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Life after Covenant can either be exciting or foreboding, but hearing from people who are already there always helps in lighting the path that is to come. During the Law Career Panel, organized by the Center for Calling & Career, students listened to three Covenant alumni who have pursued work in the field of law since graduating.
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Between Oct. 20-27, ten people were shot in a string of violent crimes across Chattanooga, which ultimately resulted in three deaths. Police have indicated that the majority of these shootings are the result of ongoing gang conflicts in Chattanooga.
Read moreMost students at Covenant College have likely heard of “TED-Talks,” a series of informational lectures recorded and published online for public consumption, but there is a new breed of “talk” coming to Lookout Mountain.
Read moreSince early 2012, library director Corinne Hill has been purging books from the Chattanooga public library. Nearly 140,000 out of 343,683 books have been removed, which has caused a large controversy within the community.
Read moreOn Oct. 22, President and CEO of Erlanger Health System Kevin Spiegal announced that HKS Architects and McCarthy Building Companies Inc. had been selected to design and build the new Erlanger Women’s and Children’s Hospital in downtown Chattanooga.
Read moreIn response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, several Chattanooga area natives have mobilized to bring aid to affected countries and stop the further spread of the virus.
Read moreStudent recycling, a project of the Campus Stewardship Committee (CSC), is back up and running with its first collection day on Nov. 6. If students would like to get involved in recycling, they can pick up a bag for their dorm room from CSC in the student senate office. Bags will be available there throughout the year during the office’s regular hours. The bags will also be available to pick up at CSC’s booth at Bakertree on Nov. 1 from 12-4; feel free to contact any CSC member with questions.
Read moreSenior administration wants to hear from those in the Covenant College community about their ideas for making Covenant a better place to learn and they’re making that possible by opening the door for Covenant’s Quality Enhancement Plan.
Read moreThe Covenant College Philosophy Club is now offering a new way for students to participate in academically rigorous dialogue through the peer-reviewed undergraduate philosophy journal, Mountaintop Thoughts, now available online.
The journal will publish articles that have been given in presentations to the Covenant College Philosophy Club, that have been emailed to the editors, or special pieces written by Covenant College alumni and faculty.
Read moreLast Friday night, Mountain Affair was filled with toe-tapping tunes, impressive confetti cannons, and terrible torrential downpours. The night was kicked off with hundreds of students and previewers congregating outside the chapel in preparation for one of Covenant’s most treasured traditions.
Read moreThe Covenant College Board of Trustees will meet to discuss the various affairs of the school on Thursday, Oct. 2. Of the many items on the docket for this semester’s meeting, one topic of particular interest is the many renovations planned for the campus.
Read moreAfter years of technological growth and speculation, Chattanooga is finally offering a free public Wi-Fi service spanning several community locations across the city.
Read moreAfter almost twenty years at Covenant, Troy Duble has decided to step down from his role as vice president for advancement. Duble, who graduated from Covenant in 1993 with a degree in business administration, acted as director of development prior to becoming vice president for advancement in 2005. Duble cites “a strong call to pursue new ventures” as a reason for his departure.
Read moreOn Monday, Sept.15, the U.S. Department of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program awarded Chattanooga, along with 72 other cities, a $400,000 grant to assess the feasability of a light rail system that would utilize the city’s old rail lines. An additional $300,000 was given by the city to complete an estimated $35 million dollar study that will examine factors like demand, fare structure, and route tactics.
Read moreThis year, Carter Hall opened a new advising space and student area: the Center for Student Success. Designed by the Dean of Students Brad Voyles and the Director of Academic Support Janet Hulsey, this center hopes to serve students in need of tutoring or personalized academic guidance, and also provides specialized attention for those with learning difficulties. The Center is located at the end of Carter Hall in room 143, and has space available for studying and test proctoring.
Read moreThis summer Covenant officially announced the cancellation of plans for a Covenant branch campus in Indonesia. In an email sent on July 3, President Halvorson informed all faculty and staff that Covenant would no longer be pursuing “the establishment of a branch campus of Covenant College in Indonesia.”
Read moreCovenant College is thrilled to welcome back Bishop Henry Luke Orombi as the Neal Conference speaker. Bishop Orombi spoke at the Neal Conference once before in 2007. The Neal Conference is held annually at Covenant and seeks to develop true spirituality in the lives of students. Held in honour of Chuck Neal, who was influenced by Francis Schaeffer’s work True Spirituality, the Neal Conference brings in speakers who lecture on key facets of the Gospel. This year’s topic is “Where is Our Hope?”
Read moreOn Aug. 30, Covenant’s chapel was filled with pastors from local churches, African American Leadership Development Resource Weekend (LDR) attendees, and members of the Covenant College community for a panel discussion called Shalom in St. Louis, a conversation sparked by the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, on Aug. 9.
Read moreAfter eight years of service for Reformed University Fellowship at Covenant College, Ron Brown will not be returning as campus minister this semester.
Read moreLast semester, David Northcutt, chief planning and facilities officer, sent out an email declaring that after consulting with a structural engineer, the senior administration had decided it would be wiser to close the Art Barn for the year and study the possibilities of a new art facility.
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