President's Report | 2017

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LIVING OUT OUR MISSION

PRESIDENT’S REPORT | FEBRUARY 2017

A C H R I STI AN U NI VE RS I TY I N TH E H E ART O F NASH VI LLE

Trevecca Nazarene University is a Christian community providing education for leadership & service

“I don’t want Trevecca to be a hidden gem anymore. I hope that everyone who is really looking for quality educational experience in a godly environment will find out about Trevecca.”

Derek Young, MOL student

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“We’re a university where all students, faculty and employees are thinking in the mindset of how to use our gifts, talents, skills and education to advance the Kingdom of God.”

“This university should be a place where all students can come and have that conversation about how to move this world into a place that’s more cohesive instead of divided.”

Brodrick Thomas, MBA ’13, MOL ’16

Jamie Casler, Dir. Center for Social Justice

“There’s a lot of what I’m learning now that I can apply now on how to lead others and be there for people.”

“When I first came to visit the campus, I just felt the spirit of love, and people just really practiced what they preach.

They teach great values, but they also live them out.”

Briana Christian, MOL ’16

Tyler Chandler, MOL student

“TNU brings people together on a common mission, from a variety of backgrounds, to prepare them for their individual and collective futures.”

Dan Scott, MHR ’16

TR E VE CC A NAZAR E NE U NI VE RS I TY

“Thinking about my life, the biggest life-shaping components are God, my family, my wife—who I met at Trevecca—and then Trevecca itself.”

Herb Modesitt, MHR ’89

“My time at Trevecca has taught me what it is like to be in a large Christian community. I’ve had the joy of participating and trying to help create that atmosphere here in Croatia.”

Ashley Huber, ’13

“[Trevecca] allowed me to really nurture what my passions were and to connect that with marketing, people, service and just being in the community.”

Katerine Hernandez, ’15

President’s Report Trevecca Nazarene University is a Christian community providing education for leadership and service.

Vol. 87 No. 1 Winter 2017 President

Front cover photo: The Jackson Center for Music and Worship Arts is the newest building on campus and a symbol of Trevecca’s momentum. Classes held there will shape musicians, educators, worship leaders and more.

Dan Boone, ’74

V.P. for External Relations Peg Cooning

Associate V.P. of Marketing & Communications

Matt Toy

Editor

Mandy Crow

Graphic Designer

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Jamie Ascher

Contributors

President’s Imprint

4

Mission: Community

5

By the Numbers

8

Building Community

9

In Their Own Words

11

Making Connections

12

Treveccan 333 Murfreesboro Road Nashville, TN 37210 615-248-7782 treveccan@trevecca.edu

Mission: Education

13

Main number

By the Numbers

16

A New Era

17

Student Achievers

19

Research Methods

20

Mission: Leadership & Service

21

By the Numbers

24

Student Leaders

25

Shaping the Future

26

Diversity Matters

27

In Their Own Words

28

Financials 29

Logan Newkirk, ‘15 Rhiannon Peterson Greg Ruff, ’87, MOL ’13 Tim Scott, ’15 Anne Twining, ‘74 Jonathan Wright, ’13 Peyton Williams

Contact Information:

615-248-1200

Office of Admissions 615-248-1320

Office of Alumni & Church Engagement 615-248-7735

www.trevecca.edu www.facebook.com/treveccanazarene www.twitter.com/Trevecca The Treveccan, publication No. 394470, is published quarterly by Trevecca Nazarene University, 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN, 37210-2877. Periodical postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Office of Alumni and Church Engagement, Trevecca Nazarene University, 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN 37210-2877.

P RE S ID E NT ’S IM P RINT

The CEO of a brand-name, widget-making company commented about the dramatic growth following his takeover, saying, “To grow, we had to forget who we were.” Reinventing yourself is the new skill for up-and-coming organizations. Institutional amnesia is the desired state of mind. Wipe the slate clean, turn the page, and become something else.

