Daniel Fast Helps Nearly 100 Participants Clear Minds, Strengthen Bodies Social Work Seniors Discuss Legislation with U.S. Senate Social Work Faculty and Students Receive Regional Awards Employee Giving Increases for Fifth Consecutive Year, Reaches All-Time High Southern Recognized as a Premier Provider of Intramurals Library Acquires 3D Printer for Faculty and Student Use Website Ranks Southern Highly for Return on Investment ADRA Leadership Team Visits Southern to Explore Partnerships Symposium to Report Findings from Adventist Retention Study Southern Again Named “Top Tier” Institution by U.S. News & World Report Gallery Showcases Works of Greg Constantine, Celebrated Adventist Artist Union Ministerial Director Speaks for Evangelism Emphasis Weekend Southern Offering Renewable Freshmen Scholarships Starting in Fall Lifestyle Medicine Conference to Highlight Plant-based Diet Record Number Graduate During Winter Commencement Nationally Renowned Intelligent Design Expert to Speak at Southern WSMC Classical 90.5 Brings Popular NPR Show Back to Chattanooga Campus Locked Down for Safety Southern Students Converge on Chattanooga for Community Service Day Southern Students, Faculty Win Awards During SONscreen Southern Professors Contribute Articles for “The Ellen G. White Encyclopedia” Residence Halls Competing in Energy Conservation Challenge Southern Graduates First Class of Doctoral Students Students Help Lead 1,300 to Christ through Evangelistic Meetings Symphony Orchestra Performs 13 Concerts in Argentina Graduate Students Map Tanzanian Infrastructure Data End-of-the-Year Art Showcase Now Available Online New Summer Semester Allows School of Nursing to Accept More Students Southern Invites Alquinta to Lead Evangelistic Resource Center WSMC Launches Faith-Based Radio Station Online University Honored for Promoting Workplace Health Chattanooga and Hamilton County Proclaim October 1 “WSMC Play It Forward Day” Students and Professors Build No-Sew Blankets for Linus Project England’s Cambridge Choir Visits Southern for Performance Student Artist Illustrates Great Controversy for Senior Exhibit Master’s Degree in Education Now Offered Entirely Online Business Lectures Invite Experts to Share "Real World" Experience Students Create ‘Street Store’ for Homeless During Community Service Day Inclement Weather Notification “Old Fashioned” Helps Students Connect with Film Industry Professionals Loss of Longtime Professor Ray Hefferlin Campus Grieves Loss of Student "I Am the Way" Sculpture Completes Summerour Hall Renovations Premarital Training Offered to Engaged Couples Outdoor Leadership Program Receives $25,000 Grant for Inner-City Work New Technology Degrees Combine Hands-on Learning with Business Studies President Gordon Bietz Announces Plan to Retire in 2016 Alumni Reconnect to Southern on European Tour New Scholarship Awarded to Service-Minded High School Students Healthcare Administration Program Ranked Among Best in the Nation Alumna Unveils Highly Anticipated Aquarium Exhibit Summer Seminar Provides Evangelistic Training New $10,000 Scholarships Reward Students for Nonprofit Work Southern Students Accepted into Leadership Development Program Fruits (and Vegetables) of the Spirit Benefit Concert Raising Funds for Family of I-75 Crash Victim Professor Authors New Business Ethics Textbook Nursing Professor Distributes Supplies to Refugee Children Alum Starts One-Teacher School on Indian Reservation Campus Gallery Features Popular Adventist Illustrator Southern Receives $1.6 Million Corporate Gift from Chattanooga Business SouthEast Bank Contributes $28,000 Toward Scholarships for Southern Students Southern Moves Up in U.S. News & World Report Rankings Origins Curriculum Materials Available Free Online Campus Research Day Includes Record Participation Students Partner with Chattanooga Police as Chaplain Interns University Takes Steps to Address Anonymous Racial Comments Free Lecture Series Broadens Students’ Business Horizons Business Students Assist Community with Free Tax Preparation Academic Summer Camps Offer Immersion Experience for High School Students Community Development Program to Host Missions Forum in July $50 Million Capital Campaign Launched Nursing Celebrates 60 Years SouthEast Bank Awards $28,000 to Southern Students New Archaeology Exhibit Opens Southern Ranks in Top Tier for 15th Consecutive Year Students "Fall at the Wall" for Week of Prayer Southern Inaugurates New President Students Network at Meet the Firms Purple Thursday Shines Spotlight on Domestic Violence Student Communicators Receive Recognition Giving Day has Double Impact Thanks to Matching Funds Homecoming Southern Alum Receives 2016 Nurse Excellence Award Southern’s Delegation Attends the 47th Annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Young Musicians Compete in Southern’s Annual Concerto Competition Campus Benefits from Research Day 2016 Winter Commencement Southern Alumni Premiere Dietrich Bonhoeffer Docudrama Southern Nursing Alum and Friends Safe Life While Cycling Symphony Orchestra Tours in Puerto Rico Students Explore the Brain Educating to Serve New Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication 2017 July Commencement Conference Brings Nursing Educators to Southern Southern Introduces New Mini Library on Campus President's Gala Increases Scholarships Southern’s Choral Ensembles Perform in Historic Tivoli Theater Southern Nursing Professors Part of Trailblazing Group Together, University Community Surpasses Service Goal Preparing Students for a Life and Career of Wellness Museum of the Bible Features Work of Students and Professors Southern Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. Through Service for 25th Year Interactive Arboretum Experience Coming to Southern Southern Welcomes New Associate Vice President for Academic Administration Southern Hosts Grammy-Winning Conductor Computing Students and Faculty Develop Adventist Giving App Students Mentor Middle Schoolers in Computer Science Talge Hall Residents Give Back to Local Community Southern Partners With Police to Break Down Barriers School of Music Celebrates Christmas with Classical Opera School of Journalism and Communication Takes Learning to a New Level Vegetarian Culinary Arts Program Meets Growing Demand University Hires Furloughed Alum During Government Shutdown School of Religion Offers New Master’s Degree in Biblical Counseling Cooperative Learning Enhances Biology Labs Campus Research Day Raises the Bar Community Joins Together for Intentional Prayer Online Prayer Rooms Connect Students Southern Welcomes Korean Education Students Southern Scholars: Expanding Horizons New Art Study Tour Explores Europe Journalism Alum Receives Prestigious Awards Southern Alum Provides Closure for Family Following Tragedy Southern Introduces New Mission, Vision, and Values
Campus News
Over the course of 2019, the leadership of Southern Adventist University worked to revise the university’s official mission, vision, and values. A vote by the university’s Board of Trustees on October 6 finalized the new statements.
This summer, an alum and adjunct instructor in Southern’s School of Journalism and Communication was awarded one of the most coveted honors in broadcast journalism: a Peabody. David Barasoain, ’89, won the award for the podcast “Buried Truths,” which he produces with a team that includes Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Hank Klibanoff as the host. The podcast also received a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award for radio.
Southern Adventist University alum Rich Abernathy, ’18, made national and international headlines this summer when he discovered a long-lost GoPro camera belonging to a young man who had passed away two years prior.
Study tours bring academic topics to life as students gain new perspectives and skills. This summer, 11 students from Southern’s School of Visual Art and Design spent more than five weeks touring Italy, Germany, and Austria while earning academic credit.
Southern's honors program, Southern Scholars, is all about expanding the opportunities and perspectives for participating students. Two Scholars students share their stories.
This summer, Southern Adventist University hosted a group of students from Sahmyook University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in South Korea, for four weeks. The visitors expanded their perspectives by engaging with Southern’s students and faculty, particularly in the School of Education and Psychology.
