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P.O. Box 370 • Collegedale, TN • 37315-0370 1.800.SOUTHERN • southern.edu • [email protected] Chattanooga is a friendly, mid-sized town with endless options of things to do. If you need a vehicle to get there, the electric car rental station on campus makes it easy.

• Shop – Hamilton Place, with 200+ stores, offers a little something for everyone.

• Explore the aquarium or zoo – From seahorses to penguins and otters, the Tennessee Aquarium is teeming with sea life. The aquarium also hosts the IMAX 3D Theater for a truly immersive experience. Nearby, the Chattanooga Zoo houses its own set of captivating wildlife.

• Spend the day on Lookout Mountain – Board the Incline Railway, the world’s steepest passenger railway. Then see the ancient rock formations, lush gardens, and panoramic views from Rock City and Point Park. Finally, take an elevator ride down into the heart of the mountain and experience Ruby Falls, a towering underground waterfall.

• Enjoy traditional amusement – Complete with 38 rides, paddle boats, water rides, and a historic wooden rollercoaster, Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park offers affordable, old-school fun.

• V e n t u r e d o w n t o w n – The Walnut Street Bridge is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world. Located next to the bridge is Coolidge Park, where you can enjoy a picnic, ride the carousel, throw a football, splash in the fountains, or rent bicycles—all surrounded by numerous local shops and restaurants.

• C a t c h a s h o w – Enjoy a comedy, drama, or musical at one of Chattanooga’s four performing arts centers (most famous of which is the historic Tivoli Theatre, constructed in 1921).

• Go bowling – Spare Time features 25 bowling lanes, a laser-tag arena, a 90-game arcade, and a full-service restaurant.

• Break out – Gather a group of friends to solve puzzles, decode secrets, and free yourselves before time runs out at Escape Experience Chattanooga.

• Experience history – Key Civil War battles were fought in the Chattanooga area. Retrace the steps soldiers took at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park or visit Point Park, where the “Battle Above the Clouds” was fought.

• Museum hop – For a reﬁ ned and cultured experience, try one of Chattanooga’s museums, such as the Hunter Museum of American Art, which overlooks the river.

Thank you for visiting Southern! We hope you’ll come see us again. If you do and you enjoyed your accommodations during this visit, feel free to contact Guest Services and Lodging at 423.236.7000. To learn more, visit southern.edu/lodging. WELCOME TO SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY!

We’re glad you are here and hope that you have a wonderful visit. God has a purpose for you and your unique combination of passions and talents, and we are excited to help you explore whether Southern is part of that plan.

Director of Admissions Rick Anderson

Admissions Counselors Ryan Becker Stahl Comete Maggie Mendoza Stephen Smith Jessica Williams UNIVERSITY DR.

