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Treveccan THE MAGAZINE OF TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

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Living Heritage Trevecca’s roots run deep. The heritage of J.O. McClurkan’s Pentecostal Literary and Bible Training School still beats on our hill in the heart of Nashville.

Our heritage—the traditions, beliefs and achievements that have shaped these hallowed halls—also informs and anchors our future.

But Trevecca’s heritage is more than numbers and statistics, facts and figures. Our heritage lives and breathes in the lives of Trevecca’s students and alumni—and is best told through their stories.

Treveccan Vol. 90 No. 1 Winter 2020 President Dan Boone, ’74

V.P. for External Relations Peg Cooning

Associate V.P. of Marketing & Communications Matt Toy

Managing Editor Mandy Crow

Graphic Designers Nick Kerhoulas Haley Lavergne

Contributors Meredith Bratcher; Judge Charles A. Davis, ’70; Nick Eagles, ’12; Dr. Steve Hoskins, ’86; Dr. Ryan B. Jackson, ’09, ’13; Laura Neumar, ’17; Stephany Ordonez; Dr. Steve Pusey; Greg Ruff, ’87, MOL ’13; Jennifer Siao; Jenny Sowers; Jonathan Trees, ’90; Anne Twining, ’74; Dr. Le Andrea Ware, ’18; Lee Weng

Contact Information: Treveccan 333 Murfreesboro Pike Nashville, TN 37210 615-248-1695 treveccan@trevecca.edu

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BY THE NUMBERS 1

SING A NEW SONG 6 THE PATH TO SUCCESS 9 ON SERVANT LEADERSHIP 12 DONOR RECOGNITION 14

E N T S Beliefs 20

Achievements 34

SO MUST WE 20 A LIVING ATRIUM 23 COUNSELING STORY 28 DONOR RECOGNITION 31

FOREVER CHANGED 36 FINDING THE COURAGE TO CREATE 40 COMING FULL CIRCLE 43 DONOR RECOGNITION 47

FINANCIALS 48

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e have a street on campus named Tradition. Some say that traditions are how we let dead people vote. Saints have traversed the ground that we walk on each day. Do they still speak?

When students walk to class along Wynkoop Way, do they hear Mildred Bangs Wynkoop’s theology of love whispering to them that they are created to love and be loved? When they sit in Greathouse Science Building, do they hear the passion of William Greathouse to live a holy life? When they go to class in the Skinner School of Business and Technology, do they hear Gerald Skinner coaching a disciplined life of wisdom and service?

The traditions inherited from our saints form the culture of today.

Trevecca is about hard work, service to others, mentoring the next generation of leaders, vocational callings that address the world’s deep need, and a grounded walk with God. You’ll see those traditions lived out in the pages that follow—from Dr. Steve Pusey’s recounting of how Trevecca’s mission statement came to be and Dr. Leandrea Ware’s approach to mentoring educators to current Trevecca student body vice-president Stephany Ordonez’s reflections on what it means to be a servant leader.

Our graduates carry this imprint of culture from these traditioned grounds to the world of business, medicine, politics, science and education. What happens here matters for our students and for the world they will live in. If we serve them well, our world will be graced by their remarkable lives.

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he psalmist admonished us to “sing a new song,” but it’s clear that it really doesn’t matter if our song is old, new or recycled. What is important is that it serves its purpose of encouraging God’s people to continue to tell and retell the “old, old story” of God and His love in ways that are relevant and meaningful to the context and experiences of all generations and people.

Likewise, the challenge for Trevecca to sing a new song—one that is relevant in a contemporary world—has been to continually identify how we can maintain our core values and remain focused on our mission as a faith-based institution of higher education. At the same time, the University is charged with effectively preparing students to successfully live, work, serve and lead in a rapid-changing, increasingly complex and diverse technological and global environment.

One way we do this is through periodic review, reaffirmation and updating of the University’s foundational mission statement.

Trevecca’s founder, J.O. McClurkan, recognized the merits of providing students with not only a strong biblical foundation but also providing them with a broad base of professional skills and practical knowledge. It is significant that the institution, at its beginning in 1901, was officially known as the Literary and Bible Training School for Christian Workers. While “Bible Training” emphasized the school’s focus on biblical studies, “Literary” stressed the importance of a broadbased practical education, within the framework of the classics, which concentrated on preparing graduates to lead, serve and minister in many different vocations.

In 1978 the college’s first written mission statement emphasized “career and professional preparation” delivered within the framework of the liberal arts, a “Christian perspective on faith and living,” the holistic development of the individual, and a “community” that fostered the “integration of faith and learning.”

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In 1993, President Millard Reed charged a committee with the responsibility of reducing the four-paragraph mission statement to one sentence that could be easily memorized and repeated often. This resulted in the current statement: Trevecca Nazarene University is a Christian community providing education for leadership and service.

In his comments to the governing board, Dr. Reed proclaimed: “That is who we are and what we do, and every stakeholder must ascribe to that mission, the standard template into which all activities of this school must fit, [and] the vision, as cast by any leader, must be consistent with.�

The new statement and a more definitive statement of purpose, incorporating much of what was included in the old statement, were unanimously approved by the trustees. Their action strongly affirmed that Trevecca, as an institution that treasures both tradition and change, will remain faithful to its core values, yet relevant and available to its constituency, as it continues to be a redemptive moral force preparing new generations of servant leaders.

With this challenge, we march forward into the future singing our new song, with fresh insights, restored joy, and revived enthusiasm! —Dr. Steve Pusey, University provost and senior vice president emeritus

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SUCCESS Traditions are beliefs and customs handed down. At Trevecca, our traditions include hard work, a deep devotion to our roots and the desire to lead, serve and love others well.

Dr. Le Andrea Ware (’18), the 2019-2020 Tennessee Principal of the Year, shares a few thoughts on what leading and loving her Hamilton County students well looks like.

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t The Howard School, we believe there are multiple pathways to success. Instead of really rolling out the red carpet for that college pathway, we’ve really started to be intentional in our focus around college or career. Here at The Howard School, we have four different future-ready institutes: health care and innovation, hospitality and tourism, architecture and construction, and robotics and mechanics.

In our classrooms, we’re really trying to focus on project-based learning experiences.

The classroom experience isn’t just “sitand-get,” but we strive to take the learning standards and really help our kids see what using that knowledge looks like in the real world. For example, with our health care and innovation institute, we are branded partners with Erlanger Hospital, one of the larger hospitals in the region. We’re hoping to create a pipeline so that when our kids graduate from The Howard School, they have the credentials to be a certified medical technician or EKG technician, positions they really haven’t had access to in the past.

It’s also important to get our students on the campus of the hospital, allowing them to shadow doctors, nurses, technicians and more. Being able to provide opportunities for our students to engage with so many different kinds of community health care providers and professions gives our students the inside perspective and actually helps them to visualize themselves in those positions.

Students have to have models—and for a lot of our students, we have to believe in

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them before they will believe in themselves.

When we can put opportunities in front of our students—such as the ones we now have available—we can see them begin to actually take on the persona and grow in confidence. We watch them begin to pursue opportunities they wouldn’t have thought possible otherwise.

