Proud Heritage, Strong Future Campaign

uilding a new campus center,
we are finally going to be able to
give them a place that they can
call home where they can connect
with one another as well as
residential students and campus
faculty and staff, and really have
a place for them.
“We are finally going to be able to
give them a place that they can call
home where they can connect with
one another.”
Kerrie Lynn
Associate Dean of Students
When I first heard about the
campus center, I was really excited.
About 2/3 of our student
population is commuter students,
and they have regularly
indicated they are not as connected
to campus life as some of
our residential students are. By
Dr. Grant Willhite
TWC associate professor of biology
I hope the students
gain in their time
at TWC, through
their interactions
with me and with
other faculty, a
deeper appreciation
for learning.
We are going to be given an
opportunity to really increase
some of our success on campus
programs, invite the community
in for events, and truly show
how TWC stands out in this
community.
I think it’s important to build
the campus center now to help
show students that we understand
there is need for growth
and change and improvement
and we hear them. I can’t tell
you how excited students are for
a new campus center.
I’m looking forward to the
campus center mostly because
I think it is long overdue. Our
students deserve a place to
interact with each other, a place
where they can come as groups
and study, a place where we can
provide facilities for faculty to
meet with students, and where
we can provide the services that
students have come to expect at
a small liberal arts college like
Tennessee Wesleyan College.
Dr. Chris Dover
TWC Chaplain
One of the things that I think
we often forget is that small
groups matter, whether it be a
Bible study or a study group
or an athletic study hall. Small
groups really matter. Our
campus is designed so that you
will have classrooms with no
more than 40 people. One of
the things that we don’t have
a lot of is small group meeting
spaces. The campus center
will provide lots of those small
group meeting spaces, so that
you can carry on those conversations
and not worry about
being interrupted or someone
else needing the space. I really
think that opportunity to have
that small group meeting space
is really important.
I’m really hoping that the new
center will provide community
for both commuters and residents.
It’s not intentional that
there’s a separation. We’re all in
classes together, but oftentimes,
the community of residents is
seen in the cafeteria and the
community of commuters is
seen in the SAC, and I think
what this will offer is an opportunity
to be in community
together so you don’t have that
separation between residents
and commuters.