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when  you  come  to  Homecoming. 

Although  1991  seems  like  a  long 
time  ago,  the  years  since  then  have  gone 
by  rather  quickly.  For  me  it  has  been 
fantastic — some  of  the  best  years  of  my 
life.  Where  else  can  you  get  paid  to  keep 
in  touch  with  your  friends  and  throw  a 
party  once  a  year  (Homecoming)  and 
invite  everyone  to  be  there?!  Even  better, 
I've  never  worked  for  any  organization 
that  I  felt  better  about.  Southern  has 
always  been  committed  to  providing 
Christ-centered  quality  education  and 
because  this  is  still  true  today,  I've  been 
proud  and  happy  to  be  here. 

As  was  announced  at  Homecoming 
by  our  president.  Dr.  Gordon  Bietz,  1  will 
retire  May  31,  1999.  Betty  Lou  and  1  are 
both  looking  forward  to  that  date.  We  do 
plan  to  stay  in  the  Collegedale  area.  I'll 
still  be  seeing  many  of  you  at  chapter 
meetings  between  now  and  then  and  at 
Homecoming  in  the  years  to  come.  With 
conditions  being  what  they  are  in  the 
world  today,  it  can't  be  too  much  longer 
before  the  Lord's  return.  I  want  us  all  to 
be  a  part  of  that  group  ready  and  waiting 
for  Him. 

1  want  to  thank  all  of  you  for  your 
loyal  support  and  ask  for  your  continued 
prayers  and  support  for  Southern  as  we 
move  into  the  new  century. 


Cordially, 


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C 

^^  outhern  Adventist  University  has  received  four  major  gifts  this  spring,  totaling  a 
K^  million  dollars.  Each  $250,000  contribution  has  been  designated  to  help  students 
who  desire  a  Christian  education. 

During  the  past  year.  Southern  sent  out  81  Student  Missionaries  to  22  countries  of  the 
world,  including  Thailand,  Germany,  and  Korea.  The  first  $250,000  gift  will  enable  even 
more  young  people  to  participate  in  the  Student  Missions  program  in  the  future  by 
providing  scholarships  after  students  return  from  their  mission  assignment. 

A  second  $250,000  gift  is  earmarked  for  endowed  scholarships.  The  family  who  made 
the  gift  realizes  the  value  of  increasing  the  university's  endowment,  which  currently  totals 
about  $19  million.  Income  generated  by  the  scholarship  endowments  (about  60  percent  of 
total  endowment)  makes  it  possible  for  many  of  our  students  to  continue  their  education. 

A  third  $250,000  gift  will  benefit  the  R.  H.  Pierson  Institute  of  Evangelism  and  World 
Mission,  and  the  fourth  major  gift  of  $250,000  has  been  added  to  the  Ruth  McKee  Chair 
of  Entrepreneurship  and  Business  Ethics. 

We  thank  these  donors — and  every  other  supporter  of  the  university. 

-  David  Burghart 

COVER:  Children  love  clowns.  College  students  find  ministry  in  clowning.  Sto^  begins  on  page  4,  Photo  by  Jamie  Arnall. 


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Features 


Actions  Speak  Louder  Than  Words 

Local  neighbors  arc  helped  hy  students  who  take  time  out  from  their  busy 
schedules  to  show  they  care  tor  their  community. 


X  Marks  the  Spot 

An  in-depth  look  at  three  Southern  graduates  and  their  passion  for 
ministering  to  Generation  X. 


Sermon  in  Shoes 


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An  adventure  through  service  is  experienced  by  three  student  groups 
who  headed  south  for  spring  break. 


Love  in  Any  Language 

Southern  alumni  have  found  several  ways  to  incorporate  international 
traditions  into  their  marriage  ceremonies. 


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Igniting  Imaginations  page  17 

Making  workloads  easier  for  students  and  area  educators  is  the  goal  of  the 
university's  Teaching  Materials  Center. 

Chernobyl  Victim's  Sister  Graduates  page  22 

A  look  at  the  makeup  of  Southern's  1999  spring  graduating  class  combined 
with  a  special  report  on  one  of  the  year's  unique  graduates. 


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Columns  •  3 


Actions  Speak 
Louder  Than  Words 


by  Laure  Chamberlain 


Students  at  Southern  get  "beyond  themselves."  They  reach 
out  to  build  up  the  local  community.  In  the  process,  service  is  a 
vehicle  for  students  to  learn  concepts  of  collaboration,  change, 
common  purpose,  citizenship,  and  commitment.  They  gain 
confidence  in  themselves  and  a  compassionate  consciousness  of 
others.  Here  are  a  few  glimpses. 


4 -SPRING /SUMMER  1999 


A 7 -year-old  boy  was  playing 
Mid  eating  with  a  \-olunteer 
at  the  women's  shelter. 

"Will  you  he  my  girlfriend?"  he  asked. 

The  college  girl  smiled. 

"You  can't  tell  my  aunt,  hecause  I  al- 
ready have  a  girlfriend,"  he  said.  "But  my 
girlfriend  is  in  jail  and  my  mama  is  in  jail 
and  1  only  have  my  aunt  to  take  care  of 
me,  so  you  can  be  my  girlfriend." 

The  boy's  aunt  was  18,  staying  at  the 
shelter,  and  already  had  a  baby  of  her  own. 

All  the  volunteer  could  do  was  bring  a 
smile  to  his  face  for  that  day.  She  hoped 
that  one  day  the  hoy  might  remember  her 
and  open  his  heart  to  Jesus,  her  best 
Friend. 

Community-outreach  programs  are  an 
important  part  of  Southern  Adventist 
University's  ministr\'  to  others.  Students 
are  making  a  difference. 

Students  at  Southern  can  get  involved 
with  a  wide  variety  of  community-outreach 
programs.  According  to  university  chaplain 
Ken  Rogers,  students  are  participating 
more  than  ever  before. 

Room  In  The  Inn  is  a  women's  shelter 
in  downtown  Chattanooga.  Students  go 
there  one  Sabbath  a  month  to  cook  for  and 
talk  with  the  ladies  and  watch  their  chil- 
dren, said  Miriam  Moreno,  a  nursing  major 
who  was  co-leader  of  the  ministry  this  past 
school  year. 

Another  campus  outreach  program 
involves  weekly  visits  by  approximately  10 
students  to  Chattanooga's  Children's 
Home  and  Chambliss  Shelter  (see  accom- 
panying story). 

Southern  students  also  volunteer  at  the 
Advent  Home  in  Calhoun,  Tenn.  Advent 
Home  provides  residential  care,  counsel- 
ing, and  remedial  schooling  to  boys  12-16 
years  of  age. 

In  addition,  a  large  number  participate 
in  the  clown  and  puppet  ministries,  which 
are  active  in  hospitals,  nursing  homes,  and 
schools  in  the  area. 

Student  leaders  organize  each  one  of 
Southern's  communiry-outreach  programs. 
Accordmg  to  Rogers,  the  university's 
CARE  (Collegiate  Adventists  Reaching 
Everyone)  office  merely  facilitates  them. 
Rogers  adds  that  student  interest  deter- 
mines what  outreach  programs  operate  in  a 
given  year. 


Most  of  the  community-outreach  minis- 
tries require  relatively  small  time  commit- 
ments. Students  can  get  involved  even  if 
they  are  able  to  volunteer  only  once.  "Col- 
lege students  have  a  limited  amount  of 
time,  and  they  want  to  be  able  to  plug  into 
something  without  a  lot  of  hassle,"  said 
Rogers. 

Because  the  campus  operates  so  many 
different  outreach  programs  and  makes  it 
so  easy  for  even 
busy  people  to  vol- 
unteer, student 
participation  is  up. 
"The  interest  in  the 
program  is  so  over- 
whelming," said 
Daisy  McKinstry, 
director  of  the 
Children's  Home/ 
Chambliss  Shelter 
ministn'.  And  more 
often  than  not,  the 
benefits  of  ser\'ice 
keep  them  coming 
back.  In  fact,  some 
student  ministries 
must  set  a  limit  on 
the  number  of  times 
each  person  can  go 
so  that  every  person 
who  wants  to  par- 
ticipate gets  an 
opportunity'. 

What  motivates 
Southern  students 
to  get  involved  in 
the  first  place?  "I 
wanted  to  make  a 
difference  in  the 
community',"  said 
Charissa  Botticelli, 
a  public  relations 
major  who  just 
completed  her 
freshman  year  at 
Southern. 

Nicole  Welch,  a 
first-year  elemen- 
tary education 
major,  said  she  got 
involved  "because  it 
is  part  of  the  Chris- 
tian spirit  to  serve 
and  help  others." 


A  more  scientific  answer  for  why  stu- 
dents at  Southern  have  a  burden  for  com- 
munity outreach  can  be  found  in  a 
Valuegenesis  report  conducted  by  Dr. 
Bailey  Gillespie.  The  university  commis- 
sioned the  Hancock  Center  for  Youth  and 
Family  Ministry  to  survey  Southern's  stu- 
dents in  the  spring  of  1998,  and  results 
were  presented  to  the  faculty  just  before 
classes  started  the  following  August. 


►♦♦♦♦♦ 


Collegiate  Adventists  Reaching  Everyone 
(CARE)  through  campus  ministries 

In  addition  to  on-campus  ministries  such  as  Just  to  Know  Him  (student-led  Bible  stud/),  Steps  to  Christ  (studcnt/teacher-led  Bible 
study),  Christ  in  Action  (pre-vespers  testimonial  time),  and  the  Outdoor  Club  (Christ  in  nature),  several  outreach  programs  are 
formed  through  CARE  each  year.  CARE  service  opportunities  change  from  year  to  year  as  interests  change.  Recent  programs  include; 

Room  In  the  Inn— assisting  m  a  shelter  for  battered  women  and  children 

Children's  HomeyChambliss  Shelter— spending  time  witii  children  in  low-income  daycare  or  24-hour  emergency  care 

Advent  Home— assisting  at  a  residential  home  for  troubled  boys 

Clown  Ministry— spreading  smiles  to  Sabbath  Schools,  children's  homes,  and  nursing  homes 

Miller  Park  Ministry— reaching  out  to  the  homeless  at  Chattanooga's  Miller  Parte 

Sonshine  Bands — singing  and  personal  contact  provided  Sabbath  afternoons  for  local  nursing  homes 

Soup  Kitchen— feeding  the  homeless  at  the  Chattanooga  Community  Kitchen 

Meals  on  Wheels— providing  transport  of  meals  to  shut-ins  in  the  community 

Puppet  Ministry— spreading  joy  through  performances  for  children  in  elementafy  schools  and  children's  homes 


Columns  •  5 


Daisy  McK  ■■  '  vn's  Home.'Chambhss  Shelter  ministry 

direaor.  spends  time  with  these  young  girls  while  they  are  in  child  care. 


Those  Smiling  Faces 


A  little  red-headed  girl  leaps  across  the  room  and  into  the  volunteer's  lap.  She  grins  and  gives 
repeated  hugs.  Between  the  coughs  and  giggles,  she  stares  up  at  the  smiling  face. 

Many  of  the  smiling  faces  are  Southern  students  reaching  out 
through  ministry  at  the  Children's  Home/Chambliss  Shelter. 
Located  in  Chattanooga,  the  institution  includes  two  brick 
buildings,  each  with  its  own  separate  program.  The  larger  building 
houses  a  24-hour,  seven-days-a-week  child-care  program  for  low- 
income  families.  Its  six  nurseries  and  31  classrooms  accommodate 
up  to  350  children.  Inside  it  looks  like  a  regular  elementary 
school  with  bright  colors,  tile  floors,  and  drinking  fountains. 
The  second  building  serves  as  an  emergency  shelter  for 
children  whose  foster  parents  need  respite  or  are  from  homes 
where  neglect  or  abuse  may  have  occurred.  It  includes  a  nursery 
for  infants  and  toddlers,  a  classroom  with  a  year-round  teacher,  a 
playroom  upstairs,  and  eight  bedrooms. 

Even  though  most  of  these  kids  aren't  able  to  be  daily  in  their 
normal  home  atmosphere,  they  receive  a  place  where  they  have  a 
regular  schedule  and  where  people  pay  attention  to  them, 
whether  in  the  child-care  program  for  part  of  a  day  or  night  or  in 
the  shelter  for  a  few  weeks. 
Every  Wednesday  from  6-9  p.m.  during  the  school  year,  about  10  students  from  Southern  meet  at 
the  Conference  Center  and  head  for  the  Children's  Home/Chambliss  Shelter.  Once  there,  the  group 
splits  up,  some  going  to  the  extended-care  facility  while  others  go  to  the  shelter.  The  student 
volunteers  spend  time  with  the  kids,  letting  them  know  that  someone  cares  enough  to  come  and  visit 

"The  kids  get  very  attached  to  you  because  they  need  love  so  much,"  said  Daisy  McKinst^,  a 
broadcast  journalism  major  who  directs  this  ministry. 

Volunteers  who  go  consistently  get  to  know  the  children.  "The 
kids  get  really  excited  and  run  up  and  hug  the  regular  people," 
said  McKinstry,  who  just  finished  her  freshman  year.  These 
students  are  able  to  get  to  know  each  child  on  a  deeper  level. 
"The  kids  start  to  recognize  you  as  someone  who's  dependable 
and  someone  they  can  trust,"  said  Debbie  Battin,  a  freshman 
elementary  education  major  who  missed  only  one  visit  to  the 
shelter  all  semester. 

"The  interest  in  the  program  is  so  overwhelming,"  McKinstry 
said.  "People  really,  really  like  it  Once  people  go  one  time,  they 
find  out  how  they  affect  [the  kids']  lives,"  McKinstry  added. 

Another  volunteer  noted  how  responsive  many  of  the  children 
are.  On  one  visit,  a  small  boy  scrunched  his  forehead  in 
concentration  as  he  twisted  a  red  pipe  cleaner  into  what  he  called 
a  rose.  As  he  worked,  he  seemed  oblivious  to  the  world  around 
him  and  then  proudly  looked  up  and  announced,  "It's  for  you." 

Southern  students  also  gain  perspective  from  this  ministry  and 
learn  from  the  children.  "It  makes  you  understand  that  in  all 
situations  you  can  find  something  to  be  happy  about,"  Battin  said. 
According  to  McKinstry,  students  often  view  personal  dilemmas  differently  after  they  understand  a 
child's  challenges.  Visitors  often  leave  the  shelter  feeling  that  their  problems  aren't  as  big  as  they  seemed. 
Not  only  do  the  university  students  learn  from  the  children,  but  they  also  provide  a  service  for  the 
Children's  Home/Chambliss  Shelter.  "We  would  not  be  as  successful  at  what  we're  doing  if  it  were 
not  for  volunteers,"  said  Mary  Ann  Sampley,  education  coordinator  for  the  children  ages  3-12  at  the 
Children's  Home.  "The  children  get  such  a  benefit — they  love  it." 


Youngsters  love  to  talk  with  college  students  about  their  dreams  of 
what  they  might  do  when  they  grow  up.  Here  Daisy  McKinstry  joins  four 
"future  nurses"  in  a  game  of  "pretend." 


The  sur\'ey  compared  students'  beliefs 
with  the  university's  mission  statement, 
said  Vinita  Sauder,  vice  president  for  mar- 
keting and  enrollment  services.  The  results 
of  the  surv'ey  are  based  on  a  sample  size  of 
309. 

Among  other  questions,  the  survey 
explored  why  students  get  involved  in 
community  service.  These  three  reasons 
ranked  as  most  important  among  the  22 
choices: 

•  to  accomplish  something 
worthwhile/useful  for  others 

•  because  it  is  an  important 
response  to  God's  gift  of  salvation 

•  helping  others  gives  a  good 
feeling  or  sense  of  satisfaction 

The  Valuegenesis  report  indicated  that 
75  percent  of  the  university's  students 
believe  that  participation  in  service  activi- 
ties would  help  them  stay  interested  and 
involved  in  their  spiritual  experience.  The 
percentage  of  students  active  in  organized 
community  outreach  is  unknown.  In  a 
typical  month,  however,  80  percent  of 
surveyed  students  spent  more  than  two 
hours  helping  friends  or  neighbors  with 
problems  they  had,  and  55  percent  devoted 
an  hour  or  more  to  helping  people  who  are 
poor,  hungry,  or  unable  to  care  for  them- 
selves. 

