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administrators shoveling dirt at the building site.
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October 24, 2023

Southern Breaks Ground for Ruth McKee School of Business

Alexis Dewey, junior mass communication major

Community members joined Southern Adventist University’s Board of Trustees along with students, employees, alumni, and donors to break ground for the new Ruth McKee School of Business facility on September 29 in Collegedale, Tennessee.

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Two Southern students at the Freshman Welcome Party
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October 1, 2023

Southern Adventist University Celebrates Historic Freshman Enrollment

Amanda Blake, senior journalism major

Newcomers abound at Southern Adventist University this school year with a freshman class of 758 students—the university’s highest freshman enrollment ever.

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Abishur Moses (back left), Sam Tooley, Brandon and Allen Gustrowsky, Caeden Scott,                                     and Daryl Illangovan—all computer science majors at Southern Adventist University—swept                                     the podium as two-man teams at the state level for SkillsUSA Web Design and Development.                                     Southern alum and graduate student Dakota Cookenmaster (front), adjunct instructor at the university, coached the teams.
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For the second consecutive year, two brothers attending Southern Adventist University received gold medals during SkillsUSA’s National Leadership and Skills Conference held this summer in Atlanta, Georgia. Allen and Brandon Gustrowsky, junior and...

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Southern’s Outdoor Leadership program combines adventure with valuable skills such as teambuilding and interpersonal communication.
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Students can now earn a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist credential with Outdoor Leadership degrees at Southern Adventist University, the only college in the North American Division to currently offer this certification, granted by the...

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Southern’s Enactus team of students received national recognition for their work helping those in need.
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The Enactus chapter at Southern Adventist University won third place at the 2023 Enactus United States National Exposition, ranking in the elite 1% of more than 300 teams in the country. This marks the second time Southern’s student team, which...

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Latin American Club Night is a vibrant annual cultural celebration at Southern, which is the only official Hispanic-Serving Institution in Tennessee.
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Southern is set to receive $3 million over the next five years as part of the Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. This marks the largest-ever grant awarded to the university, which has a current enrollment...

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Southern alum Sydney Tooley (right) directs the main character in her faith-based feature film Sun Moon.
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When Sydney Tooley began writing a short film based on her experience teaching English in Taiwan, she never dreamed it would become a 90-minute feature now streaming on Pure Flix.

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Professor David Hartman prays for each of his students by name throughout the semester.
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Sixteen students at Southern Adventist University requested baptism after their professor, David Hartman, DMin, gave a heartfelt appeal to his Christian Beliefs class.

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