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FHU BREAKS GROUND ON BROWN-KOPEL BUSINESS CENTER
HENDERSON, TN

The university broke ground on the School of Business' much-anticipated Brown-Kopel Business Center April 5. Plans for the building were announced in August 2000, when the university honored Drs. John and Rosemary Brown of Portage, Mich., for their commitment of $5 million toward the $10 million project.
About 400 faculty, staff and business alumni were present for the groundbreaking ceremony and luncheon at the building site, where the Browns unveiled the official architectural rendering of the building before sinking their shovels into the soil. Helping the Browns break ground were representatives of the university Board of Trustees, administration and School of Business, as well as representatives from H&M Construction Company of Jackson, Tenn., and Bullock Smith & Partners of Nashville, Tenn., who served as architects on the project.
"This new facility has been a much-needed project for some time," FHU President Milton Sewell said, referring to the School of Business' current facility, the Milan-Sitka Building, which was constructed in 1897. "Milan-Sitka is the oldest building on campus. While it's important to us as a monument to our past, it does not lend itself to the technology and resources we need for the future advancement of our business program." The additional resources provided by the new facility will enable the university to offer a graduate business degree soon after its completion.
The Brown-Kopel Business Center, a 66,000-square-foot structure, will include more than $1.7 million in student and classroom technology, including Internet and multimedia capabilities in each classroom, desks in more than half of the classrooms equipped for Internet access, closed-circuit video conferencing, two computer classroom labs and a computer project lab. The building is scheduled to open for classes in August 2003.
In addition to housing the School of Business, one floor of the building's west wing will house the FHU Office of Planning and Technology, thereby becoming the hub for all university information technology.

17-Apr-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY TO CELEBRATE THE ARTS
HENDERSON, TN

The week of April 20 has been designated Fine Arts Week for Freed-Hardeman University and the surrounding community. The week will include exhibits, performances and presentations by each of the three divisions of the FHU Department of Fine Arts: art, music and theatre. Admission to all the events will be available to the public.
Fine Arts Week at Freed-Hardeman University will begin April 21 with a piano performance by music majors Phil Dean and Abby Hargrave in Old Chapel Hall at 3 p.m. The music division also will host Dinner and a Concert in Gano Dining Hall April 23 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., when the University of Memphis Jazz Band will perform as visitors enjoy a steak dinner. Admission will be $5.25 per person. The University of Memphis Jazz Band will perform again the same evening at 7:30 p.m. in Milan-Sitka Auditorium.
The theatre division will host two events during Fine Arts Week. On April 24, the students and faculty of theatre will welcome actor Michael Detroit to campus for the Performing Musical Theater Workshop, which will be conducted in Loyd Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. The following day, April 25, the Spotlight Theatre Awards Ceremony, featuring The West Virginia Boys, will be hosted on campus.
Through the week, the art division will display two exhibits. In the Art Gallery, located on the first floor of the Draughon Building, the Alumni Art Exhibit will be displayed, featuring the works of alumni of the Department of Fine Arts. In Gano Dining Hall, the university will show projects completed by the elementary students involved in the FHU After-School Art Program.
Also as a part of Fine Arts Week, the university's campus-wide chapel services will be conducted by the Department of Fine Arts April 22-24. Chapel begins at 10:30 a.m. daily.
For more information on Fine Arts Week at Freed-Hardeman University, contact Dr. Barbara England, chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, at 731-989-6089 or blengland@fhu.edu.

17-Apr-02
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FHU FINE ARTS TO FEATURE COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES
HENDERSON, TN

For Freed-Hardeman University, April will bring several Fine Arts performances, Dr. Barbara England, chairman of Fine Arts, recently announced.
Performances will begin Makin' Music weekend, April 6, when the Collegiate Chorale performs in Loyd Auditorium and the FHU Band hosts a concert in the commons. The Chorale will take the stage at 9:30 a.m., and the Band will begin its show at 10:45 a.m. The Collegiate Chorale will perform again April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Milan-Sitka Auditorium.
April 22-26, FHU's Fine Arts Week, will feature chapel presentations and concerts from each of the fine arts department's three divisions: art, theatre and music. The department will host "Dinner and a Concert" in Gano Cafeteria April 23 from 5 to 7 p.m., which will be followed by a concert from the University of Memphis Jazz Band in Milan-Sitka Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts will conduct the university's morning chapel services April 22-24 at 10:30 a.m. in Loyd Auditorium. At the April 24 service, the department's theatre division will host actor Michael Detroit as guest speaker. Fine Arts' April performances will conclude April 25 in Dickson, Tenn., when the A Cappella Singers perform at the Renaissance Center.
All Fine Arts performances hosted on campus are free of charge to the community. Tickets to the A Cappella Singers' concert in Dickson are $50 each by contacting the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations at 731-989-6980.