We had one young man who talked about his desire to be a neurologist. His baby brother had dealt with some neurological issues, and he had watched his brother go through so many doctors and appointments. By participating in our health care institute, our student had the opportunity to explore and pursue that passion—and he actually has a realistic view of what it will take for him to become a neurologist after he leaves Howard and goes on to post-secondary opportunities.

On the other side of that, we connect with colleges and seek to find ways to get our students on college campuses. We help them learn to network, build social capital and navigate situations so that when they do leave us here at The Howard School, they can navigate different circumstances that come along and successfully matriculate throughout their college career and postcollegiate path.

At The Howard School, our goal for our students is that they’re well prepared for success no matter where they go after they leave us.

— From a conversation with Dr. Le Andrea Ware (’18), Principal at The Howard School, Chattanooga 2019-2020 Tennessee Principal of the Year

Ware featured in the auditorium at The Howard School with Bill Gates and Laila Smith, recipient of the Resilient Student Award

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ON SERVANT LEADERSHIP

As leaders, I believe we are called to experience discomfort in every way, shape, and form possible. Being a leader is not about being in the highest position or having the most important title—it’s about walking alongside others in this beautiful journey called life. We often get this misconception that being a leader is about doing all the right things so there’s no room for mistakes or failures.

We go day by day, making sure we are fulfilling certain expectations, meeting specific requirements or proving ourselves to others in order to feel that we are good enough.

However, in the attempts to do so, we begin to lose ourselves.

My years at Trevecca have encouraged me to dive deeper into what this concept of servant leadership really entails. I have come to the realization that being a leader is not only about exercising the power given to you but also about pouring out your heart to others with the attempt of doing life together. The difference between a leader and a servant leader is that the servant leader leads others but also allows room to let others lead him or her.

At Trevecca, I have learned the importance of leading and loving others well through the stories that have been shared with me and the life-giving conversations I have been able to have with those around me. Leading with a servant heart requires both vulnerability and intentionality—having the mind and the heart in the right place has helped me be rooted in the service that goes along with it.

However, in the attempts of trying to do so we begin to lose ourselves.

I believe that my leadership positions have allowed me to invest in the lives of others while also being able to grow together with the community. My hope is not to take what has been given to me for granted. Looking back at Jesus and His leadership, I strive to be the servant leader He has called me to be—a leader who constantly looks for the well-being of others, who takes the time to listen to other’s stories and who genuinely loves and takes care of others.

— Stephany Ordonez, SGA vice president Senior, majoring in social work with a minor in nonprofit organizational leadership

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TREVECCA SOCIETY

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he Trevecca Society is composed of individuals and organizations that are passionate about Trevecca’s mission and express their commitment through annual gift support totaling $1,000 or more in a fiscal year. Members support the University in many ways, including scholarships, facility projects, student mission trips, athletics, academic endeavors and unrestricted gifts. On average, more than 90 percent of all of Trevecca’s annual gift support comes from Trevecca Society members.

P L AT I N U M L E V E L (Annual Gifts $10,000 or above) Phil & Lanora Arington | Barnie & Carla H. Bivens | John Cerasani | John R. Dunn Jr. & Susan R. Dunn | Sarah C. Dunn | Jack & Nora Farmer | Angela S. Farmer | Gary B. & Vickie Morsch | Wendel L. & Judy C. Nixon | Steve M. & Gail V. Pusey | W. Gerald & Kay F. Quick | J. Dwight Ragsdale | Oileen V. Roberts | Richard & Stephanie Rosenjack | Thomas S. & Jane

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Smith | Katharine M. Steele | Morris H. Stock Jr. & Cynthia A. Stocks | Ira M. Strickland III & Beverly G. Strickland | Mel B. & Cheryl H. Thompson | Donald F. & Zelma Waggoner | Kenneth W. & Susan J. Whitmire | Anonymous Donor

GOLD LEVEL (Annual Gifts $5,000-9,999) Malcolm & Margie J. Ault | Randy & Debbie L. Berkner | Harold L. & Joyce Bridges | Alfred B. Cawthorne II & Beverly A. Cawthorne | Peggy J. Cooning | Gary & Phyllis B. Coulter | Harvey R. & Helen K. Cummings | J. C. Elliott Sr. & Joyce Elliott | David & Ginger Ferraez | Dwayne M. & LeighAnn S. Gunter | Frank Hallum Jr. | James T. Ivey Jr. & Cynthia G. Ivey | Melody Jarrell | Porter King | Jerry K. & Rebecca A. Pierce | Paul W. & Evangeline Schaper | Eileen Skinner | James & Deborah A. Sweat | James G. Van Hook | Paul P. & Deborah Winkler | Clark & Brenda Wright

S I LV E R L E V E L (Annual Gifts $1,000-4,999) Homer J. & Beatrice Adams | James E. Agee Jr. & Brenda P. Agee | Bob M. & Shirley C. Aldrich | William D. & Melanie Amburn | Marcelo C. Ariola

NOTES & NUMBERS A special thank you to the hundreds of Churches of the Nazarene on the Southeastern region. Through their generous members, nearly $2 million in support is given to Trevecca Nazarene University each year.

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students currently enrolled in Trevecca’s L.E.A.D. Student Leadership Program, which allows students to explore their leadership potential.

1,800

pounds of food waste—some from Trevecca’s cafeteria and coffee shops—diverted from landfills. The waste was composted or used to create animal protein.

Jr. | Madhat Asham | Barney S. Baggott | Ron & Wendy R. Bargatze | Stephen H. & Karin L. Bariteau | Mark D. & Deborah L. Berry | Delia Biggerstaff | Christopher Bishop | Joanna H. Blackwell | Thad C. & Teresa L. Blount | Peter F. Bobo & Susan G. Ragsdale | Vernon L. & Charline P. Bonham | Stanley & Charlene C. Booker | Dan L. & Denise Boone | Brian S. & Jennifer Brenneman | Sam Brenneman | Beckett Brenneman | James W. Brooks Jr. & Carol T. Brooks | John Burchfield | Sharma R. Burdick | Dwain & Beth Butler | David L. & Chigger J. Bynum | David B. & Sherry L. Caldwell | David R. & Donna Campbell | Jim & Dyris K. Cardell | Randy L. & Judy Carden | Delores A. Carpenter | John F. Chilton Jr. & Sara C. Chilton | Beverly Cleckner | Patricia D. Cook | Tom & Connie W. Cooper | Roger W. & Carole G. Costa | Lee M. & Kristen Cunningham | Greg S. & Collie F. Daily | Keith C. & Valerie L. Dance | Earline Dance | Charles A. Davis Jr. & Yvonne Davis | David R. & Laura G. Defatta | David J. & Tina P. Diehl | Dean M. & Judy Diehl | Samuel M. Mokeba & Victoria Dixon-Mokeba | Lora H. Donoho | Carl & Nancy L. Driskell | E. Townes & Ellen M. Duncan | Robert N. & Jayne L. Duncan | Don & Nancy E. Dunlap | Tim W. & Kimberly D. Eades | Bob Martineau & Pamela Eddy | James B. & Reba J. Essary | Mark Ezell | Pamela H. Farmer | John H.M. Fenix | Duane & Melissa Ferrel | Herschel K. &

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Students involved in KidPower including one-time volunteers, continuing volunteers, interns and staff members.

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WAYS TO GET INVOLVED 1. Attend Trevecca Athletics events. Get the schedule at TNUTrojans.com.