I get this—if you’re in the widget business. But it doesn’t work for an institution rooted in historic Christian orthodoxy, over a century in the making, with two specific outcomes: Christ-like character and real-world relevance. At Trevecca, we champion being “a Christian community providing education for leadership and service.” These words are now about 25 years old, but they embody the spirit, focus and mission of the University from its inception. As an institution, Trevecca is deep and wide. Like a healthy oak tree, our roots go deep into the soil of our faith, even as our branches reach intentionally into the whole world.

And we are thriving like never before.

The report you are about to read notes record growth, which has become somewhat the norm for Trevecca. We’ve broken records often, but never have we grown enrollment by 581 (+22 percent) in a single year (traditional undergraduate +129, non-traditional +132, graduate programs +320 = 581 total growth). The old enrollment record was 2,640, and we lingered in that range for the past 10 years. This year, we stand at 3,221 with prospects of continued dramatic growth.

Why is this happening? My short list is this: the favor of God, the hard work of campus employees, intentional branding of Trevecca as “a Christian university in the heart of Nashville,”™ aligning aid with students seeking a Christian university, internally being who we say we are, and the draw of the city of Nashville. Honoring our past seems to be yielding exponential growth. I think I’ll pass on amnesia as a desired state of mind.

Enjoy the report, Dan Boone

Living out our mission mis·sion (miSHәn), noun

1. An important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes.

2. The vocation or calling of a religious organization, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith.

“The practical knowledge derived therefrom will be invaluable.

Nashville enjoys the reputation

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of being the ‘Athens of the South,’ and we want to see a school in this great educational and religious center where the full gospel can be taught.”

J.O. McClurkan in Zion’s Outlook, May 30, 1901

TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR LEADERSHIP & SERVICE.

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How do you foster Christian community?

2011

2016

2012

2013

2014

2015

(Based on the number of alumni who responded to surveys in the years following their graduation. This average reflects data gathered over the past 17 years, from 1993-2010.)

Over the past 7 years, the number of religion majors at Trevecca has grown by

119%

2010

38

Graduate

Undergraduate

Average religion majors working in churches and religious organizations five years after graduation.

students took part in Trevecca Around the Globe (TAG) mission trips in 2016

T R E V E CC A’ S

15

Trevecca baseball players & 3 coaches spent

5 days ministering in Nicaragua in December 2016.

TWO hours of counseling provided by Center for Leadership, Calling & Service

THOUSAND

THREE HUNDRED & TEN between January-November 2016

Competition and retreat for youth in the

TNT@TNU Southeast Region of the Church of the Nazarene

C H R I STI AN CO MMU NI TY

73% 79%

LINK GROUPS

26

GROUPS IN 2016

25 44 1

faculty, staff & alumni mentors

upperclassmen peer mentors transfer LINK group*

*made up of 30 students and led by 2 peer mentors who were transfer students themselves.

1,500 students competed over the course of the weekend in more than 70 events.

Every district in the Southeast Region of the Church of the Nazarene competed, representing 10 districts and eight states.

Every aspect of the opening ceremonies was student-driven, including ALL worship and production.

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PR GROUPS MINISTERED TO

Three THOUSAND

MORE THAN

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regional camps over the summer

VISITED

Seventy

CO N G R E G AT I O N S

&LED OVER

200 WORSHIP SERVICES

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“My role here is to constantly call our community to be centered around Christ.”

BUILDING COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS

A CO N V E RS AT I O N WI T H S H A W N A S O N G E R GA I N E S

university chaplain. She shared a few thoughts with us about cultivating Christian community on campus.

WHY IS TREVECCA’S EMPHASIS ON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SO IMPORTANT?

The call to follow Christ is the call to join the body of believers who are following the call of Christ. To be able to carry out the mission of this University, we really need to have a Christian community in which students can be discipled, in which they can grow and thrive and learn to follow the call that God has placed on their lives.

HOW DO YOU SEE THIS CALL TO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SHAPING YOUR ROLE AS CHAPLAIN?

Community for community’s sake is not necessarily Christian community. My role here is to constantly call our community to be centered around Christ.

