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Professors Giberson and Yerxa Lead International Program on Science and Religion in Venice
Jun 27, 2008


Physics professor Karl Giberson and history professor Donald Yerxa led a one-week science-and-religion seminar in late May and early June at Venice's prestigious Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.

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Founder of free online book community addresses Christian librarians at Eastern Nazarene College
Jun 12, 2008


The founder and lead developer of LibraryThing.com was the keynote speaker at this year's Association of Christian Librarians' Conference on Thursday, June 12, hosted at Eastern Nazarene College. Tim Spalding spoke to over 200 librarians about his Web site, a free online service to help people catalog their books and also exchange information.

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History Professor Randall Stephens’ book featured favorably in The Atlantic Monthly and Books and Culture
May 27, 2008


Randall Stephens’ book The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South has received favorable reviews in Books and Culture and the Atlantic Monthly. The latter called it “a masterful account…the most fluent and authoritative synthesis of a complex and controversial subject.”

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Eighty-sixth ENC Commencement to be held this Saturday
May 13, 2008


Eastern Nazarene College’s 86th summer commencement services will be held May 17 at 2:30 p.m. on the college’s front lawn. About 220 graduates are expected to receive bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, associate of arts, master of education, master of science in management, or master of science in marriage and family therapy degrees.

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Point Loma Nazarene Professor speaks to packed ENC crowd
May 5, 2008


Darrel Falk, a biology professor at Point Loma Nazarene University in California and author of Coming to Peace with Science, spoke last week about bridging the worlds of faith and biology. Falk began with a meditation on Scripture, which exemplified how humankind has been enjoying nature since ancient times.

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Jordan Hall Concert a Resounding Success
April 30, 2008

ENC's A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers performed their 10th annual Spring Concert at the renowned Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory on April 27.
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Jazz orchestra and choir to perform at Eastern Nazarene College
April 24, 2008


The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will present a concert of sacred music by Duke Ellington and others at Eastern Nazarene College at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 4. The show will be held at Wollaston Church of the Nazarene located on the campus of ENC. The concert will feature the Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union, a 50-voice choir. Admission is free.
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Fourth annual art exhibition hosted by Eastern Nazarene College
April 11, 2008


The fourth annual art show at Eastern Nazarene College will be open to the public through April 23. It features a traveling exhibition of Seeing the Savior: Images from the Life of Christ sponsored by the group Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA).
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to be performed at ENC
April 11, 2008


A two-person adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be performed at Eastern Nazarene College. They will present the play about love, faith, courage, and giving while struggling to fight for control of Narnia. It will be performed
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, April 26 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. There will also be performance workshops for ENC students on Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. to noon.
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String orchestra that will perform at ENC next week featured in The Boston Globe
April 11, 2008


The energetic, young string orchestra A Far Cry was recently featured in The Boston Globe because of their innovative un-conducted style of performance. They will perform as part of ENC’s Musica Eclectica Concert Series at 7 p.m. on April 17. The performances are in the Cove Fine Arts Center; student tickets are $5; senior citizens are $10, and general admission is $15. Tickets are available at the door.
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ENC Students Participate in Leadership Summit
March 18, 2008


ENC students Phillip Nase and Ashley Jardim attended the Compassionate Ministry Leadership Summit at Nazarene Theological Seminary this week. Their professors elected them to participate.
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Columbia University Professor to Lecture on Faith and the Presidency
March 11, 2008


On Wed., March 26 at 3:30 p.m., distinguished historian Randall Balmer will lecture on “God in the White House: Faith and the Modern Presidency.” The talk will be in Shrader 15 and is free and open to the public.
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ENC Alumni Nominated for Theatre Awards
February 15, 2008


Jose Delgado and Marvelyn McFarlane, both graduates from the theatre and music programs at Eastern Nazarene College, are nominated for prestigious awards presented by the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE).
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A play about the importance of family arrives at the Cove Fine Arts Center
February 1, 2008


The Communication Arts Department at Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) will present A Shayna Maidel, a play about the importance of family and faith during turbulent times,on February 28, 29, and March 1.
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Fifteenth Winter Commencement to take place at Eastern Nazarene College
January 30, 2008


Eastern Nazarene College’s 15th annual winter commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 3 at 2 p.m.
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Music Professor Delvyn Case featured in The Boston Globe
January 11, 2008


Del Case was featured in The Boston Globe on January 11 in regards to his upcoming chamber opera, The Prioress's Tale, which deals with religious tolerance. The world premiere of the opera is at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in Cove Fine Arts Center, and it will be followed by a panel discussion with local Jewish and Christian leaders. An encore performance will occur at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19.
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President McGee announces new Vice President for Finance
January 8, 2008


I am pleased to announce the appointment of Jan Weisen as Vice President for Finance. Jan has served ENC as assistant professor in the business department since January 2006. Along with teaching courses in marketing, global management, managerial accounting, money and banking, he has served as the Business Club advisor and worked with the Development Office in planning the Warren Business Forum.
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Quincy composer transforms Chaucer tale into plea for religious tolerance
December 12, 2007


When Quincy composer Delvyn Case decided to write an opera about religious tolerance, he chose a rather unlikely source of inspiration: The Prioress’s Tale, one of Chaucer’s famed Canterbury Tales that features decidedly anti-Semitic overtones.
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Harvard University Press publishes ENC professor's new book
December 18, 2007

Harvard University Press recently published Randall J. Stephens’s book, The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South. The press also nominated it for the 2008 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. Stephens is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Nazarene College, an editor of the Journal of Southern Religion, and an assistant editor of Historically Speaking, a historical journal published by Boston University.
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ENC announces new online giving Web page.
December 5, 2007


Forget about your checkbook; ENC has created an easily accessed donations page on their Web site.

