Category: News
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Campbellsville University students compete in Model Arab League conference
By Ariel C. Emberton, staff writer/photographer, Office of University Communication CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – A New Haven student at Campbellsville University received the Distinguished Delegate for his work on the Social Affairs Committee at the Model Arab League Conference Feb. 20-22 at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio. Eleven Campbellsville University students participated in the conference…
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The Rev. Jeff Gaines to speak at Campbellsville University March 18 chapel — CANCELED
By Scarlett Birge, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Speaking at Campbellsville University’s Wednesday, March 18 chapel service is the Rev. Jeff Gaines, pastor of Christ Church Winchester. The service will be held in Ransdell Chapel, 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville, at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Gaines…
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Dr. Adam Harwood, professor of church history at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, to speak at Baptist Heritage Lecture Series and chapel
By Umutoni Diane Shendo, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Dr. Adam Harwood, McFarland Chair of Theology at the New Orleans Theological Seminary, will be speaking at “Baptist Heritage Week” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 in the Education Building Seminar Room 123. He will also be speaking at chapel at…
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Campbellsville University political science students learn from Iowa State Caucus
By Matthew Taylor, student news writer, Office of University Communications Campbellsville Ky. – Campbellsville University political science students learned about politics as they attended the Iowa State Caucus Jan. 29-Feb. 3. Dr. Shawn Williams, associate professor of political science, one of the leaders of the trip, said, “The trip gave the students a chance to…
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Dr. Ogochukwu Onyiri leads Campbellsville University Quality Enhancement Plan lecture on ‘Ethical Decision Making: Genetic Modification of Humans, what will you do?’
By Scarlett Birge, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – “Biotechnology can be used to treat human diseases, but it also presents ethical issues when applied to the human genome,” Dr. Ogochukwu Onyiri, assistant professor of biology at the Louisville Education Center, said at Campbellsville University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Lecture Series…
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Campbellsville University to feature Ted Gentry in organ recital March 17 — CANCELED
By Joan C. McKinney, director, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Dr. Ted Gentry, organist/choirmaster at Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ky., will give the next Noon Organ Recital on Tuesday, March 17 at 12:20 p.m. in Ransdell Chapel at Campbellsville University. The 30-minute program consists of works by Bruce Neswick, J. S.…
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Daryl Davis speaks of racism and the KKK at chapel
By Holly Jo Evans, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Daryl Davis, the author of the book, Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man’s Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan, was the Campbellsville University chapel speaker recently. Davis told the audience, “We are an impatient society. You have to be committed to your…
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CU Steel Band/Clinton Central High School Steel Band to join in concert Feb. 28
By Kaitlyn Fowler, student news writer, Office of Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — The Campbellsville University Steel Band, to be joined by the Clinton Central High School Steel Band, will present a concert on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in The Gheens Recital Hall, 210 University Drive, Campbellsville, Ky. There will be over 20 performing…
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Kentucky’s poet laureate, Jeff Worley, reads poetry at Campbellsville University
By Matthew Taylor, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The 2019-20 Kentucky Poet Laureate read poetry for a crowd of students and professors in Bright-Redmon Commons Feb. 13. For his reading, Worley read nine poems and shared how those poems came to be. Worley’s poem, “Ode to a Sharp-Shinned Hawk,” was…
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Mapes to retire as Campbellsville University’s director of financial aid in March
By Ariel C. Emberton, staff writer/photographer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — After 20 years of service at Campbellsville University, Chris Mapes, director of financial aid, will be retiring on March 31. Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University, said, “As long as I have been president, Chris has been with our university,…