Being a Christian community doesn’t mean that we learn about all the major disciplines, and Bible happens to be one of those. Or that we participate in lots of student social life activities, and chapel happens to be one of those, but rather that everything that our campus community is about is centered around Christ. Which I think also means that the nature of this community needs to reflect the way of Jesus. So, the way we interact with one another, the way that body life functions here on this campus, ought to be patterned after our Lord.

WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DOES EXPERIENCING THE BODY OF CHRIST ON CAMPUS HAVE ON STUDENTS?

I know that even this semester there have been students who have reached out to say that this has been life-changing for them. That in some sense they came to a Christian university with eyes rolled at the Christian part, but really seeing and encountering what that is and what it looks like has really changed their perspective of Jesus. This has implications not just for their future and their careers but for the kingdom of God. Maybe they were already going to be terrific nurses or entrepreneurs or engineers, but now their entire lives will be offered up for the glory of the kingdom of God. That’s a pretty exciting thing that we get to witness and has implications that we really can’t quantify.

WHAT ABOUT THE GOALS YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS?

One of the goals I have is to continue partnering with local congregations, for us to be seen as partners with local congregations for the sake of discipling the future generation of leaders in the church. I definitely want to see more opportunities for service in the community and just Trevecca presence in our community. In this corner of Nashville, [we want] to find ways to have a presence with our neighbors, and then connect those opportunities for service—being present in and with a community—with reflection on Christian ministry so that our students not only have opportunities to serve, but then also space and time to reflect on what that means for the work of God in the world and His redemptive mission.

TERRI HAYDEN MBA STU DE NT

“I’ve most appreciated the genuineness of the Trevecca community. It seems like our professors are not just there to teach, but are concerned and realize that students are working full-time jobs. They take into consideration just life—that people have things happen throughout their lives. They seem more genuine about your safety, your health—mental, spiritual—overall.”

M IN D, BODY, SOUL In 2016, Trevecca’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies began a chaplaincy program. The program is designed to create opportunities for chaplains to speak into the lives of students, no matter if they attend class online, on Trevecca’s campus, or at one of four community college extension locations. The chaplaincy team is currently comprised of seven professional ministers. Students are encouraged to reach out to the chaplains anytime pastoral care is needed, both in and out of the classroom. More at trevecca.edu/SGCSchaplains.

“My job is to be another encouraging voice in the journey.

Even after graduation, I still have students who continue to reach out to me. Whether it’s in personal crisis or guidance in a job situation, I’ve been able to be there to help. There is a connection that is made in this program that’s immeasurable.”

MATT HASTINGS, ’98, ’07

S G CS C H A PL A I N FOR MOTLOW STATE COMMUN ITY CO LLEGE

C H R I STI AN CO MMU NI TY

Shawna Songer Gaines joined Trevecca in 2016 as the

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TREVECCA STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

“The Christian community here at Trevecca “Knowing there is a group of people that

ABOUT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS.

“Trevecca is a Christian university in the

was a large part in why I wanted to

were praying for my success means a lot.

heart of Nashville. Although this is a

continue my coaching career here. I love

Having someone start our class with a

slogan that our campus is known for,

how TNU fosters spiritual maturity and

devotional or prayer, or people sharing

what makes Trevecca so unique is that

strengthens the faith in all who belong

their prayer requests—that became way

we are a Christian university TO the heart

to the TNU community. The outreach

more important to me than I thought it

of Nashville. The community we have at

and extended community missions are

would. There is nothing like having a

Trevecca is unified in such a way that we

great opportunities for our students to be

group of people praying for you.”

don’t just gather as friends but scatter as

the hands and feet of God. Our program

MEREDETH MCCRAW

servants. This is all to say that Trevecca is

emphasizes that our players be an

M BA ST UDE NT

community—we do life together regardless

integral part of the TNU community and

of the background. I have witnessed our

focus on their spiritual growth. We have

people serve together, struggle together,

four basketball program pillars—Give,

and support together in multiple aspects

Grow, Love, Win—each of which has an

of compassion and grace.”

element of fostering our student-athletes

JACOB BELL

to build a community of believers and togetherness.”