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33 Adventist Book Center 9 General Recreation Area 6 Landscape Services 24 Student Park 45 Art Annex Disc Golf Course, Soccer Field, Tennis Courts, 38 Ledford Hall 24A Pavilion 12 A.W. Spalding Elementary Track, and Auto Repair Shop 24B Goliath Wall Amphitheater 7 White Oak Mountain Trail Entrance Putting Green Lighting Lab 24C Student Park Cave 37 White Oak Mountain Trail Entrance 30 Global Community Development 8 Lower Stateside Apartments 31 Summerour Hall 18 Bietz Center for Student Life (future site) 34 Hackman Hall 36 Lynn Wood Hall School of Education and Psychology 46 Brock Hall Evangelistic Resource Center Advancement Teaching Materials Center English Department Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum Alumni Relations 16 Sundial History and Political Studies Department School of Religion Chapel 32 Talge Hall John C. Williams Art Gallery Soul-winning And Leadership Training (SALT) Student Success Center Men’s Residence Hall School of Business 15 Hickman Science Center 36A Doll House 17 Thatcher Hall School of Journalism and Communication Allied Health Department 41 Mable Wood Hall Women’s Residence Hall School of Visual Art and Design Biology Department Ackerman Auditorium 17A Thatcher South 44 Campus Safety Chemistry Department School of Music 14 Transportation Services 44A Audio Visual Department Math Department 23 McKee Library 3 University Health Center 29 Campus Shop Origins Exhibit 43 Miller Hall 10 Upper Stateside Apartments 49 Classical 90.5 WSMC and Oasis 90.5 Physics and Engineering Department Modern Languages Department 28 Vegetarian Culinary Arts Kitchen 1 Collegedale Academy School of Computing 47 Online Campus 21 Village Market 4 Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists 13 Hulsey Wellness Center 5 Outdoor Education Center Deli 50 Collegedale Greenway Fitness Floor Climbing Tower and Ropes Course 26 Wright Hall 25 Collegedale Post Ofﬁce Indoor Climbing Wall and Track 35 Plant Services Administration 39 Daniells Hall Kayak (salads, sandwiches, smoothies) 27 Quick Print Admissions School of Social Work Pool and Sauna Mail Services Campus Tours 48 Duck Pond School of P.E., Health, and Wellness Purchasing Graduate Studies 40 Florida Hospital Hall 11 Iles P.E. Center 19 Service Department Student Finance School of Nursing Basketball and Raquetball Courts 2 Southern Village 26A Dining Hall 42 Garden of Prayer 22 Improv Multi-Purpose Room 20 Spanish-American Seventh-day Adventist Church 26B Chaplain’s Offce, Kelly’s English Garden, KR’s Place, Student Association, Student Center, and Student Development CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

