Covenant College Basketball

2012-13

Jessie Blankenship Callum Sears

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Covenant Basketball

About Covenant College Founded……………………………………………1955 President………………………………Derek Halvorson VP for Student Development………………Brad Voyles Director of Athletics……………………...Tami Smialek Assistant Director of Athletics…………….Tim Sceggel Assistant Director of Athletics……………..Kyle Taylor Senior Woman Administrator………..Meredith Atwood SAAC Advisor………………………….Aaron Messner Faculty Athletics Representative………...Rodney Miller Motto………………..“In All Things Christ Preeminent” Mascot………….Scots (Male) and Lady Scots (Female) Colors……………………………Royal Blue and White Our Mission The mission of Covenant College is to explore and ex-press the preeminence of Jesus Christ in all things. We educate Christians to engage culture and cultures, to ex-amine and unfold creation, and to pursue biblical justice and mercy in community. With the student-faculty rela-tionship and strong teaching and scholarship at the foun-dation, our Christ-centered community seeks to help stu-dents mature in three primary areas: • Identity in Christ • Biblical frame of reference • Service that is Christ-like Our Core Beliefs • Confession: We affirm our Reformed historic

roots. • Calling: We value our specific calling for teaching,

mentoring, and learning, and for joyfully celebrat-ing and stewarding the gifts and callings of our stu-dents.

• Creation & Culture: We affirm the value of God's creation and its development in and through human cultural forms.

• Church: We embrace the communities of faith in which we do our work and will serve the church through our academic mission.

• Community: We value God's covenant faithfulness to us and his calling on us to be faithful to him and to one another in a primarily residential community.

History of Covenant College For more than 50 years, Covenant has pursued its mis-sion to explore and express the preeminence of Jesus Christ in all things. Early Growth. Founded in 1955 in Pasadena, California, Covenant College needed to expand into new facilities after just one year. Several professors helped Covenant move to St. Louis, Missouri, into a building donated by Catholic sisters. Over the next eight years, the institution in-creased in size and outgrew its facilities. A Castle in the Clouds. The Lookout Mountain Hotel, built in 1928 with the South’s largest ballroom and 200 guest rooms, came up for sale when Covenant once again needed more space. The once-posh “Castle in the Clouds” seemed an ideal location for the College, and Covenant purchased and moved into the hotel in 1964. Since then, the College has significantly developed the campus and cultivated important ties with the Chattanooga community. An Enduring Symbol. Serving as a symbol of Covenant’s his-tory and purpose, the purple-flowered thistle was borrowed from Scotland’s national emblem. According to Scottish legend, the thistle played a vital role in victory at the Battle of Largs in 1262. Apparently, a barefoot invader unwittingly stepped on a thistle, howl-ing in pain and notifying Scottish defenders of the at-tack from King Harco’s men. The Scots won the battle and credited the thistle.

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Covenant Basketball

About Covenant College Founded……………………………………………1955 President………………………………Derek Halvorson VP for Student Development………………Brad Voyles Director of Athletics……………………...Tami Smialek Assistant Director of Athletics…………….Tim Sceggel Assistant Director of Athletics……………..Kyle Taylor Senior Woman Administrator………..Meredith Atwood SAAC Advisor………………………….Aaron Messner Faculty Athletics Representative………...Rodney Miller Motto………………..“In All Things Christ Preeminent” Mascot………….Scots (Male) and Lady Scots (Female) Colors……………………………Royal Blue and White Our Mission The mission of Covenant College is to explore and ex-press the preeminence of Jesus Christ in all things. We educate Christians to engage culture and cultures, to ex-amine and unfold creation, and to pursue biblical justice and mercy in community. With the student-faculty rela-tionship and strong teaching and scholarship at the foun-dation, our Christ-centered community seeks to help stu-dents mature in three primary areas: • Identity in Christ • Biblical frame of reference • Service that is Christ-like Our Core Beliefs • Confession: We affirm our Reformed historic

roots. • Calling: We value our specific calling for teaching,

mentoring, and learning, and for joyfully celebrat-ing and stewarding the gifts and callings of our stu-dents.

• Creation & Culture: We affirm the value of God's creation and its development in and through human cultural forms.

• Church: We embrace the communities of faith in which we do our work and will serve the church through our academic mission.

• Community: We value God's covenant faithfulness to us and his calling on us to be faithful to him and to one another in a primarily residential community.

History of Covenant College For more than 50 years, Covenant has pursued its mis-sion to explore and express the preeminence of Jesus Christ in all things. Early Growth. Founded in 1955 in Pasadena, California, Covenant College needed to expand into new facilities after just one year. Several professors helped Covenant move to St. Louis, Missouri, into a building donated by Catholic sisters. Over the next eight years, the institution in-creased in size and outgrew its facilities. A Castle in the Clouds. The Lookout Mountain Hotel, built in 1928 with the South’s largest ballroom and 200 guest rooms, came up for sale when Covenant once again needed more space. The once-posh “Castle in the Clouds” seemed an ideal location for the College, and Covenant purchased and moved into the hotel in 1964. Since then, the College has significantly developed the campus and cultivated important ties with the Chattanooga community. An Enduring Symbol. Serving as a symbol of Covenant’s his-tory and purpose, the purple-flowered thistle was borrowed from Scotland’s national emblem. According to Scottish legend, the thistle played a vital role in victory at the Battle of Largs in 1262. Apparently, a barefoot invader unwittingly stepped on a thistle, howl-ing in pain and notifying Scottish defenders of the at-tack from King Harco’s men. The Scots won the battle and credited the thistle.

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