“Investing in an institution should be as easy as possible,” said Kendall Whittington, Vice President for Institutional Advancement. “The online process is simple, but the impact of the gift is significant.”

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Professor Lowell Hall's work published in Chemistry and Biodiversity


Research by Lowell H. Hall (59), an ENC professor of chemistry, was just published in the journal Chemistry and Biodiversity. The research work was carried out in collaboration with Boris Spasov (03), who received degrees in chemistry, biology, and business from ENC. This investigation was carried out during a summer research project in Hall’s long-standing research program at ENC. 

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ENC Choral Union Sang Handel's Messiah for Quincy Elementary School Students
November 27, 2007


On Tuesday Nov. 27 from 12 to 1 p.m., the Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union, a 50-voice choir comprised of students and community members, presented selected choruses and arias from Handel’s Messiah at Beechwood Knoll Elementary School in Wollaston. Children and parents from the broader Quincy community enjoyed the performance.

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Nationally Recognized Soloists to Collaborate with ENC Choral Union in Free Performances of Handel’s Messiah
November 19, 2007


For the 74th consecutive year, the Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union, a 60-voice choir composed of students and community members, will perform Handel’s Messiah at two free concerts at Wollaston Church of the Nazarene. The performances will be Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 2 at 6 p.m.

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Former American Red Cross president spoke at Eastern Nazarene College’s business forum
November 15, 2007


On November 13, a leader in law, business, and the government and non-profit sector Richard F. Schubert spoke at Eastern Nazarene College. His lecture, titled “Changeless Leadership in Changing Times”, was part the 2007 Warren Business Forum. He was the first Nazarene to ever attend Yale Law School. 

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ENC students and faculty honored by city for environmental efforts
November 7, 2007


On Tuesday, Councilman Doug Gutro honored 10 Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) students and their teachers for working to clean marshes. The students, three instructors and several Quincy community members reduced the amount of an invasive species of reed that is threatening local marsh habitats.

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National spokesperson against sexual assault Nicole Braddock Bromley spoke at chapel services at Eastern Nazarene College
October 30, 2007


National spokesperson against sexual assault Nicole Braddock Bromley spoke at chapel services at Eastern Nazarene College late last week.  

Bromley, an ENC alum, told her story of triumphing over the effects of sexual abuse she experienced at a young age, and gave resources for others coping with the same issues.

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Conference Examines Religion and Journalism
March 24, 2007


Boston area religious leaders and national journalists will debate and discuss the role of religious beliefs that may conflict with the secular values of free speech and a free press at a conference at Boston College's Higgins Hall Saturday, March 24, 2007.

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ENC Choral Union to perform Honegger's King David
April 11, 2007


Arthur Honegger's dramatic choral work King David will be performed by the Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union on Sunday, April 15, at 6 pm at Wollaston Church of the Nazarene in Quincy. Admission is free.

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ENC Hosts 27th Festival of Life for Eastern Region Young People
April 5, 2007


“Got life? Live it!” was the theme of the Eastern Region's 27th Festival of Life held March 22-24 on the campus of Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy, MA. High school students arrived on campus Thursday, March 22, enjoyed dinner in The Commons, the college's dining hall, and then joined together at the Wollaston Church of the Nazarene for an opening celebration.

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ENC Appoints Vice President for Institutional Advancement
February 19, 2007


President Corlis McGee announces the appointment of Kendall M. Whittington as the next Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Eastern Nazarene College.

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ENC Gospel Choir performs at Congress 2007
February 15, 2007


Thousands of Christians from across New England converged on Boston's Hynes Convention Center for Congress 2007, a three-day conferencing featuring Bill Hybels, Jack Hayford, George Barna, Floyd and Elaine Flake, Henry Cloud, Joni Eareckson Tada, Tony Campolo, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, and Don Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz. Eastern Nazarene College's 80-member Gospel Choir was there, performing at the opening of Friday night's "A Celebration and a Call" session, which featured Women of Faith's Sheila Walsh and Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir's Susan Quintyne as worship leaders and speaker David Bryant, chairman of America's National Prayer Committee.

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ENC Named One of “America’s Best Colleges”
February 5, 2007


Eastern Nazarene College has been named as one of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report in their 2008 “Best Baccalaureate Colleges” category. ENC represents one of eight liberal arts colleges listed in the northern region in this category by U.S. News. Key criteria that give ENC an edge in the annual rankings are its small student to faculty ratio and small class sizes, as well as a high freshman retention rate.

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ENC Theatre Department Performs Gao Xingjian’s The Other Shore
February 1, 2007


This February 15th-17th, the Eastern Nazarene College Theatre Department will be performing Chinese absurdist playwright Gao Xingjian’s The Other Shore. Gao was one of the first Chinese playwrights to enter world theatre.  His plays have been performed in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, the United States, and in other Chinese communities such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Gao’s work is so influential that he became the first Chinese Nobel Laureate.

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