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St. Andrews alumnus, the Reverend William Robert (Rob) Martin, III, (’86), has been called to be the next Pastor/Head of Staff for the Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.  He is married to alumna Doreen “Do” Rogers Martin, and they both worked as Residence Assistants in campus dorms in 1986.  Rob also served as Director of Alumni Relations following graduation.  Rob’s father, Rev. Dr. Robert (Bob) Martin, was the St. Andrews Chaplain in the 1980s, and his mother, Billie Martin, worked in the student life office. For the past 15 years, Rev. Martin

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 Feb. 2018 St. Andrews faculty and staff gathered on Jan. 31 in the Vardell Atrium to show their appreciation for Dr. Robert J. Hopkins’ years of service as Vice President of Academic Affairs (2003-2017). Dr. Hopkins graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a Bachelors in Science in 1968. He then furthered his education receiving a Masters in Science from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1970. Finally, Dr. Hopkins received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1972. Beginning his

Release and team photo St. Andrews Western Equestrian Team In Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association competition in January, St. Andrews Western team continued to excel and claim numerous awards. Leading the team was Connor Smith with three firsts in reining and open horsemanship plus earning high point rider and in a second show, was reserve high point rider. Riders who received firsts included Kaitlyn Lomax (novice horsemanship), Amanda Steskal (intermediate II horsemanship), Beth Ann Tate (novice horsemanship) and Marcos Nogueira (intermediate I horsemanship). Thirteen St. Andrews equestrians won ribbons, contributing to

RELEASE/6 Feb. 2018 St. Andrews University Equestrian In recent equestrian competitions, St. Andrews students continue to maintain their success with high team placings and individual champions. At last Saturday’s home Dressage competition, the team of Gaby Stephens, Caroline Johnson, Juliana Moore and Isa Duckett finished first with Johnson as reserve high point rider. Senior Alex Varisco won four shows and qualified for Dressage Nationals at Lake Erie College (OH) in April. In all events that day, St. Andrews equestrians garnered 17 ribbons and claimed first in team placings over seven

St. Andrews University and Scotia Village retirement community announced today that the Estate of John D. Currie, Jr., over the past two years, has distributed gifts totaling more than $2.7 million to the two Presbyterian based organizations located in Scotland County. Mr. Currie was a resident of Scotia Village at the time of his death in 2014 and was a long-time trustee of St. Andrews. The philanthropic legacy Mr. Currie leaves behind is a demonstration of his faith, his belief in education and his desire to provide a safety net

Perhaps not a typical weekend at St. Andrews University, but certainly an upcoming flurry of activity coming to Scotland County will bring hundreds of people to campus that stretches from the Belk Center to the Scotland Heritage Center to the Morgan Jones Science building and, finally, to the 300-acre equestrian center. That’s what is happening over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, March 16-18, with perhaps as many 1,000 people in Laurinburg to attend and participate in three major events that will be drawing visitors from all parts of the United States.

Representative Garland Pierce RELEASE St. Andrews University joined the nation Monday night, Jan. 15, by celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a campus and community-wide celebration held in a packed Avinger Auditorium. The program began with instrumental selections on guitar and violin by faculty member and biologist Dr. Tracy Feldman and then a drum processional by St. Andrews pipe band drummer DJ Street. Following a welcome and remarks from university president Paul Baldasare, the stage was set for a comprehensive and joy-filled presentation of speeches, readings and music. Notably,

“When we are creating our own images, we are replicating God’s creation,” Dr. Anne Foerst said at the John Calvin McNair Lecture at St. Andrews on Thursday evening. Students, faculty, staff, and community members from ages eighteen to eighty gathered to hear Foerst, Associate Professor of Computer Studies at St. Bonaventure University, discuss her research on the interplay between Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Theology. Foerst has served as director of MIT’s God and Computer Project, a dialogue between theologians at Harvard Divinity School and scientists at MIT. She advocates for