Comments on matters related to our worldview, because our worldview matters. Dr. Roger Parrott, President of Belhaven University, discusses higher education and culture from a Christian Worldview.
Posted in Culture, Higher Education on Nov 20th, 2008
The fire that destroyed 20% of Westmont’s campus, and 200 multi-million dollar homes of neighbors was put out earlier this week, but the worst trouble started after the fire was out.
The local sheriff held a news conference earlier this week to say they had found the source of the fire – it was “10 college [...]
Three members of our Women’s Cross Country team – Christie Barber, Libby Brown and Jessica Gunning – earned berths in the NAIA National Championship meet this weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Several members of the women’s soccer team were named to the All-Conference Team: (1st Team) Sarah Benson, Catherine Dunst and Mallory Hodges; (2nd Team) Kristin Parson, [...]
In all the buzz of our men’s soccer team reaching a national ranking of 6th, the strong season of the women’s team was overlooked by many. They came within just that one game of going to the national championship tournament.
The women made it all the way into the conference championship game against William Carey, after [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Higher Education on Nov 16th, 2008
Last month I posted some comments from prospective students who visited the campus for a Discover Day. Here are some more responses from recent campus visits:
Discovery Day was an awesome experience for myself and my mother. I just felt right at home. I truly want to attend Belhaven. Hopefully I will get the chance to [...]
Posted in Higher Education on Nov 14th, 2008
Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, has been hit hard by a wildfire – they lost several academic buildings, along with some residence hall rooms, and several faculty homes that are on the campus. (There are a number of photos on their web site.) Westmost is also a member of the Council for Christian Colleges [...]
Our men’s basketball team went to Tuscaloosa to play the University of Alabama tonight. The final score wasn’t great, 97-43, but our guys are marvelous to even take the floor against an SEC team.
We were down by only 2 points ten minutes into the game. Below is the story of the game from their web [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Nov 12th, 2008
We are a “Pepsi campus” and appreciate Bill Brown and Brown Bottling Group who helps Belhaven in so many ways, and is our beverage provider for the campus. So, we push Pepsi, not Coke.
But you need to keep handy one can of Coca-Cola Classic – to clean wallpaper.
We had an expert in this week to [...]
Posted in Culture on Nov 10th, 2008
War is horrible. There is no way to sugar coat or romanticize war. It is grusome, destructive, and always hurts more of the innocent than the combatants. People die – lots of people die.
But war has always been part of history, and until Jesus returns to restore the earth, war will be part of our [...]
Posted in World Events on Nov 7th, 2008
I was encouraged to see this sign at the Walmart gas station on Route 49 in Richland. Hard to believe we now see $2 gas as welcomed sign.
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Posted in Christian Faith, Culture, Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2008
This story from CNN caught my attention because Joel Hunter is a friend of Belhaven, serves on our Board of Reference, and was our commencement speaker for our Orlando campus a few years ago. Dan Fredericks and his family attended Joel’s church when they lived in Orlando.
Before he delivered his victory speech on Tuesday night [...]