Writing Samples

As enrollment numbers shift and funding changes, the administration at Southern Adventist University must play a balancing act in the day-to-day operations of the school as it looks to the institution's future.

People rarely know where they are going to be when disaster strikes. For those in the Collegedale area, they -- like the rest of the world -- were in the middle of a pandemic crisis.

When local business owner Christine Waldrop first heard that President Donald Trump had declared a state of emergency for the United States, she decided to close down the front end of her relatively new floral and event design shop, Blluum. With a nursing background, she more than understood how important it was to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

After a series of back-to-back shootings in 2015, Chattanooga natives Logan Taylor and Dontay Hampton decided to be there in a tangible way for their community by creating Y.B.Normal?, an organization aimed at providing support for troubled and underprivileged youth.

Although the fires raged in Paradise, California more than 2000 miles from the campus of Southern Adventist University, for some students, the blaze is quite closer to home.

Many in the Southern Adventist University community have come together in support of Bryan Arvelo, a junior theology major. Over the summer Arvelo was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a condition that is characterized by damaged nerves and paralysis, according to mayoclinic.com.

I looked out over the water and felt my stomach turn. My helmet barely fit over the multitude of two-strand twists in my hair and I pulled my life jacket a little tighter, checking it for the 20th time. I, Tierra Hayes, was going white water rafting.

Southern Adventist University students have taken the initiative to mentor middle-school-aged girls through a program they call Hire Tech-Minded Ladies (HTML).

Midterm elections happen every four years in between presidential elections. On a national level, many seats in Congress are up for grabs. According to usa.gov, all 435 members of the House and 33 senators are put to vote during these elections. In addition, 36 out of the 50 governors will be elected, as well as a slew of local officials.