Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2013 | Page 8
New Archives Exhibit:
Letters of Jonathan Edwards
The Wheaton College Archives & Special
Collections of Buswell Memorial Librar y
has mounted a new exhibit titled “Jonathan
Edwards: Puritan, Preacher, Philosopher.”
The exhibit is based on a collection of 16
letters relate d to Jonathan Edwards, noted
theologian and prominent figure of the
Great Awakening.
These original let ters were writ ten
between 1752 and 1756. They were
previously held by the Rhode Island
Historical Society. The exhibit, placed on
deposit at the Wheaton College Special
Collections through the generosity of Brian
’73 and Sally Phillips Oxley ’74, is on display
through May 2013.
The Wheaton College Archives & Special
Collections is located on the third floor of
the Billy Graham Center, at 500 College
Avenue in Wheaton, and is open 8 a.m. to
7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For
more information, call 630.752.5705.
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WHEATON news
Wheaton Partners with
Christianity Today for
Practical Journalism Training
Wheaton’s new Journalism
Certificate has real-world experience
at its core. Launched in fall 2011, it was
designed by Communication faculty in
consultation with alumni journalists.
Integral to the program is a close
relationship with Christianity Today.
Tim Morgan, senior editor, global
journalism at Christianity Today, serves
as the coordinator for the Journalism
Certificate. Morgan has introduced
new special topics courses such as
Internet Journalism, a 400-level spring
offering. He also works to connect
students with internship opportunities
in traditional print as well as online
news media and broadcast. Allison
Althoff ’11, associate online editor at
Today’s Christian Woman, was added
this year as a program assistant to
plan co-curricular events, support
recruitment of students, and develop
journalism resources for students.
Wheaton’s partnership with
Christianity Today has opened doors
for journalism students, such as
Andrew Thompson ’13, to gain
practical experience as editorial
interns with the magazine. During
his internship, Thompson interviewed
actor Kirk Cameron and hip-hop
artist Lecrae for the magazine’s
website and wrote a three-page news
feature on Christian higher education
in China and North Korea (“Teaching
the Dragon”) for the September 2012
issue of Christianity Today.
Thompson, who is graduating this
May, anticipates his next steps may
include an internship with a national
newspaper and, eventually, graduate
school. “I have grown tremendously as
On assignment in the Gaza Strip,
2008. Tim Morgan, coordinator of
Wheaton’s Journalism Cer tificate
program, recently completed 20 years
at Christianity Today, where he ser ves
as senior editor, global journalism,
focusing on long-form journalism,
opinion, and coverage of global issues.
a writer through my participation in
the Journalism Certificate program,” he
says. “My capacity, speed, and clarity of
writing have significantly improved.”
According to Morgan, the Journalism
Certificate makes graduating students
more competitive in the job market
by helping them to build a network
of sources and a body of work. “The
program has a strong credentialing
function in that it requires significant
academic and practitioner hours,” he
says. “Most early career journalists will
freelance, and part of credentialing in
journalism is having a portfolio of work.
The program helps students develop
their portfolios.”
The next phase of growth for the
Journalism Certificate began this year
as Morgan aims to make it possible
for any Wheaton student who feels
called to journalism to fit the certificate
requirements into their academic plan,
regardless of major. “This program is
truly meeting an academic need,” he
says, “as well as our society’s needs for
journalists who embrace biblical values
and are passionate storytellers.”