By Jantzen Haley | Photography by Jeff Montgomery | In 2007, the idea for Legacy Park was conceived. The vision included a new concept for student housing as well as individually-owned private homes. In 2016, these homes started becoming a reality as Legacy Park Phase IV, the first residential phase, launched, and the 20 home sites were quickly procured. Phase V is now underway with
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Written by Savanna DiStefano and Hannah Owens | Videos created by Mitchell Brooks | Coleman Yoakum (’09) and Dylan Pyeatt (’09) had a general idea of what they were walking toward when they left campus on foot and headed to Woodruff Avenue in Searcy. After a year of participating in a local jail ministry, they’d heard many inmates with whom they’d talked call Woodruff Avenue
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Text and photography by Noah Darnell | Phileas Fogg fictionally went around the world in 80 days. Nellie Bly made it a reality in 72, a decade prior to airplane travel. But in summer 2018, 33 students circled the globe with International Programs to study the art and architecture of worship. In 47 days they circumnavigated the globe. What does it mean for art to
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Interview by Jantzen Haley | Photography by Jeff Montgomery | Anthony J. Tally was hired as the University’s new executive chef in spring 2018. Tally is responsible for directing the University’s dining program and for creating and executing the menu for events. He most recently served as executive chef at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked for the last 10 years.
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How God knit two couples together with one group of siblings “It’s been a total God thing,” Monique Richardson Scrip (’09) says. When she and her husband, Matt, adopted three brothers out of foster care, they knew their family would grow, but they didn’t expect to bring another family into theirs — the family who had adopted the boys’ two sisters, alumni Matt (’08) and
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On the evening of April 16, former first lady of the United States Laura Bush captivated the full house in George S. Benson Auditorium. The former school teacher, former first lady, and now grandmother was the final speaker of the 2017-18 American Studies Institute Distinguished Lecture Series. Laura was the fourth member of the Bush family to address the Harding community. Her husband, George W.,
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When looking at the big picture, it is easy to say that Harding works — it is effective in its mission to educate and serve the world. But to really take in all that the University does, you start to wonder, “How?” How do all of the students get fed? How does the University decide when to close for snow? How do I get to
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FIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURE IMAGES OF ONE DAY IN THE LIFE | The day that was Nov. 9, 2017, looked similar to many others on campus. With a high of 63 and a low of 38, even the temperature was close to normal on this sunny fall day. As the sun rose at 6:36 a.m., the campus slowly came to life. Later as the day grew
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Written by Kaleb Turner | Photography by Grant Schol For nine science majors, summer 2017 turned out to be an unlikely combination of research and rigatoni. As part of the Summer Undergraduate Research in Florence program led by Dr. Dennis Matlock, associate professor of biochemistry and department chair, nine students spent four weeks at the Harding University in Florence campus and in laboratories at Meyer
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Obeying Jesus’ command in Mark 16:15, missionaries immerse themselves among people who may speak, believe and live differently. They dedicate their lives to the people whom they wish to reach. They make a home in a place with which they are not familiar. They surround themselves with strangers for a time while they plant their seeds. They connect, and they “speak the gospel to all
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