The Carver Project takes its name from George Washington Carver, whose life revolved around community, engagement, and dialogue within the context of his Christian faith and his calling to higher education.  Born into slavery in Missouri, Carver was committed to higher education, serving for forty-seven years on the faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. His intellectual curiosity and talents gave him an appreciation for many different forms of inquiry; though he made his reputation as a scientist, he initially thought that he would be an artist.  Acclaimed for his research and his teaching, he applied the same standard of excellence in all that he did, “learning to do the common things uncommonly well.” He was committed to reconciling racial divisions, once noting that “We are brothers, all of us, no matter what race or color or condition; children of the same Heavenly Father. We rise together or we fall together.”  And he was committed to his Christian faith and the integration of faith and learning. Of his lifelong pursuit of knowledge, Carver would write: “Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless."

Faculty empowered.

Our faculty fellows integrate faith and academic vocation in work with students, active participation in area churches, and community engagement.

Students transformed.

We partner with student leaders who work with us in ministry, learn from us, and teach us.  We focus on discipleship aimed at weaving together university, church, and society in the lives of students.

Churches engaged.

Our church partners work with us relationally and organizationally in ministry in the university and in the community.

Society enriched.

 We are rooted locally and reaching nationally.  By bridging the institutions of university and church, we serve our local community and model new relationships to our broader society.