Author: Tierra Hayes

People rarely know where they are going to be when disaster strikes. For those in the Collegedale area, they -- like the rest of the world -- were in the middle of a pandemic crisis. When she saw the warning of a spotted tornado and heard the winds begin to pick up, Southern enrollment counselor …

When local business owner Christine Waldrop first heard that President Donald Trump had declared a state of emergency for the United States, she decided to close down the front end of her relatively new floral and event design shop, Blluum. With a nursing background, she more than understood how important it was to help prevent …

After working at Southern Adventist University since 2016, Glenn and Jennifer Carter will be leaving the school in the near future. Glenn, who has simultaneously served as vice president for Enrollment Management and associate vice president for Student Finance, and Jennifer, director of the Christian Service Program, are planning to move to Orlando to provide …

Students were able to use a new electronic “add/drop” form for the first time during the early weeks of the 2020 winter semester. Previously in order to alter one’s schedule after registration deadlines, students had to fill out a paper form and get an advisor, as well as course instructors, to sign the form which …

Adjunct professor Carl Winston Smith held the grand opening for his new tailoring shop on Monday, Oct. 28. The business, located in Fleming Plaza, will allow Smith to be more accessible to those on campus who may need alteration services, as well as to students in his fashion design course. “I love it,” Smith said. …

Nineteen months after the promise of a Diversity Vice President made in the winter of 2018 by administration, two new advisors to the president have been added to the 2019-2020 presidential cabinet - Stephanie Guster and Alan Parker. Guster, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, will take on the title of Senior …

As enrollment numbers shift and funding changes, the administration at Southern Adventist University must play a balancing act in the day-to-day operations of the school as it looks to the institution's future. Like last year, Southern will again be operating at a financial deficit for the 2019-2020 academic calendar. During the 2018-19 school year, the …