Students With a Testimony (SWAT) Ministries Inc. has been active ministry since 1992, but is now a program at Lee University. “SWAT equips students to teach other students what it means to live a life committed to their Savior, Jesus Christ,” said Jon Messara, founder of the organization. Messara was a youth minister from Athens, [...]
The Standards hit the stage at the Conn Center on Sept. 26 and sung to a wide range of music, all the way from “Brown Eyed Girl” to “Circle of Life.” The group of five brothers started off with one of their own songs, which had a Christian theme to it. The audience was still [...]
The 10th annual Komen Chattanooga Race for the Cure was held on Sept. 27. A new record of nearly 7,500 people registered to fight breast cancer by participating in the race. Lee University’s Epsilon Lambda Phi joined the race on Sunday with about 15 runners. Epsilon member Stephanie Barrios ran the 5k race in 30 [...]
This week I felt inspired to write about detoxifying your body. This is a great way to rid all the toxins in your body and to overall live a healthy life and feel better about yourself. This isn’t just a phrase us nutritional freaks say, it really is the truth. The detox I have done [...]
The top 30 PGA tour players still standing from a season-long FedEx cup points race descended on a rain-soaked East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday for the season’s final chance at a victory. As if the $1.35 million first place purse wasn’t motivation enough, this year’s final shoot out afforded a few players [...]
Reflect back to that first experience at a sporting event. The roar of the crowd, the smell of the popcorn, the feeling of excitement in the air, all while potentially being too young to grasp the love and passion of enthusiastic fans filling the arena. Is it that one day that creates a sporting alliance [...]
Lee University’s graduate programs continue to grow with two departments looking at the potential of offering new degrees. The graduate programs in counseling currently have 102 students enrolled in their courses. This is a result of doubled enrollment following the announcement of the mental health counseling service track. “We are currently working on a master [...]
After receiving his doctorate from Baylor University in Waco ,Texas, Dr. Mark Proctor began what would be at ten-year job search that would eventually lead him to Lee University. Proctor received his undergrad from Evangel University in Springfield, Mo., where he spent four years on the football team. “I played guard and tackle,” he said [...]
After a successful inaugural season, the Lady Flames golf team is back on the course. Coach John Maupin spent the past spring and summer recruiting and has added five new freshman ladies to the team from various parts of the southeast. Though the conference and national tournaments aren’t hosted until the spring, Coach Maupin has [...]
Since becoming a part of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) in 2004, the women’s soccer team, under the direction of Head Coach Matt Yelton, have not lost a conference match, racking up 51 consecutive unbeaten games in regular season play and one tie in October 2004 against Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.). Ever since that draw, the [...]
At last, the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs are here. After a fierce 162-game season, the eight best teams from both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) will clash in a month-long battle to claim bragging rights as baseball’s best team in 2009. Not long after the post season ends, however, the [...]
Coach Henry Moyo is the head coach of the Lee University men’s soccer team. Q) How long have you been coaching the men’s soccer team at Lee? A) For seven years. I am going into my eighth year. Q) What sports did you play growing up? A) I only played soccer. I am too clumsy [...]
In 1938 the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens began what would become an irregular, scattered tradition of playing National Hockey League (NHL) hockey abroad. Since that first internationally based game, the NHL has had teams playing overseas for 15 years. While the majority of these games have mainly been played in European countries [...]
Where do you go if you’re disabled or need help in your classes? You are struggling in algebra and need help, or you’ve tripped and sprained your ankle and need help getting around campus. Where do you go? The answer is Dr. La-Juan Stout. Stout is new to the Lee faculty, serving as an assistant [...]
It has been proven that laptops and coffee shops have saved college students from complete insanity (well, at least one student). After hours of study, staring at the same ridiculously happy calendar behind my desk, I start to feel the itch of restlessness. Suddenly, everything is annoyingly familiar and I am overtaken by the incredible [...]
