"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. "
- Romans 12:12
Save the date! Oct. 24 and 25
Alumni will join students, faculty and staff and “Fill the Hill†for 2014 Homecoming. For details, contact Ethan Cashwell in the Alumni Office at ext. 5383 or email ecashwell@swu.edu. Go online to see a complete schedule and details.
Prayer for Kippen
SWU students, coaches, faculty, and staff gathered this past Thursday morning to pray for Davis Kippen, whose plans to enter SWU as a member of the Baseball Team have been delayed as he battles Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The SWU community is encouraged to keep Kippen in your prayers as he awaits results of a PET scan. On Twitter, use the hashtag #getin4davis for updates and tweets. Kippen's story is also being told by the local media in his area. More>>
Constitution Day
Retired circuit judge Gary E. Clary spoke about the U.S. Constitution to Ken Myers' class Sept. 17 - the date set aside as Constitution Day. An authority on the Constitution, Clary has years of experience in dealing with Constitutional issues.See a video and learn more about Constitution Day.
From across the state
Left: Neal Tallman (pictured) and Arcola Jones represented SWU during Family Day at Pruitt Healthcare in Columbia. This included Pruitt’s 200 employees and their families. It was a great back to school event with food, and games. Right: SWU adult students in Columbia came together and donated enough school supplies to fill four book bags. SWU donated these book bags to the Cooperative Ministries for their back to school supply drive for children in the Midlands. We are so proud of our Students in Columbia!
Left: SWU Charleston played host this past Thursday and Friday to the Charleston County School District’s SC Initial Mentor Training Classes for the 2014-2015 school year. Forty teachers who will be working with “Beginning Teachers†in the district are learning the skills it takes to be a mentor. Right: SWU’s North Augusta learning center hosted approximately 60 new Walmart employees Sept. 17 for orientation, in preparation for a new store in North Augusta, slated to open in late October.
Post Office update
Effective immediately, the SWU Post Office will notify you via email when your package has arrived. The email will be sent electronically to the recipient’s name on the package. If you are unable to pick up the package yourself, please inform someone in your department to do so, print the email and have them bring it to the post office for pick up. For details, contact Edith Garrett at ext. 5107 or email egarrett@swu.edu.
E-book training
Faculty will be able to take advantage of e-book training Sept. 25 on SWU’s Central campus. Chavonne Primus and Danae Edmonds from VitalSource will conduct training on how to navigate the Bookshelf application.
Participants will learn to effectively use its features in both online and desktop platforms. Topics include searching, creating and sharing notes and highlights, managing highlighters, subscribing to another user’s notes and highlights, and using the text-to-speech feature. Those attending training should bring a laptop (if available) to actively engage with the session, though it’s not required. Bringing a laptop will allow you to mimic the steps she will demonstrate on e-books with your individual accounts. The E-text training will be Sept. 25 for faculty, downstairs in Newton Hobson at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. in the Red Room – Rm. 207. Training for students will take place Sept. 24 in the Founders. For details, contact Deb Nodine at ext. 5032 or email dnodine@swu.edu.
Fall Fine Arts!
Southern Wesleyan University’s Fine Arts Division will present a variety of fall events on the Central campus. October events include renowned concert organist Tom Trenney Oct. 14. Other October highlights include concerts from the SWU Wind and Jazz ensembles. Unless otherwise noted, events are free of charge and open to the public. All events, unless otherwise noted, are held in Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center. Download the Fall Fine Arts Schedule
The Third Annual Run2Fall 5k Race is an event for the whole family. Proceeds of the Run2Fall 5K Race will go towards the Staff Council of Southern Wesleyan University, which carries out service projects for SWU students. For details, contact Debra Nodine at 864-644-5005 or email dnodine@swu.edu.
Smith takes 1st, Warriors 2nd at Emmanuel Invitational
Cyndi Smith of SWU's Women's Golf Team claimed the first tournament of the season after shooting an 88 in round two to distance her from the two players who tied with her in round one. Read more>>
National Duathlon Champ
This past July, Lindsey Torgerson, a 2009 business graduate and member of the 2007 NCCAA Championship Women's Basketball Team, won the 2014 Duathlon National Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota. This first-place finish qualifies her for the 2015 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia. “I am so grateful to have my very own, Southern Wesleyan University, as a sponsor and I absolutely love that I get to wear the SWU Athletics logo on my uniform again,†Torgerson said.
Dr. Beacham will be on campus Wednesday at 3 p.m. If you need to see the physician, please contact Nurse Lori Herron at ext. 5134 or Debbie Eller at ext. 5131. The e-mail address is lherron@swu.edu.
'SWUSubway' specials
Thanks to Angel, Karen and David at the Central Subway for being great neighbors to the SWU community by offering a “swusubway†special. Each Wednesday they’ll have a different special to SWU students and employees. Also, text “Central†to 95577 for specials.