1-Apr-02
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FHU TO BREAK GROUND ON BROWN-KOPEL BUSINESS CENTER
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University will break ground on a new business facility, the Brown-Kopel Business Center, April 5. Plans for the building were announced in August 2000, when the university honored Drs. John and Rosemary Kopel Brown of Portage, Mich., for their commitment of $5 million toward the $10 million project.
"This new facility has been a much-needed project for some time," FHU President Milton Sewell said, referring to the School of Business' current facility, the Milan-Sitka Building, which was constructed in 1897. "Milan-Sitka is the oldest building on campus. While it's important to us as a monument to our past, it does not lend itself to the technology and resources we need for the future advancement of our business program." The additional resources provided by the new facility will enable the university to offer a graduate business degree soon after its completion.
The Brown-Kopel Business Center, a 66,000-square-foot structure, will include more than $1.7 million in student and classroom technology, including Internet and multimedia capabilities in each classroom, desks in more than half of the classrooms equipped for Internet access, closed-circuit video conferencing, two computer classroom labs and a computer project lab. The building is scheduled to open for classes in August 2003.
In addition to housing the School of Business, one floor of the building's west wing will house the FHU Office of Planning and Technology, thereby becoming the hub for all university information technology.
"With our School of Business, we already have an excellent program that has drawn local, national and international accolades through our alumni," Sewell said. "We're simply trying to take it to the next level."
Among the most recent accomplishments by FHU business alumni have been several of Tennessee's top 10 CPA exam scores, including the state's No. 1 score in 2000. "Accounting, marketing, management, agribusiness - alumni from each of our programs are consistently showing employers that their professional business training can compete with the best," said Dr. Dwayne Wilson, dean of the School of Business.
The Freed-Hardeman University School of Business, offering seven different majors for business students, includes 12 faculty members, with 83 percent holding earned doctorates in their fields of teaching. Wilson has reported he anticipates the figure to escalate to 92 percent this calendar year. "With our faculty's education and extensive professional experience, I'd put them against any business faculty of any university our size in the country."
The groundbreaking for the Brown-Kopel Business Center is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. April 5 at the corner of East Main Street and Hamlett in Henderson. For more information, contact the Office of University Advancement at 731-989-6019.

30-Mar-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN STUDENTS RECEIVE ASAP RECOGNITION
HENDERSON, TN

Two Freed-Hardeman University students were in the spotlight at February's 2002 District 3 Conference of the Association of Student Advancement Programs (ASAP), hosted by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. At the conference, senior Laura Beth Henry(pictured left) was named Outstanding Student Leader for District 3, while sophomore Courtney Wilson(pictured below) was named ASAP's Tennessee representative. Sixty-nine colleges and universities are represented in the district.
In the two-year state representative position, Wilson will be responsible for maintaining relations with the ASAP national office in Washington, D.C., and serving as a communication and information source for other ASAP-member colleges and universities in Tennessee.
Both Wilson and Henry are members of the FHU Student Alumni Association, an organization serving as a liaison between current university students and alumni. Henry is president of the organization for the 2001-02 school year.
ASAP, a program of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), is an alliance of college and university student organizations providing a network for student-leadership development, thereby incorporating student involvement in educational advancement. The organization consists of more than 350 student-run programs in eight districts, covering the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

21-Mar-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN WELCOMES VISITING SCHOLAR FROM CHINA
HENDERSON, TN

As a university recognized for providing students an intercultural educational experience, Freed-Hardeman University has welcomed a visiting scholar to campus. Xia Xihua, dean of the Foreign Language Department of Hankou Branch of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, is visiting FHU from March through May. The Hankou Branch is one of four educational institutions being merged into the new Jianghan University.
While at FHU, Xia is guest lecturing to sociology, anthropology and intercultural communication classes, in addition to joining a team that is teaching a Chinese language class. He is also engaged in research on American English and teaching English as a second language. Xia is editor of several compact Chinese-English dictionaries.
Eight Freed-Hardeman alumni are currently teaching American English in China. Dr. Shirley Curry ('56) of Waynesboro, Tenn., served as a visiting English instructor at Huazhong in 2000-01. Xia also hosted an exploratory visit by Dr. J.D. Thomas, FHU professor emeritus and international exchange liaison, in May 2001. FHU and Huazhong are currently negotiating final details of an agreement that would allow administrators, professors and students to visit, teach and study overseas for short and extended periods. The U.S. Department of State has designated Freed-Hardeman University as an exchange-visitor host institution.
Since 1992, Thomas has arranged similar agreements with the State Academy of Management in Moscow, Russia, and with Bashkir State and Bashkir State Pedagogical universities in Ufa, Russia. In 1999, FHU opened an international campus in Verviers, Belgium, allowing students and faculty opportunities to study and travel in Europe. Freed-Hardeman University currently has alumni in more than 50 countries worldwide.

