Letter from the president
Thank you, to our students, alumni, and friends. This is the ninth issue of Engage, and and I couldn’t be more excited for you to read it. This issue is truly broad—it features our students, our schools, our alumni, and our faculty—resulting in a magazine that really explores the full spectrum of the Foundation. Issue nine features young people who...
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A global focus
Rhodes College student Seabelo John thinks big and helps his peers confront international issues Rhodes College, with its gothic stone buildings, wooded environs, and ideal location in the heart of midtown Memphis, Tennessee, can feel like an enclosed, protected oasis in the middle of its urban environment. Rhodes, however, is a Sullivan school, and the Sullivan spirit is strong on...
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Birth of the SOUP
Campbell student and Ignite retreat attendee sparks innovation on campus Diane Ford, a 2017 graduate of Campbell University, attended her first Ignite retreat in 2015. It was truly a transformational experience for her. “I really enjoyed my time there,” she says. “They really gave me the tools that I needed to start the project. I was able to find out...
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Cooking Up Social Change
Campbell University nurtures students to become changemakers of the highest order Daphanie Doane (left) and Kelly Fuqua are Trust and Wealth majors in Campbell’s Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. Vice president and president, respectively, of the Social Entrepreneurship Club, they both plan to apply their education to social engagement and change. Campbell University, a growing campus that has anchored Buies Creek,...
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In Memoriam
The Sullivan Community mourns the loss of Clay Crouch The Sullivan Foundation lost a long-time friend, a steadfast ally, and a (quite literal) member of its family. John Clayton Crouch, known to his friends as Clay, died on November 17, 2017, at his home on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. He was 61 years old. Crouch was an actual descendant of Algernon...
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Did You Know?
In between his two terms in office, President Grover Cleveland helped start the Sullivan Foundation Grover Cleveland*June 7, 1903 Most Americans have at least heard of President Grover Cleveland. Many are probably aware that he served as both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States—the only holder of that office ever to serve two nonconsecutive terms. Fewer still...
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A Treasure in King’s Crown
A 1980 Sullivan Award Recipient reflects on seven decades of service For 66 years, King University in Bristol, Tennessee, has had a treasure in its crown. Fittingly, her name is Jewel. Enter through the front door of the King Building, which houses the library and administrative offices, and you’ll find Jewel Bell peering over her desk, likely smiling. Don’t be...
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Jolly Good Fellows
The Sullivan Foundation’s Faculty Fellows program spreads service and social entrepreneurship skills to professors, then students The fourth class of Sullivan’s Faculty Fellows is currently undertaking its fellowship year. While the program continues to evolve, the core mission has remained the same since its inception: provide support and structure to faculty members with a desire to incorporate service learning or...
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What You Really Need in Life
2015 Sullivan Award recipient Deterrian Shackelford uses education, celebrity status to impact children’s lives Sullivan Awards are given to two different types of people: graduating seniors and community members—people on the college’s faculty or staff or even friends of the college with no official affiliation. Deterrian Shackelford (better known to friends and fans as “D.T.”) received his Award in 2015...
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Engage is the Sullivan Foundation’s magazine celebrating service and social entrepreneurship in the Sullivan network of partner institutions.