HISTORICAL LANDMARKS SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS • Goliath Wall. Southern’s own natural rock-climbing wall features exceptional climbing (more than 50 feet of • Doll House Next to Lynn Wood Hall. This • Pendulum. In 1851, French physicist Jean vertical and 200 feet of horizontal) near the Student Park. playhouse, built in the 1800s, has had many uses Bernard Leon Foucault discovered that a pendu- on campus. It has served as a president’s office, a lum’s swing plane changes its orientation as a result • Hulsey Wellness Center. This facility houses a music studio, a pest house (when a smallpox of the Earth’s rotation. The lobby of Hickman weight and fitness floor, two pools (including a heated epidemic struck), a storehouse for seed, a beehive Science Center holds a 200-pound ball on a therapy pool), saunas and steam rooms, a 30-foot supply shed, a shoe repair shop, a barbershop, a 38-foot multi-strand aircraft cable. The Walla Walla indoor rock-climbing wall, massage therapy rooms, dormitory room, and a prayer room. University School of Engineering collaborated with and more. Visitors can enjoy the facilities with a daily Southern’s Physics and Engineering Department to or weekly guest pass available for purchase at the • K.R. Davis Promenade. Now a sidewalk that design and construct the pendulum. wellness center front desk. To learn more, call GOD IS HERE connects the campus buildings, in earlier years it 423.236.2850, or visit southern.edu/hulsey. You can’t be at Southern long without coming in contact with our spiritual was the main road through Collegedale. The RECREATION beliefs—they are a core part of who we are. We continually invite God to be sidewalk begins at Hickman Science Center and • Ropes Challenge Course. Located near the present on our campus and to impact every aspect of life, from learning to ends at Brock Hall. • Collegedale Greenway. This two-mile paved Outdoor Education Center, the ropes challenge course playing to worshiping. When it comes to corporate worship, there are multiple walkway connects to Southern’s campus and includes both low-rope and high-rope activities for options in the residence halls, in small groups, and in local churches. On • Lynn Wood Hall. Constructed in 1923, Lynn follows Wolftever Creek. The Greenway is also groups. This location is also home to a Cherokee campus, there are three Seventh-day Adventist churches that represent a variety of languages, meeting times, and worship styles. Wood Hall was the third major building on campus home to Collegedale’s Veterans Memorial Park, Council House and a 60-foot climbing/rappelling after the school moved from Graysville in 1916. It complete with an Army helicopter and tank as tower with an open-air classroom at the top. For more was later named for two-term president Lynn well as a sculpture honoring former local resident information, visit southern.edu/outdoor. Wood. It once housed administration, classrooms, Desmond Doss (1919-2006). Doss was an science laboratories, and a library. The chapel in Adventist medic who rescued 70 men under heavy • Student Park Cave. This cave was once known as Lynn Wood Hall was used for school assemblies fire in World War II and was the first conscientious the Potato Cave because in the 1970s vegetables from and worships as well as the meeting place for the objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Southern’s farm were stored here to be kept cool. campus church for many years. Today, the building Potatoes remained fresh longer in the cave than any of has been renovated and houses the Advancement • General Recreation Area. Behind the other vegetables, and in one year 40,000 to 50,000 and Student Success Center offices. The chapel the Hulsey Wellness Center, you’ll potatoes were kept here. Legend says that before continues to be used for a variety of programs and find a walking track, disc golf going on the Trail of Tears, Cherokee Indians hid events. This is the oldest remaining building on course, putting green, and some of their belongings in this cave, which they later campus. tennis courts. returned to retrieve. Today, this site is used for recre- ational and educational purposes. Visitors may tour the cave with an approved guide (approval requires taking a short test on cave safety). Call 423.236.2785 for more information. CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS • Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum. Displaying more than 200 ancient artifacts, this • Ackerman Auditorium. This 258-seat recital hall museum spans 3,500 years of history. Highlights in Mable Wood Hall is home to a concert grand piano of the exhibit, located in Hackman Hall, include (Southern’s School of Music is an All-Steinway an ancient Babylonian brick stamped with School) and a 14-stop mean-tone tuned Renaissance Nebuchadnezzar’s name, a complete series of organ built by John Brombaugh. The stage is able to lamps from the Chalcolithic to the early Arabic accommodate a 50-piece ensemble and is used for periods, a rare Syrian clay model of a chariot rehearsals and concerts by both soloists and groups. complete with wheels, handwritten cuneiform tablets from ancient Ur, and a series of Syrian toggle • “Go Ye Therefore” Painting. Displayed in the pins from the Middle Bronze Age. This is the largest lobby of Wright Hall, this original oil painting by teaching collection of ancient Near Eastern ceramics Seventh-day Adventist artist Nathan Greene was in North America. Beside the museum, the Dever commissioned and given by the class of 2010 as Research Library is one of the most significant a reminder of the university’s mission to prepare libraries of Near Eastern archaeology. To learn students for a life of Christian service. more, visit southern.edu/archaeology.

• Classical 90.5 WSMC. A non-commercial public • Origins Exhibit. Located in the Biology Department radio station, WSMC has served the Tennessee Valley on the second floor of Hickman Science Center, this with classical music since 1961. WSMC is licensed exhibit is an interactive look at creation. It presents a by the FCC as a full-powered broadcast facility with scientifically strong, biblically based alternative to 100,000 watts and is one of only five stations that evolutionary theories. strong in the region. With a 93-mile radius from Chattanooga, its coverage area includes approxi- RESEARCH RESOURCES mately 5 million people in portions of Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama. WSMC • Evangelistic Resource Center. This center has recently began operating an online station, Oasis, Bible study resources and encourages students of all with Adventist and Southern-specific programming. majors as well as faculty, staff, and community members to participate in public evangelism. Located • Collegedale Church of Seventh-day in Hackman Hall, this center has sent more than Adventists. The campus church has four services 1,200 volunteer evangelists who have helped with and is the home of the Anton Heiller Memorial Organ, 33,000 baptisms in 30+ countries (as of 2017). one of the largest tracker organs in the United States. The stained glass windows in the sanctuary contain • McKee Library. Housing more than 165,000 scripture and a list of the original 27 fundamental volumes, the library also subscribes to more than 900 beliefs of the Adventist church embedded in Morse current periodicals and 60 databases and owns more Code. “The Wedding Feast of Cana,” an 18-foot oil than 470,000 microforms. In addition to these painting, features the second coming and miniature resources, the library contains group study rooms, a scenes from scriptural history and was painted Knowledge Commons where programs can be held, by Daud Akhriev. For more information, visit and various collections. collegedalechurch.com.

MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS

• John C. Williams Art Gallery. Located in the School of Visual Art and Design on the second ﬂoor of Brock Hall, the gallery is a venue for displaying exceptional student work and also periodically displays the work of guest artists. Bietz Center for Student Life Currently under construction with an estimated completion date of 2020, the new student center will be a hub of activity. With an eatery, campus bookstore, chapel, game room, study areas, and so much more, this will truly become the center of student life. Did we mention that there will be a giant slide?! BETTER TOGETHER

We’re Here To Help You won’t have to navigate college alone. Southern’s faculty, WHAT’S YOUR PASSION? staff, and even your fellow students are a rich resource. Here are some of the specific services available for you: Our students have a wide array of interests, from woodworking to tennis, Campus Safety – 423.236.2100 or southern.edu/campussafety from art to outreach. Through our numerous student organizations, Career Services – 423.236.2069 or southern.edu/careers you’re bound to find something that appeals to you. Chaplain’s Office – 423.236.2787 or southern.edu/chaplain Counseling Services – 423.236.2782 or southern.edu/counseling Here are just a few: Disability Support Services – 423.236.2574 or southern.edu/disabilitysupport First Year Advising – 423.236.3100 or southern.edu/advising Art Club Kayak Club IT Help Desk – 423.236.2705 or southern.edu/it Asian Club Latin American Club LifeGroups – 423.236.2441 or southern.edu/lifegroups Biology Club Luthier Club Student Missions – 423.236.2442 or southern.edu/go Black Christian Union Music Club Tutoring Center – 423.236.2578 or southern.edu/tutoringcenter Communication Club Public Relations Student Society of America University Health Center – 423.236.2713 or southern.edu/healthcenter Computer Club Society of Political Sciences uQuest Missions – 423.236.2121 or southern.edu/uquest Dropshot Tennis Club Society of Deaf Awareness Writing Center – 423.236.2014 or southern.edu/writingcenter Enactus Southern Smiths English Club Southern Striders French Club Southern Ringtones Global Leadership Society Speak Light History Club The Woman’s Collective iWitness Topspin Table Tennis Club

For a full list of student organizations, visit southern.edu/clubs. THE RIGHT FIT

Having options is good! After all, no one wants to end up in a career that they dislike. We’re confident that out of the more than 100 majors offered at Southern, you will find one that fits your passion.

Even if you aren’t sure right away, Southern has a ﬂexible system for general education courses. This allows you to take classes in a variety of potential career ﬁelds without adding to the time it takes to graduate. There’s also the option of working with a faculty adviser to mix and match disciplines, creating a personalized degree. The sky’s the limit!

