Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2013

New Archives Exhibit: Letters of Jonathan Edwards The Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections of Buswell Memorial Librar y has mounted a new exhibit titled “Jonathan Edwards: Puritan, Preacher, Philosopher.” The exhibit is based on a collection of 16 letters relate d to Jonathan Edwards, noted theologian and prominent figure of the Great Awakening. These original let ters were writ ten between 1752 and 1756. They were previously held by the Rhode Island Historical Society. The exhibit, placed on deposit at the Wheaton College Special Collections through the generosity of Brian ’73 and Sally Phillips Oxley ’74, is on display through May 2013. The Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections is located on the third floor of the Billy Graham Center, at 500 College Avenue in Wheaton, and is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 630.752.5705. 6 S P R I N G 2 0 1 3 EngravEd by r. babson & J andrEws; print by wilson & daniEls. The hisTory of ConneCTiCuT, from The firsT seTTlemenT of The Colony To The AdopTion of The presenT ConsTiTuTion. nEw HavEn Ct: durriE and pECk, 1855. WHEATON news Wheaton Partners with Christianity Today for Practical Journalism Training Wheaton’s new Journalism Certificate has real-world experience at its core. Launched in fall 2011, it was designed by Communication faculty in consultation with alumni journalists. Integral to the program is a close relationship with Christianity Today. Tim Morgan, senior editor, global journalism at Christianity Today, serves as the coordinator for the Journalism Certificate. Morgan has introduced new special topics courses such as Internet Journalism, a 400-level spring offering. He also works to connect students with internship opportunities in traditional print as well as online news media and broadcast. Allison Althoff ’11, associate online editor at Today’s Christian Woman, was added this year as a program assistant to plan co-curricular events, support recruitment of students, and develop journalism resources for students. Wheaton’s partnership with Christianity Today has opened doors for journalism students, such as Andrew Thompson ’13, to gain practical experience as editorial interns with the magazine. During his internship, Thompson interviewed actor Kirk Cameron and hip-hop artist Lecrae for the magazine’s website and wrote a three-page news feature on Christian higher education in China and North Korea (“Teaching the Dragon”) for the September 2012 issue of Christianity Today. Thompson, who is graduating this May, anticipates his next steps may include an internship with a national newspaper and, eventually, graduate school. “I have grown tremendously as On assignment in the Gaza Strip, 2008. Tim Morgan, coordinator of Wheaton’s Journalism Cer tificate program, recently completed 20 years at Christianity Today, where he ser ves as senior editor, global journalism, focusing on long-form journalism, opinion, and coverage of global issues. a writer through my participation in the Journalism Certificate program,” he says. “My capacity, speed, and clarity of writing have significantly improved.” According to Morgan, the Journalism Certificate makes graduating students more competitive in the job market by helping them to build a network of sources and a body of work. “The program has a strong credentialing function in that it requires significant academic and practitioner hours,” he says. “Most early career journalists will freelance, and part of credentialing in journalism is having a portfolio of work. The program helps students develop their portfolios.” The next phase of growth for the Journalism Certificate began this year as Morgan aims to make it possible for any Wheaton student who feels called to journalism to fit the certificate requirements into their academic plan, regardless of major. “This program is truly meeting an academic need,” he says, “as well as our society’s needs for journalists who embrace biblical values and are passionate storytellers.”

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