A Taste of Southern

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A Taste of Southern

Experience a taste of Southern Adventist University and support students along the journey from enrollment to employment

Enjoy a fresh taste of the Southern experience at each year’s gala. Table sponsors include area businesses owned by alumni and employers of student interns and graduates. Proceeds raised from the evening benefit first-generation college student scholarships.

A Taste of Southern will be held at The Chattanoogan Hotel on Thursday, October 2, 2025, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a pre-show archaeology display and a special reservation-only guest lecture by Dr. Michael Hasel, recently returned from Israel. Come for the pre-show to experience demonstrations from our Blacksmithing Club and 3D printing from our School of Engineering and Physics. Then, enjoy a tasty dinner while hearing campus updates from Southern's president, the presentation of new awards, and rousing entertainment from the Nashville-raised and New York-based Annie Moses Band.

Southern Professor, Sean Walters, and an engineering student work on a project — Enjoy to the pre-show upon arrival, and learn the latest about Southern’s expanded Engineering Program and pick up a special 3D printed archaeology artifact.

Ivory comb with inscription on a black background. — Sign up to attend a special pre-show archaeological lecture by Southern Professor Michael Hasel, PhD, who just returned from Israel, or peruse the Peace and War – The Assyrian Conquest of Lachish exhibit.

Annie Moss Band portrait. Six members holding several different instruments. — Enjoy dinner entertainment by the Nashville-raised and New York-trained Annie Moses Band, accompanied by a string quartet from Southern.

Steel rose in the foreground and blacksmithing tools blurred in the background. — Watch a live demonstration of Southern’s Backsmithing Club forging creative works of art.

10/02/2025

A Taste of Southern

October 2, 2025

The Chattanoogan Hotel | 1201 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN 37402

A Taste of Southern | Culinary Demonstration

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Memories of our 2024 Event

The third A Taste of Southern event was held at The Signal in downtown Chattanooga on October 3, 2024. Hundreds of local business and organization professionals attended to catch a glimpse of what students experience every day on the Collegedale campus. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres made from Southern’s Vegetarian Culinary Arts program while browsing the auction and listening to Southern’s Jazz Ensemble. State Representative Greg Vital offered the invocation, President Ken Shaw shared university updates during dinner, and entertainment was provided by Dove award-winner Ernie Haase and Signature Sound. More than $222,000 was raised with proceeds funding the university’s endowment scholarship for first-generation college students. Visit the endowment scholarship page to see the stories of students benefiting from this scholarship.