Seventh Annual SWUPY's Set for April 25

The 7th annual SWUPY’s will be April 25 at 7 p.m. in Newton-Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center. Come out and enjoy the night with the entire Southern Wesleyan University campus community and surrounding area as all your favorite athletic teams, student-athletes, faculty, staff, administration and many special guest will be in attendance.  Admission is free. Online voting for the SWUPY’s is now open for students on MySWU.

NCAA Site Visit update:

SWU, you did GREAT! Penny Allen Cook, NCAA representative, had a really good visit to SWU. She noticed the effort to wear SWU Blue. She felt the united campus, Team SWU and she knows we are a Christ-Centered, student-focused community.

I want to personally thank you for the effort you have put in over the last few weeks and months to prepare for this day.

We now will have to wait until July to hear from the NCAA membership committee and the final decision. But for now....thank you, WARRIORS!

 - Chris Williams, director of athletics

SWUGREEN 2013

Today is Earth Day. It's also the day of SWUGREEN2013, an initiative dedicated to beautifying the SWU campus in Central. Volunteers will be involved in activities that include trash pickup and planting flowers. Read more>>

Pray for Boston victims

Rupal Shah, a Biology/Chemistry graduate, competed in the Boston Marathon April 15. She was 15-20 minutes away from the finish line when she heard about the bombs exploding. Shah reported that she is okay but urged continuing prayers for the victims and their families.

Warrior Open May 1

The Annual Warrior Open will take place May 1 at Smithfields Country Club in Easley. Registration for the day will start at 7:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. from SWU's home course. All proceeds from the tournament will go to the Athletic Warrior Club Fund. Read more>>

From Health Services

Dr. Beacham will be on the Central campus Wednesday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m. For details, please contact Lori Herron, university nurse, at ext. 5139 or email lherron@swu.edu. 

This week in chapel

• April 22 – SWU Jazz Band
• 24 – Honors Convocation

Honors Program

This coming fall, 11 juniors will enter the honors program in a variety of majors. The honors program is a four semester program completed during the junior and senior years. Students must have a 3.5 cumulative college GPA and a positive endorsement from faculty in their major to be invited to participate in the honors program. While in the program, students have the opportunity to take honors classes in their major, be mentored by a faculty member in their major and engage professionally in their chosen field through the completion of a research or creative project in their academic discipline. Congratulations to Biology majors Mark Cromer, Erik Delgado, Leah Johnson, Cherilyn Ramsey, Chelsi Stevenson and Courtney Williams; Education majors Devri Burdick, Caroline Hudson and Faith James; English major Michelle Cison; and Intercultural Studies major Kim Moore.

These students will join peers who are rising seniors about to start work on their honors projects:

• Jenna Doud-The Theme of Balance in the Works of Charles Williams
• Gordon Overholtzer-The Effects of Competitive and Cooperative Violent Game Play on Aggressive Behavior*
• Jackie Guiry-Determining Web Design Factors that Affect Consumer Satisfaction and Cognitive Recollection
• Jonathan Williams-Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in Upstate South Carolina*

Congratulations to this year's graduating seniors who recently presented their honors research to the SWU community:

• Tessa Blackburn-The effects of dopamine and L-DOPA on the propagation of Toxoplasma gondii in culture.*
• Leslie Glover-The Synthesis of Monoanionic Ligands and Group II Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

Reunion of Upcountry Families

April 26, 6 p.m. - DNA Research / Upcountry History/Research - Dr. Eric Emerson presentation on history and Upcountry research at the South Carolina Dept. of Archives. Folger Location: Fine Arts Auditorium.

Details: (864) 898-0840 / claytonroom@swu.edu Online: www.100yearreunion.com