The hard work of past months will pay benefits in a number of ways as Martin Methodist College begins its 139th academic year next week. First off, the freshman class that arrives on Saturday, Aug. 23, will be the largest in number – 250 – and arguably the strongest academically, ...

The first two performances of the 2008-09 season of MartinMethodistCollege’s Della Clayton Lee Cultural Arts Series taps into the wide-ranging music talent in Nashville. Sixwire will perform at the Martin Pride Days Concert at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the Grissom Gazebo on the Campus Green, and Rebecca ...

The economy may have created headaches for some philanthropic efforts across the nation, but when it came to supporting the Giles County Scholarship Fund at Martin Methodist College this past year, the people of this community were never more generous. When the fiscal year 2007-08 ended on June 30, the ...

One of Martin Methodist College’s most dedicated supporters received a surprise party this month to celebrate a half-century as a member of the Board of Trustees. William P. Murrey Jr. walked into Colonial Hall for the quarterly meeting of the trustees on July 17, only to find family members and ...

Dr. Ted Brown, president of Martin Methodist College, has been elected president of the 775-member International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU). The election took place on Friday, July 11, at the annual meeting of IAMSCU, held in Rosario, Argentina. Founded in 1991, IAMSCU promotes the development of ...

The Rev. Barbara Phillips Garcia Scholarship has been established at Martin Methodist College to help students who have demonstrated potential for leadership in the United Methodist Church. The scholarship, funded by family and friends of Barbara Garcia, was announced at the Martin Methodist College dinner at the UMC's Tennessee Annual ...

One of Martin Methodist College's legendary faculty members died Saturday, July 19, at the age of 82. Funeral services for William Hugh Burks Jr. of Pulaski, who taught English literature at the college for 34 years, were held Tuesday, July 22, at the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel ...

Nearly 300 children jumped, clapped, and danced their way to better health Tuesday morning on the Campus Green at Martin Methodist College, during the third annual Kids Day. The event – a joint effort by Hillside Hospital, First National Bank, and MMC – focuses on healthy habits in an effort ...

Martin Methodist College was one of the sponsors at the Nashville Sounds Game June 22, 2008 for "Faith Night". Several Martin alumni and friends attended. We had our own section! It was nice. Be sure and watch the Martin Methodist College website for next years event. "Rowdy" threw the first ...

On April 25th, 2008 Rev. William J. Fowler hosted Martin's second Capital Campaign Area Event at the Church Street United Methodist Church. Alumni and friends began the evening with a great dinner catered by the church's catering service. The food was excellent and the event was a success. After dessert, ...

On April 24th, 2008 Dr. Ken and Gail Wilkerson and Dr. Cynthia Burnley hosted the first of it's kind area event at the Wilkerson's home in Johnson City. The event was a success. The evening began with introductions and hor' duevres. The presentation began soon after with Dr. Jack Gregory ...

Very colorful decorations by Iva Jean Bryan, Ica Coggins, and Karen McDaniels created a picture perfect setting. Catering provided by HH's Naomi Beddingfield with an array of wonderful finger foods, along with the birdhouse decorations was the perfect setting to enjoy each others company reminiscing and making plans to return ...

Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. class members from 1965, 1966 and 1967 gathered at Martin Hall's Upperman Room for a class reunion championed by Joy Lewter, Darlene Baxter, Sarah Caldwell and Lynn McKee Erwin. They enjoyed a lunch consisting of Chicken Foriester, catered by Martin's own dining hall ...

The Giles County United Methodist Laity Club recently presented Martin Methodist College with a check for $1,200 for the general scholarship fund. The Laity Club contributes annually to support scholarships, with the funds raised from offerings at the Laity Club’s fall and spring revivals. The Giles County Laity Club meets ...

Health Club hours of operation Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Indoor Pool hours of operation Monday, Wednesday and Friday Recreational Swim 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday Lap Swim 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 ...

