Posted on February 22, 2012
Every message has at least two parts: content and delivery. Delivery becomes especially important when the content of a message is not what the recipient is hoping for, or when previous interactions have been difficult. So while the Board of Trustees of Erskine College & Theological Seminary voted last week that it would not alter [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2012
The Gryphon Piano Trio will perform Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Admission is $5, free with Erskine I.D. Convocation credit will be offered. Their program will include Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 by Antonín Dvořák ; Trio for violin, cello, and piano by Rebecca Clarke; and “Lonesome Roads” [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2012
DUE WEST, S.C. — Trustees of Erskine College & Theological Seminary voted today not to alter its charter and bylaws to grant its sponsoring denomination authority to remove trustees. This action affirms the conclusions and recommendations of an ad hoc committee of the board formed last year to consider requests coming from the General Synod [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2012
The Rev. Andrew K. Putnam, Moderator of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) General Synod, spoke to Erskine College and Seminary students, faculty and staff Feb. 14 at the Due West ARP Church. Putnam, who said he has worn many hats, outlined his connections with Erskine—as a graduate of Erskine Theological Seminary, as an ARP minister, [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2012
The Erskine College Department of Music will present a concert honoring the memory of Professor Emeritus Dr. Hans Engler on Friday, February 17, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Admission is free. The program includes a student chamber ensemble performing Mozart’s Quintet for Horn and Strings, Bach’s “Peasant Cantata” (in an English translation by Engler) [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2012
As the fall semester was winding down in December, Erskine College sophomore Katie Putnam was packing up for a medical mission trip to Mwaluphamba, near Kwala, Kenya. Putnam learned about the mission trip from her father, the Rev. Andy Putnam, current moderator of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) General Synod, who has participated in several [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2012
Eighty-nine students have been named to the Erskine College Fall 2011 Dean’s List announced by Interim Vice President and Dean of the College Dr. Brad Christie. The Erskine College dean’s list honors full-time students who earn a GPR of at least 3.80. Students named to the dean’s list were: •Michelle Elizabeth Aiken, Waterloo, S.C. •Holly [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2012
You wouldn’t expect to see anything about Due West or Erskine College or Covenant Way Retirement Community in the monthly news publication of Tennessee-based corporation Dollar General. Nevertheless, in a photo on page 7 of the January 2012 issue of “DG Story” is the smiling face of Covenant Way resident Winnie Phillips, a member of [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2012
Martin Luther King Day will be celebrated at Erskine College and Theological Seminary with a special program in Bowie Chapel on the seminary campus Monday, Jan. 16, at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome. This year’s featured speaker will be Dr. Montrio Belton, Sr., who recently joined the staff of South [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2012
“How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm,/ After they’ve seen Paree?” That’s the question posed in a popular World War I-era song, reflecting America’s shift from rural to urban life. Just a few years after the 1919 publication of that song, Tim Stowe’s grandparents, Christy and Emma Stowe, bucked the trend and started [...]
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