the magazine of Southern Adventist University spring 2019 A Family Born of the Heart The Brass family may seem unconventional at first glance, but love is a powerful bond that holds them together. | page 12 18 Music: A Connecting Thread | 20 Generosity for Future Generations | 25 Summer Reading List Capped by Joy Graduation is a major accomplishment, one earned through countless hours of study, contents hard work, and seemingly endless exams. As loved ones help Marceline Ndahayo prepare to march on May 5, 2019, she radiates joy. Graduating with honors and receiving two degrees—a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and an Associate of Science in Allied Health—Ndahayo sees a bright future Ryan Pierce Photo: ahead, saying, “Southern has given me the resources and connected me to a lot of people who have shown me it’s possible to dream big.” This spring, 473 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students received their degrees from Southern. For more photos, visit southern.edu/columns. Photo contributed by the Brass family 12 18 20 features departments 12 | A Family Born of the Heart 4 | Photo Essay The idea of family is inseparable from Christianity. Scripture 6 | Headlines calls us sons and daughters of God, brothers and sisters in 9 | Mission Minute Christ. External differences fade when believers join together 10 | Professor Inspiration as the family of God. Likewise, the Brass family may not 24 | Department Spotlight look like a typical family, but love binds them together. 25 | Summer Reading List 26 | Beyond the Columns 18 | Music: A Connecting Thread Music transcends language, age, occupation, income, and 31 | The Word gender. It breaks down barriers and stirs souls. The School of Music at Southern empowers music majors and minors to achieve excellence, while bringing together students from all areas of campus in its performance groups. Through these opportunities, thousands of Southern alumni have embarked on their careers better equipped for life. Cover caption: Despite enormous hurdles, God | brought the Brass family 20 Generosity for Future Generations together. (L-R) Hannah, Judah, Thousands of scholarships have been awarded to students at Liam, Matt, Timothy, Levi, Southern throughout its 127-year history, and many of those Larisa, John, and Andrew. students have literally depended on the generosity of others Photo by Tracie Ancelet in order to continue their education. Behind the generous contributions, however, are numerous touching stories. Connect with Southern Adventist University: southern.edu • youtube.com/SouthernAdventistUniversity facebook.com/SouthernAdventistUniversity • twitter.com/SouthernNews instagram.com/SouthernAdventistUniversity 2 Columns Spring 2019 3 Photo: Barry Daly Photo: »photo essay 7 Volume 71 Number 1 Color, Caring, Alumni Edition 1 Executive Editor Isaac James, ’08 Managing Editor Janell Hullquist, ’05 and Community Layout Editor Ryan Pierce, attended Layout Assistant Elena Anunciado, current Alexandra Dye, current in Morocco Editorial Assistants Photos by Ryan Pierce, attended Rachel Beaver, current 4 Trisney Bocala, current Natalie Boonstra, current Tierra Hayes, current During Spring Break, Southern’s short-term service program, uQuest, sent more than 160 students and volunteers to six countries to serve on a wide President David Smith variety of projects. One of these groups travelled to Morocco to take part in Academic Administration Robert Young a project at the Inara Elementary School in Casablanca. The Southern team 8 9 Financial Administration Tom Verrill worked with several local organizations to provide a health education Advancement Carolyn Hamilton program. They also worked with Beyond Walls—a group that uses art to build cultural bridges—to paint a large mural on the school grounds. 2 Enrollment Services Glenn Carter Additionally, the team enjoyed visiting the cities of Rabat and Marrakesh. Student Development Dennis Negron, ’85 Marketing and University Relations 1. Southern students (in green T-shirts) enjoyed the opportunity to wear traditional desert garb Ingrid Skantz, ’90 and ’16 spending time with children from the school. while riding camels among the palm trees. Alumni Relations Evonne Crook, ’79 2. Sihatouna Kids, a local Moroccan 7. In Rabat, Morocco’s capital city, the team organization, coordinated the health education was able to spend Sabbath with a group of Send correspondence to program for the elementary school students. local Adventists. [email protected] The program consisted of lessons on the 8. In Casablanca, they visited the Grand Send address changes to importance of fresh air, healthy food, Mosque of Hassan II. It is the largest in Africa 5 Alumni Relations temperance, friendship, exercise, water, and the fifth-largest in the world. Its minaret is Southern Adventist University sunshine, and proper rest. the world’s tallest, measuring 689 feet. Post Office Box 370 10 Collegedale, TN 37315-0370 3. Adeline Piotrowski (left), senior international 9. Around the world, food brings people or email [email protected] studies major, and