50 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING CHRIST'S PREEMINENCE IN ALL THINGS ven t s AUTUMN 2005

THE MAGAZINE OF COVENANT COLLEGE Ca en d a r The college of the Presbyterian Church in America l Published by the Office of College Communications

Editor Vespers Jen Allen October 30, 8:00 pm, Chapel Coordinator of College Communications A choral concert Sports Information Director Roy Heintz Reformation Day Lectures Alumni Notes Coordinator October 31 -November 1 Paul Nedelisky '03 Coordinator of Alumni Affairs

Contributing Writers Covenant Arts: Chattanooga William Barker, Aaron Mesh '04, Symphony String Quartet John Muller, Rebecca Uthlaut ·os & Wind Quintet Contributing Photographers November 4, 8:00 pm, Chapel Ben Barron '08, Tad Evearitt '98, Covenant Arts Brae Howard '05 Covenant presents the inaugural Tartuffe by Moliere Web and Electronic Media Developer season of Covenant Arts, a concert November 4-5, 11 -12 Tad Evearitt '98 series set to bring a number of Produced by the Drama Association Designer world-class ensembles and soloists Matt Barker '85 Roundhouse Creative, Swannanoa, NC to campus. The concert calendar Missions Emphasis Week Contact the editor at: may be found at covenant.edu/ November 7-11 Jen Allen, Editor, The View covenantarts, where you also may Covenant College purchase membership subscriptions. Young Artists Concert 14049 Scenic Highway You won't want to pass up the Lookout Mountain GA 30750 November 18, 8:00 pm, Chapel Phone: 706.419.lll9 opportunity to hear the likes of E-mail: [email protected] Christopher Parkening and Carmen Thanksgiving Break Letters to the editor are welcome. Balthrop in Covenant's very own November 23 -27 chapel! Send alumni notes to: Paul Nedelisky Madrigal Dinners Coordinator of Alumni Affairs Covenant College Indelible Grace in Concert December 1-4 14049 Scenic Highway September 30, 8:00 pm, Chapel Lookout Mountain GA 30750 Final Exams Phone: 706.419.1649 E-mail: [email protected] Musical Showcase December 12-15 October 6, 8:00 pm, Chapel Website: covenant.edu © 2005 Covenant College Articles may be reprinted with permission Homecoming of the editor. October 6-8 Covenant College compiles with federal and state require· ments for nondiscrimination on the basis of age, race, color. gender, handicaps, or national or ethnic origin in the admin· Jazz on the Overlook 1stration of its policies and programs. October 7 Opinions expressed are those of the contributors or the edi· tor, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the College. Burning at the Stage October 8 MISSION STATEMENT The View'.s purpose is to: Encourage alumni, parents and friends to keep Christ preeminent in all areas of their lives • Fall Break Give alumni. parents and friends-our most important ambassadors-stories and information about the college. its October 15-19 students, alumni, faculty. and staff , Provide alumni with an ongoing connection to the Covenant community • Give God's people news about Covenant that will encourage Campus Preview Weekend them to praise, thank. and petition our Heavenly Father. October 20-22 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown played to sold-out aud iences in April. Ca mpus Notes begin on page 12. COVENANT COLLEGE

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4 Covenant College, 195S-200S Covenant turns fifty this year. The College has come a long way from its humble beginnings, yet has stayed true to its founding mission.Through ABOUT THE COVER the eyes of Dr. William Barker we examine a few snapshots of Covenant's history. Covenant's half-century history is composed of memories too numer­ 7 A Banner Year ous to count. It is the people of A 50th anniversary is reason to celebrate! Covenant who have made the College Mrs. Doreen Kellogg ha honored us with an what it is today. As we reminisce on exquisite banner. And great festivities were held the last five decades. we give thanks during the PCA General Assembly in celebration of the College's landmark birthday. for God's unwavering faithfulness over the generations and look ahead 8 Championships for Christ with joyful expectation to what he ew sports, new coaches, the same focu . has in store for Covenant's future. Covenant's athletics program is booming, and the philosophy behind it is what keeps it strong.

10 Loving the Arts The PCA's Women in the Church organization has graciously dedicated its annual Love Gift to the College's visual arts program. Recent alumna Rebecca Uthlaut reflects on her development as an artist.

11 Faculty View Dr. John Muller, Covenant alumnus and professor, shares his thoughts on the College's growth over the years, as well as its influence on his life.

12 Campus Notes Reports on activities and achievements of faculty, students, and staff.

16 Serving with Honor Dozens of Covenant alumni are serving in the armed forces both at home and overseas. We recognize their sacrifices and courage, and pray for their protection.

