Category: University News

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

By Ariel C. Emberton, staff writer/photographer, Office of University Communication CAMPBELSLVILLE, Ky. — Robyn Sollberger, assistant director of financial aid at Campbellsville University, will be named the new director of financial aid on April 1, following the retirement of Chris Mapes, director of financial aid. “Robyn, like Chris, cares about the students and will do…

By Holly Jo Evans, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Dr. Lewis Brogdon, visiting professor of Religious and Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky and chair of Simmons College’s Religious Studies Department, talked about group temptations as he kicked off the Black History Month celebration at Campbellsville University Feb.…

By Scarlett Birge, student news writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Dr. James E. Jones, pastor at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and member of the Campbellsville University Board of Trustees, will be speaking at Campbellsville University’s Wednesday, Feb. 26 chapel service at 10 a.m. in Ransdell Chapel, 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville, Ky.…