50 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING CHRIST'S PREEMINENCE IN ALL THINGS

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Covenant Arts Covenant presents the inaugural

season of Covenant Arts, a concert

series set to bring a number of

world-class ensembles and soloists

to campus. The concert calendar

may be found at covenant.edu/ covenantarts, where you also may

purchase membership subscriptions.

You won't want to pass up the

opportunity to hear the likes of

Christopher Parken ing and Carmen

Balthrop in Covenant's very own

chapel!

Indelible Grace in Concert

September 30, 8:00 pm, Chapel

Musical Showcase

October 6, 8:00 pm, Chapel

Homecoming

October 6-8

Jazz on the Overlook

October 7

Burning at the Stage

October 8

Fall Break October 15-19

Campus Preview Weekend October 20-22

l en d a Vespers

October 30, 8:00 pm, Chapel

A choral concert

Reformation Day Lectures

October 31 -November 1

Covenant Arts: Chattanooga

Symphony String Quartet

& Wind Quintet

November 4, 8:00 pm, Chapel

Tartuffe by Moliere November 4-5, 11-12

r

Produced by the Drama Association

Missions Emphasis Week

November 7-11

Young Artists Concert

November 18, 8:00 pm, Chapel

Thanksgiving Break November 23-27

Madrigal Dinners December 1-4

Final Exams December 12-15

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown played to sold-out aud iences in Apr il. Campus Notes begi n on page 12.

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AUTUMN 2005

THE MAGAZINE OF COVENANT COLLEGE The college of the Presbyterian Church in America

Published by the Office of College Communications

Editor Jen Allen Coordinator of College Communications

Sports Information Director Roy Heintz

Alumni Notes Coordinator Paul Nedelisky '03 Coordinator of Alumni Affairs

Contributing Writers William Barker, Aaron Mesh '04, John Muller, Rebecca Uthlaut ·os Contributing Photographers Ben Barron '08, Tad Evearitt '98, Brae Howard '05

Web and Electronic Media Developer Tad Evearitt '98

Designer Matt Barker '85 Roundhouse Creative, Swannanoa, NC

Contact the editor at: Jen Allen, Editor, The View Covenant College 14049 Scenic Highway Lookout Mountain GA 30750 Phone: 706.419.lll9 E-mail: theview@covenant.edu

Letters to the editor are welcome.

Send alumni notes to: Paul Nedelisky Coordinator of Alumni Affairs Covenant College 14049 Scenic Highway Lookout Mountain GA 30750 Phone: 706.419.1649 E-mail: alumni@covenant.edu

Website: covenant.edu © 2005 Covenant College Articles may be reprinted with permission of the editor.

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· 1stration of its policies and programs.

Opinions expressed are those of the contributors or the edi· tor, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the College.

MISSION STATEMENT The View'.s purpose is to: Encourage alumni, parents and friends to keep Christ preeminent in all areas of their lives • Give alumni. parents and friends-our most important ambassadors-stories and information about the college. its 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 them to praise, thank. and petition our Heavenly Father.

COVENANT COLLEGE

IN ALL TH I NGS CHRIST PREEMlNENT

COVENANT

ABOUT THE COVER

Covenant's half-century history is composed of memories too numer­ous to count. It is the people of Covenant who have made the College what it is today. As we reminisce on the last five decades. we give thanks for God's unwavering faithfulness over the generations and look ahead with joyful expectation to what he has in store for Covenant's future.

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THE

contents

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 the eyes of Dr. William Barker we examine a few snapshots of Covenant's history.

7 A Banner Year A 50th anniversary is reason to celebrate! Mrs. Doreen Kellogg ha honored us with an exquisite banner. And great festivities were held during the PCA General Assembly in celebration of the College's landmark birthday.

8 Championships for Christ ew sports, new coaches, the same focu .

Covenant's athletics program is booming, and the philosophy behind it is what keeps it strong.

10 Loving the Arts

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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.

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Covenant College, ne half century ago a band of visionaries established Covenant College

with the goal of helping Christians live as active, reforming members

of a complex society. Today, Covenant is zealously carrying out its

founding mission, equipping students from near and far for lives of

servant-leadership in all aspects of society. From humble beginnings in

Pasadena, California, to a sprawling campus atop breathtaking Lookout Mountain,

Georgia , Covenant's history gives evidence of God's faithfulness to and through the

College decade upon decade.

