http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Xb9WChq08
Check out this video of Dr. Chris Jones, chemistry professor at Brewton-Parker College, demonstrating kinetic and potential energy by BUNGEE JUMPING!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Orientation Update
All future Barons!
Orientation is just around the corner, and we want to ensure that you have everything necessary to begin your collegiate career at BPC. Barry the Baron - our mascot - wanted you to know that move-in is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday, August 21.
Upon arriving to campus, please meet at the Phillips Student Center. To ensure your spot, your FREE BPC STUFF, and an orientation experience like no other, Barry requests you RSVP to our website: www.bpc.edu/orientation.
Orientation is a great time to meet lifelong friends, learn about the history and traditions of Brewton-Parker College, and get comfortable with your new "home away from home". Barry has also told us that this event is MANDATORY for all incoming students, so we do hope to see you there!
Plus, we don't like to get Barry angry at us... You wouldn't want a Scottish warlord angry at you would you?
- Admissions and Student Affairs
BPC on Facebook
www.facebook.com/brewtonparker
Brewton-Parker College now has 556 fans on Facebook -- and is looking for more.
We've found that the site is fun for our students - both current and alumni, and even prospective - to share information, like photos. We have a video on there, and I'm hoping we will have more to come this year when students return to campus. We have a YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/brewtonparkercollege - where we'll house some videos from Orientation this year.
If you aren't yet a fan, friend us. :)
- Kelley
Friday, July 17, 2009
Kazakhstan: Missions and college credit
In the above video, Dr. Hal Ostrander, chair of the Division of Religion and Philosophy at Brewton-Parker College, (blue shirt, on the right end in the third row) listens in as youth of the Baptist Church of Astana, Kazakhstan join in song as a special presentation. Dr. Ostrander visited the church in May 2008 to prepare for a future trip for Brewton-Parker College students.
Dr. Ostrander and a team of BPC students and faculty returned to Astana in March 2009. A story about the trip will be published on the BPC website under the News and Info pages next week. In the meantime, here are some pictures from the March 2009 trip, and another video from the May 2008 trip.
Some interesting facts about Kazakhstan:
- There are over a million people living in the capital city of Astana, but only 1 Baptist church.
- The country is named after a nomadic tribe of people called the Kazakhs who lived in yerts, tent-like homes, on the steppes.
- Allows freedom of religion, the diversity includes Sunni Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2% and other 7%. (U.S. Dept. of State website)
- Government: Republic. Kazakhstan declared itself an independent country on December 16, 1991 - the last of the Soviet Republics to do so.
- Language: The "state" language is Kazakh but official is Russian. Russian is the language of business.
- 98.4 % literacy rate
- Ninth largest nation in the world
May 2009
The BPC Team includes Dr. Ostrander, Caroline Hegerich (sophomore Christian Studies major), Luis Gonzalez (sophomore Christian Studies major) and Tony Higgins (adjunct faculty at BPC Norman Park).
Caroline Hegerich, second from left, and Luis Gonzalez, third from left, speak to two Russian young ladies at the "Be On Fire" Youth Conference, held in the Baptist church in Astana, in March 2009.
One of the largest mosques in Astana, Kazakhstan
Dr. Hal Ostrander, left, Caroline Hegerich, Don and Diane Combs, and Luis Gonzalez, enjoy a delicious meal in the Combs' home. The Combs are missionaries to Kazakhstan.
Luis Gonzalez puts his hand in the handprint of Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the top of the tower Baiterek, called the Tree of Life.
Caroline Hegerich dances the traditional two-step with two Russian youth and a missionary.
To learn more about participating in a mission trip to Kazakhstan or other foreign locale with Brewton-Parker College, please contact Dr. Ostrander at hostrander@bpc.edu.
March 2008 video
Go to BPC's YouTube Channel to see more: www.youtube.com/brewtonparkercollege or click the link.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
BPC student, Kolby DePratter, serves on mission trip to Istanbul, Turkey
Kolby DePratter, a Brewton-Parker College Mount Vernon campus student and president of the college's Baptist Collegiate Ministries, is one member of a mission team sent from Emmanuel Baptist Church (Blackshear, Ga.) this summer. Kolby is pictured third from left in the back row of the above picture.
Below, Kolby, center, leads a water toss for children in Istanbul, Turkey. Kolby writes: "We are working in a very poor part of Istanbul," and asks for "prayer for the parents of the children we are working with and the children themselves." Click on the picture below to see more photos from the EBC trip.
A full article is in the works from the Office of News & Public Information. Until then, please enjoy this video made by Kolby about the EBC's trip.
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