I know about half a dozen incoming Freshmen at Western Kentucky University and Freed-Hardeman University….both sets from various church functions. It’s kinda weird that I know a bunch of people at each school, but it was bound to happen. Within southern Kentucky the default school that everyone goes to is WKU. No other school is even put into consideration. Why? It is reasonably affordable and closeby.
Whereas at my church, you’d think that Freed-Hardeman is the only school available for Christians to go to. The preacher is from Freed-Hardeman; our youth minister is from FHU. Even our youth intern is from FHU. Consequentally many of our high school seniors at church have decided to go to FHU. I believe we have 2 or 3 going in as a Freshmen this year…adding to the 3 or 4 that already go there. My only gripe is that there might be an unwritten rule around church that FHU is the only option for Christians to go to. No other Christian schools are even mentioned. Next summer I hope they consider getting a youth minister intern from some other university….maybe Harding…..
All of this brings to mind my college life. I kept a relatively low profile at Lipscomb. Only had a small group of friends. People come up to me all the time and ask if I know their relative/friend who went to Lipscomb at the same time I did. There is a 75% chance that I don’t know them. I still keep in touch with most of my small group of friends from Lipscomb. The rest of the people there were just faces in the crowd.
If I had it to do over again, I would have had more fun in college. I was too busy trying to study and had a chip on my shoulder that kept me from having fun. My Spring semester Freshmen year was probably one of the most extended fun period of my life. Seemlingly after that year all I did was buckle down and study.