18-Mar-02
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FHU'S MID-SOUTH YOUTH CAMP UNDERWAY
HENDERSON, TN

Youth from across the nation are spending time in Henderson this summer as Freed-Hardeman University hosts Mid-South Youth Camp. The camp's first session - one of nine - began June 2 at the campgrounds near the FHU campus.
In its 43rd year, Mid-South Youth Camp is an annual summer program, for students ages 9-18, designed to provide opportunities for spiritual growth and development of leadership skills. The mission of the camp, co-director Jan Sharp said, is "to encourage spirituality among young people - show them that there are other young people who are interested in those things." The spiritual atmosphere of the camp is punctuated by several daily devotionals and Bible classes taught by Freed-Hardeman students, faculty and staff, who also serve as counselors for the summer.
Camp activities also include swimming, hiking, crafts, a talent contest, volleyball, tennis and other recreational and developmental exercises.
A session at Mid-South Youth Camp costs $135 per camper. About 200 are enrolled for each of the one-week sessions and are registered on a first-come, first-served basis. While preregistration is encouraged, walk-ons are welcome, permitted space is available.
Mid-South will host its annual fish fry on the campgrounds July 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the bluegrass band Foxfire. The cost will be $10 each and $5 for children under 10; proceeds will benefit Mid-South Youth Camp.
For registration or more information, contact Mid-South Youth Camp at 731-989-2520 or auxiliary services director Frank Bradford at 731-989-6987 or fbradford@fhu.edu.

18-Jun-02
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SWEENEY ANNOUNCED AS FHU COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University has announced Larry Sweeney of Jeffersonville, Ind., as guest speaker for its 2002 summer commencement, scheduled for Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. in Loyd Auditorium.
Sweeney is a 1980 and 1981 alumnus of the university, holding A.A. and B.A. degrees, and currently serves as a member of the FHU Advisory Board. Since his graduation from FHU, he has served three congregations in New York and Indiana: the LaSalle Church of Christ in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; the Jamestown Church of Christ in Jamestown, N.Y.; and the Meigs Avenue Church of Christ in Jeffersonville, Ind. In addition to local evangelistic work, Sweeney also is known as a writer, having several pieces published in The Christian Bible Teacher, and has been heard in gospel meetings and youth rallies across several states.
For more information on FHU’s summer commencement, contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 731-989-6004.

29-Jul-02
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FHU TO OFFER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CONCENTRATION
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University’s Department of Biology is beginning the 2002-03 school year with a new concentration in environmental science for biology majors.
The School of Mathematics and Sciences reports that in years past, the biology curriculum has been designed primarily for students pursuing health-related or science education careers. “But we had some students,” said environmental science professor LeAnn Self-Davis, “who really didn’t fit either of those two categories, and we thought that if we focused the current curriculum into an environmental science concentration, then those students who weren’t interested in the health field or teaching would have a viable degree that’s very marketable. With concerns in the environment right now, an environmental science degree is a very marketable degree to have as a biologist.”
Courses offered for environmental science students will include ecology, botany, zoology, field and animal biology, organic and environmental chemistry, environmental pollution, and field research.

27-Aug-02
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FHU OFFERS YOUTH MINISTRY MAJOR IN 2002-03
HENDERSON, TN

The Freed-Hardeman University School of Biblical Studies has announced the addition of a youth ministry major to its curriculum. Dean Billy Smith reported that the new course of study is being implemented in the school’s offerings due to a significant demand. “The demand has always been there, but the demand for what I would call biblically trained youth ministers is greater than ever before. We average probably a call per day from churches looking for, again, youth ministers who have a good background not only in youth work but also in the text of scripture. And that’s always what Freed-Hardeman has been known for: strong biblical text. … We’re combining the text in addition to the expertise of working with young people.”
Since the 1985-86 school year, Freed-Hardeman University has offered an emphasis in youth ministry for Bible majors and a minor in youth ministry for students of other disciplines. The course of study for a degree in youth ministry will include a significant number of textual and practical Bible classes in addition to field experience, family studies, communication, computer and financial planning.
For more information, contact the School of Biblical Studies at 731-989-6622.

