COVENANT 360, formerly known as Campus Preview Weekend, is the Admissions Department’s new (and hopefully improved) plan to take college visits to a new level.
Read moreTrack and Field Entering Second Season
Covenant’s newest sport, track and field, is entering its second official season this Spring. The sport officially began during the 2016-17 school year, although the cross country team had already been running in some spring track meets.
Read moreMainx24 Hits Southside Chattanooga
Mainx24 returned to Chattanooga Saturday, December 2. The street parade has been occurring since 2007, and has become one of the main annual events for Southside.
Read moreNo Need for a Post-Grad Job if You Invest in Bitcoin?
Venezuela recently announced plans to launch a cryptocurrency in order to avoid U.S.-led sanctions. If you think that only communist South American countries are paving the future of global currency, you should look at America this year. Americans are rushing to buy cryptocurrency as they lead the way in purchasing Bitcoin, pushing its worth to new heights.
Read moreDiscussions on Race
November 15 through 17, Covenant hosted several events on campus intended to foster conversations about race, including two chapel talks and a panel discussion.
Read moreCovenant Loses Dear Community Member Bob Harbert
The small Christian context of Covenant College fosters deep relationships throughout campus. This opportunity for heartfelt community is one of Covenant’s unique qualities, including the exceptional faculty and staff. However, because of this small, tightly woven community, deaths heavily impact the campus. On Saturday, November 11, Covenant College lost beloved community member and friend, Bob Harbert, ‘78. Harbert is survived by children Allison Smith and Ashley Lesondak; siblings Michael Harbert and Sherri Kramer; grandchildren, Levi Smith, Caleb Smith, Myra Lesondak, and Paige Lesondak, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Read moreGrowers Club
The 2017/2018 incarnation of Growers Club has lots to offer students at Covenant College. Sophomores Emma Gibson and Fiona Hubbard are leading the club this year, combining their visions to create a holistic and purposeful club.
Read moreOperation Christmas Child on Campus
Operation Christmas Child has hit the mountain.Grant Kierpa, junior class president, has worked hard to get not only every hall, but also local churches in the area, involved in this project. He is excited to see how it will impact Covenant’s community moving forward.
Read moreThe Race Card Project
For the past several weeks, there have been many discussions about race and discrimination on campus. These discussions have centered around the Race Card Project, started by reporter and author Michele Norris in 2010, and then facilitated on campus by Dr. Elissa Weichbrodt.
Read moreCovenant Students in the Gettys' Concert
On Saturday, October 28 at the Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Covenant College students involved in Covenant Singers and Chamber Singers joined a choir of voices from churches all across Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain. All of these voices joined to sing with Keith and Kristyn Getty in their concert titled “Facing a Task Unfinished.” The Gettys are originally from Northern Ireland, but they currently live in Nashville, Tennessee. This concert is the first time the Gettys have ever performed in Chattanooga.
Read moreMac Movie 2017
Maclellan-Rymer residents dressed in their best and gathered, along with the rest of campus, in the chapel on November 4 for Mac Movie 2017.
Read moreThe Current Core Curriculum Conversation
Recently, for the first time since 2013, the Core Oversight Committee presented a set of potential recommendations to the Curriculum Committee for potential changes in the core requirements.
Read moreHarvey Weinstein Accused of Sexual Assault and Harassment
Recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein, American film producer and founder of the Weinstein Company, have indicated that he may be guilty of multiple counts of sexual harassment and assault going back as early as the 1980s. Victims of Weinstein’s escapades include Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, and Rosanna Arquette.
Read moreSecession...and we are not talking about Texas.
On October 27, the Catalan parliament under the leadership of Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont pushed forward a late night vote for independence which many representatives boycotted. This parliament vote was preceded by an October 1 referendum where the Catalan people voted for independence by over 90 percent.
Read moreMark Slavovsky: Student to Professor in Seventeen Years
Professor Mark Slavovsky, stood in front of a class full of students, every face focused on him. He cleared his throat and started his lecture, relating information he had begun studying in this very classroom precisely seventeen years ago.
Read moreCarter Hall Renovation and Rededication
Most of us current students at Covenant College don’t remember Carter Hall not being under renovation. We don’t remember the rickety spiral staircase up the tower or the Washington Monument-like dome. However, renovations are finally and officially done, and late Thursday afternoon, October 5, marked a brief rededication ceremony.
Read moreCovenant and Startups
Covenant alumni and students are starting businesses in and around Chattanooga.
Read moreCovenant Celebrates the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. As the official college of the PCA, Covenant College will be also be celebrating the quincentennial of the Protestant Reformation throughout the academic year along with other churches across the nation.
Read moreCalifornia Becomes First Sanctuary State
On October 5, California Governor Jerry Brown passed legislation limiting who state and local law enforcement agencies can hold, question, and transfer based on immigration status at the request of federal immigration authorities. Communication between California police and Federal officials about immigration status will be prohibited, and undocumented immigrants will be safer from deportation.
Read moreWoodmore Bus Driver Released from Custody
On Wed., October 4, twenty-five-year-old Johnthony Walker—the bus driver in the Nov. 21, 2016, Woodmore Elementary School bus wreck killing six children—was released from Hamilton County Jail.
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