Let's take a look back at Covenant over the years. Dr. William S. Barker, former

professor, dean of faculty, and trustee, has gifted us with a captivating narrative of

the College's past, and a peek into what lies ahead , in his book, "In All Things ... ": The

Preeminence of Jesus Christ ,n the History of Covenant College, 1955- 2005.

THEN AND Now The mall group of undergraduate

rudents, and an even mailer group of faculty members, led by the forry-i h college president, heartily sing the chool hymn from the lnter-Var ity

hymnal , set to the tune from John Stainer' The Crucifixion, with word by Mary D. Jame : "All for Jesus! All for Jesus! AlJ my being's ran omed pow­ers; All my thought and word and doing , All my days and all my hours." Such a sentiment was the sin­cere 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\11 for Jesus!" is still sung at the conclu ion of Covenant Chorale concerts.

proce s of development. The individ­uali tic pietism of the college hymn has been Ile hed out with a greater en e of corporate commitment and ocial respon ibility. The devotion to

Jesu still is the profes ion of Covenant College as it continues to seek to bring every di cipline of the curriculum under the lordship of

Jesus and to see the life of each stu­dent prepared for and consecrated to the service of Christ.

IN THE BEGINNING WERE

THE PIONEERS

Upon arrival in St. Louis in 1956, President Robert G. Rayburn took the necessary step of seeking a char­ter from the State of Missouri as a degree-granting institution of higher education and sought the counsel of the Chancellor of the University of Missouri. After completing the routine procedures, he was asked by the obliging Chancellor bow large the College's church constituency was. When Dr. Rayburn replied that the denomination's membership was somewhat under 10,000 mem­bers, the official was aghast: "Mr. Rayburn, there is no way you can sur­vive with a supporting constituency of that size!"

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

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1955.2005

It is probably true that if the founders of Covenant College had had nothing but an appraisal of hard-nosed realism, they would scarcely have begun. But this was a generation of pioneers. They had counted the cost when taking a stand to separate from the Presbyterian Church, USA, often leaving buildings erected by their parents and grand­parents and meeting in store fronts, schools, or town halls. They had strong convictions about biblical truth, and they trusted in the God of the Bible to provide for them to con­vey those convictions to the next generations ....

The pioneering spirit of the early faculty is reflected in the move to St. Louis. A rental truck went back and forth several times between St. Louis and the east coast to bring the belongings of the various faculty members. Dr. Buswell [dean of the graduate school that would become Covenant Seminary], who was highly regarded in the Christian world for his intellect and character, delighted everyone with his account of how, driving the truck across the country in overalls, he puJ!ed into a motel to stop for the night, but was told by the

clerk that their policy was not to rent to truck drivers.

T HE CASTLE IN THE C LOUDS

President Bob Rayburn later described his first visit to the proper­ty on top of Lookout Mountain in 1963: "When we stepped into the huge hotel building located at the very top of an hi toric mountain and surrounded by magnificent scenery, it became evident almost immediate­ly that it would be a most desirable location for the college." ...

A LUMNI

A significant measure of a college's effectiveness is the accompli hments of its alumni. From the very begin ­ning Covenant has succeeded in attracting some excellent students who could have gone Lo prestigious universities. Through the years the College has been populated by inten­tional students who enroll at Covenant because of its distinctively Christian purpose. This is generally reflected in its alumni. Of course, no one can accurately estimate in this life the kingdom service of the numerous graduates of Covenant College. When former president

Top to bottom: At work in the chemistry lab; Men's basketball, 1970-71; Construction of Kresge Library, 19n; Cheering on the Scots' soccer team; 1980 commencement procession; "All for Jesus/" A chapel service in the 1970s.

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; Women s volleyball. 1982; Dameron & Jones perform; Musical opportunities today abound.

-- fi d 9'-1 1956: Dr. Raybur'llwith irst gra uates.

Martin Essenburg was asked by ques­tionnaire , "Who are some of the most significant alumni?", he responded, "Who knows? There are homemakers, teacher , pa tors, miss ionaries, lawyers, se rving the Lord faithf-ully, man y un ung in challenging places." Similarly, Profes or Jim Wildeman responded, " I would focus on the 'lit­tle people' who erve faithfully wher­ever they are."

