Commencement 2009

Student Affairs

Find your path here...

Steps to Hunt Dining Hall

Welcome to college. Who are you, and who do you want to be? Mary Baldwin  gives you the time and the tools to find your path. This is a good place to work toward connecting the pieces of your life: the spiritual dimension, your deep commitments, family, friends, romance, work, learning, play, rest. How do you put it all together?

College is more than job preparation. It is a lab for learning about life. You are invited to join with all the rest of us who are figuring things out day by day among people who are pulling for us. We have a lot to give each other. Why not come and see for yourself?   

Pat HuntPat Hunt
College Chaplain
540-887-7044
phunt@mbc.edu

 

 

The Quest Program

Quest encourages the pursuit of spiritual meaning through religious growth, intellectual honesty, and service to community. The program provides a forum and a path of guided study for students of all religions to explore, celebrate, and learn from differences.
Director: Reverend Patricia Hunt, MBC chaplain

On Campus Opportunities

MBC offers numerous opportunities for you to explore the spiritual side of life. Find what you seek here, or start your own group.

Anointed Voices of Praise (AVP) is MBC’s student-directed, traveling, music ministry of traditional and contemporary gospel music. This music mission has also formed an exchange with a gospel choir in France — AVP went to France in 2004, the French visited us in 2005.
Director: Rev. Andrea Cornett-Scott

Baldwin Christian Ministries (BCM) connects interdenominational Christian students in prayer and play, Bible study, and community service. BCM hosts a faculty colloquium called the Mars Hill Lecture Series about connections between faith and learning.
Advisor: Melinda Brown

Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) is about fellowship and sharing the faith. This Christian group welcomes all denominations and seeks opportunities to study and discuss the Bible, worship, and pray in a group setting. 
Advisor: Melinda Brown

Greater Things Dance Ministry is a student choreographed and directed liturgical dance ministry seeking to promote spiritual growth through movement. The choreography embraces African-American dance expression.
Advisor: Rev. Andrea Cornett-Scott

Religion majors and minors

MBC offers the following majors (M) and minors (m) that are often considered by students wanting to pursue religion-based career paths. For more information, contact Professor James Gilman of the Philosophy & Religion Department.

African-American Studies (m)
Ministry (m) — Traditional Track (preparation for Christian religious vocations)
Ministry (m) — Explorers Track (for students from any or no religious tradition)
Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (m)
Philosophy (M, m)
Philosophy and Religion (M)
Religion (M, m)