The COVID-19 pandemic has cancelled or postponed many events and seasons, however, the Sterling College Debate and Forensics Teams have adjusted to virtual competitions to keep competing during the fall season. Sterling hosted an invitational tournament over Oct. 9-11, and most recently, competed in the Simpson Storm Tournament on Nov. 11-13, hosted by Simpson College. 

Sterling College has announced the Sterling College MATCH-UP mathematics competition, a high school math competition that is open to all Kansas high schools and high school students. The competition aims to challenge high school scholars to creatively solve mathematics problems and find great joy in the problem-solving experience. The competition is open through January 15, 2021. For more information visit sterling.edu/academics/matchup. 

Sterling College Assistant Professor of Language and Literature Dr. Rachel Griffis published an article on Layli Long Soldier's WHEREAS in Studies in American Indian Literatures. The article explores the power of language in both building and damaging communities and was written as a result from a course on Native American Literature that Dr. Griffis offered to Sterling College students. 

Friends, family, alumni and supporters of Sterling College gathered together to dedicate the Gleason Center Expansion on the Sterling College campus on Oct. 16. The short, socially-distanced program included a time of reflection for those who made possible the expansion as well as a prayer of dedication for the new facility. The program was followed by self-guided tours of the building.

Sterling College was included as one of only 86 schools in the Midwest who were named to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report list for Best Regional Colleges. Sterling was also ranked second on the Top Performers for Social Mobility list as well.

Sterling College welcomed seven new faculty members to campus for the fall semester. Classes begin on Wednesday, August 26. 

“We are proud to welcome these full-time faculty and clinical instructors to the Sterling College family, and we are looking forward to how these individuals will engage and interact with the students we are here to serve,” said Dr. Ken Brown, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College. 

Sterling College Online Learning has announced it is offering a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management starting this fall. Sterling’s undergraduate online tuition rate is $145 per credit hour for the 2020-21 academic year. The online rate makes Sterling one of the lowest online tuition prices in the state of Kansas and across the nation. The new program begins with the Fall I semester, which starts on Wednesday, August 26.