Reformed higher education now has a home on the opposite side of the globe. In Nov. 2013, Dr. Jim Drexler and his wife, Sara, were sent to Karawaci, Indonesia, by Covenant College to help establish the International Teachers College (ITC). The ITC is a college designed to offer undergraduate and graduate teacher training, including eventually an M. Ed. degree. Prior to this move, Drexler served as Dean of the Education and Social Sciences at Covenant College.
Read moreContinuing the Conversation
A panel discussion held in Sanderson 215 last Thursday, Feb. 19, is the most recent installment in what Student Development calls, “continuing the conversation” on sexual identity, to quote an email from Dean Voyles. As panel moderator, Professor Hans Madueme explained that last week’s event is part of a greater discussion, which includes chapel speakers Rosaria Butterfield and Matthew Trexler (fall semesters 2014 and 2015, respectively) and guest speaker Sam Allberry last fall.
Read moreFounders Music Video
Evening gowns, monk robes, and red gnome hats—all proper attire for Founders Music Video Night, Founders Hall’s annual celebration of building creativity. Despite Friday’s snow and ice storm, students from all over campus showed up to see the assortment of music videos by Founders halls, each introduced by seniors and former Founders residents Seth Mayberry and Stephen McKerihan, quirky and colorful hosts who entertained the audience with their on-stage stunts, jokes about animal terrorism, and cardboard robot.
Read moreSnowstorm
On Monday, February 16, around 12 p.m., the latest episode in the floodwaters of Founders left four halls a little soggy but undamaged, when a pipe connected to the roof drain came loose and allowed icy storm water to temporarily leak into the building.
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