Campus News

By Grace Beckner Nine Trevecca faculty members will not be returning for the 2022-2023 academic year. Seven of the nine are women, two being retirees.  “We had less faculty transitioning from Trevecca over the last couple of years during the pandemic, I think people needed stability in the middle of uncertainty,” said Tom Middendorf, university provost and senior vice president.  Information released by the government’s jobs report indicated over 20 million people quit their jobs during the second half of 2021. Middendorf said the university may be feeling the effects of what has been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released statistics in January indicating 4.5 million people left their jobs voluntarily in November 2021, an “all-...

By Mia Agee Next school year Trevecca’s university chaplain plans to create discipleship groups and boost local church involvement among students post-Covid.      During the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic students could not meet in groups of more than eight people on campus.   “Then you’ve got the added layer of masks. I know we all get used to that, but it’s not normal, and it’s really hard to establish personal connections with people when you can’t see their faces,” said Erik Gernand, university chaplain.    Last summer, Gernand worked with student chaplains to put together student-led groups over specific topics, Bible studies, and accountability groups. Around 15 of those groups existed at the beginning of the last two sch...