A rich Martin Methodist College legacy lived on Friday night, May 2, during the 2008 Jubilee Dinner as the son and daughter of a beloved former president and religion teacher were inducted into the alumni’s Hall of Distinction. Dr. Eleanor Fowler McCrickard and the Rev. Dr. William J. Fowler not ...

History was made Friday, May 2, at Martin Methodist College as the Division of Nursing honored its first-ever six graduates during a special pinning ceremony in Martin Hall Auditorium. Then, on Saturday, the six students received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during commencement exercises. The nursing program at ...

The Saturday morning ceremony began under dark and threatening skies, but as the bagpipes sounded to mark the end of the 137th Commencement at Martin Methodist College, the sun burst through and blue skies reigned supreme. The only thing brighter were the smiles on the faces of 125 new degree ...

History will be made Saturday at Martin Methodist College as the Division of Nursing graduates its first six students with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during commencement exercises on May 3. The nursing program at Martin Methodist began in the fall of 2006. A pinning ceremony will be ...

Martin Methodist College will bestow degrees on 125 students as commencement exercises bring to a close the Jubilee 2008 Weekend, set for Friday and Saturday, May 2-3. The baccalaureate service will bring the Class of 2008 together at 4 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, where the Rev. Dr. ...

A rising junior at Martin Methodist College will be working as an intern in the office of Gov. Phil Bredesen. Allison Winters, a history major from Pleasantview, Tenn., has been selected for the summer internship. She becomes the second Martin Methodist student in three years to be chosen, following Jake ...

More than 200 people visited the Curry Christian Life Center Wednesday, April 23, to celebrate the grand reopening of the Grissom Natatorium. The event was the monthly Giles County Chamber of Commerce Coffee, and numerous business and civic leaders throughout the community joined staff and faculty at Martin Methodist College ...

Eighteen MMC students made history on Monday, April 14, when they were inducted as the charter members of the Pulaski Rotaract Club of Martin Methodist College. Jeff Hatfield, president of the Pulaski Rotary Club, led the induction ceremonies at Grissom Colonial Hall on the Martin Methodist campus. The Pulaski Rotary ...

The activities for “Giles County Reads ‘The Great Gatsby’” continue with a focus on children in the community as Martin Methodist College hosts “Pammy Buchanan’s Birthday Tea” on Tuesday, April 22, on the Campus Green. The “birthday tea,” open to children ages 5 and younger, will begin at 9:30 a.m. ...

At long last, the natatorium at Martin Methodist College is returning to life. The folks at Martin Methodist are ready to make a big splash as they unveil the repaired and renovated indoor pool at a Giles County Chamber of Commerce gathering on Wednesday morning, April 23. The chamber coffee ...

The Martin Methodist College Concert Choir will present its annual spring concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, at First United Methodist Church of Pulaski. The concert is free and open to the public. The choir will be joined by soprano Christine Brosend and guitarist T.G. Engel, two music ...

The 2008 Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association (TMTA) Math Contest brought 166 high school and junior high students to the Martin Methodist College campus on Tuesday, April 15. Martin Methodist hosts the regional competition each April. The scores are forwarded to TMTA for statewide honors. Students from 10 schools in the ...

The opinion left no doubt in the minds of the Martin Hall Auditorium audience. At least one Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic considers “The Great Gatsby” to be the crown jewel of 20th century American fiction. Not the perfect literary effort, mind you. Jonathon Yardley, literary critic for The Washington Post, ...

Joseph Branham Smith, who retired from Martin Methodist College in 2005 after 34 years as an accounting and economics professor, died April 6, 2008, at the age of 62. He was a resident of neighboring Marshall County. He received his bachelor of science degree from Tennessee Technological University and his ...

Although the details have changed, the focus of Spud Day ’08 remains the same – to feed the hungry. The event, which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, on the Martin Methodist College campus, was originally designed for Martin S.E.R.V.E.S. (Students Engaged in Reviving Volunteer Efforts in Society) to distribute ...

With 11 albums to her credit, folk singer Kate Campbell has brought comparisons to such distinct voices as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Iris Dement, Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffith, and Emmylou Harris. And yet all critics agree that there is no one quite like the Mississippi-born singer-songwriter who will perform at Martin ...