"The  people  who  really  want  to  find 
a  way  will  get  involved,"  said  Moises 
Guerrero,  Campus  Ministries  director  for 
this  past  academic  year.  "I  can  assure  you 
that  anyone  who  truly  and  honestly  wants 
to  do  something  can  come  to  the  CARE 
office,  and  we'll  find  something  for  them  to 
do." 

Outreach  is  just  as  important  as  the 
other  parts  of  education,  according  to  one 
ministry  leader.  "1  set  my  priorities — God 
first — and  that's  my  ministry  and  how  I 
serve  Him,"  said  Jeremy  Zentz,  a  co-leader 
of  Room  In  The  Inn  and  prospective  sum- 
mer graduate. 

Dominica  Reed,  a  psychology  K-8  ma- 
jor who  coordinated  the  campus  Clown 
Ministry,  put  it  this  way:  "Actions  speak 
louder  than  words."      %. 


Uure  Chamberlain  is  a  senior  print  journalism  major  who  lives 
in  Ooltewah,  Tenn.  She  matched  her  anions  with  her  words  this 
past  year  by  participating  in  the  campus  ministry  at  Chambliss 
Shelter/Children's  Home. 


6  •  SPRING  /  SUMMER  1999 


X 

Marks  the  Spot 


by  Garrett  Nudd 


^k^^^^hen  it  comes  to  focusing  their 
^r    ^r    creative  ministries,  "X"  marks 
the  spot  tor  three  Southern  graduates. 

These  men  share  a  special  hurden  for 
today's  generation  of  young  adults,  whom 
Americans  have  duhbed  "Generation  X." 
They  represent  countless  other  alumni  who 
also  realize  the  value  of  Christian  leadership 
and  example. 

Ron  Pickell,  '80,  Allan  Martin,  '90,  and 
Dwight  Nelson,  '73,  are  investing  in  the 
future  of  the  Seventh-day  Adventist 
Church  through  their  work  with  young 
people.  Finding  creative  ways  to  reach  out 
to  Adventists  and  non-Adventists  alike  is 
the  common  denominator  that  keeps  the 
three  men  on  the  cutting  edge  of  ministry. 

Meeting  Them  Where  They  Live 

Ron  Pickell  was  18  when  he  sensed  God 
calling  him  to  ministry.  He  had  become  a 
Seventh-day  Adventist  just  one  year  earlier. 

"1  am  really  thankful  for  the  transforma- 
tion of  my  life  through  Jesus  Christ.  I 
thought  there  wasn't  a  more  meaningful 
way  1  could  live  my  life  than  to  invest  my- 
self, and  1  knew  that  if  I  attended  Southern, 
God  would  open  doors,"  says  Pickell. 

During  his  days  on  this  campus  the  en- 
thusiastic theology  student  had  what  he 
calls  "experiences  that  solidified  my  desire 
to  work  with  college-age  young  people." 
One  year  he  worked  with  campus  ministries 
under  Pastor  Jim  Herman.  "Ron  had  a  heart 
for  ministry,"  recalls  Herman,  now  children's 
ministries  pastor  for  the  Collegedale 
Church.  "He  loved  college  kids  and  was 
especially  interested  in  developing  their 


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relationships  with  the  Lord.  There  was 
something  special  about  Ron;  he  had  the 
kids'  attention  because  he  was  real." 

Ron  was  also  involved  in  a  collegiate 
Friday  night  testimony,  song,  and  worship 
program  on  campus.  "The  meetings  began 
with  just  four  or  five  students  gathering 
and  praying  together,"  he  recalls.  Soon 
each  person  started  bringing  friends.  Then 
they  started  having  a  small  meal  together, 
and  the  group  grew  to  1 50  students. 

"I  got  to  see  a  lot  of  my  friends  accept 
Jesus  Christ,"  remembers  Pickell.  "It  was 
one  of  the  most  important  spiritual  events 
of  my  college  experience  and  life." 


Ron  Pickell 


After  graduation  Ron  headed  to  the 
Seminary  at  Andrews  University.  There  he 
learned  he  could  earn  elective  credit  in  a 
youth-ministry  practicum.  He  accepted  an 
opportunity  to  work  with  Paul  Jenson  and 
Joe  Jerus  for  College  &  Career  Fellowship, 
a  program  in  Southern  California  they  had 
founded  through  the  Voice  of  Prophecy. 

At  California  State's  Fullerton  campus, 
Ron  assisted  with  weekly  small-group  Bible 
studies  for  Adventists  and  non-Adventists, 
with  a  wide  variety  of  new  believers  and 
people  who  were  raised  in  the  church. 

"It  was  spiritually  fulfilling,  life  chal- 
lenging, encouraging — the  kind  of  ministry 
1  wanted  to  be  involved  in,"  he  says. 

'OChile  he  pastored  in  the  Carolina 
Conference,  a  building  opened  up  at  the 


University  of  Tennessee  in  Knoxville,  and 
the  Georgia-Cumberland  Conference  offered 
Ron  exactly  what  he'd  been  praying  for. 

"Ron  was  considered  and  chosen  be- 
cause of  his  passion  tor  the  Lord,  his  friend- 
liness, and  his  excitement  for  the  ministry 
of  the  secular  campus,"  recalls  Don 
Livesay,  the  former  Georgia-Cumberland 
Conference  youth  director  who  first  con- 
tacted Pickell  about  the  opportunity. 

Today,  14  years  later,  the  Advent 
House — Seventh-day  Adventist  Student 
Center  thrives  right  in  the  heart  of  the  UT 
Knoxville  campus.  The  3000-square-foot 
Mediterranean-style  building  currently  has 
six  student  residents.  Three  are  Adventists. 
Residents  pay  rent  and  help  with  building 
maintenance  and  general  house  upkeep. 

"We're  looking  to  reach  people  in  every 
phase  of  their  spiritual  journey,"  says 
Pickell,  .Advent  House  manager  and  a 
campus  chaplain,  "believers  and  nonbeliev- 
ers  alike." 

The  University  of  Tennessee  has  26,000 
students.  Less  than  50  of  them  are  Sev- 
enth-day Adventists  living  on  campus. 
"Our  goal  at  the  Advent  House  is  to  pro- 
vide an  opportunity  for  the  Adventist 
students  to  fellowship  with  others,  and  to 
set  our  focus  on  reaching  the  mixed  multi- 
tude," says  the  42-year-old  pastor. 

Each  Tuesday  night  a  Bible  study  group 
meets  at  the  Advent  House,  and  on  Friday 
evenings  there  is  a  supper  and  discussion 
group.  Several  times  each  week  students 
.sponsor  and  conduct  reading  groups.  Resi- 
dents also  encourage  their  friends  to  visit. 

Holly  Gaff  was  invited  to  a  Bible  study 
at  the  Advent  House  six  years  ago.  She  has 
been  attending  Adventist  worship  services 
ever  since.  The  young  graduate  student 
lives  at  the  Advent  House  while  complet- 
ing her  PhD  in  math. 

"Ron  is  one  of  the  best  pastors  I've  ever 
met,"  says  Gaff.  "He  has  a  clear  vision  for 
the  Advent  House,  and  it's  remarkable 
what  he  does  with  the  students  here." 

A  Mission  to  Motivate 

Allan  Martin  graduated  from  Southern 
in  1990.  Eight  years  later  he  marched  again 
down  the  aisle  at  the  lies  PE  Center,  this 
time  as  a  guest  graduate  earning  his  PhD  in 
clinical  psychology  from  Fuller  Theological 
Seminary.  In  January  1999,  he  joined 
Florida  Hospital's  Center  for  Behavioral 


Health  as  a  psychiatric  resident. 

Allan's  extracurricular  activities  are  too 
many  to  list,  hut  the  one  he  holds  dearest 
is  his  family's  ministry  to  "Generation  X" 
young  people.  In  1995,  he  and  his  wife, 
Deirdre,  launched  dre.am  VISION  minis- 
tries (dVm),  a  program  designed  to  em- 
power and  nurture  young  people  in  a 
Christian  lifestyle. 

Says  the  energetic  young  Filipino, 
"dre.am  VISION  ministries  utilizes  cre- 
ative, experiential  and  interactive  messages 
to  present  the  eternal  and  unwavering 
gospel.  Our  goal  is  to  provide  GenXers 
with  the  tools  to  reach  other  GenXers.  I 
believe  peer  influence  is  one  of  the  most 
potent  elements  for  positive  development." 

One  of  dre.am  VISION'S  most  effective 
tools  is  drama.  "Drama  is  a  very  important 
form  of  ministry  because  it  allows  both  the 
audience  and  the  participants  to  he  cre- 
ative," says  Martin.  While  at  Southern,  he 
was  a  member  of  Destiny  Drama  Company 
and  eventually  became  its  director. 

Allan's  wite,  Deirdre,  another  former 
Destiny  member,  agrees.  "1  never  thought 
drama  was  a  gift,  but  it  is.  Drama  touches 
each  person  in  a  different  way,  and  it's  a 
great  way  to  show  someone  they  have  a 
talent  they  might  have  never  known  they 
had."  The  dre.am  VISION  ministries  Web 
page  can  be  found  at  www.tagnet.org/dvm. 

Often  asked  to  provide  leadership  train- 
ing, Martin  is  a  frequent  speaker  at  work- 
shops tor  young  adults.  Allan  and  Deirdre 
regularly  write  a  monthly  column  entitled 
"X-change"  for  the  "Cutting  Edge"  edition 
of  the  Adventist  Review.  Allan  also  chairs 
Connect,  a  young  adult  network  of  Gen- 
eration Xers  who  are  looking  for  creative 
and  innovative  ways  to  spread  the  gospel. 

Why  does  he  have  such  a  burden  for 
this  generation  of  young  people.'  "My  peers 
were  searching,"  says  Martin,  a  GenXer 
himself.  "That  has  been  my  motivation  for 
the  past  decade." 

Martin's  ministry  targets  three  groups  of 
young  people:  fringe  Adventists  (those  on 
the  borders  of  Adventism),  post- Adven- 
tists (those  no  longer  involved  in  Advent- 
ism), and  pre-believers  (those  who  have  no 
prior  relationship  with  Jesus  Christ). 

"We  dare  not  wait  for  'someone  else'  to 
minister,"  wrote  Martin  in  The  Journal  of 
Adventist  Youtfi  Mmi,str\'.  "In  this  time  of 
spiritual  crisis,  the  call  to  action  goes  out 


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ti)  iill  who  are  Christian  disciples." 

In  his  report  entitled  "The  ABCs  of 
Ministry  to  Generations  X,  Y,  &  Z,"  Mar- 
tin highli>;hted  three  crucial  inj^redients  to 
reach  and  minister  to  Generation  X:  Acti- 
vate Xer  Assets,  Build  Relational  Bridges 
and  Cultivate  Communities  of  Character. 

"Authentic  efforts  to  identify  and 
implement  Xer  talents,  skills,  and  most 
miportantly,  their  passions,"  he  says,  will 
lead  the  church  not  only  to  "retaining  a 
generation,  but  moreover  mending  the 
spiritual  leaks  that  have  crippled  our  abil- 
ity to  live  and  share  the  gospel  in  the  con- 
temporary youth  setting." 

Few  people  are  as  closely  associated 
with  Martin's  ministry  as  his  supervising 
pastor,  Dick  Duerksen.  The  two  men  have 
worked  together  for  five  years. 

"Allan  Martin's  determination  to  follow 
God's  call  to  build  a  new  generatioii  of 
believers  has  energi:ed  hundreds  of  young 
people  within  Adventism,"  says  Duerksen, 
who  is  now  director  of  spiritual  develop- 
inent  for  Florida  Hospital.  "But  more, 
Allan's  willingness  to  stop,  listen,  affirm, 
and  challenge  has  brought  life  to  new  av- 
enues of  ministry  both  in  and  out  of  his 
church.  In  Allan  1  see  someone  for  whom 
ministry  is  not  a  job;  it  is  a  character  trait." 

A  Message  to  the  World 

Dwight  K.  Nelson  was  born  in  Japan,  a 
fifth-generation  Seventh-day  Adventist. 
During  his  junior  year  at  Far  Eastern  Acad- 
emy in  Singapore,  Dwight  felt  God  was 
calling  him  to  the  ministry. 

"All  my  life  1  had  wanted  to  be  a  physi- 
cian," says  the  man  who  today  pastors  a 
church  of  3,500  members  in  Berrien 
Springs,  Mich.  "A  dignitary  from  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  was  visiting,  in  the  middle 
of  his  sermon  he  asked  all  those  in  the 
audience  who  were  going  to  go  into  the 


Allan  Martin 

ministry  to  please  stand,"  recalls  Nelson. 

"Since  this  was  a  school  composed 
entirely  of  preachers'  and  physicians'  and 
dentists'  kids,  1  looked  around — expecting 
students  to  be  standing  all  over  the  audi- 
ence. 1  was  shocked  when  I  could  spot  only 
a  small  handful.  And  1  wondered  to  myself, 
'Why  aren't  more  standing?'  As  soon  as  I 
wondered  ...  it  was  as  if  I  heard  a  voice, 
'Why  aren't  you  standing?'  1  didn't  stand. 

"But  from  that  moment  on  1  knew  that 
God  was  calling  me  to  follow  Him  in  the 
radical  discipleship  of  the  gospel  ministry." 

Dwight  enrolled  in  theology  at  South- 
ern in  1969,  but  during  his  sophomore  year 
his  attraction  grew  for  a  possible  career  in 
law.  "I  can  remember  just  before  second- 
semester  registration,  sitting  in  my  third- 
floor  dorm  room  in  Talge  Hall  and  trying 
to  decide  if  1  should  change  my  major  to 
history.  .  .  .  My  mother  had  sent  me  a  book 
called  Carlyle  B.  Haines  Speaks  to  Young 
Mmi.sters.  As  I  sat  there  struggling,  my 
hand  reached  up  and  pulled  out  the  book. 
In  those  defining  moments,  as  1  flipped 
through  the  pages,  God  spoke  to  me. 
'Dwight,  1  am  calling  you  to  be  a  minister.' 

"God  doesn't  give  us 
all  a  call  that  dramatic," 
says  the  fourth-genera- 
tion pastor,  "hut  once  in 
a  while  He  does." 

Nelson  is  in  his  16th 
year  as  pastor  of  Pioneer 
Memorial  Church  on  the 
campus  of  Andrews  Uni- 
versity. "With  over  3,000 
Generation  Xers  on  this 
campus,  my  heart  is  natu- 
rally drawn  to  them,"  he 
says.  The  diligent  scholar 
spent  a  summer  studying 
the  personalities  and 
profiles  of  Generation 


Xers.  "Through  all  my  research  1  am  con- 
vinced that  this  generation  of  young 
people.  Generation  X,  has  been  specifically 
positioned  by  God  for  radical  discipleship," 
says  Nelson  with  conviction. 

Dwight's  recent  ministry  efforts  were 
directed  to  The  NeXt  Millennium  Semi- 
nar, a  satellite  evangelistic  series  also 
known  as  Net  '98.  The  five-week  seminar 
was  broadcast  live  at  7,000  sites  in  100 
countries  and  40  different  languages  on  six 
continents.  The  result:  20,000  to  30,000 
baptisms  into  the  Seventh-day  Adventist 
Church.  "It's  amazing  to  see  how  God  has 
taken  such  a  humble  effort  and  continues 
to  make  it  move  through  the  church,"  says 
Nelson. 

The  NeXt  Millennium  theme  was 
"Finding  a  Forever  Friendship  With  God." 
With  unique  illustrations  and  dynamic 
Scripture,  God  used  Dwight  to  convey  a 
message  that  would  be  not  only  under- 
standable, but  also  attractive  to  young 
people. 

"The  response  was  overwhelming,"  says 
Nelson.  "It  was  a  God  moment!" 

For  inspiration,  the  hard-working  soul- 
winner  turns  to  Ephesians  3:20  (NIV):  "Now 
to  him  who  is  able  to  do  immea,5urably 
more  than  all  we  ask  or  imagine,  according 
to  his  power  that  is  at  work  within  us." 

