Summer project for research in biofuel enrichment wins grantGenie FunkAcademic Grants Office Southern Nazarene University (SNU) and Oklahoma State Uni-versity (OSU) are collaborating to investigate the possibility of using sunlight as a way of enriching the energy content of biofuel. The groundbreaking research, con-ducted by Dr. Lisa Crow of SNU, and Dr. Jimmie Weaver of OSU, will take place this summer at OSU’s Chemistry Department in Stillwater. Funding for this project was obtained through an Oklaho-ma EPSCoR ROA grant with the National Science Foundation.

Though this grant is specifical-ly for summer research, both Dr. Crow and Dr. Weaver envision the project as having far-reaching ef-fects. Ideally, this summer will pro-duce preliminary results that will lead to a full-blown project eligible for a federal grant. The project also will offer invaluable ongoing re-search opportunities for SNU un-dergraduates. According to Dr. Weaver, the pri-mary goal for this summer is to de-velop a method for the conversion of acrylate esters into cyclobutanes. The question at the heart of this research is whether the professors

can develop a chemical reaction that stores photochemical energy similar to like that of conversion

of carbon dioxide into sugars in

plants. Developing sustainable en-ergy solutions is likely to be one of the greatest challenges of the new century, and the marriage of pho-toenergy harvesting and bioenergy has not yet been investigated. Dr. Crow states that photocatalysis is an emerging field in chemistry and she is excited to be learning about it in Dr. Weaver’s lab this summer. Both professors feel that the partnership between the two uni-versities is natural and beneficial. The Chemistry Department at OSU wants to strengthen its ties

“Ideally, this sum-mer will produce

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Professors Culbertson and Stasser to retire from SNU

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Garvis Long, Staff Writer andKira Roberts, Layout Editor Two well-respected professors are retiring from Southern Naza-rene University and moving on to other ventures in their life. How-

ard Culbertson and Dorothy Stass-er are excited about their life after teaching and are enjoying their final days as employees of the school they have helped build into a great learning institution. According to campus news on the SNU website, Dr. Culbertson is a graduate of this school, a 15-year missionary veteran, and has been teaching missions at SNU for 25 years. He has taught courses in missions, anthropology, linguistics, the expansion of Christianity and World religions, as well as many others. President Loren Gresham said, “Our valued colleague, Dr. How-ard Culbertson, will soon retire from full-time teaching. Through the more than two decades he

has served here, he has been one of the most charismatic and com-mitted professors in our School of Theology and Ministry. I have no doubt that he will find ways to continue serving the Kingdom and God’s people in ways He leads him. I can’t adequately express my grati-tude and that of the university for his faithful service. We wish him the best that God has for him and Barbara in the years ahead.” Culbertson expressed that among the things he will miss the most about SNU is eating in the cafeteria and the camaraderie with students. Stasser also said that she would miss the people, students in particular. Culbertson said, “the best part about teaching is the sense that I’m

a part of people’s journey in life.” Similarly, Stasser said that her favorite part of teaching is “getting to be with people who like to dis-cuss ideas, and being around peo-

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It happens here: reporting sexual harassment and assaultGrace Williams, Guest Writer 19% of college students have experienced, attempted, or com-pleted sexual assault since entering college, most often perpetrated by someone they know and trust ac-cording to the CDC. The Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act states that “Sexual assault” means rape or rape by instrumentation or forc-ible sodomy. SNU’s handbook reflects this definition of sexual assault. In the past three years, no one has been found in violation of the crime of sexual assault on our campus as communicated in the crime report. SNU’S crime report, which will be updated in June with statistics from 2012, shows that our campus is a safe place to be. However, a few students have brought complaints of sexual ha-rassment to residence life staff and student development in recent years. A current female student, living on campus in the spring semester of 2011, which was her sopho-more year said, “I had been dating a guy for awhile and our relation-ship was really serious. We spent all our time together. Eventually, he broke up with me. Since we had been so serious, I had lost many of my other friendships. I became depressed but I tried to move on. I met a new guy and we became pretty good friends. He said a lot of things that flattered me. One night, he invited me to his room for open dorm. I told him I couldn’t because I had a lot of homework to do