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 3 Covenant College,

Jesus and to see the life of each stu­ ne half century ago a band of visionaries established Covenant College dent prepared for and consecrated to with the goal of helping Christians live as active, reforming members the service of Christ. of a complex society. Today, Covenant is zealously carrying out its founding mission, equipping students from near and far for lives of IN THE BEGINNING WERE servant-leadership in all aspects of society. From humble beginnings in THE PIONEERS Pasadena, California, to a sprawling campus atop breathtaking Lookout Mountain, Upon arrival in St. Louis in 1956, Georgia, Covenant's history gives evidence of God's faithfulness to and through the President Robert G. Rayburn took College decade upon decade. the necessary step of seeking a char­ Let's take a look back at Covenant over the years. Dr. William S. Barker, former ter from the State of Missouri as a professor, dean of faculty, and trustee, has gifted us with a captivating narrative of degree-granting institution of higher the College's past, and a peek into what lies ahead, in his book, "In All Things ... ": The education and sought the counsel Preeminence ofJesus Christ ,n the History of Covenant College, 1955- 2005. of the Chancellor of the University of Missouri. After completing the routine procedures, he was asked THEN AND Now proce s of development. The individ­ by the obliging Chancellor bow large The mall group of undergraduate uali tic pietism of the college hymn the College's church constituency rudents, and an even mailer group has been Ile hed out with a greater was. When Dr. Rayburn replied that of faculty members, led by the forry- en e of corporate commitment and the denomination's membership i h college president, heartily sing the ocial respon ibility. The devotion to was somewhat under 10,000 mem­ chool hymn from the lnter-Var ity Jesu still is the profes ion of bers, the official was aghast: "Mr. hymnal, set to the tune from John Covenant College as it continues to Rayburn, there is no way you can sur­ Stainer' The Crucifixion, with word seek to bring every di cipline of the vive with a supporting constituency by Mary D. Jame : "All for Jesus! All for curriculum under the lordship of of that size!" Jesus! AlJ my being's ran omed pow­ ers; All my thought and word and doing , All my days and all my hours." Such a sentiment was the sin­ cere intent of those who founded Covenant College in 1955, consi tent with the College's motto derived from Colossians 1:18, " ... that in all things he might have the preeminence." That is still the motto of the College after fifty years, and 'J\11for Jesus!" is still sung at the conclu ion of Covenant Chorale concerts. Through two generations the understanding of what it means for Christ to have preeminence in the conduct of an institution of higher education has gone through a 1956: President Rayburn, Edwards Hall on the St. Louis campus.

TIMELINE OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS: 1955 Covenant College established in Pasadena, CA, under President Robert Rayburn. 1956 Covenant moves to St. LoU1s, becomes four-year liberal arts

1971 SACS grants accreditation to Covenant. 1972 Belz Hall. Kresge Library, and Barnes Gymnasium open. 1978 Dr. Martin Essenburg assumes presidency at Covenant. 1979 Maclellan

1984 Sanderson Hall opens. Covenant's Quest adult-degree-completion program established. Today Quest offers classes in nine locations in GA and TN. 1986 Men's soccer team reache

4 THE VIEW • COVENANT COLLEGE • AUTUMN 2005 1955.2005

It is probably true that if the clerk that their policy was not to rent founders of Covenant College had to truck drivers. had nothing but an appraisal of hard-nosed realism, they would T HE CASTLE IN THE C LOUDS scarcely have begun. But this was a President Bob Rayburn later generation of pioneers. They had described his first visit to the proper­ counted the cost when taking a stand ty on top of Lookout Mountain in to separate from the Presbyterian 1963: "When we stepped into the Church, USA, often leaving buildings huge hotel building located at the erected by their parents and grand­ very top of an hi toric mountain and parents and meeting in store fronts, surrounded by magnificent scenery, schools, or town halls. They had it became evident almost immediate­ strong convictions about biblical ly that it would be a most desirable truth, and they trusted in the God of location for the college." ... the Bible to provide for them to con­ vey those convictions to the next A LUMNI generations .... A significant measure of a college's The pioneering spirit of the early effectiveness is the accompli hments faculty is reflected in the move to St. of its alumni. From the very begin­ Louis. A rental truck went back and ning Covenant has succeeded in forth several times between St. Louis attracting some excellent students and the east coast to bring the who could have gone Lo prestigious belongings of the various faculty universities. Through the years the members. Dr. Buswell [dean of the College has been populated by inten­ graduate school that would become tional students who enroll at Top to bottom: At work in the chemistry lab; Covenant Seminary], who was highly Covenant because of its distinctively Men's basketball, 1970-71; Construction of regarded in the Christian world for Christian purpose. This is generally Kresge Library, 19n; Cheering on the Scots' soccer team; 1980 commencement procession; his intellect and character, delighted reflected in its alumni. Of course, no "All for Jesus/" A chapel service in the 1970s. everyone with his account of how, one can accurately estimate in this driving the truck across the country life the kingdom service of the in overalls, he puJ!ed into a motel to numerous graduates of Covenant stop for the night, but was told by the College. When former president college and theological seminary. 1964 Covenant moves a final time to "Castle in the Clouds" atop Lookout Mountain, GA. ~ 1965 Dr. Marion Barnes inaugurated as Covenant's second president.

