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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/southerncolumns472coll The magazine Southern College h-day Adventists Summer 1995 i 3a& u Hi Two, ^i Calendar Inside Opening Comments Volume47 Number2 DorisStickle Burdick New Your Calendar Editor IncridSkantz,'90 EditorialAssistant Much goes on behind the scenes to prepare a campus calendar. Turn to the center ol this magazine, pull out the 1995-96Calendar, and you will see thecreative SouthernCollege product of dozens of people. DonaldSahly With the 1996CentennialOlympics coming to our neighborhood—Atlanta is only two President — hours south and the river events on the Ocoee a halt houreast of us our international FloydGreenleaf,'55 themewasanatural, lust as thefiveOlympic ringssymbolizing Europe,Asia,America, Af- AcademicAdministration rica, and Australia are linked to represent the sporting friendship ofall peoples, we be- Dale Bidwell lieve Southern College symbolizes the friendship ofall peoples—with aspiritual emphasis. FinancialAdministration The visual impact oithe Calendarcomesfrom getting42 busy students in front ofcam- WilliamWohlers eraman Rick Perry. Somehow DarylColegot them there. Admissions adviser Victor StudentServices Qerkasij researched Olympic facts. With the cooperation ofmanydata providers, espe- JackMcClarty cially Campus Ministries, the Music Department, theCollegedaleChurch, and the Stu- Development dent Association, Bill Wohlers and Mary Lou Rowe in Student Servicesdrew information RonBarrow together to appearon the calendar itself. Along with doing layout and design, Ingnd Admissions/CollegeRelations Skant: put the data in place. Because our 1650 students are citizensof50 countries, these pages represent only a JAMESASHLOCK Alumni/CollegeRelations portion ofthe international teams gathered at Southern to train for winning the spiritual gold in the most important game ofall. DorisBurdick Publications/MediaRelations Ingnd Skant;and Doris Burdick Foradmissionsinformation: Admissions Science Center Update SouthernCollege PostOfficeBox370 Collegedale,TN37315 l-800-SOUTHERN (615)238-2844 FAX(615)238-3005 Good news. Bad news. The good news is that$4-5 million dollars in cash and pledges is in hand forthe new sciencecenteronSouthern's horizon. (The original campaign goal was $}.9 million based on 1991 estimates.) Southern Columns Editorial Board The bad news? When bids from threecontractors were openedonJune 12, the lowest acceptable bid was $5.9 million. This did not includesite preparation, architectural fees, JimAshlock,RonBarrow, Doris Burdick,VictorCzerkasii, furnishings, and othercoststhat will bring the total to$6 million. MaryElam,PamHarris, You don't need tobe a math major to see this leavesagapof $1.5 million. So the JanHaveman,SherriePlatt, campaign is—still on. We sendSOUTHERN COLUMNStoover 50,000 homesofalumni and WeslynnVeerSlaehlTyh,oImnpgsroidnSkantz, constituents church members in the SouthernUnion. Fifty thousand times$30equals $1.5 million. (Please specifyScienceCenteronthe memo line ofyourcheck.) Thankyouforhelpingus havesomereallygoodnewssoon! Sw1IIIRN(inI«\\istheofficialmagazineofSouthern CollegeofSeventh-dayAdventists,producedbythe Donald R. Sahly PublicationsOfficetoprovidenewsandinformation President toformerstudents,residentsoftheSouthernUnion, andotherfriendsofthecollege.Copyright1995by SouthernCollegeofSeventh-dayAdventists. COVER: Emotionsare highaftergraduation. Photoby Grady Sapp. 2 • SlMMIR 1995 2 McKEE LIBRARY Southern Colkg. of SDA &[)£. a '""^ Collegedala, TN 37315 I One more chance togive parental advice was given to the fathers of three graduatingseniors. John Appel, SherriVasquez, Laura Folkenherg, and over 300 of theirpeers heardJohn Appel, a pastorfrom Florida; Manuel Vasquez, vice president of the DUATION 95 NorthAmerican Division; and Don Folkenherg, church building facilitatorfor theGeneral Conference, at their May commencement services. The 326 graduates included 19 B.S. nursing students on the Orlando campus. Another sub-group was the 5^-n 11 Southern Scholars who had com- cr^fc pleted a special honorscurricu- — lum the largest number in the 1 years since the program began. In termsof si:e, the Department ot Nursing produced 63 baccalaureate and 76 associate nursing graduates. A total ot 50graduates completed business curricula. Othets with large graduate number'-were biology (24),English (12), psychology (12),and religion (18). Thisdues not minimize achievements in other areas. For example, three students worked diligently tocomplete