but he persisted. Finally, I agreed to come for one hour. I went to his room and when I walked in he shut the door. I, being a rule fol-lower, didn’t like this so I opened the door. The guy who lived next door (who gave me the creeps) told me that he was going to turn

up the music really loud in his room so I would want the door shut. It was rumored that this next door neighbor’s girlfriend lived with him in the residence hall so I figured we wouldn’t get in trouble. The guy I was visiting then turned off the lights. I was feeling ner-vous but didn’t want to bail on him and we were watching tv or something so it kinda made sense. I was basically sitting on the arm of the couch. He scooted next to me and put his hand on the inside of my leg. I pushed his hand off. He put his hand back and said ‘I know you want it.’ I said I didn’t. He thought I was joking so I made it clear that I wasn’t and then tried to leave. He tried to stop me but I eventually was able to get out. When I walked out, his roommate was sitting in the lobby and gave me this look that made me feel as

if he said I know you just had sex with my roommate. I felt so horri-ble afterward. I didn’t want to hang out with people any more. One of my good friends tried to figure out what was wrong and so I told her the story. She encouraged me to report it but I was too scared and shaken up. My friend ended up reporting it to Michael Houston on my behalf and she told me that the guy had already had several com-plaints against him. I later told my resident director what happened. My R.D. was very supportive but never told me the outcome or what happened to the guy.” Michael Houston, associate dean of students, responded, “By law we must tell victims of sexual assault what happened to the perpetrator but in cases of harassment or mis-conduct, as we have in this case, we keep the punitive action confiden-tial.” Knowing the perpetrator of sex-ual assault or harassment can make reporting a very difficult task. Another current SNU student reported “I dated a guy for a week, my first college boyfriend. We broke up after a week because he and I were not right for one an-other. About a month after our break up he asked if we could talk. I knew he was dealing with some hard things in his life and I wanted to be there for him. We met in a study room in a campus residence hall. He propped the door open with a trashcan, I guess so he could say the door was kept open and was following the rules. He talked to me about a trip.

After our conversation, he pinned me to the ground and tried to kiss me. Luckily, I blocked him with my hands and after some struggle I was able to get free. I was shocked and horrified that something like this could happen to me on campus. I didn’t tell anyone for a few months. I felt horrible during this time and my friends and family could tell something was wrong but I did not tell them. I finally told my R.A. and gave her a letter detailing the incident. She told the R.D. and I also spoke to her about the incident. One of the reasons I waited so long to tell was because I didn’t want to give my ex-boyfriend a bad name espe-cially among our mutual friends. As much as I was angry and hurt that he did that to me, I still didn’t want him to be hurt. He was an upperclassman and I knew he would graduate soon so he would be out of my way. Plus there was no evidence since there were no cameras in the study room and I wasn’t sure how I would be received. However, it greatly dis-rupted my schedule to avoid him and I needed to talk about what happened. After I finally reported, he was given a no contact order meaning he could not be near me.” Houston said “Sexual assault/ha-rassment cases are always very sen-sitive because often the evidence is he said/she said. Victims are usu-ally hesitant to file a police report and/or classify their situation as

Culbertson and Stasser retire from SNU continued from page oneple who have ideas that you never thought of before.” As far as a plan for post-retire-ment, these two professor’s ideas differ completely. Culbertson said, “I want to take control of my schedule, let my wife see the leaves turn color in New England, travel to Ecuador to work on my Span-

ish as part of the semester abroad program, spend more time with my family, and catch up on jobs for my wife.” Stasser’s idea of retirement looks quite a bit different. “I want to do as little as possible. I’m going to travel to my farm and pretty much stay there,” she said.

According to the professors, stu-dents enjoy seeing their professor learn along with them. Culbertson said that you can’t always predict a student’s life through school. He believes that SNU should require students to have a cross-cultural experience while Stasser wishes that everyone could get a vision of

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“students have brought com-

plaints of sexual harassment to resi-dence life and stu-dent development in recent years”

what this place could be and really make that vision come to life. When asked what they would miss about SNU, Culbertson said, “world religion, history missions, experiences, field trips, and peo-ple’s stories,” while Stasser said, “so many good things I can’t ex-press them all; it feels like family.”