"If  we  embrace  that  promise,"  says 
Nelson,  "we  will  realize  that  our  'forever 
friend'  is  in  the  thick  of  life  with  us."      ^ 


Garrett  Nudd  is  a  senior  mass  communication  ma|or.  For  a 
semester  he  was  Taskforce  assistant  chaplain  at  Collegedale 
Academy  under  the  direction  of  LeClare  Litchfield.  75.  A  GenXer 
himself.  Garrett  wants  his  contemporaries  to  see  that  "no  maner 
what  the  media  says  about  GenX,  there  are  people  who  believe  In  us." 


Sermon  in  Shoes 


by  Charia  Candy  and  Debra  J.  Hicks 


M 


ost  college  students 
look  forward  to 
^^^^     spring  break  as  a  time  to  re- 
^^^H    cover  from  midterm  exams  and 
^^^^    just  kick  back  and  relax. 

Whether  it's  skiing  the  slopes, 
visiting  family  and  friends,  or 
ilaying  at  the  beach,  they  like  to 
pend  those  10  days  living  it  up 
with  no  worries  on  their  mind. 
This  year,  more  than  40  students 
from  Southern  pushed  their  dreams  of  care- 
free comfort  aside.  Forming  three  separate 
action  teams,  they  headed  south  to  relieve 
some  of  the  suffering  caused  by  hurricanes 
that  struck  Central  America  and  the 
Caribbean  islands  a  few  months  before. 
In  September  1998,  Hurricane 
Georges  hit  the  Dominican  Repub- 
lic, killing  more  than  500  people 
and  leaving  100,000  homeless. 
The  storm  demolished  hundreds 
ot  buildings,  including  many  Sev- 
enth-day Adventist  churches,  just 


a  month  later,  Hurricane  Mitch  pummeled 
Nicaragua,  causing  an  estimated  10,000 
deaths  and  more  than  $5  billion  in  damage. 

Rebuilding  a  church 

in  the  Donninican  Republic 

On  the  last  Thursday  in  February,  39 
people  met  on  the  front  steps  of  Wright 
Hall.  Together  they  would  travel  by  bus 
and  air  to  La  Romana,  1 10  kilometers  from 
the  capital  of  the  Dominican  Republic.  For 
1 2  days,  they  would  combine  energies  to 
rebuild  a  church  in  the  center  ot  town. 

Moises  Guerrero,  a  religion  senior  and 
Campus  Ministries  director,  worked  closely 
with  university  chaplain  Ken  Rogers  to  pull 
this  trip  together.  Moises  was  bom  in  La 
Romana,  less  than  10  miles  from  the  church 
they  went  to  rebuild.  His  family  emigrated 
from  the  Dominican  Republic  more  than  a 
decade  ago,  but  many  relatives  still  live 
there.  "When  I  heard  about  the  storm,  1  felt 
really  bad.  Even  though  I  don't  live  there 
anymore,  it's  still  my  home,"  he  said. 

Stirred  to  action 
by  a  love  tor  his 
country. 


Moises  recruited  an  army  of  volunteers  to 
help.  These  included  25  studeiits  from 
Southern  and  two  adult  sponsors.  When 
members  of  the  Seventh-day  Adventist 
Church  in  Calhoun,  Ga.,  heard  what  their 
student  associate  pastor  wanted  to  do,  1 2  of 
them  decided  to  join  his  group. 

"1  had  never  been  on  a  mission  trip  be- 
fore, and  I  wanted  to  experience  a  third- 
world  country,"  said  religion  major  Matt 
Smith.  Others  who  were  seriously  consider- 
ing work  as  a  Student  Missionary  used  this 
trip  to  help  them  make  a  decision. 

A  desire  for  adventure  wasn't  the  only 
requirement.  Each  volunteer  had  to  come 
up  with  $575  toward  the  cost  of  food,  trans- 
portation, and  materials  needed  tor  the 
project.  Some  wrote  letters.  Others  asked 
area  businesses  for  donations.  In  addition, 
members  of  the  Open  Circle  Sabbath 
School  class  at  the  CoUegedale  Church 
gave  a  generous  $3,000  toward  the  effort. 

The  first  day  in  the  Dominican  Republic 
was  a  huge  culture  shock  tor  most  ot  the 
group.  Fragile  plumbing,  cramped 
living,  and  streets  lined  with 

garbage  gave  them  a  firsthand 


10  •  SPRING/SUMMER  1999 


example  of  life  in  a  (.lexx-lopiny  country. 

To  psychology  major  Lisa  EJgmon,  ir 
seemed  that  the  people  in  the  Dominican 
Republic  lived  on  almost  nothing.  Many 
liomes  were  still  without  electricity,  furni- 
ture, or  even  roofs.  "Conditions  are  so 
poor,"  said  Lisa,  "it  helps  you  learn  to  ap- 
preciate the  simple  things." 

When  the  group  arrived  in  La  Romana 
on  Friday,  the  skilled  workers  immediately 
set  to  work  analyzing  the  building  site  and 
purchasing  materials.  On  Sabbath,  all  wor- 
shipped at  an  area  church  built  by  Mara- 
natha  volunteers.  "1  witnessed  a  church 
body  that  was  united,"  said  Smith.  "They 
radiated  with  love  for  us  and  one  another." 

The  work  site  was  almost  horrifying. 
What  once  had  been  a  church  was  now  a 
concrete  slab.  The  site  was  littered  with 
glass  and  metal.  Everyone  worked  together, 
and  soon  they  began  building  the  walls. 

A  couple  of  days  into  the  job,  progress 
was  evident  even  though  many  people  had 
become  ill  at  various  times  with  stomach 
bugs  or  fevers. 

After  four  days  full  of  mixing  mortar 
and  building  walls,  a  local  lady  named 
Margaret  came  to  the  rescue  and  cooked 
them  meals  for  the  remainder  of  the  time. 
She  wouldn't  accept  any  money  for  her 
openhearted  service,  so  before  the  group 
left  they  bought  her  a  refrigerator.  "Her 
eyes  filled  with  tears,"  remembers  Smith. 

As  the  week  progressed,  the  group  he- 
came  closer.  "We  all  definitely  got  to  know 
each  other  and  bonded.  That  was 

truly  a  highlight  of  the  trip," 
observed  Edgmoii. 


"This  trip  was  such  a  blessing,"  said 
Smith.  "1  was  able  to  go  and  help  in  God's 
building  construction  so  others  could  come 
and  worship  in  that  very  building." 

Frontier  nursing  trips 

Two  other  groups  from  Southern  also 
packed  their  bags  and  headed  south  for 
spring  break.  For  the  fourth  year  in  a  row, 
students  in  Laura  Nyirady's  Frontier  Mis- 
sion Nursing  class  took  advantage  of  a 
chance  to  apply  what  they  were  learning  in 
the  classroom  to  real  life.  Joined  by  volun- 
teer doctors  and  nurses,  they  served  in 
medical  mission  clinics  in  both  Nicaragua 
and  the  Dominican  Republic. 

Faculty  members  Laura  and  Steve 
Nyirady,  along  with  Dale  Walters,  teamed 
up  with  Dr.  Don  and  Cristina  Vargas  from 
Harlingen,  Texas,  to  lead  the  first  team. 
This  23-member  group  included  students, 
physicians,  builders,  and  nurses  who  held 
mobile  clinics  in  four  different  villages 
among  the  Miskito  Indians  near  the  north- 
west coast  of  Nicaragua. 

In  addition,  a  former  student  of 
Southern's  School  of  Religion,  Andrew 
Caban,  accompanied  his  physician  wife, 
Mariani.  He  enriched  the  outreach  by 
organizing  nightly  meetings  that  included 
Bible  stories  for  the  children  and  health 
lectures  by  nursing  students. 

Nursing  instructor  Shirley  Spears  and 
her  husband,  Don,  led  a  second  group  of  13 
students,  nurses,  and  physicians 
to  minister  in  several 
outlying  villages  in  the 


Dominican  Republic.  They  joined  ADRA 
workers  and  local  physicians  to  hold  mobile 
clinics  in  areas  hardest  hit  by  Hurricane 
Georges.  Some  iit  the  villages  were  so  re- 
mote that  workers  had  to  hike  in,  carrying 
their  equipment  with  them. 

Cases  of  parasitic  worms  were  common 
in  both  countries.  Kelly  Gregory,  a  May  BS 
nursing  graduate,  said  that  she  and  her 
team  members  in  Nicaragua  got  to  the 
point  where  they  began  suspecting  that 
every  patient  had  worms.  Contracted  from 
uncooked  meat  and  poor  latrine  systems, 
these  parasites  cause  malnutrition  and  even 
.seizures.  Said  Kelly,  "We  gave  a  lot  of  medi- 
cine, but  it  was  also  important  to  educate." 

"The  people  had  a  lot  of  misconcep- 
tions," said  second-year  nursing  student 
Jackie  Rodriguez.  "They  thought  they  had 
to  stop  eating  and  drinking  when  they  had 
diarrhea."  In  actuality,  the  reverse  is  true. 

Providing  care  and  education  to  people 
who  don't  have  good  access  to  health  care 
and  medicine  is  gratifying,  but  for  trip  coor- 
dinator Laura  Nyirady,  the  climax  of  the 
trip  was  when  Pastor  Caban  baptized  six 
individuals  and  dedicated  an  infant  bom 
two  days  earlier  with  assistance  from  the 
team. 

"It  fulfills  our  mission  of  using  health- 
care as  the  right  arm  of  the  gospel,"  she 
said.  "1  want  students  to  walk  away  from 
this  experience  with  the  understanding 
that  the  reason  we're  doing  this  is  to  spread 
the  gospel."  ^ 


Columns  •  1 1 


Southern  Update 


•  Dr.  Jack  Blanco,  School  of  Religion 
dean,  has  given  the  royalties  of  The  Clear 
Word,  his  Bible  paraphrase,  to  a  scholarship 
fund  for  ministerial  students.  The  proceeds 
have  totaled  more  than  $1 13,000  to  date. 


Recent  gifts  to 

Southern  Adventist  University 

$18,000  —  Ministerial  student  scholarships  from  Gear  Word  royalties. 

$16,000  —  Orchestra  Tour  Fund 

$75,000  —  Alumni  Chapters  Endowed  Matching  Fund 

$25,000  —  Biology  Equipment  Plant  Fund 

$10,000  —  Southern  Fund  resulting  from  student's  call  during  spring  phonathon. 

$10,000  —  Grader  Nursing  Scholarship  Fund,  from  the  K.W.  Grader  Foundation 

$29,000  —  Unrestricted  purposes  from  a  matured  gift  annuity 

$41,000  —  A  university  friend  created  a  gift  annuity  that  will  fund  future  endowment 
$250,000  —  Student  Missiona^  Scholarships 
$250,000  —  Scholarship  Endowment 

$250,000  —  R.  H.  Pierson  Institute  of  Evangelism  and  World  Missions 
$250,000  —  Ruth  McKee  Chair  of  Entrepreneurship  and  Business  Ethics 


•  A  four-day  Communicators'  Workshop 

in  May  drew  15  participants  interested  in 
broadcast  and  production.  Radio  profession- 
als John  Smith  and  David  Barasoain,  '90, 
plus  computer  graphics  major  Zachary  Gray, 
led  the  seminars.  The  Journalism  and  Com- 
munication Department  is  also  sponsoring 
three  seminars  in  free-lance  writing  on 
campus  August  16-19. 

•  The  Student  Association  Senate  erected 
a  new  drinking  fountain  in  memory  of  Dr. 
Jack  McClarty,  whose  24  years  of  service  to 
Southern  ended  abruptly  when  he  died  of  a 
heart  attack  in  1997.  As  vice  president  fot 
development,  Dr.  McClarty  led  in  estab- 
lishing a  multimillion-dollar  Scholarship 
Endowment  Fund  for  students  at  Southern. 
The  new  fountain  was  installed  between 
the  lies  PE  Center  and  the  university  track 
on  April  23. 

•  A  Die  Meistersinger  Reunion  Concert 

brought  108  former  members  of  the  singing 
group  back  to  campus  on  the  fourth  Sab- 
bath of  April.  It  was  their  last  chance  to 
blend  their  voices  undet  the  direction  of 
Df .  Marvin  Robertson,  who  formed  the 
male  chorus  in  1974.  He  retired  June  1  after 
33  years  as  head  of  the  music  program. 

•  Several  students  are  already  using  the 
new  on-line  application  form.  The  fee  is 
the  same  as  for  a  paper  application,  yet  the 
process  is  often  more  accessible  and  reduces 


postage  and  paper.  It  is  conveniently  avail- 
able at  www.southern.edu  under  To  Enroll, 
then  Apply. 

'  More  than  7,000  people  formed  the 
latgest  group  ever  to  witness  the  annual 
SonRise  Resurrection  Pageant  on  April  1 
The  90-minute  worship  experience  takes 
participants  on  a  mile-long  w'alk  through 
campus,  during  which  they  wave  palm 
branches,  sing  praises,  and  mingle  with 
mob  members.  Students  and  church  mem- 
bers bring  the  events  of  Christ's  last  days  to 
life  by  playing  the  roles  of  Roman  soldiers, 
Jerusalem  shopkeepers,  disciples,  and  visit- 
ing pilgrims. 

•  The  School  of  Nursing  again  earned  full 
approval  for  its  associate  degree  and  bacca- 
laureate completion  programs.  The  Ten- 
nessee Board  of  Nursing  reviews  the 
approval  status  of  all  professional  nursing 
programs  within  the  state  every  year  via 
survey  visits,  correspondence,  conferences, 
and  an  annual  report.  Earlier  in  the  year, 
the  National  League  for  Nursing  Accredi- 
tation Commission  agreed  to  continue 


accreditation  of  Southern's  baccalaureate 
program  through  2003. 

•  You  should  have  received  the  premiere 
edition  of  the  university's  newest  publica- 
tion. Columns  Express.  The  eight-page 
newsletter  arrived  inside  the  April  1999 
issue  of  Soutliem  Tidings  maga:ine  for 
church  members  within  the  Southern 
Union  and  went  by  regular  mail  to  alumni 
and  friends  who  live  elsewhere.  Columns 
Express  now  supplements  Columns  maga- 
zine with  timely  news. 

•  The  univeisity  hosted  the  annual  na- 
tional convention  of  the  Adventist  Asso- 
ciation of  College  Admissions  Officers 
and  Registrars  in  April.  Representatives 
from  colleges  and  universities  throughout 
the  North  American  Division  discussed 
how  the  latest  developments  in  their  fields 
impact  Adventist  students.  Victor 
Czerkasij,  director  of  admissions  and  re- 
cruitment at  Southern,  is  the  current  presi- 
dent of  the  organization.  Joni  Zier,  director 
of  records  and  advisement,  serves  as  its 
secretary/treasurer. 


I 

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1. 

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Students  react  to  tragic  drinking  story 

The  university  received  nationwide  rnedia  attention  during  Southern's  second  annual  Drug  and  Alcohol  Awareness  Week. 
Here  Matthew  Holm,  a  junior  computer  information  systems  major,  shares  his  reaction  with  a  reporter  after  21 -year-old  Jason 
Watu  told  students  how  alcohol  use  sparked  a  chain  of  events  that  became  his  personal  nightmare.  The  former  University  of 
Kentucky  football  player  crashed  his  vehicle  after  celebrating  a  football  win  with  two  friends.  Watts  made  his  first  public  comment 
on  the  accident  at  Southern,  describing  the  horror  of  being  the  drunk  driver  that  killed  his  passengers,  Scott  Brock  and  Arthur 
Steinmea  Nearly  a  dozen  television  crews,  a  Sports  Illustrated  writer,  and  other  print  and  radio  reporters  flocked  to  Collegedale 
to  cover  the  event  and  interview  students. 

The  whole  community  got  involved  in  events  of  the  week.  Local  police  otiicers  and  state  troopers  demonstrated  a  drug  search 
using  a  police  dog.  did  a  controlled  marijuana  burn  to  alert  students  to  its  unique  smell,  and  introduced  a  simulation  of 
intoxication  at  different  blood  alcohol  levels.  A  member  of  Mothers  Against  Drunk  Drivers,  a  Collegedale  judge,  an  assistant 
district  attorney,  and  an  assistant  public  defender  helped  show  students  the  severe  penalties  for  misusing  subsunces. 

Shortly  after  speaking  at  Southern,  Watts  pleaded  guilty  to  the  charges  brought  against  him  and  was  sentenced.  Scores  of 
students  and  faculty  wrote  words  of  encouragement  on  a  big  banner  and  sent  it  to  him  in  a  Kentucky  prison. 

