Spring 2011 by Trevecca Nazarene University

Spring 2011

President’s Imprint

Three Kinds of Churches* Three kinds of churches approach life’s hard questions differently—with consequences for their followers. Safe Church stays in the middle of the road—no challenge of one’s thoughts; no discomfort because the pastor’s safe sermons do not complicate one’s lifestyle; no infusion of new ideas from science, politics, immigrants, minorities, or education; and no discussion of anything controversial. The bland religion found at Safe Church is designed to make you smile and play nice. At Final Word Church everything has been figured out—all doctrinal, ethical, social, and political issues. Your signature on the membership covenant provides you with a position on everything—every candidate, every ethical issue, every controversial topic. With a kind of biblical authority that places opinions above scripture, Final Word congregants tend to be judgmental, arrogant, and mostly angry at the world.

Maturing Church invites parishioners to grapple with tough issues, to face questions about faith in every realm of life, to understand that good people can read the Bible and reach different conclusions. This vibrant faith community is not afraid to discuss unresolved issues which have no simple answers—criminal justice, poverty, political systems, use of force—but it does so with love in a spirit of unity. And the people of Maturing Church grow in likeness to Jesus, without avoiding the hard questions (as they do at Safe Church) or becoming arrogant in knowing (as they do at Final Word Church). The church I attend is a theological heir of a man who believed that God had gone into the world ahead of him and was calling him to follow. John Wesley experienced God as holy love that expelled sin, a love that enabled him to be restored in the likeness of Jesus. His God did not hide in doctrines or wait behind closed church doors to be discovered and debated. Wesley saw the broken world through God’s eyes of love; hence, Wesley saw children in factories needing education, the poor needing food and shelter, the debtors in prison needing money, the sick needing good medical care. Wesley was not afraid of this world or its ideas, even when it rejected and attacked his God. He was a curious lifelong learner, who wrote about health, money, estate gifts, economic theory, personal grooming, literature, politics, science, and the arts. He made friends among those who had differing Christian

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theologies, offering his hand of fellowship and a catholic spirit. Wesley did not think God needed human defense, but he did think people needed God’s help. His life of loving service caused people to want to know about the God whose holy love prompted such a lifestyle. In this issue you’ll read about a surgeon in Ethiopia, an advocate for at-risk children in Michigan, and a Tennessee politician— Trevecca alumni who are following in Wesley’s steps. They are the walking brand of the Maturing Church. May their tribe increase.

*Adapted from A Charitable Discourse: Talking About the Things that Divide Us (Beacon Hill Press), Dr. Boone’s new book.

Contents

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President’s Imprint Campus News

Dan Boone ’74 President

Alumni Center opens

Editor

Near-space experiments win NASA grant

Elizabeth Streight

School of Education wins grant

Campus hosts noted civil rights leader

New dean and new academic structure

“Mads” to make sixth European tour

Students show their MORE THAN

Trojan Talk

Criminal Justice graduates

Changing the world–one person at a time

Jan Greathouse ’67

Communications Assistant/ Photographer

Rick Hill Designer

Contributors Jamie Casler Mike Jackson Casey Johnson ’03/MBA ’10 Susan Lahey MMFT ’04 Kathy Lewis Mowry ’85 Greg Ruff ’00 Contact Information

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Cover photo Trevecca’s newest building—the Alumni Center— welcomes visitors to the campus.

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Campus News

Alumni Center—A welcoming Trevecca’s new Alumni Center, located diagonally across from Waggoner Library on the main drive, was officially occupied in early March, and the Offices of the President and External Relations moved in. The building was completed in time for administrators to host a meeting of a committee of the Board of Trustees in the conference room in late March, and on April 1, External Relations hosted a reception in the central lobby for members of the Trevecca Society. The dedication of this building will take place during Homecoming 2011. These two views of the central lobby show why it is an inviting space for alumni and visitors. The interactive touch screens on the second level of the lobby allow visitors to view presentations about Trevecca history.

A comfortable conference room is located on the main floor; the central lobby is visible through the glass wall on the right.

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g place for alumni and visitors

A fountain is the focal point of the lobby leading to the offices of the president and the president’s administrative assistant.

The president’s office The office of the president’s administrative assistant

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Campus News “Near space” experiments aided by NASA grant Previous editions of this publication have reported the Department of Sciences’s high-altitude scientific experiments, which have used helium balloons to carry student-built experiments to nearly 100,000 feet, while testing command and telemetry systems developed at Trevecca. Trevecca’s high-altitude projects have allowed students to place experiments in the middle of a region known as the stratosphere, where those experiments encounter extreme temperature, pressure, and radiation environments similar to those faced by satellite instruments. The ultimate goals of these “near space” research experiments are threefold: to engage students and faculty in publishable scientific and engineering research, to expand a variety of educational opportunities across multiple fields, and to provide opportunities for collaboration with K-12 science students and teachers. In order to find additional funding for these experiments and attract new student involvement, last year Matthew Huddleston, associate professor of physics, submitted a NASA grant proposal. “With additional funding, Trevecca’s Near Space Research program (NSR) would be able to develop a reliable platform for collaborative research projects, particularly in earth science, heliophysics, and astrobiology,” he explained. These goals came one step closer to being realized when the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium earlier this year awarded Trevecca’s Department of Math and Science a $30,000 NASA grant for expanding near-space research at Trevecca. This grant money will enable Trevecca faculty and students to further develop a platform for stratospheric research in collaboration with NASA centers to address key science questions relevant to the NASA science mission directorate. This award comes as a subcontract through Vanderbilt University, the lead institution for the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium, as part of a statewide $150,000 Research Infrastructure Development (RID) grant under NASA’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

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School of Education working on new program for Nashville teachers A partnership of Trevecca’s School of Education and Metro-Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) was awarded a $2-million grant, part of the Tennessee First to the Top Initiative. The grant, distributed during the next four years, will fund career and leadership development opportunities for thirtysix of MNPS’s most effective teachers. Each year for the next three years, twelve MNPS teachers will be selected to participate in a year-long coaching and mentoring residency, during which they will earn fifteen hours of graduate credit. Selected teachers will be on leave for one year from their current teaching assignments while they work with teachers in a highpriority (failing) school and take coursework at Trevecca, which will focus on building their leadership skills. Following that year of residency, those teachers will be offered a leadership development opportunity that allows them to stay in the classroom and/or become part of the leadership pipeline of the district. Teachers will be selected in May, and after the school year ends, they will begin the program with a Summer Intensive Induction Experience that will include courses in the Teacher Leadership Program at Trevecca. The first twelve

