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Southern alum Samir Khalil
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July 22, 2024

Passion for Helping People

Tina Frist Smith, communication manager

Once Samir Khalil realized his passion for helping people, Southern’s School of Social Work taught him what he needed to know. Hired by ADRA to respond to the Ukrainian crisis, he’s now providing aid as people deal with natural disasters and...

4 days ago
Christy and Maddie Showalter
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July 15, 2024

A Lineage of Care

Chehalis Eno, junior English major, and Gracylyn Lloyd, senior communication major

Several students and faculty in Southern’s School of Nursing recently had the opportunity to see each other in new contexts – a mother and daughter graduating together, a professor teaching her daughter, and a whole family using their training...

11 days ago
A group of university and union representatives with Bennett at the commissioning service.
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July 8, 2024

Bennett Commissioned: Empowering Students' Spiritual Growth

Gabriella Grundy, senior business-public relations major

If there’s anything that Anna Bennett wants to be known for in life, it’s firstly loving Jesus and her family and, secondly, empowering emerging adults in authentic, intimate relationships with Christ.

18 days ago
Doctors wheel a patient down a hospital hallway
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June 27, 2024

Malawi in My Heart: Southern Alum Offers Hope

Gabriella Grundy, senior business-public relations major

Southern Adventist University alum Jason Blanchard, '97, CEO of Hearts 4 Mission International, traveled to Malawi with a team of medical missionaries who would perform heart surgeries for locals.

29 days ago
Southern student Alexis Dewey with a child on the Bolivia Vision Trip.
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May 7, 2024

Students Create Connections in Bolivia

Alexis Dewey, senior mass communication major

After 28 hours of travel and five different flights, students on a mission trip from Southern Adventist University arrived in Rurrenabaque, Bolivia, to volunteer at Familia Feliz, an orphanage that cares for 75 children, ranging from three months...

2 months ago
Student Composer Matthew Kimbley smiles on stage after conducting an original composition
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December 13, 2023

Student Composer Debuts Original Compositions in Recent Concerts

Chehalis Eno, sophomore English major

Matthew Kimbley has been writing music since he was a bored 6-year-old sitting in the back of a church board meeting composing simple pieces in his piano workbook. He’s come a long way since then, growing to love music and composition, choosing...

7 months ago
Southern theology majors Edvan Benitez (second from left) and Mauricio Jaldin (right)                                     were thrilled to help lead a number of classmates to Jesus while serving as student missionaries at Hong Kong Adventist College.
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Two Southern Adventist University student missionaries (SMs) had a unique opportunity in Hong Kong last year. Theology majors Edvan Benitez and Mauricio Jaldin attended Hong Kong Adventist College, where most of the enrolled students are not Seventh-day...

10 months ago
Still of animated short film
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Three senior animation majors in the School of Visual Art and Design at Southern Adventist University received the Windrider Best Undergraduate Student Film Award during the Windrider Summit & the Sundance Film Festival Experience 2022. The Windrider...

2 years ago