S TUDENT D EVELOPMENT

Several a pects of student life at Covenant College have contributed to the achievement of genuine commu­nity as well as proving individually edifying. One of these is the daily chapel services. Dean of Faculty John Sander on, returning from a confer­ence of college deans in the late 1960s, reported how others expressed envy at the fact that Covenant's entire community of students and faculty could all gather at one time for any purpose. This was in the days when everything was still held in Carter Hall and "togetherness" was not at a premium , but the sense of communi-1:}1-even family-was a rare quality for many colleges. Through the years, Covenant has gone back and forth between mandatory and voluntary chapel attendance and has used a variety of worship styles, but student

appreciation of chapel services has held up remarkably well. Eventual major donor Martha Ashe, upon first meeting President Frank Brock, said, "So you say you are president of a Christian college. Is it a real Christian college?" When later visiting the cam­pus, she would always find the chapel service the highlight. "She could not get over how attentive the students were (even excusing some of the back row inattentiveness)." According to President Brock, her eyes would well up with tears while watching stu­dents listening to godly speakers helping them learn God's ways." ...

Student life was not always seri­ous. In the St. Louis days there were laundromat parties, Tartan yearbook pictures showing a student inside a large dryer. On top of Lookout Mountain students once put a SO­

pound barrel painted like a beer can on top of Carter Hall. From the mid-1960s to the mid- l 970s every year around April 1 Ray Dameron and Joel Belz would produce a satirical take­off on the Bagpipe called the Windbag. President Martin Essenburg remembers student Roy Lowry rappelling down from the Chapel roof with a "happy birthday" banner and a cake at the end of a daily chapel service. On another 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.

Over eighty percent of faculty now hold doctorates. The arts and athletic programs are growing ambitiously, and student

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Men's soccer team advances to the NAIA national

life is as lively as ever. "Oh what wonder! how amazing!

a chapel service with prayer to find a row of six students all wearing masks made from a photo of Dr. Essen burg; he told them he was honored that they were seeing things from his point of view ... and was grateful that they removed the masks.

FROM NOW TO THE FUTURE

The title of Dr. Nielson's inaugural address, based on 2 Peter 1:2-21, was "The Only Way Fonvard" and its theme was: "For Covenant College, the only way forward is back: to keep the faitl1 which has been handed down to us." An interview in 2003, however, showed his vision for the future to accompany his orientation to the past. Learning that only two percent of PCA college­age young people enroll at Covenant, he recognized a tremendous potential opportunity for the College among its core constituency. He would like to attract risk-taking students, who as graduates would be courageous people for the rest of their lives: "We want them to be able to go into contexts that are scary and risky in service to Christ."

A Banner Year Mrs. Doreen Kellogg, renowned

for her beautiful, handmade ban­

ners, was commissioned by the

College to create a banner in

honor of Covenant's fiftieth

anniversary. Kellogg presented

the banner, composed of pic­

tures spanning the College's half­

century history, to President

Niel Nielson. It is now being

displayed in the chapel, where

onlookers often may be found

gazing at visual history and

reminiscing.

On June 15, with the PCA

General Assembly in full swing in

Chattanooga, over eight hundred

alumni and guests flooded

Covenant's campus for the

College's 50th Anniversary

Celebration. The evening fea­

tured live music from singer­

songwriter Jennifer Daniels '95,

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"

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Scots add baseball, tenni , and JV teams -but keep the same focus:

w hen Doug imons graduated from Calabasas I ligh chool in outhern California

._ ___ _. 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 pro­gram .... God had other plans. "

o imon went to Pepperdine University. From there, he began an eighteen-year career in prof es ional ba eball, including pitching tint with the Met and Expo . I le was scouting pro peel for the Texa Ranger when he got a phone call­from Covenant College.

. New coach~Dout,5im~ns brings major .l~ague experience to Covenant's revived baseball program.

imon join Covenant thi fall as the coach of the chool's newe t port, the one he'd ought out when

he wa an undergraduate. "And now I get to coach baseball at Covenant," he ays." o it comes full circle .... It i probably the college I'm clo est to,

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worldview-wise. And I have experi­ence in baseball. It combines the two perfectly."

Combining sporting achievement with Christian education is an emer­gent passion at Covenant. This sum­mer, 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 con­nect Jesus Christ witl1 students. Each new program offers a chance to bring new students- tl1e Doug Simonses of 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

through their sports. I think it allows more people to experience the Covenant experience."

Heintz, who has coached at Covenant for three years, says he wants his coaches to be "teachers of their sports, but [also] teachers of the game of life and how Christ fits into that whole picture."

that if you're going to win champi­onships, you have to cheat. You have to take steroids to win home run crowns. You have to do a lot of illegal recruiting to get the kind of athletes it takes to win national championship . I want us to win national champi­onships in a lot of sports here; I want us to be competitive-

not only in my Life, but also ... in athletics."

