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RA application process opens with upcoming information session

9Feb

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RA application process opens with upcoming information session

By Judge Mobley Staff Writer Students interested in becoming a Resident Assistant (RA) can attend an informational meeting on Feb. 9 at either 11 a.m. or 9 p.m. in Wakefield Auditorium. Anyone is welcome at the meeting to learn more about joining the residential staff on campus. Each year Student Development employs 45 students who are responsible for their assigned floor. Students must possess good conflict management skills, leadership skills and resilience. These students are compensated with the RA scholarship of $3,500 for the semester. After the application process, Student Life officials schedule interviews with top candidates. Students are first put into groups and then go to five different stations where they complete certain activities and real-world situatio...

Music City Cinema Conference returns for third year

30Jan

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Music City Cinema Conference returns for third year

Alana McLaughlin Senior Reporter Filmmakers, editors, writers, and students will gather on campus this weekend for the third annual Music City Cinema Conference. Organizers announced on social media yesterday that the conference is still on after a major ice storm in Nashville this week. “Some have asked if the conference will stay on schedule,” states a post on the @treveccafilm Instagram account. “The answer is yes. The show will go on.” The conference begins today, Jan. 30, at 3:30 p.m. Directed by Trevecca film and television professors Seth Conley and Adam Drake, the conference aims to connect students with filmmakers and storytellers from around Nashville for networking and job opportunities. “There is a market for people hungry to be involved in fil...

Trevecca campus battling ice and fallen trees as heat fails in resident halls

27Jan

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Trevecca campus battling ice and fallen trees as heat fails in resident halls

Lauren Steinbrook News and Engagement Editor Trevecca students are bunking with friends, sleeping in classrooms and showering in locker rooms as four university residence halls were left without heat and power following an ice storm Sunday, forcing dozens of students to seek temporary housing. Bush, Redford, Shingler and Benson Hall were among the buildings affected after freezing rain caused fallen trees, power outages and unsafe conditions throughout Trevecca Nazarene University’s campus. The statue of Jesus, located at the center of campus, is frozen and covered with ice. / TrevEchoes - Parker Henningsen According to Associate Dean for Residential Life Zack Church, a part of the western edge of campus, including Benson Hall, the Shingler/Redford/Bush apartment bui...

11Dec

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Peggy Cooning Retires After 19 Years of Advancing Trevecca’s Mission

Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor Peggy Cooning watched her parents scrimp and save every penny so she could afford college, never spending on themselves. Now, after 19 years of fundraising at Trevecca, she’s spent her career giving students a chance at an education. Peggy Cooning and her team during Homecoming / Photo provided by Peggy Cooning “College was super important for my parents to support because I wanted to do it, and they did a lot of sacrificial things to allow me to come to college,” said Cooning, vice president for university engagement. Cooning will retire on Dec. 12 as vice president of university engagement, ending a 45-year career. Since arriving at Trevecca in 2007, she’s overseen the university’s fundraising, community engagement, events ...

Reporting, Serving, Leading: Michelle Loria Alvarado Honored with Dr. Nina Griggs Gunter Scholarship

4Dec

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Reporting, Serving, Leading: Michelle Loria Alvarado Honored with Dr. Nina Griggs Gunter Scholarship

Maven McGregory Senior Reporter Michelle Loria Alvarado with award and certificate / TrevEchoes – Parker Henningsen At 14, Michelle Loria Alvarado moved to the U.S. from Venezuela, and though she spoke no English, she had high hopes for her future. She was a junior in high school during the COVID shutdown. She used this time to focus on mastering English. “When everybody was at their homes, I took that time to perfect my English. I listened to music in English, putting everything in my home in English, and reading more often in English,” said Loria Alvarado. Today, the senior Multimedia Journalism major is the executive editor of the student newspaper, the president of the National Society of Leadership and Success and now the 2025 recipient of the Nina ...

