The Sterling College English Department hosted its first Writing Workshop Weekend for high school students on November 2-3. The event spanned two days with a poetry slam on Friday, followed by workshops on Saturday. The Saturday workshops were led by Sterling College Assistant Professor of Language and Literature Aaron Brown and Wichita-based writer Luke Gilstrap.

A contemporary play that has been compared to a Hitchcock-like suspense is next in this year’s Sterling College Theatre season. That show is “The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs” by Canadian playwright Carole Frechette which will be staged Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 18 at 2 p.m. in Culbertson Auditorium on the Sterling College campus.

Two Sterling College forensics students traveled to the Missouri Mule Invitational for their first tournament this season. Junior Joseph Bahr of Harker Heights, Texas, brought home the most awards for Sterling College, finishing in the top six in three competitions. The group traveled to the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg for the competition between 21 schools Oct. 19-24.

The first Sterling College concert of the year will be accompanied by guest composer Heather Sorenson as the ninth performance in the annual Composer Series. The concert, consisting of songs composed and arranged by Sorenson, will take place Monday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Sterling United Presbyterian Church. The event is free and open to the public.

Sterling College Associate Professor of History and Government Dr. Daniel Julich has had his chapter ‘“Bulwark of Democracy’: Optimism and Identity at Sterling College in the War Years” published in “Denominational Higher Education During World War II,” and it is currently available.

The Sterling College Symphonic Band will hold its first concert of the year on Thursday, November 1, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held at the Sterling United Presbyterian Church. The public is invited to attend.