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From dissertation to “I Do”: A sweet season at Trevecca.

19Feb

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From dissertation to “I Do”: A sweet season at Trevecca.

By Alana McLaughlin Senior Reporter Rebecca and Zach Ronan getting engaged in the Mackey building/ Photo provided by Rebecca Ronan As Rebecca Ronan settled into her office in Mackey, she turned around to find her boyfriend on one knee. Now, a flower arrangement sits in the corner of the office. For Rebecca Ronan, associate professor of English, it’s a reminder of her marriage. “This has been the sweetest season, in the sweetest place,” said Ronan. The proposal came at an unexpected time. Ronan had completed a 7-year long Ph.D. program at Middle Tennessee State University, graduating May 2025. She then started her position at Trevecca in August. “It was so meaningful to me because he had been along for the end of me getting my Ph.D. and the dissertation pro...

6Nov

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Campus News, Spiritual Life

Chapel speaker causes controversy

By Amy Taylor A small group of students walked out of a February chapel service at Trevecca because they felt they were being falsely accused of racism and terrorism. More than 70 students have since become fans of a Facebook group advocating that the speaker not be invited back to campus. Reverend Gwendolyn Felder-Brown, the pastor of Ernest Newman United Methodist Church in Nashville and the united campus minister of the Wesley Foundation at Fisk University, was asked by the Office of the Chaplain at Trevecca to speak during chapel on February 25, 2010. (more…)