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EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER May 2014 Summerour Hall Renovation Complete, Employees Invited to Dedication On Saturday, May 24, the much- anticipated dedication of Summerour Hall will take place. All employees are invited and encouraged to at- tend. There are four segments to the dedication: the building itself, the students, the faculty, and finally all three will be dedicated in service to the community. The Summerour Hall dedication is from 2:30-3 p.m., and the building will be open from 3-4 p.m. The Wedg- wood Trio will also have a concert at 4:30 p.m. in the Collegedale Church. Bob Summerour is a member of the group and the grandson of B.F. and Gradye Summerour. The School of Education and Psy- chology moves back into Summerour Hall the first week of May, and classes begin May 5. Herin Hall, temporarily home for the School of Education and Psychology for the past three years, will undergo needed renovations and is then slated to house the School of Computing and the Math Department. For more information on the dedi- cation, call 423.236.2829. Renovation History Summerour Hall was originally built in 1971 as a home economics build- ing and named in honor of B.F. and Gradye Brook Summerour for their commitment to Christian education. Gradye Brooke was one of the first music teachers at Southern. Since Summerour Hall wasn’t originally built for the School of Education and Psychology, Geovanny Ragsdale, director of Advancement, sees this as an opportunity to also dedicate the building for the purpose of education and psychology for the first time. “This dedication will help to show that it’s more than just a building,” Ragsdale said. “It’s the culmination of all that will take place in it, and because of it.” Renovations to the 41-year-old building began in February 2011. It was prompted by both the Summer- our family and the School of Educa- tion and Psychology, recognizing ongoing space restrictions on the four departments (education, psychology, counseling, and outdoor education) housed in Summerour Hall. The uni- versity funded the majority of the $3.9 million dollar project; however, the Summerour family and others donated as well. The original structure of the build- ing was kept, but it was a complete refurbishment with roughly 7,000 square feet added. There are also sev- eral new features in the building: • Elevator • A heating and cooling system in which each classroom and office has its own thermostat • Occupancy sensors to activate lights based on movement • An expanded Teacher Materials Center • New garden patio One of the features that John Mc- Coy, dean for the School of Education and Psychology, is most proud of is the artwork that will be in front of the building by the end of August. The bronze sculpture, funded by donors, will be of Jesus kneeling next to a stu- dent reading John 14:6, a verse which McCoy says encapsulates the mission and foundation of the school. Another feature that is a first on campus is the 70-inch touchscreen that will be in the lobby. The screen will provide details for office and classroom locations, a list of donors, and list of current student missionaries along with their locations. It will also be a way to dis- play awards given to students in the school, as well as news and weather. —Charles Cammack
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EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER
May 2014
Summerour Hall Renovation Complete, Employees Invited to Dedication
On Saturday, May 24, the much-anticipated dedication of Summerour Hall will take place. All employees are invited and encouraged to at-tend. There are four segments to the dedication: the building itself, the students, the faculty, and finally all three will be dedicated in service to the community.
The Summerour Hall dedication is from 2:30-3 p.m., and the building will be open from 3-4 p.m. The Wedg-wood Trio will also have a concert at 4:30 p.m. in the Collegedale Church. Bob Summerour is a member of the group and the grandson of B.F. and Gradye Summerour.
The School of Education and Psy-chology moves back into Summerour Hall the first week of May, and classes begin May 5. Herin Hall, temporarily home for the School of Education and Psychology for the past three years, will undergo needed renovations and is then slated to house the School of Computing and the Math Department.
For more information on the dedi-cation, call 423.236.2829.
Renovation History
Summerour Hall was originally built in 1971 as a home economics build-ing and named in honor of B.F. and Gradye Brook Summerour for their commitment to Christian education. Gradye Brooke was one of the first music teachers at Southern. Since Summerour Hall wasn’t originally built for the School of Education and Psychology, Geovanny Ragsdale, director of Advancement, sees this as an opportunity to also dedicate the building for the purpose of education and psychology for the first time.
“This dedication will help to show that it’s more than just a building,” Ragsdale said. “It’s the culmination of all that will take place in it, and because of it.”
