conference” organized by the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) at Southern Adventist University. The …

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Former Liberty Magazine editor Clifford Goldstein is instructing a creative writing course this semester at Southern Adventist University. Goldstein, who currently serves as editor of the adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, said he has been writing and publishing for the Adventist church since the early ’80s. He has published 25 books, written a column …

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Ed Johnson was an African American man who was lynched on the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga in 1906. Despite significant efforts by his lawyers, Noah Parden and Styles Hutchins, to save his life, Johnson was sentenced to death based on allegations that he raped Nevada Taylor, a white woman. Many reports and witnesses claimed …

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