Brown Chapel constructed. 1982 Covenant becomes a part of the Presbyterian Church in America when ~ the PCA and Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, merge.

NAIA national tournament for the first time. 1987 Dr. Frank Brock succeeds Dr. Essenburg as president. 1990 Rayburn Hall and Schmidt Hall are added to Belz Hall to complete Founders Hall . . ' ~ - I

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 5 Covenant College, 1955-2005

Top to bottom: Chapel construction, 1978-79; Prayer is an integral part of campus life; Mrs. Craig Lyon, college hostess, 1973-2000; Womens volleyball. 1982; Dameron & Jones perform; Musical opportunities today abound.

1956:-- Dr. Raybur'llwith fiirst gra duates. 9'- 1

Martin Essenburg was asked by ques­ appreciation of chapel services has tionnaire, "Who are some of the most held up remarkably well. Eventual significant alumni?", he responded, major donor Martha Ashe, upon first "Who knows? There are homemakers, meeting President Frank Brock, said, teacher , pa tors, missionaries, "So you say you are president of a lawyers, serving the Lord faithf-ully, Christian college. Is it a real Christian many un ung in challenging places." college?" When later visiting the cam­ Similarly, Profes or Jim Wildeman pus, she would always find the chapel responded, " I would focus on the 'lit­ service the highlight. "She could not tle people' who erve faithfully wher­ get over how attentive the students ever they are." were (even excusing some of the back row inattentiveness)." According to S TUDENT D EVELOPMENT President Brock, her eyes would well Several a pects of student life at up with tears while watching stu­ Covenant College have contributed to dents listening to godly speakers the achievement of genuine commu­ helping them learn God's ways." ... nity as well as proving individually Student life was not always seri­ edifying. One of these is the daily ous. In the St. Louis days there were chapel services. Dean of Faculty John laundromat parties, Tartan yearbook Sander on, returning from a confer­ pictures showing a student inside a ence of college deans in the late large dryer. On top of Lookout 1960s, reported how others expressed Mountain students once put a SO­ envy at the fact that Covenant's entire pound barrel painted like a beer can community of students and faculty on top of Carter Hall. From the mid- could all gather at one time for any 1960s to the mid-l 970s every year purpose. This was in the days when around April 1 Ray Dameron and Joel everything was still held in Carter Belz would produce a satirical take­ Hall and "togetherness" was not at a off on the Bagpipe called the premium, but the sense of communi- Windbag. President Martin 1:}1-even family-was a rare quality Essenburg remembers student Roy for many colleges. Through the years, Lowry rappelling down from the Covenant has gone back and forth Chapel roof with a "happy birthday" between mandatory and voluntary banner and a cake at the end of a chapel attendance and has used a daily chapel service. On another variety of worship styles, but student occasion he looked up after opening

1991 Covenant begins Master of Education program, which offers intensive graduate studies over the course of three consecutive summers. 1996 Mills Hall built. 1998 Probasco Alumni/Visitor li/lJ~··· •"-t.1il'i"'I

1999 Ashe Activities Center opens. 2000 Rymer Hall built. 2002 Dr. Niel Nielson becomes Covenant's fifth president. Men's soccer team advances to the NAIA na tional

Over eighty percent of faculty now hold doctorates. The arts and athletic programs are growing ambitiously, and student life is as lively as ever. "Oh what wonder! how amazing!