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES GRADUATE DEGREES Just in case you’re looking even further into the Allied Health History and Political Studies Physical Therapist Assistant Medical Laboratory Science, BS History, BA Physical Therapist Assistant, AS future, Southern offers graduate degrees in the His tory, History/Government Pre-Dental Hygiene, AS following areas. Pre-Nutrition and Dietetics, AS Teaching Licensure, BA Physics and Engineering Pre-Physical Therapy, AS International Development Studies, BA Biophysics, BS Political Science, BA Engineering Studies, AS Business Pre-Speech Language Pathology and Computing Audiology, AS Physics, BA and BS Journalism and Communication Physics, Teaching Licensure, BA Counseling Education Biology Communication, BA Journalism, BA Religion Global Community Development Biology, BA Nursing Biology, Biomedical Emphasis, BS Mass Communication, BS Archaeology, BA Media Technology, AS Biblical Studies BA Outdoor Education Biology, Research Emphasis, BS Religion Biology, Teaching Licensure, BA Public Relations, BS Missions, BA Public Relations and Business Administration, BS Pastoral Care, BA Social Work Business Public Relations and Graphic Design, BS Religion, AA For more information and a full list of graduate degrees, visit Accounting, AS and BBA Religious Education, Teaching Licensure, BA southern.edu/graduatestudies. Business Administration, AS and BS Mathematics Religious Studies, BA Business Administration and Public Relations, BS Mathematics, BA and BS Theology, BA Computer Information Systems, BBA Mathematics, Teaching Licensure, BA Finance, BBA Social Work Long Term Care Administration, BS Modern Languages Social Work, AS and BSW French, BA Management, BBA NOTES: French, Teaching Licensure, BA Technology Marketing, BBA International Studies, French Emphasis, BA Auto Service, AT Personal Selling, AS International Studies, German Emphasis, BA Auto Service Management, BT International Studies, Italian Emphasis, BA Construction Management, AT and BT Chemistry International Studies, Spanish Emphasis, BA Chemistry, BA and BS Spanish, BA Visual Art and Design Chemistry, Biochemistry Emphasis, BS Spanish, Teaching Licensure, BA Animation, BFA Chemistry, Teaching Licensure, BA Art, BA Music Art, Museum Studies Emphasis, BA Computing Music, BS Art, Therapy Emphasis, BA Computer Science, BA and BS Music Education, Teaching Licensure, BMus Film Production, BA and BFA Computer Systems Administration, BS Music, Performance Emphasis, BS Fine Arts, BFA Music, Theory and Literature Emphasis, BS Graphic Design, AS, BA, and BFA Education and Psychology Liberal Arts Education, BA Nursing Psychology, BA Nursing, AS, BS, and BSN NOTE: The most up-to-date listing of degrees may Psychology, Clinical Concentration, BS Nursing, RN-BS Consortium be found in Southern’s current Undergraduate Catalog. Psychology, Family Systems Concentration, BS Visit southern.edu/catalog to access the online version. Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Physical Education, Health, and Wellness Concentration, BS Corporate/Community Wellness Management, BS Psychology, Psychobiology Concentration, BS Health Science, BS Hea lth, Physical Education, and Recreation, English Teaching Licensure, BS English, Literature Concentration, BA Outdoor Emergency Services, BS English, Professional/Writing Concentration, BA Outdoor Leadership, AS and BS English, Teaching Licensure, BA Sports Studies, BS English, TESOL Concentration, BA Vegetarian Culinary Arts, AS HOME AWAY FROM HOME A CORNER TO CALL HOME

HUNGER-BUSTERS There’s nothing like living together with others who are pursuing similar goals! Southern’s residence halls provide a comfortable home base Dining Hall: Centrally located, the Dining Hall offers full, hot while you’re a student, with cozy lounge areas and conveniences like meals three times a day, with a broad variety of foods to laundry facilities and kitchens within easy access. Guys live in Talge choose from. Hall, ladies in Thatcher Hall, and upperclassmen have the option of an apartment setting in Southern Village. KR’s Place: Situated in the student center, this is the perfect place to grab a quick snack or to visit with friends by the ﬁre.

Kayak: With endless smoothie combinations, plus sandwiches and wraps, this healthy snack shop is conveniently located in Hulsey Wellness Center.

Village Market: Another fast option is the deli and salad bar in the VM; the broad selection of quality groceries, health food items, and necessities makes it a handy resource.

CAMPUS CARD

This little piece of plastic is your key to campus. Besides giving you door access to your residence hall room, it’s also an easy way to pay for food, books, and printing on campus. Additionally, it’s your library card, Hulsey Wellness Center membership card, and more. YOU CAN GO TO THE WEB FOR MORE PLANNING RESOURCES ON AFFORDING COLLEGE: To contact us: 1 2 3 studentaid.ed.gov college.gov fafsa.ed.gov 1.800.SOUTHERN or YOUR BUDGET [email protected].