Earl Wiman, in charge of special projects for Human Resources with Metro Nashville Public Schools, and Judy Bivens, Trevecca program coordinator for the Master’s of Education in Teacher Leadership, will lead the MNPS-Trevecca partnership, designed to strengthen teaching in highpriority schools in Nashville.

participants will work collaboratively in teams of three assigned to one school. Each participant will complete an action-research project, based on a need at the high-priority school to which each was assigned. Then at the end of the program, participants will present their research at a symposium in front of all stakeholders. Judy Bivens, program coordinator for Master’s of Education in Teacher Leadership Program and Trevecca liaison for the grant, explained the significance of this grant: “The Exemplary Leaders Residency Grant will permit Trevecca and MNPS to collaborate on developing teacher leaders for the Nashville community. Being part of high-priority schools’ emphasis on improving student achievement and novice teachers’ instructional capacity will be a significant learning experience for all stakeholders. Trevecca faculty will gain meaningful insight into Tennessee’s First to the Top Initiative.” Working with Trevecca on this partnership is alumnus Earl Wiman EdD ’02, liaison for MNPS.

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Campus News Civil rights leader speaks in chapel In honor of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Trevecca welcomed on February 15, 2011, a special chapel speaker, Fred Gray. Gray played an instrumental role in the civil rights movement. When the movement needed a leader, Gray selected Martin Luther King Jr. as the spokesperson. Later Gray served as King’s lawyer in several cases and defended Rosa Parks. He participated in other landmark civil rights cases. As the attorney in the 1956 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott trial, Browder v. Gayle, he helped integrate the buses in that city. In 1972 he defended Charlie Pollard, a victim of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government-sponsored program that left black men untreated for syphilis; that case was not settled until 1997. Gray won scores of civil rights cases in education, voting rights, transportation, and health care which changed the course of the civil rights movement and helped secure many liberties experienced by all Americans today. In 1970 he became one of only two African Americans elected to the Alabama State Legislature since Reconstruction.

Jamie Casler, right, presents the first Advancement of Social Justice Award, from the J. V. Morsch Center for Social Justice, to Fred Gray, civil rights leader.

In chapel Gray shared personal stories of his life and work. “It was during my time at Alabama State College that I became determined to destroying everything segregated I could find,” he said. After chapel he and two members of the Freedom Riders shared stories of their experiences on those rides. Later Gray signed copies of his recent book, Bus Ride to Justice.

College of Lifelong Learning to serve adult learners In January the Office of the Provost announced the creation of a new office to oversee all services to adult students—degree-completion programs, Christian Ministry Program (for The Salvation Army in the Southeast), and all graduate programs, including the online Master’s in Organizational Leadership Program. This new unit will be called the College of Lifelong Learning. This decision was an outcome of a taskforce study of Trevecca’s programs for adults. This restructuring of pro-

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grams for adult learners will enable the University to improve the quality of these programs, provide better services to adult learners, make programs more adult-friendly, and position the University to

develop additional programs to meet the educational needs of adult learners.

Michael Johnson ’98/MEd ’03 welcomes David Philips, new dean of Trevecca’s College of Lifelong Learning.

David Phillips DMin has been selected as dean of this new academic unit. Phillips had previously served as vice president of online education at Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs. A graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University, he holds four master’s degrees, including one in adult education and distance learning, one in instructional design for online learning, one in biblical studies, and a master’s of divinity. Additionally, Phillips served as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene from 1973 to 1998. Phillips was on campus during March and will become a full-time Trevecca employee in April.

“Mads” to embark on Eurotour VI In early May the Trevecca Madrigalians, a select twenty six-voice a cappella ensemble in its 27th year, will depart for Athens, Greece, for the first leg of a nineteen-day choral tour to six countries and twelve cities with fifteen scheduled performances. This sixth tour by the “Mads” since 1996 will include performances during masses in Italy at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Santa Maria del Fiori Cathedral in Florence, and St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice and in concerts in St. Stephen’s Cathedral 2010-2011 Madrigalians in Vienna (Austria); Salzburg Cathedral in Salzburg; Frankfurt Cathedral in Frankfurt, Germany; and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The Anyone wishing to make a group will also perform “impromptu sings” at many historical sites. contribution to the Eurotour VI Fund and receive a free Eurotour Highlights of Eurotours are visits with fellow Nazarenes in the Frankfurt VI CD can send a check payable area with concerts/services in three churches and “home stays” with the to Trevecca Madrigalians to the “Gemeinde” (church-folk). These cultural experiences have been cited director, Timothy Cierpke, at the by past members of the Mads as invaluable and gratifying. University address. The Mads conduct events to fund the trip, and members pay the remainder of the cost of their trip. Most have been saving for months and some for years for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Campus News Students show their Making new discoveries in the “normal chaos” of India by Susan Lahey* The beautiful smile of an orphan child. A people of generosity. People with nothing helping people with less. These are aspects of India that most people do not see. Thoughts of India usually focus on the caste system, outsourcing jobs, arranged marriages, and slums. However, two members of the Trevecca family experienced India from a very different perspective. Imagine all your senses impacted at once. You smell and taste exotic spices, hear multiple horns honking, see multitudes of people, and touch all that is within your reach. You see motorcycles, cars, buses, vans, bicycles, electronic buggies, cows, and people. It is amazing how many people, animals, and electronic vehicles can fill one street. The energy of the street breathes of chaos; however, this scene is the “normal” of India. Within the crowds is openness to learning, and that

Working with Christian Medical Charitable Trust (CMCT), Susan Lahey feeds widows in Chennai, India.

openness led graduate psychology student Dianne Bradley and me to travel twenty-one hours by air to connect with a community to teach new skills.

Susan Lahey and doctoral student Dianne Bradley are pictured with the college social work students from Chennai, India. Susan and Dianne had taught a class for these students, who created the decorative sign as a display of appreciation for the course.

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In the fall of 2010 we went to Chennai, India, with mission organization Global Mosaic International (GMI). This trip was my second one to India with GMI. During my first trip in 2009, I taught seminars related to marriage and family and represented Trevecca Nazarene University and its Graduate Psychology Program. Because that first experience was so fulfilling, I wanted to open the opportunity to current students.

The purpose of the new trip was to offer counseling services to individuals and couples and to collect doctoral research related to marital enrichment seminars in Asian-Indian cultures for persons from various religious backgrounds. The purpose of the seminars was to train leaders and equip individuals with skills related to marital enrichment, such as healthy communication and conflict resolution. The seminars were developed by Dianne as part of her education at Trevecca, in an effort to collect data for her dissertation. (I serve as Dianne’s dissertation advisor.) The faculty and staff of the EdD in Clinical Counseling Program were elated to hear of Dianne’s research interests, which would allow her to pursue new research about marriage in diverse cultures.