6 THE VIEW • COVENANT COLLEGE • AUTUMN 2005 a chapel service with prayer to find a row of six students all wearing masks A Banner Year made from a photo of Dr. Essen burg; he told them he was honored that they Mrs. Doreen Kellogg, renowned were seeing things from his point of for her beautiful, handmade ban­ view ... and was grateful that they ners, was commissioned by the removed the masks. College to create a banner in honor of Covenant's fiftieth FROM NOW TO THE FUTURE anniversary. Kellogg presented The title of Dr. Nielson's inaugural the banner, composed of pic­ address, based on 2 Peter 1:2-21, was tures spanning the College's half­ "The Only Way Fonvard" and its theme century history, to President was: "For Covenant College, the only Niel Nielson. It is now being way forward is back: to keep the faitl1 displayed in the chapel, where which has been handed down to us. " onlookers often may be found An interview in 2003, however, showed gazing at visual history and his vision for the future to accompany reminiscing. his orientation to the past. Learning that only two percent of PCA college­ On June 15, with the PCA age young people enroll at Covenant, General Assembly in full swing in he recognized a tremendous potential Chattanooga, over eight hundred opportunity for the College among its alumni and guests flooded core constituency. He would like to Covenant's campus for the attract risk-taking students, who as College's 50th Anniversary graduates would be courageous people Celebration. The evening fea ­ for the rest of their lives: "We want tured live music from singer­ them to be able to go into contexts that songwriter Jennifer Daniels '95, are scary and risky in service to Christ." a sumptuous barbecue buffet on the chapel lawn, prize drawings --· for $1000 Covenant College scholarships, and an assortment of games for all the children itching to romp around on that gorgeous day. Dr. Will Barker was present to sign copies of his limited-edition book, "In All Things ... ," and Dr. Rob Rayburn '72 emceed the program. The evening concluded with David Moon '72 leading everyone in singing "All For Jesus," the College hymn. Earl ier in the day, Drs. Niel and Kathleen Nielson had the privilege of speaking to a gathering of four hundred women for the Women in the Church program and luncheon. The Nielsons spoke on "The Covenant Transfer," reminding those gathered of the blessing and responsibility of passing along God's covenant promises to the rising generations.

The above excerpts are from "In Alf Things ... ", by Dr. William Barker. Dr. Barker was commissioned by the Covenant College Foundation to write a history of Covenant's first fifty years. To order a copy of "In All Things ... ", send a check for $55 payable to The Covenant College Foundation to 534 Chestnut Street, Suite 100, Chattanooga, TN 37402. The first five hundred books will be signed and numbered.

Center opens. Maclellan Hall constructed. 1999 Chalmers Center for Economic Development founded to economically and spiritually help those suffering in low-income communities. tournament again. 2003 Kaleo Center established to encourage the theological exploration of vocation. 2005 Today, Covenant sees record ~ enrollment each year.

Jesus, glorious King of kings, deigns to call me his beloved, lets me rest beneath his wings."-from the college hymn\j/;l" A/1 for Jesus"

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 7 Scots add baseball, tenni , and JV teams -but keep the same focus:

hen Doug imons graduated from Calabasas I ligh chool in outhern California ._w___ _. in 1985, he knew where he wanted to go next: Covenant College. There wa just one problem. The school didn't offer ba eball. "I wanted to attend Covenant out of high chool," imon remember . "But they didn't have a ba eball pro­ gram .... God had other plans." o imon went to Pepperdine University. From there, he began an eighteen-year career in profes ional imon join Covenant thi fall as worldview-wise. And I have experi­ ba eball, including pitching tint the coach of the chool's newe t ence in baseball. It combines the two with the Met and Expo . I le was port, the one he'd ought out when perfectly." scouting pro peel for the Texa he wa an undergraduate. "And now Combining sporting achievement Ranger when he got a phone call­ I get to coach baseball at Covenant," with Christian education is an emer­ from Covenant College. he ays." o it comes full circle .... It gent passion at Covenant. This sum­ i probably the college I'm clo est to, mer, the school announced the start of three new sports: men's baseball, and men's and women's tennis. The Scots hired four new coaches: Simons; John Miglarese, as men's soccer coach; Heather Taylor, as women's volleyball coach; and Stephen Muller, as tennis coach. Covenant also announced the beginning of junior varsity programs for soccer and basketball. Ali this only a year after the school added a golf program. Roy Heintz, Covenant's athletic director and women's basketball coach, says each new sport is, at heart, another means for the school to con­ . New coach~Dout,5im~ns brings nect Jesus Christ witl1 students. Each major .l~ague experience to new program offers a chance to bring Covenant's revived baseball new students- tl1e Doug Simonses of program. the new century-to the college. "The reason I wanted to see us start [new sports programs]." he said, "is to have more people in our athletic program to have their lives impacted