You can ﬁnd affordable solutions by working out the details with your admissions counselor. Here are some of the numbers you’ll be crunching:

The estimated total cost for Southern’s 2019-2020 academic year is $30,860 (or $23,620 for community students).

ONLINE PAYMENT PLANS Students have access to a variety of payment plan options that help families to spread out the cost of tuition over the academic year without paying interest.

The university’s payment system at southern.edu/payment allows you the convenience of online access and management. Students and anyone they grant permission to can view monthly statements, set up payment plans, make payments by credit card or bank draft, and manage other ﬁnancial details.

A variety of resources are available to help you NOTES: ﬁnance your education at Southern.

Sample Yearly Cost for 2019-2020 Residence Hall Student Community Student Undergraduate Tuition (12-16 hours) $21,650 $21,650 General Fee 870 870 Estimated Books/Supplies 1,100 1,100 Residence Hall Rent 4,640 --- Estimated Food* Allowance 2,600 --- Total $30,860 $23,620 Tuition for less than 12 hours is $915 per credit hour. Tuition for each credit hour over 16 semester hours is $705. Summer tuition is $705 per credit hour. Summer rates begin May 1. * Additional plan options available at southern.edu/card

For a more accurate estimate, use our cost calculator at southern.edu/cost-calculator. Performance Scholarship Summer Camp Scholarship OTHER Each year performance These scholarships are SCHOLARSHIP scholarships are awarded available to students who work OPTIONS by the School of Music (for at an Adventist conference- AVAILABLE orchestra, wind symphony, and sponsored summer camp— choirs), Engage Ministries, and $170 for each full week FOR STUDENTS Gym-Masters. worked, up to $2,040. INCLUDE:

Student Missionary/Task Southern Scholars Force Scholarship Scholarship A $1,500 student missionary/ Southern Scholars who meet the task force scholarship exists for honors program requirements for GETTING HELP FROM qualiﬁed students who attend one academic year are eligible for Southern the year following their scholarships during the remaining term of service. years of their undergraduate studies: • $1,500 for the second year The Literature Evangelism SCHOLARSHIPS • $2,500 for the third year Scholarship • $3,500 for the fourth year Summer earnings are matched 50 percent, up to a $2,000 scholarship. RENEWABLE SCHOLARSHIPS Five scholarships at Southern are renewable at 100 percent for up to four years if students maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA:

Freshman Leadership Scholarship National Scholarship Competitions If you have served in speciﬁc leadership positions Finalists in the following programs receive a full-tuition during your senior year, you may qualify for a $2,500 scholarship: scholarship. • National Merit Scholarship • National Achievement Scholarship for Freshman Lightbearer Scholarship FRESHMAN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP African-Americans Are you graduating from a public high school, home • National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship ACT 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 school, or private high school not run by an Adventist SAT 1570 1530 1490 1450 1420 1390 1360 1330 1300 1260 1230 1200 1160 1130 1100 1060 1030 990 960 organization? You qualify for a $2,000 scholarship. Freshman Academic Scholarship

This scholarship is based on a combination of your GPA 4.00 Full Full Full Full 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 Freshman State Replacement ACT/SAT score and cumulative high school GPA. If you live in the Southern Union and would lose your 3.90-3.99 Full Full Full 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 Honors Scholarship $2,000 state scholarship by attending Southern, you are 3.80-3.89 Full Full 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 Dean’s Scholarship $4,000 eligible for a $3,000 scholarship. 3.70-3.79 Full 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 Presidential Scholarship $6,000 3.60-3.69 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 Full Tuition Scholarship Full tuition 3.50-3.59 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 3.40-3.49 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 3.30-3.39 6000 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 View scholarship eligibility criteria and steps for calculating award amounts at southern.edu/scholarships. 3.20-3.29 6000 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 3.10-3.19 6000 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 3.00-3.09 6000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2.90-2.99 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 Keep in mind that endowment funds and need-based grants 2.80-2.89 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 can provide additional sources of ﬁnancial support for you. 2.70-2.79 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2.60-2.69 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2.50-2.59 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 8. BEGIN YOUR ENROLLMENT CHECKLIST • Fill out all required forms for housing, health, immunizations, insurance, and a payment contract at southern.edu/checklist. Questions? Call 423.236.2844.