12 -SPRING /SUMMER  1999 


•  A  special  Southern  Adventist 
University  issue  of  Insight  mafjazine  was 

puhlishi.\l  this  spring.  Fi\c  LinncrMty  stu- 
dents :inil  one  ptotessor  contriluited  poetry, 
articles,  and  photography.  The  cover  story, 
"Sisters  for  Always,"  also  won  first  pri:e  in 
the  general 
short  story 
category  of 
Insight's  1998 
writing  con- 
test. Public 
relations 
ni.ijor 
Nyang'ara 
Omwega 
(pictured 

here  on  the  issue's  cover) 
wriite  the  winning  story  during  the  writer's 
workshop  held  on  campus  last  summer. 

•  PreviewSouthern  '99,  the  university's 
spring  "college  days,"  was  a  resounding 
success.  The  special  weekend  gave  poten- 
tial students  a  chance  to  meet  teachers  and 
students,  ask  questions,  and  gather  infor- 
mation firsthand.  Includiiig  prospective 
students  who  visited  during  the  two  weeks 
before  the  event.  Southern  received  more 
applications  and  hosted  more  families  and 
students  than  m  previous  years. 

•  Business  students  at  Spicer  Memorial 
College  in  India  now  earn  bachelor's  and 
master's  degrees  from  Southern,  thanks  to 
an  affiliation  agreement  between  the  two 
schools.  The  agreement  was  signed  last 
year  but  did  not  go  into  effect  until  stu- 
dents returned  to  classes  in  June.  About 
40  students  have  transferred  into  the  un- 
dergraduate program,  and  25  have  signed 
up  for  the  master  of  business  administra- 
tion (MBA)  program.  Dr.  John  Zachariah, 
dean  of  Spicer's  School  of  Business,  antici- 
pates an  enrollment  of  about  100  students 
in  the  graduate  program  by  2003. 

•  The  Diversity  Education  Exchange 
Program  (D.E.E.P.),  which  began  last  year 
in  collaboration  with  Oakwood  College, 
will  continue  with  minor  modifications. 
This  fall,  seven  White  students  from 
Southern  will  trade  cultural  environments 
with  seven  Black  students  from  Oakwood 
for  one  semester.  For  the  following  aca- 
demic year  (2000-2001),  the  program  will 
also  include  Southern  students  of  Hispanic 
and  Asian  background. 


it's  a 
ood  thin 


Tuesday,  September  21,8  p.m. 

Kandinsky  Trio 

Friday,  September  24,  8  p.m. 

Steve  Arrington,  Vespers 

Sunday,  September  26,  8  p.m. 

Organ/Orchestra  Concert 

>^ednesday,  September  29 

Community  Service  Day         . 


Thursday,  September  30,  10:30  a.m. 

Todd  Brewster,  "The  Century" 


October  3  to  5 

ViewSouthem,  for  academy  seniors 
■   Call  1.800.SOUTHERN 

Tuesday,  October  i  2,  8  p.m. 

Aart  Bergwert,  Organ 

Sunday,  October  24,  8  p.m. 

Orpheus  Male  Chorus 


October  28  -  October  3  I 

Alumni  Homecoming 


Thursday,  November  11,8  p.m 

Harald  Vogel,  Organ 


Saturday,  November  I  3,  8  p.m. 

Southern  Adventist  University  Symphony  Orchestra 


Tuesday,  November  30 

Christmas  Tree  Lighting 


Wednesday  &  Thursday,  December  I  &  2,  8  p.m. 

"Amahl  and  the  Night  Visitors" 

Saturday,  December  4,  8  p.m. 

Southern  Adventist  University  Wind  Symphony 

Friday  &  Sabbath,  December  10  &  I  I 

"The  Messiah,"  Symphony  Orchestra/Combined  Choirs 

Friday,  December  3  I 

Millennial  Eve  Commitment  Service 


Columns  •  1 3 


in  Any 


by  Andra  Armstrong 


^^IT  Then  campuses  are  discussing  diversity,  the  world  is 

\  ^  /  shrinking  by  the  minute,  and  individuals  are  facing 

V  V  up  to  the  reality  of  all  people  being  God's  creation.... 

What's  it  like  to  plan  a  wedding  when  two  cultures  merge? 


14  •  SPRING  /  SUMMER  1999 


Liane  Gray  knows.  She's  planned  a 
wedding  while  a  12-hour  flight  away  from 
the  chosen  venue.  On  June  20,  the  May 
English  graduate  and  fiance  Tobias  Edlund, 
a  junior  music  and  theology  major,  wed  in 
his  home  country  of  Sweden.  For  the  loca- 
tion they  agreed  on  Vallentuna  Kyrka  in  a 
suburb  of  Stockholm. 

"It  will  be  a  blend  of  traditional  Ameri- 
can and  Swedish  customs,"  .said  Liane 
before  leasing  the  United  States.  She 
claims  Virginia  as  her  home  state.  "A  lot  ot 
little  things  about  the  cultures  are  differ- 
ent. For  example,  in  Sweden  there  are  no 
ushers  and  the  wedding  party  is  usually 
very  small — just  the  maid  of  honor,  best 
man,  and  flower  girl." 

The  24-year-old  bride  said  she  broke 
with  that  Swedish  tradition  to  include  a 
few  more  attendants.  But  she  and  Tobias 
did  honor  his  country's  tradition  by  design- 
ing their  own  wedding  invitations,  which 
are  worded  in  Swedish.  They  also  followed 
Swedish  custom  by  having  a  friend  take 
pictures  during  the  ceremony.  Afterward 
the  entire  wedding  party  goes  to  a  photog- 
raphy studio  to  have  professional  pictures 
taken  before  the  reception. 

"Basically  in  Sweden  it  would  cost  an 
arm  and  a  leg  to  have  a  professional  pho- 
tographer come  to  the  church,"  Liane 
explains. 

Figuring  out  how  to  overcome  the  lan- 
guage barrier,  especially  during  the  mar- 
riage ceremony,  proved  one  ot  the  most 
challenging  aspects  of  planning  the  wed- 
ding. Edlund's  parents  know  some  English. 
"We  decided  to  say  our  vows  in  our  native 
languages,"  said  Liane.  "That  way  at  least 
everyone  will  understand  something.  My 
mom  was  a  little  worried  at  first  about  how 
the  ceremony  would  go  because  my  parents 
don't  understand  any  Swedish." 

Interestingly 
enough,  the  bride 
herself  might  not  have 
understood  every  word 
spoken  during  the  wedding, 
but  she  has  learned  enough 
of  the  language  to  feel  com- 
fortable participating  in 
conversations  with  the  groom's 
family. 

"  'Kyrka'  is  Swedish  for 
'church,'  "  Liane  explained.  "Our 


reception  will  be  held  at  'Mattias  Garden,' 
which  essentially  means  'Matthew  Gar- 
den,' and  we  will  serve  a  full  dinner  includ- 
ing 'Prince's  Taorta,'  or  'Prince's  cake.' " 

A  couple  doesn't  necessarily  have  to  go 
to  the  Motherland  to  honor  one's  heritage. 

Rumira  Davy,  who  graduated  in  May 
with  her  degree  in  medical  technology,  was 
born  in  India  and  moved  to  the  United 
States  as  a  baby  with  her  parents.  She  will 
not  return  home  for  her  marriage  to  Matt 
Jordan,  who  just  completed  his  theology 
degree,  but  will  bring  a  little  bit  of  India  to 
her  guests  for  their  August  1  wedding. 

Upon  entering  Nashville's  Crowne 
Plaza  banquet  room  after  the  western-style 
ceremony  at  Wightman  Chapel,  guests  will 
enjoy  a  buffet  of  traditional  Indian  food 
and  entertainment. 

"We're  serving  seasoned  rice;  vegetable 
kurma,  a  curry  dish;  and  vegetable  samosa, 
a  vegetable-filled  pastry,"  says  Rumira.  "My 
mom  took  the  chef  a  few  dishes  from  her 
favorite  restaurant  so  he  could  taste  [how 
she  wants  the  food  prepared],  and  she  even 
gave  him  cooking  tips." 

As  the  wedding  guests  chow-down, 
Rumira's  cousin  will  dazzle  guests  by  per- 
forming a  traditional  Indian  folk  dance  in 
full  costume. 


Some  couples  opt  for  more  low-key 
ways  to  incorporate  cultural  traditions. 
Guests  at  Melody  and  Mark  Ferguson's 
wedding  ceremony  on  Dec.  20,  1998, 
mistook  their  decorative  Jamaican  Black 
Cake  for  the  couple's  official  wedding  cake. 
The  two  1999  graduates  were  married  in 
the  Collegedale  Seventh-day  Adventist 
Church  and  held  their  reception  in  the 
fellowship  hall. 

Black  Cake  is  made  with  fruit  and 
served  on  special  occasions  such  as  birth- 
days, anniversaries,  and  weddings  in  the 
Jamaican  culture.  "My  aunt  brought  it  from 
Florida  from  a  [bakery  with  a  Jamaican 
owner],"  says  Melody.  "The  icing  was  bright 
purple  and  pink 
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Our  wedding  cake  was  very 
simple  and  white,  so  it's  easy 
to  see  how  people  were 
confused." 

A  groom  found  his 
own  answers  to  cross- 
cultural  wedding  planning. 

Earl  Gensolin  graduated 
from  Southern  in  1996  with  a 
degree  in  English.  That  summer 
he  traveled  to  China  to  teach  English. 

While  there  he  met  Xiao  Lin,  an 
accountant  and  a  student  in  one  of  his 
English  classes.  "We  started  hanging  out  a 
lot,  and  after  a  couple  weeks  I  asked  her  to 
transfer  to  a  different  class,"  he  says.  "That's 
when  we  started  dating." 

Love  hlossomed,  and  after  14  months 
Earl  proposed  to  Xiao  Lin  on  her  birthday. 
Proposing  was  easy.  Getting  married  was  a 
different  story.  That  summer  Earl  returned 
to  his  home  state  of  Florida  to  complete  the 
paperwork  for  Xiao  Lin's  visa  and  to  make 
arrangements  for  a  job.  The  couple  also 
decided  to  have  their  ceremony  in  the 
United  States. 

"We  had  no  idea  when  she  would  arrive 
here,"  Earl  says.  "1  went  to  Florida  in  June, 
and  she  arrived  the  first  week  of  October." 

Becau.se  of  the  strict  Immigration  and 
Naturalization  Services  regulations.  Earl 
and  Xiao  Lin  had  to  marry  within  30  days 
of  her  arrival  in  the  States.  Her  parents, 
however,  could  not  arrange  for  a  visa  to  the 
United  States  for 
another  two 
months  and 
would  miss 
the  cer- 
emony. 


"Xiao 

Lm  showed 
me  her  Chinese 
wedding  dress  [which 
IS  called  a  "qi  pao"  in  China]," 
says  Dr.  Lita  Gensolin,  Earl's  mother.  "I 
thought  it  would  be  nice  if  we  could  plan  a 
small  family  wedding  in  Chinese  costume 
and  then  have  a  large,  western-style  wed- 
ding when  her  parents  arrived." 

In  the  whirlwind  that  ensued  the  fol- 
lowing week.  Dr.  Gensolin  arranged  to 
have  Chinese  dresses  made  for  herself  and 
her  daughter  Kimberly  to  wear  tor  the 
October  10  wedding.  She  also  enctiuraged 
female  guests  to  wear  Chinese  dresses. 
Everything,  including  dresses,  flowers,  and 
decorations,  were  awash  in  red.  In  China, 
red  is  the  traditional  color  to  wear  on 
happy  occasions. 

"The  wedding  went  really  well  for  being 
put  together  so  quickly,"  Earl  says. 

Two  months  after  the  October  cer- 
emony, when  Xiao  Lin's  parents  arrived  in 
the  United  States,  the  Gensolins  held  a 
western  wedding  for  more  than  500  guests. 
Still,  elements  of  the  bride's  Chinese  cul- 
tute  remained.  The  service  was  officiated 
in  both  English  and 


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Chinese. 

Dr.  Hanson  Chen,  a  close  friend  of  the 
Gensolins,  interpreted  the  language  for 
Xiao  Lin's  family. 

Blending  the  best  of  two  cultures  into  a 
single  event  is  not  uncommon  today.  The 
Knot.com,  a  premiere  Web  site  for  brides, 
regularly  features  weddings  that  include 
ethnic  traditions.  Not  to  be  left  out,  last 
tall  Bride's  magazine  showcased  how  a 
bride  celebrated  her  lineage  with  Indian 
wedding  customs.  Martha  Stewart's  Wed- 
dings maga-ine  routinely  includes  cultural 
tips  tor  the  stylish  wedding,  such  as  fortune 
cookie  party  favors  with  a  message  from 
the  newly  wedded  couple. 

But  as  each  of  these  couples  could  tell 
you,  a  wedding  is  just  the  beginning. 
Blending  lives  in  any  lasting  marriage 
offers  far  more  challenges — and  rewards — 
than  a  snapshot  event.  And  they  are  dis- 
covering day  by  day  that  genuine  love 
transcends  all  differences — cultural  ones 
included.      ^ 


Andra  Armstrong,  '99,  incorporated  several  international 
elements  into  her  June  wedding  to  Delton  Chen,  '96. 

The  Nashville  bride  honored  her  fiance's  Filipino  heritage  by 
including  sponsors  (similar  to  godparents)  in  the  wedding 
processional  before  the  grandparents  and  parents.  Sponsors 
are  usually  married  couples  who  provide  guidance  and  support 
for  the  newlyweds. 

At  the  reception,  a  Chinese  tea  ceremony  was  performed 
in  honor  of  Delton's  Chinese  family.  "It  is  considered 
Andra's  official  welcome  to  the  family,"  Delton  explained 
beforehand,  "She  will  serve  my  parents  and  aunts  and 
uncles  tea,  and  in  return  they  will  give  us  lucky  money 
packeu," 

Andra  also  designed  their  wedding  invitations,  which 
included  Chinese  characters  and  English  text. 


16  •  SPRING/SUMMER  1999 


Teaching  Materials  Center 


Igniting 


W 


hv  didn't  you  have  anything  like 
this  when  1  was  a  student?"  a 
\isiting  teacher  chided. 

"This  place  is  a  teacher's  heaven!"  ex- 
claimed another. 

"Sure  is,"  said  a  senior  education  stu- 
dent. "I  don't  know  what  I'll  do  when  1 
graduate  and  move  away  from  here." 

A  visiting  educational  superintendent 
from  outside  the  Southern  Union  ob- 
served, "This  place  is  outstanding — the 
envy  of  any  teacher-trauiing  program." 

Comments  like  these  confirm  the  use- 
fulness ot  the  Teaching  Materials  Center, 
located  in  the  School  of  Education  and 
Psychology  on  the  second  floor  of 
Summerour  Hall. 


The  Center  began  operation  in  1991 
when  the  tew  books  that  comprised  a 
curriculum  collection  were  moved  from  a 
corner  of  McKee  Library  to  a  newly  refur- 
bished room  in  Summerour  Hall.  Looking 
at  the  burgundy  tweed  carpet,  one  would 
never  guess  that  the  floor  beneath  it  held 
dozens  of  disconnected  electrical  outlets 
originally  installed  to  accommodate  a  fleet 
of  sewing  machines  in  the  former  home 
economics  lab. 

In  1991  the  new  chairman  of  the  De- 
partment of  Education  and  Psychology, 
Dr.  George  Babcock,  envisioned  a  remod- 
eled Summerour  Hall  that  would  include 
an  unusual  curriculum  center  and  a  state- 
of-the-art  computer  lab.  Both  of  these 


facilities  were  destined  to  become  campus 
showpieces  that  would  attract  floods  of 
visitors  to  the  university  campus. 

The  Teaching  Materials  Center  con- 
tains much  more  than  the  core  collection 
of  1 1 ,000  curriculum  guides  and  textbooks 
indexed  on  its  electronic  database.  The 
center  was  designed  to  be  of  real,  practical 
use  to  anyone  needing  to  create  visual  aids, 
teach  a  class,  write  a  paper,  view  a  video, 
or  put  up  a  bulletin  board.  Fern  Babcock, 
the  center's  director,  explained  how  it  was 
set  up. 

