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NASHVILLE, TN—The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) met at the State Capitol November 15 – 18, and selected Welch College Student Body President Frank Thornsbury to receive its prestigious Carlisle Award. Sixty colleges and universities were...

Reverend Archie Ratliff, who served on the Welch College Board of Trustees from 1996 – 2008, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2012, in Houston, Texas, after a three-year battle with cancer. Pastor Ratliff was ordained in 1972 in Glennville, Georgia, where he served...

Nineteen high school seniors from ten states attended the fall 2012 Senior Days on October 4-5 at Welch College. The students hailed from Tennessee (8), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), Missouri (1), South Carolina...

Seven Welch College ministerial students travelled six hours to Columbus, Georgia, to preach in local churches belonging to Georgia/Alabama’s Chattahoochee and Twin Cities Associations. The group left campus at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 29. John Murray, Welch...

The 2012 Theological Symposium will meet October 22-23 on the campus of Welch College in Nashville, Tennessee. The symposium begins at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 22, and will end at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23. The symposium will be a time for presentation of...

Two Welch College alumni from Arkansas, Mr. Cameron Lane and his wife Krista, donated a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban to the college in September 2012 to be used as a maintenance vehicle, according to Craig Mahler, vice president for financial affairs. The Lanes reside in...

For the first time since 2007, fall enrollment numbers at Welch College rose two consecutive years, according to Provost Greg Ketteman. College administrators reported a five percent rise in student full-time-equivalency (FTE) to 235. Total enrollment statistics...

NASHVILLE, TN—Two months after Welch College changed its name from Free Will Baptist Bible College, the name Welch College appeared for the first time in U.S. News & World Report ranked 42nd among “Best Regional Colleges” (South Region) in U.S. News’ 2013 edition...

NASHVILLE, TN—Dr. Ken Riggs, interim Psychology program coordinator at Welch College (formerly Free Will Baptist Bible College), has written a 104-page, 12-chapter book for the Evangelical Training Association titled Teaching Techniques: Becoming an Effective Teacher....

NASHVILLE, TN—Reverend Ralph Hampton, former chairman of the Biblical and Ministry Studies Department at Welch College and a member of the college faculty for 50 years, died September 7, 2012, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 77. The Oklahoma native was...

NASHVILLE, TN—Dr. Ralph Lightsey, who served as a faculty member and administrator at Welch College in the mid-1940s and early 1950s, died September 2, 2012, in Statesboro, Georgia, at age 93. Dr. Lightsey was ordained in 1940 and had a remarkable career as an...

NASHVILLE, TN—Mrs. Lila Thompson, a versatile member of the Welch College staff since 2004, announced plans to retire effective September 28, 2012. Mrs. Thompson worked two years in the college’s Financial Aid Office (2004-2006), then shifted to receptionist duties...