5-Jul-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY TO COMMEMORATE SEPT. 11
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University will commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedies with a special chapel service on the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The service, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 11 in Loyd Auditorium, will be open to all FHU students, faculty and staff as well as anyone from the community.
“[Sept. 11] has become an important day in American history. A lot of people died on that day, and it made some major changes in our nation,” said FHU development director David Newberry, coordinator of the commemoration service. “We want to commemorate that day and remember not only those who died but the heroism of those who died trying to save them.”
In addition to special prayers for the 9-11 victims, their families and all who have been affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the commemoration ceremony will include a dramatic interpretation of President George W. Bush’s Sept. 20, 2001, speech to Congress; Jackson radio personality Steve Bowers of WNWS News Talk 101.5 will deliver the oration. The ceremony also will commemorate the deaths with a solemn presentation of the name of each victim.
For more information, contact Newberry in the FHU Office of Development at 731-989-6017 or dnewberry@fhu.edu.

29-Aug-02
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FHU ANNOUNCES RECORD ENROLLMENT
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University recently announced its fall enrollment of 1,927 and first-time freshman enrollment of 414, both records for the university.
Admissions director Jim Brown credits the record figures to increased offerings to students in recent months, especially in academics and scholarship aid. “We’re pushing harder to offer students more. … As we continue to meet their needs, more students are choosing Freed-Hardeman for their college education because they’re seeing how everything here is geared so strongly toward them and the resources they need,” he said.
The university has added three academic majors to its curriculum for 2002-03, and scholarships have been awarded to about 80 percent of the incoming freshman class, up from about 65 percent a year earlier.
Enrollment management Vice President Wayne Scott said that increased offerings to students not only have enhanced recruitment efforts but have also helped produce a higher freshman retention rate. In fall 2002, Freed-Hardeman has retained 75 percent of the 2001-02 freshman class, up from 69 percent the previous year. Scott anticipates the retention figure will climb higher as more student needs are met each year. “If you can have a good retention rate,” he said, “it’s easy to build your enrollment.”
Freed-Hardeman’s fall 2002 enrollment includes record numbers in both undergraduate and graduate enrollment: 1,444 and 483, respectively. The university has also enrolled a total of 504 new students.

3-Sep-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN TO HONOR GRANDPARENTS OF STUDENTS HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University will honor the grandparents of its students Sept. 9, the day following the nationally recognized Grandparents Day.
“We’ve been celebrating Grandparents Day in a formal way for several years now, and it’s become more popular each year because of the way it allows the grandparents of our students to get of glimpse of their grandchildren’s student lives,” alumni relations director Dawn Bramblett said. “Parents, of course, usually stay in close contact with their children and have several opportunities to visit campus during the school year, but grandparents typically don’t have those opportunities. So we thought it appropriate several years ago to dedicate a day to them and invite them to spend some time with their grandchildren.”
Bramblett said she expects more than 100 grandparents to attend the event.
Grandparents Day activities will include a special reception and luncheon for grandparents and their grandchildren. The university’s daily chapel service will also be dedicated to grandparents; the keynote speaker will be FHU senior Amy Champion, the granddaughter of FHU alumni Flavil (’39) and Mary Hardin (’38) Nichols.

4-Sep-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY TO HOST EDWIN MCCAIN
HENDERSON, TN

On his “Far From Over” tour, Edwin McCain will make a stop in Henderson for a full-band concert at Freed-Hardeman University. Known for his top 10 breakthrough smash “I’ll Be” and his top 40 hit “I Could Not Ask for More,” he brings his show to FHU in conjunction RUSH (Reaching Unlimited Spiritual Heights), an annual university program for junior high and high school students.
McCain will perform in Loyd Auditorium Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for $16 each by calling 731-989-6751.

