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Southern News

Carola Rizzo
Feature
May 18, 2026

Record-Setting 90 Students Preach in Dominican Republic

By Chehalis Eno, senior English major, and Isabella Dixon, junior English major

In November 2025, Southern sent a record-setting student evangelism group to the Dominican Republic, leading to more than 500 baptisms.

2 days ago
Candy Dolcy, Southern Adventist University
Feature
February 4, 2026

Living a Sermon of Service

By Chehalis Eno, senior English major

“Before I became a social worker, I was a Christian,” says Candy Dolcy, director of field education and assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Southern Adventist University. “Prioritizing service makes my life a living sermon without...

3 months ago
Mission volunteers stand in a field by vans
Feature
January 14, 2026

Touching Lives in the 10/40 Window

By Isabele Barreto Freitas, sophomore nursing major

A group of 34 volunteers from Southern Adventist University journeyed to an Asian nation in the 10/40 window, a region known for limited access to the gospel, for a two-week mission trip in May.

4 months ago
engineering students work on a project
Feature
January 7, 2026

Think. Design. Serve.

By Tina Frist Smith, communication manager

Southern Adventist University’s first Bachelor of Science in Engineering graduates are already living out the motto of the School of Engineering and Physics: Think. Design. Serve.

4 months ago
Two Southern Adventist University nursing students stand beside community member Barbara Smith
Feature
November 12, 2025

Nursing Students Save a Life

Julia Juler, junior English major

One day earlier this year, Southern Adventist University students were working at a health fair booth at the Samaritan Center in Ooltewah, Tennessee, when they were able to help a local senior citizen gain a second chance at life.

6 months ago
PTA students
Feature
September 23, 2025

Learning for Life

Stephanie Maeda, ’25

At Southern Adventist University, students don’t just study—they prepare for real-world careers through hands-on experience, personal mentorship, and a values-based approach.

7 months ago
a group of mission volunteers
Feature
September 10, 2025

Embracing Service

Chehalis Eno, senior English major

Southern Adventist University embraces wholistic education, and many students take advantage of all the school has to offer beyond earning a degree. Through service opportunities big and small, Southern students craft a lifelong love for serving,...

8 months ago
a nursing student paints a picture
Feature
August 27, 2025

Positivity Through Painting

Alexis Dewey, ’24, and Tina Frist Smith, ’89 and ’23, communication manager

For nearly two decades, hundreds of students at Southern Adventist University have inspired positivity in long-term patients through thousands of bright, creative works completed during a simple art class.

8 months ago