Higher Ed / Campus Ministry

The chair of the Holston Conference Board of Higher Education and Ministry is Rev. Magan Stubblefield.

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Martee Buchanan prepares a meal for a homeless ministry in the Wesley Foundation kitchen with the help of student Ashley Verburg earlier this year.

Longtime campus minister reaches students through the kitchen

RADFORD, Va. -- Martee Buchanan was invited to the Wesley Foundation as an 18-year-old college freshman in 1968. She loved it so much that she didn't leave for five decades. After...

Karen and John Burleson, Bruderhof members, live in the guest house at Laycock Alumni Center on the Hiwassee College campus. As many as 250 Bruderhof members may relocate to Madisonville in the next 10 years.

Hiwassee property sold to Christian communal organization

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. -- Eighteen months after Hiwassee College was closed, the 284-acre property has been sold to Bruderhof, an international Christian communal organization. The ...

Leaders of Holston Conference express gratitude to Ed Harmon outside the conference room named for him in the Alcoa Conference Center. From left to right: Rev. Charles Maynard, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Ed Harmon, Rev. Jason Gattis, Rick Cherry.

Holston college scholarship endowment named for Ed Harmon

Press release ALCOA, Tenn. – For years to come, students at two United Methodist colleges affiliated with the Holston Conference will know the name of William “Ed” Harmon. An ...

Up-and-comers like Sally Chikomb hope for support on United Methodist Student Day

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- The name "Chikomb" is fairly well-known in the Holston Conference. Rukang and Fresie Chikomb are missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ...

Hiwassee dental program acquired by Tennessee Wesleyan

Holston Foundation gives $100,000 to support transfer ALCOA, Tenn. (May 17, 2019) -- The Holston Foundation has given $100,000 to Tennessee Wesleyan University to support its ...

Students react to turmoil after decision to close Hiwassee College

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (April 9, 2019) – The county police came to Hiwassee College on April 5. Nicole Fritz was one of several students who was not happy about that or any of the ...