2. Visit campus. Encourage prospective students in your life to come to Experience Trevecca Day on March 21.

3. Give back to the University. Visit campus, participate in alumni activities and donate at Give.Trevecca.edu.

4. Take the next step in your career. Check out our online degree programs at Trevecca.edu/online.

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TREVECCA SOCIETY Traditions

Phyllis Flannery | Michael & Malinda M. Rebecca L. King | Randall L. & Ruth T. Flynn | Dave & Bev Foltz | Art & Nanette Kinnersley | Jim D. & Beverly G. Knight M. Foster | Karen E. Frye | Julie Fuqua | Finley & Lori M. Knowles | Brian C. | Todd P. & Frances L. Gary | Sidney E. & Tracy A. Koprowski | Robert D. & & Crystal Gholson | Ronald W. Goodman Willie B. Lambert | Harry V. & Sandy W. Jr. | Donna J. Gray | Tim M. Green | Lawrence | Ryan W. & Joy B. Longnecker | Moody & Nina G. Gunter | W. Carr Janice E. Lovell | Rick P. & Cheri Mann | Hagan III | Allan & Shauna S. Hardin | Ronald K. & Karla McCormack | Harold Richard & Roberta Harper| Ron & Amy & Ginny A. McCue | Mark O. & Laney L. Harper | Steve A. & Jan K. Harris | Dale L. & Suzie B. Harris | H. Rodes Hart “We want to help other students have the same Jr. & Page E. Hart | Donald experiences we encountered, such as finding a B. & B.K. Hastings | Blake & Lisa R. Hathcock | Gary deeper relationships with Christ, developing lifelong W. & Mitzi Head | Randall friendships and creating memories that after all S. & Marion F. Hearon | these years still bring smiles to our faces. Our prayer Jimmy L. & Teresa L. Hodge is that in some way the support we give will allow | Kell & Maria Holland | Gary L. & Edith A. Holt | others to create their own Trevecca story.”

Jimmy L. & Shirley Horton —Jerry (’96) and Rebecca Pierce (’95) | Steve T. & Stephanie R. Hoskins | Michael L. & Karen S. Hughes | Don F. & Rena H. Irwin | Scott & Suzanne C. McKay | James D. & Susan R. Means | W. Jenkins | Charles & Kay J. Jennings David E. Miller II | Paul & Karen D. Mock | Marian E. Jewell * | Lynn M. & Jacque | Paul R. Montemuro | Dennis L. & Wendy Jewell | Talmadge & Genell Johnson | Bill B. Moore | Jonathan H. & Kathy Mowry | D. & Kellye Johnson | M. Chad & Amy F. Gary B. & Lynda Mullinax | Bill & Valerie Johnson | Michael T. & Sarah B. Johnson Nichols | Bill A. Nichols | Chaplain Jack | Ronald K. & Sharon C. Jones | Dale & C. Nix IV & Julia M. Nix | Brenda J. Ruthie B. Killingsworth | Donald R. & Patterson | Greg W. & Etta C. Patterson

| Roy W. Philemon III & Donna J. Philemon | Roy & Jooly M. Philip | David & Rebecca M. Pitts | Kyle & Julie B. Poole | Jim G. Quiggins & Streater O. SpencerQuiggins | Gary D. Ragsdale | Karen M. Ragsdale | Mike E. & Gloria H. Reagan | Ernest L. & Pamela S. Rivers | Larry E. & Linda F. Rodgers | Clyde A. & Vonne A. Rodgers | Donald J. Ross II & Sherri B. Ross | Donald R. & Karen Russell | Don D. Schrope II | Louie & Pat Scribner | Chuck & Peggi Seaman | Marita S. Sexton | Randy & Karen M. Shaw | Lamar Smith | David R. & Becky Smith | Jim & Sharon K. Smith | Kenneth M. & Brenda S. Smith | Wade & Deeann C. Smith | Norma Spear | James W. & Ann Spear | Marcella C. Staples | John B. & Marilyn J. Stark | Deborah E. Story | John P. & Jeanne D. Sugg | Ralph E. & Sue Swallows | Jeff W. & Esther C. Swink | Mike & Patricia C. Tardif | Michael N. & Tandy M. Taylor | Frank T. & Doris A. Twohig | Valerie A. Tysinger | Harry R. Ulmer | Rick & Donna Underwood | Marc A. & Sheree Vann | Robert W. & Margaret H. Walker | Howard T. Wall III & Kimberly K. Wall | Timothy G. & Lori C. Wallwork | Ming & Anle J. Wang | Steve & Lena Hegi Welch | W. Melvin & Joyce W. Welch

| Samuel R. Whitten IV | Ed H. & Patsy J. Whittington | Toby W. & Pat Williams | Irmgard L. Williams | Anonymous Donors | * Deceased

O R G A N I Z AT I O N S P L AT I N U M L E V E L (Annual Gifts $10,000 or above) Anderson Marine Company | Church of the Nazarene Foundation | Estate of Edna Lavinia Harris | Michael Hyatt and Company | RSC Insurance Brokerage, Inc. | Suntrust Bank—Nashville | Estate of E. Ray Thrasher | Walden Living Trust | Estate of Eugene Wardell | Estate of Dorothy Ellen Weber | Anonymous Donor

GOLD LEVEL (Annual Gifts $5,000-9,999) American Commercial Industrial Electric, LLC | Antioch Church of Christ | Education Development United Foundation, Inc.

S I LV E R L E V E L (Annual Gifts $1,000-4,999) Christ Church Nashville | Garner Creek Retreat Center | Hardsworth, LLC | Hope Plus Products, LLC | Jones Legacy Group | LHP Development, LLC | Montemuro

Law, LLC | Olive Tree Connections, Inc. | Pinnacle Financial Partners | Purity Foundation, Inc. | Renasant Bank | Southwestern Advantage | The HCI Group | Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation | Wang Vision Institute PLLC

LIFETIME $100,000+ RECOGNITION Phil & Lanora Arington | John M. Barnes Jr. & Julie Barnes | Bernecker Charitable Foundation Inc. | Bill & Betty W. Boothe | Harold L. & Joyce Bridges | Lee Brumfield | John Cerasani | Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. | David E. & Cheryl Childs | Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center | Dean Cole | Marline M. Couey | Harvey R. & Helen K. Cummings | A. Michael David | Charles R. & Sandy Donaldson | Sarah C. Dunn | John R. Dunn Jr. & Susan R. Dunn | J. C. Elliott Sr. & Joyce Elliott | Bob N. & Kathy F. Furr | Sidney E. & Crystal Gholson | James W. & Wilma L. Hearn | James T. Ivey Jr. & Cynthia G. Ivey | Kimmins Contracting Corporation | Lilly Endowment, Inc. | Clyde K. & Dorthy Faye Luttrell | Gladys S. Marks | Harold & Ginny A. McCue | Inez Milby | Gary B. & Vickie Morsch | Wendel

L. & Judy C. Nixon | Dale J. & Donna G. Ouderkirk | William D. & Patricia L. Pennington | Pioneer College Caterers Corporate | W. Gerald & Kay F. Quick | Quickway Carriers | J. Howard Ragsdale Jr. | J. Dwight Ragsdale | Philip W. & Regina Rice | John C. & Deborah L. Roler | Paul W. & Evangeline Schaper | Wayne K. & Eleanor Sims | Eileen Skinner | Katharine M. Steele | Robert L. Stevenson | Suntrust Bank—Nashville | J. W. & Helen Taylor | Tim A. & Kathy C. Taylor | The Memorial Foundation | Mel B. & Cheryl H. Thompson | James M. & Holly Thomson | Donald F. & Zelma Waggoner | Howard T. Wall III & Kimberly K. Wall | W. Melvin & Joyce W. Welch | Kenneth W. & Susan J. Whitmire | Ed H. & Patsy J. Whittington | Bryan & Beth Wilhelm | Clark & Brenda Wright | Dave & Rhonda Yommer

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hen a Christian institution talks about beliefs, it usually goes to the core Articles of Faith that its founders embraced.

