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Trevecca Chief Security Officer turns life stories into music

25Sep

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Trevecca Chief Security Officer turns life stories into music

By: Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor James Hambrick signing his CD's for fans/photos provided by Hambrick While patrolling a vandalized cemetery at night, something caught James Hambrick’s eye. A man stood under a tree with a weapon in his hand, ready to end his life. Instead of questioning him, Hambrick stopped to listen. That moment would inspire Hambrick, Trevecca’s chief security officer, to write the songs “Talk About It Now,” featuring his granddaughter Erin Shark for his gospel country album “Somebody’s Gotta Tell Them.” The album tells real stories from his law enforcement career. “People are going through those difficult times and maybe contemplating suicide, and just talk about it now, talk to somebody,” said Hambrick. “So that song right there mea...

Trevecca staff helps create consortium of nonprofits to serve neighborhood

8May

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Trevecca staff helps create consortium of nonprofits to serve neighborhood

By Alayna Simons Photo of the Love Thy Neighborhood Collective. Alayna Simons / TrevEchoes Amid thousands of non-profits that exist within Nashville, the Love Thy Neighborhood Collective is working toward creating a community where non-profits can come together to converse and collaborate on actions that need to be made for the issues in the Napier Sudekum community. “The Love Thy Neighborhood Collective exists to be a bridge to connect organizations and non-profits in 37210 to come together and do work for collective impact,” said Iris Gordon, co-founder of the collective and an adjunct professor at Trevecca Nazarene University. The collective was talked about in 2019, but with the delay that the pandemic caused, the first meeting wasn’t until Sep. 2021. Over 60 organizatio...

From a Trevecca alum to a Teaching Excellence Award recipient: Eleni Reid’s journey

8Apr

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From a Trevecca alum to a Teaching Excellence Award recipient: Eleni Reid’s journey

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Assistant News Editor Eleni Reed shaking Provost Tom Middendorf’s hand after announcing her as this year’s recipient. Parker Henningsen/ TrevEchoes On March 6, Eleni Reid was announced as the Teaching Excellence Award recipient for the 2024-2025 school year. “The recipient of this year’s award is an outstanding scholar and a dedicated teacher who is always looking for new ways to challenge and equip students,” said Tom Middendorf, university provost, during the Teaching Excellence Award chapel. The Conference of Chairpersons, composed of academic deans and department chairs, has presented the Teaching Excellence Award each year since 1982. This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching. Faculty are eligible to receive this award by being...

Trevecca’s intercultural book clubs provide space for conversation and learning

27Feb

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Trevecca’s intercultural book clubs provide space for conversation and learning

By Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Staff Writer Members of the intercultural book club pose for a photo. Jasmin Enriquez Martinez/TrevEchoes As part of an effort to increase intercultural competence on campus, faculty-led book groups are reading books that discuss race, faith, and social issues. This semester, each group is reading “How Far to the Promised Land” by Esau McCaulley. The campus intercultural book groups aim to create cultural competence among faculty and staff as well as a space for discussion and related experiences based on the book read for the semester, according to Terrence Schofield, associate provost of mission excellence and reconciliation. Members of the book club reading and discussing their book of the month ‘How Far to the Promised Land’. Jasmin Enrique...

Cupid on campus: three employee couples who found love and are shaped by the campus community

7Feb

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Cupid on campus: three employee couples who found love and are shaped by the campus community

By Alana McLaughlin Staff Writer For three Trevecca employee couples, the Hill has not only been their place of employment but also the foundation of their long-lasting, Christ-centered marriages that have been shaped by the campus community. This year as Valentine’s Day approaches, three Trevecca employee married couples share their stories of finding and maintaining love at Trevecca. From left to right: University president Dan Boone, Peg Cooning, and Doug Lepter at their wedding ceremony under the bell tower on Trevecca’s campus in 2020. Cooning/Lepter Peg Cooning and Doug Lepter Peg Cooning, vice president for university engagement, caught Dr. Doug Lepter’s eye on Valentines Day 2019 at a Trevecca Theatre show. Lepter had recently retired as chair of the Department of...