Alexandra Tennyson, senior together. The Southern team enjoyed learning computer science major, mix one of the many how to eat traditional Moroccan couscous from Phone 1.800.SOUTHERN buckets of paint used on the wall project. local college student Salma Sadiky. Fax 423.236.1000 4. Children from the school enthusiastically 10. The Southern team appreciated the Email [email protected] helped the Southern team paint the mural. opportunity to serve, bond with each other, and Website southern.edu 5. A local television crew showed up near the soak up a different culture. end of the project and interviewed several 11. At the end of the week, Abdel Ouhassane Scripture in this issue is taken from The Holy members of the Southern team as well as (at right), director of the Tremplin Association Bible, New International Version® (NIV). Copyright teachers and students from the school. Later for Social Integration, presented Southern and © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Used by that day, while eating in a nearby restaurant, Beyond Walls Director Brian Manley with an permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. the group was surprised to see the report award celebrating the successful collaboration. appear during the evening newscast. 12. The completed mural was nearly 180 feet COLUMNS is the official magazine of Southern 6. While in Marrakesh, Southern’s group had long and took five full days to complete. Adventist University, produced by Marketing and University Relations to provide information to 3 6 11 alumni, Southern Union constituents, and other friends of the university. ©2019, Southern Adventist University. 12 4 Columns Spring 2019 5 »headlines »headlines Students Provide Branding for Cuba’s Archaeological Southern Expands Graduate Options Museum ith graduate degrees available in “We’re teaching students the type of First Official Adventist Daycare Wseven areas, Southern continues biblical counseling that can work along- Preparing to add options, including new empha- side clinical counseling,” Parker said. ses and increased online availability. For “Even if a person needs professional outhern students in the School of Craven’s students received the project New Exhibit example, this summer the School of counseling, the gospel can help them SVisual Art and Design created the in October, and in December, five church Religion will begin offering a biblical coun- and the church community can help name, brand concepts, strategies, and members met with them to review the seling emphasis for its Master of Ministry them, too.” materials to identify and market what branding concepts. They chose from six his fall, a special exhibit will open in degree, a first for any Adventist institution. One of the programs now available will become the first official Seventh-day student projects, deciding on the name Tthe Lynn H. Wood Archaeological The goal is to equip church leaders to online is the literacy education emphasis Adventist daycare in Cuba. “Corderitos: Círculo Infantil Adventista,” Museum. “From Script to Scripture: The counsel using biblical foundations. for the Master of Science in Education. The project began when Hernell which translates into English as “Little History of the Bible” will explore the The degree is a collaboration between The School of Education and Psychology Hernandez, who was born in Cuba and is Lambs: Adventist Children’s Circle.” history of the alphabet, the transition the university’s religion, psychology, and made the shift from a traditional class- a member of the Standifer Gap Seventh- “When Stull and Hernandez saw from scrolls to books, and the role of social work programs. According to Alan room setting to online in order to serve day Adventist Church in Chattanooga, ‘Corderitos,’ it resonated,” Craven said. the written word—particularly the Bible— Parker, DTh, professor in the School of those who are not able to be on location recognized the need for an “It was one of those sticky during the period of the Reformation and Religion and program director, the degree for an extended period of time. Adventist daycare in the ideas that stays with you. beyond. This exhibit will is tailored to help participants know how “Many of the people who sign up for Communist country. For nearly I think the appeal of the feature rare, original to provide appropriate counsel and refer- classes are elementary school teachers 60 years, evangelizing had name had carried it from Bibles including rals to individuals who may approach with children and families, and it is difficult been illegal in Cuba, even to the beginning, with the a copy of the them with problems. for them to leave home to pursue their young children. However, two metaphor of the children 1611 King “In creating the emphasis, we estab- master’s degrees,” said Bonnie Eder, years ago, the government being the little lambs.” James Version, lished that we didn’t want to take the professor in the School of Education and gave permission for the church Caleb Cook, senior the Vulgate, and place of professional counseling,” Parker Psychology.