WORK: LIFE - HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE TRANSITION TO LIFE AND CAREERS BEYOND GRADUATION
Freed-Hardeman has long embraced the idea of character and career education. The motto created in the 1950s is still just as relevant today: “Teaching How to Live and How to Make a Living.”
UNLIMITED GOOD: FHU ASSOCIATES HONORED FOR $4 MILLION IN LIFETIME GIVING
“When women join hands and work together, there is no limit to the amount of good to be done. Women know how to rally to a cause,” Helen Young, former first lady of Pepperdine University, told female supporters of Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson in the 1960s.
THE YEAR OF THE NURSE
The American Nurses Association and the World Health Organization have extended the International Year of the Nurse into 2021 because of the pandemic and the increased visibility of nurses’ contributions.
THE MUSIC PLAYED ON: MAKIN’ MUSIC 2021
Xi Chi Delta’s “Juke Box Hero” took home the sweepstakes trophy following Saturday evening’s performance of the 44th annual production of Freed-Hardeman University’s Makin’ Music.
STEPPING BACK IN TIME
Art students enrolled in Dr. Barbara England’s alternative processes class traded their digital cameras for a photographic method invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer. This process was used by Mathew Brady to document the Civil War.
Standing in the Middle of Answered Prayers: MSYC TUCKER FAMILY DINING HALL OPENS
“We are standing in the middle of answered prayers,” Mid-South Youth Camp Director Brad Montague said, as camp supporters celebrated the opening of Tucker Family Dining Hall Friday.
WORK: LIFE - HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE TRANSITION TO LIFE AND CAREERS BEYOND GRADUATION
SOLLEY CENTER PROVIDES FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS
“Thank you for providing quality professional development opportunities for those of us ‘on the go’ after school hours.”
SHANNON OPENS CONNECT CONFERENCE
Freed-Hardeman University president David R. Shannon opened the Connect Conference Wednesday evening, June 2, 2021, at the Crieve Hall Church of Christ in Nashville.
SEARS EARNS THIRD ALL-AMERICAN HONOR
Senior infielder Josh Sears was named an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention after a stellar season with the Lions.
PARIGGER WINS AWARDS
The Freed-Hardeman University faculty presented the Faculty-Scholarship-Leadership Medal to John Parigger, a 2021 summa cum laude graduate from Manchester, Tennessee, at commencement. He completed a Bachelor of Science in psychology in Spring 2021.
LUCAS RUSSO MEMORIAL FIELD
Freed-Hardeman University dedicated an intramural field to the life and memory of a recent alumnus, Lucas Russo, Thursday, April 8, 2021.
LIVE YOUR FAITH: 2021 SPRING COMMENCEMENT
John DeBerry, senior advisor to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, delivered Freed-Hardeman University’s graduation address Saturday, May 15, 2021. Approximately 300 students received baccalaureate and graduate degrees.
IN HIS STEPS: Endowment Fund to Assist Students Traveling to Israel
Since 2017, Bill and Shelva Biggs and their children, Bill Biggs, Jr. and Desiree Biggs Barnes, have assisted Freed-Hardeman University students in traveling to the Bible Lands. To continue that tradition well into the future, they have established In His Steps, an endowment fund in memory of their daughter and sister, Melissa Renee Biggs. She died in a car accident when she was 16 years old.
Grants to Boost Pipeline of HOMEGROWN TEACHERS IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has awarded two competitive grants to Freed-Hardeman University. The initiatives provide no-cost access in order to remove barriers and provide a pathway to the teaching profession for selected participants. These programs will address the need for qualified teachers in Tennessee.
FREED-HARDEMAN HONORS MR. AND MISS FHU
Mr. and Miss Freed-Hardeman University 2021 were celebrated Friday, April 23, during a special chapel presentation. Elected by the students, faculty and staff, the winners were Wisenie Jadis, a nursing major from Davenport, Florida, and Connor Creasy, a secondary education and history major from Milan, Tennessee.
THE MUSIC PLAYED ON: MAKIN’ MUSIC 2021
FHU STUDENTS RECEIVE DURRINGTON AWARDS
Two Freed-Hardeman University students have received the Victor L. Durrington Award for Excellence in Biblical Research: Jon Paul Gulledge, a graduate student in theology from Corinth, Mississippi, and Drew Aldridge, an undergraduate student majoring in biblical studies from Jasper, Alabama.
FHU Launches Endowed Chair for GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Freed-Hardeman University has announced plans to create an endowed chair for the Graduate School of Theology as it begins the new Doctor of Ministry program. It will be named the Dr. Earl Edwards Chair for the Graduate School of Theology.
COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS CREATE APP TO ENGAGE FUTURE STUDENTS
In conjunction with the office of admissions, Freed-Hardeman University computer science majors have produced FHUBound, a new app for iOS and Android designed to excite and engage future FHU students and their families. It is tentatively set to release Fall 2021.
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS ADVANCE TO NAIA OPENING ROUND
Both the Lions baseball team and Lady Lions softball team advanced to the NAIA Opening Round in post-season play.
Lectureship 2021 Recap Video
ADAIR NAMED NFCA ALL-AMERICAN
National Fastpitch Coaches Association named Brittany Adair an All-American after her 2021 record-setting season. She was named a Second Team At-Large-Pitcher All-American for the NFCA after her first season with FHU.