Renovations to the 41-year-old building began in February 2011. It was prompted by both the Summer-our family and the School of Educa-tion and Psychology, recognizing ongoing space restrictions on the four departments (education, psychology, counseling, and outdoor education) housed in Summerour Hall. The uni-versity funded the majority of the $3.9 million dollar project; however, the Summerour family and others donated as well.
The original structure of the build-ing was kept, but it was a complete refurbishment with roughly 7,000 square feet added. There are also sev-eral new features in the building:
• Elevator• A heating and cooling system in
which each classroom and office has its own thermostat
• Occupancy sensors to activate lights based on movement
• An expanded Teacher Materials Center
• New garden patio One of the features that John Mc-
Coy, dean for the School of Education and Psychology, is most proud of is the artwork that will be in front of the building by the end of August. The bronze sculpture, funded by donors, will be of Jesus kneeling next to a stu-dent reading John 14:6, a verse which McCoy says encapsulates the mission and foundation of the school. Another feature that is a first on campus is the 70-inch touchscreen that will be in the lobby. The screen will provide details for office and classroom locations, a list of donors, and list of current student missionaries along with their locations. It will also be a way to dis-play awards given to students in the school, as well as news and weather.
—Charles Cammack
EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER
DEPARTMENT NEWS
Tricia Lewis took her Social Welfare as an Institution class on a public bus tour of Chattanooga in March to look at the issue of transportation resources for those in poverty. Students learned the history and statistics of stops along the route. These future social workers saw how access to public transportation can greatly affect the working poor.
On March 18, Kristie Wilder took a group of social work students to the City Council Event at the City Hall in Chat-tanooga. The event was sponsored by the National Asso-ciation of Social Workers (NASW), Tennessee Chapter and included lectures from advocates as well as interaction with community activists.
Social Work students, along with Mioara Diaconu and Tri-cia Lewis, attended the Social Work Day on the Hill event in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 26. This event included lectures and policy poster presentations on the theme “All People Matter.” Students from Southern received the Policy Poster Winner award.
On March 30-April 3, Tron and Kristie Wilder and Cornel Rusu took the Social Work Issues and Policy class (SWIP) for its annual trip to Washington, D.C. Students presented bill proposals to legislators, met with the Tennessee State Representative, and toured monuments.
Adrienne Royo will be traveling with a team of 10 stu-dents to Costa Rica for a Quiet Hour Ministries evangelis-tic series May 6-25. Please pray for God’s richest bless-ings as the gospel is shared to all those who are in the hearing of each preacher.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
On April 5, Rene’ Drumm made a presentation titled “Hid-den Hurts: Spouse Abuse in the Adventist Church” for the New York Adventist Forum in New York City, New York.
Joni Zier and Melodie Lopez recently attended the Ameri-can Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Of-ficers’ [AACRAO] 2014 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Seminar sessions included Legal Issues for Registrars and Admissions Officers, and Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM). There were also FERPA sessions. The closing ple-nary speaker, Joseph A. Garcia, Lt. Governor and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, gave a motivating speech regarding reaching students from all communities and demographic groups.
Tara Hargrove and Linda Potter Crumley chaired and re-sponded to panels at the Southern States Communication Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in early April. While at the meeting, their students Anna Bartlett, Jefferson Clark, Kayla Ewert, Maurice Fider, and David Rumsey presented original primary research at the Clev-enger Undergraduate Honors Conference.
Ray Hefferlin co-authored an article with Joshua Barrow, junior physics major, titled, “Do Triatomic Molecules Echo Atomic Periodicity?” The article appeared on Vixra.org.
Ray Carson had an article published in the Journal of Adventist Education titled, “Technological Literacy: Why Is It important?”
In April, Elaine Plemons attended facilitator training for the I-Wheel online software in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a software-enhanced, group process for discovering and mapping the implications of change. She also gave a presentation on her work with the Ecological, Futures, and Global (EFG) Curriculum Collaborative during the facilitator training for Future Tools workshop held in April.