8 THE VIEW • COVENANT COLLEGE • AUTUMN 2005 through their sports. I think it allows that if you're going to win champi­ not only in my Life, but also ... in more people to experience the onships, you have to cheat. You have athletics." Covenant experience." to take steroids to win home run The fruit of this sporting spirit? Heintz, who has coached at crowns. You have to do a lot of illegal Self-control, says Smialek, and it all Covenant for three years, says he recruiting to get the kind of athletes it starts with each student's relationship wants his coaches to be "teachers of takes to win national championship . with God. their sports, but [also] teachers of the I want us to win national champi­ "Discipline is discipline," says game of life and how Christ fits into onships in a lot of sports here; I want Smialek, "and if you're disciplined in that whole picture." us to be competitive- your walk with the Lord, you'll

Christ, and I want to win national championships the right way, with character and integrity."-Athletic Director Roy Heintz

He says Covenant offers a unique but not to sacrifice our Christian be disciplined in your work habits, in opportunity for such teaching. "It integrity and character to do it, and sports, in every part of yo ur life." really is a place where Christ is first in to do it in a setting where we But Covenant's outlook doesn't everything. It allows me to do some­ really get to impact the lives of our just affect current students. For thing I'm good at, allows me to do athletes." Heintz, adding athletic programs at something I love, coach basketball. Heintz sees godliness mix with Covenant also create more evangel­ But more than anything, it allows me sports in specific way . The angel is in ism opportunities in th e recruiting to coach and teach the game of life the details. "When we're stretching process. "Yo u're out there very proud­ through a Christ-centered worldview. before practice, we're doing our daily ly representing Covenant and talking And that's what all of our coaches get devotional with tl1e kids ," he says. about what Christ is doing on tl1is to do." "Maybe it's a coach that's doing it; campu ." Heintz didn't always get to do maybe it's one of the players. And Heintz says that he especially rel­ that. He arrived at Covenant in 2002, then we circle up and we pray. I'm not ishes sharing the college's motto, "In after working as an assistant coach for the only coach that does that; a lot of all things Christ preeminent." "I get to the Florida State University women's our coaches take time to do devotions tell recruits, 'That's not a cute market­ basketball team-and, before that, as with their kids, to talk about spiritual ing logan. That really is something a chaplain for the NBA's Orlando things, to talk about real-life applica­ that means omething.' And I get to Magic. In those jobs, he experienced tions to the scriptures, to pray with explain that to tl1em." the gamut of athletic behavior. Now our kids." Simons, meanwhile, is busy settled on Lookout Mountain, he Assistant athletic director Tami preparing for the Scots' baseball sea­ knows he wants the Scots' teams to be Smialek, who coached women's bas­ son-even as the school is clearing different-and he knows how. ketball for eighteen years before land for a diamond on the South "I want to win national champi­ Heintz took over the team, says that Campus. The new team will "have a onships," Heintz says. "But I want to the lessons Covenant teaches in little fall -ball" in the coming semester, win national championships for sports fuse splendidly with every­ Simons says. Then a spring schedule: Christ, and I want to win national thing else the school teaches. "From mostly junior varsity opponents, with championships the right way, with my personal experi ence-I was a a dash of varsity challengers. "We'll character and integrity. student at Covenant, and I played hit it in the spring as if we've been "I've been across the whole spec­ basketball-so much of what I doing it for years." trum of sports, and there's tl1is view learned in the classroom I applied by Aaron Mesh '04