When brothers Joe and Bob Henry were asked by Martin Methodist College officials who best to speak at the inaugural law lecture to be named in memory of their father, one name immediately came to mind. The two Pulaski attorneys thought of Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey, whose own remarkable career ...

One of America’s leading literary critics of the past three decades, Jonathan Yardley, will visit Giles County on April 10 as part of The Big Read’s focus on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, “The Great Gatsby.” Yardley, who has served as the book critic at The Washington Post since 1981, ...

Beginning Friday, March 28th, 2008 class members from 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 rallied, saluted, reminisced and shared stories about their life after Martin College at Martin Hall in the Upperman Room. Enjoying Hors D'oeuvres and Soda, some chose to go watch the play "Much Ado About Nothing", a performance ...

The second annual law lecture at Martin Methodist College, to be held on Thursday, April 3, will have two major functions. One is to present as guest speaker the Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. The second is to christen this annual lecture ...

If you ever wanted to know what 32,000 pounds of white potatoes looked like, the place to be was on the Martin Methodist College campus on the morning of April 16, 2007. It was “Spud Day ’07,” a potato drop to feed the hungry in Giles County and beyond. Some ...

Imagine the sound of a tuba playing a solo piece of music. Now imagine that solo being accompanied by more than a dozen other tubas and euphoniums of varying sizes and tones. It’s the music made famous by the internationally acclaimed Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble, a group that has received ...

In conjunction with The Big Read, the countywide focus on the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby,” the Martin Players will perform William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in 1920s dress. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday-Sunday, March 28-30, and on Wednesday, April 2, ...

One of America's literary classics of the 20th century, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," is the focus of readers all across Giles County for the months of March and April, and even before the official Feb. 28 kickoff of what is being called The Big Read, Martin Methodist College ...

The question asked Tuesday, Feb. 26, of the panel of experts at Martin Methodist College’s second annual Business Ethics Symposium was a straightforward one: “Is Ethics Good Business?” The answers were anything but simple, however, as panelists Corbette Doyle, Jack Faris, and Steve Flatt looked at the issue of business ...

A new Homecoming King and Queen were crowned, while three individuals and one team were inducted into the Martin Methodist College Sports Hall of Fame as 2008 Homecoming activities were held on Saturday, Feb. 2. Jill Williams, a senior from Crossville, Tenn., and Patrick Ashe, a senior from Dunboyne, Ireland, ...

By THE REV. LAURA KIRKPATRICK Campus Minister Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s* eye, but do ...

By MARIELLYN DUNLAP Assistant Director of Religious Life “When your belief is strong and your purpose just, no obstacle can stand in your way.” – Martin Luther King Jr. During the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice trip, held Jan. 18-21, 15 Martin Methodist College students learned firsthand the ...

Too often, says Dr. William Morris, people credit their dreams to nothing more than worry, stress, or that fast-food burger with all the fixings that you ate right before bed. But the retired United Methodist bishop told a Martin Methodist College audience on Tuesday, Jan. 15, that such theories fall ...

For the past quarter-century, the pool at the Curry Christian Life Center at Martin Methodist College has been of the indoor variety. For now, the roof is gone. But not for long. Repairs and renovation to the 24-year-old natatorium began in December, and in the days leading up to the ...

History will be made this week when Pulaski’s first local origination television channel premieres on the PES Energize cable system. The launch of 3PTV – a channel dedicated to serving the informational and entertainment needs of Pulaski and Giles County which will be found on cable channel 3 – will ...

HOMECOMING 2008 Martin Methodist College's homecoming events are set for February 2, 2008. The Event Schedule is as follows: 11:30 a.m. The Sports Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon. Selected for induction this year are: Tommy Simpson, 1965-1967 Baseball Player Buddy Carollo, 1971 Tennis Player Joe Hardin, 1987 to 1996 Athletic ...