Trevecca history professors awarded $1 million grant to teach students in prison

4Feb

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Trevecca history professors awarded $1 million grant to teach students in prison

By Alayna Simons Senior Reporter Erica Hayden (left) and Laura Hohman (right) collaborating in their office on Jan. 24. Alayna Simons/ TrevEchoes Trevecca is now a part of a collaboration that received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to offer bachelor's degrees in humanities and liberal arts to prison inmates in Tennessee. Since last spring, Erica Hayden, professor of history, and Laura Hohman, associate professor of history, have been working on implementing humanities courses at a local prison to provide a better life after incarceration. “Most incarcerated people will be released and they will go on with their lives and try to find jobs, reconnect with their families, and rebuild their lives,” said Hohman. “The goal is to rehabilitate, and if you can give pe...

Retired employee stays connected to students via baking

17Dec

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Retired employee stays connected to students via baking

By Emily Gibson Assistant Features Editor A retired employee at Trevecca continues to make an impact on the faculty and students at Trevecca through her passion for baking cinnamon rolls. Marilyn Jordan, 80, retired as the administrative assistant for the Department of Communication Studies in 2018 after serving 17 years in multiple roles at Trevecca, during which time she also baked hundreds of cinnamon rolls. Marilyn Jordan. Photo Emily Gibson. This year alone, Jordan has baked four dozen rolls for the Department of Communication students and faculty, during which time Jordan got to do what she said she loves most: fellowship with friends and spend time with students. “Can we ever say Marilyn is retired?” said Kristi Walker, administrative assistant fo...

Student follows in grandfather’s footsteps to host television show

9Dec

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Student follows in grandfather’s footsteps to host television show

By Kaleel Stewart Staff Writer McLaughlin interviewing a guest for her show “Perspectives.” Photo courtesy Alana McLaughlin. As a child, Alana McLaughlin said she loved going to work with her grandfather James Haney on the set of Fox where he, as the host of "Comments with Dr. James Haney," interviewed people from different professions, primarily in the black community, such as professors, doctors, and local community members. "It didn't really hit that we were…on television talking and that thousands of people would see this," said McLaughlin, a sophomore multimedia journalism major. "It was just like I get to talk to Grandpa, and I taped my first episode with him in December of 2010." McLaughlin was eight years old in 2010, and now at 22, McLaughlin carries on her grandfat...

TrevEchoes celebrates 80 years of publishing student news

9Dec

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TrevEchoes celebrates 80 years of publishing student news

By Alayna Simons Editor-in-Chief Past TrevEchoes editors reading through old issues at 80th birthday party. Photo by Alayna Simons. Howard Wall Jr. was a 15-year-old freshman during World War II when he launched the first one-page issue of the Trevecca student newspaper in 1944. He was the first person in his family to go to college and was eager to make an impact on campus, said his son, Howard Wall III. Eighty years later, the TrevEchoes, the official student newspaper on campus, is an award-winning publication with a staff of more than 10 students. A birthday party during homecoming weekend for the newspaper brought more than 40 alumni together to reminisce about their time working for the paper. "The 80th birthday party was so fun because I got to...

5Nov

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New associate dean of residence life casts vision for his role

By Kamryn Sanderfer Staff Writer Zack Church. Photo courtesy Trevecca Marketing. Living learning communities and language-intensive housing options in which native Spanish speakers are paired with students looking to improve their language skills are just a couple of the big dreams Zack Church has for the future of residential life at Trevecca. Church, associate dean of residence life, replaced Rhonda Lillenthial as associate dean of residence life after she retired after serving 36 years in the position. “I’m looking forward to getting the rhythm of this job down…really getting my feet underneath me there, and then, you know, asking ‘What can we do with residence life in the next five years?’” said Church. Church first came to Trevecca as a student in 2...