Witchcraft, hysteria, betrayal, adultery, and high emotion all combine in Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible. Sterling College Theatre will be staging The Crucible this week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 pm in Culbertson Auditorium on the campus. 

Sterling College is set to make history with its inaugural Giving Day on November 1, 2023.

Beginning on Thursday, Oct.

Sterling College Education Student Sydney Schmidt, of Colwich, Kan., was recognized at the 2023 Dale Dennis Kansas Teacher of the Year Banquet as a “Teacher of Promise.” The banquet was held at the Wichita Marriott Hotel on September 23.

“This is a great honor for Sydney, and it was a nice evening of celebration for Kansas teachers and for future Teachers of Promise,” said Dr. William Anderson, assistant professor of education.  

Schmidt was recognized by Dr. Randy Watson, commissioner of the State Department of Education, at the banquet. 

Sterling College was included as one of only 25 schools in the Midwest who were named to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report list for Social Mobility. The list highlights “colleges [that] are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students.” 

Sterling College will welcome Mark Schupbach, retired businessman and lay Bible leader, on Friday, September 22, 2023, for the fall Ross and Fern Freeman Lecture Series for Servant Leadership. The Freeman Lecture Series speaker will deliver his message at 10 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium in Spencer Hall on the campus of Sterling College. The public is welcome to attend this free event. 

Katie Petersen, Sterling College’s assistant professor of fine arts and design, has been awarded the opportunity to participate and experience a one-of-a-kind artist residency at the esteemed Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland. The artist residency program is called Silence Awareness, Existence.