"I'd  been  both  a  teacher  and  a  librar- 
ian," she  said,  "and  creating  this  center 
utilized  my  knowledge  in  both  fields.  Be- 
fore starting  up,  1  visited  over  a  dozen  cur- 


COLUMNS  •  17 


riculum  centers  from  Chattanooga  to  Cali- 
fornia, trying  to  find  out  what  is  included 
in  such  a  facility.  In  the  end, 
I  selected  the  best  features  of  every- 
place 1  visited  and  incorporated  them 
into  the  TMC  design,  adding  a  few- 
touches  of  my  own  such  as  the  free- 
picture  file  and  geography  file." 
The  free-picture  file  is  made 
possible  by  June  Hooper,  a  retired 
educator  who  sends  in  boxes  of  cut 
pictures,  and  by  others  who  donate 
magazines  and  calendars.  Student  work- 
ers sort  these  into  categories  and  file 
them  so  students  can  quickly  find  pictures 
for  their  class  projects  without  spending 
hours  thumbing  through  magazines. 

"Students  have  very  tight  schedules," 
Mrs.  Babcock  explains.  "We  want  to  help 
them  save  time,  and  this  is  one  way  to  do 
it.  1  feel  strongly  about  saving  students 
time  and  money.  1  was  a  student  once — 
and  later  a  parent  who  paid  college  bills!  1 
collect  all  the  'freebies'  1  can  find  to  pass 
on  to  the  students  and  sell  paper  and  sup- 
plies close  to  cost.  My  retired  mother, 

Dorothy  Gibson,  spends 
hours  in  the  Teaching 
Materials  Center 
cutting  out 
letter  sets  for 
the  Student 
Missionaries 
to  take  over- 
seas. That 
saves  SMs  a 
lot  of  time. 
Another  thing 
feel  strongly 
about  is  being 
t)pen  to  the 
public. 
Since 


curricu- 
lum 


materials  outdate  in  five  to  eight  years,  1 
wanted  everyone  who  could  benefit  from 
this  library  to  be  able  to  use  it.  Accord- 
ingly, we  announced  that  the  center  w-as 
open  to  all  adults — public  and  private 
school  teachers,  home  schooling  parents, 
student  teachers  from  other  universities, 
and  the  general  public.  Making  this  facility 
available  to  the  community  is,  1  believe,  a 
powerful  public  relations  opportunity  tor 
Southern." 

Education  faculr\-  trom  neighboring 
universities  bring  classes  every  year  for 
half-day  work  sessions  in  the  center.  In  the 
planning  area  at  the  back  ot  the  room, 
students  quickly  scan  activity  books  for 
materials  to  use  in  classroom  teaching. 
Then  they  select  a  learning  center  idea  and 
a  bulletin  board  plan  from  adjacent  book- 
shelves. Thus  armed,  they  proceed  to  the 
work  center  at  the  front  of  the  room  where 
they  find  construction  paper,  poster  board, 
glue,  tape,  and  the  famous  Ellison  die- 
cutting  machines. 

One  entire  wall  of  the  center  is  lined 
with  wooden  blocks  containing  the  shaped 
metal  cutting  blades.  Bulging  with  file 
folders,  envelopes,  Velcro,  and  other  para- 
phernalia for  constructing  projects,  the 
wall  cupboards  display  on  their  doors  the 
numerous  colorful  shapes  of  the  available 
dies.  More  than  $9,000  has  been  invested 
in  the  dies  and  Ellison  machines,  but  as 
students  cut  multiple  letters  or  half  a  do:en 
cats  with  the  single  press  of  a  lever,  they 
often  exclaim  with  delight  at  the  profes- 
sional results  of  their  work.  A  laminator, 
copier,  paper  cutters,  felt  markers,  scissors. 


and  other  tools 
complete  the  work  center. 

Eleven  gray  files  hold  hundreds  of 
ready-to-assemble  classroom  games,  infor- 
mation, educational  catalogs,  stories,  and 
poems.  Large  wooden  tables  in  the  center 
of  the  room  provide  study  space,  while 
carrels  in  the  back  hold  computers  and 
audiovisual  equipment  for  patron  use. 

Start-up  funds  were  provided  through  a 
$50,000  donation  from  the  McKee  Foods 
Corporation.  Simon  and  Schuster  and 
their  affiliated  book  companies  gave  the 
center  $80,000  worth  of  new  textbooks, 
CDs,  videos,  and  math  manipulatives. 

When  a  tractor-trailer  full  of  books 
arrived,  Mrs.  Babcock  nearly  fainted — and 
the  center  had  floor  to  ceiling  boxes  for 
weeks!  With  the  help  of  students  and  staff, 
however,  the  books  were  sorted  and  pro- 
cessed. Doors  opened  to  the  public  the  fall 
of  1991,  and  traffic  has  increased  steadily 
every  year  since. 

The  Chattanooga  area  chapter  of  Phi 
Delta  Kappa  stocks  the  Teaching  Materials 
Center  with  Reavis  Reading  Center  mate- 
rials on  current  educational  topics.  This 
creates  a  useful  resource  for  students  writ- 
ing research  papers. 

Other  than  Southern's  students  and 
staff,  who  else  uses  the  TMC?  An  archivist 
from  the  Medal  of  Honor  Museum  came  to 
laminate  documents  and  hundreds  of  feet 
of  1940s  newspapers,  many  headlining 
World  War  11  battles.  Everyone  in  the 
TMC  gathered  around  to  stare  at  the  origi- 
nal documents  and  field  notes  ordering 
troop  movements  in  Europe. 

A  comedian  from  Comedy  Catch  in 
Chattanooga  returns  to  the  TMC  repeat- 


18 'SPRING /SUMMER  1999 


edly  til  himiiiate  specuil  auJiiMKc  cards  tor 
his  act.  Art  students  laminate  their  draw- 
ings to  preserve  them.  And  the  local  public 
library  has  doubled  story-time  attendance 
by  providing  attractive  Ellison  cutouts  for 
the  children. 

Residence  hall  assistants  and  depart- 
ment secretaries  across  the  campus  visit 
the  Teaching  Materials  Center  to  create 
bulletin  boards.  Home  schooling  parents 
come  in  droves  to  check  out  enrichment 
materials  for  their  children.  And  graduates 
who  are  now^  teachers  return  at  intervals  to 
hunt  tor  new  classroom  games  and  ideas. 
Around  4,000  patrons  visited  the  TMC 
last  year. 

"One  of  the  nicest  things  the  TMC 
does,"  one  graduate  confided,  "is  to  .send 
packs  of  teaching  aids  to  us  our  first  year 
out.  It  was  such  a  surprise  to  receive  things 
that  had  been  selected  especially  for  the 
grades  I  was  teaching  and  to  get  a  friendly 
letter  from  the  TMC  telling  me  that  my 
former  professors  were  thinking  of  me  and 
praying  tor  my  success.  I  know  it  meant  a 
lot  to  me  to  see  that  Southern  was  still 
investing  in  me  and  caring  about  me  even 
though  1  was  no  longer  paying  tuition!" 

Mrs.  Babcock  and  her  four  lab  assistants 
keep  the  TMC  open  from  9  to  9  Monday 
through  Thursday  and  1  to  9  on  Sundays. 

As  word  of  the  center  has  spread,  re- 
turned missionaries  donate  foreign  cos- 
tumes and  souvenirs  to  the  Teaching 
Materials  Center  so  that  geography  can 
really  come  to  life  in  local  classrooms. 
Retiring  teachers  and  homeschoolers  who 
no  longer  need  their  books  and  supplies 
give  them  to  the  TMC.  Some  of  these 
materials  become  part  of  the  Teaching 
Materials  Center  permanent  collection, 
while  others  may  wind  up  on  the 
other  side  of  the 


world  as  Student  Missionaries 
stock  up  at  the  Teaching  Materials 
Center  before  going  abroad.  A 
fledgling  curriculum  center  in  Romania  has 
received  hundreds  of  items  from  the  TMC. 
And  colleges  in  India  have  profited  from 
the  donations. 

As  the  collection  of  materials  increases, 
the  TMC  desperately  needs  more  space. 
Dr.  Alberto  dos  Santos,  current  dean  of 
the  School  of  Education  and  Psychology, 
hopes  to  remedy  that  by  the  end  of  the 
year.  With  the  installation  of  a  door  be- 
tween the  TMC  and  an  adjacent  office,  a 
book  processing  room  and  storage  space 
will  be  added. 

Because  of  the  uniqueness  of  the 
center,  Tennessee's  Department  of 
Education  often  directs  other  colleges 
to  the  Southern  Adventist  University 
campus  for  assistance  in  setting  up 
their  own  curriculum  centers.  Thus  far, 
Southern  has  aided  five  other  Tennes- 
see colleges  and  universities  in  collecting 
books  for  their  centers.  When  Mrs. 
Babcock  visits  the  Library  of  Congress  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  to  select  free  textbooks 
from  their  gift  exchange  program,  she  often 
selects  books  for  other  Tennessee  colleges, 
as  well. 

Toward  the  end  of  each  semester  when 
projects  are  due,  the  TMC  becomes  a  hive 
of  activity.  Some  students  spend  so  much 
time  there  that  Mrs.  Babcock  has  laugh- 
ingly threatened  to  bring  them  sleeping 
bags  and  let  them  stay  all  night! 

Many  students  enjoy  making  a  card  or 
banner  for  someone  special,  and  projects 
range  from  exquisite  to  hilarious.  Four 
years  ago  a  young  woman  purchased  40  feet 
of  bulletin  board  paper  and  wrote  on  it  in 
large  letters,  "Yes! 


Sure  thing!  Of  course!  Right!  I'd  love  it! 
You  bet!  YES!"  the  entire  length  of  the 
banner. 

When  queried  about  the  banner,  the 
girl  explained  with  a  grin,  "My  boyfriend 
asked  if  I'd  go  steady,  and  I'm  giving  him 
my  answer — wrapped  all  around  his  car!" 
After  graduation,  she  married  the  fellow 
and  now  has  two  children.  Who  knows 
how  things  mighr  have  turned  out  without 
the  "good  old  TMC"? 

If  you  are  on  campus  in  the  vicinity  of 
Summerour  Hall,  stop  in  at  the  Teaching 
Materials  Center  and  browse  around  for 
awhile.  Something  is  sure  to  capture  your 
interest — a  game,  a  puz:le,  a  video,  an 
interactive  CD,  a  die-cut,  an  old 
McGu^e^i's  Reader,  a  cassette  of  Chinese 
music,  souvenirs  from  Irian  Jaya,  a  Burmese 
umbrella,  or  a  three-foot-tall  book  of 
riddles!  The  Teaching  Materials 
Center  is  more  than  a  curriculum 
center.  It's  a  tinder  box  designed 
to  ignite  the  fires  of  your 
imagination!      ^ 


Displayed  on  these  pages  are  actual  size 
cutouts  from  an  Ellison  die-cutting  machine 
located  in  the  Teaching  Materials  Center.  These 
are  merely  a  sampling  of  the  more  than  500 
various  die  cuts  available.  The  boy  and  girl  paper 
cuts  shovm  here  have  tv»o  holes  so  they  can  be  used 
as  linger  puppets. 


Columns  •  19 


Southern  People 


•  Two  of  Southern's  communication  stu- 
dents are  working  this  summer  at  the 
Adventist  Review,  the  weekly  maga:ine  for 
the  Seventh-day  Adventist  Church.  Six 
particularly  talented  candidates  were  com- 
peting for  a  single  position,  according  to 
William  Johnsson,  editor.  Finally  he  and 
his  associates  selected  Jennifer  Barizo,  '99, 
who  earned  a  bachelor's  degree  with  a 
news-editorial  emphasis.  However,  the 
Review  and  Herald  Publishing  Association 
opened  up  a  second  $4,000  internship  for 
senior  public  relations  major  Stephanie 
Swilley.  She  is  working  with  associate 
publisher  Charlotte  McClure  on  strategic 
positioning  and  promotion  tor  the  maga- 
zine. 


•  Five  students  received  a  $1,000  scholar- 
ship from  the  So-Ju-Conian  Fund  at  the 
1998  Alumni  Homecoming.  David 
Waterhouse  is  the  grandson  of  A.  C. 
McKee,  who  attended  Graysville  Academy 
and  Southern  Junior  College.  Karen 
Minner  is  the  granddaughter  of  Fred 
Minner,  '40,  who  attended  Graysville 
Academy  and  Southern  Junior  College. 
Joy-Lyn  Philpott  is  the  granddaughter  of 
Katherine  Chambers,  who  attended  South- 
em  Junior  College.  Ryan  B.  Jones  is  the 
grandson  of  Joyce  Boykin,  who  attended 
Southern  Missionary  College  and  whose 
parents  also  attended  in  the  1920s. 
Candace  McClellan  is  the  granddaughter 
of  R.C.  and  Helen  Lundv-Mi:elle,  both  ot 


whom  attended  Southern  Junior  College. 
Ruth  King  McKee  started  this  scholarship 
fund  in  1984,  suggesting  that  alumni  from 
the  school's  junior  college  years  give  $1  for 
each  year  of  life  as  a  birthday  contribution. 

•  Students  and  teachers  voted  Dr.  Ron 
E.M.  Clouzet,  professor  of  ministry  and 
evangelism,  as  the  first  recipient  of  the 
Presidential  Award  for  Teaching  Excel- 
lence. University  President  Gordon  Bietz 
created  the  award  to  focus  attention  on 
quality  teaching  at  the  undergraduate 
level.  Accompanied  by  a  $1,000  award,  it 
honors  one  teacher  each  year  who  exhibits 
extraordinary  commitment  to  quality, 
concern  for  students,  professional  develop- 


They  don't  plan  to  just  sit 

The  Rocking  Chair  Five 


Dr.  Jim  Ashlock, 

Southern's  director 
of  alumni  since 
1991,  joined  the 
ranks  of  retirees  at 
the  end  of  May. 

Though  not  a  graduate  of  Southern 
himself,  he  attended  Collegedale  Academy 
while  his  father,  Frank,  was  pastor  of  the 
Collegedale  Church.  His  mother,  Marcella, 
was  one  of  the  first  baccalaureate  graduates. 

His  doctorate  in  vocational  and  adult 
education  related  to  his  teaching  in  the 
industrial  arts  area,  which  spanned  more 
than  20  years.  Just  prior  to  coming  to 
Southern,  he  worked  as  director  of  person- 
nel and  quality  at  Pacific  Press  Publishing 
Association. 

He  looks  forward  now  to  more  time  to 
pursue  his  woodworking  and  auto  body 
hobbies.  His  wife,  Betty  Lou,  retired  at  the 
same  time  from  her  position  in  human 
resources.  The  fact  that  son  Bill  is  working 
in  London,  son  Richard  is  in  Amsterdam, 
and  son  Howard  in  San  Francisco  will  feed 
their  interest  in  travel. 


Dr.  Norman  R. 
Gulley,  School  ot 
Religion  professor, 
has  retired  from 
tull-time  teaching 
after  2 1  years  at 
Southern,  but  will  continue  on  as  a  re- 
search professor  in  residence.  Also,  he 
plans  to  conduct  last-day-events  seminars. 

He  first  arrived  on  campus  as  a  20-year- 
old  senior  theology  student  in  1954  after  a 
lO-day  ocean  journey  from  England.  "1 
look  hack  on  that  year  as  a  wonderful  in- 
troduction to  America,"  he  says." 

Dr.  GuUey's  career  spans  41  years  as 
pastor  and  Bible  teacher  and  includes 
teaching  in  Japan  and  the  Philippines. 

Since  returning  to  Southern  in  1978, 
r)r.  Gulley  pursued  his  twin  passions, 
teaching  and  research.  He  is  the  current 
president  of  the  International  .'\dventist 
Theological  Society,  an  organization  of 
more  than  2,000  members. 

His  wife,  Dr.  Leona  Gulley,  also  began 
teaching  at  Southern  in  1978.  She  is  a 
professor  of  psychology  at  Southern. 


Dr.  Lawrence  E. 
Hanson,  professor 
ot  mathematics, 
retired  after  33 
years  at  Southern. 
He  chaired  the 
Mathematics  Department  for  20  years  and 
served  as  academic  dean  for  four  years. 

