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Get to know Trevecca’s 2025 homecoming king finalists

29Oct

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Campus News

Get to know Trevecca’s 2025 homecoming king finalists

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Executive Editor One Trevecca male will represent Trevecca at all official homecoming events as the 2025 Trevecca Homecoming King. Executive Editor Michelle Loria Alvarado interviewed the three homecoming king finalists. After two rounds of voting, three finalists remain. The last round for homecoming voting was released on Friday, October 24, in the afternoon and will close tonight, Tuesday, October 28, at 11:59 p.m. TJ Weeks Loria Alvarado: Please introduce yourself with your name, major, and hometown. Weeks: I'm TJ Weeks. I am a biology major and I am from Kokomo, Indiana. Loria Alvarado: How has your experience at Trevecca shape who you are today, both personally and professionally? Weeks: So my experience at Tre...

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

22Oct

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Features

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 ...

Free flu shot clinic aims to keep campus healthy

22Oct

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Student Life

Free flu shot clinic aims to keep campus healthy

By Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter Trevecca students and the surrounding community will have the chance to roll up their sleeves and protect themselves this fall. The university’s Department of Nursing will host a free flu shot clinic on Tuesday, Oct. 28, beginning at 8 a.m. in Trevecca Towers 1 before moving to the third floor of Jernigan Student Center during chapel. The clinic will remain open until 3 p.m. Nursing professor Christy Twinning, who is sponsoring the event, said the idea came from recognizing barriers students faced in getting vaccinated, including cost, transportation, and time. “We saw a need,” Twinning said. “Our nursing students needed to be vaccinated to go to clinicals, but there were some barriers, such as cost and transportation. We also want...

Homecoming court nominations now open to all students

8Oct

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Events

Homecoming court nominations now open to all students

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Executive Editor Homecoming court nominations opened Oct. 6 and will close Oct. 8 at 11:59 p.m. “Homecoming court is a fun tradition that's been around in Trevecca for a long time, and it's where students can vote for their peers and who they think represents their class well,” said Natalie Specht, director of student life. The process is divided into three rounds of elections: During the first round, students nominate 10 males and 10 females from their academic class. This ballot opened Oct. 6 and will close tonight, Oct 8, at 11:59 p.m. After the ballot closes, the SGA president and vice president will select the top five most nominated students from each underclassmen class, and then they will create the second round of elections. F...

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...

Spiritual deepening week ends with challenge to ‘dwell’ and love others

19Sep

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Spiritual Life

Spiritual deepening week ends with challenge to ‘dwell’ and love others

Photo from Monday night chapel with Michaele LaVigne (left) and Erik Gerneand (right) in their Mr. Roger's sweaters and slippers / Won Seo - Trevecca Marketing By Lauren Steinbrook News and Engagement Editor Trevecca’s annual Spiritual Deepening Week has come to a close, leaving students with a call from guest speaker Michaele LaVigne to become good neighbors who reflect the love of Jesus. Spiritual Deepening Week is a campus tradition each semester designed to create space for the Trevecca community to pause from their routines, gather for worship and prayer, and seek a deeper relationship with God. Michaele LaVigne preaching during Tuesday Morning chapel/ Won Seo -Trevecca Marketing This semester’s theme, “Dwell,” invited students to consider what it means to remain ro...

Trevecca student band Roarshack hosts HookyFest, a Nashville student music festival

19Sep

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Music

Trevecca student band Roarshack hosts HookyFest, a Nashville student music festival

By Lauren Steinbrook News and Engagement Editor Roarshack's HookyFest flyer created by Landry French, the band's bassist. Trevecca student band, Roarshack, is taking the stage tomorrow night with the launch of HookyFest. HookyFest is a music festival created and headlined by student band Roarshack. The festival kicks off Saturday at 3 p.m. at The Coliseum and will feature 11 bands from Nashville area colleges, including Trevecca, Belmont and Lipscomb. HookyFest will feature a mix of originals and covers from bands including Sleep Naked and Scuffed Animals. doors opening at 2:30 p.m., with music beginning at 3 p.m., and Roarshack taking the stage at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. "In April of last [school] year, I was like Why don't we do like a big back-to-school kind of ...

Trevecca students gather in prayer, urging unity on campus

19Sep

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Campus News, Student Life

Trevecca students gather in prayer, urging unity on campus

By Keturah Tobias, Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Senior News Reporter, Features Editor Students praying at the student-led see you at the pole event on campus / TrevEchoes More than 50 students gathered on Tuesday at Benson Auditorium to pray, after students worked to organize a prayer event on social media following the shooting of Charlie Kirk last week. Kyle Plant, a junior music business major, said he wanted to host the event to demonstrate that Christians can put aside political differences and gather safely on a college campus. He originally planned the event to be at the flagpole outside the library, but they moved to Benson Auditorium because of rain. “First off, my main message to them was that I wanted them to take away from it is that we as Chris...

Trevecca athletics welcomes three new head coaches for upcoming seasons

16Sep

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Campus News, Sports

Trevecca athletics welcomes three new head coaches for upcoming seasons

By Parker Henningsen Sports editor / Chief photographer Headshot of Doug Novak, new head coach women's basketball / Greg Ruff - Trevecca Athletics Both basketball teams and the women’s soccer team have welcomed new coaches for the 2025-2026 year. The men’s basketball team will now be led by Nate Moran. Women's basketball will be led by Doug Novak. Women’s soccer is now led by Matheus Mello. Two of the hires are familiar faces: Moran and Mello, both promoted from assistant coaching positions under previous head coaches Kevin Carroll and Nathan Harrell, respectively. Novak is new to campus but brings a wealth of experience. Novak has more than 30 years of coaching under his belt, having worked at more than 10 colleges and universities—including major programs such as Miss...

After 80 years in print, TrevEchoes goes fully digital

11Sep

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Campus News

After 80 years in print, TrevEchoes goes fully digital

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Executive Editor TrevEchoes staff working on planning print issues, Jan. 2025 / Hannah Somboon - Trevecca Marketing After 80 years in print and 15 years of publishing online, the TrevEchoes will now move to an entirely digital format, concluding its long-running monthly print edition. “We want to serve the community better, and I think we can do that by moving to more of a fully online [platform],” said Jo Ellen Werking Weedman, assistant professor of communication studies and the faculty advisor of the TrevEhoes. Copy of first issue of TrevEchoes, published on Nov. 8, 1944. TrevEchoes began publishing in print in 1944 as a student club. In 2008, Werking Weedman established the multimedia journalism academic program, which she said transfor...