9-Sep-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN AND UNION OFFER JOINT NURSING PROGRAM
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman and Union universities have announced a joint academic partnership that will allow Freed-Hardeman University students the opportunity to study nursing at Union while completing requirements toward a degree at FHU. According to the agreement, FHU students wishing to pursue nursing as a major may study on the Freed-Hardeman campus their freshman and sophomore years and then take most of their major courses at Union their junior and senior years while living on the FHU campus. Students completing the program will receive a Bachelor of Science degree from Freed-Hardeman and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Union.
FHU nursing adviser Dwina Willis, referring to past records of students coming to FHU with plans to later pursue a nursing degree, anticipates the program will enable the university to better serve certain students.
“There are several students who do not come here because they don’t want to transfer at the end of two years – and now they won’t have to. They can stay here all four years and complete their degree. I think we will have more nursing students attending with that option.” Freed-Hardeman estimates that 10 students leave the university each year for other institutions with nursing programs.
FHU President Milton Sewell said FHU’s interest in the joint academic program with Union has a two-fold purpose: to better serve students seeking nursing as a career while helping address a severe local and national shortage of nurses.
“In years past, so many students have come our way seeking a nursing program, but we haven’t been able to offer one. Now we can offer one,” he said. “And this also will make a direct impact in helping to alleviate this nursing shortage we’re seeing in healthcare systems across the nation and right in our own backyard. With this new program, we not only will be able to help train students who come here to be nurses, but I believe we’ll be able to attract several to the field who otherwise wouldn’t consider it. … We’re grateful that, with Union, we can help make a greater impact in alleviating this local and national shortage of nurses.”
Students declaring a nursing major at FHU will pay regular FHU tuition and fees for their freshman and sophomore years. An additional tuition expense of $35 per credit hour will be charged for courses taken at Union during their junior and senior years. All expenses are paid at Freed-Hardeman, and all scholarships and other financial aid are provided by Freed-Hardeman.
For more information about the program, contact Freed-Hardeman University’s School of Sciences and Mathematics at 731-989-6032.

9-Sep-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN IS RANKED ONE OF BEST VALUES IN SOUTH
HENDERSON, TN

As U.S. News and World Report recently released its annual America’s Best Colleges edition, Freed-Hardeman University was ranked one of the top regional universities in the South for Best Values. FHU is receiving the ranking for the second consecutive year.
“Each year, we offer the best academic programs possible with friendly, well educated faculty and staff members, small class sizes — usually averaging between 25 and 30 students — and reasonable, affordable tuition. We think these are some very important factors in students’ college experience, and we ensure that they each are a major part of Freed-Hardeman. We offer students as much as possible for their dollar,” said Dr. Sam Jones, FHU vice president for academic affairs.
Only universities finishing in the top half of their respective categories in the U.S. News America’s Best Colleges 2003 rankings were considered for the Best Values rankings. The Best Values rankings were based on each university’s ratio of quality to price, percentage of all undergraduates receiving need-based grants, and percentage of total costs covered by the average need-based grant to the university. The ratio of quality to price accounted for 60 percent of the total score, while the percentage of all undergraduates receiving grants accounted for 25 percent and the average discount from total costs accounted for 15 percent.
U.S. News determined that 61 percent of all Freed-Hardeman students receive need-based grants, which cover an average of 19 percent of the total cost of an FHU education. The average cost of an FHU education after receiving the grants, U.S. News reported, is $14,506.

13-Sep-02
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FHU TO WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR RUSH
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University will welcome hundreds of high school students Sept. 20-22 for RUSH (Reaching Unlimited Spiritual Heights), an annual weekend event designed to help teenagers strengthen their spiritual lives while introducing them to college life on the FHU campus.
“RUSH gives high school students the opportunity to come on campus and grow closer to God,” said Jeremy Weekley, coordinator of the event. “It also allows them to experience our students and stay with them and see what kind of things they enjoy here and see the spiritual atmosphere that Freed-Hardeman has to offer for them.”
Activities for RUSH 2002 will include encounter classes, taught by FHU students, and youth ministers classes, taught by youth ministers and FHU faculty. The keynote speaker for the weekend will be Kevin White, minister for the Eastside Church of Christ in Columbia, Tenn. The weekend will also include entertainment each evening, including a Saturday concert by pop singer Edwin McCain.
For more information on Freed-Hardeman University’s RUSH, contact the Office of Admissions at 731-989-6651, or go online to www.fhu.edu; for Edwin McCain tickets, call WFHC 91.5 at 731-989-6749, or order online at www.fhu.edu.