His  ability  to  bring  life  to  difficult  sub- 
jects prompted  his  students  and  peers  to 
nominate  him  for  several  teaching  honors. 
Dr.  Hanson  chaired  numerous  committees 
and  served  in  the  community  as  chair  of 
the  Greater  Collegedale  School  Board  and 
first  commissioner  of  the  Collegedale 
Youth  Softball  League. 

His  wife,  Eleanor,  retired  earlier  this 
year.  The  Hansons  have  two  daughters, 
both  of  whom  married  sons  of  missionaries 
they  met  in  Lebanon  while  their  father 
taught  there  on  a  one-year  sabbatical. 

Dr.  Hanson's  retirement  plans  include 
part-time  volunteer  work  in  Southern's 
Mathematics  Department  and  at  Chatta- 
nooga United  Fund  agencies  in  addition  to 
travel,  hiking,  reading,  and  gardening. 


20  •  SPRING  /  SUMMER  1999 


Southern  People 


mcnt,  ,inJ  ^piritiKil  influence.  Dr.  Clou2et 
will  he  on  sabbatical  during  the  1999-2000 
academic  year  to  pursue  writing  projects. 
He  will  direct  evangelistic  field  schools  in 
the  summer  of  2000,  as  he  has  continued 
to  do  this  summer. 

•  Two  faculty  members  received  the  1999 
Distinguished  Service  Medallion  during 
the  May  commencement  program.  Terrie 
Ruff,  associate  professor  ot  social  work  and 
family  studies,  was  honored  for  her  enthu- 
siasm in  the  classroom  and  tor  modeling  a 
life  of  service  through  contributions  to  the 
university,  her  church,  and  several  commu- 
nity organizations.  Dr.  Lawrence  Hanson, 
retiring  professor  of  mathematics,  was 
recognired  for  33  years  of  outstanding 


Patricia  Morrison 

completed  29  years 

in  the  Adventist 

educational  system, 

18  of  them  at 

Southern's  McKee 

Library'  as  director  of  public  services,  when 

she  retired  at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

In  that  position,  she  helped  students 
leani  how  to  use  library'  facilities  and  aided 
them  in  their  research. 

"Pat's  willingness  to  go  the  second  and 
third  miles  to  assist  in  locating  information 
has  impacted  most  of  our  faculty  and  hun- 
dreds of  students,"  a  colleague  commented. 
"She  will  he  sorely  missed." 

She  was  also  an  associate  professor  of 
library'  science  and  assistant  director  of 
libraries.  Her  MLS  degree  was  earned  at 
Vanderbilt  University. 

Her  service  at  Southern  also  included 
teaching  library  science  classes  when  they 
were  a  part  of  the  curriculum,  and  advising 
students  who  had  not  yet  selected  a  major. 

Before  joining  Southern's  faculty,  she 
was  librarian  at  Collegedale  Academy. 


leadership  on  campus  and  in  the  commu- 
nity. In  addition  to  serving  as  a  teacher, 
department  chair,  and  academic  dean  at 
Southern,  he  was  also  instrumental  in 
forming  the  current  system  of  faculty  gov- 
ernance on  campus. 

•  Krystal  Bishop  of  the  School  ot  Educa- 
tion and  Psychology  successfully  defended 
her  doctoral  dissertation  on  March  3,  at 
the  University  of  South  Florida  in  Tampa. 
Dr.  Bishop's  title  was  "Tapestries:  A  Phe- 
nomenal Study  on  the  Experience  of 
Teaching  in  the  lnclusi\e  One-Teacher 
School." 

'■  Rick  Halterman  presented  his  doctoral 
dissertation  on  March  3 1 ,  making  quite  an 


Dr.  Marvin  L. 
Robertson,  dean  ot 
the  School  of  Music, 
retiried  to  Rotunda 
West,  Fla.,  after  43 
years  of  teaching,  33 
of  them  at  Southern.  He  sen-ed  longer  at 
one  school  than  any  other  music  adminis- 
trator in  the  Seventh-day  Adventist  Church. 

Robertson  founded  Die  Meistersinger, 
Southern  Singers,  arid  the  Chamber  Choir 
plus  the  community-based  Master  Chorale 
and  the  Caroliers  children's  choir.  His 
groups  have  toured  the  United  States  and 
sung  in  Canada,  Eastern  Europe,  the 
Middle  East,  Greece,  and  Finland. 

"Doc"  touched  the  lives  of  many  stu- 
dents. "He  found  a  talent  in  me  that  I 
never  knew  I  had,"  said  Terry  Rice,  a  mem- 
ber of  Die  Meistersinger. 

In  1993  and  1996,  he  took  leaves  to 
teach  at  Zaokski  Seminary  in  Russia. 

His  wife,  Jeanie,  is  also  retiring  this  year 
after  25  years  as  a  teacher  on  the  academy 
and  kindergarten  levels.  Their  four 
children  are  graduates  of  Southern. 


impression  on  his  committee  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Tennessee  at  Knoxville.  One 
member  said  it  was  "the  best"  defense  he 
had  ever  attended.  Dr.  Halterman  is  a 
professor  in  the  School  of  Computing,  and 
the  title  of  his  presentation  was  "Reducing 
the  Storage  Requirements  of  Dataflow 
Constraints  Using  Model  Dependencies." 

•  Bonn  Leatherman  earned  his  PhD  from 
the  faculty  of  religious  studies  at  McGill 
University  in  Montreal,  Canada.  Dr. 
Leatherman  defended  his  dissertation  en- 
titled "Analysis  of  Four  Current  Series  of 
Hebrew  Verse  Structure"  on  April  13.  The 
School  of  Religion  now  has  a  full  count  of 
faculty  with  doctorates  and  one  with  a 
double  doctorate,  according  to  Dr.  Jack 
Blanco,  dean. 

•  Stephen  Ruf ,  assistant  professor  of  jour- 
nalism, successfully  defended  his  master's 
thesis  on  March  29,  at  the  University  of 
Tennessee  at  Knoxville.  His  research  was 
on  the  topic  of  low-power  television  in 
Tennessee.  At  an  awards  banquet  on  April 
22,  he  received  the  Student  of  the  Year 
Award  for  the  master's  program  (via  dis- 
tance learning  from  Chattanooga).  "His 
professors  were  delighted  with  his  work 
and  said  we  should  be  very  proud  at  South- 
em  to  have  such  a  terrific  professor  on  our 
faculty.  We  are,  indeed!"  said  Dr.  Pam 
Harris,  chair  of  the  Journalism  and  Com- 
munication Department. 

•  Southern's  director  of  property  and  in- 
dustry development,  Martin  Hamilton,  was 
elected  chair  of  the  Collegedale  Architec- 
tural Review  Board  at  its  first  meeting. 
This  board  was  established  to  develop  and 
implement  building  standards,  particularly 
for  the  Four  Comers  area.  Their  work  will 
guide  the  City  of  Collegedale  in  approving 
specific  architectural  designs. 

•  Two  junior  history  majors  located  paid 
summer  internships  that  fit  their  respective 
interests  to  an  unusual  degree.  Mike 
Campbell  is  doing  preservation  work  at  the 
White  Estate  at  the  General  Conference  in 
Silver  Spring,  Md.  He  also  provides  com- 
puter support  and  answers  some  patron 
queries  about  Ellen  White.  Eight  times  a  day 
on  the  hour,  Brent  Brumagin  gives  living 
history'  presentations  on  the  life  of  a  Civil 
War  soldier  for  visitors  to  Chickamauga  and 
Chattanooga  National  Military  Park. 


Columns  •  2 1 


Sister  of  Chernobyl 
Victim  Among 


byDebraJ.  Hicks 


Parents  cif  three  seniors  had  a  public 
opportunity  to  advise  their  "chadults" 
over  the  graduation  weekend  in  May. 
Dr.  Ed  Wright,  senior  pastor  of  the 
CoUegedale  Sev- 
enth-day Adventist 
Church  and  father 
of  Nolan,  spoke  at 
the  Friday-night 
consecration  ser- 
vice. He  titled  his 
address,  "Beyond 
the  Horizon." 
Dr.  Wilma 
McClarty,  chair  of 
Southern's  English 
Department  and 
mother  of  Stacey, 
gave  the  baccalau- 
reate address,  "A 
Place  to  Stand." 

Dr.  David 
Smith,  president  of 
Union  College  and 
father  of  Kim 
Hutchinson,  spoke 
for  a  Sabbath-after- 
noon dedicatory 
service  honoring 
graduates  from  the 
School  of  Educa- 
tion and  Psychol- 
ogy. Prior  to  his 
Lincoln,  Nebr., 
appointment,  Dr. 
Smith  was  a  profes- 
sor in  the  Depart- 
ment of  English  at 
Southern. 


Another  Sabbath  service  was  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  senior  nurses.  Becky  Owens, 
herself  a  labor  and  delivery  nurse  at  nearby 
Bradley  Memorial  Hospital,  spoke  to  that 


Dr.  Julius  Garner,  a  member  of  Somhern  s  Board  of  Trustees,  was  on  hand  to  congratulaie  Diiia  Grimailo,  rigtit.  on  the  day  she 
graduated.  He  is  part  of  Dina's  American  host  family  and  spearheaded  the  effort  to  raise  $  1 00,000  for  her  sister's  marrow  transplant 


group  on  the  topic  ot  "Culture  Shock." 

Sunday's  commencement  address  was 
given  by  Paul  Neely,  until  recently  the 
associate  publisher  of  the  Chattanooga 

Hms  Ota     Times  and  Chatta- 
nooga Free  Press.  He 
titled  his  address, 
"It's  Not  Over  'Til 
It's  Over." 

This  year  a 
trumpet  ensemble, 
a  string  quartet,  a 
brass  ensemble,  a 
senior  trumpet  duo, 
and  vocal  and  in- 
strumental soloists 
enriched  the  week- 
end events. 

The  259  women 
and  1  39  men  earn- 
ing degrees  in- 
cluded eight 
husband-and-wife 
teams  and  10  pairs 
of  siblings  (includ- 
ing three  sets  of 
twins).  Seventeen 
graduates  were  over 
age  50,  and  47 
claimed  homes 
outside  of  the 
United  States. 

Among  the  398 
seniors  sharing  the 
spotlight  was  Dina 
Grimailo,  one  of  70 
who  graduated  with 
an  AS  degree  in 
nursing  on  May  2, 


22  •  SPRING  /  SUMMER  1999 


1  '■)99.  Thousands  of  people  watched  Dina 
that  day,  hut  only  a  fraction  of  them  wete 
on  Southern's  campus. 

Dina  was  teatuted  on  the  local  Good 
Morning  SioiiiiV  television  ptogram  just 
hefore  the  commencement  service  hegan. 
Chattanooga's  ABC  affiliate  Channel  9 
estimates  that  8,000  adults  watch  the 
weekly  special. 

Reporters  were  interested  in  the  young 
iiurse's  story  hecause  she  had  heen  ahle  to 
turn  family  tragedy  into  personal  triumph. 

Dina's  younger  sister,  Natasha,  was  a 
victim  of  the  Chemohyl  nuclear  disaster  in 
1986.  ThiHigh  their  family  lived  in 
Moldova,  ahout  500  miles  from  the  ground 
zero  site  of  the  accident,  Natasha  devel- 
oped leukemia  as  a  result  ot  the  radiation 
and  needed  blood  transfusions  to  stay  alive. 

A  miracle  seemed  to  he  on  the  hori-on 
when  God  opened  the  way  for  hoth  teen- 
agers to  tly  to  Florida  Hospital  in  Orlando. 
There  Natasha  received  free  medical  treat- 
ment, and  Dina  was  on  standby  as  a  donor. 

When  doctors  there  determined  that 
Natasha  needed  a  bone  marrow  transplant, 
Dina  watched  with  amazement  as  local 
Adventists  raised  nearly  $100,000  to  cover 
the  cost.  But  Natasha's  health  deteriorated 
rapidly  before  the  transplant  could  take 
place.  She  returned  home  to  Moldova  in 
1996  and  died  nine  days  later. 

"When  they  told  us  they  couldn't  do 
anything  more  for  her,  we  had  already 
raised  about  $95,000,"  said  Dina.  "1  was  so 
frustrated.  1  thought,  'Why  did  God  allow 
people  to  send  all  ot  this  money  if  He  knew 
there  wasn't  a  need  tor  it?'  " 

Months  later,  Dina  finally  caught  a 
glimpse  of  God's  plan.  Her  friends  in 
Florida  were  asking  if  she  would  like  to 
come  back  to  the  States  and  study  nursing. 
They  would  use  the  money  raised  for 
Natasha's  bone  marrow  transplant  to  pay 
tor  Dina's  education  at  Southern  Adventist 
University. 

Although  she  was  studying  engineering 
and  business  in  Moldova,  Dina  jumped  at 
the  chance.  Now  she  has  finished  her  AS 
degree,  and  today  she  can't  imagine  herself 
working  anywhere  but  in  the  medical  field. 

"God  took  the  negative  arid  worked  it 
out  positively,"  testified  Dina.  "That 
money  wasn't  needed  for  Natasha,  but 
there  was  a  need  for  me!"      ^ 


Southern  Scholars 
Honors  Program 


Nine  women  and  five  men  distinguished  tfiemselves  in  May  as  ttie  largest-ever  group  to  graduate 
with  Southern  Scholars  honors.  They  represented  the  most  diverse  group  of  Southern  Scholars  yet 
with  majors  in  biology,  history,  English,  religious  studies,  international  studies,  psychology,  mathematics, 
physics,  and  business. 

The  number  finishing  since  the  program  graduated  its  first  and  only  Southern  Scholar  in  1984  has 
averaged  five  or  six  per  year.  Demanding  science,  humanities,  foreign  language,  and  religion  courses;  an 
advanced  senior  project;  and  the  unyielding  3,5  minimum  grade  point  average  requirement  continue  to 
challenge  the  best  of  students. 

This  year's  Southern  Scholars  were:  Timothy  Arakawa,  Melissa  Cole,  Erin  Galloway,  Holly  Harrom, 
Matthew  Jordan,  Ruthie  Kerr,  Maria  Kuhlman,  Helen  Lee,  Stacey  McClarty,  Brian  Moore,  Jennifer 
Pester.  Marcus  Sammer,  Jennifer  Sommerville,  and  Myla  Thomas. 

Motivating  this  select  group  to  complete  this  rigorous  program.  Southern  Scholars  participation 
offers  social,  academic,  financial,  and  prestigious  perks. 

Socially,  each  year  Southern  Scholars  members  select  a  student  executive  committee  to  coordinate 
events  such  as  banquets,  a  campout,  vespers,  and  cultural  and  community  outreach  activities. 

Last  December,  45  Southern  Scholars  and  their  friends  gathered  to  make  Christmas  cards  for  the 
residents  of  the  Life  Care  Center  in  Collegedale.  The  appreciative  director  said,  "You  won't  believe  it, 
but  these  cards  are  for  some  of  the  residents  the  only  ones  they  get!" 

Academically,  the  challenging  curriculum  constantly  stimulates  thought  in  a  Christian  context. 

Financially,  an  honors  student  can  audit  one  course  free  per  semester  after  having  been  in  the 
program  one  year.  Students  who  are  juniors  or  beyond  receive  a  tuition  scholarship  equal  to  the  cost 
of  one  three-hour  class  per  semester.  Tuition  is  waived  for  Honors  Seminar  HMNT  451  and  452. 

Special  recognition  comes  at  graduation,  with  honors  graduates  marching  single  file  at  the  head  of 
the  procession  right  behind  the  class  officers.  Southern  Scholars  receive  the  coveted  Southern  Scholars 
medallion,  and  their  senior  projects  are  printed  in  the  commencement  program.  A  student's  official 
transcript  also  includes  the  senior  project  title  and  notes  the  honors-graduate  distinction. 

The  honors  program  is  directed  by  Dr.  Wilma  McClarty  and  an  honors  committee. 

Dr.  McClarty 
credits  the  success 
of  the  program  to 
vigorous  recruiting 
and  promotion, 
faculty  advisement/ 
involvement  in 
each  scholar's 
progress,  and 
"incredible 
administrative 
support  from 
Dr.  Babcock  and 
Dr.  Bietz."  In  her 
fifth  year  of 
coordinating  the 
program, 
Dr.  McClarty  has 
only  positive 
comments  about 
the  experience. 


