This Valentine’s Day, Covenant College’s Basketball Coach, Peter Wilkerson, exchanged vows with fiancée Samantha Walton before a crowd of 200-250 visitors.
Read moreBreak on Impact: Students Travel the World a Few States Away
At first glance, Clarkston, Ga. looks like any idyllic southern suburb: brick ranch homes, strip malls, steepled churches lining a railroad track.
Read moreTori Trapanick Fills in as Carter's Interim RD
Carter Residence Director Evan Marbury’s sudden resignation was met with fond farewells and even tears as he and his wife Katrina left campus on Tuesday, February 23.
Read moreStudents Call for Greater LGBT Awareness on Campus
For student “Lyndsey Wheeler,”* Covenant’s tight-knit dating culture and satirized reputation as “the marriage mill on the hill” elicits a gauntlet of challenges beyond the usual breakup or relational conflict: Wheeler has grappled with same-sex attraction since at least middle school.
Read moreStudent Senate Budget Cut by $20,000
“If we don’t know what enrollment is going to look like in Fall of 2016, and it’s going to affect our budgets, affect the clubs, affect the students, then we are in a loop,” says Ocailap.
Read moreTitle IX
This past year, Covenant College, among dozens of religious institutions across the nation, received a waiver recognizing the school’s exemption from Title IX policy— a gender and now transgender equality bill for federally funded institutions.
Read moreHall Anthropology
Many Covenant students claim that during the selection process, it was the college’s distinctive hall identities that were a major if not the primary factor that distinguished Covenant from similar private schools.
Read moreAmy Buck Profile
A jar of gumballs, a cache of Diet Cokes, and Tennessee Vols paraphernalia are regular fixtures on Buck’s desk--right alongside a list of urgent tasks.
Read moreTad Mindeman in Memoriam
It is difficult to imagine the Kresge Memorial Library without a house art and AV gallery, senior carrels overlooking Chapel Lawn, and a warm, open atmosphere that coaxes students and faculty through its doors.
Read morePrank Wars
About two months ago, Lawrence filed back to its hall after chapel only to find...
Read moreVolkswagen Scandal
VW’s violation of the EPA’s Clean Air Act was first discovered in May 2014 by scientists at West Virginia University.
Read moreMac Overflow and Empty Rooms
In order to deal with student overflow and the estimated 70 students displaced by Carter renovations, the Residence Life Office increased the capacity for some rooms in Maclellan-Rymer halls, but not every room on campus is occupied and some students are asking why.
Read moreChapel Summaries Changed
Beginning this semester, the chapel summary word count has been increased from the customary 250 to 500 for students with more than 15 absences and 1000 for those with more than 20 absences.
Read moreEducation Reform
Last April, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission rocked the boat for educators by reforming the certification process and its requirements. Most importantly, future educators must pass the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) and complete three years of teaching experience to receive a Professional Certificate in Georgia.
Read moreAdvising Responsibilities
Since the beginning of the semester, the Academic Standards Committee has taken the next step to delineate guidelines for students and faculty advisors in the registration process and their interaction with the Center for Student Success, stressing that faculty advisors will continue to be the primary consultants concerning class scheduling, credit requirements, and major-specific planning.
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