12-Sep-02
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FHU THEATRE TO PERFORM IN UNION CITY
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman will bring a night of comedy to Union City’s Capitol Theatre as the university’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, presents David Ives’ “All in the Timing,” a production featuring 18 characters, six one-act plays and only five actors.
“For some time now, we’ve wanted to produce an off-campus show to benefit our theatre program, and northwest Tennessee was attractive to us because of a great theater in an area with so many alumni,” said FHU alumni relations director Dawn Garrett Bramblett. “In Union City, we’ll be able to put some of our best actors in one of the area’s best theatres.”
Curtain time for FHU’s “All in the Timing” is 7 p.m. Sept. 28. A reception will follow at Commercial Bank’s community room, across the street from the theater. Tickets are $10 each and are available by calling FHU Theatre at 731-989-6938 or by contacting one of the local sponsors: PIP Printing (731-885-4448) and Conley Campbell Moss Smith Attorneys at Law of Union City (731-885-1482).

12-Sep-02
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FHU THEATRE TO PERFORM ‘ALL IN THE TIMING’
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University will begin its 2002-03 theatre season Oct. 3-5 with David Ives’ acclaimed “All in the Timing.” A collection of six one-act plays combining wit, satire and intellect, the show will be staged outdoors in the FHU commons at 8 p.m. each evening, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Oct. 5. The sextet of plays will feature 18 characters, played by five FHU actors: Erin Fletcher, Brad Montague, Kristi Novak, Andrew Phillips and Matt Sokoloski. The show is being produced by Freed-Hardeman theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega.
Admission to “All in the Timing” is free of charge. For more information, contact the Freed-Hardeman University theatre office at 731-989-6938.

25-Sep-02
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PEACE CORPS’ PAUL JHIN TO SPEAK AT FREED-HARDEMAN
HENDERSON, TN

Dr. Paul Jhin, Peace Corps director of planning, policy and analysis, will speak to Freed-Hardeman students, faculty and staff at the university’s daily chapel service Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. He is a 1958 graduate of FHU.
Jhin serves as a Peace Corps liaison to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. His office provides the agency with statistical reports about Peace Corps volunteers, country status reports and updates to the volunteer handbook. He came to the Peace Corps in March 2001 after serving six years as director of the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging in Los Angeles, Calif., and as Gov. Pete Wilson’s representative to the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
From 1990 to 1993, Jhin served as executive assistant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), serving as a personal adviser and consultant to the secretary on the formulation of broad department policies and the implementation of programs authorized by Congress and mandated by the president. His major responsibility was to launch total quality management (TQM) initiatives in the agency.
Prior to his tenure at the VA, Jhin served as assistant superintendent for educational technology in the District of Columbia public schools from 1983 to 1990. He also served at the U.S. Department of Education as director of special projects and senior associate in the Office of International Education.
Jhin came to the United States in 1955 and has earned an associate’s degree from Freed-Hardeman University, a bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University, master’s degrees from New York University and Boston College and a doctorate from Auburn University.
While at Freed-Hardeman, he served as president of two student organizations, Sigma Rho social club and Preachers Club, and was voted Most Popular Boy in 1956-57.

10-Oct-02
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FHU TO HOST 67TH ANNUAL BIBLE LECTURESHIP
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman University is preparing for its 67th annual Bible Lectureship, to be hosted Feb. 2-7. One of the largest events of its kind among the churches of Christ, the university expects as many as 5,000 guests for the lectureship, and more than 90 speakers are scheduled to address topics and issues in conjunction with the 2003 theme, “When We Hurt: Tragedy and Triumph in Job.”
“Lectureship week is always very special for the Freed-Hardeman family. We work hard each year to produce a challenging program worth our guests’ investment of time and energy. With this year’s theme and roster of speakers, we should see such a program,” said Dr. David Lipe, lectureship director. “Universally recognized as a profound masterpiece of ancient literature, the book of Job contains an inspired record of a righteous man’s agony and his signal victory over outward affliction and inward doubts. The book is also pre-eminently practical in its portrayal of Job’s confrontation with undeserved suffering – an enigma for mankind throughout the centuries. Profound yet practical, this book invites us to explore some hard questions.”
The six-day lectureship program will consist of classes, lectures and forums from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, with 7:30 lectures each evening Sunday through Friday.
On Feb. 3, lectureship guests will honor Dr. Wendell Winkler for his life of service to Christian ministry. Winkler has had a nearly 60-year career as an evangelist, having served as a Christian writer, a full-time evangelist for congregations in four states, director of the Brown Trail School of Preaching in Fort Worth, Texas, and chairman of the Bible department at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala.
In conjunction with the Bible Lectureship, FHU will host the 10th annual Youth Workers’ Workshop, which will include lectures from experienced youth ministers and other youth workers, addressing a number of topics related to youth ministry. The workshop will be conducted Feb. 3 and 4, with registration beginning at 12:45 p.m. Feb. 3.
For more information on the 67th annual Bible Lectureship, contact the School of Biblical Studies at 731-989-6622.