A translator (left) introduces Susan Lahey and the team to CMCT. Susan and Dianne are wearing gifts of fragrant jasmine leis.

Our trip was an incredible experience.Yes, we taught marital enrichment seminars and served the ministry, Christian Mission Charitable Trust; however, we had an even greater experience when we discovered that the differences between American and Indian cultures were smaller than we had imagined. Our trip, intended for the purpose of giving information, turned out to be something very different. Our providing counseling and training to persons who had little themselves taught us invaluable lessons of selflessness, endurance, and love. Certainly, we represented

Trevecca during this trip, but the people, culture, and beauty of India became gifts to us—and indirectly to Trevecca. *Lahey teaches in the Graduate Psychology Program.

Trevecca students engaged in missions by Kathy Lewis Mowry ’85**

New mission program launched This summer Trevecca’s Millard Reed School of Religion launches Immerse, a new opportunity for students to serve twelve weeks in a cross-cultural setting. The Immerse Program does not replace the existing Trevecca Around the Globe (TAG) Program, but it adds an additional piece which

is necessary for students who want to engage in missions projects that require more than two weeks. The longer length of the Immerse Program will give students a chance to do language-learning, move beyond introductory stages of culture learning, and complete internship requirements. Nine students will complete internships in mission, compassionate ministry, social justice, and community development toward their respective degree programs. continued on page 12

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Campus News Students show their Students engaged in missions Continued from previous page Twenty-one students have been selected to serve in the cities of Gorre, Albania; Razgrad, Varna, Sofia, and Vidrare, Bulgaria; and Sighisoara, Romania. The students will work alongside existing Nazarene ministries and in new church plants. One team will help establish a new drug and alcohol rehab ministry. Students participating in Immerse this summer include Kate Worley, Evans Knowles, Michael Follis, Katie Gibson, Jake Resor, Graham

Scott, Katelyn Hays, Bailey Bussell, Lauren Boyer, Kathleen Dunn, Bradley Stuckey, Todd Osborne, Davina Kinney, Bethany Hill, Daniel Smith, Preston Hunt, Dana Franchetti, Benji Bussell, Jonathan Sharpes, Johnna Hill, and Vera Pendergraft. Training camp for the teams will be conducted both at Trevecca and in Sofia, Bulgaria, before the teams disperse to their various locations. At the close of the twelve-week experience, the students will gather again in Zagreb, Croatia, where they will visit with the Trevecca Croatia mission group and debrief with the Southern Europe Church of the Nazarene field mission team. Much of the impetus of this summer’s Eastern European focus came from the students themselves. Seven of the students participating this summer traveled to Eastern Europe last year with a mission class. They will return to work alongside friends they met during that trip.

Croatian mission work progressing

CROATIA

In September 2010 recent Trevecca graduates moved to Zagreb, Croatia, in response to a request from the Southeast Europe field for a team to reopen work for the Church of the Nazarene there. Emily Humble ’10, Hope Brock ’10, Jerry Romasco ’10, and Brittany Argabright ’10 have been serving in Zagreb, learning the Croatian language, and establishing relationships through soccer, ultimate Frisbee, and volunteer service in a variety of capacities. Because of the significant relationships

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that have been established, the Church of the Nazarene wants to establish a more permanent missionary presence in Zagreb. Dave and Betsy Scott arrived in February to head the new work in Croatia. This fall two additional Trevecca grads will move to Zagreb to assist in this work. Stephanie Sherwood and Ben Ponder are currently in the process of raising funds to serve with Nazarene Mission Corps for a one-year term. To schedule these May graduates to speak at your church, contact Kathy Mowry (kmowry@trevecca.edu/615-2481387). **Kathy holds the J. B. Elizer Chair of Christian Ministry at Trevecca.

Carlie Moore wins aria contest–and more When Carlie Moore, a senior music education major from Nashville, won the 2011 Trevecca Aria Contest, she experienced a string of surprises that started when one of the contest judges contacted Carlie’s voice teacher. That judge, Tom King, gave Carlie’s voice teacher a brochure for the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) with a request for Carlie to contact him. When Carlie called King, she learned that she had been selected to participate in AIMS this summer in Graz, Austria, and that she had been awarded a $2,000 scholarship to help with her expenses.

Carlie Moore

From July 4 to August 14, Carlie will live in a dorm in Graz, Austria, and attend classes in German, opera studio, opera performance, acting, and singing in other foreign languages (she already sings in German, French, and Italian and will learn to sing in Russian). Carlie wants to study vocal pedagogy in graduate school, and she would like to perform opera professionally. In the meantime she is the first Trevecca student to participate in AIMS.

First Annual Campus Festival of Preaching by Michael Jackson***

On February 28 and March 2, Trevecca hosted its First Campus Festival of Preaching in the Boone Business Building. Co-sponsored by the Academy of Preachers, this conference is an ecumenical initiative launched through a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment and energized by the conviction that gospel preaching is a vocation of public and social significance, a calling worthy of the very best and brightest young people. Twelve preachers from the Trevecca community participated in this two-day festival: Annette Williams, Brittany McLaney, Brandon Perkins, Mark Michel, Eric Smith, Dale Mattox, Ben Mann, Ben Lepper, Nick Herring, JD Bingham, Alan Cook, and Mike Proctor. They delivered powerful and prophetic sermons, based on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Each preacher was given freedom to select her or his text, and eleven different passages were proclaimed, demonstrating a variety of sermonic styles and interpretive strategies.

During the festival Dwight Moody, founder of the Academy of Preachers, gave greetings and background to this growing ecumenical movement. Several Trevecca students are a part of the leadership team of the Academy and participate in the National Festival of Preaching held in Louisville each January. As the Trevecca Preaching Program Fund grows, we hope to enable several students to attend this national event. ***Jackson, associate professor of religion, teaches courses in preaching.

