College and Seminary NewsThe various campus ministries at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee, have been very busy this fall. Campus minister Steve Weisz has begun holding a Sunday evening worship service and time for meditation in the Pioneer Perk, the campus coffee house. A fall retreat was also held at Montreat the third weekend of November, and the regular Midweek Chapel Service is drawing ever more participation. The King College School of Business and Economics recently won approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to offer a Master of Business Administration degree. It will be the first master's level program in the college's 134-year history. The Kinney Program and Chaplain's Ministry at Rhodes College in Memphis hosted the 14th annual conference of the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. About 400 students and activists were in attendance. Theme of the conference this year was "Harvest Solutions." Topics for discussion included the root causes of poverty, rural poverty, faith-based initiatives, urban planning and development and a legislative update. The NSCAHH is the largest student network fighting hunger and homelessness in America, with more than 600 participating campuses in 45 states. Exploratory Weekends designed to provide a closer look at the possibilities for graduate theological education at Louisville Seminary are scheduled for March 1-2 and October 4-5, 2002. At its October meeting, Columbia Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees elected B. Franklin Skinner of Atlanta as chair. He succeeds Joanna Adams, who chaired the board for six years. Skinner retired as chairman and chief executive officer of BellSouth Telecommunications in 1992. He is a member and elder of Atlanta's Peachtree Presbyterian Church. Centre College music professor Vince DiMartino, has begun a two-year term as president of the International Trumpet Guild. DiMartino has performed worldwide as a soloist and with artists such as Henry Mancini, Doc Severinsen, Pearl Bailey, Dizzy Gillespie and Dave Brubeck. Widely admired for classical and jazz playing, he has also in recent years begun to specialize in virtuoso cornet solos. At Pikeville College, a new music minor has been created. It will offer students an opportunity for in-depth study in the history and literature of jazz, rock, pop, and country music styles. Students in contemporary music studies have a variety of career opportunities, according to Alan Robinson, instructor of music at the college in Pikeville, Kentucky. The Maryville College Community Chorus and the musicians of MACCO will be presenting a shared holiday concert Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Wilson Chapel. Repertoire for the concert will be the Christmas portion of "The Messiah" by George Frederick Handel. A recent report from the Institute of International Education recognized Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, as one of the top 11 schools in the percentage of its students studying abroad at some point in their college careers. And according to a recent survey, 86 percent of the Centre students interviewed said they plan to take part in international study in spite of the terrorist attacks on America and the conflict overseas. The Festival of Theology and Reunion scheduled at Louisville Seminary March 4-6, 2002, featuring the endowed Caldwell and Greenhoe Lecture series, will include guest speakers Patrick D. Miller, Mary Steward Van Leeuwen, Tom Long and Steve Hancock. At Columbia Seminary, January Seminars scheduled for January 28-31, 2002, will feature Brian Wren, Walter Brueggemann, Dennis McCann, and Tom Long.
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