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Two Southern Adventist University nursing students stand beside community member Barbara Smith
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November 12, 2025

Nursing Students Save a Life

Julia Juler, junior English major

One day earlier this year, Southern Adventist University students were working at a health fair booth at the Samaritan Center in Ooltewah, Tennessee, when they were able to help a local senior citizen gain a second chance at life.

4 days ago
PTA students
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September 23, 2025

Learning for Life

Stephanie Maeda, ’25

At Southern Adventist University, students don’t just study—they prepare for real-world careers through hands-on experience, personal mentorship, and a values-based approach.

1 month ago
a group of mission volunteers
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September 10, 2025

Embracing Service

Chehalis Eno, senior English major

Southern Adventist University embraces wholistic education, and many students take advantage of all the school has to offer beyond earning a degree. Through service opportunities big and small, Southern students craft a lifelong love for serving,...

2 months ago
a nursing student paints a picture
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August 27, 2025

Positivity Through Painting

Alexis Dewey, ’24, and Tina Frist Smith, ’89 and ’23, communication manager

For nearly two decades, hundreds of students at Southern Adventist University have inspired positivity in long-term patients through thousands of bright, creative works completed during a simple art class.

2 months ago
a group of summer camp workers
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July 30, 2025

Camp Connections

Alexis Dewey, ’24, and Chehalis Eno, senior English major

There’s something special about summer camp, and Southern students know it. More than 350 university students worked at many of the approximately 60 Seventh-day Adventist camps across the United States during the summer of 2024 alone.

3 months ago
Student Cameron Guild running on Southern's track.
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July 23, 2025

Running God's Marathon

By Alexis Dewey, ’24

Cameron Guild, sophomore nursing major at Southern Adventist University, shares how he realized that God wanted him to run a different race—not a marathon, but one of strengthening his faith.

3 months ago
students interact with villagers in Uganda
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July 16, 2025

Enactus Students Serve Ugandan Villages

Chehalis Eno, senior English major

“Students learn fantastic project management skills,” shares Sergio Bellino, associate professor. “They get to take on leadership roles in a structured organization, and they have people outside of Southern depending on them to follow through...

4 months ago
students work together in a group
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July 9, 2025

Level Up Learning

Chehalis Eno, senior English major

Professors at Southern Adventist University regularly incorporate best practices into their curricula, including innovative tools such as game-based learning, gamification, and other techniques that harness the intrigue and fun of games, encouraging...

4 months ago