And Trevecca has those.

Our declarations of belief can be traced to Eastern Orthodoxy, the Anglicans, the Methodists of John Wesley’s day, and the holiness movement of the early 19th century. We have ancient roots.

But roots remain in the ground, feeding you from underneath.

Theological roots are how we talk about the God we experience. This experience of a God who is holy love is always primary to what we say about this God. The roots are reflected in the tree that grows out of them.

So, what do we believe? We believe that we can know and follow God because He enables us. And our experience with this God unsettles our pride, calls for our highest service, requires an appropriate humility, places us in community with others and invites us to live according to the pattern of the crucified Christ. You’ll recognize these truths in the stories that follow, stories honoring the faith of our founder and reflecting on the deep love for creating community embodied by two alumni, Jonathan Trees and Laura Neumar, as well as our counseling Ph.D. candidates.

Trevecca has never been overly impressed with herself, which is both good and bad. Humility allows for deep honesty which can lead to excellence of service. But low self-esteem misses the glory that God reflects in us.

It may well be that our years of living on the edge of extinction kept us from undue bragging.

And now our years of unprecedented growth and strength require of us an appropriate humility. The simple fact is, when God blesses, it is not about us but about the work that we are expected to do in the name of God. What do we believe? We believe that God has been faithful to us for over a century.

We believe that God is giving us what we need to do Kingdom work today.

And we believe that we will have a place on God’s tomorrow as we are faithful in service.

These things we believe.

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SO MUST WE I met James Octavius McClurkan in the fall of 1981.

I had started my undergraduate career at Trevecca and went to spend the weekend with my uncle, Bob Mitchell, and his wife, Emmaline. They lived in Erin, Tennessee, about 100 miles from our campus, and pastored one of the several churches McClurkan had started in the late 1890s. On a crisp fall morning, my uncle loaded me in the truck, and we rode around Houston County, while he introduced me to the venerable McClurkan.

By 1981, Jim McClurkan had been dead for 67 years, and he was a gentle companion as most dead people are. He didn’t say much, just grinned as my uncle walked me over what was left of the foundation of the house where McClurkan grew up, then took me on a parade of churches and chapels where McClurkan had preached, some on family farms along the Yellow Creek basin, and pointed out the abandoned three-story building that once housed the fabled Ruskin College—where McClurkan taught classes in preaching and Bible, a landmark in his life.

As I visited these places, I heard about McClurkan’s call to preach, how he learned the ways of Jesus and how to care for others, especially the poor.

Later that fall, I made my first pilgrimage with my uncle to McClurkan’s grave in Mount Olivet Cemetery, just around the corner from Trevecca’s campus. There, I visited the grave of McClurkan’s wife, Martha Frances Rye McClurkan, who is laid to rest beside him and lived the gift of Christian hospitality. She preached with him, cooked meals for Trevecca kids, and entertained the college’s visitors who often lived in their home.

As I got to know Jim McClurkan, I learned the stories of his life and his sacrifice for our school. I walked the beginnings of Trevecca where students trained for the ministry in backyards in East Nashville and held street meetings in the evenings.

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He Lived for Others

I sojourned through downtown streets where McClurkan had walked, doing his daily devotions as he went, and selling his own books to anyone who would buy them to pay the bills of Trevecca and keep students in school.

I did not know then that I would fall in love with those people and their stories, that they would become the life’s work of this church historian, but they have.

They provide me with meaningful work. These days I share those memories of our founder and his wife— people who did so much so that we might be inspired to live the Trevecca story in our day and hour—with our students.

The words on the tombstone where the McClurkans are buried, the words I first heard in the fall of 1981, tell the story of the life of J.O. McClurkan as well as the Trevecca story, a story of love and sacrifice: He Lived for Others.

So must we, so must we.

James Octavius McClurkan

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— Dr. Steve Hoskins (’86) associate professor of religion

A Living Atrium

More than a decade separates Jonathan Trees (’90) and Laura Adkins Neumar’s (’17) Trevecca experiences. Now, the two serve a local congregation together, embodying the University’s deep belief in community and relationships.

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Photo by Lee Weng

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hen Steve Jobs first purchased the well-known Pixar, he needed a space for the executives, animators and computer professionals to work. Three buildings were planned and then scrapped for one single building. In that structure, between the three divisions of Pixar, was a large atrium. Most thought the beautiful vast room was a waste of space and money. But the atrium was designed to be the heart of the building. It was a place where all departments cross paths.

When Jesus wanted to impact the world, He did not operate in isolation. He created a human atrium of space and time. All the Gospels agree. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John tell of the calling and conversations of the disciples. Jesus expanded the Kingdom of God by being in the same space for years with His team. He mentored them along dusty roads and around tables.

Without comparing our ministry setting with that of Jesus and His disciples, it’s important to be aware that sometimes you can work for someone without working with them. Laura and I work with each other.

There’s been a sense of collaboration of two unique worship paradigms sorting through how to effectually provide ministry for the current and future church.

What I brought to the pastoral table was almost 30 years of ministry experience and worship preparation, but that is never to overshadow nor undercut what Laura brought to the team—which was fresh eyes, a humble heart and a strong talent to continue to see the gospel transform people. This humility is essential to mentoring. A partnership requires humble receptivity at both ends. Both—three decades of experience and three years of ministry— need to be open and receptive to ideas, critique and collaboration.

Everyone has something to share and learn.

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e are two graduates of Trevecca who both enjoy watching people connect with God in worship and have a low tolerance for church complacency. It has been a joy to unite our shared passion for worship into service orders each week and witness the Spirit rising in our church.

the same workspace allows us both to teach and receive instruction, knowing that while we are on different sides of a decade, we still share the same purpose in ministry.

As I stand in the pew and submit to Laura’s To the glory of God lives are being changed. leadership in worship each Sunday, I am receiving and celebrating God’s leadership I stop short of calling this a mentoring in and through her. The creative angles and setting, although that’s my calling because I the ingenious mash-ups she creates allow a think only time will truly tell. What I do know congregation of three different generations is that Laura and I share the same end goal to worship together. and how we accomplish that requires two people with different perspectives who are Trevecca is an atrium that encourages all comfortable hashing out, dialoguing and generations to cross paths to shape and disagreeing agreeably. expand the Kingdom one conversation at a time. The church and its leaders should do Because of the paradigm distinctions from the same. which we both come, we will not always peel an apple the same way. Yet being in I pray that church leadership will see both the challenge and joy that comes from the living atrium.

