"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. "
- Romans 12:12
It's Almost here!
Homecoming 2014 is this weekend! Festivities will include a Homecoming parade, reunion luncheons and fun for all ages. For details, contact Ethan Cashwell in the Alumni Office at ext. 5383 or email ecashwell@swu.edu. Be sure to ask Ethan about the Blue Box - an awesome value! Go online to see a complete schedule and additional details.
More than 20 volunteers are needed during Homecoming to drive shuttles, assist in the Homecoming Parade, kids inflatables or decorations. Contct Ethan to volunteer or get details.
Disability Awareness
SWU education major Chelsea Lindaberry gives a student a demonstration of how someone who is hearing impaired communicates through sign language. SWU education majors hosted a disability awareness fair at Pendleton Elementary School Oct. 17, creating and manning stations and leading students in grades 2-6 in activities whose purpose was to help them gain a better understanding of what some of the students in their school are experiencing.
SWU Jazz Ensemble concert Oct. 21
The SWU Jazz Ensemble will present a powerful, exciting concert performance tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center. This year’s new collection of SWU “jazzers†will offer the audience plenty of toe-tapping tunes. This free concert is part of Southern Wesleyan University’s annual Fine Arts Series at Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center on the university’s campus in Central. For details, call ext. 5408. A complete listing of fine arts events can be found at swu.edu/finearts.
Preview Day
This Friday, we will welcome prospective traditional students along with their family and friends to the Central campus for Preview Day. There will also be a special Preview Day Chapel with Rev. Nate Kingsbury in the auditorium of Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center. Be sure to give our guests a warm SWU welcome!
Afrizo!
This past week, Afrizo! a group of students from Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya, sang beautiful songs from South, Central and East Africa. Their amazing vocals and funny jokes had a positive effect on SWU students.
Afrizo! is traveling the United States to raise support for scholarships. Students posted videos and even used Snapchat to spread this awesome event.
SWU is offering incoming traditional students a chance to win up to $2000 in scholarship money by posting an Instagram video about why they want to come to SWU.
Submissions for the SWU Instagram Video Contest are going on now through Nov. 21. Winners will be announced Dec. 9. Go to this link for details and contest rules.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees will be on campus for their annual fall meeting Oct. 28-30. There will be an all-campus meeting to offer employees an informative update on Friday, Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. in The Founders. Video conferencing will be available for the learning centers.
Bench Dedication
Today at 10:15 a.m. we will dedicate a bench at the flag plaza in memory of former SWU student Krystal Pearce. There is no chapel today, so everyone on the Central campus is invited to this dedication at the track and soccer complex as we honor the memory of Krystal.
This week in chapel
Oct. 22 - 10 a.m. - Heroes of our Heritage - Dr. Bob Black
View chapels online at the SWU Chapel page on YouTube.
Call for talent!
Auditions for the SWU Spring Student Production, The Sound Of Music, will be Friday, Nov. 7 in Folger Fine Arts Auditorium. Please see Dr. Melanie Rowell's bulletin board outside her office at 106 Newton Hobson for full details. Every college student who wishes to be considered for the show must sign up for an audition time slot between 6:30 and 9 p.m. and plan to be available for callbacks at 9 p.m. No experience is necessary, but you must prepare a short song with piano accompaniment for your audition. Please read all material regarding the show and auditions on the bulletin board. If you have questions after reading the material, feel free to email Rowell questions at mrowell@swu.edu.
Ed-Op at SWU
SWU hosted high school students from Oconee and Pickens counties this past Thursday for an Ed-Op day in the Founders. Several institutions of higher learning from across the region took part in this event.
Congratulations!
Paula Lemons, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, is the recipient of the Regents' Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. A 1994 SWU alumna and sister of SWU IT director Mike Preusz, Lemons is recognized nationally as a leader in science education. Selected as a National Academy of Sciences Education Fellow in the Life Sciences in 2010-2011, she has twice received UGA Innovative Instruction Faculty Grants and has used the funding to transform teaching methods in her department and to refine an online problem-solving tutorial for students called SOLVEIT.
Malachi Edward Tolan was born Oct. 15 to Faith and Aaron Tolan. Aaron is a 2005 graduate and the son of Rev. Dave Tolan, SWU missions mobilizer. Faith is a 2003 graduate.
It’s Spooky to be Hungry
This month, SWU’s North Augusta education center is helping Golden Harvest Food Bank of Augusta in their fight against hunger among the area’s needy residents. Contact Jason Norton at ext. 7981 or email jnorton@swu.edu for details. Read more>>
Oct. 22
Women’s Soccer vs. King @Tenn., 1 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. King @ Tenn., 3 p.m.
Oct. 24
Women’s Volleyball vs. North Greenville, 7 p.m
Oct. 25
Women’s Cross Country @Sandshark Invitational
Men’s Cross Country @Sandshark Invitational
Women’s Soccer vs. North Greenville, 3 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. North Greenville, 5 p.m.
From Health Services
The doctor will not be in this week. For assistance, please contact Nurse Lori Herron at ext. 5134 or Debbie Eller at ext. 5131. The e-mail address is lherron@swu.edu.
The annual Homecoming Blood Drive will be tomorrow from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Please contact Nurse Herron to schedule your appointment or plan to walk in that day. All donors must have a photo ID to donate. All donors will receive a free t-shirt! For details, contact Nurse Lori Herron at ext. 5134 or Debbie Eller at ext. 5131. The e-mail address is lherron@swu.edu.
Print Shop Open House
Cody Thomas, center, assistant director of marketing, shows Justin Carter, left, AVP for student life, and Melissa Vess, assistant director of admissions, brochures and booklets from the new print shop as graphic designers Josh Mayfield and Allie Urbina, right, look on.
This past Friday, SWU Marketing and Communications had an open house to make the campus community aware of the new facility. This print shop offers the SWU community high quality printed products at a significant savings of cost and time. To request a project, go to swu.edu/marketing/ and click the desired project you need. For details, contact Thomas at cthomas@swu.edu or by phone at ext. 5330.
Learning soft skills
Each company looks for a different mix of skills and experience. Companies value soft skills because research suggests and experience shows that these skills can be just as important an indicator of job performance as hard skills.
To complement these unique core competencies, there are certain "soft skills" every company looks for in a potential hire. The Career Services Center invited Lorie Kelley, director of client services for Carolina Wealth Management (ING) to discuss these skills with Dr. Francis Adams’ Managerial I class. She discussed six soft skills that are essential to maintaining employment: communications, teamwork, networking, problem solving, critical thinking and professionalism skills. For details about the Career Services Center, visit swu.edu/careercenter.