CHAD HIBDON

TREVECCA WO M EN ’S BASKETB AL L COACH

S E NI OR STU DE NT BODY CHAP L AIN

“I loved it! It was a super fun time to get away from technology and everyday things and take some time to de-stress and get to know people. You get to talk to people and get to know them better than in a classroom.”

SHARIK ATKINSON

ON H E R TR E K G R OU P EXP ERIEN CE

“We talk about things on our heart and in our lives. I feel genuine freedom to express the things I’m feeling at all times, and I know what I say will be kept in the group.

It’s a family.”

SKYLAR DAYE

DI S CUSS I NG H E R L I NK GRO UP

“It’s very useful in helping students make a softer gradual transition into college life. It’s good that there are mentors and upperclassmen involved.”

Small groups have long been a part of helping traditional freshmen transition to life at Trevecca and connect with the campus community. Known as LINK groups, they provide freshmen with a connection point on campus—a small group of peers who are also new students—as well as faculty and peer mentors. In 2016, Trevecca’s Center for Leadership, Calling and Service (CLCS), which organizes the first year program, created a LINK group specifically geared toward transfer students.

“Helping students form a link with the University is what we want these groups to be about,” Megan McGhee, coordinator of first year programs, said. “You’re here now, and we want you to have a place in the community.” The CLCS also organizes TREK groups, an optional adventureoriented group that allows students to get to know one another better through shared activities such as hiking, camping and more. LINK groups also participate in service opportunities designed to help them connect to the city of Nashville.

DANIEL LA MERE

R E FL E CTI NG ON H I S LIN K EXP ERIEN CE

C H R I STI AN CO MMU NI TY

MAKING CONNECTIONS

“Before the faculty, I said, ‘Onward to a four-year college and a million-dollar campus.’ I don’t know why I said that, but I just said

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it, and they looked at me rather wildly. And I said, ‘I’ll tell you what I’m willing to do. I’m willing that the clods falling on my casket in the grave would cause somebody to make it possible for Trevecca College to reach such a goal.”

A.B. Mackey in a Founder’s Day chapel message given on November 13, 1959 Reminiscences of Dr. A.B. Mackey by Dr. Homer Adams (Nashville: Trevecca Press, 1997), 107.

TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR LEADERSHIP & SERVICE.

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What are the indicators of a thriving university?

E D U C ATI O N

37

in one year

Traditional undergrad students have received endowed scholarship funds for the 20162017 academic year.

FINANCIAL AID from any source in 2014)

48 Doctorates

Between 2010 and 2014, undergraduate enrollment at private nonprofit institutions increased by 4%. During that time period, Trevecca’s rate of growth among traditional undergrads (14%) more than tripled the average.

(Source: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cha.asp and TNU Factbook)

Non-Trad./Adult Studies

for the Trevecca PA Class of 2016 on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE)

268 Master’s

At A Glance

60+ Undergrad students involved in faculty-led research projects during the 20162017 school year.

Trad. Undergrad

FIRST-TIME PASS RATE

372 Bachelor’s

ENROLLMENT

2016

100%

6 Associates

2015

(teaching licensure exam)

Student to Faculty Ratio

2014

PASS RATE

7 Certificates

19:1

2013

PRAXIS

(Summer 2015-Spring 2016)

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ata

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2012

98%

of students receiving

304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312

SOFTBALL 12 | •••••••••••• BASEBALL 11 | ••••••••••• WOMEN’S SOCCER 10 | •••••••••• WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD 8 | •••••••• MEN’S TRACK & FIELD 7 | •••••••

Graduate

% growth in total enrollment

announced July 2016. To be named to the team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.30 grade point average, cumulative over their entire collegiate career.

3,221

(2016 compared to 2015)

were named to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Academic All-Conference Team

2011

22

(2016 compared to 2010)

63

TREVECCA STUDENTATHLETES

TOP FIVE

growth in total enrollment in six years

2,478 2,472 2,406 2,606 2,640

%

DECEMBER 2015

JUNE 2016

NOVEMBER 2016

SEPTEMBER 2016

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JANUARY 2017

CURRENT CAMPAIGN TOTALS as of December 2016

Campaign for the Future

Scholarship: 10 million

Trevecca launched a $75-million giving campaign in 2016, the largest giving campaign in the University’s 115-year history. Focused on the theme “Making Great Stories Possible,” the comprehensive campaign will include all gifts, pledges and estate commitments made in the fiveyear period from 2015-2020. The campaign’s goals include expanding scholarship funds, enhancing facilities, ensuring future impact and building operational infrastructure.