4-Nov-02
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FHU HOSTS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE
HENDERSON, TN

Twenty-two college and university presidents were on the Freed-Hardeman University campus Nov. 10-12 for the 2002 Christian College and University Presidents’ Conference. Hosted annually for universities associated with the churches of Christ, the conference’s panel-discussion format offered presidents a venue for discussing current administrative and academic issues with leaders of sister schools. Topics discussed at the 2002 conference included recruitment and retention, fund-raising, working with church leaders and building spiritual growth on the Christian college campus.

11-Nov-02
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KENNY JONES WINS ART AWARDS
HENDERSON, TN

Kenny Jones, assistant professor of art, has recently been honored with awards at two regional art exhibits and competitions.
At the Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit in Dickson, Tenn., Sept. 14, his sculpture “Pronouns Against Pronouns” was chosen from nearly 400 entries for the Judges Choice Award. The concrete sculpture, resembling both a shrine and a warhead to represent religion’s relationship to war, was one of 34 from throughout the southeast region selected for display in the exhibit.
Jones also won the Best of Sculpture Award at the 2002 Memphis Arts in the Park Juried Art Exhibit Oct. 24 for his cast concrete sculpture “Deferring & Differing.” He was one of seven selected from 42 finalists to win the award. Each of the finalists’ artworks, selected from hundreds of entries from across a five-state region, were exhibited during the art festival Oct. 24-27.

14-Nov-02
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FHU RANKED AMONG AMERICA’S BEST COLLEGE BUYS
HENDERSON, TN

For the fourth consecutive year, Freed-Hardeman University has been ranked one of America’s 100 Best College Buys in research released by Institutional Research & Planning Inc. in November.
The research, which surveyed 1,026 universities, was based on a comparison of each institution’s average entering-freshman GPA, ACT/SAT score and costs of tuition, fees, room and board against the national average. While Freed-Hardeman’s entering-freshman ACT score for fall 2001 averaged 23, the same as the national average, the university’s entering-freshman GPA, 3.45, exceeded the national average of 3.21. The cost of tuition, fees, room and board also was well below the national average of $19,430, with a cost of $15,148.
“At Freed-Hardeman, we offer an educational experience of very high quality. The success of our alumni can attest. But as we offer this competitive education, we also try to ensure that it’s available to as many good students as possible; to do this, we keep the costs as low as possible,” FHU President Milton Sewell said.
Advancements made to university programs and facilities, Sewell added, are made through gifts to the university rather than additional costs to students, and students rarely pay the total cost of an FHU education, with the average student receiving a 30 percent discount through scholarships and other financial aid.

20-Nov-02
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REGIS PHILBIN TO SPEAK AT FHU BENEFIT DINNER
HENDERSON, TN

ABC’s Regis Philbin will be on the FHU campus Dec. 6 as keynote speaker for the university’s Advisory Board Benefit Dinner, a scholarship fund-raiser hosted each December. After raising more than $1 million for scholarships through the 2001 event, FHU has surpassed the $1 million mark for 2002 as of Nov. 20. The event is the largest single-evening fund-raiser in the state of Tennessee.
“As Freed-Hardeman grows both in enrollment and in academic strength and reputation, events like the Benefit Dinner are vital to our success. … Every year, more excellent students are looking our way for a quality, well-rounded education, and we want each of them to have the opportunity to come here. But many of them can’t without these scholarship dollars that come from the Benefit Dinner and other sources,” FHU President Milton Sewell said.
Proceeds from the 2001 event with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf provided scholarships for more than half of the university’s student body.
As FHU prepares to play host to one of America’s leading entertainers, Sewell said students and faculty are eager to receive a visit from someone whose career has been based on such ambition and persistence. “Regis’ career started in a very humble way, but he had a goal very early on, and he’s achieved it,” he said, referring to Philbin’s first television job as a film-delivery man at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles. “That takes focus and determination – two professional qualities we instill within our students. We believe Regis to be a very appropriate speaker for this event.”
After getting his foot in the door at KCOP-TV, Philbin later became a news and sports writer for the network, which soon led to reporting positions in television and radio, and then to anchoring positions. Audiences first knew him as a talk-show host when he worked for KGTV-TV in San Diego as host of “The Regis Philbin Show,” where he established his signature “host chat,” an element that has endured throughout his career. Among his other early accomplishments was his work in helming an Emmy Award-winning Los Angeles show, “Philbin’s People.”
Since his first national break in 1964, when Philbin replaced Steve Allen as host on Westinghouse’s syndicated late-night talk show, his career has been punctuated by several national daytime, primetime and late-night productions, a collection of Emmy nominations, including three Emmy wins, and roles as host for several ABC hits, including “Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee” (now “Live! With Regis and Kelly”) and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” which quickly became a primetime blockbuster after its debut in 2000.
Philbin is also a writer, with his memoirs, “I’m Only One Man,” and two volumes co-authored with his former “Live!” co-host, Kathie Lee Gifford.
He is the father of four children and lives in New York with his wife of 32 years, Joy, who is also his frequent guest co-host on “Live!”
As keynote speaker for FHU’s Advisory Board Benefit Dinner, Philbin follows such personalities as President George Bush, President Gerald Ford, Schwarzkopf, Sam Donaldson, Elizabeth Dole and James Earl Jones.

