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Academic News Social Justice Program
Faculty and students in the Social Justice Program helped with several events this fall. • Approximately 350 students heard representatives of six nonprofit organizations speak about the work and needs of their organizations during the Ministry Blitz, held in October and cosponsored by the Center for Leadership, Calling, and Service and the J. V. Morsch Center for Social Justice. • The Poverty Simulation in early November gave participants the opportunity to experience the problems faced daily by persons who live in cyclical poverty. Almost 100 students and Trevecca employees were involved. • In mid-November the J. V. Morsch Center for Social Justice and the Center for Worship Arts hosted the Prayer, Worship, and Social Justice Conference that featured speakers from the International Justice Mission and Freedom in Creation.
• A new video, Everyday Social Justice, produced by Compass Cinema includes appearances by members of Trevecca’s social justice faculty, Trevecca alumni, and President Boone. That video can be viewed at www. compasscinema.com/justice. • Jamie Casler, director of the J. V. Morsch Center for Social Justice, was honored on October 16, 2009, with an Emerging Leader Award from the alumni association of his alma mater, Eastern Nazarene College. President Corlis McGee ’75 presented him with that award. On October 23, 2009, AmeriCorps recognized him for his service as a site supervisor for the AmeriCorps VISTA Program. Jamie Casler and Corlis McGee ’75
Department of Music • Wakefield Fine Arts Building redecorated In Wakefield this fall new carpet was installed, walls were painted, new furniture was purchased for the common areas, and restrooms were renovated. • Effort to honor Barbara McClain Bloom In conjunction with the tribute to Barbara McClain Bloom during Homecoming, the Department of Music is engaged in the effort to place a new Steinway Grand in Wakefield in her honor. Persons who are interested in giving toward this piano can make a gift at www.trevecca.edu/externalrelations/donation or call David Diehl at 615-248-1291. Heather Filson, former secretary for the Department of Music and an ardent advocate for improving the facilities in Wakefield, was the ribbon-cutter when the redesigned restrooms were opened.
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TREVECCAN • WINTER 2009