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 9 birth to-worlds to explore and be inspired by. My art, therefore, belongs to him. Second, art is a way for me to quiet my mind and hear the Lord speaking to me as I create. As the book of Romans says, "since the Loving creation of the world, God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made." When I observe nature and explore his world the Arts through art, his attributes are revealed to me. Lastly, God gives me great joy through artistic expression. The picture of a joyful artist certainly The PCA's Women in the Church has chosen to give its annual "Love Gift" to benefit clashes with my former idea of the Covenant's recently-launched visual arts program. Contributions will be used to tormented soul. And while there provide art students with items such as studio easels, slide sets, hand tools, a kiln, a may be, at times, periods of what we at Covenant like to call "art printing press, a digital camera, a photography sink, and much more. To learn more pain," where we languish over tech­ about the 2005 WIC Love Gift, visit covenant.edu/giving/wiclovegift. nical or conceptual difficulties, the Lord grants me great joy in the fact by Rebecca Uthlaut 'OS that I am being like him. I imitate my Father, who is a creator-who am a doodler. Ever since I can gives life, shape, texture and beauty, who brings order out of chaos. remember I have been crib­ I can tand in my Father's presence and plumb the depths of my bling away over cla note , creativity with the unfettered wonder, curiosity, and joy of a child. my dad's mail, and important I have developed more confidence in the Lord, more of an abil­ Dphone me sage . In high ity to tru t him 1,,vith my artwork, and even to trust him with what school, there was even one time when other people think of my work. For there is no seal of approval that I was on the phone and unwittingly means more to me than to see the Lord's fingerprints on my can­ doodled all over my Covenant College vas. And yo u and the Love Gift will be that colorful key stroke that application. God u e to help develop the canvasses of so many other young When I actually did enter college, artists' lives. I have to confess, I wa petrified of the art world in general, being that it wa much more than just doodling. I felt lost in a sea of all tho e "i ms," and I wondered if I would have to become that artist figure I pictured­ the tormented soul withering away in solitude with his art. I was perplexed a I tried to ort out what art was all about. Thankfully, I am not here to explain the wonderful world of art to you. But I am here to tell you how the Lord has used art to develop his rela­ tionship with me, to softly remind me who he is and what it means for me to be his child. First, it was the understanding of who I am in Christ that gave me the confidence I needed to continue making art. Being a beloved child of Mrs. Uthlaut made th ese remarks at the Women in the Church his freed me to use my talent-how­ Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA, in Februa,y 2005. She is ever great or small-to glorify him. I pictured above with her oil painting entitled "Leaf Study." came to understand that, as the Lord had given me life and breath, so he had entrusted me with ideas to give

10 THE VIEW • COVENANT COLLEGE • AUTUMN 2005 Covenant: Then and Now ducational institutions change.Covenant has Eaculty; ;vjiew changed a great deal since the time I was a student in t11e early sJ.Xttes. umerical growth has taken place in t11e student body (from barely one hundred stu­ dents to well over nine hundred traditional undergraduates), in t11e faculty (from eleven in 1965 to almost sixty now), and in stu­ dent fees (from about $1200 per year to today's fees of $26,000 per year). But there are ot11er changes as well. Two-t11irds of t11e student body now have cars on campus (up from just fifty percent ten years ago) and t11ree­ fourths bring laptop computers to campus (up from about fifty percent just one year ago). Many A few years ago a new Webber, and Don Wilson, among of t11ese changes reflect similar research instrument was devel­ other , I am deeply indebted to trends taking place in our cul­ oped called t11e ational Survey t11e impact that they were able to ture; some are to be welcomed, of Student Engagement. This have on my life. God used these ot11ers are to be carefully survey is an attempt to measure professors in my life bot11 in ide watched. how much students are learning and outside the classroom to In t11e past several years, by zooming in on five proven such an extent that my own influential books such as Bowling benchmarks: academic chal­ calling was to "enlist" in the very Alone by Robert Putnam, Bobos lenge, student-faculty inter­ same "army" some seven years in Paradise by David Brooks, and action, environmental support later, when I returned to join Interpersonal Divide by Michael of learning, promotion of "active Covenant's faculty. Bugeja have warned us of t11e and collaborative learning," So what is Covenant negative consequences of cultur­ and "enriching educational College? Covenant becomes a al change. These writings focus experiences." meeting place bet\,veen students on such issues as t11e breakdown Covena11t participates in this wanting to make a difference in of community, greater stress lev­ survey, and our students have their culture for the sake of the els at work, and superficiality in evaluated their academic experi­ kingdom, familie and churches relationships, each a by-product ences quite favorably. If this who are willing to support their of technological change fostered instrument had been available young people in this endeavor, by modernity. But how do Chris­ forty years ago, I believe stu­ and faculty and staff who take tians address t11ese concerns in dents would have given their seriously t11eir calling to teach general? And more specifically, college experiences similarly and mentor these students. how can we at Covenant harness high ratings. As I look back on May God give us ilie wisdom t11e positive winds of change my professors, including John and strengili to continue what wit11out being blown away by Sanderson, Will Barker, J. Oliver we have begun for the next some of t11e negative tailwinds? Buswell, Elmer Smick, Robert fifty years.

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 11 CA M p u s N 0 TES

Robert AsWock, Ph.D. (Education) will see the ninth edi­ tion of hi supplemental text Error Patterns in Computation: Using Error Patterns to Improve Instruction (Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2006) published.

Jack Beckman, Ph.D. (Education) co-authored a book entitled When Children Love to Learn (Cros way, 2004), exploring the potential of Charlotte Mason's applied phi­ losophy of education for a school context a outlined in usan chaeffer Macaulay' earlier work, For the Children's ake (Cro way, 1984).

Kayb Carpenter, M.F.A. (Art) recently saw her art featured in the Chinese magazine Art and Design (May 2005).

