The stage lights burned bright at Sterling College on Monday, April 14, as nearly 200 high school students from across Kansas packed into Culbertson Auditorium for a day that blended fierce vocal competition with side-splitting musical theatre. The college hosted its first-ever Musical Theatre Singing Contest, followed by a crowd-pleasing matinee performance of Urinetown: The Musical—a hilarious, high-energy satire that had students laughing, cheering, and leaping to their feet at curtain call.

Stephen R. Morefield, pastor at Christ Covenant Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Leoti, Kan., will be the speaker for the 2025 Sterling College Commencement ceremony.  The ceremony will honor the Class of 2025 and will take place on Saturday, May 10, at 9:45 a.m. in the Gleason Physical Education Center on the Sterling College campus.

Sterling College welcomed students, faculty, community members, and special guests to its Spring 2025 Faith and Learning Conference on March 28, providing an inspiring platform for exploring the intersection of faith and intellectual inquiry.

New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson, Kan., will hold a Commissioning Service for the Sterling College missions teams during its morning worship on Sunday, April 27. The service will include a special prayer for the Sterling’s mission teams as they prepare for their upcoming trips to Mexico and Japan.