Abigail Stamper is a freshman music business major from Middletown, Ohio. Stamper is a member of AU’s Women’s Chorus and performs in a chapel band. When did you start pursuing music? In my house the rule was, “You have to play piano, and you get to choose your second instrument.” I really wanted to play piano, but I started to really pursue it as a career idea when I was 14. I realized how much the music industry had an influence on my life, but there weren’t a lot of people I genuinely … [Read more...]
Campus Activities Board: Behind the scenes
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) has been offering interesting events such as Wingo Bingo, The Flop and Meijer Mania for years now. The process for putting on these events requires a lot of hard work, time and effort. Trent Palmer, the director of CAB and the 10 “cabbies,” plan and execute CAB events on campus. It all starts with a meeting before each semester to decide on the events for that semester. During the event selection process, they try to poll the student body on what kinds of … [Read more...]
SOT and Christian Ministries staff talk impact on campus
The School of Theology and Christian Ministries at AU has helped shape the university’s foundation of faith. The professors in the department are crucial to shaping that strong foundation. Dr. MaryAnn Hawkins is the AU dean of the School of Theology and Christian Ministries and has been on staff since 2006. When Hawkins first started, she was a faculty member who was later promoted to dean of seminary chapel, then assistant dean of seminary, to her current position as dean of the graduate and … [Read more...]
AU hosts a numer of unique groups and clubs
AU offers a variety of clubs that allow students the opportunity to pursue their personal interests and passions. Some unique communities that you may not have heard of founded by AU students include: The New Music Club, Neighbors and Old Souls. The New Music Club is an interest club founded by Carly Erst, a senior music education major. “The club’s purpose is really just about the music and is a good way for students to get together and play music that isn’t really played or run through … [Read more...]
Q & A with Michael Thigpen
Mike Thigpen is the director of the Cultural Resource Center located on the second floor of Decker Hall. Thigpen is also a member of MOSAIC, which is a team of students appointed by the CRC to “build an interculturally responsive campus,” and is the staff adviser to the social club Phi Alpha Kappa. What did your career look like before you came to AU? I have been in ministry for over twenty years. Beyond that, I have worked with youth, adults and Christian organizations. Before AU, I … [Read more...]
Nursing faculty promote curriculum diversity
Anderson University’s nursing department has a one hundred percent pass rate on the NCLEX licensure exam. The nursing department equips its students in the best way they know how for the workforce. Dr. Lynn Schmidt, dean of the School of Nursing and Kinesiology, has been in office since 2016. She has been teaching since 2008. “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse. That is the only thing I have ever wanted to do,” Schmidt said. “The most rewarding part of my job is the opportunity to … [Read more...]
Nicholson Library hosts book signing with Dr. Dirck
Beneath him were thousands of dead Americans. Their bodies were scattered across the Civil War battlefields during the darkest years of the American experiment. President Abraham Lincoln, who suffered a tragic death much like his soldiers, led a deadly and divided America. Four years turned America’s glorious plains into mass graves. Dr. Brian Dirck, both a Civil War and Lincoln presidential scholar, is releasing a new book titled The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death. The book … [Read more...]
Junior sets heart on UNICEF
Hayley Stone is a junior international relations major with an emphasis in global culture and a minor in peace and conflict transformation (PACT) from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stone grew up not knowing what she wanted to do in the future, and it wasn’t until she came to AU that she truly discovered her career path. “I came into AU declared as an international relations major and a PACT minor, because it was fascinating to me,” Stone said. “I actually didn’t know what I wanted to do until I was … [Read more...]
AU department highlight: English department
English majors are often seen as the quiet students at AU, and many people don’t know much about what makes the major or the department unique. Dr. Kevin Radaker, English professor and former chairman of the English department, believes that English majors are extremely versatile. “Yes, we know how to write and read well,” he said, “but there’s just something more there. English majors have gone places in the workforce no one thought they could.” The backbone of the English … [Read more...]
Q & A with Becca Palmer
Becca Palmer is originally from Springfield, Illinois, but has lived in Anderson since she came to AU for college. She is now the director of spiritual formation and oversees chapel worship, female and male discipleship coordinators and campus ministries. What initially led you here to AU? When I started looking for colleges, my Bible study leader at the time told me that if she could do it all over again, she would have gone to AU. I had never heard of it, but she told me all about the … [Read more...]