HOPE TO GIVE BACK

Student starts interfaith club

Director mobilizes new PT program

By Sean NealNews Editor

“We are a force for good. If everyone is to put aside social and religious differences, we could be a force for good”

Those are the words of junior religion major Jordan Zepher.

The message is the idea behind her new club, “GFORCE”: Campbell’s first Interfaith and Social Justice club.

GFORCE is a club that aims to educate students and faculty on what it means to be “interfaith”, and eventually to extend volunteer opportuni-ties for students to serve the community in any way they choose. Jordan Zepher is GFORCE’s president.

Zepher started the club in a collaborative effort along with other students and faculty, including, Taylor Smith, Sara Acosta, Tyler Ward, and Cam-pus Minister, Faithe Beam.

“With Interfaith, it’s important for us not to zero in on one faith,” Zepher said. “This isn’t going to be a time to evangelize. If they want to know more about my faith, I’ll talk about it. We want to learn more about other faiths so we can accept them for what they believe.”

GFORCE is will work with the Triangle Interfaith Alliance in the Raleigh/ Durham area to maintain these interfaith ideals at its core.

The Interfaith mantra has faced its opposition, especially in trying to thrive on a Chris-tian campus. Zepher said she faced op-position from conservative-minded individuals who question the coexistence of various faiths without openly

By Morgan BrownStaff Writer

Campbell University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (PT) program is the newest addition to the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences.

The approval of the PT program was announced at the end of last year, and Dr. Gregory Dedrick was named as the founding director in July.

“I feel good about the progress made so far,” Dedrick said. “The hiring process is going well and we’ve had many highly qualified applicants for the faculty.”

As the population rises, so does the demand for health-care. The counties surround-ing Campbell University have a high incidence of poverty and elderly residents.

Once fully up and running, the PT program will help im-prove the current healthcare access situation for the people most in need. This is aimed toward those rural areas sur-rounding Campbell, in hopes to improve their quality of, as well as access to, healthcare.

Increased undergraduate enrollment is expected, espe-cially in the Arts & Sciences Pre-Med and allied healthmajors.

“Graduates [from the PT

DedrickPhoto by Megan Larsen

Photo by Jennifer Latino

Last year’s First Year Experience students served their community by cleaning up a mem-ber’s yard after storm damage. With the upcoming project, the FYE team hopes to build a greater community.

FYE initiates campus project to alleviate food insecurityBy Courtney McGowanFeature Editor

According to the US Bureau of the Census, 16.5 percent of Harnett County’s residents live each day below the poverty line.

The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina reports that 74 percent of the county’s population is eli-gible for participation in the federal food-stamp program,

and 56 percent of the chil-dren in this area receive free or reduced lunches.

Last year, the food pantry in Lillington temporarily shut down due to a complete lack of food.

Beginning this week, the Campbell University Fresh-man Seminar (CUFS) classes are doing something about it.

Last year, the CUFS classes participated in service

projects throughout the se-mester that were designed by each class’ faculty leader.

However, as Reverend Faithe Beam, Campbell’s campus minister, and Dr. Jennifer Latino, Director of Campbell’s “First Year Expe-rience” (FYE) program both said, the past method felt

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