—Jonathan Trees, senior pastor, with Laura Neumar, worship director Grace Church of the Nazarene, Nashville

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Number of students who participated in Trevecca Around the Globe (TAG) trips from Fall 2018 to Fall 2019

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Number of degrees awarded Summer 2018 to Spring 2019

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Fruit trees planted in the community and on campus by Trevecca Urban Farm volunteers

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SERVING THE HEART OF NASHVILLE

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Students involved: Cayce Brewer, April Cagle, Rachel Christian-Gulley, Madison Nunneley, Colton Shannon and Kate Worley

IT ALL STARTED WITH AN ASSIGNMENT. The idea really came from Dr. Carol Harp, head of the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) Behavioral Health Services Division, and Dr. Peter Wilson, professor of graduate counseling. She and Dr. Wilson had been collaborating and wanted to find a way for us to get hands-on experience teaching for students in Trevecca’s Ph.D.: Clinical Counseling Teaching and Supervision program and also provide three units of continuing education to the counselors, chaplains and peer supporters who assist law enforcement officers and families during times of need.

Over the course of three sessions, we talked about different topics, especially things they may be seeing in their work and how to take care of themselves in a high stress environment.

These are very knowledgeable, highly trained licensed clinicians, so during each session— whether it was about self-care and compassion or sexual addiction and substance abuse—we had to research and dig into the research around the topic to present relevant information and current trends in treatment.

These professionals handle a lot of very acute cases and people in high distress. The MNPD works with a wide population—the homeless, people who have been severely abused, first responders. For therapists, it can be a pretty dark experience. They don’t always see a lot of light, and it’s easy for counselors and practitioners in these roles to get really burned out.

Counselors are a vital part of the heart of Nashville. And, as people who care for those who serve the community, it’s easy for them to be overlooked.

But if the heart can’t pump into other members for any reason—from the need for counselors to show themselves compassion or to stay up-to-date with current research—the system won’t survive.

It was our honor to play a small role in creating a healthier working system that keeps the heart of Nashville pumping.

— from conversations with Cayce Brewer and Colton Shannon Trevecca Ph.D. candidates, Clinical Counseling: Teaching & Supervision

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ADAMS LEAGUE OF LOYAL DONORS

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he Adams League—named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Homer Adams—recognizes donors who have made a gift to Trevecca for five or more consecutive years.

35 YEARS OR MORE

20-24 YEARS

Homer J. & Beatrice Adams | Roger W. & Carole

Barnie & Carla H. Bivens | Randy L. & Judy Carden

G. Costa | J. Dwight Ragsdale | Norma Spear | W.

| Lynn D. & Launa C. Clapp* | Larry D. & Debbie

Melvin & Joyce W. Welch

Dennis | Don & Nancy E. Dunlap | Dennis E. &

30-34 YEARS

B. Moore | Bruce E. & Dr. Peggy L. Oldham | David

Harold & Joyce Bridges | Harvey & Helen Cummings

& Beth Purtee | Henry M. & Gail Rybczyk | Chuck

| Steve & Jan Harris | Don & Rena Irwin

& Peggi Seaman | Dennis R. & Karen C. Snodgrass

25-29 YEARS

| John B. & Marilyn J. Stark | John E. & Anne W.

Lee & Carol A. Eby | Porter King | Harry V. & Sandy W. Lawrence | David M. & Pam Lennon | Harold & Ginny A. McCue | Steve M. & Gail V.

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Marilyn Fink | Marian E. Jewell* | Dennis L. & Wendy

Stieber | Clark & Brenda Wright

15-19 YEARS Joanna H. Blackwell | Dan L. & Denise Boone

Pusey | William J. Strickland, Sr. | Jeff W. & Esther

| Raymond & Earline M. Bowman | L. Morgan

C. Swink | Todd & Rebecca R. Welch | Marvin R. &

Clements | Dean Cole | Tom & Connie W. Cooper

Joy Wells | Ed H. & Patsy J. Whittington | Toby W. &

| Gary & Phyllis B. Coulter | Earline Dance | Keith

Pat Williams

C. & Valerie L. Dance | J. C. Elliott, Sr. & Joyce

Elliott | Art & Nanette M. Foster | Sidney E. & Crystal Gholson | Dwayne M. & LeighAnn S. Gunter | Dwight M. Gunter II & Karan B. Gunter | Rick & Annette Harvey | Jimmy L. & Teresa L. Hodge | Michael T. & Sarah B. Johnson | Talmadge & Genell Johnson | Randall L. & Ruth T. Kinnersley | Chuck & Geri A. Mashburn | Ronald K. & Karla McCormack | Col. Jeff & Susan R. McGranahan | Inez J. Phillips | Arnold Price | Purity Dairies, Inc. | Elbert & Dianne S. Smith | Jim N. & Donna Tokarski | Kenneth W. & Susan J. Whitmire | Darrell L. & Sheryl P. Wright

10-14 YEARS James E. Agee Jr. & Brenda P. Agee | William D. & Melanie Amburn | Phillip & Mary K. Ashworth | Jerry F. Atkins* & Paula Atkins | Barney S. Baggott | James A. & Judith E. Baker | Stephen H. & Karin

L. Bariteau | Mark D. & Deborah L. Berry | Judy T. Bivens | Mike B. & Susan E. Blankenship | Vernon L. & Charline P. Bonham | Terry R. & Mary Boone | Philip D. & Sharon C. Bowles | Jim L. & Janice Brackett | Kevin F. & Melinda K. Brennan | G. Willard & Darlene M. Brinkman | James W. & Elaine R. Brooks | James W. Brooks Jr. & Carol T. Brooks | Marvin & Marie A. Bunde | David B. & Sherry L. Caldwell | Bryan & Julette B. Carter | Fred Cawthorne III & Stephanie L. Cawthorne | John F. Chilton Jr. & Sara C. Chilton | Patricia A. Chrisman | Hal & Amy L. Conditt | Peggy J. Cooning | Cornerstone Financial Credit Union | Pam Costa | Kenneth L. & Jennifer Couchman | Leroy E. & Marilyn J. Cullen | Charles A. Davis Jr. & Yvonne Davis | Victor & Lafonda R. Davis | David J. & Tina P. Diehl | Lora H. Donoho | John R. Dunn Jr. & Susan R. Dunn | Wes & Roberta A. Eby | Don F. & Sharon Elder | David & Ginger Ferraez | Herschel K. & Phyllis Flannery

