Archive for August 2017

Student wives were encouraged to build partnerships with their spouses and God at Metochai’s first meeting of the fall semester, Aug. 28. Metochai, Southwestern Seminary’s organization for student wives, gives women the opportunity to gather for fellowship, develop new friendships and receive spiritual encouragement from mentors throughout the year. The theme of Metochai for the…

Southwestern’s Student Life team welcomed new students to campus, Aug. 18, as they moved into their dorm rooms and prepared for a busy fall. Following this successful move-in day, Student Life kicked off the semester with its annual “Welcome Week,” Aug. 18-25, and offered several opportunities for new and returning students to connect with campus…

When Southwestern professor Matt Queen distributed an email “praise report” detailing the salvation of a 15-year-old girl, it inspired more reasons to celebrate than just one. Not only did the email share how Ph.D. student Jonathan Baldwin and his wife Laura led a young teenager named Alexis to the Lord, but it also revealed a…

Faith and joy in the Lord in the face of difficulties are the keys to a fruitful walk with Christ and a rewarding ministry, President Paige Patterson told Southwestern Seminary faculty and students during the fall 2017 convocation, Aug. 24. The rousing strains of “Holy, Holy, Holy,” followed by Patterson’s message, launched the seminary’s 110th…

Displaying mastery of the knowledge and experience necessary for modern archival management, Southwestern Seminary archivist and special collections librarian Jill Botticelli has achieved certification by the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA). Botticelli recently passed the ACA’s rigorous certification exam. “With the increasingly complex information environment, our libraries are challenged to capture and interpret vast historical…