The fruit of this sporting spirit? Self-control, says Smialek, and it all starts with each student's relationship with God.

"Discipline is discipline," says Smialek, "and if you're disciplined in

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 opportunity for such teaching. "It really is a place where Christ is first in everything. It allows me to do some­thing I'm good at, allows me to do something I love, coach basketball. But more than anything, it allows me to coach and teach the game of life through a Christ-centered worldview. And that's what all of our coaches get to do."

Heintz didn't always get to do that. He arrived at Covenant in 2002, after working as an assistant coach for the Florida State University women's basketball team-and, before that, as a chaplain for the NBA's Orlando Magic. In those jobs, he experienced the gamut of athletic behavior. Now settled on Lookout Mountain, he knows he wants the Scots' teams to be different-and he knows how.

"I want to win national champi­onships," Heintz says. "But I want to win national championships for Christ, and I want to win national championships the right way, with character and integrity.

"I've been across the whole spec­trum of sports, and there's tl1is view

but not to sacrifice our Christian integrity and character to do it, and to do it in a se tting where we really get to impact the lives of our athletes."

Heintz sees godliness mix with sports in specific way . The angel is in the details. "When we're stretching before practice, we're doing our daily devotional with tl1e kids ," he says. "Maybe it's a coach that's doing it; maybe it 's one of the players. And then we circle up and we pray. I'm not the only coach that does that; a lot of our coaches take time to do devotions with their kids, to talk about spiritual things, to talk about real-life applica­tions to the scriptures, to pray with our kids."

Assistant athletic director Tami Smialek, who coached women's bas­ketball for eighteen years before Heintz took over the team, says that the lessons Covenant teaches in sports fuse splendidly with every­thing else the school teaches. "From my personal experience-I was a student at Covenant, and I played basketball-so much of what I learned in the classroom I applied

be disciplined in your work habits, in sports, in every part of yo ur life."

But Covenant's outlook doesn't just affect current students. For Heintz, adding athletic programs at Covenant also create more evangel­ism opportunities in the recruiting process. "You're out there very proud ­ly representing Covenant and talking about what Christ is doing on tl1is campu ."

Heintz says that he especially rel­ishes sharing the college's motto, "In all things Christ preeminent." "I get to tell recruits, 'That 's not a cute market­ing logan . That really is something that means omething.' And I get to explain that to tl1em."

Simons, meanwhile, is busy preparing for the Scots' baseball sea­son-even as the school is clearing land for a diamond on the South Campus. The new team will "have a little fall -ball" in the coming semester, Simons says. Then a spring schedule: mostly junior varsity opponents, with a dash of varsity challengers. "We'll hit it in the spring as if we've been doing it for years."

by Aaron Mesh '04

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Loving the Arts

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 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 through art, his attributes are revealed to me.

Lastly, God gives me great joy through artistic expression. The

The PCA's Women in the Church has chosen to give its annual "Love Gift" to benefit

Covenant's recently-launched visual arts program. Contributions will be used to

provide art students with items such as studio easels, slide sets, hand tools, a kiln, a

printing press, a digital camera, a photography sink, and much more. To learn more

about the 2005 WIC Love Gift, visit covenant.edu/giving/wiclovegift.

picture of a joyful artist certainly clashes with my former idea of the tormented soul. And while there may be, at times, periods of what we at Covenant like to call "art pain," where we languish over tech­nical or conceptual difficulties, the

by Rebecca Uthlaut 'OS

D am a doodler. Ever since I can remember I have been crib­bling away over cla note , my dad 's mail, and important phone me sage . In high

school, there was even one time when I was on the phone and unwittingly doodled all over my Covenant College application.

When I actually did enter college, 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 pictured­the 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 rela­tionship 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 his freed me to use my talent-how­ever great or small-to glorify him. I came to understand that, as the Lord had given me life and breath, so he had entrusted me with ideas to give

Lord grants me great joy in the fact that I am being like him. I imitate my Father, who is a creator-who gives life, shape, texture and beauty, who brings order out of chaos. I can tand in my Father's presence and plumb the depths of my creativity with the unfettered wonder, curiosity, and joy of a child.

I have developed more confidence in the Lord, more of an abil­ity to tru t him 1,,vith my artwork, and even to trust him with what other people think of my work. For there is no seal of approval that means more to me than to see the Lord's fingerprints on my can­vas. And you and the Love Gift will be that colorful key stroke that God u e to help develop the canvasses of so many other young artists' lives.

Mrs. Uthlaut made these remarks at the Women in the Church Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA, in Februa,y 2005. She is pictured above with her oil painting entitled "Leaf Study."