The Chalmers Center ho ted it fourth annual Chri tian Economic Development Institute on June 13-18. Over one The Department of Communications presented the 1999 Pulitzer hundred delegate from aero the nation and from uch Prize-winning play, Wit, by Margaret Edson on February 18-19 and foreign countries as Ecuador, Uzbeki tan, and Zambia 25-26. Camille Hallstrom, M .F.A., directed. Playwright Edson was came lo receive training in implementing strategies that in attendance, made a presentation following the performance, economically and pi ritually help tho e uffering in low­ and engaged the audience in a question-and-answer session. income communitie . Organizations repre ented at this year' CED! include Cornpa ion International, Mi ion to William Dennison, Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Studies) saw the World, Pioneers, and the outhern Baptist Convention. his article entitled "The Passion Narratives of Mark and Luke: Christ's Loneliness and the Christ of Compassion," Bill Davis, Ph.D. (Philosophy) has a book entitled Thomas published in Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Reid's Ethics: Moral Episremology 011 Legal Foundations Seminary (September 2004). Three other articles by (Thoemme Continuum) forthcoming. Dennison were also published recently: "The First Wedding: A Copy of the Last Wedding," in The Outlook (June 2005); "Joseph: Justified by Faitl1," also in The Outlook (December 2004); and "Van Til's Critique of Human Thought," in New Horizons (October 2004). Dennison presented three lectures for the Reformation Day Lectures: Answering Man's Words with God's Word, sponsored by Betl1el Reformed Presbyterian Church in Fredericksburg, VA: "God's Word: Our Starting Point," "God's Word vs. Modernity," and "God's Word vs. Post­ Modernity."

Daphne Haddad, Ph.D. (Education) presented a paper entitled "Pre-Conditions for Authentic Communication" at the Encouragements & Hindrances Within Our Religious Ben Borger '04, who majored in community development and Traditions to Inter-Religious Dialogue conference in Iran. history, was awarded a 2005 Fulbright scholarship to study microfinance in the Philippines. Fulbright scholars are chosen for Russ Heddendorf, Ph.D. (Sociology), Matthew Vos, Ph.D. their academic merit and leadership potential. Borger's faculty advisor, Russell Mask, Ph.D. (Community Development), is a (Sociology), and Becky Holton '04 attended the annual Fulbright alumnus. meeting of the Association of Christians Teaching

12 THE VIEW • COVENANT COLLEGE • AUTUMN 2005 Sociology (ACTS) at Wheaton College. Holton presented a Brandon Kreuze, D.M. (M usic), upon a commission by paper entitled "Community, Consumers, and the Cry for Covenant, compo ed a musical score entitled "P aim 96" Enchantment: A Contemporary Analysis of Visual Media." for chorus and orchestra. The piece premiered at ACTS, founded by Heddendorf, will celebrate its 30th Covenant's 50th Anniversary Commencement Concert at anniversary in June 2006 at Covenant. Chattanooga's Tivoli Theatre. The performance may be heard at covenant.edu/psalm96. Paul Hesselink, Ph.D. (English) has been elected to a three-year term (2005-08) on the national board of the Gwen Macallister, Ph.D. (E nglish) gave two pre entations Conference on Christianity and Literature. this year: "Narrative Courte y: The Ethics of Reading in Me sud's The H.unters," at the Twentieth Century David Hoover, Ph.D. (Organizational Management) was Literature Conference at the University of Louisville, and invited to serve on the Board of Review for the Christia 11 "Paying 'Attention to the World Outside': Levertov's Business Academy Review. Political Poetry," at the Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature at Cambellsville Univer ity. Kelly Kapic, Ph.D. (Theological Studies) has an article entitled "Receiving Christ's Priestly Benediction: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Exploration of Luke 24:50-53" forthcoming in the Westminster Theological Journal. Kapic's manuscript on the tl1eological anthropol­ ogy of John Owen will be published by Baker Academic. He contributed an article on John Owen's use of scripture to Donald McKim, ed., Historical Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters (Downers Grove: IVP, forthcoming). Kapic's review of Lilian Calles Barger's Eve's Revenge: Women and a Spirituality of the Body (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2003), is forthcoming in Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture (Summer 2005). In July, he led the four-day Fan1ily Bible Fest con­ ference at Arden Presbyterian Church in Arden, C. Directed by Mary Catherine Drexler 'OS, You're a Good Mon, Kapic's book The Devoted Life was chosen as one of the Charlie Brown, played to five sold-out audiences in April. top 50 books of 2004 by The Discerning Reade,: Larry Me h.n e, Ph.D. (Chemi try) received a grant from the Stephen Kaufmann, Ph.D. (Education) saw his article, National Science Foundation, through a program admin­ "The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Educational Thought of istered by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to Charlotte Mason," published in the Journal of Education research the electrochemical behavior of novel platinum and Christian Belief Kaufmann led a group of eight stu­ and ruthenium compound this summer al the University dents to Budapest in May for three weeks of working and of Tennessee at Chattanooga. teaching at the International Christian School. Tad Mindeman, M.S., M.A. (Library) recently gave a pres­ Ed Kellogg, M.A. (Art) saw two commissioned paintings entation entitled "Using Assessment Strategies to Improve installed in the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Library Facilities" at the Council for Christian Colleges & Center in Houston, TX. Other paintings by Kellogg were Universities' 2005 Technology Conference at Whitworth installed in the atriums of Denton Community Hospital College. (Denton, TX), St. Elizabetl1 Hospital (Lincoln, NE), and Eastman Credit Union (Kingsport, TN). Kellogg was repre­ Rebecca Pennington, M.A. (Education) saw her article, sented with several paintings in two group exhibitions: '"Living Through' the Looking Glass: The Legacy ofLouise "Representing Representation" at Somerhill Gallery in Rosenblatt's Transactional Theory of Reader Response for Chapel Hill, NC, and "Landscapes" at the Art Store Gallery Christian Language Arts Teachers," published in the in Charleston, WV. online !CCTE Journal, available at icctejournal.org.

