Memphis/DeSoto Campus Upcoming Events

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Thursday March 14 to May 2, 2013
Avoiding Burnout in Ministry
Date: Thursdays, March 14, 2013 through May 2 | Time: 6 to 8 p.m. | Cost: Free, but registration is required. If transferred into Belhaven as a one-hour elective, a $75 fee will be charged to the student’s Belhaven account.
Location: Methodist University Hospital | 1265 Union Avenue  Memphis, TN  38104

• This event is open to the public, but you must preregister.
• Offered in conjunction with our ministry partner MCUTS
• TO REGISER, CALL 901-516-8637
• Course instructors: Brent Stenberg, PhD (Clinical psychologist, executive director of Christian Psychological Center) & Larry Lloyd, D.Min. (Founder of Memphis Leadership Foundation and Belhaven faculty)

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Lunch & Learn-Twitter for Business made Easy
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 | Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Tickets: Free, RSVP
            Location: Belhaven University Desoto Campus | 7111 Southcrest Parkway | Southaven, MS

• Training provided by Prepare 1
• Admission is free, but space is limited to the first 22 who register

Please click on this link to register: http://twitterforbusinessmadeeasys.eventbrite.com/

Friday, April 5, 2013
Alpha Sigma Lambda Induction Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 6:00 P.M.
Location: Belhaven University Memphis Campus | 1790 Kirby Parkway Forum II Lobby
Cost: There is a one-time membership fee to join ASL.

• Event is by invitation only; inductees may invite up to four guests, but tickets must be obtained from Student Services
• AΣΛ Honor Society
• In 2003, Belhaven's adult programs renewed chapter membership with Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, the premier national honor society for nontraditional students.  Belhaven University is the Lambda Xi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda.
• The Lambda Xi chapter at Belhaven inducts adult students on the Jackson, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Dalton, Desoto, Orlando and Houston campuses into the honor society as a way to recognize and to inspire outstanding scholastic achievement each Spring semester.  Eligibility for the honor society is determined as follows:

1. Matriculated undergraduate adult students who have earned 90 or more credits, 24 of which must be Belhaven University credits;
2. Top ten percent of students
3. At least 12 credits of student's total should be courses in Liberal Arts/Sciences.
4. Students must have attained a GPA of 3.5 or above at Belhaven.
   
   

• Qualified students are invited by letter to join the AΣΛ Honor Society.  Letters will go out in March, 2013.
• The AΣΛ Honor Society was founded in 1945 "to recognize adult students in continuing higher education who achieve academic excellence while managing the responsibilities to family, work and the community." For more information about the AΣΛ Honor Society, visit their website at www.alphasigmalambda.org/.

Saturday, April 20, 2013
BBB Secure-your-ID Day
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 | Time: 9 a.m. to 12:0 p.m. | Tickets: Free 
Location: The Commercial Appeal | 495 Union Avenue | Memphis, TN

• FREE onsite shredding of your personal or professional documents
• You do not even have to get out of your car! CINTAS & BBB personnel will remove boxes or bags from your vehicle & shred them while you watch.
• Belhaven Memphis has long been a member of the BBB
• For more information, contact the BBB at 901-759-1300

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Memphis/Desoto Graduation Ceremony
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:00 P.M.
Location: Second Presbyterian Church | 4055 Poplar Avenue | Memphis, TN  38111 | Church website: 2pc.org
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Cost: Graduation fees are assessed & paid online. Visit the Graduation Information page http://www.belhaven.edu/registrar/graduation.htm for more information.

• Belhaven University’s Spring Commencement for the Memphis and Desoto campuses will be held again this year at the beautiful Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis
• Graduates may bring up to ten guests each without prior arrangement. For more than ten guests, contact Student Services
• Graduates and guests are invited to stay for the ice cream reception immediately following the ceremony
• Commencement Speaker: Ed Horrell, author and founder of The Kindness Revolution
• Organist: Lenora Morrow 
• Bagpiper: J. Steven Sanders Phone:  901.867.0220 Email: stevesande@aol.com
• Catering: Scoops Ice Cream Catering of Memphis