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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...

Maven McGregory Senior Reporter Trevecca students can now search for internships, build resumes, and connect with mentors  all in one place and with trusted advisors at the university's newly opened Winkler Center . On Aug. 27, the Career and Development Center officially became the Winkler Center, now located on the main floor of Waggoner Library.  The Winkler Center for career development and connections new location on the main floor of Waggoner Library, next to the mail room. / Maven McGregory - TrevEchoes The Winkler Center was developed as part of Trevecca’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a five-year initiative focused on strengthening career counseling, services and leadership development.  “The QEP was a couple of years ago. It is a five-year plan ...

 By Lauren Steinbrook, Michelle Loria Alvarado and Parker Henningsen Ten days after a photo of a student athlete with a racial slur painted on his chest surfaced on mostly anonymous social media platforms, University President Dan Boone released a statement and invited all students, staff and faculty to a forum to discuss the impact of the incident on campus. “I am writing to share that the University is aware of a recent off-campus, non-sanctioned student event on September 20 that did not uphold our values and caused harm to our community,” Boone wrote in an email sent campus-wide on Sept. 30. “Our student development team has been actively investigating this matter. This work is ongoing. We recognize the pain that this incident, which involved a racial slur, has caused on our camp...