The Anderson University women’s basketball team lost to Chapman University on Monday afternoon in Orange, Calif., in the final game of the Tiger/Panther Classic.

The Anderson University women’s basketball team rallied from a 11-point halftime deficit to defeat Occidental 66-63 in the Tiger/Panther Classic in Orange, Calif., on Sunday afternoon.

In October 1917, in a home on East Fifth Street, the Church of God opened the door of the Anderson Bible Training School, enrolling 60 students. There were five faculty members, men and women, hailing from all over America.

Almost 90 years later, in August 2007, Anderson University dedicated the Anderson University Flagship Center right off of a little-known thoroughfare (that didn’t exist in 1917) called Interstate 69.

Anderson University has been a part of the city, and Madison County, for the better part of both their histories. What else is a center of higher-education but a crown jewel — and, as President Emeritus Robert A. Nicholson said, “a jewel in the world of Christian higher education.”

Students volunteered over 27,000 hours during the 2006-2007 academic year, according to Stuart Erny, director of Campus Ministries. Erny has been working for the last three years to combine the volunteer hours of campus ministries, Tri-S, social clubs and athletics. This growing list is a testament to how students are willing to implement the university’s service mission. This number is only a rough estimate and is likely to be higher due to clubs and organizations on campus that do not submit their hours.

Anderson University and the city of Anderson recently welcomed a visit from a delegation from Anderson Indiana’s sister city of Yuhang District, Hangzhou, in China. The visit was in response to the mayor’s trade mission to the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Ningbo and Hangzhou in November 2006.

The eight visitors included six men and two women, representing government, health, education, art and culture for the Yuhang District. Anderson was the only Indiana city the delegation visited while in the United States. Mayor Smith and city of Anderson representatives, Anderson University officials, Flagship Enterprise representatives and business leaders participated in a welcoming dinner.

Echoes inevitably fade to silence, and Anderson University’s Echoes yearbook is no exception. The 2007 yearbook, now available to those who ordered one, will be the last edition because students say they prefer to keep in touch through Web sites like Facebook rather than remember their experiences with a yearbook.

“Students voted with their feet and pocket books on this one,” vice president of academic affairs Carl Caldwell said.

The student body had become less willing to be photographed for the yearbook and dwindling sales of the $35 volume hardly justified publication, he said.

The Anderson University women’s basketball team defeated Elmhurst College 71-67 on Tuesday night at R.A. Faganel Hall in Elmhurst, Ill.

The Anderson University women’s basketball team lost to Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference foe Mt. St. Joseph 74-72 on Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio.

To support a safer, pedestrian-friendly roadway for students at Anderson University, the university will start a $2 million project on Fifth Street and College Avenue during the summer.

The major portion of the project will be to widen and add a median on Fifth Street, said Joe Royer, executive director of Facilities and Property Management for AU. The road will be similar to University Boulevard after the construction.

Christianity Today recently ranked AU Alumnus Jeff Caylor’s (BA ‘94) OKAY album as number 5 of the 12 Best Christian Albums of 2007.

The review reads: “It’s rare for a relatively unknown artist to crack this list without promotion, recording budget, and such to garner attention. But with creative songwriting and professional musicianship, Jeff Caylor has both talent and word-of-mouth on his side.”

“When I found out, I was floored,” Caylor said. “It’s very humbling and kind of funny. Until a couple of years ago, I never really thought of myself as a singer.”