Facilities: $6.4 million

1.3 million

PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT

The Jackson Center for Music and Worship Arts is a key component of the Making Great Stories Possible campaign. The building will house instructional and performance spaces for the School of Music and Worship Arts. The 25,509 square foot building will also house a recording studio, practice rooms, administrative offices and a 2,810 square foot performance hall. The building opened for classes and performances beginning with the Spring 2017 semester.

Unresricted: $201,890

$34.7 million

Legacies and Leadership A large portion of Trevecca’s Making Great Stories Possible comprehensive campaign is focused on confirming $50 million in estate commitments designate to Trevecca by 2020. This goal invites alumni, friends and supporters to partner with the University to ensure that Trevecca’s mission continues long into the future.

Many have chosen to serve alongside the University this year with significant outright and estate gift commitments of more than $1 million, including William R. Jackson, Steve and Gail Pusey, the Melvin and Joyce Welch family and Wendel and Judy Nixon.

LIN KS www.trevecca.edu/campaign | give.trevecca.edu

LIFE/ESTATE COMMITMENTS

CAMPAIGN STATS $75 MILLION

Public phase of the campaign launched with $52.8 MILLION already pledged

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Current amount raised (as of December 2016)

GOAL

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70

DR. TIM EADES

ASSOCIATE PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR GRADUATE & CONTINUING STUDIES

Trevecca’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) is a prime example of the unprecedented growth and progress the University is currently experiencing. In September, Trevecca celebrated a record number of 1,846 non-traditional students. In tandem with departments across campus, SGCS offers degree-completion, online and graduate programs.

SGCS officials attribute the record growth to Trevecca’s commitment to serving the nontraditional learner as well as an intentional growth plan. This fall, the SGCS saw a total of 683 new students begin non-traditional and graduate degree programs at Trevecca. This compares to 466 new students last fall (2015), equating to a 47 percent year-over-year increase.

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47

%

Year-over-year growth

Introduced a fully online version of the doctoral program (Ed.D.) in leadership and professional practice) in January 2016.

474

students started online degree programs in the SGCS this fall.

SGCS officials expect to top 1,000 total online students in spring 2017.

Fastest growing graduate business program in Middle Tennessee

outpacing Vanderbilt, the University of Memphis and Middle Tennessee State University.

The SGCS was named to Victory Media’s 2017 Military Friendly® Schools list for the second consecutive year. Victory Media also awarded Trevecca a Gold Award in the graduate school category, recognizing the SGCS for its service to military personnel and veterans.

E D U C ATI O N

“Christian higher education is a significant tool in the 21st century by which we can share the good news of Jesus Christ. Learners of all ages are taking evening, weekend and online non-traditional degree programs, expanding their knowledge and advancing their careers.”

Gaining Momentum

Student Achievers Trevecca students continue to shine academically. Meet a few

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students who represented the University well during 2016.

T EN N ESSEE INTE R COLLEGIAT E STAT E LEG ISLATU R E DE L E GAT I O N At the 47th General Assembly of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, Trevecca’s delegation won best Middle Tennessee Delegation. A record 450 delegates from 42 Tennessee colleges and universities took part in the event Nov. 17-20, 2016, at the Tennessee State Capital. Trevecca’s delegation was comprised of 13 undergraduate students, and Dr. Erica Hayden, assistant professor of history, served as the delegation’s adviser. The delegation was selected for the award over larger universities such as Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Learn more at www.trevecca.edu/TISL.

