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Welcome to InterVarsity's Press Room
The InterVarsity news releases and news links on this page offer information on the great variety of ways InterVarsity works with students and faculty on U.S. college campuses. We also offer in-depth background information on two priority issues: InterVarsity's concerns about access for its chapters on college campuses and InterVarsity's Urbana Student Missions Convention, which was held at a new location in December 2006.
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Urbana
In 2004 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA announced a new location and the beginning of an exciting new era for one of its signature events, the triennial North American Student Mission Convention, held since 1948 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, as it's come to be called, is one of the longest-running, distinctive events of modern evangelical Christianity. In 2006 Urbana was held at a new location, in the shadow of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
News releases about Urbana 06, issued in advance of the convention and during the convention, are listed below. News Releases for Urbana 09, also to be held in St. Louis, are being posted on this page as well as on our Urbana News Releases page. Audio, which is free for use by radio and other media, is posted on our Urbana audio page. Additional information about Urbana 06 can be found at www.urbana.org.
Access Issues
InterVarsity believes members of its chapters should have the same rights as members of other student organizations. We filed action in federal court on October 3, 2006, on behalf of students involved in InterVarsity at the University of Wisconsin-Superior after the chapter was derecognized. We were also concerned about the August, 2006, disaffiliation of our chapters on the campus of Georgetown University. In 2002 InterVarsity filed suit against Rutgers University to defend the rights of our student chapter. Concerns have been resolved without confrontation on other campuses, such as at the University of Michigan. We are pleased to report that the UW-Superior, Georgetown University, and Rutgers University situations were agreeably resolved and that students in those chapters will continue to be able to be a recognized part of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
News Releases InterVarsity in the News - San Diego Division Director and IVP author James Choung interviewed
Christianity Today; July 2008
- Assistant regional director Brian Sanders profiled
St. Petersburg Times; June 22, 2008
- Book on evangelism by two veteran staff reviewed
by Christianity Today; June 2008
- InterVarsity vice president Jim Tebbe, and
global projects director Scott Bessenecker
write for Lausanne World Pulse; June 2008
- IVP author and former staff member urges Christians to make culture Baptist Standard Press; May 23, 2008
- New ministry director has roots in InterVarsity
ChristianToday.com; May 23, 2008
- Former staff member Gene Yang now a popular cartoonist
San Francisco Chronicle Sunday magazine; May 11, 2008
More on Gene Yang
- InterVarsity chapters engage Northwestern University campus
The Daily Northwestern; April 24, 2008
- InterVarsity prayer stations at Northwestern University
The Daily Northwestern; April 24, 2008
- Baruch College chapter hosts Uganda outreach
The Baruch Ticker; April 7, 2008
- OSU chapter members work to raise AIDS awareness
OSU Lantern; April 4, 2008
- InterVarsity and other campus groups are changing lives at Berkeley
East Bay Express; April 2, 2008
- Monthly Culture Breaks at IU-PU Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Journal Gazette; March 31, 2008
- Jesus, Justice, Poverty conference attracts California and Nevada students Nevada News; March 4, 2008
- InterVarsity students teach Sudanese refugees Franklin and Marshall Focus; March 1, 2008
- InterVarsity sponsors lecture to respond to UNC professor SBTS Towers; February 28, 2008
- CSU-Chico ministry profiled The Orion; February 27, 2008
- Campus Ministry builds relationships Rapid City Journal, February 17, 2008
- Students lead prayer meeting after campus shooting
mywebtimes.com; February 15, 2008
- Stanford chapter co-sponsors talk by geneticist Francis Collins
Stanford Daily; February 6, 2008
- Living the Christian Life on campus, featured article by a Columbia University chapter member; The Spectator; January 28, 2008
- 2007 stories about InterVarsity
- 2006 stories about InterVarsity
- 2005 stories about InterVarsity
- 2004 stories about InterVarsity
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Liberal campuses, fertile ground for faith - Boston Globe; November 2003
- Mission Network News Archive of InterVarsity stories
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