On March 19, Herman Odens and Candace Olusola, biology major, presented a poster at the 247th American Chemical Society Meeting in Dallas, Texas. Trevor Silva, senior chemistry major, also participated in the research but was unable to attend the event.
PERSONAL NEWS
Congratulations to Bryan and Crystal Stitzer on the birth of their daughter, Arianna, born April 3. She weighed six pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Jerry and Carol Harrison are proud to announce the birth of their first grandchild, John David Lee Harrison, born March 4. He weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces and was 20.75 inches long. He is the son of Jody and Casey Hen-son Harrison.
HATS OFF!
I would like to thank Stephanie Sheehan for her outstand-ing leadership and long hours (she pulled an all-nighter) in preparing our Enactus presentation team for the national meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio. I would also like to commend the Enactus Presentation Team for rebounding from the initial loss to winning the consolation round in their league. It was a tremendous educational and spiritual journey that ended in triumph. I would also like to recognize Lisa Goolsby for her work putting together an outstanding marketing study tour of New York City. This took a lot of effort, coordination, and fundraising on her part. She took her marketing students to some of the very top advertising firms in the country. Without her effort and commitment, it would never have happened. I applaud all the sacrifices and personal time devoted on behalf of our students. -Mark Hyder
CHANGING FACES
Southern welcomes the following employees:
Edgar Alquinta to School of Religion
LaShawn Horton to School of Nursing
John Shoemaker to Advancement
Tamara Mallory to Accounting Services
Fond farewells to the following employees:
Pam Dietrich from Student Services
Patricia Coverdale from Human Resources
Jaclyn Pruehs from Alumni Relations
Michelle Doucoumes from School of Religion
Rebekah Whetmore from McKee Library
Hollie O’Brien from Institutional Research
SAVE THE DATE
May 2 Spring Graduates Breakfast Social Work Pinning Rho Ioto Induction Consecration May 3 Baccalaureate School of Ed. and Psych. Dedication School of Nursing Dedication May 4 CommencementMay 5 First Summer Session beginsMay 21 Georgia-Cumberland Campmeeting begins (21-24) May 30 First Summer Session ends
BIRTHDAYS
May 1 Gordon Bietz, President’s Office Richard Erickson, Business and Mgt. Emily Freck, Enrollment ServicesMay 2 Pat Coverdale, Human Resources Ray Hefferlin, Physics Gary Shockley, Village Market Amanda Tortal, Social Work Tami Wery, Records and AdvisementMay 3 Ray Artigas, Transportation Services Becky Djernes, Financial Administration Shawn Haas, Campus Safety Joe La Com, Visual Art and Design Kelly Sanchez, Computing May 4 Tricia Foster, Social Work Jason Gates, Information Systems Richard Halterman, Computing Thaddeus Lozensky, Food Services May 5 Stanley Cottrell, McKee LibraryMay 6 Tara Hargrove, Journalism and Comm.May 7 Doru Mihaescu, Information SystemsMay 9 Eric Baerg, Advancement Julie Norton, Chaplain’s Office Kevin Penrod, Campus Safety Shirley Rumsey, University Health CenterMay 11 Jackie Rose, Village MarketMay 12 Mikhaile Spence, Education and Psych. May 15 Peter Cooper, Music Steve French, Education and Psych. Kevin Pride, Talge HallMay 16 Ginger Cheney, Enrollment Services Steve Holley, Plant Services Shelly Kalvoda, Village MarketMay 17 Lisa Kuhlman, Business and Mgt. Carolyn Liers, AdvancementMay 20 Pam Dietrich, Student ServicesMay 21 Lorraine Ball, Journalism and Comm. Jackie Price-Walters, Food ServicesMay 22 Ardelle Dickinson, Education and Psych. Ron Miller, McKee LibraryMay 25 Mary Sundin, Accounting ServicesMay 27 Lisa Hall, Thatcher HallMay 28 John Holley, Village MarketMay 29 Maggie Mendoza, Enrollment ServicesMay 31 Holly Gadd, Nursing
EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTEReditor | Shana Michalek [email protected] or 236.2689