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sexual assault. Victims often back off their initial stories during the reporting process. It is extremely important for people who have experienced sexual harassment/assault to report as soon as pos-sible with as much detail as pos-sible. If you believe you were sexu-ally assaulted, say so and stick with it. This is the only way to keep an assailant from doing it again.” Though many people report sexual assault and harassment to R.A.’s and R.D.’s. Michael Houston is ultimately in charge of dealing with cases. He receives a report of the conversations that took place between the victim and the resi-

dence life staff. Houston and an-other staff member, typically from student development, will then meet with the victim. “We let the accuser guides the conversation. When they come in, I first have s/he fill out a form which has check boxes on it where the stu-dent can indicate what occurred, if there was coercion etc. There are three options on the form: the stu-dent wishes to file a police report, the student does not want to file a police report but wishes that SNU take disciplinary action or the stu-dent just wants to report it and no action will be taken. We will always offer to take student to the police

station and help them file a police report.” said Houston. Houston then has the student dis-cuss the incident in entirety. After the student finishes, Houston and the other staff member will ask a few questions to clarify any details. If Houston completely believes that a crime has been committed, he will turn it into the police. Next, Houston will call the accused into

his office. “I will tell the accused the na-ture of their accusation and listen to their side of the story. I will ask them questions to clarify his/her story and make sure it makes sense. My advice to people relaying their story of sexual assault or harass-

ment is that they need to make sure they tell all the details. The accused always tell the entire story, starting with their history with the person whether it be a true story or not.” said Houston. If Houston deems the situation sexual assault after hearing what the accused has to say, he will turn it over to the police and/or imme-diately suspend the accused until the judicial process can be com-pleted. If the situation is deemed sexual harassment, the accused will be sent to Campus Judicial Coun-cil (CJC) which is made up of fac-ulty, staff and student represen-tatives. Houston gives the forms and records of conversations with the victim for his/her testimony so that the victim does not have to testify and see the person who hurt them. Throughout the entire process, the accuser and the ac-cused are kept separate from each other. In most cases, a no contact order is in place between the two. A no contact order is the campus version of a restraining order. Stu-dents are also encouraged to get a

“Sexual assault/harassment cases are always very messy but there is often no evi-

dence other than he said/she said”

with undergraduate institutions around the state, and as an alum-nus from SNU, Dr. Weaver feels it is a natural progression for the two universities to form this type of working relationship. He and Dr. Crow have similar backgrounds in organic chemistry, which makes this project is an important step in this process. More importantly, the collaboration between SNU and OSU optimizes resources and ex-pertise to enable this type of proj-ect to proceed. Dr. Lisa Crow is chair of the Department of Chemistry and As-sistant Professor at SNU. Dr. Jim-mie Weaver is an Associate Pro-fessor of Chemistry at OSU. The two decided to pursue the research after Dr. Weaver introduced the

concept of developing a synergis-tic research connection with his lab at Oklahoma State because of their similar backgrounds in organ-ic chemistry. The two became ac-quainted while Dr. Weaver was an undergraduate researcher at SNU during Dr. Crow’s graduate school years at OU over a decade ago. The Oklahoma EPSCoR ROA grant is provided by the National Science Foundation to promote and fund opportunities for faculty at one of Oklahoma’s comprehen-sive research campuses to conduct competitive research during the summer months. Those campuses include Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and Tulsa University.

Summer project for research in biofuel enrichment wins grant cont.Continued on page 4

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Renew Counseling Center is available to all students. Photo by Kira Roberts.

Dr. Lisa Crow, Oklahoma EPSSCoR ROA grant winner.