Columns  •  23 


Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 


Compiled  by  Darlene  Allen 


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Julia  Mae  Bishop,  '37,  is  retired  and  lives  in 
Avon  Park,  Fla.  All  of  her  family  is  deceased  ex- 
cept for  a  brother.  She  enjoys  church  activity  and 
associating  with  friends. 

Joy  (Crouch)  Churchward,  '37,  was  a  teacher 
for  over  30  years.  She  raised  two  families  and  is 
currently  interested  in  writing. 

Thelma  (Thomson)  Hartwell,  '37,  graduated  as 
an  RN  in  1941.  Her  three  children  all  graduated  from 
Southern:  Frances  Ann,  Kay,  and  Ray.  She  has  3 
grandchildren  and  lives  in  Avon  Park,  Fla. 


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Georgette  (Damon)  Collier,  '44,  and  her 
husband,  Gordon,  live  in  Calistoga,  Calit.  She 
worked  as  a  secretary  in  the  Southern  and  Pacific 
union  offices  and  for  La  Sierra  and  Loma  Linda 
universities.  Between  1950  and  his  1979  retire- 
ment, Gordon  worked  in  the  Southern  California 
Conference,  in  Hawaii,  and  in  the  Southeastern 
California  Conference.  They  have  a  son,  daughter, 
4  grandsons,  and  3  great-granddaughters. 

Billy  Page  Haskell,  '47,  died  July  2,  1998,  of 
pneumonia  following  a  stroke.  His  wife  of  more 
than  50  years,  Ethel  (Bates),  preceded  him  in 
death  on  April  18.  They  were  living  In  Burleson, 
Texas,  and  are  survived  by  children  Merrdl 
Haskell  and  Cheryl  Whittcn,  and  18  grandchildren. 

La  Verne  Pichler,  '40,  is  a  retired  RN.  Her 
husband,  Floyd,  is  a  retired  physician.  Their  five 
children  are  all  in  the  medical  field.  LaVerne  and 
Floyd  live  in  JacLsonville,  Fla. 

Clarence  Pillsbury,  attended  '47-'49,  resides  in 
Palmetto,  Fla.,  with  his  wife,  Anita.  He  is  a  retired 
pastor/evangelist  hut  still  works  some. 

Ruby  Shreve,  '47  and  '64,  is  a  retired  elemen- 
tary school  teacher.  She  never  married  and  spends 
her  time  volunteering  with  shut-ins  and  sometimes 
baby-sitting.  She  lives  in  Avon  Park,  Fla. 


50 


Constance  (Moffett)  Arnett,  '57,  passed  away 
July  23,  1998.  She  dedicated  her  life  to  the  care 
and  treatment  of  those  In  need.  She  worked  27 
years  as  an  RN  at  Huntsville  Hospital  in  Alabama. 

Jack  Bruce  Bohannon,  '57,  ser\'ed  17  years  as 
an  overseas  missionary,  along  side  his  wife  Donna 


(Weber),  '55,  in  Iran,  Lebanon,  and  Uganda.  Jack 
is  now  a  pastor  tor  the  Rocky  Mountain  Confer- 
ence. They  live  in  Glenwood  Springs,  Colo. 

Helen  Burtnett,  '52,  retired  two  years  ago  as  a 
health  information  manager.  She  lives  with  het 
husband,  Frank,  in  Clermont,  Fla. 

Eva  Espinosa,  '53-'57,  lives  in  Riverside,  Calif, 
and  directs  Lii  Sierra  University's  food  ser\'ice. 

Harold  Flynt,  '50, 
remains  active  fol- 
lowing a  45 -year 
career  as  a  pastor/ 
evangelist.  He  is  a 
chaplain  in  the  Civil 
Air  Pattol  in  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.,  where  he 
and  his  wife,  Emma  (Coon),  live.  Their  ministry 
took  them  to  Florida,  North  Carolina,  Michigan, 
Illinois,  and  .Alabama,  as  well  as  Japan,  in  '88-'89. 


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Harold  Johnson,  '5s,  Uett),  was  chosen  as  Unit 
Chaplain  of  the  Year  from  over  700  chaplains  with 
the  Civil  Air  Patrol.  He  is  a  lieutenant  colonel  in 
the  CAP,  the  auxiliary  of  the  United  States  Ait 
Force.  The  award  was  presented  by  Brigadier 
General  Paul  Bergman,  national  commander  of 
the  Civil  Air  Patrol,  at  its  annual  conference. 

J.  Curtis  Orr,  "53,  was  one  of  the  first  graduates 
from  Loma  Linda  University's  School  of  Dentistry 
in  1957.  He  retited  in  Loomis,  Calif,  in  1997.  He 
and  his  wife,  Jeri,  have  2  daughters,  Heather  Orr 
and  Heidi  (Orr)  Suhini,  and  2  grandsons. 

Carolyn  (Haines)  and  Olavi  Weir,  both  '55,  live 
in  Angwin,  Calif  Carolyn  is  a  medical  transcnption- 
ist  at  St.  Helena  Hospital.  In  1998  they  traveled  to 
Maryland,  Washington,  and  Africa.  Olavi  retired  from 
teaching  math  and  science  at  Glendale,  PUC  Prep,  and 
San  Diego  academies.  He  enjoys  woodworking  and 
genealogy. 

Richard  Young,  '59,  and  his  wife,  Phyllis,  live 
in  Longwood,  Fla.  He  has  been  self-employed  for 
25  years  and  has  4  children  and  1 1  grandchildren. 


Lucia  (Rascon)  Medford,  '68,  is  a  project  man- 
ager/systems engineer  tor  Raytheon  Systems  Co.,  in 
Landover,  Md.,  near  her  home  in  Oakton,  Va.  A 
new  project  will  involve  frequent  travel  to  Brazil. 
Her  daughter,  Kelly,  is  a  senior  at  Antioch  College. 

David  Osborne,  '64,  is  the  new  director  of  the 
Ministerial  Association  for  the  North  American 
Division  of  the  Seventh-day  Adventist  Church. 
He  has  most  recently  pastored  the  Carmichael 
Church  near  Sacramento,  Calif,  which  grew  under 
his  leadership  from  an  average  attendance  of  350 
to  more  than  1,000.  He  also  has  served  on  the 
pastoral  staffs  of  Atlantic  Union  College  and  La 
Sierra  University.  His  wife,  Judy  (Edwards),  '64,  is 
an  interior  designer. 

Alta  (Philo)  Zdun,  '60,  retired  from  teaching 
in  1990  and  lives  in  Berrien  Springs,  Mich.  She 
enjoys  birding  and  Maranatha  volunteer  projects. 


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Bob  Ambler,  '73,  and  his  wife,  Janet  (Taylor), 
'74,  are  parents  of  Tim,  17,  and  Katie,  10.  Janet  is 
an  RN,  FNP,  while  Bob  is  the  owner/operatot  of 
Benchmatk  Computer  and  occasionally  works  as  an 
RN  (CCU/ER).  They  live  in  Martin,  Tenn. 

Arlene  (Potter)  Arthur,  '73,  has  taught  at 
Loma  Linda  Juniot  High  for  nine  years.  She  lives 
in  Grand  Terrace,  Calif  She  enjoys  scuba  diving 
and  tennis.  Both  of  her  children  are  academy  age. 

Marsha  (Tuttle)  Collins,  '78,  is  director  of 
pastoral  care  for  Riverside  Medical  Center  in 
Kankakee,  111.,  and  executive 
board  member  ot  two  organiza- 
tions: United  Way  of  the  County 
of  Kankakee  and  Hospice  of  the 
Kankakee  Valley.  She  is  a  frequent 
speaker  at  community  events  and 
in  area  pulpits.  She  has  two  daugh 
ters:  Brittany  and  Katie. 

Jimmy  Davenport,  '70,  lives  in  Selma,  Ala., 
with  his  wife,  Bobbie,  son,  daughter,  and  grand- 
daughtet.  He  is  chairman  of  the  board  and  chief 
financial  officer  for  Logic  Data  Inc.  He  enjoys 
raising  plants  and  playing  with  his  granddaughter. 

Karon  Ynonne  Dinkins,  attended  '69-'71, 
passed  away  on  Dec.  5,  1997,  at  her  home  on 
Kentucky  Lake  in  Paris,  Tenn.,  after  an  extended 
struggle  with  ovarian  cancer.  At  her  request  her 
body  was  donated  to  Vanderbilt  Medical  Research 
Center  in  Nashville.  She  is  survived  by  her  father. 


24  •SPRING /SUMMER  1999 


Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 


Robert  l")inkins  of  Paris,  Tenn.  and  her  hrother, 
Rob,  of  Memphis.  Ynonne  loved  her  time  at 
Southern  and  had  fond  memories  oi  the  friends  she 
made  her  two  years  here. 

Ellen  (Ramsey)  Eldridge,'78,  and  her  husband 
Gary,  '77,  reside  in  Loma  Linda,  Calit.,  and  arc 
active  in  their  church.  Ellen  is  a  financial  manaf^er 
in  information  systems  at  Med  Partners.  Gary  docs 
television  production  tor  Loma  Linda  University 
Medical  Center.  You  may  have  seen  some  of  his 
work  on  shows  like  20/20,  Dateline,  or  Public  E>e. 
They  enjoy  taking  world  adventure  vacations  such 
as  scuba  diving,  backpacking,  and  kayaking. 

Greg  Kinne,  attended,  lives  in  Denver  and  runs 
Cherry  Creek  Technologies  and  Cherry  Creek 
Internet  (ISP)  with  his  son,  He  went  to  Belarussia, 
Moscow,  and  St.  Petersburg  in  1997  and  again  in 
September  to  deliver  medical  and  computer  sup- 
plies to  orphanages.  The  computers  will  facilitate 
keeping  adoption  records.  He's  looking  for  old  386 
computers  (grkinne@creek.net). 

Carl  Koester,  '70,  and  his  wife,  Beverly  (Her- 
hrandson-inadvertently  printed  as  Swafford  in  a 
past  issue),  '72,  live  in  Silver  Spring,  Md.  Their 
son  Leif  is  a  student  at  Southern  and  served  this 
year  as  Student  Missionary  in  the  Marshall  Islands. 

Mike  Lilly,  '71,  and  his  wife,  Delynne  (Durham), 

'72,  are  in  Redlands,  Calif.,  after  a  sabbatical  in 
Australia.  Mike  heads  molecular  biology  and  gene 
therapy  at  Loma  Linda  University  Medical  Center. 

Sally  J.  McMillan,  '78,  earned  her  PhD  and  is 
now  an  assistant  professor  in  the  College  of  Com- 
munication at  Boston  University.  She  has  taught 
courses  in  advertising  and  marketing  communica- 
tion, public  relations,  uses  of  computers  for  com- 
munication, and  writing.  This  new  career  follows 
15  years  of  professional  employment  in  advertising, 
public  relations,  marketing,  technology  manage- 
ment, news  reporting,  and  book  editing.  She  is 
married  to  James  E.  Fields. 

Robert  Mills,  '76,  is  in  his  14th  year  of  practic- 
ing radiology  at  Union  Regional  Medical  Center  in 
Monroe,  N.C.  His  wife,  Joyce,  a  1980  medical 
graduate  from  Loma  Linda  University,  is  a  patholo- 
gist at  URMC.  Their  children;  Chrissy,  16,  a  senior 
at  Mount  Pisgah  Academy;  Jonathan,  14,  a  9th 
grader  at  Adventist  Christian  Academy  in  Char- 
lotte; and  Zachary,  6,  not  yet  in  school  but  reading, 
thanks  to  CD-ROM  programs  on  his  father's  Mac. 

Penny  J.  Nielsen,  '71,  is  an  associate  professor 
of  reading  in  Weaver,  Ala.  She  presented  her  paper 
entitled,  "Bringing  the  Curriculum  Together 
Through  a  Kaleidoscope  of  Color-Related  Literacy 
Activities,"  at  the  SE  Regional  International 
Reading  Association  held  in  New  Orleans,  La. 

Sharon  (Jenkins)  Powers,  '77,  lives  in  Pacific 
Palisades,  Calif,  and  is  the  school  nurse  at  Calvary 
Christian  School  where  her  two  sons,  Shaun,  8, 


and  Chad,  3,  attend.  Her  life  is  full  and  challeng- 
ing, and  she  enjoys  going  to  work  every  day. 

Kevin  Salhany,  '78,  passed  away  Oct.  15,  1998, 
in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  After  receiving  his  medical 
technology  degree  at  Southern,  he  completed 
medicine  at  Loma  Linda  University,  then  did  a 
pathology  residency  at  Vanderbilt  University 
Medical  Center,  followed  by  fellowship  training  in 
surgical  pathology  and  hematopathology.  In  1991 
he  joined  the  faculty  as  an  assistant  professor  of 
pathology  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  commanded  great  respect  from  his  department 
colleagues  and  clinicians  in  other  departments.  His 
personal  research  interests  focused  on  T-cell  prolif- 
erations in  lymphomas.  He  received  teaching 
awards  in  1994  and  1997,  and  was  promoted  to 
associate  professor  last  year. 

Greg  Scott,  attended  '78,  works  for  Adventist 
World  Radio  as  director  tor  the  Americas.  He  and 
his  wife  live  in  Miami.  Though  he  attended  for  only 
one  semester,  he  enjoyed  it  and  would  like  to  get 
hack  in  touch  with  friends  from  that  SMC  era.  He 
can  be  reached  at:  10613  Hammocks  Blvd.,  #2-38, 
Miami  PL  33196  or  e-mail:  gscot@compuserve.com 

William  Scott  Snyder,  '78,  and  his  wife,  Kim 
(Blevins),  live  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  the  house  he 
grew  up  in  and  was  able  to  purchase.  They've  been 
married  for  nine  years.  Daughters  are  Kelsey,  6;  and 
MacKenzie,  3.  William  is  a  staff  medical  technolo- 
gist with  the  Norton  Healthcare  Corporation.  He 
would  love  to  hear  from  former  fellow  students  and 
friends:  khswss@gateway.net . 


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Lori  (Adams)  and  Michael  Abbott,  both  '83, 
have  been  at  Spring  Valley  Academy  tor  the  past 
two  years.  Michael  teaches  history  and  religion  to 
junior  and  high  school  students.  Lori  teaches 
business  and  computer  classes  to  K-12  students. 
They  have  two  children:  Nathan,  9th  grade, 
Kelsey,  7th  grade.  They  reside  in  Bellhrook,  Ohio. 

Alan  Artress,  '82,  is  working  on  a  doctorate  in 
adult  education  and  training.  His  wife,  Beth,  is  a 
school  psychologist  for  Walker  County,  Georgia, 
schools.  Their  son,  Robbie,  is  5.  They  live  near 
Collegedale,  and  Alan  is  the  training  director  for  a 
large  group  of  carpet  companies  in  Calhoun,  Ga. 

Matthew  Bell,  '89,  is  EIT  site  engineer  intern  at 
Gresham  Smith  and  Partners  in  Nashville.  He 
writes  that  his  wife,  Christie  (Grossman),  '90,  is 
doing  a  wonderful  job  raising  their  children,  Nicole, 
5,  and  Nathaniel,  8.  The  Bells  live  in  Goodlettsville. 

Kathy  (Hampton)  Durkac,  (attended  82-84), 
and  her  husband,  Steve,  '90,  live  amid  the  moun- 
tains and  lakes  of  Guntersville,  Ala.  Steve  pastors 
the  Guntersville-Fort  Payne  district  and  is  prayer 
ministries  coordinator  for  the  Gulf  States  Confer- 


ence. Steve  is  a  frequent  speaker  on  the  topic  of 
leadership  and  communication.  His  ministry  web 
site  is  www.durkac.com.  Steve  and  Kathy  have  two 
daughters,  Stephanie,  12,  and  Kathleen,  8. 

Michael  Fogg,  '89,  and  his  wife,  Patricia 
(Bassctt),  '87,  live  in  Orlando,  Fla.  Michael  is  an 
administrator  with  Adventist  Care  Centers. 

David  Gates,  '80,  continues  to  pioneer  aviation 
ministry  in  the  northwestern  jungles  of  Guyanna.  A 
training  school  for  the  "Davis  Indians,"  recently 
established  in  Paurima,  is  already  in  need  of  addi- 
tional space.  Students  walk  for  many  days  from 
other  jungle  villages  to  be  trained  as  lay  missionar- 
ies. Dave's  mercy  flights  continue  to  save  lives.  He 
and  his  wife,  Becky,  work  together  to  provide  medi- 
cal assistance,  forging  friendly  relationships. 

