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Joan Lavaki

Q&A with May 2023 graduate

Joan Lavaki graduated from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ in May with a degree in ministry and vocation and will attend Yale Divinity School in the fall. What drew you to your major in ministry and vocation? I was actually a vocal music education major before I became a ministry and vocation major. I thought that music … Continued
Schwarz will join the School of Nursing on their upcoming mission trip to Rwanda Children in Ntarama, Rwanda.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Student Internship Spotlight: Andrea Sewell and Elizabeth Schwarz

Elizabeth Schwarz, a sophomore nursing major from Dallas, and Andrea Sewell, a sophomore nursing major from Columbus, Indiana, will spend a portion of their summer break furthering their nursing and intercultural skills through the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s School of Nursing trip to Ntarama, Rwanda, this summer. Schwarz and Sewell will serve at Rwanda Children, a … Continued

Students working in next lab

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ NEXT Lab students receive scholarship from the U.S. Department of Energy

Five students who are a part of the Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ were awarded scholarships from the U.S. Department of Energy’s University Nuclear Leadership Program. Although Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students have been awarded these scholarships in past years, this is the most scholarships Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has received in a single cycle. Samuel Ash, … Continued

Foundations of Entrepreneurship students at last year's Venture Out market.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ student businesses collaborate for on-campus market

Students in the College of Business Administration have a chance to put their business education into practice by selling their products at the annual Venture Out Market, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 19 in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s campus mall area. The Foundations of Entrepreneurship class will be participating in the market, along with … Continued

April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month with the first annual Dr. John C. Stevens Pickleball for Parkinson’s Tournament and Resource Fair set to take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 29 in the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Pickleball Club partners with nonprofits for tournament

  April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month, and the Dr. John C. Stevens Pickleball for Parkinson’s Tournament and Resource Fair is set to take place April 29 in the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ to raise money for the local chapter of the Davis Phinney Foundation. The … Continued

On April 10, motivational speaker, author and writing consultant Nika Maples (‘96) will be speaking at a chapel event at 11 in Moody Coliseum discussing her journey through trials and tribulations while at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½.

Maples to speak at upcoming Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ chapel

Motivational speaker, author and writing consultant Nika Maples (‘96) will be speaking at an Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Chapel event at 11 a.m. on April 10 in Moody Coliseum, discussing a lifelong journey that began here. During Maples’ sophomore year at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, she suffered a Lupus-induced stroke that led to quadriplegia. Her life was turned upside … Continued

Barton, Collier, Jaax and Pablico with Yeboah, the chief justice of the Ghana Supreme Court.

Spring break trips enhance learning opportunities for students

Spring break provided an opportunity for numerous Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ undergraduate students in various departments to further their learning in unique environments. Pre-Law Ghana Trip For the second year in a row, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ pre-law students partnered with Pepperdine Caruso Law’s Sudreau Global Justice Institute and the Wildcat Academics on Mission program to shadow legal attorneys … Continued

Students in the Advanced Reporting class in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication collaborated with the Pope Fellows from the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice in Austin, Texas.

Two Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ departments team up for experiential learning trip

  The Department of Political Science and the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication met with legislators at the Texas State Capitol in Austin to collaborate on departmental projects on March 20-21. Students in the Advanced Reporting class in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication worked with the Pope Fellows from the Department of … Continued

Sing Song 2022

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s Sing Song returns to Moody Coliseum

  Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s 67th annual Sing Song will return to its longtime home, Moody Coliseum, for the first time since 2020 after taking place in alternate locations and formats the past two years during the pandemic and the renovation of Moody. Showtimes are March 31 at 8 p.m. and April 1 at 2 p.m. … Continued

Brendan Gipson, sophomore computer science major from Owasso, Oklahoma, interned in the Information Technology Department at Cherokee Nation Businesses this past summer.

Computer science major uses skills to reconnect with family heritage

As Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ lives out its mission to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world, internships are a practical way for students to put that into practice. Brendan Gipson, sophomore computer science major from Owasso, Oklahoma, seized an opportunity last summer as an information technology intern at Cherokee Nation Businesses in … Continued