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A Portrait of a Servant Leader
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Justin Ciralsky
Crazy. Outgoing. Passionate. Zealous. Loves Kids. Loves God more. Sound like a typical youth minister? This picture perfectly depicts Justin Ciralsky, a senior majoring in Youth Ministry and Psychology at Milligan College. With his long, shaggy hair, boisterous attitude, soccer skills, and domineering voice that is often heard yelling across campus to catch a friend's attention, Justin is the perfect individual for the youth ministry profession.
A required internship resulted in Justin spending the summer of 2006 as a youth ministry intern in sunny Hilton Head at Live Oak Christian Church. Comically, even the approach in which Justin seized the internship with Live Oak was typical Justin style...[Read more] |
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Megan Gable
“If you try to escape we will shoot you.” These were the words Megan Gable heard as she took place in a hostage simulation during her Pre-Field Orientation training week before going to Bosnia as a summer missionary intern. The hostage simulation lasted four hours on a dark, rainy summer night in which real guns with blanks were used for a real life effect. Megan spent a vigorous week in Pre-Field Orientation with Team Expansion during which she was trained not only in hostage simulations, but also how to discern her spiritual gifts and how to master the Bosnian language quickly...[Read more] |
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Kristen Oxley
It takes a tremendous amount of courage to travel to an unknown country and culture to pursue a different way of life and learning. Kristen Oxley is a rare student from Milligan College who spent a semester studying abroad as a minority in a foreign culture.
Kristen spent the fall semester of 2007 at Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. Kristen had always wanted to study abroad yet it was still a personal challenge to willingly step into an unknown world...[Read more] |
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Dr. Victoria L. Sitter
Associate Professor of Business Administration
From earning several degrees to working with numerous corporations, the achieved Dr. Sitter of Milligan College has accomplished more than most do in a lifetime.
Dr. Victoria Sitter is the Associate Professor of Business Administration at Milligan College. However, there is much more to this woman than her title implies.
Dr. Sitter grew up in Mountain City, Tennessee and when the time came to decide on a college, she went to nearby East Tennessee State University. It then took her thirteen years to graduate with a bachelor's degree! Dr. Sitter was not sitting idle throughout the years; however, she was taking full advantage of her college and work experience...[Read more] |
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Anna Hampton
According to the Forum on Child and Family Statistics there are forty-eight births for every thousand unmarried women ages 15-44. Further, these children are at greater risk for adverse consequences when born to a single mother because the social, emotional, and financial resources available to the family may be more limited.
While the circumstances foar these families are often difficult and heartbreking, there also rises the opportunity to provide a healing ministry through love and counseling...[Read more] |
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Jan Mitchell
Jan never knew that an ordinary trip to Wal-Mart last year would end up changing her life.
On that particular day, CASA had a booth set up in Wal-Mart to promote awareness and hand out information about their organization. Jan was interested in the CASA booth, and therefore talked with CASA board member, Charlene McGough, for a few minutes in Wal-Mart. As a result, Jan has been involved with CASA for over a year now.
Jan Mitchell, a senior from Milligan College, has devoted her entire junior and senior years of college volunteering for the CASA of Northeast Tennessee. CASA of Northeast Tennessee provides service to Unicoi, Greene, and Washington County as well as the city of Johnson City...[Read more] |
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Josh Stephens
Josh Stephens is known at Milligan College for his unusual speed on the soccer field as a striker, his amazing ability to score seemingly impossible goals, and his long, brown curls blowing in the wind as he runs down the field. Josh is a very talented soccer player at Milligan who has been a huge asset to the Milligan Buffs over the past three years. However, he sees his talents not as simple skills, but at gifts from God, and he spent his college summer break in 2007 glorifying God with his soccer skills...[Read more] |
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Emily Arnold
Sometimes in one's life God places so many deliberate signs right in our paths that it is as if He is saying, “Do this,” or “go in My Name.” Even if one wanted to run from God's calling, such as Jonah, God has already placed people and circumstances in our lives that point in His direction.
Emily Arnold is a bright young woman from Milligan College who went on a life changing mission trip to Hungary. While she traveled abroad in the summer of 2007, many people and events had come into her life for many years previously that all would have an eventual impact... [Read more] |
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Josh Redden
Josh Redden is somewhat of a famous face around the campus of Milligan College. He has become an acclaimed news reporter and even has his own show on television!
Josh is a member of the student broadcasting staff at Milligan College that has developed Wired, a weekly television news show reporting various activities around campus. Wired reports on Milligan athletics, faculty spotlights, entertainment, and campus events. Josh can be watched weekly...[Read more] |
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Troy Childress
Youth ministers have a profound effect in changing teenager's lives. While teens are going through emotional ups and downs and the dramas of high school, youth ministers are constantly the unwavering face of shining hope and security.
Troy Childress is one such youth minister who is determined to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and be the solid rock for his youth group.
Troy desired to be a youth minister while he was completing his studies as a student at Milligan College . He worked with various youth ministry internships during college years, yet as a senior he accepted a weekend ministry position in South Carolina , although it was not what God had planned for Troy. [Read more] |
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Jill Bourgeois
The typical college Spring Break consists of exotic vacations, relaxing days sunning at the beach with close friends, and a delicious break from cafeteria food. Throw in exceptionally unique pictures capturing moments of the incredible trip, and it seems Spring Break cannot get any better for the ordinary college student. However, for a rare group of students from Milligan College , their 2008 Spring Break tells a far different story.
Jill Bourgeois, along with seven close friends, organized and led their own Spring Break mission trip to Indianapolis . Jill Bourgeois is a bright and promising young woman who dares to use her talents and passions to change the world for God in any way she possibly can. [Read more] |
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