Shandelle  Henson,  '87,  has  accepted  a  tenure- 
track  position  in  the  Department  of  Mathematics  at 
the  College  of  William  and  Mary,  in  Williamsburg, 
Va.  Since  receiving  her  PhD  from  UTK  in  1994,  she 
has  held  a  visiting  post  at  the  University  of  Arizona 
in  Tucson.  Her  research  specialty  is  dynamical 
systems,  with  applications  to  population  biology. 
She  enjoys  trail  running  and  studying  theology. 

Karen  (Arnett)  Kinley,  '84,  resides  in  Hunts- 
ville,  Ala.,  with  her  daughters:  Sarah,  10,  and 
Rachel,  8.  She  works  at  Huntsville  Hospital  as  a 
medical  technologist,  with  particular  training  in 
tlowcytometry  (related  to  monoclonal  markers)  and 
is  active  in  local  city  charities  and  shelters. 

Cynthia  (Thornburg)  Kinsey,  attended  '85-'86, 
is  married  and  has  4  sons:  Philip  Daniel,  1 1,  Jesse 
Dawayne,  5,  Douglas  Michael,  3,  and  David  Floyd, 
16  mos.  She  is  a  homemaker,  and  she  schools  her 
sons  at  home.  Cynthia  would  like  to  hear  from 
friends:  PO  Box  24108,  Waco,  Texas  76702. 

Karen  Larsen,  '88,  is  vice  president  for  projects 
with  Maranatha  Volunteers  International.  Ten  years 
after  graduating  from  SAU  "where  mission  service 
was  the  last  thing  on  [her]  mind,"  she  is  now  orga- 
nizing ore  of  the  biggest  mission  service  projects  of 
the  century:  India  2000.  It  will  center  in  Calcutta, 
India,  December  20  to  January  2.  She  welcomes  you 
to  make  your  New  Year  celebration  a  life-changing 
event  that  will  really  count.  You  can  contact  her 
thniugh  www.maranatha.org  . 

Paulette  (Henderson)  Nelson,  '80,  and  her 
husband,  Russell,  reside  in  Colton,  Calif.  She  is  a 
trust  administrative  assistant  for  Loma  Linda  Uni- 
versity Foundation.  She  and  Russ  are  happily  raising 
seven  children.  She  would  love  to  talk  to  and/or 
write  old  friends:  909.825.1517  or  2277  Crescent 
Circle,  Colton  CA  92934;  or  sleepjones@juno.com  . 

Ivan  Robinson,  '84,  lives  in  Bordentown,  N.J.  He 
is  a  minister  for  the  New  Jersey  Conference. 

Ken  Shaw,  '83,  has  been  interim  dean  of  the 
Panama  City  campus  for  Florida  State  University  for 
the  past  year. 


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Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 


Anna  (Astalas)  Sicher,  '85,  lived  in  Sweden 
and  Canada  for  two  years  each.  She  and  her  hus- 
band, Alan,  are  parents  of  Gahriella,  8.  and  Ian,  4. 
They  live  in  Garland,  Texas.  Anna  would  love  to 
hear  from  old  friends:  aischer@compuserv.com  . 

W.  Stephen  Tankersley,  '84,  was  inducted  as  a 
fellow  of  the  American  .Academy  of  Orthopaedic 
Surgeons  during  ceremonies  at  the  academy's  66th 
annual  meeting  on  Feb.  4,  1999,  in  .Anaheim, 
Calif.  He  lives  in  Biloxi,  Miss. 

Carroll  Wheeler,  '80,  and  his  wife,  Carol 
(Bauer),  former  teacher  at  Southern,  '83-'86,  and 
'93  AS  nursing,  live  in  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.,  during 
the  week  and  Sheboygan  on  weekends.  Carroll  flies 
for  Wisconsin  Aviation,  a  passenger  charter  com- 
pany that  carries  businessmen  by  day  and  occasion- 
ally human  organ  transplant  teams  at  night. 

Maureen  (Mayden)  Wisener,  '84,  was  named 
the  1998  Communicator  of  the  'i'ear  by  the  Health 
Care  Communicators  of  San  Diego.  The  award 
recognized  her  accomplishments  as  a  professional 
communicator  in  the  health  care  industry.  She  was 
also  awarded  the  TWIN  (Tribute  to  Women  in 
Industry)  by  the  YWCA.  Maureen  has  been  at 
Paradise  Valley  Hospital  since  1989. 


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Kevin,  '97,  and  Melinda  (Cross)  Becker,  '96, 
are  in  Michigan  while  he  attends  the  Seminary  at 
Andrews  University.  Melinda  is  office  manager  for 
the  AU  department  of  nutrition.  They  plan  to 
move  back  to  the  Georgia-Cumberland  Conference 
at  the  end  of  1999. 

Gary  Bradley,  '90,  is  teaches  physics  and  math 
at  Mount  Pisgah  Academy  in  North  Carolina.  His 
wife,  Stella,  teaches  English  there. 

Karen  (McKinney)  Brown,  '91,  and  her  hus- 
band Ervin,  '90,  live  in  Goodlettsville,  Tenn.  He  is 
a  CPA  and  she,  a  nurse  anesthetist.  Their  son, 
Nikoli,  is  3. 

Jon  Burks,  '97,   lives  in  Goodlettsville,  Tenn., 
and  is  attending  the  Middle  Tennessee  School  ot 
Anesthesia  in  pursuit  of  a  master's  degree  and 
licensure  as  a  certified  registered  nurse  anesthetist. 
He  will  graduate  in  October  2000. 

Donna  Marie  (Jensen)  Cain,  '92,  and  hei  hus- 
band, Cody  Christopher  Cain,  live  in  Atlanta, 
wheie  she  is  a  microbiologist  with  the  Centers  for 
Disease  Control  and  Prevention.  Their  first  child, 
Christopher  Austin,  was  bom  Aug.  30,  1998. 

Albert  L.  Cason,  Jr.,  '93,  has  worked  for  his 
fathet  at  Bud's  Best  Cookies  for  six  years  as  of 
December  1998.  After  attending  a  Business  to 
Business  Marketing  postgraduate  class  at  Har\'ard 
University,  Al  was  recently  promoted  to  vice 


president  of  sales  and  marketing.  He  and  his  wife, 
Tata,  live  in  Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  they  have  a 
one-year-old  son,  .Albert  L.  "Buddy"  Cason  111. 

Shawn  Collins,  '91,  is  a  certified  registered 
nurse  anesthestist  practicing  in  .Asheville,  NC.  His 
wife  Beverly  (Keyes),  '91,  is  a  home  health  nurse 
and  anticipated  completing  a  nurse  practitioner 
degree  from  Clemson  University  in  May  1999. 
They  enjoy  traveling  and  outdoor  activities. 

Adoniram  Da  Cunha,  attended  '96-'97,  is  a 
computer  anmiator  in  Miami,  Fla. 

James  Davis,  '97,  teaches  physics,  mathematics, 
Web  publishing,  and  Internet  101  at  Sunnydale 
Adventist  Academy  in  Centralia,  Mo.  He  and  his 
wife,  Karon  (Rogers),  '98,  are  the  proud  parents  of 
James  C.  Davis  111,  who  was  bom  April  2,  1999. 

Stan,  '90,  and  Melissa  (LaPorte)  Dobias,  '90, 
live  in  Orlando.  He  pastors  at  the  Florida  Hospital 
Church.  They  have  two  sons:  Caleb  and  Jonathan. 

David  Dordevic,  '98,  and  Kay  live  in  Bemen 
Springs,  Mich.  He  will  finish  his  master  of  divinity 
degree  at  Andrews  University  in  December  2000. 
The  couple  has  a  baby  due  in  July. 

Rebecca  DuBose,  attended  '92-'93,  graduated 
from  Middle  Tennessee  State  University  in  May 
with  a  BS  in  microbiology.  She  would  love  to  hear 
from  friends:  mtn_dancer@yahoo.com . 

Michelle  Fetters,  '93,  is  the  Florida  regional 
director  of  operations  for  Sunbelt  Healthcare 
Centers.  She  lives  in  Orlando. 

Donna  (Parrish)  Graham,  '91,  and  her  husband 
Joseph,  '92,  live  in  the  Chicago  area.  Their  son, 
Spenser  Dallas  Graham,  was  bom  Jan.  14,  1998, 
and  is  their  "future  linebacket."  They  are  thor- 
oughly enjoying  parenthood. 

Joseph  Kim,  '97,  is  in  California  working  on  a 
master's  in  marriage  and  family  therapy  at  Loma 
Linda  University. 

Philip  Martin,  '93,  works  in  the  greater  Mon- 
tana area  as  a  critical  care  and  flight  nurse.  He  also 
is  involved  with  self-supporting  medical  missionary 
work  on  the  Indian  reser\'ations  m  that  state.  He  is 
engaged  to  be  married  to  Theresa  Ellis,  who  works 
as  a  critical  care  RN  in  Chattanooga. 

Heilange  (Celamy),  '95,  and  Mozart  Porcena, 
attended,  married  in  December  1997  and  live  in 
Plantation,  Fla.  Heilange  teaches  fourth  grade, 
and  Mozart  is  a  quality  control  manager  at  an 
aerospace  company.  They  would  love  to  hear  from 
friends:  mhporcen@bellsouth.net  . 

Michael  Robertson,  '94,  graduated  from  the 
.seminary-  at  Andiews  University  on  June  6.  He's 
returning  to  Indiana  to  pastor.  He  and  his  wife, 
Valerie  (Boutin),  '91,  have  a  young  son,  Jonathan 
David. 


Tamara  (Michalenko) 
Terry,  '91,  owns  Your  Cre- 
ative Solution,  Inc.,  assisting 
clients  in  writing,  designing, 
advertising,  and  coordinating 
communication  projects.  She 
IS  also  the  managing  editor  ot 
Kids'  Ministry  Id^os,  a  Review 
&  Herald  publication.  Their 
son,  Joseph,  was  bom  in 
November  1997.  Her  husband,  RanJv,  i^  a^>ocKite 
tieasurer  of  the  Chesapeake  Conference  in  Colum- 
bia, Md.  He  also  has  his  own  business,  Tetry's  Tax 
and  .^ccounting  Sef\'ice. 

Teresa  (Fifield)  Thompson,  '98,  lives  near 
Raleigh,  N.C.,  with  husband.  Dean,  and  daughter, 
Kayla,  16.  Teresa  is  a  high  school  library  media 
specialist  for  Wake  County  Public  School  System. 

Nora  Turner.  '95,  received  recognition  for 
excellence  in  small  animal  surgery  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Tennessee  Knoxville  School  of  Veterinary 
Medicine  and  was  awarded  her  DVM  degree  in  May. 
She  has  been  accepted  for  a  one-year  intemship  at 
the  Rowley  .Animal  Hospital  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

Michael  A.  Van  Beukering,  '92,  a  Navy  lieu- 
tenant, left  in  February  on  a  7-month  deployment 
to  Naval  Station  Roosevelt  Roads,  Puerto  Rico.  He 
belongs  to  a  construction  battalion. 

AnnMarie  (Eichelberg)  Walker,  '96,  earned  her 
BS  nursing  degree  at  Walla  Walla  College,  alma 
mater  of  her  husband.  Blame.  They  married  m  1997 
and  live  in  Fenton,  Mich.  She  works  on  an  acute 
cardiovascular  floor  at  Genesys  Regional  Medical 
Center  and  he,  fot  a  structutal  engineering  firm. 

Todd  iiiJ  Marsharee 
(Johnson)  Wilkens.  both  '90, 
live  in  Waynesville,  Mo.  Todd 
completed  his  general  surgerv 
residency  and  practices  at  Ft. 
Leonard  Wood  Army  Com- 
munity' Hospital.  Marsharee 
and  Todd  share  home  remod- 
eling duties.  Their  daughter^ 
are  Kelsey,  6,  and  Kalli,  4- 
The  family  enjoys  the  beauty  of  the  Ozark  moun- 
tain range  and  would  love  to  heat  from  friends  and 
entertain  visitors:   marsharee@ctwok.com  . 

Kenneth  Wright  III,  '96,  graduated  in  April  from 
the  Cmmmer  Graduate  School  of  Business  at 
Rollins  College  with  an  MBA  (finance  concentra- 
tion). He  has  joined  the  fast  track  management 
program  at  Janssen  Pharmaceutica,  one  of  Johnson 
&  Johnson's  largest  divisions.  He  lives  in  Orlando. 

Geoffrey  Zhu,  '92,  graduates  this  year  from 
■Ari-ona  State  University  with  an  MBA  emphasiz- 
ing supply  chain  management.  He  married  Joy  Pan 
in  December  1995  in  Mesa,  Ariz.  She  has  a  master 
of  fine  arts  degree  in  violin  performance. 


26  •  SPRING  /  SUMMER  1999 


At  Rest 


Shcrri  Michelle  Vick,  18,  a  treshman  nursing 
major,  died  May  5,  1999,  at  a  Chattanooga  hospi- 
t.il  following  a  three-month  tight  tor  life.  After  a 
one-car  accident  on  Feb.  3,  she  was  rushed  to 
Erlanger  Medical  Center  with  extensive  internal 
injuries.  To  repair  an  aortic  tear  near  her  heart, 
surgeons  obtained  permission  for  an  experimental 
technique  not  previously  performed  in  the  United 
States. 

Students  and  faculty  visited  her  in  the  hospital 
daily.  In  addition,  they  provided  food  and  col- 
lected more  than  $2,000  for  her  family,  and  do- 
nated more  than  enough  blood  to  cover  the  80 
pints  she  required. 

Sherri  was  bom  July  21,  1980.  She  is  survived 
by  her  parents.  Randy  and  Debra  Vick,  and  a 
younger  sister,  Jennifer,  of  Lynn  Haven,  Fla. 

Dr.  C.A.  "Bill"  Oliphant,  T3,  journalism 
department  chair  at  Southern  from  1986-89,  died 
March  10,  1999.  While  at  Southern,  he  strength- 
ened the  department's  internship  program,  added 
new  majors,  and  organized  a  professional  advisory- 
council. 

Joining  Southern  just  before  he  retired,  he  had 
already  edited  for  Southern  Publishing  Associa- 
tion, worked  in  public  relations  for  the  Pacific 
Union  Conference  and  Fmth  for  Today,  taught  at 
La  Sierra  and  .Andrews  universities,  and  edited  a 
medical  newspaper,  Heaitli  Scene.  His  fourth  book, 
Suieet  Success,  profiled  snack  cake  king  O.  D.  McKec. 

Survivors  include  his  wife,  Jean,  and  a  sister, 
Dorothy  Thomas,  both  of  Inverness,  Fla. 

Jane  Brown,  secretary  to  the  president  at 
Southern  for  35  years,  died  March  27,  1999.  She 
remained  in  CoUegedale  after  her  1978  retirement. 

She  was  known  for  her  steady,  cheerful,  and 
empathetic  nature  as  well  as  legendary  secretarial 
skills.  For  many  college  occasions  over  the  years, 
she  shared  orchids  and  other  flowers  she  grew. 

She  was  the  widow  of  Stanley  Brown,  librarian 
at  Southern  from  1935-72.  Their  son,  David, 
preceded  her  in  death.  Sun'ivors  include  two 
daughters,  Sara  Rollins  and  Julie  DeVries,  and  a 
grandson,  Michael  Torres. 

Sanford  Ulmer,  92,  a  leader  in  Southern's 
multimiUion  dollar  endowment  campaign,  died 
May  18,  1999,  at  his  home  in  Lansdale,  Pa. 

He  graduated  from  academy  at  Southern  Junior 
College  in  1923  and  was  awarded  an  honorary 
degree  in  1981.  While  visiting  the  campus  in 
1982,  he  decided  to  create  a  $15,000  scholarship 
fund.  Later  he  and  his  wife  proposed  the  Century 
11  Endowment  Campaign,  which  has  raised  over 
$7  million  dollars  to  help  students  attend  South- 
em.  In  1985,  the  student  center  was  named  in 
their  honor. 

Mr.  Ulmer  built  close  to  500  homes  in  Mont- 
gomery Township. 

He  IS  survived  by  Martha,  his  wife  of  63  years. 


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