About This
THE WEBSITE
Who:  College Students. University Students. Students who grew up in a Presbyterian Church. Students who have never stepped foot in a Presbyterian Church. Students who go to Presbyterian Universities. Students who go to any university. Students willing to explore, grow, ask questions, and seek answers about who God is.

Why:  The purpose of this website is to serve the current need for students to find, connect with, and enrich ministries within the Presbyterian Church (USA) on a local, regional, and national level.  We hope that this website will serve that need, especially as it increases dialogue about the technology needed to serve college students within the PC(USA).

What:  Check out the front page again if you haven't viewed the slideshow that (for now) has a good introduction to the different aspects of the website.


PSALT
This website is an intiative of the Presbyterian Student Advocacy & Leadership Team (PSALT).  PSALT is a group of students chosen to represent zeal and enthusiasm about the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in higher education ministry. The Advocacy and Leadership Team seeks to represent the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of young adults in the Church. The team, in conjunction with several senior friends, touches the lives of college students by advocating at the national events

Mission Statement:  Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Presbyterian Student Advocacy and Leadership Team provides opportunities for advocacy, leadership, and connections for students in higher education seeking to be faithful disciples of Christ in ministries related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Technical Details:  PSALT terms last three years.  PSALT meets twice a year.  We have three committees currently:  Publicity, Content, and Events.  Right now, Publicity works on the design and management of the website along with its advertisement.  The Content Committee focuses on the blog and creating resources to share with others.  Events works on creating PSALT-sponsored trips and conferences and right now representing PSALT on the SUMMIT 2010 Planning Team.  PSALT members are selected each September through an application process.  Would you like to serve on PSALT Class of 2012?  APPLY NOW!  You can download an application in word document format or as an Adobe PDF. This is not the only way to get involved though -- please contact us here or through facebook if you have any ideas.

Who's on PSALT now (by committee):
CONTENT
CindyNAME: Cindy Eschliman
PSALT COMMITTEE: CONTENT
HOMETOWN: Hutchinson, Kansas
SCHOOL: Hastings College
AREA OF STUDY: Philosophy & Religion major (with an emphasis in Christian ministry and a concentration in pastoral care)
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? pop!
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? the local grocery store in town
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Favorite?!  Oh dear! I'm not sure about a favorite!
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? Umm, lots of things! (I'll have to get back to you on this...)  

Betsy
NAME: Betsy Katz
PSALT COMMITTEE: CONTENT
HOMETOWN: Thomasville, Georgia
SCHOOL: University of Georgia
AREA OF STUDY: Mathematics, Spanish & Religion major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? it depends on its brand
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Kroger!
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Julio Diaz; see www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? I fell down into a pricker bush during a group picture in front of a glacier in Argentina so everyone was watching, and then I had to roll out of the bush.

Ricky

NAME: Ricky Ochilo, International Student Member
PSALT COMMITTEE: CONTENT
HOMETOWN: Nairobi, Kenya
SCHOOL: Warren Wilson College
AREA OF STUDY: Political Science & Economics major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soda
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Ingles (amazing savings)
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Phyllis Ochilo (Mum); she's inspiring and motivational.
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? I saw this random guy streak passed dorms one time singing to students and chanting.

Charles

NAME: Charles Reed
PSALT COMMITTEE: CONTENT
HOMETOWN: Houston, TEXAS!!!
SCHOOL: Rice University
AREA OF STUDY: Political Science & Managerial Studies major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soft drink
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Wal-Mart or HEB
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? R.C. Sproul; he is a contemporary Presbyterian who synthesizes and makes reformed theology accessible (so in a roundabout way, of course, John Calvin who ‘instituted’ reformed theology).
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? I was sitting in a class scheduled before lunch in the first week of classes my junior year. The professor, oblivious like all professors are to the reality that their lecture becomes even more unbearable when they continue on past their allotted hour, just kept drawling on with no signs of stopping…twenty minutes into lunch (12:20pm). I had all I could take because she was making me late for a lunch meeting so I interrupted her and asked her if there was any way she could stop talking. After looking extremely puzzled, she said she would oblige me but noted that in the future the class would go it’s full length, 1 hour and thirty minutes, (though I still hold that it was not clearly labeled on the schedule!) I then dropped the class.

EVENTS

Melissa
NAME: Melissa Johnson
PSALT COMMITTEE: EVENTS
HOMETOWN: Moorpark, California
SCHOOL: Whitworth University
AREA OF STUDY: Peace Studies major, Sociology and Community Engagement & Transformation minor
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soda
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? In Spokane, I shop at this store called Fresh Abundance, which sells local, organic, and fair trade foods. It's fantastic!
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? I consider Shane Claiborne a theologian, so I suppose he is my favorite; his views on social responsibility and poverty relief reflect many of Christ's teachings in the New Testament, as well as aim to preserve this marvelous creation that God has laid out before us.
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? During one of my worldview lecture halls, we had two boys in thongs run through our class with the words "Eightfold Path" and "Four Noble Truths" written on their booties. It was pretty interesting, to say the least.

MarcusNAME: Marcus Lambright
PSALT COMMITTEE: EVENTS
HOMETOWN: Dayton, Ohio
SCHOOL: Muskingum College
AREA OF STUDY: Sociology & Business major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soda...duh
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Kroger
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Jerome; he was constantly in search of knowledge and traveled most of Europe
(something I'd like to do while I'm young.) 
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? My campus has officially adopted three stray cats: Spots, Tiger, and Garfield. (Garfield's my favorite.)

AllisonNAME: Allison Peak
PSALT COMMITTEE: EVENTS
HOMETOWN: Binghamton, New York
SCHOOL: Broome Community College
AREA OF STUDY: Elementary Education major, duel in Special Education, concentration in American Sign Language & Literacy
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soda
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Price Chopper, Giant, or Wegmans....Wally's World (aka Walmart) if I am absolutely desperate
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Henri Nouwen; he's inspiring to all. :-)
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? I'll have to get back to ya'll with that!

PUBLICITY

Becca
NAME: Becca Crate
PSALT COMMITTEE: PUBLICITY
HOMETOWN: Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
SCHOOL: Arcadia University
AREA OF STUDY: Graphic Design & Religion major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? soda
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Shoprite, Giant, Acme
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Martin Luther!; he started this whole Protestant Reformation thing...
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? Yet to comment. (Becca lives a very serious life.)

Addie

NAME: Addie Domske
PSALT COMMITTEE: PUBLICITY
HOMETOWN: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
SCHOOL: Westminster College
AREA OF STUDY: English & Religion major, Psychology minor
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? pop
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Giant Eagle
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? C.S. Lewis; I think he has the authority to talk on the subject, as he's explored both sides of things.
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? My best friend goes to the same college as I do. One time I was in the Union Building getting breakfast and I bumped into her and gave the obligatory, sweet-sounding, "sorry!" without looking up. We both didn't realize who it was until we went up to pay for our food. (I'm learning to actually look at the person when I say sorry now.)

Stead
NAME: Stead Halstead
PSALT COMMITTEE: PUBLICITY
HOMETOWN: Maple Valley, Washington
SCHOOL: Graduate of Western Washington University
AREA OF STUDY: Accounting major
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CARBONATED BEVERAGE? pop
WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES? Fred Meyer
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE THEOLOGIAN? WHY? Karl Barth; he's really the only one I've read much of.
WHAT'S SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AT COLLEGE? One time my roommate put a rotten banana in my hand while I was sleeping.