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Sterling College begins commencement activities on Friday

It may be cloudy and rainy outside, but the Commencement Weekend Celebration will be full of smiling faces.
Release Date: 
Thursday, May 14, 2015

It may be cloudy and rainy outside, but the Commencement Weekend Celebration will be full of smiling faces. The graduating seniors will gather in the cafeteria for the annual senior breakfast provided by the Alumni Association and Career Services on Friday morning, followed by their class picture on the steps of Cooper Hall. Commencement rehearsal, an afternoon gathering, and dinner will lead up Friday’s main event – Baccalaureate. The Friday worship service has been redesigned this year to include more worship music and a short address by Chaplain Christian Dashiell.

Baseball Headed To Shawnee, Okla. For Opening Round Tournament

View the seeds and brackets for the 2015 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round
Release Date: 
Monday, May 11, 2015

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the seeds and brackets for the 2015 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round. The Sterling College Warriors will be headed to Shawnee, Okla. for the opening round on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University. The tournament is scheduled to take place from May 12-15.

The five teams in the Shawnee bracket included: #1 seed Oklahoma Baptist University (Host), #2 seed LSU-Shreveport, #3 seed Sterling College, #4 seed Briar Cliff, and #5 seed Mid-America Nazarene University.

“One” night of worship at Studio 96

The community of Sterling is invited to attend a night of worship on May 12 at 7 p.m. at Studio 96.
Release Date: 
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The community of Sterling is invited to attend a night of worship on May 12 at 7 p.m. at Studio 96. Facilitated by the Worship Arts class with the theme “One: Father, Spirit, Son, Body,” participants will visit different stations with everyone coming together at the end, joining to represent the Body of Christ. For questions, contact Assistant Professor of Music Mark Clark at mclark@sterling.edu.

Five athletic training students to graduate as certified athletic trainers

The group passed the test on their first try, yielding a 100 percent pass rate for this year’s senior class.
Release Date: 
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The majority of athletic training students aspire to become certified athletic trainers upon graduation. That dream will become a reality for five Sterling College athletic training majors who passed their Board of Certification exam and are now eligible for certification upon conferral of their bachelor’s degree in athletic training. The group passed the test on their first try, yielding a 100 percent pass rate for this year’s senior class.

Love Sterling Volunteers lend helping hand across city

Students, faculty, staff and Sterling community members were out painting, raking, cleaning up brush and landscaping.
Release Date: 
Monday, May 4, 2015

Love Sterling continues to grow as approximately 300 volunteers from Sterling College and the community joined together for a day of service and celebration. The teams completed 46 projects and served an estimated 1,100 hours.

Hemphill to perform senior voice recital

Mark Alan Hemphill of Florence, Arizona, will perform his senior recital at the United Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5.
Release Date: 
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Mark Alan Hemphill of Florence, Arizona, will perform his senior recital at the United Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5. The public is invited to attend.

Hemphill will sing in French, Italian, German and English, featuring duets with several other people including Dr. Laura Bateman, assistant professor of music. He will also sing an arrangement of Morten Lauridsen’s “Sure on this Shining Night” and musical theatre selections.

2015 Honors Convocation Scholarships and Awards

The spring Honors Convocation took place in Culbertson Auditorium on Friday, April 24.
Release Date: 
Sunday, May 3, 2015

The spring Honors Convocation took place in Culbertson Auditorium on Friday, April 24. Recipients of scholarships are as follows:

Emily Allen – Charles and Opal Hall Memorial Chemistry Scholarship, Sterling College Notable Alumni Scholarship

Tiffany Barnett – Eva E. Lewis Scholarship

Isaac Barnhart – Clair and Clara Jean Gleason Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Bryce Bassett – Mike Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship

Jedidiah Beachy – George Simpson Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Sterling College Debate Team is 4th in the nation

The Sterling College debate team ousted state and private schools to earn the title of fourth in Debate Sweepstakes.
Release Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Competing against top schools from across the country, the Sterling College debate team ousted state and private schools to earn the title of fourth in Debate Sweepstakes at the National Forensics Association Lincoln-Douglas Debate National Tournament at Ohio University April 21. Five students contributed to the point total, earning a place in Sterling College and national debate history: Gage Brookman of Hutchinson, Kansas; Cody Campbell of Buckeye, Arizona; Bryce Harner of Hutchinson, Kansas; Brandon Hoesli of Salina, Kansas; and Darren Kootz-Eades of Great Bend, Kansas.

Moran to hold Rice County town hall meeting Friday

Senator Jerry Moran will hold a town hall meeting on Friday, May 1, from 2:15-3:15 p.m. in Cooper Hall on the campus of Sterling College.
Release Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

United States Senator Jerry Moran will hold a town hall meeting on Friday, May 1, from 2:15-3:15 p.m. in Cooper Hall on the campus of Sterling College. The meeting will be held on the third floor in Heritage Hall and discuss critical issues facing Kansas and the nation, particularly focusing on the work he does in Washington D.C.

Sterling College students and faculty present biology research at state conference

Sterling College presented research on increasing planting yields during drought conditions.
Release Date: 
Monday, April 27, 2015

Science faculty, students and professionals from across the state met in Pittsburg, Kansas, for the 147th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science to hear the latest research from local colleges and universities. Sterling College was represented by three students, Rachel Grafel, Hannah Kelley and Matthew Schmidt, as well as Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Wai-Foong Hong, who presented research on increasing planting yields during drought conditions. All three presentations included research conducted in 2014.

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