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legal restraining if they wish. It is extremely important to re-port sexual assault and harassment as soon as possible. If you are as-saulted, do NOT take a shower or

change clothes. You should go im-mediately to the hospital or have an R.A./R.D./trusted friend to take you to a hospital so you can have a sexual assault test done which col-lects the evidence needed to prove what happened. Houston offers additional advice “Don’t be intimidated to tell what happened to you. Many times stu-dents change their story from ‘he grabbed my [breast]’ to ‘he grazed my side’. If someone really hurts you, we need you to stick with your story so we can take appropri-ate action. Don’t be afraid to label sexual assault, if that is truly what happened. Please seek help from counselors and mentors.” Renew Counseling Center here on campus at SNU is a safe place to seek counseling. Counselors are

trained in helping people deal with the negative effects of sexual assault as well as making the deci-sion about reporting it to the au-thorities. Kimberly Campbell said “11% of our clients indicated on their intake paperwork that they have experienced rape, unwanted sex, sexual assault. I would imag-ine there are clients that don’t indicate this on their paperwork, but end up disclosing this during their process in therapy, so prob-ably closer to 15% of our clients.” Dena Beals, senior human re-lations major and Jenn Wachtel, senior international studies major both experienced sexual harass-ment on campus and reported it. Beals said, “If you feel weird about a situation, get out of it. It will probably get worse. Please tell someone so it won’t happen to anyone else.” Wachtel said, “It is extremely hard to report sexual assault when it is someone you trust especially when it is the first time your trust has been broken in such a major way but do it. Do it for yourself so you can come to terms with it and do it to protect others. People will support you.”

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‘The restaurant is completely worth your gas’Jim Wilcox, Guest Writer All 987 of us, give or take a couple-dozen who have already left campus for counseling jobs at a number of junior high and senior high camps in the Alps and other idyllic settings, are glad that the semester has come to a mind-grinding halt. For one special friend, her entire career has come to that same halt. God bless me. So it is time again to share with you a few of my favorite bloopers from freshman essays. I have a good 1,000 of these and my hope is that

my special retired friend will put them together, get them published and give me all the credit (and roy-alties). “They have a thrift store, a food bank and an outreach program, all under one building.” (I can’t even fit a rack of firewood in my cellar.) “One of my coaches had a jackal and Hyde personality.” (I’m sure he now subscribes to the AARF magazine.) “The begging of this country was founded on the constitution.”

(Those are called “entitlements” in Red States.)

“The causes of control and power have taken over the world in ways the four fathers would have never imagined.” (All four of them? I wonder if they could screw in a lightbulb.)

“The NCAA basketball cham-pionship is the greatest because of team parody.” (Rutgers University is truly a college basketball parody.)

“Hey Mister. Look out! There’s muffin, rolls, beagles, all kinds of bread flying all over the place.” (If those beagles are anything like mine, there’s a lot more than bread flying all over the place.) “The man was the loan survi-vor of the Reaver attack.” (But at two percent interest, that loan goes down 40 reavers a year.)

“Human beings are glutens for punishment.” (We do like our sug-ar.)

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Types of Facebookers: friending, status updates, and drama reportsMacy Sliman, Staff Writer Facebook. This social network-ing website has become such a norm in society that it has become almost ridiculous. The Freedom of Speech act is put to great use on this site of creepy “friending,” hourly status updates, and drama reports. The va-riety of Facebookers is as wide and long as the Nile. Like personality types, Facebookers can be divided into a few main groups. Let’s start with the Vaguebookers: These types update their status with something cryptic like, “Wow, did not see that coming.” Or “Thanks for being such a good friend. NOT!” These updaters are merely there to gain attention and sympathy. One must ignore them and go do some-thing more productive like watch a midnight show on cable. Drama Queens: This small group can also include boys, who are some-times even worse than girls. These Queens normally post something like “I hate all this drama… There is so much drama…. Glad I’m not in all this drama like some people…” Which is code for, “I am the best at starting the drama and keeping the

fire fueled so that I can be enter-tained.” Creepers: Actual creepers. Sometimes, they can be difficult to deal with. They go through all your pictures and “like” a few or comments on the very last one, letting everyone know that they were creeping on your profile. These people are usually harmless if left alone but sometimes ex-treme measures need to be taken and you should “unfriend” them. Immediately. Before they get your social security number. Like Happy: These people are very harmless but slightly annoy-ing. They are the ones who click the “like” button for every post,

