ADVANCEMENT
Updates
You may have noticed our letters and mailings continuing to arrive; however, recently we have been focusing on funding sources for specific projects on campus. TENNESSEE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY The Tennessee Wesleyan University Leadership Academy (TWULA) launched in Fall 2020 and was supported by initial gifts from the Holston Foundation and the Broad Street UMC Endowment Fund to provide student scholarships. TWULA was established as an intentional training program to develop student leaders in occupational and vocational ministry. Students participating in TWULA gain valuable leadership skills through workshops and are better prepared to serve congregations. The program enlists these students in local churches through areas such as accounting, marketing, youth programming, and worship team. The training our students receive will help strengthen congregations for generations to come.
THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR Amid the pandemic, the Love Thy Neighbor Project at TWU has needed more assistance than ever to feed the children, individuals, and families that it serves. In 2020, the Love Thy Neighbor Project was blessed to receive support from the Athens Federal Foundation, Neighbor to Neighbor Disaster Relief Fund through the East Tennessee Foundation, Walmart of Athens, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Piggly Wiggly of Etowah, and No Child Goes Hungry. Read more about Love Thy Neighbor Project on page 17. SAY CHEESE: HOW INTRAORAL CAMERAS ENHANCE PATIENT EDUCATION The TWU Dental Hygiene program was awarded a $5,000 gift through the 2020 Mars Wrigley Foundation Healthier Smiles Grant Program, an outreach-based partnership between the American Dental Hygiene Association (ADHA) and the Mars Wrigley Foundation. This gift allowed our Dental Hygiene program to purchase and add intraoral cameras to each patient operatory. The cameras allow students to take photographs inside patients’ mouths, and then share the images with them. Images are also stored on the patients’ electronic health records so that progress can be shown on follow-up visits. This implementation is elevating our students’ oral hygiene education, as well as patient education. These effective and personalized visual aids allow TWU to better convey the oral health status of each patient, as well as to demonstrate proper hygiene practices.
SPRING 2021 | 9
