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Photos provided by Trevecca Marketing By Madeline Brown The end of the semester can be one of the most stressful times of year for many students. Classes are wrapping up and finals are approaching, but for students who are feeling behind or need a little help, there are still options. Trevecca offers many resources to help during these few weeks filled with worries and anxiety. Mark Bowles, director of academic services, shared a few tips to ace finals and minimize stress. "Actively engage in reading and studying, eliminate multitasking, and take control of your calendar” are Bowles’ top strategies for studying. The most beneficial way to actively engage is to create a study guide, such as a quizlet, or make the material personal by linking it to things that you...

By Meahgan Larkins Josiah Martin never really considered college. The freshman from New Mexico is from a family where no one else went to college. So, when God told him to come to Trevecca, he said it was a difficult transition.   Alex Webster and Fatima Vargas have started a club for first-generation students. This is one of the new resources this year at Trevecca.  Another program that was started this year by Dr. Mark Bowles to help these students is the Generations Mentor Program. It pairs new first-generation students with a one-on-one peer mentor, who is also a first-generation student. Bowles stated, “We are providing support based on relationships.” The GMP program provides two events a month, one social event and one training session.   “There ...

By Grace Beckner Ohana is a new group on campus for students who might feel they are on the fringes of Trevecca’s community. “International students…come on down!” said Sam Stueckle, professor of mathematics and co-founder of Ohana with his wife Sharon. “People from different religious takes--athiest, pagan, Muslim--I don’t care, all of those are not in the mainstream of Trevecca. People who are struggling with their gender identity or their sexual identity, people who don’t have friends here.” Stuekle said the group happened organically over the course of the semester, as he was in discussion with students and in a discernment process with his pastor at Trevecca Community Church. “We had been working through this whole idea for the last several years and trying to f...

By Eden Harden Five Trevecca students are working to bring Delight back to campus to create more opportunities for women to build community.  Delight, a national ministry whose mission is to “invite college women into Christ-centered community that fosters vulnerability and transforms stories,” existed at Trevecca prior to 2020, but floundered during Covid-19.  Delight ministries originally started at Belmont in Nashville in 2013. It is now on 205 college campuses and includes more than 14,000 women.  Trevecca will fully launch a campus chapter in the spring of 2022.   “Delight is different from other ministries for college students because it is just right here on campus, and we as students are able to see the firsthand needs of our peers...

By Miriam Rixon Photo provided by Trevecca Media Arts After much planning and research, a canceled trip and nearly two years of waiting, a group of history, religion, music and film students spent the week of fall break in Rome. The Theological and Moral Formation in Early Christian Worship class was originally planned as one of the university’s FLARE (Faculty Led Academic Research Experience) projects in 2020.  The idea was that a group of students from several departments in the university were going to travel to Rome to make a documentary about early church practices. But Italy was one of the first countries to experience a Covid-19 outbreak during the early spring of 2020 so the trip was canceled.  “When the pandemic broke loose, we obviously couldn’t travel,”...

“While Trevecca’s parade has never rivaled Macy’s, we have continued a treasured tradition that gathers the generations on the quad for a time of remembering. Clubs, classes, kings and queens, athletic teams, alumni reunion groups, drama casts, cheerleaders (they’re back!!!), and goats on parade. It is a fun event with more smiles than faces. It’s one of the ways that we celebrate community - young and old, current and past occupants, the generations of Trevecca.”- Dan Boone Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing Photo provided by Grace Beckner Photo provided by Aliza Carrero Cast of Freaky Friday photo provided by Maci Weeks Cast of Freaky Friday photo provided by Maci Weeks “We belong to a larger community – the alumni and friend...