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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...

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Abishur Moses (back left), Sam Tooley, Brandon and Allen Gustrowsky, Caeden Scott,                                     and Daryl Illangovan—all computer science majors at Southern Adventist University—swept                                     the podium as two-man teams at the state level for SkillsUSA Web Design and Development.                                     Southern alum and graduate student Dakota Cookenmaster (front), adjunct instructor at the university, coached the teams.
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For the second consecutive year, two brothers attending Southern Adventist University received gold medals during SkillsUSA’s National Leadership and Skills Conference held this summer in Atlanta, Georgia. Allen and Brandon Gustrowsky, junior and...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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