The Centers of the University were established to promote the ideals of different academic departments to deal Christianly with issues. Each Center is headed by a Director, who also serves the University as a faculty member or in other capacities.
The Centers of the University were established to promote the ideals of different academic departments to deal Christianly with issues. Each Center is headed by a Director, who also serves the University as a faculty member or in other capacities.
The Center exists to promote thoughtful and disciplined reading, study, interpretation, and application of the Bible in the church throughout the world. The Center houses a model library for the study of the Scriptures, which is open to the public. Every other year the Center hosts a Bible study conference.
The purpose of the Business and Economic Development Center is to engage the community and students in the McAfee School of Business in activities that promote the development of business leaders to fulfill their purpose in Christ and society. This engagement includes projects that engage students with West Tennessee organizations. such as Business Week and an annual speaker series, "Faith in the Marketplace."
The purpose of the R. G. Lee Center for Christian Ministry is to encourage and equip pastors, as well as staff and laity, for Christian service. The Center oversees the University's involvement with the West Tennessee Pastors' Conference and hosts the West Tennessee Evangelism Rally, in partnership with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The Center also oversees the Lee Cabin which resides on campus.
The Thomas R. Rosebrough Center for Educational Practice aims to promote and recognize excellence in education from preschool through higher education. The manner in which the Rosebrough Center for Educational Practice defines its work can be found within the context and mission of Â鶹ÊÓƵ University and the School of Education. The Center aims to bring attention to the work and interests of the School of Education, its faculty, staff, students, and alumni across Â鶹ÊÓƵ's three campuses located in Jackson, Germantown, and Hendersonville, Tennessee.
The mission of the Center is to promote excellence in education in ways that reflect: Â鶹ÊÓƵ University's four core values (i.e., Excellence-Driven, Christ-Centered, People- Focused, and Future Directed), the conceptual framework of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's School of Education (i.e., A Teacher-Student Dynamic of Sensitivity, Reflection and Faith), and Transformational Teaching (e.g., Educators need to be effective scholars, practitioners, and relaters.).
The Center for Faculty Development at Â鶹ÊÓƵ University seeks to develop faculty in their pursuit of excellence under the Lordship of Christ as they live out their Christian calling in the academic world. The Center provides resources to develop faculty as they advance in their roles in teaching, scholarship, and service.
The Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE), integratively situated, structured, and staffed-provides campus-wide intercultural academic programming support. By optimizing the missional impact that our students and our community members have here and around the globe, the CIE bolsters Â鶹ÊÓƵ's broader mission of supporting interculturally-engaged, Christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to Church and society.
The CIE partners with both academic departments and various divisions of student services to develop and implement interculturally-engaged curricular and co-curricular programming in two broad areas: the Study Abroad Program and the International Student Program.
The purpose of the Center of Excellence in Health Care Practice is to demonstrate the Christian worldview of humanity in enhancing the skills and knowledge of students and existing health care practitioners. The Center seeks to demonstrate the Christian worldview of humanity through simulation education, continuing education, information services to the community, and excellence in clinical research.
The Center is based upon the premise that just and caring communities are created and sustained by transformational relationships. Reciprocal and interactive connections between individuals, families, groups, communities, and society at large exist to either strengthen or violate healthy relationships within these systems. The Center conducts research, provides continuing education, and promotes strategies that uplift, restore, and transform these relationships with a special emphasis on vulnerable persons and communities. The Center has two primary initiatives that guide its work: Trauma, Faith, and Resilience; and Faith, Church, and Community.
The Center for Pharmacometrics and Molecular Discovery (PharMD) aims to develop and foster relationships with industry and academic partners to provide and expand unique research opportunities for students and faculty within the College of Pharmacy. We believe that research is best conducted through collaborative means. These partnerships provide our students opportunities to work closely with faculty on critical issues related to healthcare and disease-state management.
The Center for Politics and Religion is meant to provide a forum for teaching, research, and discussion about the intersection between politics and religion. The Center sponsors conferences, promotes research, and encourages students to "think Christianly" about how their faith should affect their politics by analyzing the role of religion in America and the world. The Center aims not only to prepare Â鶹ÊÓƵ students to impact the political world winsomely and effectively for Christ, but also to represent Â鶹ÊÓƵ in the larger conversation about faith and politics taking place among fellow believers and non-believers alike.
The purpose of the Center for Population Health and Rural Medicine (PHaRM) is to advance Â鶹ÊÓƵ University's ability to care for the underserved population of West Tennessee while broadening the interprofessional educational experiences of our students and other healthcare providers. Our mission includes affording students opportunities to provide more collaborative and patient-centered care in a structured, real-world setting. The Center achieves its mission through interprofessional learning experiences, community service learning experiences, clinical experiences, research, continuing education programs and simulation education.
The purpose of the Center for Racial Reconciliation is to serve the University in its discovery, articulation, and implementation of strategies to promote racial and ethnic reconciliation, diversity, and unity to the glory of God.
The Edward P. Hammons Center for Scientific Studies was formed to show, by example, how science and Christianity are not only compatible, but also synergistic. The Center operates with the presupposition that science as observed truth need not conflict with revealed truth. We believe that God created an orderly universe and gave humans the ability and the mandate to investigate and understand it, so God's glory will be recognized in his creation. The Center works to encourage excellence in research and publication by our faculty, and to recognize excellent research by students; to foster thoughtful discussion among faculty from all disciplines of current topics in science, especially as it relates to faith; to raise awareness among Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty and students of research and writing by members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community; and to enhance comprehension of science among Christians in the wider community.
The Purpose of the Center for Worship is to work in close partnership with the Department of Music to:
The Center for Worship hosts periodic conferences on matters of worship and works closely with the Department of Music to serve worship ministries throughout the United States through a strategic internship program.