August John & Kay Hart Jordan Mary Lou Moore Judy Ragsdale Barrett Hubert King Joanna Neal Newberry July Ruth Latimer Carr (Charles) Barbara Smith Holyfield Don Davis Charles & Ruth Poole Neil & Beatrice Boehms Jobe Elizabeth Eubanks Harry & Iva Jean Young Bryan Chuck & Jane Paysinger Bonnie Diehl ...

Mr. Neil Jobe, Mrs. Jane Cortner, Mr. Jimmy Cox, Mr. Jimmy Alexander, Mr. Hubert Chittam, Mrs. Judy Davis Chittam all received their Golden Jubilee medallion at the Jubilee dinner on May 2, 2008. A special Golden Jubilee medallion was presented to Mr. Jimmy Alexander in honor of his late wife, ...

The Division of Nursing at Martin Methodist College has received a $2,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Pulaski to purchase Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) for the campus. The American Heart Association states that “when a person suffers a sudden cardiac arrest, for each minute that passes without defibrillation their ...

Martin Methodist College’s Christmas Candlelight Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at the Church of the Messiah, on the corner of Madison and Third streets. The service will include scripture readings, as well as a variety of music from talented students such as Alex Spann on ...

The Martin Methodist College Choir carol service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at First United Methodist Church of Pulaski. The service will feature a wide variety of carols, both old and new, and will include as soloists Trenton Teegarden, Ashlee Kirkendall, Mary Claire Allen, Daniel Smith, ...

The Martin Players will present “East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon,” a Christmas show for all ages, at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Martin Hall Auditorium. Admission is $1, and the show lasts approximately one hour. The production will be directed by Dr. Kayla McKinney Wiggins, ...

2008 Special Events! The following is coming soon, so be watching for your "Save A Date" card or other information in the mail. Make sure your address is current because you don't want to miss the fun. Homecoming and Sports Hall of Fame Induction February 2, 2008 Tailgate Party for ...

There will be a "Benefit for John B." as part of the Martin Methodist College men's basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. at the Curry Christian Life Center. Martin Methodist College student John Hendry, who was seriously injured in a July automobile accident, was the "trainer" for ...

Over the previous 30 minutes, a national champion women’s soccer team had been applauded and two student-athletes – tennis player Summer Kavara and basketball player Chauncey Shelton – had been remembered following tragic deaths. The event was the second annual Champions of Character convocation, and the college had taken the ...

The theme of "Triumph and Tragedy" will be the focus for the second annual Champions of Character convocation, to be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Martin Hall Auditorium. The Champions of Character is an initiative begun in 2002 by the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) in ...

The rights and benefits of children and adults with mental retardation will be the focus of a seminar set for Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Martin Methodist College. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Martin Hall Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Kay Gunckel, director of ...

For the third time in the past five years, Martin Methodist College's entry in the annual Giles County Chili Cook-off received top honors for its creative decorations. Using a Harry Potter theme, the "Magical Mystical Chili" booth -- playing off the letters "MMC" -- captured first place in the category ...

By MARIELLYN DUNLAP Assistant Director of Religious Life The United States Post Office has nothing on the 12 Martin Methodist College students, three staff members, and three members of Pulaski First United Methodist Church who recently traveled to Gulfport, Miss., to help with hurricane recovery work. As the trip concluded, ...

One of Canada’s most celebrated acoustic folk trios, The Wailin’ Jennys, will come to the Martin Methodist College stage on Tuesday, Nov. 6, as part of the 2007-08 Della Clayton Lee Cultural Arts Series. The Jennys, who earned the 2007 North American Folk Alliance Award’s Best Contemporary Album for “Firecracker,” ...

The author of a recently released book on the embattled nephew of President Andrew Jackson will be on the Martin Methodist College campus Tuesday, Oct. 30. Dr. Mark R. Cheathem, whose recent book is entitled “Old Hickory’s Nephew: The Political and Personal Struggles of Andrew Jackson Donelson,” will be the ...

Twelve students and six adults will be traveling to Gulfport, Miss., for the second annual Alternative Fall Break Mission Trip. The trip is part of the Martin S.E.R.V.E.S. (Students Engaged in Reviving Volunteer Efforts in Society) program. As the Martin Methodist College contingent did a year ago, the group will ...

