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Tag: Religion
Opinion
The Faith Factor: How Students Can Use Faith to Overcome Adversity
I contend that being intentional about the proactive exploration and application of faith is a practice that institutions and instructors can emphasize to better prepare students for their careers and for life.
June 29, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Michael “Mike” Hammond Named President of Gordon College
Set to begin July 1, Dr. Michael “Mike” Hammond has been appointed president of Gordon College in Massachusetts. As the provost and executive vice president at Taylor University, Hammond also served as professor of history and academic dean for the School of Humanities, Arts and Biblical Studies. Throughout his over 25 year career, Hammond’s research […]
May 3, 2021
COVID-19
Campus Chaplains Get Creative Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
When classes pivoted online in response to the coronavirus, so did chaplaincy, and campus faith leaders have been getting creative to continue remotely supporting their diverse student communities.
June 10, 2020
LGBTQ+
Brigham Young University Says LGBTQ+ Behavior Remains Banned
Brigham Young University (BYU) administrators have asserted that “homosexual behavior” remains banned on campus after recent changes to the honor code had suggested that same-sex relationships would now be tolerated by the school, reported The Hill. In late February, the Mormon university had updated its Church Educational System Honor Code by removing “homosexual feelings” under […]
March 5, 2020
African-American
Wake Forest University Confronts Slavery Past Through New Project
Over the past three years, Wake Forest University has focused on uncovering their connection and history with slavery through several initiatives.In addition to joining the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) consortium, Wake Forest launched the Slavery, Race and Memory project last spring. The project consists of a lecture series and offers professors course enhancement grants.
January 6, 2020
Campus Climate
Study Finds College Students Build Friendships that Bridge Divides
A new study finds that college students who build interworldview friendships are likely to develop positive attitudes towards all worldviews.
October 10, 2019
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Chaplaincy Support Can Boost Students’ Academic Success
Religious minority communities are growing on American college campuses, but they’re still less likely to have their own campus chaplains. Chaplains offer pastoral care, run religious events, advocate for religious students, engage interfaith work and they can also be a factor in students’ academic success.
September 24, 2019
Students
Undocumented Students Reflect on the Role of Faith in their Activism
At a panel at Trinity Washington University, undocumented students reflected on the role faith plays in their activism.
September 24, 2019
Opinion
Diversity and Rep. Ilhan Omar
To show my San Francisco State journalism class what diversity means instantly, I provide a visual: I draw a square on a white board. That’s the media. All White. Diversity is to see the white board obliterated with dots representing a multitude of voices.
March 11, 2019
News Roundup
Renowned Evangelist Billy Graham Dies at 99
MONTREAT, N.C. – The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina on […]
February 21, 2018
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Study Mines First-Year Views on Religious Expression and Interfaith Engagement
A study conducted by Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) and research partners at North Carolina State University and The Ohio State University offers fresh insight into how first-year college students think about and experience religious diversity on campuses across the United States.
February 11, 2018
Students
University of Southern Maine Adds Prayer Room
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine is adding a new prayer room to better accommodate Muslim students and students of other faiths. The Portland Press Herald reports the $100,000 project includes a gender neutral bathroom with a foot-washing station Muslim students can use for ritual washing. University officials say the new prayer room […]
October 16, 2017
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