picture and comment you put on Facebook. There is no filter for these people. If they like you more than a little then they will use their “Like” button until they die. To quote a favorite actor of mine, “If I broke every bone in your hand, would you still be able to do that?” –T-Bone from A-Team. I believe he had the right idea. Selfies: can very easily go hand-in-hand with any other category. They have no shame. The only pictures they seem able to take are aimed at their bathroom mirror in what seems like the same pose ev-ery time. No imagination is used in this category. All these users can seem to do is use their camera as

a tool for Tools. Whatever you do though, do not mention that you could care less about the décor of their bathroom. They tend to be a little more sensitive about their lack of imaginative poses than most. And lastly, the Fishers: They update sad things like, “Today was just a bad day… I just don’t feel pretty today… Why can’t I find a decent man in any of the bars I hang out in???” Fishers are doing just that, fishing for compliments. Put these people out of their mis-ery. Compliment them only once and, they will never be happy. Isn’t that the point of Facebooking, anyway?

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‘The restaurant is completely worth your gas’ continued “I want to be cremated and my remains shattered on California beaches.” (Just the big chunks. The dusty stuff can float down gently.)

“Maxine died expectantly in a motorcycle accident.” (Was a sidecar involved?) “Miss Dowd was born in Gas-oline on July 2, 1937.” (“Well, the first thing you know, Miss Dowd’s a millionaire, the kinfolk said, ‘Dowd, move away from there,’ said, “Okla-

homie is the place you oughta be, so they loaded up the truck and they moved to Bethany.”)

“Save me a spot of you get there before me.” (OK, which do you want first? The spot of me or to get there before you?) “Dumping unwanted material into the water can lead to people to eat their own waste.” (What could be more unwanted than that?)

“Finding one’s place in this big crowed world is important.” (Didn’t Hitchcock make a movie about big crows?)

“A noun family referrers to a group of parents and children.” (Note to self: teach more gram-mar.) “All sources of creation and all languages medicate on him.” (I blame Obamacare.)

“Pastor Tudman began with the beginning of his sermon.” (I think I stopped with the beginning of this essay.)

“Victims of human trafficking are not always runways.” (Some-times they’re railways or roadways.)

“A child from ages 2-200 years old should wear a seatbelt.” (AND STOP TEXTING!)

SGA Class Councils 2013-2014

Seniors:President - Blake JordanAthletic Relations - Ben GliddenCampus Communications - Caleb SwaniganCampus Ministries - Jordan HeplerSocial Life - Taylor GreenhillSec/Treas - Mackenzie Smith

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TheEcho May 3, 2013 Page 7Baseball and Softball finish season games

Kira Roberts, Layout Editor Along with the rest of school activities, baseball and softball sea-sons have come to an end with the close of the semester. Baseball finished out their season last Sat-urday with a record of 20-25 and softball ended at 19-33. Sopho-more Sports Information major, Zach Friesen plays second base on the baseball team and had a few comments about the season. “Overall, the season was pret-ty disappointing, considering the expectations we had placed upon ourselves before the season start-ed, but the guys did a good job of not getting down on themselves and never quitting on each other,” he said. Sophomore Whitney Linder said, “I thought we started out really strong but went through a

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rough patch during the middle of the season. However the team came together closer to the end of the season, which allowed us to end on a good note.” Linder plays right field for the softball team. She said that while they ended on a good note, the negative side was that the team had the record they ended with, which resulted in them not making the conference tournament. According to Friesen, injuries took a toll on the team from the very beginning, with key players like Cody Nelson, Ryan McIntosh, and Jake Bidelman all going down early in the spring and a bunch of guys getting banged up through-out the semester. However, the guys did a great job of working to overcome these obstacles. “I think over the last year we’ve

done a good job of coming to-gether as a group through all of the adversity we’ve faced and it’s made us stronger as a group and really created a foundation for our program. But it order to get better next year, we really have to work on being more consistent and playing our best ever time we hit the field, as well as avoiding mental mistakes,” Friesen said. “The best memory of the season for me would be beating Oklaho-ma City on their home field. They were ranked second in the nation at the time and to see everyone so fired up during the game was just awesome,” he said. “One of my favorite memories from the season was when we beat Angelo State at our first tourna-ment, which was the fourth ranked team,” Linder said.