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Trojan University seeks new athletic director In early March, Steve Harris, associate provost and dean of student development, announced that the administration had decided to seek new leadership direction for University athletic programs and would seek a new director of intercollegiate athletics. He announced that Brenda Patterson ’75, director of intercollegiate athletics since 2007, will fulfill her contract and responsibilities throughout the remainder of this academic year, continuing to assist the University in the completion of its NCAA membership application. Harris expressed the administration’s gratitude for the contributions Patterson has made to the University and for her years of service in Christian higher education. In addition to her successful oversight of the organizational structure and budgeting of athletics, he noted several accomplishments: her vital contributions to the NCAA-membership application, her initiation of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and the creation of a student-athlete handbook, her creation of an operations manual and a strategic plan for athletics, and her emphasis on the academic performance and progress of Trevecca’s athletes. He noted that the overall 3.1 grade-point average of the 140+ persons who are student athletes at Trevecca is an indication that her efforts to improve Trevecca’s

athletics programs and perceptions about its athletes have been successful. President Dan Boone expressed his appreciation for Patterson: “I am grateful for the service rendered to the University by Dr. Brenda Patterson. She has made Trevecca a better university, and it is my hope that she continues to be part of a great team of Christian servants forming the next generation on the campus of Trevecca. She is a friend and colleague, and I hold her in highest regard.” The University immediately began the search for a new director of intercollegiate athletics.

Season recaps Men’s basketball The Trevecca basketball season featured a young lineup that included five freshmen, six sophomores, two juniors, and two seniors. The team finished 11-18 for the year and 5-11 in the TranSouth. Of the eighteen losses, nine were by four points or fewer.

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Michael France, a junior from Shelbyville, Tennessee, was named the TranSouth Preseason Player of the Year in 2010 and did not disappoint. France led the team in scoring (18.2 ppg) and was second in the TranSouth. He also improved on the defensive end of the court with a top-five finish in the NAIA in steals (75). France

was named to the 2011 AllTranSouth First Team and scored forty-three points in a single game, the second most points scored in an NAIA game all season and the second most points any Trevecca player has scored in a game in Trevecca history.

Talk Season recaps Continued Senior Jeremy Dixon finished sixth in the NAIA in three-point field goal percentage (44%). Marquise Rudolph surged in the conference season, averaging 14.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Camden Jordan, Blake Carden, and Ryan Eilermann made the TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Team. Jeremy Dixon, Senior

Women’s Basketball Like the men’s basketball team, the Trevecca women’s basketball team had a dose of youth in its roster. The 2010-2011 team had three freshmen, six sophomores, four juniors, and a senior. The result was a tough start to the season but a strong finish. After starting the season 3-8 against a challenging schedule, the Trojans started the conference season 8-3. The team finished 13-15 overall and fourth in the TranSouth with a 10-6 league mark. The three freshmen combined for twenty-seven starts on the season while the sophomore class claimed fifty-six starts, leaving twenty-eight starts for the juniors and twenty-seven for the lone senior. Of the possible starts, 60% went to freshmen and sophomores. K. C. Van Atta finished her career with 1,384 points and several Trevecca records, including the most made three-point field goals (243) in school history. The two sophomore 6-foot-3 post players, London Elie and Rachel Raby, had a major impact on the team’s strong finish. In conference play, Elie averaged 13.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, and Raby averaged 10 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. The freshman trio of Britt Bell, Rachel Bollinger, and Anna Mitchell made important contributions. Bell led the team in steals, and Bollinger was second in steals and assists.

Rachel Bollinger, Freshman

Elie was selected to the 2011 All-TranSouth First Team, and Bollinger was named to the 2011 TranSouth All-Freshman Team. Heather Miller, Chelsey Taylor, Kristin Majors, and Elizabeth Pentecost all made the 2011 TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Team.

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Changing the world —one person a According to Jewish tradition, the fact that God did not create the human race all at once but instead began it through the creation of one human being, Adam, teaches that all persons need to look at each individual as if he or she were the entire population of the world. From this teaching comes the saying “When you save one life it is as if you saved the entire world.” The three alumni profiled in this article will deny that their work is saving the world, but all of them perform work that is certainly changing the world—one person at a time. And all three charted their lives in response to a call from God.

Promoting success at school and in life—one child and one afternoon at a time Last summer when the governor of Michigan presented that state’s award for the 2010 Outstanding Mentoring Program to the Children’s After School Achievement (CASA) Program at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, Fonda Ferguson Green ’78 accepted the award. For Fonda, who must focus on budgeting, staffing, PR, fund raising, grant writing, and programming in her role as executive director of CASA, the award and the accompanying recognition was evidence that her hard work and that of the CASA volunteers does make a difference in the lives of children.

Fonda Ferguson Green (left) accepts Michigan’s 2010 Outstanding Mentoring Program Award from Govenor Jennifer Granholm.

Fonda, who joined the Hope College staff in 1983 to work in student development, accepted the leadership of CASA in 1998, a program that started with forty-five students in 1987 and was housed in a United Methodist Church. Two years later CASA became a nonprofit outreach

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effort of Hope College. CASA’s mission is to “provide at-risk children with the tools they need to succeed in elementary school”

at a time—and answering God’s call through two programs—afterschool tutoring on four afternoons a week during the school year and a six-week summer program. Both programs target children in grades one through five who are falling behind in their schoolwork because of “inadequate preparation, motivation, or opportunity.” Fonda attributes CASA’s success to her staff and the volunteer tutors—students at Hope and persons from the community. Each volunteer is paired with a student and works from September through April on homework, reading practice, and relationship-building while serving as a positive role model. Last year 189 volunteer tutors, mostly Hope students, helped at CASA; they worked with a total of 134 students—120 during the school year and ninety during the summer (some children participated in both programs). In order to implement the summer program, CASA employs a tenperson teaching team. Fonda and her staff offer more than tutoring. During the school year CASA provides students free transportation to CASA from their schools and then to their homes, healthful snacks, tutoring and time to complete homework, and time for reading and enrichment.

And students receive a daily report, helpful feedback and encouragement about their progress. The six-week summer program, held four hours each morning, includes remedial work and basic academics, transportation from home to CASA and then back home, breakfast and lunch, and personal enrichment experiences (free outings to museums, theatre, or nature centers). Her work at CASA is her ministry. Fonda said, “There’s something quite personal about work and what we do with our time, both as volunteers and employees. It’s very energizing to work at something you love to do. It’s also a spiritual act.” Finding the “spiritual” in ordinary work was a goal toward which Fonda began working during her Trevecca years. She says that studying under Professor Jerry Hull started her thinking about social justice, service, and injustice. Later a three-day peace and justice seminar at Trevecca helped her settle some issues. “That experience was riveting for me and forced me to think through the inequalities that leave people in need. Chuck Green and I were engaged at the time, and [that seminar helped] us lay the foundation for the way we’d handle our finances for the rest of our lives: we decided that we would not hold our financial resources tightly for ourselves only—that we would use our resources to help others,” she explained. continued on page 18

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Changing the world That decision has led Fonda and Chuck to share their financial resources—and themselves to help others. Chuck ’78, a professor of

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psychology at Hope, directs the college’s Phelps Scholars Program and oversees the first-year seminar, and Fonda works to ensure that the future is bright for at-risk children.

