Learning the behind-the-scenes role of directing this semester, 10 Sterling College students have each worked to prepare a one-act play on May 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. in Culbertson Auditorium. Each one-act play will be approximately 10 minutes and include a variety of genres. The free event is open to the public.

Students directing one-act plays include: Dani Goldberg, Jordan Himes, Celosia Johnson, Kalie King, Alyssa Landeros, Kevin Megginson, Katie O’Brien, Abbey Pickering, Courtney Swanson and Claire Zerull.

Sterling College senior Whitney Long of Haysville, Kansas, will open her senior art show along with the annual Juried Student Art Show from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in the gallery of the Art and Media Center. Awards for best of show and honorable mention in the juried show will be given at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

Long is majoring in Art and Design: Education and has created a series of oil on canvas paintings that coincide with her desire to teach high school art after she graduates.

The French absurd comedy “The Maids” will open April 20-22, bringing a night of miscommunication and drama to Sterling College April 20-22 at 8 p.m. Written by French playwright Jean Genet and translated by Bernard Frechtman, students will present the play with a unique twist of six actresses instead of the traditional three.

In their first national appearance for the 2016-17 season, Sterling College Debate and Forensics traveled to the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament March 22-25 in Boise, Idaho, where two students took home awards in forensics.

Wesley Lowrey of Topeka, Kansas, brought home two awards, excellent ratings in both extemporaneous speaking and broadcast journalism.

Dara Quastad of Inman, Kansas, earned an excellent rating in persuasive speaking, making it the third straight competition in 3 weeks to earn an award in this area.