AUTUMN 2005 • COVENANT COLLEGE • THE VIEW 13 Jeffrey Morton, M.F.A. (Art) displayed an exhibit entitled Presenters included Richard Allen, Ph.D. (Organizational ''Art at Work," at the Association of Vi ual Artists in Management), Carol Esther Belz '71 , Joel Belz '62 (Board Chattanooga, of Trustees), Frank Brock, Ph.D. (Covenant College TN, and an Foundation), Michael Cromartie '76, William Davis, exhibit entitled Ph.D. (Philosophy), Brian Fikkert, Ph.D. (Economics), "Air Fields: Jeffrey Hall, Ph.D. (Academic Affairs), David Hoover, Flying Solo," Ph.D. (Business Administration), Kelly Kapic, Ph.D. with Art at the (Theological Studies), Stephen Kaufmann, Ph.D. Airport in (Education). Joseph G. Kickasola, Ph.D. '94, Timothy ashville, T . Morris, Ph.D. (Biology), Jeffrey Morton, M.F.A. (Art), Kathleen Nielson, Ph.D., Rebecca Pennington, M.Ed. (Education), Donald Fetcher, Ph.D. (Physics), Harry "50% Chance of Rain" by Reeder, D.D. '74, and Rev. George Robertson (Board of Jeffrey Morton, Trustees). 2003, Oil on Linen, 60" x 60"

Kenneth Stewart, Ph.D. (Theological tudies) published Castle in the Clouds Gala an article entitled "Did Evangelicalism Predate the August 19, 2005 Eighteenth Century? An Examination of David Monica Linde, Liz Bebbington's Thesis" in Euangelica/ Quarcerly, o. 2, 2005, and Todd Crusey, pp. 135-153. The article sought to cast doubt on and Lauren Johnson Bebbington' 1989 contention that evangelicalism only arrive in style, began to exist in the era of the Great Awakening. In 2007, poised to relive the Inter-Var ity Pre swill publi h Colltinuities in Euangelical grand opening of the Lookout History: Interactions with Dauid Bebbington, by tewart Mountain Hotel. and Dr. Michael Haykin ofToronto. Involving contribu­ tions of eighteen writer from the United Kingdom and North America, Continuities will be a volume of essays committed to showing evangelicali m's much longer existence. tewart will be a visiting fellow at his alma mater, New College, Edinburgh, during eptember and October of 2005.

Dan Zuidema, Ph.D. (C hemistry) recently co-authored two articles. "PhoLOchemical Relationships in Sacoglossan Polypropionates," published in the}ounzal of Natural Products, discusses the ynthe is of a number of mole­ cules that appear naturally in a few different types of sea slugs. This research may find long-term application to cancer treatment. "Two New Anthraquinone Photo reactions," published in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, explores two new types of reactions that anthraquinones undergo upon exposure to light.

Numerous Covenant College faculty, trustees, and alumni No one's attire said "1928" better than Rudy and Collyn presented seminars at tl1e Presbyterian Church in Schmidt's. America General Assembly, held in Chattanooga in June.

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