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Surrounded but Not Known: Students Confront Campus Disconnection

5Dec

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Features, Mental Health

Surrounded but Not Known: Students Confront Campus Disconnection

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter Every morning on her way to class, Abby Ehrsam, a junior social work major, waves to people she recognizes, classmates from past semesters, faces from the dining hall, and the coffee line. They smile, exchange a quick “Hey, how are you?” and keep walking. By the end of the day, she’s talked to plenty of people, yet something still feels missing. “You just say hi to be nice,” she said. “You want someone to talk to, but you don’t want more than that.” Ehrsam calls them her “almost friends.” It’s not loneliness; instead, it’s the feeling of being connected but not close, known but not really known. For many college students, that phrase hits uncomfortably close to home. At first glance, college campuses seem like the perfect environment for c...

Making Christmas Count: How College Students Stretch Their Holiday Budgets

26Nov

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Making Christmas Count: How College Students Stretch Their Holiday Budgets

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter On a chilly afternoon, Serena Thompson stands in the middle of Walmart, clutching a small Funko Pop in her hands. The fluorescent lights hum overhead, Christmas music plays a little too loudly through the speakers, and she bites her lip as she flips the price tag over one more time. Eight dollars. Clearance. She exhales, relieved. “It’s silly,” she said. “I knew my sister would think it was hilarious. And when you’re a college student, finding a perfect gift that doesn’t break your bank account feels like winning the lottery.” Thompson, a junior IT major, doesn’t have a holiday season filled with big budgets and glossy shopping bags. Instead, she relies on something far more practical: a savings app connected to her bank account. “It pulls...

President Boone awarded “Keeper of the American Dream” honor by the National Immigration Forum

18Nov

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President Boone awarded “Keeper of the American Dream” honor by the National Immigration Forum

Michelle Loria Alvarado Executive Editor After more than a decade of working with a local non-profit to help make scholarships available for undocumented college students, Trevecca President Dan Boone was awarded the “Keeper of the American Dream Award” by the National Immigration Forum. Boone was given the award on Sept. 29 at Belmont University during the conference ”Leading the Way,” hosted by the National Immigration Forum. He was also honored at a reception in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13, in which Ethan Rice, ASB intercultural director, received the award on Boone’s behalf. “The National Immigration Forum was the first group that gave to me a viable position that included biblical theology of the immigrant, careful data about the issue that was in front of us, a deep resp...

Once a nervous freshman, now a guiding voice: Trevecca honors Lena Welch

11Nov

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Once a nervous freshman, now a guiding voice: Trevecca honors Lena Welch

Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor Far away from her Arkansas home, a shy Trevecca freshman, Lena Hegi, sat in the Tennessee Hall lobby, nervous for her first day of college, praying for someone to befriend her. Four decades later, Lena Hegi Welch helps students find their sense of belonging on campus. “I knew one person on campus. I was terrified, very introverted,” said Welch, dean of the school of arts and social sciences. After 37 years as a professor and administrator at Trevecca, Welch received this year’s TNU Generation Impact Award. Current or former Trevecca employees who worked for more than three decades qualify for the award, according to the Treveccan. On Nov. 8, the department of communication studies hosted a celebration in Wakefield...

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...

Trevecca graduates turn heads and chairs on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

7Nov

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Trevecca graduates turn heads and chairs on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

Michelle Loria Alvarado Executive Editor Dylan John (Letf), Emily Clapp (Center), Kollin Bailey (Right). The Blind Auditions Season Premiere, Episode 2801, Pictured: DEK of Hearts. (Photo by: Griffin Nagel/NBC) The night before the deadline for The Voice auditions, Dylan John, Emily Clapp, and Kollin Bailey were hanging out. John was scrolling through Instagram when he saw an ad for auditions for The Voice.“ He [John] was like ‘Hey, here’s an ad for The Voice, this would be fun if we do this as a trio,’” said Clapp. Then they grabbed Bailey’s McBook, recorded a 30-second clip, and sent their audition that same night. “It was literally the worst sound ever,” said Clapp, “And so we were like, what if we made this, like that would be funny if we made it.” Approxi...

John Radzimanowski: Balancing roles as career coach and volleyball coach

31Oct

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Features, Volleyball

John Radzimanowski: Balancing roles as career coach and volleyball coach

By Maven McGregory Senior Reporter Before sunrise, John Radzimanowski is already at work. His early mornings are reserved for coaching Trevecca’s regional volleyball team. After breakfast with the players, Career coach and employer relations specialist Radzimanowski heads to the Winkler Center, Trevecca’s career development center. Radzimanowski invests in students through career mentoring and coaching volleyball. On the court, he builds ongoing relationships; in the career center, he guides them professionally. “I was looking for an opportunity to be relational and invest in students and also wanted to find a way to reconnect with Trevecca,” said Radzimanowski. Headshot of John Radzimanowski/ Trevecca Marketing “On a practice day, I'm up at 4:30 in ...

Trevecca Students Brew Community With ‘Late Night Lattes’ Coffee Shop

22Oct

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Trevecca Students Brew Community With ‘Late Night Lattes’ Coffee Shop

By Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor Room 207 in the University Commons fills with gasps and whispers as students watch “La La Land.” In the corner, an espresso machine hums. Two students mix and create lattes, serve baked goods and chat with their friends-turned-customers. A selection of homemade baked goods that include cookies, banana bread, cinnamon rolls and more, laid out and for sale in the shop / Parker Henningsen - Trevechoes Charlie Mack, a junior English major, and Kat Abraham, a senior creative writing major, work each week to prepare Mack’s apartment into a makeshift coffee shop where a movie of the week plays, drinks and pastries are served and students have a place to hang out until at least midnight. “I love setting up movie nights and stuff so ...

Trevecca Chief Security Officer turns life stories into music

25Sep

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Faculty, Music

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...