Bukidnon State University Chorale

FHU Celebrates 154th Academic Year with Tolling of the Bell, Honors Madu Family

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Monday, August 28, 2023

HENDERSON, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New and returning students filled Freed-Hardeman University's Loyd Auditorium with a joyful energy during the annual Tolling of the Bell ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The day not only served to mark the beginning of the 154th academic year, but it also included encouragement, prayers and the chance to hear from FHU alumnus Luke T. Guard, who issued the annual challenge to the student body. Alumni Chikezie Madu and Eno Pamela Mkpong-Madu served as the masters of the bell; they rang FHU's historic bell 15 times, once for each decade of higher education in Henderson, Tennessee.

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  • How beautiful it is, and none of us can truly fathom all that He has done from beginning to end.
  • Shannon also said that Elechi represented a third generation of Freed-Hardeman students in her family.
  • Elechi excelled academically, securing scholarships from Pepperdine University, the University of Alabama and others, including the college she chose, FHU.
  • Pamela earned her bachelor's in 1996 from FHU, and the couple both earned their masters in 2004 from FHU.

Music Video Shot at FHU Gives Students Rare Opportunity

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Friday, August 25, 2023

HENDERSON, Tenn., Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Working with 8 Track Entertainment, Grammy®, CMA and ACM Award-winning multi-platinum country group Shenandoah chose the Freed-Hardeman University campus as the location of their upcoming music video. The video for "In My Book" was shot near the end of the spring semester to be released this summer.

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  • The video for "In My Book" was shot near the end of the spring semester to be released this summer.
  • He had first worked with music professor Dr. Alan Kinningham through an Engaged Learning Initiative project involving FHU students who had written songs through his and Dr. Margaret Payne's class.
  • When the video was shot near the end of April, they also recorded the University Chorale singing Amazing Grace."
  • "We can't wait for country music fans worldwide to see and hear this latest music from Shenandoah and very much looking forward to building more unique initiatives and opportunities with FHU."

Return to Walker Charter Academy Helps Music Teacher Recall 'Safe Space'

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

National Heritage Academy 's Walker Charter Academy is welcoming back Katelyn DeClark whose journey adds a category to that conversation: Instilling Confidence.

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  • National Heritage Academy 's Walker Charter Academy is welcoming back Katelyn DeClark whose journey adds a category to that conversation: Instilling Confidence.
  • The first-year teacher and recent Cornerstone University graduate has returned to Walker to teach after spending her middle school years at the school.
  • Walker's choir and theater programs helped pull DeClark out of her shell, affirming her hopes of music playing a major role in her future.
  • Walker Charter Academy is a tuition-free, public charter school in Walker, Mich.,serving students in Young 5s through eighth grade.

Freed-Hardeman Announces Finalists for Mr. and Miss FHU

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Friday, April 1, 2022

HENDERSON, Tenn., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Freed-Hardeman University will honor Mr. and Miss FHU Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. during the regularly scheduled chapel service held in Loyd Auditorium. Eight senior students, nominated by the faculty and staff and selected by popular vote of their peers, have been chosen as finalists for the honor.

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  • Mr. and Miss FHU will be named April 14, 2022, during chapel in Loyd Auditorium.
  • HENDERSON, Tenn., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Freed-Hardeman University will honor Mr. and Miss FHU Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. during the regularly scheduled chapel service held in Loyd Auditorium.
  • Vying for the title of Miss FHU are Anniston Butler, Suzanna Grady, CeCe Spencer and Kaylee Wadlington.
  • Contenders for Mr. FHU are Noah Davis, Brooks Jackson, Cameron Miller and John Allen Thomas.