Kapic might need to find another colleague to pick on during Chapel introductions next semester: the well-loved professor and colleague Dr. Jay D. Green will not be around for Fall 2015. Dr. Green, a Professor of History who has been on the faculty since 1998, is taking a semester-long sabbatical next fall.
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On Mar. 31, the student body elected a new Student Senate, composed of four executive positions, four Residence Hall Presidents, three Class Presidents, and a Campus Activities Board Director. Run-offs were held on Apr. 1. Only three of the winners were returning Senate members. Last week, the four executive Senate members, all rising Seniors, were interviewed about their expectations for the upcoming year, which included a closer focus on stewarding resources and expanding the Senate’s networking.
Read moreNew CCC Director
After a four-month search for a new director, Covenant College’s Center for Calling and Career (CCC) hired Dr. John Plating on March 16. Plating is a retired Air Force Colonel who has served as a senior pilot, an associate professor of history at the Air Force Academy, and the COO/CFO for the Academy’s Provost. In a recent announcement to the Covenant community, Dean Voyles says Plating “brings a unique blend of education and experience which will enable him to serve our community through connecting with various constituents in an effort to provide pathways to internships and employment opportunities for our students.”
Read moreCovenant Debate Wins First Place
This spring, Covenant’s debate team concluded their 2014-2015 season by winning first place overall sweepstakes for Division II colleges at the annual National Christian Forensics Invitational (NCCFI). NCCFI was located at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado, this year
Read moreAn App for Research
Over Spring Break a team of Covenant computer science students including Marc Bohler, Joseph Mbabu, Obed Tandadjaja and Anna Hankal traveled to Colorado to spend a week with a mission organization called LightSys. LightSys provides technology, specifically software, for other mission organizations such as Wycliffe, Pioneers, and Joshua Project. LightSys provides their services free of charge so that these organizations can continue to move forward with their work unhindered by costly software development.
Read moreEducation Reform
Last April, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission rocked the boat for educators by reforming the certification process and its requirements. Most importantly, future educators must pass the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) and complete three years of teaching experience to receive a Professional Certificate in Georgia.
Read moreMandatory Meal Plan
On Tuesday, March 31, Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students Brad Voyles sent out an email with the subject line “Mandatory Meal Plans.” His email, the validation of months of whispered rumors, announced a new mandatory meal plan system that will be implemented beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.
Read moreMountaintop Thoughts Essay Contest 2015
The Covenant College Philosophy Club is pleased to announce the first Mountaintop Thoughts Essay Contest, to be held at Covenant College on April 18, 2015.
Read moreDr. WhiteBro Tempts Students with “Art” (Again)
Several students’ struggles to remain pure have been foiled yet again by the famously controversial Dr. WhiteBro, who recently had the audacity to require students to look at art with nudity in it in her classes that study art. Though the polarizing professor couldn’t be reached for comment, we here at the Windbag believe the testimonials speak for themselves.
Read moreTESOL Minor
Interested in language, culture, teaching, or all three? Students interested in teaching English will now have the opportunity to obtain a TESOL minor at Covenant.
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Residence Life Restructuring
Next year, Residence Life will be drastically restructuring its staff positions to provide better campus-wide care. The three current Assistant Resident Director positions will be eliminated, and three new Residence Life positions will be added—two Community Coordinators, as well as an Area Coordinator for Transitional Housing. The new positions were created by Jonathan Ingraham, Assistant Dean of Students and head of Residence Life, with input from current Residence Life staff and Dean of Students, Brad Voyles, as well as inspiration from Residence Life programs at other institutions.
Read moreParking Panel
On Tuesday, March 31st at 7:30p.m. Student Senate will be hosting a panel in Brock 120/122 to address Covenant’s current campus parking situation. Parking tickets have been issued, Bagpipe articles have been written, and the frustrations have accumulated over this seemingly never-ending controversy.
Read moreNew RUF Minister on Campus
Nearly a year after former RUF campus minister Ron Brown announced that he would be moving to Panama City Beach, Fla. to pastor a PCA church, the RUF search committee has chosen and called Rev. Scott Wells of Hixson, Tenn. to be the RUF campus minister at Covenant. He will begin his tenure as the RUF campus minister at Covenant this upcoming fall semester.
Read moreVandalism in the Library
On Wednesday, March 18, Bekah Meyer’s string installation, By Touch, was severed and pieces were strewn through campus between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. Small torn pieces of string led to Jackson Hall. While the perpetrator remains unknown, the art department has alerted Jeff Hall, Academic Vice President, and Tad Mindeman, Director of Library Services, as well as campus security.
Read moreBreak on Impact: LONDON
For the last few years, Covenant has partnered with a missions group in London, England to take a group of students to work with the South Asian communities in Southall and Hounslow as one of the Break on Impact trips offered each Spring Break. However, the start of this year's trip was accompanied by a series of events worthy of a Lemony Snicket tale.
Read moreFCC Votes in Favor of Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled to adopt a series of Open Internet rules, otherwise known as the order for Net Neutrality, on Feb. 26. The order is intended to better regulate broadband service providers nationwide to prevent client exploitation. Last week, on March 12, the FCC released a 400 page document, publicly available on their website, detailing these rules and their ramifications in more detail.
Read morePlanet Narnia
On Monday, Covenant welcomed Dr. Michael Ward, an apologist and leading expert on the life and works of C.S. Lewis, to chapel and special afternoon lecture. The author of four books, including Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, Ward’s greatest claim to fame is his appearance in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, in which he can be seen holding a pair of X-ray spectacles next to Pierce Brosnan’s Bond.
Read moreWhat Does Senate Do Again?
The 2014-2015 Student Senate has been asked repeatedly about the funds that each student pays every year. Most commonly the questions pertain to the manner in how the funds are spent and what happens if the money is not all spent.
Read moreAdvising Responsibilities
Since the beginning of the semester, the Academic Standards Committee has taken the next step to delineate guidelines for students and faculty advisors in the registration process and their interaction with the Center for Student Success, stressing that faculty advisors will continue to be the primary consultants concerning class scheduling, credit requirements, and major-specific planning.
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Music with a Mission
The International Justice Mission club’s Coffee House on Wednesday, Feb. 25 raised $212 for anti-human trafficking justice work. This event took place from from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. and provided a platform for Covenant musicians to share their talent.
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