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| Larry D. & Linda Foster | Karen E. Frye | Michael S. & Elizabeth R. Golden | Ronald W. Goodman Jr. | Donna J. Gray | Patrick L. & Michelle R. Griggs | Moody & Nina G. Gunter | Dale L. & Suzie B. Harris | Steven L. & Becky Headrick | Rick & Becky F. Hill | Jack Hinton Sr. & Roxana Hinton | Steve T. & Stephanie R. Hoskins | Larry L. & Kathy M. Huggins | Michael D. & Cheryl A. Jackson | Marie Jenkins | James R. Johnson | Jeffrey T. & Julie L. Johnson | Marvin A. & Paula R. Jones | Marilyn B. Jordan | Philip & Doris Jordan | Michael A. & Betsy M. Karounos | Dale & Ruthie B. Killingsworth | Donald R. & Rebecca L. King | Jim D. & Beverly G. Knight | Larry W. & Joy Knight | Jeffrey C. & Ronda J. Lilienthal | Mitch & Olivia R. Lockhart | Greg D. & Elaine Mason | Michael & Melinda M. McAdory | Brent & Marcy McMillian | Mary Ann Meiners | Thomas L. & Jessica L. Middendorf | William F. & Sara J. Molton | Matthew C. & Kim Murdock | Mark Myers & Karen Starr | Kris & Jennifer W. Neely | Shaun P. & Lisa K. Newman | Bill A. Nichols | Wendel L. & Judy C. Nixon | Orion Building Corporation | Brenda J. Patterson John K. & Deborah Paul | Jim G. Quiggins & Streater O. Spencer-Quiggins | Ernest L. & Pamela S. Rivers | Clyde A. & Vonne A. Rodgers | Roy E. & Betty L. Rogers | Greg P. & Ginny A. Runyan | Marita S. Sexton | Jesse C. & Beverly S. Sims | David R. & Becky Smith | Stephen & Prilla Speer | Fran E. Spruill | Katharine M. Steele | Deborah E. Story | Greg W. & Charity Story | Dr. Samuel K. & Sharon L. Stueckle | Ty J. Tabernik | Roy L. & Katherine K. Thompson | Gregory L. Tinker | Frank T. & Doris A. Twohig | Kevin M. & Karen M. Ulmet | Steve Welch & Lena Hegi Welch | Jean West | Dan K. & Diane Whetstone | Eddie & Vicki A. White | Daniel & Lucinda D. Wyland | Anonymous Donors

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5-9 YEARS Jea E. & Jessica Agee | Bob M. & Shirley C. Aldrich | Phil R. Mahan | Rick P. & Cheri Mann | William N. & Barbara & Lanora Arington | Marion D. Bailey | Richard & Deloris McDaniel | James D. & Susan R. Means | David E. Miller, Ball | Erbin C. & Ruth A. Baumgardner | Randy & Debbie II | John R. & Melinda W. Miller | Paul & Karen D. Mock | L. Berkner | Pam J. Bernards | Thad C. & Teresa L. Blount Herbert C. & Tammy E. Modesitt | Carter G. & Pam Moore | Peter F. Bobo | Susan G. Ragsdale | Tish Thomas Boes | Bobby Morrison | Gary B. & Vickie Morsch | Joe & Doris | Stanley & Charlene C. Booker | Daniel W. & Robbie S. Moses | Gary B. & Lynda Mullinax | Delores Murray | Bradshaw | Lamar & Vicki L. Brantley | Shane Brock | Brad F. & Margaret G. Neff | Bill & Valerie Nichols | Ernest Bill & Jennifer R. Brown | Robert L. & Doris D. Brown | A. & Brandee P. Norris | Rev. John D. & Heather Parrish Walton L. Brown | U. Grant & Betty M. Browning | Emma | Alice E. Patterson | Greg W. & Etta C. Patterson | Robert J. Campbell | J. Edward & Brenda T. Campbell | Carl’s C. & Carrie P. Peery | Robert E. & Peggy J. Perry | Norma Collision Center | Alfred B. & Beverly A. Cawthorne | J. Peters | Jerry K. & Rebecca A. Pierce | Pioneer College John Cerasani | Scott Chitwood | Betty L. Christopher | Caterers Corporate | Audrey S. Poff | Wendell L. & Jo Ann Jerry & Joy O. Clay | James & Wanda L. Claybrooks | Beverly H. Poole | Phillip L. & Shelly H. Potter | Brian L. & Heather Cleckner | Patricia D. Cook | David A. & Ruth Y. Cox | Powell | Gregory A. & Jeannie M. Pressley | Timothy L. & Allan W. & Beth Crooks | Aaron M. & Abby B. Crum | Jack Karen B. Pullin | Barbara J. Quick | Barbara J. Ralph | Richard P. & Carolyn Reed | & Tillie W. Dell | Ron D. Julie D. Rigsby | Madeline C. & Judy Dewitt | Dickson Roberts | Larry E. & Linda Civitan Club | Tracey J. “We believe in the mission of Trevecca F. Rodgers | Daniel W. & Thomison-Duke | Tim W. Nazarene University. For the past 10 years, Kristin L. Rucker | Doug & & Dr. Kimberly D. Eades | it has been our privilege to be connected to Pam G. Runyan | Elizabeth Michael T. & Leslie A. Easley this University as faculty and administrative L. Rushing | Andy L. & Gena staff. We see the dollars we give to Trevecca | Bill L. & Mary Beth Elkins at work on a daily basis—transforming lives M. Rutherford | Paul W. & | Mark M. & Roseann Elliott and equipping leaders to impact the world for Evangeline Schaper | Regis R. | James B. & Reba J. Essary | God and God’s kingdom.

There is no better & Roxie O. Schmalz | Steve E. Lebron & Anne Fairbanks investment we know than dear old TNU!” A. & Pam Sexton | Bill L. & | Jeff & Sheila A. Falvo | Beverly A. Sharpe | Randy & Pamela H. Farmer | Tammy —Mike & Cheryl Jackson Karen M. Shaw | Queen E. F. Finger | William H. & Simmons | Kevin J. & Meghan Lynn B. Fly | Ben & Andrea L. Simons | Carolyn Smith | J. Fowler | Curtis & Sheroma Funke | Horace M. & Becky Gamble | Ramon F. & Brenda Clifton T. Smith | Kenneth M. & Brenda S. Smith | Ray E. S. Gonzalez | Troy & Christy L. Grant | Bruce Haddix | & Nellie Smith | Ltc Jim & Sharon K. Smith | Steve & Jean Donald B. & B.K. Hastings | Winston J. & Debby F. Hatcliff Sparks | Caleb W. Spencer | Lewis C. & Allison H. Stark | | Blake & Lisa R. Hathcock | Jeffre & Lori A. Hawkins | Morris H. & Cynthia A. Stocks | Ralph E. & Sue Swallows Matthew & Melanie Hawkins | Caroline H. Hearin | Jim T. | Mike & Patricia C. Tardif | Melvin L. & Rosalind Taylor & Judy K. Hiatt | Donald W. & Marquita L. Hicks | Gary | Michael N. & Tandy M. Taylor | Tim Taylor | Tennsco L. & Edith A. Holt | Jansen R. & Ruth Ann Holt | Hope Corp. | Mel B. & Cheryl H. Thompson | Reice Ann Towns | Plus Products, LLC | James T. & Cynthia G. Ivey | Jerry R. Matt J. & Melissa M. Toy | Albert L. & Esther L. Truesdale | & Leslie L. Jared | Scott & Suzanne W. Jenkins | Brian T. Harry R. Ulmer | Rick & Donna Underwood | James G. Van & Ashley Johnson | Stephen C. & Mary Keller | Robert W. Hook | Doris J. Walden | Robert W. & Margaret H. Walker & Myra Kepley | Randy S. & Kiersten Kinder | Dave & Lila | Brian & Tracy L. Walkup | Mike J. & Sara G. Wall | James H. Kirkwood | Tim & Sandy Knight | Evans P. Knowles | A. & Holly M. Whitby | M.L. & Barbara A. White | Timothy Dennis L. & Cathy A. Kolb | Robert D. & Willie B. Lambert & Cindi Whiteside | Paulette Whitten | Aaron & Leasa D. | Nancy L. Leigh | Ralph G. Leverett | Mark A. & Kelly M. Williams | Irmgard L. Williams | Brian E. & Joan M. Wilson Lindstrom | Phyllis A. Lobb | Robert D. & Patricia D. Long | Glandal D. & Nancy Withrow | * Deceased | Janice E. Lovell | Rebecca S. Lyon | James F. & Carol

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A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDEN T

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've often wondered why Trevecca has played a formative role in an inordinate number of Nazarene university presidents and denominational leaders, as well as many great business entrepreneurs and leaders.