Saving lives and a people—one surgeon at a time Medicine as a career was already a plan for Paul Edward Gray ’98 when he came to Trevecca, but his summer mission experience at Reynolds Memorial Hospital in India, through Youth In Mission, added a new dimension to that plan. “God put missions on my heart that summer,” he says. Later a Trevecca professor encouraged Paul to “commit the situation to prayer and ‘put it on the back burner’” because “God will tell you if missions is his plan for you.” After graduating from Trevecca and midway through the University of Louisville School of Medicine, in Kentucky, Paul attended a missions conference in that city and felt a leading toward medical missions. This time Paul committed to that call. With no information about the specifics of God’s plan, he focused on surgical training until the Lord made the specifics clearer. After medical school Paul moved to Dallas, Texas, where he completed residency training in general surgery at Baylor University Medical Center. He

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Paul Edward Gray MD is pictured in Ethiopia with two medical residents in the PAACS Program.

met and married his wife, Becca, in Dallas. Toward the end of his residency, Paul had the opportunity to serve one month at Bongolo Hospital, Lebamba, Gabon, in western Africa. Bongolo participates in the Pan-African Academy of the Christian Surgeons (PAACS), a Christian surgical training program that is working to ensure that Ethiopia has trained surgeons. (Ethiopia has only 140 surgeons for its 88 million people.) In Gabon, God confirmed to both Paul and Becca that he wanted them to work with PAACS. After consultation with PAACS,

Paul and Becca made plans to join the work at the PAACS hospital in Ethiopia, Soddo Christian Hospital and later were accepted as missionaries with Global Outreach International.

At Soddo Christian Hospital, Paul makes rounds with the PAACS residents, sometimes speaks at chapel, performs surgeries, and responds to medical emergencies as they come in. As part of the PAACS curriculum, he leads weekly teaching conferences and a weekly Bible study for the residents. “I am very thankful for the chance to disciple and train surgeons while providing medical care,” he said.

After graduating from residency, Paul worked for one year at Baylor as a trauma and critical care surgeon while he and Becca raised support. They relocated to Soddo, Ethiopia, in August 2008, and Paul began teaching surgery, and Becca worked as a dietitian at the hospital. Now the program director for PAACS in Soddo, Paul has been asked to become medical director for the hospital. Paul explained the course his career has taken: “God has proven himself sufficient and gracious again and again in the face of challenges beyond my abilities.”

The medical and surgical needs in Ethiopia are severe and challenging. The maternal mortality rate in this region of Ethiopia is 1 in 12 (in the U.S., it is 1 in 14,000). Even very treatable surgical illnesses are often fatal. Malnutrition is a serious problem, and the challenge of limited resources is constant. But Paul has found encouragement in the many patients who do find healing, both physical and spiritual and in God’s faithfulness. Being a missionary surgeon in Africa was not Paul’s original life plan, but he points to Proverbs 16:9: “The mind of a man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” Paul is thankful that God’s plan is much better than anything Paul might have come up with. “Though there are trials and challenges, God has used them to draw me into a deeper walk and communion with him—and that outcome is worth everything,” said Paul. *PAACS is a non-denominational Christian organization committed to the education of general surgeons in Africa and to the achievement of a high level of professional competence among its members.

Serving citizens—solving problems one at a time When the newly elected governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, took the oath of office in January 2011, Jeremy Harrell ’06 and his wife, Michelle (Lennon) ’03 savored every moment. As deputy campaign manager/political director and member of Haslam’s senior staff, Jeremy had been responsible for helping develop campaign strategy, researching the voting history of all ninety-five Tennessee counties and how issues and local political races affected voter turnout in those counties, and strategically using that data to organize campaign stops and get-out-thevote efforts. Explaining that kind of work, Jeremy said, with a smile, “It’s three parts science and two parts instinct.” That political instinct grew out of his childhood interest in politics, fostered as he listened to his dad talk about county elections. That interest expanded to national politics when Ronald Reagan ran for reelection in 1984.

His interest in politics led Jeremy to Trevecca when he was almost ready to graduate from a state college in South Carolina, near his home in Sumter. Looking through a Trevecca Catalog, Jeremy discovered that Trevecca offered a joint history/political science major. “I really became interested when I realized that I could complete that major in a year and a half,” he explained. continued on page 20

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At Trevecca his interest in politics grew when he served an internship with the Tennessee Republican Party that led to a six-month position helping the campaign committee of Bob Corker, Republican candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Senator Bill Frist’s retirement. When Corker won the election, Jeremy was asked to join the pending reelection campaign of Senator Lamar Alexander, where he served as campaign coordinator. That role garnered attention from the Haslam camp and eventually led to Jeremy’s being part of the Haslam campaign from its initial days. Explaining his involvement in so many interesting political campaigns as a young man, Jeremy said, “The Lord has opened a lot of doors. He has put me in the right place at the right time for the opportunities that he presented me.”

Jeremy Harrell (third from left) celebrates the election of Bill Haslam as Tennessee’s new govenor with Haslam (second from left) and Jeremy’s parents, Glenn and Tammi.

After Haslam’s election, Jeremy accepted a position as the new governor’s director of constituent services and community relations, a job in which Jeremy essentially serves as a problem solver. He receives requests for help from Tennessee citizens; sometimes the request can be handled quickly and easily with a letter or proclamation from the

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governor. Other requests require research, a visit to a department involved, and then a follow-up to ensure that the problem has been solved. Additionally, he oversees gubernatorial appointments to boards and commissions. Averaging ten to twelve hours a day in this new job and working on such wide-ranging issues has required Jeremy to distill his own personal mission. He explained, “When I was younger, I sensed God’s call on my life. With a grandfather who is a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene, I interpreted that call to mean that I needed to be a pastor, but what I’ve learned is that a call to the ministry isn’t necessarily a call to the pastorate. I believe now that God was calling me to be his witness—so that what others saw in me was a reflection of Christ. Instead of letting my politics determine my faith, I have tried to let my faith determine my politics—to let what Christ is teaching me about how to treat others guide the way I treat constituents. I try to focus on the command in Micah 6:8 ‘to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly.’ After all, this job is not about me; it’s about helping them.”

Campus News Largest class of Criminal Justice graduates In May the Criminal Justice Degreecompletion Program will award degrees to its largest group of graduates. Three have already been accepted into law school; the total number of Criminal Justice graduates who are already in law school or about to enter law school is seven. Several other graduates of this program are in other graduate programs.

