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

27Feb

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Faculty

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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Faculty

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 Welcomes New Director of Student Life

13Oct

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Faculty

Trevecca Welcomes New Director of Student Life

Photo by Alayna Simons (Editor-in-Chief) By Alayna Simons Editor-in-Chief After a national search, Natalie Specht has officially filled the position of director of student life. In July and August, more than 40 people applied from different backgrounds, and Megan McGhee, assistant dean of student life, says that it is a miracle that they found someone within two months of the job being vacant. “It’s unusual. I just feel like the Lord went before us and provided us with the candidate that we needed for this season. We’re really fortunate and we’re so thankful for her,” said McGhee. Specht moved from California to Tennessee a little over a year ago. She attended California Baptist University for her bachelor’s degree and received her master’s in spiritual formation and so...

Trevecca marketing team gains new leader and vision

8Mar

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Campus News, Faculty

Trevecca marketing team gains new leader and vision

Trevecca will soon have a redesigned website under the direction of the new leader of the marketing department. Mollie Yoder, who was hired in December to fill the vacant associate vice president of marketing and communications position, is four months into her new role and focused mostly on launching a new website for the university and building her new team. Yoder was hired after a months-long search to replace Matt Toy, who resigned from the position last year, said Holly Whitby, vice president of enrollment and marketing. Yoder has a bachelor’s degree in communication and public relations and a master’s in business management and leadership from Liberty University, where she worked as the director of marketing from 2009 to 2016. Most recently, she was the director of marketin...