M I KAYLA DO DS O N A 2016 graduate, Mikayla Dodson received the Florence Nightingale Award, the highest honor given to a graduating senior in the nursing program. Dodson graduated from Trevecca in May 2016, studying at both Trevecca and Belmont through the Partners in Nursing Consortium. The Nightingale Award is presented to the senior student who is most progressive in all academic areas, shows promise of being an asset to the profession and adheres to professional ethics. Read more at www.trevecca.edu/dodson.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

AAM F T STU DE NT E THICS CO M P E TI TI O N Three Trevecca graduate counseling students took home first place honors in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) ethics competition. Erin Tillson, Mary Kathryn Oliver and Hannah Feliciano worked as a team, examining a counselor’s unethical behavior in a theoretical couples counseling scenario. In the national competition, the Trevecca team competed against master’s students from state and private schools.

Learn more at www.trevecca.edu/firstplace.

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“Every thing we touch upon with biblical social justice is giving a voice to the voiceless. Whether it’s the

refugees, the children and women in human trafficking, the people in poverty and oppression—they don’t have a voice. I feel that if we can take the data and put the faces in the story, everyone can see that these

aren’t just numbers or statistics. They are our neighbors; they are children of God who have value, who have dignity, who have dreams.”

TERRI NEVILLE

RESEARCH ANALYST AT THE SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER LOCATED ON TREVECCA’S CAMPUS, DISCUSSING HER RESEARCH ON POVERTY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

E D U C ATI O N

50

ST U D E N TS Participated in the 2016 Student Research Symposium

21

FACULTY & STAFF MEMBERS presented their research at the Faculty Research Symposium on November 14, 2016

1:4,000

In 2016, Jessy Anne Walters was the first Trevecca student selected to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

She was chosen from among 4,000 applicants. Learn more at www.trevecca.edu/walters.

4:4,000

Four undergraduate students have been chosen to present their research at 2017 NCUR conference: Christian Keen, Kelsey Raymond, Laney Overton and Christopher Thiesson.

Research Methods At Trevecca, undergraduate students work side-by-side with professors each academic year, completing valuable research projects while also learning necessary skills that will help them advance professionally and academically. One way the University offers research experience to traditional undergraduate students is through Faculty-Led Academic Research Experience (FLARE) projects. Last spring, 70-plus students staged an opera they had written, while others participated in scientific research involving high-altitude balloons and electron microscopes. Four FLARE projects have been approved for the 2016-2017 academic year, including one centered around archival research and digital public history and cross-disciplinary project that will take communications and religion students to Israel to film a documentary over spring break 2017.

L I N KS www.trevecca.edu/opera www.trevecca.edu/history www.trevecca.edu/Israel www.trevecca.edu/facultyresearch www.trevecca.edu/roundtable

VI DE O www.trevecca.edu/undergradresearch www.trevecca.edu/surprise

“[Trevecca should be known as the] outstanding college in the holiness

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tradition for the recruiting, training, deploying and continued training of Christian workers.”

Dr. Millard Reed, president of Trevecca (1991-2005) In A Vine of God’s Own Planting by John F. Chilton (Nashville: Trevecca Press, 2001), 146.

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The women’s basketball team started a third grade girls running club at Norman Binkley Elementary School in Nashville. The club focuses on female empowerment, positive body image and healthy lifestyles.

Trevecca’s mission statement declares the University’s intention of sending leaders into the world. Meet a few of our student leaders.

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TY LE R CHANDLE R A current SGCS student working toward a master’s degree in organizational leadership, Tyler Chandler serves as a lieutenant in the Mt. Juliet (Tenn.) Police Department. He reports directly to the Mt. Juliet chief of police and is responsible for the administrative services division, which includes the dispatch/911 center, records department, courts and public affairs. “I figured this would also help me as a person, as I work on myself internally, and it will help me as I work as a leader and grow in leadership,” Chandler said about Trevecca’s faith-based education. “There’s a lot of what I’m learning now that I can apply now on how to lead others and be there for people.” Read more at www.trevecca.edu/chandler.

TA B ITH A S O O K D E O When Tabitha Sookdeo graduates from Trevecca in May 2017, she’ll leave her mark on the University. The social justice major currently serves as the president of Trevecca’s Diversity Council and has been an active voice in the community, speaking out about immigration reform, environmental justice and the rights of the undocumented in Nashville and beyond. Last summer, Sookdeo interned at the Urban Resources Initiative affliated with the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. After graduation, Sookdeo plans to attend law school.

