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A Taste of Southern

Experience a taste of 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµAdventist University and support students along the journey from enrollment to employment

Enjoy a fresh taste of the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµexperience 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 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµwill 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. 

91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµProfessor, 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 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµProfessor 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

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Memories of our 2024 Event

The third A Taste of 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµevent 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.

Wide shot of the event space focusing on a round dinner table on the foreground.
A table set in preparation for A Taste of 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµdinner
Pianist performs on the stage below a single spotlight overhead
Haase performs at the Third Annual A Taste of 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµGala
Top view of the gala
Rika Meyer and Aaron Meyer stand side-by-side posing for the picture.

2025 Platinum Sponsors

San Sebastian Development

91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµUnion Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

2025 Gold Sponsors

Morning Pointe Senior Living

SouthEast Bank

Grant and Pam Tuttle

2025 Silver Sponsors

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel P.C.

College Press

Elder's ACE Hardware

Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

Gulfs States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Lee Company

Pinnacle Financial Partners

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