The new school year is upon us. In addition to new students, new faculty, and new staff, Sterling College is starting this year with a new concentration: Accounting. With the addition of business professor, Irene Barkman, Sterling College is now able to offer Accounting as new area of study for business majors. 

Salina, Kan. – The 2011 KCAC Football Season started with a bang on Wednesday with the 2011 KCAC Media Day in Salina, Kansas.  At Media Day, two different preseason polls, the KCAC Coaches’ Poll and the KCAC Media Poll, are voted on.  Sterling College was picked to finish fifth by the KCAC Coaches and fourth by the KCAC Media.

Sterling College announces today that it will close the Sterling College Quiznos franchise on August 5, 2011. After careful consideration, the College has deemed it best to close the franchise after determining that it is no longer a viable business venture of benefit to both the students and the College.

Sterling College has announced some of the new additions to its staff.

Adrian Dinkel has been named head baseball coach for Sterling College. Prior to arriving at Sterling, Dinkel spent two seasons as the head assistant and recruiting coordinator at Clarendon College in Texas. He and his wife, Gidget will soon be residing in Sterling.

Sterling, Kan. – Sterling College Athletic Director Gary Kempf announced today that Interim Head Baseball Coach Adrian Dinkel has had the Interim title removed and will be Sterling’s new Head Baseball Coach, replacing Jared Hamilton who resigned on June 17.

New Orleans, La. – Ryan J. “Pete” Manely was named the 2011 NAIA Athletic Trainers’ Association Athletic Trainer of the Year. Manely oversees the Sterling College Athletic Training Department and is the co-chair of the Exercise Science Department. The NAIA-ATA honored Manely at during their 2011 National Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sterling College has released its Kelsey Scholar list for the 2010-2011 academic year. A total of 117 students were named to the list.

Kelsey Scholars are those full-time students who have successfully completed their courses with a 3.5 cumulative grade point average or above at the end of Spring Semester 2010.

The following area students were named to the list:

Sterling College has released its Dean’s List for the Spring 2011 semester. A total of 178 students were named to the list. Criteria for the Dean’s List include the completion of at least twelve graded credit hours and a cumulative and semester GPA of 3.5 or better. The following students were named to the list.

Sterling, KS — Sterling College Athletic Director Gary Kempf has announced that Assistant Baseball coach Adrian Dinkel has been named the Interim Head Coach with the recent resignation of Jared Hamilton.

Sterling, Kan. – On Monday, the Sterling College Athletic Department went through a leadership transition. Gary Kempf, who was announced in February as the school’s new full time athletic director, took over the athletic director position and oversight of the athletic department.