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Women’s Basketball team seniors are celebrated for their successful career at SNU.

Crimson Storm Women’s Basketball team is recognized for their success on the court as well as in the classroom.

President Loren Gresham personally cnogratulates the team. All photos by Kira Roberts.

A banner raising party was held to recognize the women’s basketball team for their hardwork and victories on Tuesday, April 30th.

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Jake’s movie review: one last timeJake O’Bannon, Staff Writer I will be the first to admit that I get pretty sentimental about things. I often tend to be the one saying, “Guys, this is the last time we will…” or, “Let’s remember this moment!” It’s just who I am, sue me. I say that because I am feeling a little sentimental about this be-ing my last article for The Echo. I will have some parting words that I hope you read at the end, but first, in honor of today’s Iron Man 3 release, let me give you my list of the 5 Summer Movies You Can’t Miss – 2013 Edition. 5. World War Z – Marc Forster I’m not always a big fan of the zombie pandemic films, but this one looks pretty awesome. Star-

ring Brad Pitt, World War Z has all the makings of being a summer blockbuster hit. 4. Star Trek Into Darkness – J.J. Abrams The second installment of the J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek series hits the-atres on May 17th. The first film was fantastic, and I expect nothing less from the second. And Abrams has a passion for Star Wars, so I have full faith in him. Wait, did I say Star Wars? 3. Man of Steel – Zack Snyder Oh boy. I am so excited for this film. Summer is the time for super heroes, and what better hero to cel-ebrate than Superman? This looks like the gritty, Dark Knight (Chris-topher Nolan is a producer!) ver-sion of the classic character. It is a

change for the series, and I’m not complaining. 2. Monster’s University – Dan Scanlon If you’re not excited about this you can leave. Seriously, step away from your computer or smart phone device right now. This pre-quel to the 2001 classic takes us back to college with Mike and Sul-ley, showing us how they met and became friends. If you don’t see the movie, at least go watch the trailer that is meant to look like a college recruitment video. It is genius, just like I believe this Pixar film will be. 1. The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrmann The classic book comes to life again in a whole new way. With a great cast of stars (Leo DiCaprio,

Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire), Gatsby is sure to be one of the most talked about movies of the summer. And the soundtrack is going to be awesome, featuring great musicians includ-ing JAY-Z, Jack White, Florence and the Machine, and The xx. This movie will be awesome. Read the book, and then go see the movie. There are quite a few other good movies coming out this summer that I have to leave out, but those are the five that I sense will be best. But before I get out of here, I want to leave you with some words of appreciation and encouragement. I have loved writing movie re-views for The Echo over the past two years and I thank those of you who have read them and given me such nice words of affirmation. Movies have a certain magic about them that is hard to describe. They can be many things, from an es-cape for those who needs a break from the world, to a call to ac-tion. And in the context of faith, a movie can be a place to find God. I have talked about that in multi-ple reviews, but I want to convey that idea hood. One last time: God CAN be found in movies. From Jean Valjean to Abraham Lincoln, the heart of God is present in film though characters portraying grace and compassion, love and servant-hood.

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SGA Executive Officers 2013-2014

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Joel FreesAthletic Relations

Lauree StewartSecretary/Treasurer

Jordan Leibold “I love to love people. Yes, I think I have the technical skills for it like running meetings, planning events, and working with people, but for me it all came down to, “Is this the way I can best serve my student body? I hope to help people find a home here. I have ideas for building bridges with athletes, giving music students from the music more of a stage, providing ways to serve in the community, and creating spaces for people to build relationships. I am really looking forward to meeting and connecting with the new freshmen! I am going to be living in Bracken with a lot of them and cannot wait to get them plugged in and loving their college life!”

Courtney Redwine “I hope to expand some events next year and increase attendance which will hopefully make people feel more connect-ed to each other and the campus! I look forward to getting to know new people and seeing hidden talents of people I don’t know well.”

Joel Frees “My greatest hope is that relationships are created and that the gap that exists between athletes and non-athletes fades away. I hope to also increase attendance and create an atmosphere in which athletes feel more welcome and involved. I have a few big plans that need to be okayed and have some details to work out that should be pretty exciting if they work out.”