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Covenant: Then and Now ducational institutions change.Covenant has 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 stu­dents to well over nine hundred traditional undergraduates), in t11e faculty (from eleven in 1965 to almost sixty now), and in stu­dent 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 t11ree­fourths bring laptop computers to campus (up from about fifty percent just one year ago). Many of t11ese changes reflect similar trends taking place in our cul­ture; some are to be welcomed, ot11ers are to be carefully watched.

In t11e past several years, influential books such as Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks, and Interpersonal Divide by Michael Bugeja have warned us of t11e negative consequences of cultur­al change. These writings focus on such issues as t11e breakdown of community, greater stress lev­els at work, and superficiality in relationships, each a by-product of technological change fostered by modernity. But how do Chris­tians address t11ese concerns in general? And more specifically, how can we at Covenant harness t11e positive winds of change wit11out being blown away by some of t11e negative tailwinds?

Eaculty; ;vjiew

A few years ago a new research instrument was devel­oped called t11e ational Survey of Student Engagement. This survey is an attempt to measure how much students are learning by zooming in on five proven benchmarks: academic chal­lenge, student-faculty inter­action, environmental support of learning, promotion of "active and collaborative learning," and "enriching educational experiences."

Covena11t participates in this survey, and our students have evaluated their academic experi­ences quite favorably. If this instrument had been available forty years ago, I believe stu­dents would have given their college experiences similarly high ratings. As I look back on my professors, including John Sanderson, Will Barker, J. Oliver Buswell, Elmer Smick, Robert

Webber, and Don Wilson, among other , I am deeply indebted to t11e impact that they were able to have on my life. God used these professors in my life bot11 in ide and outside the classroom to such an extent that my own calling was to "enlist" in the very same "army" some seven years later, when I returned to join Covenant 's faculty.

So what is Covenant College? Covenant becomes a meeting place bet\,veen students wanting to make a difference in their culture for the sake of the kingdom, familie and churches who are willing to support their young people in this endeavor, and faculty and staff who take seriously t11eir calling to teach and mentor these students. May God give us ilie wisdom and strengili to continue what we have begun for the next fifty years.

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CA M p u s Robert AsWock, Ph.D. (Education) will see the ninth edi­tion 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 phi­losophy 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 hundred delegate from aero the nation and from uch foreign countries as Ecuador, Uzbeki tan, and Zambia came lo receive training in implementing strategies that economically and pi ritually help tho e uffering in low­income communitie . Organizations repre ented at this year' CED! include Cornpa ion International, Mi ion to the World, Pioneers, and the outhern Baptist Convention.

Bill Davis, Ph.D. (Philosophy) has a book entitled Thomas Reid's Ethics: Moral Episremology 011 Legal Foundations (Thoemme Continuum) forthcoming.

Ben Borger '04, who majored in community development and history, was awarded a 2005 Fulbright scholarship to study microfinance in the Philippines. Fulbright scholars are chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential. Borger's faculty advisor, Russell Mask, Ph.D. (Community Development), is a Fulbright alumnus.

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The Department of Communications presented the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, by Margaret Edson on February 18-19 and 25-26. Camille Hallstrom, M .F.A., directed. Playwright Edson was in attendance, made a presentation following the performance, and engaged the audience in a question-and-answer session.

William Dennison, Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Studies) saw his article entitled "The Passion Narratives of Mark and Luke: Christ's Loneliness and the Christ of Compassion," published in Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary (September 2004). Three other articles by 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. Post­Modernity."

Daphne Haddad, Ph.D. (Education) presented a paper entitled "Pre-Conditions for Authentic Communication" at the Encouragements & Hindrances Within Our Religious Traditions to Inter-Religious Dialogue conference in Iran.

Russ Heddendorf, Ph.D. (Sociology), Matthew Vos, Ph.D. (Socio logy), and Becky Holton '04 attended the annual meeting of the Association of Christians Teaching

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Sociology (ACTS) at Wheaton College. Holton presented a

paper entitled "Community, Consumers, and the Cry for

Enchantment: A Contemporary Analysis of Visual Media."

ACTS, founded by Heddendorf, will celebrate its 30th

anniversary in June 2006 at Covenant.

Paul Hesselink, Ph.D. (English) has been elected to a

three-year term (2005-08) on the national board of the

Conference on Christianity and Literature.

David Hoover, Ph.D . (Organizational Management) was

invited to serve on the Board of Review for the Christia 11

Business Academy Review.