21-Nov-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN TO BUILD NEW STUDENT APARTMENTS
HENDERSON, TN

With an escalating enrollment, Freed-Hardeman University is keeping a step ahead of its growing number of students with two new housing facilities – a men’s apartment and a women’s apartment. Boosting the university’s living quarters from a capacity of 1,172 to 1,268, the new facilities will house up to 48 in each building.
FHU has housed 1,135 students in fall 2002 – a record that stems from a 60 percent enrollment growth since 1990.
“If Freed-Hardeman continues to attract such increasing numbers of students in the next few years, as we expect it will, we’ve got to be ready. These new buildings will help prepare us for these larger numbers of students, as well as to serve their needs in the best possible way,” FHU President Milton Sewell said.
Each of the apartments’ 12 1,100-square-foot units will house four seniors and will offer four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and dining area, laundry facilities and a living room. Many of the features were determined through a student survey, which was conducted in spring 2002 “to ensure that we’re meeting their needs with these buildings,” business affairs Vice President Richard Taylor said. “We’re incorporating as much as we can to make their student lives a little better.”
Designed by Fowlkes & Associates of Nashville, Tenn., and constructed by Walter Rice Construction Company of Brentwood, Tenn., the FHU apartments are scheduled to open for occupancy in August 2003.

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HIGHERS TO SPEAK AT FHU COMMENCEMENT
HENDERSON, TN

Freed-Hardeman will hand diplomas to 104 new alumni Dec. 13, as the university hosts its December 2002 commencement. Seventy-three are graduating with bachelor’s degrees, and 31 are receiving their masters’.
The university will host Judge Alan E. Highers as commencement speaker. Highers, a judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Jackson, is a minister for the Henderson Church of Christ in Henderson and editor of The Spiritual Sword, a quarterly publication for church leaders and other serious Bible students. He also has served as a minister for the Getwell Church of Christ in Memphis and as moderator of FHU’s Open Forum, a daily question-and-answer session during the university’s annual Bible Lectureship. Highers’ first judicial role was in the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County; he has also served as a judge for the Circuit Court of Tennessee at Memphis and as president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference.
Freed-Hardeman has honored Highers with the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award in 1977 and with an honorary doctorate in 1993.
FHU’s commencement ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in Loyd Auditorium.

12-Dec-02
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FREED-HARDEMAN PREPARES FOR MAKIN’ MUSIC 2003
HENDERSON, TN

As the winter months set in, Freed-Hardeman University is gearing up for Makin’ Music 2003. With the theme “Larger Than Life!” the production, in its 26th year, will feature all six FHU social clubs, a four-person host-and-hostess crew and a 14-piece show band.
Attracting about 8,000 audience members to three shows each year and involving the on- and off-stage support of about 600 students, Makin’ Music is Freed-Hardeman University’s largest annual production. The musical show and competition includes seven-minute performances by FHU social clubs, with intermittent performances by a host-and-hostess crew and show band. As social clubs compete for the coveted Makin’ Music trophy, each of the club shows is scored by a panel of visiting judges in the areas of blocking and staging, costumes, vocals, originality and lyrics.
Makin’ Music 2003 will take stage at 7:30 p.m. April 4 and 5, with a matinee at 2 p.m. April 5. Tickets, which go on sale Jan. 2, are $15 each and may be ordered by calling the Office of Student Services at 731-989-6052.

12-Dec-02
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