Last week, President David B. Burks announced to the faculty and administration that the university had received a promised donation of $1.7 million to go toward the new Center for Health Sciences building, which will house the Carr College of Nursing and the department of communication sciences and disorders. Burks said the donation will come from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation in the form of a challenge grant.

After seven years of serving as an assistant dean of students and 27 total years spent working at Harding Academy and Harding University combined, Dr. Sheri Shearin will retire at the end of June.

This coming September, Harding University will be hosting the Global Missions Experience, a weekend event previously known as the World Missions Workshop. The event will once again occur at Harding University Tahkodah in Floral, Ark. In 2010, the World Missions Workshop changed from a workshop consisting of lectures to a hands-on experience. And this year, the name was changed to fit the transition from lecture to hands-on experience, according to Dr. Shawn Daggett, director of the GME.

Last Wednesday, students at Harding cast their ballots for the new president and representatives for Harding’s Student Association.

Harding students and faculty will participate in the 11th annual Bisons for Christ on Wednesday, April 18. This year’s theme for the day of service is “Arise,” which was inspired by the verse Ephesians 4:15. With more than 150 projects and a few new additions to the day of service, the Bisons for Christ committee members said they are hoping to get a large number of participants this year.