Pictured left to right are Ryan Sledge, Ken Wilkinson, Julie Gilbert, Amy Fulbright Arnold, Dawn Craig, Reuben Dobson, William Dyer, Andrew Vallee, Wayne Simcox, Leigha Berry, Clay Anderson, Wanda Kemp, Carlos Lara, and Lyell Sloan. (Not pictured: Angela Smith Dumas, Curtis Watkins)

Heritage Men’s Chorale continues to grow Trevecca’s Heritage Men’s Chorale has grown from its original twenty-two members to a current roster of fifty-one. Forty-six were present when the group sang for an event at Brentwood United Methodist Church on March 8 and is pictured in that church’s rotunda. The Chorale’s spring season included concerts at Parkway Baptist Church, on Trevecca’s campus, and at Hermitage Church of the Nazarene. Additionally, the group will sing at the annual Men of Valor Breakfast in April.

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Alumni show their Named human resource chief for hospital network Deborah Story MHR ’94 is the new chief of human resources for the five-hospital network that includes the following: Baptist Hospital, Saint Thomas Hospital, and The Center for Spinal Surgery in Nashville; Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville. Deborah brings a twenty-five-year human resources background to this new position, most recently as the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Resources under Governor Phil Bredesen. Deborah is actively involved in the community and serves on several boards: the Board of Directors for Alive Hospice, the Board of Trustees for the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the President’s Nashville-Area Advisory Council for Trevecca, the Tennessee chapter of the International Women’s Forum, and the local boards of the YWCA, Girl Scouts of Cumberland Valley, Nashville City Club, and Deborah Story the Center for Non-Profit Management. In 2009 she was a YWCA Academy for Women of Achievement (AWA) honoree, and she was a CABLE Athena Award nominee in both 2005 and 2008. She was a member of the Leadership Nashville class of 2005.

Honored for volunteer work Jane Davenport MEd ’91 was recognized for her years of volunteering with Tennessee Right to Life when that organization presented her with the Lifetime Advocate Award, reserved for those persons who make a long-term and ongoing commitment to strengthening Tennessee’s regard and respect for the dignity of human life. At Tennessee Right to Life, Jane has worked with church and community outreach, administrative support, and leadership for the annual Pro-Life Oratory for High School Students which has served to educate and train more than 1,000 youth in leadership and public speaking skills during the last decade. Jane began serving on a regular basis at Tennessee Right to Life in 2003, following her retirement from Ezell Harding Christian School, where she taught government. Jane Davenport

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Honored for coaching success Darryl Keckler ’03, a former Trojan basketball player and now men’s basketball coach at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, was named Landmark Conference Coach of the Year in recognition of the team’s accomplishments under his leadership. This year’s team doubled its win total from a season ago, finishing with a program-best nine conference wins and producing the biggest turnaround in conference history. With only three wins a year ago, the team finished with a 9-5 league record and went to the conference playoffs for the first time since the 1996-1997 season,

TREVECCA GOLF CLASSIC Darryl Keckler

the TGC Darryl’s wife, Alexa Robertson Keckler ’00, is the Allentown, at Saddle Creek Pennsylvania. Darryl and Alexa have two

volleyball coach at nearby Muhlenberg College in

daughters, Olivia and Camryn.

Opportunities for alumni Time to nominate for alumni honors TREVECCA GOLF CLASSIC the TGC at Saddle Creek

May 26-27 Saddle Creek Golf Course Lewisburg, Tennessee Registration fee $140 (before 5/10) or $150 after that date includes golf fees, cart rental, two lunches, one dinner, and unlimited fellowship. This tournament raises funds for student scholarships, and $75 of your registration fee is tax-deductible. Registration is online at www.trevecca.edu/golfclassic or you can register by phone with Casey Johnson at 615-248-1350.

At Homecoming each year the Trevecca Alumni Association presents three awards to persons who were nominated by members of the Association. You have an opportunity to nominate worthy persons for one of those awards—two to outstanding alumni (a minister and a layperson) and one to a person who is not a graduate of Trevecca but who has made significant contribution to Trevecca. Please send your nomination with a brief explanation about why the person nominated would be a worthy recipient of an alumni award to Nancy Dunlap, director of alumni relations, e-mail to ndunlap@trevecca.edu or send by postal mail to her at 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN 37210.

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in Rowlett. Meagan, who had taught for the Dallas Independent School District as a choir director, is now a stay-at-home mom. (Photo E)

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John ’90 and Kristin Jordan of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.—a daughter, Lanie Kate, born 11/2/10. Lanie was welcomed by siblings Caroline (9), Gant (7), and Cooper (2). (Photo A)

Glenn ’95 and Linda Schweitzer Cockburn ’95 of Sewanee, Tenn.—a daughter, Kaitlyn Rose, born 12/29/10. Glenn is a regional sales rep for I-Sys, and Linda is a stay-athome mom. (Photo B) Brandon MMFT ’00/MA’07 and Nicole Marley Arbuckle ’01, of Nashville, Tenn.—a son, Rowan Henry, born 7/14/09. Brandon is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an adjunct professor at Trevecca, and a licensed minister in the Church of the Nazarene. Nicole is an interior design student at Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film in Nashville and a freelance floral designer (at Sweet Norma Flowers) for weddings and other events. (Photo C)

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D Josh ’01 and Monica Pepper Landen ’01, of Nashville, a daughter—Annelise Lauren Pepper, born 7/17/10. Josh teaches history at Ravenwood High School in Williamson County, Tenn. Monica stays home with Annelise. Proud grandparents are Leroy ’70 and Martha Moore Pepper ’69. (Photo D)

Jonathan ’02 and Meagan McDonald Sprang, of Rowlett, Texas—a son, Jacob Coyn, born 9/21/10. Jonathan is the worship arts and youth pastor at Catalyst Church

Dustin ’03 and Laura Thrasher McDavid ’03 of Pineville, La.—a son, Silas Thane, born 2/19/10. He was welcomed by Noah Michael, born 6/18/08. Dustin is pastor at Pineville Church of the Nazarene, and Laura is an elementary school teacher. Proud grandparents are Phil ’67 and Annetta Osenton Thrasher ’68. (Photo F)

G Brad ’03 and Angela Bradford Paynter ’04, of Anderson, S.C.—a son, Jordan Phillip, born 3/1/10. He joins big sister Katie (3). Brad is working on his doctoral dissertation in mathematical sciences at Clemson University, and Angela is an occupational therapist with Greenville County Schools. They are members of Greenville First Church of the Nazarene. (Photo G)

in Charlotte, and Shandie is a stayat-home mom. (Photo J)

Jeremey ’08 and Ashley Reed Veal ’09 of Greenville, S.C.—a daughter, Kaydence Abigail, born 6/8/10. They serve as pastors to students and their families at Greenville First Church of the Nazarene. (Photo L)

Alumni connecting H Heath ’04 and Hillary Smith Sharpton of Brentwood, Tenn.—a daughter, Lindley Reese, born 10/5/10. Heath is employed by Turenne PharmMed Co. in Nashville as a consulting pharmacist, and Hillary is enjoying being a stayat-home mom. Lindley has many relatives who are Trevecca alumni and is already wearing purple to show her Trevecca pride. (Photo H)

1950s M Brian Allan Gould and Kelly Marie Gowler ’08 were married 6/4/10 at The Pinery in Colorado Springs, Colo. Brian and Kelly are making their home in Pasadena, Calif.

