The Sunderland Foundation has awarded $600,000 to Sterling College for the SterlingNOW Capital Campaign.
Release Date:
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Sunderland Foundation has awarded $600,000 to Sterling College for the SterlingNOW Capital Campaign. The grant will support the campaign’s $22 million goal to upgrade science and academic facilities and to expand the Gleason Physical Education Center.
Matt Jaeger will be the speaker for the 2018 Sterling College Commencement ceremony.
Release Date:
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Matt Jaeger ’00, co-founder and president of Emergent Green Energy, will be the speaker for the 2018 Sterling College Commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 12, at 9:45 a.m. on East Cooper Lawn on the Sterling College campus. The event is open to the public.
The list of projects for Love Sterling is growing, and teams of volunteers are getting ready for the annual day of service.
Release Date:
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
The list of projects for Love Sterling is growing, and teams of volunteers are getting ready for the annual day of service. In order to complete all of the projects, Sterling College students are looking for supplies to borrow on the day of the event, April 28.
The students are looking for hand saws, wheelbarrows, a weed eater, a chainsaw, ladders, paint scrapers, paint brushes and a tiller.
Shelby Stowe was selected for a research experience at Valparaiso University.
Release Date:
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Sterling College junior Shelby Stowe of Bentonville, Arkansas, was one of 12 math majors from across the United States selected for a research experience for undergraduates at Valparaiso University. Under the guidance of Dr. Alex Capaldi, professor at Valparaiso University, Stowe and two other students worked to create a mathematical tool that would analyze the effects of a White Nose Syndrome, a fungal disease affecting the population of bats in North America.
Freshman Adam Moore finished third in IPDA debate at the Pi Kappa Delta Comprehensive National Tournament
Release Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Freshman Adam Moore of Hutchinson, Kansas, finished third in IPDA debate at the Pi Kappa Delta Comprehensive National Tournament March 14-17. With competitors from 82 schools across 25 states, the PKD tournament was hosted at Tennessee State University. Overall, Sterling College finished eighth in the nation in large entry team sweepstakes.
Sterling College will welcome Dr. Jeff Myers for the spring Ross and Fern Freeman Lecture Series for Servant Leadership.
Release Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Sterling College will welcome Dr. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, on Friday, April 6, 2018, for the spring Ross and Fern Freeman Lecture Series for Servant Leadership. The Freeman Lecture Series speaker will deliver his speech at 10 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium on the campus of Sterling College. The public is invited to attend.
The Undergraduate Humanities Conference will take place March 24 in Cooper Hall.
Release Date:
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The second annual Undergraduate Humanities Conference at Sterling College will take place March 24 in Cooper Hall. This year’s conference is themed “Reformations,” with plenary speaker Jemar Tisby, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective. The morning will include four undergraduate presentations titled “Reformations in Approaching God,” “Reformations in Racial Issues,” “Reformations in Literature,” and “Reformations in America.” The public is invited to all presentations.
The Love Sterling Planning Committee is asking for community members to submit their projects for the ninth annual Love Sterling event.
Release Date:
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
The Love Sterling Planning Committee is asking for community members to submit their projects for the ninth annual Love Sterling event, set to take place April 28. On the day of Love Sterling, groups of Sterling College students spread throughout the community to complete projects such as landscaping, deep cleaning, painting and more.
For more than 30 years, Sterling College has hosted a theatre workshop for high school students from all over the state.
Release Date:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
For more than 30 years, Sterling College has hosted a theatre workshop for high school students from all over the state. This year, however, the event spanned two days with workshops and a matinee performance on Monday, followed by a second matinee performance on Tuesday for an additional set of schools. The Monday workshops were led by Sterling College faculty, students, alumni and professionals and covered a range of topics relating to theatre.
A book launch party for Aaron Brown's “Acacia Road” will be held on March 27 at 5 p.m. in the SC Art and Media Center.
Release Date:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
A book launch party for “Acacia Road,” written by Aaron Brown, Sterling College assistant professor, will be held on March 27 at 5 p.m. in the gallery of the College’s Art and Media Center. Brown will read excerpts from his book shortly after 5 p.m. He will have books available for purchase and signing at the event.