My suspicion is that we learned how to do a lot with a little. Rather than being entitled to privilege, we were entitled to figure out how to create it, fix it or get it. Not much was handed to us, but so much was poured into us.

As I reflect on the long history of Trevecca, we have been innovative, persistent, resilient and courageous.

If God had wished to be done with Trevecca during the Great Depression and the world wars, there were plenty of opportunities.

Yet, here we are—not just surviving but thriving.

Men like Lewis Pennington and Melvin Welch addressed the needs

of educators with unique programs.

Trevecca stepped into the world of degree completion as a creator of a pathway for adults to gain a diploma. Early in the game, Trevecca embraced online education. Our physician assistant program and the Trevecca Urban Farm are unique offerings for an urban institution.

Over the next few pages, you’ll get a chance to delve into a few stories of achievement, both past and present— from the historic moment Trevecca achieved accreditation to the ways our alumni and students use the skills they’ve honed here to make a difference in the lives of others.

Our achievements are not luck.

They are the result of good people doing hard work for many decades.

And today we are recognized among the fastest growing private universities in the nation. This was never our goal. It happened because we tended to our work.

They are the result of good people doing hard work for a long time.

INNOVATIVE

PERSISTENCE

RESILIENCE

COURAGE

RELEVANT

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FOR EVER CHANGED Achievements

To many, December 3, 1969, was just another Wednesday. But this was to be a day of singular importance for Trevecca Nazarene College. Students had just returned from the Thanksgiving holidays and were already anticipating Christmas break. The Trevecca family knew that Dr. Moore, Trevecca’s president and

“We got it, we got it. We are accredited.”

Dean Stanton Parry were in Dallas, Texas, for the meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), but there was limited expectation that anything would change.

We had been through the accreditation process in 1968 only to be turned down. The report cited deficiencies in faculty salaries, facilities, administrative turnover, and most significantly— finances. The news of the denial of accreditation had been disappointing and little seemed to have changed to bring new expectancy.

Dennis Moore and I were spending the afternoon in the Student Government offices, awaiting the promised phone call. As editor of the Trev-Echoes, Dennis needed to advise the printer which of two press releases to include in the Friday edition which had already been “put to bed.” One press release advised that Trevecca had been denied again while the other reported that SACS had granted full accreditation. Rev. Bo Dougharty, Trevecca’s director of public relations, had promised that once he received word from Dallas, he would first call us so the paper could “go to press” regardless of the news.

When the phone rang, we were in separate offices but there was only one line coming into the office suite, so we both answered.

The news was totally unexpected—SACS had granted Trevecca full accredited status.

We were in shock.

Immediately, Dennis got on the phone and called the printer with instructions. He then ran from McClurkan, up the hill, to the Administration Building. He had the keys to the school’s carillon bell system and immediately started the bells playing the Trevecca Alma Mater and the Trevecca Hymn.

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As I was making my way around campus, I left McClurkan and began to make my way from dorm to dorm, announcing to everyone that I saw, “We got it, we got it. We are accredited.” students began to stream out of the dorms and gather on the walkway in front of the Administration Building. There were tears of joy, congratulatory exchanges, and a fever of excitement that we had never experienced before. We were all ecstatic.

As we stood there basking in the glory of the moment, a suggestion was made that we should be at the airport that evening to meet Dr. Moore and Dr. Parry as they returned from the victorious trip. The time was set for forming the motorcade that would travel to the airport.

At the appointed time, we left the campus, traveling down Murfreesboro Pike on the way to the airport. Horns were honking and passengers were waving out the windows as the motorcade made its way—ignoring red lights, traveling as the victory parade that it truly was.

sent word to the pilot that all passengers should deplane except Dr. and Mrs. Moore and Dr. Parry. Once everyone else was off the plane and into the terminal, the doors to the terminal were opened and some 300 students and friends poured out onto the tarmac, gathering around the foot of the steps leading down from the plane. Then, Dr. Moore appeared in the doorway. As he made his way down the steps, the crowd erupted in cheers. As soon as he reached the tarmac, two students picked him up and placed him on their shoulders. Someone gave him a pompom, and the iconic picture was taken.

Dr. Moore’s grin told the whole story.

After years of effort, prayer and commitment by so many presidents, deans and others, the impossible dream was now a reality. December 3, 1969 was the day that forever altered the course of Trevecca Nazarene University.

Upon our reaching the airport, the officials there quickly sized up the situation. They —Judge Charles A. Davis (’70)

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NOTES & NUMBERS

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Trevecca graduates at the helm of Tennessee school districts

2019

marked the first time the Trevecca men’s golf team played in the NCAA Division II National Championship, finishing fifth in stroke play

4,124

total enrollment, breaking the 4,000 mark for the first time in University history

1,055

number of degrees awarded Summer 2018-Spring 2019

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Finding the Courage to I can remember the first time I drove down to Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. It felt like it took forever. I was making the trek from Hermitage. As I pushed deeper and deeper into rural America, as my mind twirled around the idea of a new educational journey—vastly different from the previous 10 years in inner-city Nashville—I could not help but wonder: Am I making the right decision?

I fashioned myself as an innovator, a visionary. My final three years at Maplewood High School in Metro Nashville were spent embedding the STEAM mindset and practices into our school. It was during that time I became a firm believer in embedding art into a STEM curriculum, positioning students as creators, not merely consumers of content.

A week or so into my new journey as principal at Mount Pleasant, I read a quote by Simon Sinek: “Innovation happens at the fringes.” It was a lightning bolt of truth at the exact moment I needed it. At the time, Mount Pleasant High School was in a state of despair. Low enrollment, negative stigma, few arts programs and a culture of fear.

By all accounts, this was a school in crisis.

This was when Mount Pleasant High School’s Courage to Create vision was born. Using STEAM as the catalyst, our goal was to empower teachers and students to incorporate holistic learning practices, centered around high-profile projects with many students across various content areas coming together to create something special.

That’s the funny thing about innovation: it comes in all shapes, sizes and ideas. Yes, we were going to rebrand ourselves, eradicating the negative stigma and downtrodden culture and perception, but we were not going to lose our entire identity. In fact, we embraced many of our inherent strengths: a thriving construction and agriculture program and a new mechatronics and arts program to name a few.

Our staff rallied behind the idea that many hands make light work and actively sought ways to connect students with specific projects that played to their strengths. This approach worked twofold: it enhanced our students’ Achievements

Photo by Lee Weng

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perceived sense of belonging, which, in turn, enabled students to feel more capable. We were mapping a journey for students to find success utilizing their innate talents while sharpening muchneeded skill sets.

Three and a half years later, Mount Pleasant High School has added eight industry partners, amassed more than a million dollars in grant funding, decreased violence and discipline, increased enrollment and student achievement—and it still feels like we’re just getting started.