P E RCY B LADE Percy Blade figured his basketball career was over when he finished his undergraduate degree in 2016. But with eligibility still left, he soon realized he could continue to play while working on his master’s degree in organizational leadership. So, Blade returned to the team, one of only a few upperclassmen and the only senior. He quickly became a team leader. “This year particularly, has helped me learn to encourage the hearts of others,” Blade said. “What I’ve learned is that it’s not all about me, it’s all about God.” Blade plans to finish his master’s degree in 2018. He’s getting married soon, and he and his wife want to start a healthy lifestyle business that will also develop clean water sources for people around the world.

AT A GLANCE According to a survey of Trevecca grads five years after graduation, the majority of those responding to the survey currently work in leadership and service-oriented fields.

Education & Training

Human Services

teaching, coaching, school administration, professors & writing UNDERGRAD

GRADUATE

45% 40%

pastors, counselors & musicians, as well as public relations & marketing UNDERGRAD

GRADUATE

13% 32%

Adult Studies Health Sciences

27% Business Management & Administration

20%

“Because of Trevecca’s reputation, its commitment to theological education and its recent turn to think about ministry in a holistic manner, specifically in regard to issues of social justice, community development and how the church is intimately connected to the life of the congregation and the communities in which those congregations exist, the Six8 Fellowship carries out the missional, holiness tradition of the Church of the Nazarene. I think Trevecca has a prime opportunity to become one of the centers for critical and faithful thinking about youth ministry.”

BRANDON WINSTEAD, ’02

DI R E CTOR OF TH E S I X 8 FE L LOWS H I P

Winstead with Coordinator Jasmine Hiland planning the summer intensive.

Created through a $535,00 grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., Trevecca’s Six8 Fellowship is a new mentoring program for teens set to begin this summer. Alongside scholars and mentors, youth will explore their anticipated vocation and calling, engage with contemporary social issues through urban immersion experiences, gain theological understanding, and be empowered to give testimony to God’s work in their lives in Nashville and back in their own communities.

L IN K www.trevecca.edu/six8 | V I D E O www.trevecca.edu/six8vid

A Servant Heart In November 2016, Trevecca announced plans to create Pulliam Plaza, a new gathering space on the steps of the existing Jernigan Student Center. The space honors Jim Pulliam, a longtime member of Trevecca’s Board of Trustees and servant leader in the North Carolina District of the Church of the Nazarene. “I can honestly say that he’s been a part of some of the most important decisions of my life, my walk with Christ, my college and my career decisions,” said Holly Whitby, associate provost and dean of enrollment management, who honored Pulliam in a presentation during Homecoming weekend.

“I’m 43 years old, and he has been a rock in my life since I was 12.” The $75 thousand project will feature an expanded outdoor seating area, double-sided fireplace, small ampitheater and fire pit. Trevecca is still raising money for the project at give.trevecca.edu.

LI NK www.trevecca.edu/pulliam | VI DE O www.trevecca.edu/pulliamvid

LE AD E RS H I P & S E RVI C E

the Future Shaping

Diversity Matters In 2016, Trevecca announced that Brodrick Thomas would serve as the University’s first coordinator of student engagement and diversity. Thomas works through Trevecca’s Center for Leadership, Calling and Service (CLCS) to engage first generation college students, foster community and prepare students to make a difference in an everchanging, diverse world. Thomas soon created the Diversity Council, a group of 16 traditional undergraduates from diverse ethnic, economic and social backgrounds. The group meets once a month to discuss diversity issues and make plans about how to further educate and build community across campus. Learn more at www.trevecca.edu/diversity.

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“I’m a person who wants to tell other people that they are welcome here. As long as we’re here, and we’re working together and meeting and having conversations that are really beneficial to those in need, I know that we’ll make a change that will impact our incoming freshmen.”