BizCrush becomes Trevecca’s first official business club after a year of independent work

3Dec

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BizCrush becomes Trevecca’s first official business club after a year of independent work

Maven McGregory Senior Reporter A new club on campus offers students real-life skills and experiences to help prepare them professionally. After unofficially operating on their own for a year, BizCrush was officially approved by Trevecca’s Student Government Association this semester as the first official business club. Danny Saweres, Ryan Pimentel, Jordan Voorhees, Sandro Pirtskhalava, and Katie Moll initiated the club to serve students by helping them build their networks and transitioning them from students to professionals. “We are the first business club. We're also the first club to really begin and solidify itself without any help, without officialness,” said Voorhees, BizCrush treasurer. Many students wanted practical experience to b...

Sodexo fixes glitch in its system, commuters lose access to meal exchanges

14Nov

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Sodexo fixes glitch in its system, commuters lose access to meal exchanges

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter Commuter students on campus are voicing frustration after a system glitch that once allowed them to use meal exchanges at campus dining spots was corrected earlier this semester, cutting off what many saw as their most convenient dining option. The issue dates back to last year, when a technical error temporarily allowed commuters access to meal exchanges at the Hub, 1901, and Starbucks. The perk wasn’t officially part of commuter meal plans, but for nearly a year, many used it regularly before the glitch was quietly fixed. Information provided by Dining on Trevecca SharePoint. / TrevEchoes - Lauren Steinbrook “I knew it was going on and I was using it,” said Angelita Garcia, vice president of the commuter council. “But I didn’t know it was a g...

After decades behind the mic, Greg Ruff joins Trevecca hall of fame

7Nov

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After decades behind the mic, Greg Ruff joins Trevecca hall of fame

Parker Henningsen Sports Editor and Chief Photographer For nearly three decades, Greg Ruff has been the steady voice behind Trevecca athletics, calling games, writing stories and celebrating the triumphs of others. Now, the longtime broadcaster and sports information director finds himself on the other side of the story: as one of the newest members of the Trevecca Nazarene University Athletics Hall of Fame. “It’s kind of awkward,” Ruff said with a laugh. “I’m on the Hall of Fame Committee, so to be the one recognized and then have to help put out the press release about myself, that’s not exactly how I’m wired. My greatest joy has always been sharing the accomplishments of other people.” Ruff graduated from Trevecca in 1987 with a degree in communication studies. He h...

The voice that launched hundreds: Remembering Trevecca’s WNAZ

7Nov

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The voice that launched hundreds: Remembering Trevecca’s WNAZ

Parker Henningsen Sports Editor and Chief Photographer Long before podcasts and playlists filled the airwaves, a small 10-watt signal from the basement of Trevecca’s Fine Arts Building began carrying a new kind of voice across Nashville. That voice belonged to WNAZ, Trevecca’s student-run radio station that shaped decades of broadcasters, storytellers, and communicators. For more than 40 years, WNAZ wasn’t just a station, it was a classroom, a community, and a launchpad for hundreds of students who learned the power of sound, storytelling, and connection. “It started with a handful of dreamers,” said David Deese, a longtime Trevecca professor who helped run and later manage the station. “When I arrived as a student in 1965, there wasn’t a radio station yet. But by my soph...

A new epidemic for college students: Loneliness

3Nov

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A new epidemic for college students: Loneliness

By Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter At lunch in Apple Dining Hall, Finley Coleman slides her tray onto an empty table. Around her, laughter and conversation fill the room, but for her, the noise only amplifies the silence surrounding her. “I feel the most connected at worship nights, but most isolated at lunch or at night," Coleman said. Coleman, a psychology major and residential student, lives just steps from hundreds of classmates. On paper, her days should be filled with built-in community. Yet she often finds herself eating alone or drifting back to her dorm after class with no one to talk to. Photo of herself provided by Finley Coleman Her experience reflects a larger trend many colleges are confronting: the loneliness epidemic. In 2023, the U.S. surgeon general declar...