The completion of Phase I of the $43 million Campaign for Martin 2010 brought music, balloons, streamers, and standing ovations. It also brought the total amount raised at this point to more than $29 million, and set the stage for the launch of Phase II. The celebration was held on ...

The top two leaders of the World Methodist Council received the President’s Medallion during convocation ceremonies Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Martin Methodist College. Dr. John Barrett, chairman of the World Methodist Council, and Dr. George Freeman, who serves as general secretary, were presented the honors by Dr. Ted Brown, president ...

To Methodists around the globe, John Barrett may well be one of the world’s most respected educators, but that doesn’t mean he is immune to challenges and frustrations from day to day. Barrett, chairman of the World Methodist Council who has decades of experience as a teacher and headmaster, on ...

The Martin Methodist College Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the college’s newest student organization, held its first-ever fund-raiser on Saturday, Oct. 13, in the gallery of Grissom Colonial Hall. The Fall Harvest Pancake Breakfast raised more than $700 with a portion of the ...

The 2007-08 Giles County Campaign, to raise scholarship money for all students from Giles County attending Martin Methodist College, is off and running – thanks to a lead gift made at the kickoff reception – and the campaign chairperson is eager to top last year’s record total. Fran Douthitt, a ...

The next ACT Test Preparation Workshop for this academic year will be offered in Giles County beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Room 227 of Johnston Center above the library on the campus of Martin Methodist College. The 1½-hour workshop includes general test-taking tips as well as ...

A West Tennessee native who has become a leading Southern poet will be the special guest at the fifth annual Martin Methodist College Literary Festival on Oct. 9. Bill Brown will give a reading of his poetry beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Colonial Hall Gallery. Brown, ...

The message that John Jay Hooker Jr. brought to Martin Methodist College on Thursday, Sept. 27, was a simple and straightforward one: the Constitution of the United States is a wonderful document that needs to be amended for the 21st century. Hooker, one of the most colorful legal and political ...

Martin Methodist College will be collecting sewing-related items on Saturday, Oct. 6, to send with a shipment of sewing machines to Kenya, Africa. Area residents are asked to drop off any buttons, zippers, snaps, thread, or bright fabric they may have lying around the house from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ...

United Methodist families throughout middle Tennessee who have questions about getting their children – and their finances – ready for college are invited to attend “College Prep 101,” a two-hour information session being offered four times over the next several months by Martin Methodist College and the Cal Turner, Jr. ...

In recounting the horrific death of her own son, clinical sociologist Kathy Smith told a Martin Methodist College audience on Tuesday night that, even in tragedy, people have choices to make in how they will react. Smith, an adjunct instructor in Martin Methodist’s criminal justice major, was the opening speaker ...

A Martin Methodist College alumnus and former assistant baseball coach has been hired to take over the Judson University baseball program. Rich Benjamin, a 2004 graduate, comes to Judson, located in Elgin, Ill., from Olivet Nazarene University. “We are very pleased to add Rich to our staff. He is coming ...

And, finally, there was one. As one of six individuals who had broken the existing Guinness World RecordTM for continuous rocking in a rocking chair five hours earlier, Flora Bayon turned out to be the last one standing -- or, sitting, actually -- when she rose from her chair at ...

As the clock struck 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, 13 rocking chairs remained on the Curry Christian Life Center basketball court with 13 diehard rockers looking to set the Guinness World RecordTM for continuous rocking. At that point, it was 18 hours down, 57 hours and 4 minutes to go ...

Once again, First National Bank of Pulaski has demonstrated its support for Martin Methodist College . . . this time doing so while, quite literally, making a splash. First National Bank has made a gift to complete funding for the college’s $985,000 repair and renovation of its 24-year-old natatorium. The ...

The Martin College Classes of 1962, 1963 and 1964 may have been three separate years, but they were definitely unified, as witnessed by their joint reunion, held Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Bistro 215 in the Green Hills section of Nashville. Championed by Henrietta McCroskey, the reunion was a huge ...