requirements tor the brand new art degree in computer graphic design. Five students got diplomas marking completion ot their auto body or auto technician certificate programs. Di- plomas .ire- also ottered in graphic arts and technical plant services. In all, Southern otters 59baccalaureate majors, 18 associ- atedegree majors, and 31 minors. Significance ol the weekend was en hanced torsome by a Sabbath afternoon dedication service tor 50 graduating el- ementary and secondary teachers and psychology majorsand a pinningservice lor nursing graduates Sabbath evening. • i i Picturedfromtop: •JeffFisherandKimBourgeois •SouthernScholarsfrontrow:TracyKrout,LauraDukeshlre, TanyaCochran,andinbackrow:DavidBrouhard,Roberto Ordonez.MarkPeterson,BrentGoodge,JamesCallan.andBrian Arner(notpictured:RobynCastlebergandKerryHaggkvist) •DanielleSawtell •BenMasters •Dr.SahlyandRondoraJefferson SintiiiknColumns • 3 Gold Getting the Southern • Gains • Top • Recognition • As • Well • Workplace byDonsBurdick years of making employee wellness Southern. "It emphasizes the value ot the physical education and health science. Six a priority at Southern College have individual." He can 1m endless benefits, Nine seniors graduated this spring with a beer their nun reward. Recognition not the least ot which have been lives bachelorot science degree in corporate/ asone of Tennessee's healthiest saved, lives extended, and quality ot lives community wellness management.) workplaces is, well, fat-free dressing on the improved. The program has put money in Adds President Sahly, "As the students salad ... Or going the second mile. the pocket, not only tor individuals recei\- have watched us, they are alsocatching President Donald R. Sahly accepted the ingcash incentives and lower medical hills the vision."They have initiated a student gold-level Well Workplace award at a lun- hui also tor the college. wellness program. Its student directorand n on May 1 in a national program in "Last yearhealth care costsforSouthern student newsletter editor work with others which onh one Tennessee employer had College employees were less than halt the to promote student health and well-being previously reached the top level. "1 am national average. Even better, costs tor through health awareness, education, and really pleased to be seen as a leadership active participants in our wellness program intervention. irg inization in the wellness "Students are taking more area, because it is so much a interest in healthful eating in part ot our philosophy," com- the cafeteria," Dr. Sahly ob- mented Dr. Sahly. serves. The award was presented by Representing all segments the Wellness Council ot Ten- ofSouthern'scampus, the nessee in cooperation with the employee wellness committee WellnessCouncils ot America. oversees monthly seminars, Keynote speaker was Phillip H. produces biweekly newsletters, Goodwin ot Camcare, Inc., andcoordinateswellnessevents Charleston, W. Va., whose and programs with incentives. organization in 1991 \\a- Anotherfacet ofthe overall awarded the nation's first Well program is wellnesscounseling Workplace Gold Award. andconsultingwith Dr.Charles Among the 24 criteria Knapp,otNorthCarolina, who SouthernCollege met, this helped design theprogram tor honor required strategic plan- PhilGarverandPresidentDonSahlyacceptedtheGoldWellWorkplaceawardfromKathleenEtherton Southern. executivedirectoroftheWellnessCouncilofTennessee. ning, incentives, assessment, "Seventh-day Adventists feedback, and programs tor awareness, edu- —about half ofSouthern's workforce—were have the onlyfaith system in North cation, and behaviorchange. The on-going only halfas muchascostsfor those who America in which health is a component pr^ess isdocumented in a tour-inch note- didn't really net into it,"Dr.Garverexplains, ot our theology," pointsout Dr. Knapp. He book, reviewed thoroughly by a visiting The program has a positive earn-over describes wellness in aChristiansettingas team ot five professionals. to students. "Department majors find pro- "an attitude and process which empowers "Wellness isabout empowerment,"says spective employers interested in what we ustobe all God knowrswecanbecome." Dr. Phil Carver, directorot the wellness are doing here," he says. (Southern is the His sentiments are echoed by Dr. Sahly: program and chairot the Health, Physical only SDA collegeoffering a comprehensive "Tobe anything less than the best isreally Education, and Recreation Department at wellness degree, in addition todegrees in not givingdiligence to what we believe." 4 - Simmir 1995 Jr 1 k