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More than 100 scholars from over 46 institutions of higher learning gathered together on Trinity Western University’s campus to attend the 2007 Conference on Christianity and Literature. Put on by TWU’s department of English and entitled “Through a Glass Darkly: Suffering, the Sacred and the Sublime,” the conference included panels, keynote speakers and discussions that investigated how themes of suffering are seen in literature, art and stage and what contemporary society might learn from these works today.
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September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
After last year’s significant drop in students living on campus, the majority of resident housing is now full. In addition, the housing department has upgraded facilities and extended visiting hours.
The first major change in on-campus housing is the availability of economy-price housing for female residents, who make up roughly 58 per cent of Trinity Western University’s student population. Starting this year, female students are occupying over half of Douglas Hall, which houses economy-size dorms.
To meet last year’s high demand for upperclassmen housing, the Fraser Hall suites were renovated into apartments, complete with new carpeting, paint and appliances.
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April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nearly 50 students were invited to eat breakfast with the president on March 22, in order to critique Trinity Western University’s new strategic initiative, “Design the Decade: Envision the Century.”
“Our belief is that what we do for the next 10 years will really set the course for the next century,” said president Dr. Jonathan Raymond to a room full of students, including a number of representatives from the TWU Student Association and Mars’ Hill, as well a handful of students from the School of Business and graduate studies. “This exercise is an entry point into a conversation,” he added.
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April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment
At the beginning of the school year, Trinity Western University Student Association president Norman Van Eeden Petersman set an ambitious goal: to reach each student on campus seven times through the association.
The end results of this endeavour, called Project Seven, show that students were impacted by TWUSA 14,003 times over the course of the year. This is just shy of the roughly 15,500 times needed to accomplish the goal.
The purpose of this plan was to inform students of what TWUSA does and to foster student participation and engagement, said Van Eeden Petersman.
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April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
My time as a student here at Trinity Western University is finally drawing to a close. As I approach this last season of papers and exams, I wonder how I could best use this space to say something important. But, I’m merely a 23-year-old year senior and, to be honest, I’d settle for something slightly interesting. In lieu of either, here are some thoughts, some ideas and a final farewell. And with any luck I’ll manage to keep the platitudes to a minimum.
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April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Mars’ Hill 2057 Special Issue Slide Show Click here
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April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’ve always kind of been a pack rat. It began in middle school when I acquired an orange plastic mini-garbage can. Every time I visited a new place or met a new person, I always tried to take something tangible away from the experience that would remind me of it. When I travelled with my family to a swimming competition on Vancouver Island, I saved my ferry ticket and placed it in that can. Faded photo-booth photos of me and best friend Jenny were in there too, squished between an American dollar bill from my band trip to White Salmon, Wash., and an old pack of gum I bought while on a first date.
