Volume 11, Number 1
Features
Some prefer 'paychecks of the heart'
The definition of a satisfying career varies from person to person, and includes many factors that are given various weights, such as salary, location, creativity, people-oriented, excitement and the opportunity to contribute to society...
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Teachers shape the next generation
Cheryl Zigrang '89 said she's always wanted to be a teacher, and now, as a principal, she's experiencing a new dimension in shaping the lives of children...
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Field experiences make better teachers
Student teaching is a required component for all teacher certification programs. Virginia Wesleyan College, however, takes field experiences to a different level that distinguishes it from similar programs...
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New state standards lead to changes in Education Department
News about test scores and public school accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning (SOL) program often makes headlines. But teacher competencies are another key component of the SOLs, and Virginia Wesleyan College is well on the way to ensuring its graduates meet these standards...
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Social workers fulfill their longing to help others with life's problems
Crissy Sena '98 has been director of social services and admissions at Sentara Nursing Center in Portsmouth for five-and-a half years. Her college internship with Sentara led directly to this position...
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Ministers plant seeds, nurture lives
The Rev. Jan Prentace '93 considered becoming a medical doctor, but decided to become a pastor because she could reach more people on a Sunday morning than a doctor does all week...
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Alum serves God, sailors at sea
Although some Wesleyan alumni in the ministry find their feet firmly planted on solid ground, others have taken to the sea and air to shepherd their flocks. Such is the case for Lt. Charles Rowley '80, deployed with Carrier Airwing 7 aboard the USS George Washington...
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Jim Hill donates organ to VWC
Growing up in Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Virginia Beach, Jim Hill knows church music. Pressed into service at a very young age, Hill served as the church's organist and recalled many hot summer days before the introduction of air conditioning...
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Church musicians share their talent to shape faith
In the second book of Kings in the Hebrew Testament, a passage reads, "And when the musician played, the power of God came over them." This serves as the basis for all sacred music instruction - a tradition of excellence thousands of years in the making...
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50-year-old church musician returns to college for music degree
Rock and roller, piano tuner, choir member and now college student - 50-year-old Patrick "Pat" Gainer '05 has had a lifetime of making music...
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Student and alums enjoy fun and games
Fall meant fun at Virginia Wesleyan as students, alumni, faculty members and staff gathered for various campus events...
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'What is love? Playing every game like it's your last.' VWC mourns tragic loss of student Michael Snapp
Baseball was the love of Michael Snapp's life, and the sophomore shared that love with Virginia Wesleyan as third baseman for the Marlins. During the early morning hours of Sept. 25, the day classes resumed after the weeklong hiatus following Hurricane Isabel, Michael was inexplicably shot when answering the door to his apartment off Shore Drive in Virginia Beach...
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Departments
Credits
- Design by Sherril Schmitz
- Photography by:
- Rick Voight
- Glen McClure
- Martin Smith Rodden '03
- Jack Dmoch
- Printed by Letton Gooch Printing
- Edited by Gail B. Kent, ABC