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Southern’s Outdoor Leadership program combines adventure with valuable skills such as teambuilding and interpersonal communication.
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Students can now earn a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist credential with Outdoor Leadership degrees at Southern Adventist University, the only college in the North American Division to currently offer this certification, granted by the...

8 months ago
Latin American Club Night is a vibrant annual cultural celebration at Southern, which is the only official Hispanic-Serving Institution in Tennessee.
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Southern is set to receive $3 million over the next five years as part of the Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. This marks the largest-ever grant awarded to the university, which has a current enrollment...

9 months ago
Southern’s Enactus team of students received national recognition for their work helping those in need.
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The Enactus chapter at Southern Adventist University won third place at the 2023 Enactus United States National Exposition, ranking in the elite 1% of more than 300 teams in the country. This marks the second time Southern’s student team, which...

9 months ago
Southern alum Sydney Tooley (right) directs the main character in her faith-based feature film Sun Moon.
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When Sydney Tooley began writing a short film based on her experience teaching English in Taiwan, she never dreamed it would become a 90-minute feature now streaming on Pure Flix.

10 months ago
Professor David Hartman prays for each of his students by name throughout the semester.
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Sixteen students at Southern Adventist University requested baptism after their professor, David Hartman, DMin, gave a heartfelt appeal to his Christian Beliefs class.

11 months ago
Colorful yellow, silver, and black Joro spider on its web
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The proliferate Jorō spider, an East Asian species that is currently spreading rapidly in Southeast regions of the United States, is the elusive subject of a research team that includes David Nelsen, PhD, biology professor at Southern Adventist...

1 year ago
Two students from Southern's Symphony Orchestra play French horns
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Southern’s Symphony Orchestra received emphatic applause from a crowd of talented musicians and professional conductors during the National Conference of the College Orchestra Directors Association.

1 year ago
School of Business Land Dedication
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Despite the threat of rain, Southern Adventist University students, employees, donors, and community members joined together on February 24 to dedicate land for a new building to house the School of Business. Thanks to alumni, donors, and other friends...

1 year ago