The component—the main ingredient—has been art. I truly believe art breathes life into the soul of a school, and as I have watched Mount Pleasant resurrect itself, this belief grows stronger.

It is true: innovation does happen at the fringes, and it manifests in many shapes.

— Dr. Ryan B. Jackson (’09 and ’13) Executive principal, Mount Pleasant High School

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Coming Full Circle Achievements are often characterized by hard work, persistence, resilience and courage. Trevecca’s history is littered with stories that embody those characteristics—which, in turn, describe the University’s future. Current PA student Meredith Bratcher shares how her cancer diagnosis led her to a life of leadership and service.

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At least six weeks in the hospital.

Chemotherapy.

Isolation.

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I was in denial and felt numb as my doctor explained the details before I signed the consent forms. My parents were in the room along with my brother, who would become my donor. I could not believe this was happening to me, especially at 19 years old and in the middle of my college career, but here I was.

I was being worked up for a bone marrow transplant, and life would never be the same.

I remember some of those days spent in the hospital like it was yesterday, but at other times, it feels like a lifetime ago. Those months spent in the hospital were some of the hardest, most painful times in my life, but those long months ultimately led me to where I am today.

Those months taught me what exceptional health care means and gave me a second chance at life. But most importantly, those months gave me the empathy, compassion and desire to give the same exceptional care to those who need it most.

Flash forward five years later, and I am in my clinical year at Trevecca Nazarene University getting to live out my dream of becoming a physician assistant. And God is so good. It brings tears to my eyes every time I reflect on what He has brought me through, enabled me to overcome, and the unfailing love He has poured out over me to bring me to this point. In His great mercy, He healed me and is enabling me to live out my calling.

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My transplant was a true turning point in my life.

It gave me a passion for assisting other people who are dealing with some of the same struggles I faced, whether that be staying in the hospital for months, the fear that comes with a life-threatening diagnosis, or the uncertainty that living with a chronic disease brings. I lived through all of those experiences and am already seeing how God is using all those experiences for good in my clinical rotations. The joy of getting to be on the other side of health care as the provider is like no other.

My dream now is to work in pediatric hematology/ oncology when I finish school. The Lord has given me such tenderness toward those who are facing some of the same difficulties I faced, and I am so excited that one of my six week clinical rotations is at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where I’ll practice alongside the doctor who performed my transplant. It’s been six years since I first heard that doctor utter the words that changed my life: “You need a transplant.”

The fact that I’ll be working alongside Him, helping to care for patients whose situations I understand all too well—it feels too good to be true.

But that is Jesus. That is His great love for all of us.

—Meredith Bratcher, current PA student

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TREVECCA LEGACY PARTNERS

“Coming to Trevecca changed the trajectory of our lives. It’s something we’ll look back upon as being the hand of God in it. As a part of our retirement, we did some estate planning. We’re pleased that God has blessed us, and we are able to make Trevecca a part of our plan and would encourage others to do the same.”

—Randy (’74) and Debbie Berkner (’73)

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revecca Legacy Partners are individuals who have included Trevecca in their estate plans or through a life gift. These ultimate gifts help ensure Trevecca will continue to impact the lives of students through a transforming educational experience. If you have included or would like to include Trevecca in your estate plan and are not on this list, please contact Don Hastings at 615-248-1436 or dbhastings@trevecca.edu.

Homer J. & Beatrice Adams | Bob M. & Shirley C. Aldrich | Glenn & Helen Barnett | Randy & Debbie L. Berkner | Mark D. & Deborah L. Berry | Dan L. & Denise Boone | Larry & Sharon K. Buess | Cliff E. Moore Jr. & Edlira B. Cako-Moore | John F. Chilton Jr. & Sara C. Chilton | Patricia D. Cook | Peggy J. Cooning | Marline M. Couey | Norman R. & Zilpha Cox | Doreen B. Davis | Lora H. Donoho | Don & Nancy E. Dunlap | Don W. & Jane A. Dunnington | Dennis E. & Marilyn Fink | Larry D. & Linda Foster | Charlie & Beverly J. Franklin | Todd P. Gary | John G. & Celeste Gillespie | Hilton H. & Christine Gillespie |

Ronald W. Goodman Jr. | Troy & Christy L. Grant | Gary & Karen Harper | Carlton F. Harvey | Donald B. & B.K. Hastings | Blake & Lisa R. Hathcock | Jimmy L. & Teresa L. Hodge | James R. Johnson | Michael T. & Sarah B. Johnson | George F. Kersey Jr. | Ray G. & Dee Klinger | Lee D. & Meg Knapp | Jim D. & Beverly G. Knight | Larry W. & Joy Knight | Finley & Lori M. Knowles | Janice E. Lovell | Ronald K. & Karla McCormack | Harold & Ginny A. McCue | Bradley Meinck & Lee Ann Brown-Meinck | Inez Milby | Mary C. Moore-Smith | Gary B. & Vickie Morsch | Delores Murray | Roy T. Nix | Wendel L. &

Judy C. Nixon | Bruce E. & Peggy L. Oldham | Martha Paschall | Steve M. & Gail V. Pusey | Earl M. & Lillian Rash | Rick & Sharon B. Reynolds | Paul W. & Evangeline Schaper | Sammie C. Schell | Chuck & Peggi Seaman | Eileen Skinner | Harold I. Smith | L. Alan & Carolyn Smith | Robert E. & Joyce Snodgrass | Deborah E. Story | Gary W. & Marla M. Streit | Jeff W. & Esther C. Swink | Shannon G. Talley | Houston E. & Martha G. Thompson | James G. Van Hook | Donald F. & Zelma Waggoner | W. Melvin & Joyce W. Welch | James A. & Holly M. Whitby | Randall P. & Karen R. White | Anonymous Donors

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Financials 2018-2019

ENDOWMENT VALUE

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

BUDGET GROWTH

NET ASSETS GROWTH

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ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $7,638,140 Students accounts receivable-net $2,790,187 Investments $43,926,006 Property, plant, and equipment-net $85,716,132 Other assets $3,951,319

LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $4,464,053 Long-term debt $47,104,500 Other liabilities $5,701,817 Total Liabilities $57,270,370

NET ASSETS Without donor restrictions $56,106,795 With donor restrictions $30,644,619 Total Net Assets $86,751,414 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $144,021,784

Total Assets $144,021,784

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES ALL FUNDS

REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORT Net tuition and fees $44,490,661 Auxiliary enterprises $7,338,161 Denominational support $1,986,647 Contributions $4,211,867 Other sources $1,389,736 Total Revenue and Other Support $59,417,072

OPERATING EXPENSES Instructional $17,004,110 Academic support $3,253,997 Student services $12,034,988 Auxiliary enterprises $3,728,157 Institutional support $14,984,464 Facilities $4,701,570 Total Operating Expenses $55,707,286

NON-OPERATING ACTIVITIES Investment income $1,577,000 Market adjustments on other investments $3,277,920 Change in value of split-interest agreements $35,536 Loss on disposal of assets and others ($1,332,374) Net Increase from Non-Operating Activities $3,558,082

GIFT DESIGNATION Denominational Support: $1,986,545 Annual Fund: $101,437 Current Scholarships and Programs (with in-kind): $758,854 Endowed Scholarship and Funds: $2,664,950 Facilities: $151,156 Total Giving: $5,662,942 49

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