THE PURPOSE OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

• To maintain contact with the alumni of Heritage Bible College and to keep the alumni informed of the activities of the College; and
• To promote the general welfare of the College through such means as donation of books, monies, time, or any other services that will benefit the College.

MEMBERSHIP

Active membership in the Alumni Association is open to any student who has been enrolled in the College and who has left the College under honorable conditions.

ALUMNI INVOLVEMENT

• Scholarships - The Association funds annual scholarships and maintains office space at the College for the purpose of providing guidance and assistance to the student body.
• Recruitment - Alumni volunteers assist in recruitment and planning of homecomings or other special events at the College.
• Mentoring - Alumni volunteers mentor students to offer guidance, counsel and practical experience in ministry.
• Annual Banquet - The Alumni Association hosts a banquet the first Monday night of the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist camp meeting each year. Guests are given a free meal, a business meeting is conducted, and an offering received for the Alumni scholarship fund.

ADD YOUR INFORMATION TO OUR ALUMNI DATABASE

If you are an alumnus or former student of Heritage Bible College and are not receiving our Highlights newsletter, please add your name to our database by sending an email to tnewton@heritagebiblecollege.org with your name, address, telephone number and email address. You may also inform us of address changes or send us news about yourself for inclusion in Highlights or let us know if you would like to volunteer for any of the Alumni programs listed above.

ALUMNI OFFICERS

Heritage Bible College Alumni Association elected a new president and secretary at its annual banquet and business meeting in July 2008.

President - Randy Barker
Vice-President - Kelvin Blackman
Secretary - Brenda Blackman
Treasurer - Gloria Smith

Alumni officers are elected in even-numbered years to serve two-year terms

CONTACTING ALUMNI OFFICERS

President
Randy Barker

Vice President
Kelvin Blackman

Secretary
Brenda Blackman

Treasurer
Gloria Smith

Alumni Liaison
Traci Newton
tnewton@heritagebiblecollege.edu

Congratulations to our new slate of officers! We encourage all alumni to become more involved in the college. If you are not receiving our quarterly newsletter, please send your mailing address to Traci Newton. Keep her informed on your activities so that YOU may be included in the newsletter. Your ideas, suggestions, and input for a more active Alumni Association are welcomed. Please send them to Traci and she will pass them on to the officers.

CONTACT INFORMATION

You may contact any of the Alumni Officers or the College for more information about Alumni activities. 

UNC HPDP research associate to lead national committee - November 10, 2009

UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention research associate Katie Barnes was elected last month to be the vice-chair of the National Community Committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control Prevention Research Center (PRC) program.

The election took place during the annual meeting of the NCC in Chapel Hill October 18-21. Barnes organized the meeting as part of her duties as Southeast regional director for the committee. The meeting included presentations by HPDP researchers and a tour of Sampson and Duplin counties. For pictures of the meeting courtesy of NCC participant Chuck Conner, click here.

Barnes has been part of the NCC for seven years. She has served as co-chair of the communication committee for three years and as a regional director for one year. Barnes is also a research assistant for the Seeds of HOPE Project at UNC HPDP, a project she’s been involved with for nine years.

The NCC leadership rotates each year and is a four year commitment. Barnes’ responsibilities will increase within the next four years as she advances through the leadership process. Her positions will progress from vice-chair to chair-elect to chair to past-chair.

“I will be supporting, grooming and building leadership in the next four years,” she said.

Barnes will be working closely with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. She will be presenting information on community-based participatory research and health advocacy at the upcoming training session on Wednesday, November 18th as part of the 2009-2010 Educational Conference Call Series on Building Community Capacity for Research.

“I believe when you invite community to the table it always improves the research,” Barnes said.

Barnes will also be participating in monthly conference calls and helping to plan the NCC’s annual planning meeting and the NCC’s spring pairing with the PRC program directors meeting.

“I think the transition will be an easy one. One of the roles of the vice chair is the election process and I’ve been a part of that before,” Barnes said. “Each year the responsibility level will go up.”

Barnes holds a bachelor's degree in Christian Education with a minor in Leadership from Heritage Bible College in Dunn, N.C., and a certificate for nonprofit management from Duke University. She has lived in Benson, N.C., for eight years.
 

The mission of Heritage Bible College is to develop Christ-centered men and women of Christian character, equipped at the college-level with skills for ministry and committed to a life of Christian service.