9. REGISTER FOR CLASSES HERE ARE YOUR • For assistance with ﬁnding out which classes you need to register for this fall, contact First Year Advising at southern.edu/advising. • Once you know which classes you need to register for, take that step at southern.edu/register. • Fall 2019 classes are available for registration April 8. NEXT STEPS • If you plan to attend SmartStart, you may register at southern.edu/smartstart beginning October 2.

10. ACCEPT FINANCIAL AID • When you receive your Financial Aid Award Letter, accept or decline aid, and then return the letter to studentfi[email protected]. 1. VISIT OUR CAMPUS 5. YOU’RE ACCEPTED! • Go to southern.edu/payment to set up a payment • Schedule a time at southern.edu/visit. • Once you’ve received your offer of admission plan or to see your balance. Set up a payment plan by to Southern, you can login and accept July for the fall semester. through the application portal at • Apply for any additional loans needed. 2. APPLY TO SOUTHERN southern.edu/myapplication. • Visit southern.edu/apply and fill out the application. 11. ARRIVE AT SOUTHERN! 6. CREATE A SOUTHERN ACCOUNT • Look for a separate email with your Student ID 3. SEND TRANSCRIPTS number and instructions on how to create your AND TEST SCORES online MyAccess account. • Mail unofficial transcripts from high schools • Log in to your Southern email account at as well as ACT or SAT scores to: Southern webmail.southern.edu and check it regularly. Adventist University, P.O. Box 542, Collegedale, TN 37315 • Or email them to [email protected]. 7. MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT DEPOSIT • You can pay the $250 deposit by visiting 4. APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID southern.edu/payment and clicking “eDeposit” • The Free Application for Federal Student Aid or by calling 1.800.SOUTHERN. IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION (FAFSA) opens on October 1, 2019. • If paid by May 1, you’ll be eligible for a free Admissions 423.236.2844 [email protected] • Fill out the FAFSA at fafsa.gov and enter our Class of 2023 T-shirt. Campus Visits 423.236.2807 [email protected] school code 003518. Disability Support 423.236.2574 [email protected] Health Services 423.236.2713 [email protected] Housing 423.236.2222 [email protected] Prospective Student Finance 423.236.2812 prospectivefi[email protected] Chattanooga is a friendly, mid-sized town with endless options of things to do. If you need a vehicle to get there, the electric car rental station on campus makes it easy.

• Shop – Hamilton Place, with 200+ stores, offers a little something for everyone.

• Enjoy traditional amusement – Complete with 38 rides, paddle boats, water rides, and a historic wooden rollercoaster, Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park offers affordable, old-school fun.

• Venture downtown – The Walnut Street Bridge is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world. Located next to the bridge is Coolidge Park, where you can enjoy a picnic, ride the carousel, throw a football, splash in the fountains, or rent bicycles—all surrounded by numerous local shops and restaurants.

• Catch a show – Enjoy a comedy, drama, or musical at one of Chattanooga’s four performing arts centers (most famous of which is the historic Tivoli Theatre, constructed in 1921).

• Go bowling – Spare Time features 25 bowling lanes, a laser-tag arena, a 90-game arcade, and a full-service restaurant.

• Break out – Gather a group of friends to solve puzzles, decode secrets, and free yourselves before time runs out at Escape Experience Chattanooga.

• Experience history – Key Civil War battles were fought in the Chattanooga area. NEARBY Retrace the steps soldiers took at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park or visit Point Park, where the “Battle Above the Clouds” was fought.

• Museum hop – For a reﬁned and cultured experience, try one of Chattanooga’s FUN museums, such as the Hunter Museum of American Art, which overlooks the river.