SOFIA GUERRERO

J U NI O R E A R LY C H I L D H O O D E D U C ATI ON MA JOR A ND ME MBE R OF TH E DI VE RS I TY COU NC I L

White 59%

Race and ethnicity unknown 7% Two or more races 2% Non-immigrants 2% Asian 1%

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Hispanics of any race 9%

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Black or African American 20%

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American Indian or Alaska Native >1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander >1%

From the Fall 2015 semester to the Fall 2016 semester, the number of Trevecca students from Central America more than doubled,

GROWING 157%

The ethnic diversity of students on Trevecca’s campus has continued to increase over the last five years. To visualize this growth, compare 2011 to 2016.

Trevecca’s fall 2016 freshman class hails from

36 22 States & Countries

‘11

44 289

‘16

‘16

15 36

‘11

26

‘11

‘16

72

TWO OR MORE RACES

The top three states represented in Trevecca’s 2016 total enrollment are Tennessee, Georgia and Florida.

LE AD E RS H I P & S E RVI C E

IN THEIR OWN WORDS “I believe Trevecca helps students grow

“I saw that it could make a difference, and

in leadership and service by providing

there was a great purpose to it. It went

all. This call has really shocked me, but

opportunities to grow with God and with

beyond feeling like I had cool people to

it’s been amazing. When I look back with

others. The experience and community

hang out. There was a mission behind it

hindsight vision, I can see that God was

you build here at Trevecca are valuable

that I wanted to be a part of.”

laying a lot of the foundation in very subtle,

and applicable to everything you

MORGAN MCCRANIE

small ways.”

do. The wisdom gained through these opportunities allows you to help your neighbor as they have similar experiences.

We walk together, with God, through life and life abundantly.”

MICHAELA SLOWN

JUNIOR, ORGA N I ZATI O N A L COMMU NI CATI ON M A J O R

SENIOR, ON WHY TREVECCA’S BEST BUDDIES CLUB IS SO IMPORTANT TO HER. Best Buddies exists to establish one-to-one friendships between people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and Trevecca students. The club celebrated its eighth anniversary this year.

“I didn’t expect I would be doing this at

JESS GOVERN, ’16 After spending 12 weeks in Serbia and Greece last summer through Trevecca’s IMMERSE program, Govern felt God calling her to continued work with refugees. She left October 7 to spend three months—and possibly longer— ministering and living in solidarity with refugee families in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Financials

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2015-16 Fiscal Year

Operational Revenue

Operational Budget

Gift Designations

NET TUITION & FEES 69.4% $31,028,930

INSTRUCTIONAL & ACADEMIC SUPPORT 29.5% $13,021,982

EDUCATIONAL BUDGET (UNRESTRICTED) $1,970,266

STUDENT SERVICES 25.3% $11,172,619

ANNUAL FUND $115,745

AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 7.2% $3,199,271

CURRENT SCHOLARSHIPS & PROGRAMS $1,924,832

AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 16.2% $7,217,505 DENOMINATIONAL SUPPORT 4.4% $1,979,791 CONTRIBUTIONS 5.6% $2,485,960 GRANT INCOME 0.4% $157,854 INVESTMENT INCOME 0.5% $208,822 OTHER SOURCES 0.7% $303,255 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS 2.9% $1,308,163

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT 17.4% $7,694,308 DEPRECIATION 7.0% $3,091,919 FACILITIES 9.8% $4,315,991 INTEREST EXPENSE 1.9% $827,286 TUITION REMISSION 1.9% $842,781

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP & FUNDS $398,201 FACILITIES $1,744,370

FI NANC I AL I NFO R MATI O N

“Trevecca is a place that takes Christ’s greatest commandment very seriously—to love Him with all of our heart, soul, mind, strength and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Those values are stressed and pursued here on this campus.”

WENDEL NIXON, ’72

$31,029 $28,144 $27,969 $27,557 $28,337 $25,512 $57,354

10-11

11-12

12-13

13-14

14-15

Tuition and Fees ($000)

15-16

10-11

$59,943

$63,293

11-12

12-13

$68,245 $69,809 $69,754

13-14

14-15

Total Net Assets (Equity) ($000)

15-16

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“Each class that I attended at Trevecca made me feel valued as an individual and capable of achieving greatness.”

Lakisha Brinson, MLIS ’05