1The 2007-08 academic year officially opened Thursday morning as President Ted Brown welcomed another record student enrollment of 912 students to Martin Methodist College. “This number, which is a 7 percent increase over last year, surpasses our goal for the year and puts us ahead of pace for achieving that ...

When the votes were all tallied, the 2007 Martin Idol turned out to be a brand new face on the Martin Methodist College campus. Andrew Bradley, a senior from Fayetteville, Tenn., who just transferred to MMC from Austin Peay University, captured first place with his performance of Tom Petty's "Mary ...

Martin Methodist College’s new director of alumni affairs may have just gotten her degree a year ago, but she’s been familiar with the campus all of her life. Edna Luna, a 2006 alumna who earned a bachelor of science degree in business management, will guide the alumni activities of the ...

Headed up by Betsy Bass Miller, the Class of 1972 held its 35th year class reunion on July 28. Several classmates, teachers, librarian, and administration met in the Gallery at Colonial Hall for a luncheon, followed with a campus tour led by Robby Shelton, vice president for campus life and ...

Mariellyn Dunlap gets high marks for her dedication to the United Methodist Church’s focus on mission and social justice. She can be praised for understanding how faith, education, and service to others work together to shape young lives. She certainly earns plaudits for her willingness to reach out and have ...

Six years ago, Martin Methodist College began an academic scholarship program that awarded to two top high school seniors a full-cost, four-year scholarship. As of Thursday, the recipients of those scholarships will forever be known as Barton Scholars, in honor of Michael W. Barton, who completed eight distinguished years as ...

A 1962 graduate of Martin Methodist College is the new chairman of the Board of Trustees for his alma mater. Kenneth H. Pinkston of Nashville, who joined the Board of Trustees in 1992, succeeds Michael W. Barton, also of Nashville, who served as chairman for the past eight years. A ...

Martin Methodist College announces the hiring of Coach Dee Bell as new women’s basketball coach. Bell is a graduate of Maryville College where he was an All-Conference, four-year starter for the Scots. When his playing career concluded in 1997 he had scored more than 1,200 points and led his team ...

Martin Methodist College announces the hiring of Andy Sharpe as the new head men’s basketball coach for the RedHawk program. Sharpe is a graduate of Reinhardt College and former men’s basketball player for the Eagles. For the last two years, he has served as head men's coach for Emmanuel College ...

Gold, gold, and more gold! Martin Methodist College’s athletic department shared Gold Awards for Marketing and Promotions of intercollegiate athletics with Florida State University, James Madison University, Purdue University, University of Maryland, and Old Dominion University at the 16th Annual NACMA (National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators) Convention, held recently ...

As he accepted the 2007 Ned McWherter Award of Excellence, presented annually by Martin Methodist College, Dr. Bill Frist – former Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate – paid homage to the person for whom the honor is named. “I’m appreciative of this award for a wide range of reasons,” ...

A pair of high school classmates who attend different United Methodist congregations have been named recipients of the 2007 Church Leader Scholarship at Martin Methodist College. Lyndsay Millo of Nolensville, Tenn., a member of LaVergne First United Methodist Church, and Josiah Po’e of LaVergne, Tenn., a member of Belmont United ...

Martin Methodist College is conducting a final four-month fund-raising push for the monies necessary to repair and reopen the natatorium in the Curry Christian Life Center. The Board of Trustees voted at its recent spring meeting to adjust the goal upward for the natatorium project to $985,000 to accommodate increased ...

A Martin Methodist College student died tragically Thursday night in Nashville from injuries received from a gunshot wound. Chauncey Shelton was a senior criminal justice major from Detroit, Mich., and a member of the RedHawk men's basketball team. According to television news reports, Shelton was not involved in the altercation ...

As we begin a new school year it is time to be thinking about our Hall of Distinction and Sports Hall of Fame honorees for 2007-08. Nominations for each of these awards may be made at anytime during the year. The Hall of Fame winners will be honored at Homecoming ...