Southern Nazarene University President Loren Gresham announced the university will publish a newly revised magazine to reach its alumni, friends, and supporters across the U.S. and around the world. The magazine will be released just prior to SNU's annual Homecoming celebration, November 6 and 7.

The new publication, Direction,  was inspired by its editor and SNU Director of Marketing, Bill McCloud.

“In Romans 8:30, it states: 'And so those whom God set apart, he called, and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them,'” McCloud said. “Since 1920 on the Bethany campus, Southern Nazarene University has given students the tools to find a calling in life. This magazine is dedicated to those alumni that have given sacrificially so that students can continue to find that calling and go out and change the world for Christ.”

The highlights of the inaugural issue include a historical snapshot and challenge by Gresham, background bios of the current SNU leadership, and a pictorial tour of six buildings on campus that have undergone new construction or major renovations in the past seven years. There is also an update on the growth of the SNU SIMS (Students in Missions) program and features on four past alumni who share their stories of faith and God’s leading as they proceed to change the world for Christ in their own ways.

“We are very proud of this first magazine-type style of reconnecting with our alumni, and I challenge you to read Direction and consider the value of this institution to the lives of the 35,000 alumni who have benefitted from their time with us,” Gresham said.

Direction will be published quarterly, with its second issue due out in January 2016. 

--Southern Nazarene University