Sterling College’s Gleason Center was evacuated on Thursday, February 6 in between the men’s and women’s basketball games between the Sterling Warriors and the Tabor College Blue Jays due to smoke.

During the evacuation when officials were going to determine the cause of the smoke, flames started rising against the west wall.

The Sterling Fire Department responded to emergency calls and extinguished the blaze.

The fall 2013 Sterling College Dean’s Honor Roll has been released with 207 students named to the list. To earn this honor, students must have a gpa of 3.50 or better in at least 12 credits of residential work or 10 credits for Sterling College Online students.

The following students were named to the list.

Sterling College is announcing the hires of five full-time employees to the staff and faculty. Jonathan Faulkner, Allen Jeter and Meredith O’Donnell joined the staff of Sterling College earlier this academic year, and Dr. Roy Millhouse and Dr. Jacob Shatzer begin teaching as faculty for the spring semester beginning this week.

Acclaimed concert pianist Avguste Antonov will perform at the Sterling United Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. Antonov is artist in residence at The Master’s Touch School of Music & Performing Arts, LLC., and has an active concert schedule throughout the U.S. The concert, sponsored by Sterling College, is free and open to the public.