Aaron ’04 and Brooke White Thrasher ’04 of Nashville, Tenn.—a daughter, Londyn Zoe, born 1/22/10. She was welcomed by big sister, Brooklyn Reese, born 5/30/08. Aaron is a manager at Target, and Brooke, a dental assistant, is now a stayat-home mom. Proud grandparents are Phil ’67 and Annetta Osenton Thrasher ’68. (Photo I) Nick ’07 and Shandie Cline Robertson ’05, of Charlotte, N.C. —a son, Davin James, 3/22/10. Davin was welcomed by big brother Colson (3). Nick is the music minister at Pineville Church of the Nazarene

Cary MBA ’08 and Christy Maynard Graham ’99 were married 11/7/10. The Grahams currently reside in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo K)

William Strickland ’57 was featured in an article in The Tennessean newspaper about the goal he has set for himself as a golfer: to score his age (78, this year) or lower each time he plays. In 2010 he played 86 rounds of golf and reached his goal 52 times (60%). In January 2011, he played 6 rounds and reached his goal 4 times. “Reaching that goal gets easier each year,” he says with a laugh. (Photo M) Wes Eby ’58 was elected president of the Central Florida District Church of the Nazarene NMI (Nazarene Missions International). Wes had previously served as NMI president for the Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene. (Photo N on following page)

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Alumni celebrating continued dissertation at Fuller Theological Seminary and will be awarded a PhD. (See also pp. 11 & 12.)

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Larry W. Knight ’67 is Trevecca’s new athletics compliance officer. (Photo O) Keith Vennum ’67 (See p. 30.) Byron Schortinghouse ’69/DD ’98 (See p. 31.)

1970s Fred Huff ’75 (See p. 31.) Brenda Patterson ’75 (See p. 14.) Phyllis Carter Beam ’76 (See p. 30.) Donna Kaney Philemon ’76 (See p. 30.) Merry Hampton Plant ’76 (See p. 30.)

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Darrell Poeppelmeyer ’77 celebrated the fifth anniversary of founding the Segue Foundation (www.seguefoundation.org), a supporting organization for the Church of the Nazarene. Segue uses business planning tools to support missional church ministries. The Foundation’s latest venture put more than $1,000,000 into Nazarene pastors’ pockets (on 4 participating districts) for financial planning and health care costs. Darrell continues his work to clarify and support the role of Nazarene districts for missional church work. He resides in Fort Wayne, Ind., with his wife, Joyce. (Photo P) Cheryl Heaberlin Ellis ’78 (See p. 30.) Charles Green ’78 (See p. 18.) Fonda Ferguson Green ’78 (See p. 16.)

Tim Eades ’87 successfully defended his dissertation at Olivet Nazarene University. His dissertation is a nationwide college choice study, seeking responses from more than 6,900 Nazarene high school seniors. All 8 liberal arts Nazarene colleges and universities in the United States participated in this project. Tim is married to Kimberly and has 3 daughters (Grace, Devin, and Alison) and one granddaughter, Jada. Tim is the associate vice president of adult education at Ohio Christian University, and Kimberly serves OCU as director of development. They reside in Circleville, Ohio.

1990s John C. Bowman MEd ’90 is now the executive director of professional educators of Tennessee. Prior to this assignment, John served as executive director of EPPC Global Management, an internationally focused think tank that works with faith and community groups. Jane Davenport MEd ’91 (See p. 22.)

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Gina Jackson Strong ’78 (See p. 30.)

1980s Michael Johnson ’82/MEd ’03 (See p. 9.) Steve C. Thompson ’82 (See p. 30.) Kathy Lewis Mowry ’85 successfully defended her

Tom Coffey MHR ’92 was recently featured in T & D (Training & Development) Magazine for being one of the first candidates to pass the CPLP (Certified Professional

in Learning and Performance) certification exam administered by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Tom is working on a book, Living by Design or Default? Practical Guidelines for Creating a Fulfilling and Purposeful Life. (Photo Q)

Karen B. Hale MAOM ’99 is the southeast regional vice president for 2011–2014 in the Association of Government Accountants. She will serve a 3-year term and is the chief officer for 8 chapters located in 5 states. (Photo S)

Franklin Special School District in Franklin, Tenn., and will serve as the district’s data coach. Kay, who had been assistant principal at Poplar Grove Middle School, is an adjunct instructor in the Trevecca School of Education.

Deborah Story MHR ’94 (See p. 22.)

2000s

Jeremy ’06 and Michelle Lennon Harrell ’03 (See p. 19.)

Hans Ruska ’96 returned home on 12/9/10 after serving a 12-month deployment in Iraq. During his deployment he provided religious support to more than 1,400 soldiers in 7 different locations and accumulated more than 200 hours of flight time in a helicopter and thousands of miles on the road. After returning to the States, he was selected for participation in a 40-hour Clinical Pastoral Education Residency and a doctorate of ministry program. (Photo R)

Karen Vennum Crouse ’00 (See p. 30.)

Catherine Bowers-Sakarapanee ’00 was named Tennessee Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Melissa Johnson MEd ’00 is a fulltime assistant principal for Barkers Mill Elementary School in Clarksville, Tenn. She previously served as a first grade and second grade teacher at Sango and Northeast Elementary Schools, respectively. Darryl ’00 and Alexa Robertson Keckler ’03 (See p. 23.)

Paul Edward Gray ’98 (See p. 18.)

