Spring formal this year is going to look a lot different than in years past. On February 19, the CAB team announced in chapel that the spring formal would take a new form; instead of being held off campus at a place downtown, the event is set to be on March 15, and will be held on campus.
Read moreNew Podcast on Covenant Seminary Student Murder Victim Elizabeth Mackintosh
As many Covenant students know, we used to share a campus with Covenant Theological Seminary in the early years of this institution. Since both establishments are agencies of the PCA, the two academic institutions have remained closely related. Many graduates of Covenant College move on to Covenant Seminary to continue their robust theological education. But why share all this history with you? In the last month, I found out about a murder case at our older sister institution, Covenant Theological Seminary.
Read moreStephanie Formenti As New Vice President of Student Development
When asked about her goals in this new position, she says that “there is a lot I have to learn, and there is a great team in place which I want to learn from. I have ideas for the role, but I am also ready to support the good things which are already happening.”
Read moreJacob Oster and His Carter Hall Lego Creation
Jacob Oster is a Covenant College freshman studying English writing, but he is better known as the creator of our newly beloved Lego Carter Hall creation. The Lego Carter Hall can be found right now in the Tucke Shoppe until family weekend later this month.
Read moreInternational Student Perspectives at Covenant College
Covenant College boasts a large community of international students. All of them report overwhelmingly positive experiences at Covenant, but the transition has not been free from challenges. Here are some perspectives from Covenant’s own international students concerning their experiences at the college.
Read moreAn Eventful Two Weeks to Start the Semester: A Series of Disasters
Snow Day, January 16, 2024. Photo taken by Nat Brown (Bagpipe) ‘26
The spring semester started off with a bang and has been a constant stream of disruptions and disasters since the first Sunday of the semester. Since that first Sunday, there have been two Carter fire alarms, a wind storm, an ice storm and a busted sprinkler in the Mac laundry room.
Read moreWar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest country in Africa, has been in a state of war since 1996. Over the last 21 years, it is estimated that somewhere around six million lives have been taken. This harsh truth is indicative of great injustice.
Read moreThe Parable of the Radium Wristwatch
This story does not end with a technophilic moral. The lovely glowing radium on the shiny new watches did not represent the American dream, nor did it herald a new era of radioactive luxury. Instead, rich men grew richer, and the women making the watches grew sick and felt their bones soften as their gums bled and their teeth fell out. Radium was not a wonder molecule. It was poison, it was dangerous, and it was painted on the jewelry and skin and teeth of the unwitting before they even knew what it was.
Read moreSenior Superlatives
On Thursday, November 30, 2023, a longstanding tradition of Covenant College took place in the form of the Senior Social. Put on by Senior Class President Lucy Sicks and hosted at the Historic Church on Main Street, many members of the graduating class of 2024 gathered together to celebrate those who would be graduating in December. The night was a formal gathering where students gathered to play bingo, to recognize those graduating this December, and to hear a word of encouragement from President Brad Voyles.
Read moreMac Movie 2023
This year at Covenant College, we were privileged with another arrangement of cinematic performances from our friends in the Maclellan-Rhymer dormitory building. Every hall in the building created a short film over the course of this semester and presented it for the whole college on Saturday, November 11 in the chapel at 7:30 p.m. Every hall was also tasked with creating a movie poster for their hall’s movie.
Read moreFemale Economist Claudia Goldin Wins the Nobel Prize
On Sunday, October 9, 2023, Claudia Goldin, Harvard University alumna, was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research in the wage gap between men and women in the United States.
Read moreBarham’s Fall Semester Sabbatical
At the beginning of this semester, Dr. Robert Erle Barham, associate professor of English, went on sabbatical. The purpose of sabbaticals is to free professors from certain kinds of academic work (in this case, teaching) so they can focus on other academic interests.
Read moreCovenant Alumnus Speaks to International Studies Department on Disaster Relief
On Tuesday, November 7, the International Studies Department had the privilege of having Covenant alumnus Luke Ragan come talk about disaster relief efforts on the other side of the world. Ragan, a 2021 graduate from Covenant, currently works as the Middle East and Disaster Relief Director for SERV International. He has spent the last two years living and working in the Middle East, captaining a Jordanian Ultimate Frisbee club team, and responding to disaster events in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe. Ragan came to give an overview of the work he has been doing overseas, answer questions about his work, as well as share some first-hand experiences in disaster-stricken countries.
Read moreDemystifying the Same-Sex Attraction Support Group
An interview with Sarah Erickson (‘17) about leading the Same-Sex Attraction Support group here at Covenant.
Read moreAdvice For Those Interested in Off-Campus Housing
Will you be a senior, married or over the age of 25 next year? Congratulations! You qualify to live off-campus!
Read moreCovenant’s Core Curriculum Under Review
For the first time in approximately twenty years, Covenant College’s core curriculum is being overhauled.
Read moreKapic’s Upcoming Sabbatical
Next semester, Dr. Kelly Kapic, professor of biblical and theological studies, will be on sabbatical until the beginning of Spring 2025. To the dismay of students who love his classes, this unfortunately means no Kapic doctrine for a year. However, Kapic is excited for the work he will be doing during his time away.
Read moreKresge Library Flooded - Faculty and Students Save the Day
As students returned from Fall Break on Tuesday, October 17, they expected to have a quiet, relaxing evening before classes resumed the next morning. However, around 10:40 p.m., residents across campus were bewildered to find the water from their showers, faucets and drinking fountains abruptly slowing to a trickle.
Read moreCovenant’s New President
On October 12th, the Covenant College Community received an email stating that Dr. Brad Voyles had been unanimously elected to serve as the 7th president of Covenant College. Since the spring, when Dr. Derek Halvorson stepped down from the position, a search committee had been formed, completing a rigorous search process for Covenant College’s new president. After competing with several interviewees, Dr. Voyles was selected on October 12, 2023.
Read morePanel for Women on the Board
The ability for women to serve on Covenant College’s Board of Trustees is a subject of great interest to many faculty members, staff and students. The voting members of the Board are men, per the PCA General Assembly’s guidelines that only ruling and teaching elders (male only positions within the denomination) can hold office.
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