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. Kapic's book The Devoted Life was chosen as one of the

top 50 books of 2004 by The Discerning Reade,:

Stephen Kaufmann, Ph.D. (Education) saw his article,

"The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Educational Thought of

Charlotte Mason," published in the Journal of Education and Christian Belief Kaufmann led a group of eight stu­

dents to Budapest in May for three weeks of working and

teaching at the International Christian School.

Ed Kellogg, M.A. (Art) saw two commissioned paintings

installed in the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer

Center in Houston, TX. Other paintings by Kellogg were

installed in the atriums of Denton Community Hospital

(Denton, TX), St. Elizabetl1 Hospital (Lincoln, NE), and

Eastman Credit Union (Kingsport, TN). Kellogg was repre­

sented with several paintings in two group exhibitions:

"Representing Representation" at Somerhill Gallery in

Chapel Hill, NC, and "Landscapes" at the Art Store Gallery in Charleston, WV.

Brandon Kreuze, D.M. (Music), upon a commission by

Covenant, compo ed a musical score entitled "P aim 96"

for chorus and orchestra. The piece premiered at

Covenant's 50th Anniversary Commencement Concert at

Chattanooga's Tivoli Theatre. The performance may be

heard at covenant.edu/psalm96.

Gwen Macalli ster, Ph.D. (English ) gave two pre entations

this year: "Na rrative Courte y: The Ethics of Reading in

Me sud's The H.unters, " at the Twentieth Century

Literature Conference at the University of Louisville, and

"Paying 'Attention to the World Outside': Levertov's

Political Poetry," at the Southeast Conference on

Christianity and Literature at Cambellsville Univer ity.

Directed by Mary Catherine Drexler 'OS, You're a Good Mon, Charlie Brown, played to five sold-out audiences in April.

Larry Meh.ne, Ph.D. (Chemi try) received a grant from the

National Science Foundation, through a program admin­

istered by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to

research the electrochemical behavior of novel platinum

and ruthenium compound this summer al the University

of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Tad Mindeman, M.S., M.A. (Library) recently gave a pres­

entation entitled "Using Assessment Strategies to Improve

Library Facilities" at the Council for Christian Colleges &

Universities' 2005 Technology Conference at Whitworth

College.

Rebecca Pennington, M.A. (Education) saw her article,

'"Living Through' the Looking Glass: The Legacy ofLouise

Rosenblatt's Transactional Theory of Reader Response for

Christian Language Arts Teachers," published in the

online !CCTE Journal, available at icctejournal.org.

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Jeffrey Morton, M.F.A. (Art) displayed an exhibit entitled

''Art at Work," at the Association of Vi ual Artists in Chattanooga, TN, and an

exhibit entitled "Air Fields: Flying Solo,"

with Art at the

Airport in ashville, T .

"50% Chance of Rain" by Jeffrey Morton, 2003, Oil on Linen, 60" x 60"

Kenneth Stewart, Ph.D. (Theological tudies) published

an article entitled "Did Evangelicalism Predate the Eighteenth Century? An Examination of David Bebbington's Thesis" in Euangelica/ Quarcerly, o. 2, 2005,

pp. 135-153. The article sought to cast doubt on

Bebbington' 1989 contention that evangelicalism only began to exist in the era of the Great Awakening. In 2007,

Inter-Var ity Pre swill publi h Colltinuities in Euangelical History: Interactions with Dauid Bebbington, by tewart 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. (Chemistry) 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 mole­cules 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 presented seminars at tl1e Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly, held in Chattanooga in June.

Presenters included Richard Allen, Ph.D. (Organizational Management), Carol Esther Belz '71 , Joel Belz '62 (Board of Trustees), Frank Brock, Ph.D. (Covenant College Foundation), Michael Cromartie '76, William Davis, Ph.D. (Philosophy), Brian Fikkert, Ph.D. (Economics), Jeffrey Hall, Ph.D. (Academic Affairs), David Hoover, Ph.D. (Business Administration), Kelly Kapic, Ph.D. (Theological Studies), Stephen Kaufmann, Ph.D. (Education). Joseph G. Kickasola, Ph.D. '94, Timothy 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 Reeder, D.D. '74, and Rev. George Robertson (Board of

Trustees).

Castle in the Clouds Gala August 19, 2005

Monica Linde, Liz and Todd Crusey, and Lauren Johnson arrive in style, poised to relive the grand opening of the Lookout Mountain Hotel.

No one's attire said "1928" better than Rudy and Collyn Schmidt's.

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