Nick C. Clark MA ’01 is an ordained elder in the Free Methodist Church, North America. He recently moved to Dade City, Fla., to be the pastor of the Free Methodist Church there. He previously served as pastor at the Free Methodist Church in Irvine, Ky., for 3½ years and at the Free Methodist Church in Salem, Ill., for 10 years. Geneva Silvernail EdD ’01 was installed as vice president for the Florida Dunnam campus of Asbury Theological Seminary in ceremonies held 3/15/11 on the campus in Orlando, Fla. Earl Wiman EdD ’02 (See p. 7.) Kay Boan EdD ’05 is the new instructional facilitator for the

Luke Brown ’07 has joined the Trevecca Trojan baseball staff as pitching coach. Luke holds the school record for most wins in a season. Houston Thompson EdD ’07 is the new director of the doctor of education program at Olivet Nazarene University after serving as the dissertation coordinator of the program for the past 4 years. Holly Vennum ’08 (See p. 30.) Jill Justus MEd ’09 is now assistant principal at Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tenn. In 2009 she was named the high-school-level teacher of the year for Williamson County (Tenn.) Schools.

2010s Brittany Argabright ’10 (See p. 12.) Hope Brock ’10 (See p. 12.) Emily Humble ’10 (See p. 12.) Jerry Romasco ’10 (See p. 12.) J MEd’10 and Andrea Sheffield MMFT ’10 (See p. 31.) Jeremy Dixon ’11 (See p. 15.) Dianne Bradley PhD ’11 (See p. 10.) Carlie Moore ’11 (See p. 13.)

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Alumni connecting continued Ben Ponder ’11 (See p. 12.) Stephanie Sherwood ’11 (See p. 12.) K. C. VanAtta ’11 is youth pastor at Family Christian Church in Brentwood, Tenn. (See also p. 15.) David Blue ’73 is the pastor of that church. Robert Sharpe EdD ’12 has been appointed assistant superintendent of campus operations in Hamilton County, Tenn. He will also serve as the high school director.

Alumni and friends we will miss Ruth Johnson Farmer ’41, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.—2/16/11 Lois Calkins Cook ’46 of Nashville, Tenn.—12/23/10

Eva Fay Jared ’50 of Nashville, Tenn.—1/10/11

Stephanie Kay Bell ’98 of Springfield, Tenn.—1/5/11

Lillie Mae Calkins Leonard ’50, of Spring Hill, Tenn.—11/08/10

Pam Parsley MHR ’01 of Manchester, Tenn.—5/22/10

Ruth Johnson Duckett ’57 of Nashville, Tenn.—2/9/11

J. Emory Lindsay DD ’04 of Saundersville, Ga.—3/12/11

B. Edwin McDonald ’61 of Prescott, Ariz.—1/2/11

Lucile Oaks of Barberton, Ohio– 2/27/11. Lucile was a friend and donor to Trevecca.

Judith Ann Frye Pearson ’62 of Manassas,Va.—2/10/11 Donald Mays ’69 of Van Wert, Ohio—12/25/10 Richard L. Jordan ’73 of Mooresville, N.C.—12/18/10 Billy Miles ’79 of Goodlettsville, Tenn.—12/18/10 Janet Diane Taylor ’86 of Nashville, Tenn.—8/27/08 Tammy McClure Arvin ’95 of Washington, Ind.—12/1/10

Former faculty we will miss Lois Faith Kendall Blanchard Eades of Memphis, Tenn.—1/9/11 (See p. 29.) Larry Mayfield (former adjunct faculty member) of Nashville, Tenn. –12/20/10 C. B. Smith (Emeritus Professor) of Nashville, Tenn.—12/31/10

Late-breaking news

Clinical Counseling Program to offer Trevecca’s first PhD The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS COC) has given approval for Trevecca to convert its doctoral major in Clinical Counseling from a doctor of education (EdD) to a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree program. The proposal was approved on the basis of the University’s documenting appropriate existing faculty qualifications to offer the PhD, documentation that showed the strong research experience and publications of both fulland part-time faculty teaching in the program. This change will become effective on August 1. In 1998, Trevecca was the first institution of higher education in the Church of the Nazarene to offer a stand-alone doctoral degree, the EdD with a major in leadership and professional practice, through the School of Education. With this approval, the University now has this same distinction with the PhD. The summer Treveccan will have more information about this exciting change.

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The University lost a beloved former faculty member on January 9, 2011, when Lois Kendall Blanchard Eades died. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1919. A faithful Christian, mother, and pastor’s wife, she was also a teacher and writer. She was educated at Olivet Nazarene College and taught English and speech at Trevecca from 1964 to Lois Eades 1970 and again from 1976 to 1984. She was a popular teacher, whose students appreciated her interest in them and their progress, interest that was always accompanied by her warm, engaging smile and a twinkle in her eyes. Throughout her life she wrote for Christian publications, and her writing that had the widest distribution was the poem “If Jesus Came to Your House.” Originally published by the Nazarene Publishing House, that poem was used in many publications and by many people. Eades was preceded in death by husbands Craig Allen Blanchard and James H. Eades, both of whom were ministers in the Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by her four children: Kendall Blanchard, of Americus, Georgia; Dale Blanchard, of Bolingbrook, Illinois; Stanley Blanchard, of Jackson, Tennessee; and Elaine Blanchard, of Memphis, Tennessee. She also leaves six grandchildren and a sister, Eunice Bryant. A memorial service for Mrs. Eades was held in Dickson, Tennessee, on February 12.

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Where in the world have you worn Trevecca clothing? Steve C. Thompson ’82 made sure that his daughter, Carley Ann, had a Trevecca shirt for her tour of Europe with the Peopleto-People Ambassadors of North Alabama. Carley had her photo taken in Paris, France, with the Eifel Tower in the background.

Phyllis Carter Beam ’76, Gina Jackson Strong ’78, Cheryl Heaberlin Ellis ’78, Donna Kaney Philemon ’76, and Merry Hampton Plant ’76 met in Florida to participate with 16,000 other women in the Walt Disney World Princess Marathon on February 27.

Keith ’67 and Pauline Vennum and Holly Vennum ’08 wore Trevecca clothing while on safari in Masai Mara, Kenya, with Karen Vennum Crouse ’00 and her husband, Dan. They are pictured on the banks of the Mara River on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The family traveled to Kenya last summer for the wedding of Earl Vennum to Leah Josiah.

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Byron Schortinghouse ’69/DD ’98 wore his Trevecca cap when he attended the Auburn vs. Oregon game in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in Phoenix. He was accompanied by Santa, wearing Auburn colors. An unconfirmed report indicated that notorious Santa-impersonator Fred Huff ’75 was in Phoenix for that game.

J Sheffield MEd ’10, media specialist at Trevecca, and his wife, Andrea ’10 MMFT, spent their anniversary at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, and could not resist promoting Trevecca.

Angie Carr, receptionist in the School of Business, visited Rwanda from 12/24/10 to 1/6/11. She sang in churches, helped in training sessions with a worship team, and worked and played with children. In Nakuru, Kenya, Angie met Mercy, the child whom she sponsors through Compassion International.

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