Adding to her list of publications, Sterling College Assistant Professor of Language and Literature Dr. Rachel Griffis has been published in two academic journals during this academic year. Her first article, titled “Self-knowledge and character formation: Teaching to students’ weaknesses” was published in the International Journal of Christianity & Education. Her second article, titled “Reformation Leads to Self-Reliance: The Protestantism of Transcendentalism” appeared in Religion’s publication celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Sterling College has announced the winners of the second Great Plains Annual Photography Competition, a juried show for high school students. The Best of Show, along with the grand prize of a new camera, will be awarded to Kaden Classen of Liberal High School and Second Best of Show will be awarded to Ali Levens of Syracuse High School. Along with the category winners, Classen and Levens will be recognized at the Great Plains Photography Day on the Sterling College campus on May 5, 2017.

Widely published speaker Dr. Alan Noble will speak at Sterling College’s inaugural Undergraduate Humanities Conference on Saturday, March 25. The assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University will deliver his address at 1:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall of Cooper Hall. The public is invited to attend his address, as well as the student presentations earlier in the day.

Continuing her streak of success, Sterling College junior Dara Quastad of Inman, Kansas, qualified for the American Forensics Association National Tournament by placing fourth in persuasive speaking at the AFA District 3 Qualifying Tournament on March 4. This is the 11th consecutive year in a row that Sterling College will be represented at the AFA National Tournament.

Hosting one of the top 100 apologists in the nation at The Ross and Fern Freeman Lecture Series for Servant Leadership, Sterling College has invited the public to hear Dr. Sean McDowell speak on April 7 at 10 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium in Spencer Hall. McDowell, an assistant professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Biola University, will bring a message “True for You But Not True for Me” to campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Sterling College Highland Singers will tour March 10-19, making their first stop in Miltonvale, Kansas, for a Friday evening concert. The 20-voice mixed choir will sing a variety of selections including classical sacred, spirituals, hymns, contemporary choral anthems, and arrangements of current worship songs. The public is invited to attend the events along the tour route:

Friday, March 10

7 p.m. Concert at Miltonvale Wesleyan Church in Miltonvale, Kansas

Sunday, March 12