With six students qualified for the NFA National Debate tournament in April, it should be no surprise that the Sterling College Debate team brought home multiple awards from the Gorlok Gala at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas, teamed up with students in the Sterling College class Methods of Teaching Elementary Science to create a space-themed unit that Kansas teachers can use in their classroom. Using the artifacts found in the Cosmosphere, the Sterling College students created a unit for fifth-grade classes on The Race to Space that incorporates Kansas standards for multiple subjects.
Sterling College is hosting its first annual Peacemakers Convocation with guest speaker Marvin Daniels, delivering his speech, “Peace Is Not For Punks: A Scriptural View of Peace from the Streets of Scripture.”
Release Date:
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Daniels is the executive director of The Hope Center in Kansas City, Missouri, an organization bringing change to the community through the development of programs and community support. The Peacemakers Convocation takes place on Friday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Sterling College will host Danny Wuerffel, former Heisman Trophy winner and executive director of Desire Street Ministries
Release Date:
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Sterling College will host Danny Wuerffel, former Heisman Trophy winner and executive director of Desire Street Ministries, as the speaker for The Ross and Fern Freeman Lecture Series on March 6, 2015, at 10 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium in Spencer Hall. The Lecture Series focuses on teaching the values and applications of servant leadership through looking at modern-day lives that exhibit such characteristics.
Local telecommunications provider MTC awarded a donation to the Sterling College Department of Art and Design for a new wide-format printer. The art department purchased an Epson Stylus R2880 which improves the quality of educational delivery in many of the College’s classes.
Sterling College hosted the first annual Sterling Cheer and Dance Invitational on Friday at the Gleason Physical Education Center. Three KCAC schools participated, including Bethany College, Kansas Wesleyan University and Sterling College.
Sterling performed at the top of their game and finished in first place for the first time this season with a score of 157.25.
The Sterling College men's basketball team hosted the Bethel College Threshers on Saturday to a near-packed Gleason Center for their Saturday KCAC matchup. Sterling's offense started off hot in the second half to pull away from the Threshers for a 77-64 victory over Bethel.
Eight national youth organizations joined together with national and local youth ministry leaders to discuss ministry methods and communication strategies that best reach middle school and high school students. Sterling College’s Jenny Bradley ’02, director of ministry teams, joined the summit to know how to better equip her ministry teams students as they develop into professionals trained to reach young adults.
Sterling College’s assistant professor Hanna Kozlowski-Slone and senior art major Shelby Huber of McPherson, Kansas, have individually made strides in their professional careers this semester by being accepted into several art shows. Their passion for exhibition made them excellent candidates for TAPPED, an art show that focuses on the relationship between students and their professors, but the competition was tight.