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YOUR GIFT
Put to Work
at Maranatha
Celebrating
COMMENCEMENT
and 4,000 graduates
TEACHER
EDUCATION
The Key that Opens
Many Doors
The Maranatha Advantage
Cover Stories A sk any group of adults about
the most influential people in
3 4,000th Graduate their lives, and nearly all will name
at least one teacher. One of the
Celebrating Commencement more gratifying aspects of a career
and ministry in education is the
opportunity to be a positive influence
on a young person. I certainly am
8 Your Gift grateful for professors at Maranatha who encouraged me to
Put to Work at Maranatha devote myself to serving God while also giving me the academic
ingredients to be effective at it.
Our Teacher Education department continues to graduate
young men and women who can make a difference in the lives
11 Teacher Education of their students. More than 28 percent of our students had
The Key that Opens Many Doors declared a Teacher Education major in 2010-11. Maranatha’s
regional accreditation allows those students to be uniquely
equipped to seek employment in any classroom setting. Our
graduates teach in Christian, public, and private schools, special
education, urban and rural settings, and colleges and universities.
Contents
We hope you will enjoy learning more about our Teacher
7 A Heart for Nursing Education program in this issue of Advantage. You will see how
Hargrove Memorial Scholarship gifts to the College are put to work around our campus. You will
also find out more about Maranatha’s students, alumni, events,
18 Three Generations of Graduates athletics, and scholarship programs.
Sometime today, thank the Lord for your favorite teacher, pray
24 Campus Security for them, and let them know how they made a difference in
your life.
30 Alumni Spotlight
Micah Lomax His for Service,
Dr. Marty Marriott, President
Executive Editor Communications Director Writer/Editor
Dr. Jim Harrison Dr. Jeff Crum Andy Call
Director of Photography Graphic Artist Contributors
Tim Mielke Kristina Hendrickson Deb Lew, Aaron Diers
Comments on this issue? We want to hear from you!
Email advantage@mbbc.edu.
The Maranatha Advantage (Volume 11, Issue 2) Please send correspondence and
address changes to: The Maranatha Advantage, 745 West Main Street, Watertown,
WI 53094. © 2011 Maranatha Baptist Bible College & Seminary. All rights reserved.
MARANATHA COMMUNICATIONS 11-037
Celebrating
COMMENCEMENT
and 4,000 graduates
L indsey Miller wondered if she desk clock commemorating that Senior Harp Performance major
had been forgotten. Then she milestone. According to the annual Christina Brier entered the final
wondered if someone was Registrar’s Report, 4,063 students semester of her senior year with
pulling a prank. Then she won- have earned degrees since the a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
dered if she would graduate at all. College was founded in 1968-69. A particularly poor quiz grade
A total of 136 undergraduates and in Modern European History,
The Office Management major 25 Maranatha Baptist Seminary however, had put that mark in
from Flagstaff, Arizona, was wait- graduates received diplomas on danger. As graduation approached,
ing on the top step, ready to walk May 6. One student completed a Brier began to lament her near-
across the platform and receive her rare perfect report card.
diploma. That’s when President
Marty Marriott suddenly stopped
Maranatha’s 43rd annual Com-
mencement ceremony and began
to address the crowd.
“I wasn’t sure if the deans were
pulling a joke or what,” said Miller,
who works with the deans in the
Student Life Office. “I mean, it
sounds like them … but not during
graduation. All I was thinking was,
‘I want my diploma.’ ”
In fact, Marriott announced, Miller
had been selected to represent the
4,000th graduate in Maranatha
history. She received an engraved
Lindsey Miller (right) represents the
4,000th graduate in Maranatha history. The Maranatha Advantage 3
miss. Less than a week before
the graduation ceremony, Brier
emailed Professor William Licht
to ask about her grade. Licht
informed Brier that the two lowest
grades from the semester’s 25
quizzes would be dropped.
Perfection had been preserved.
“I know (Licht) didn’t do it just for
me, but I was so happy to find that
out,” said Brier, who will enroll in Christina Brier (second from left), who graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA, poses with
a master’s degree program at the fellow music graduates and Dr. David Brown.
prestigious Eastman School of
Music this fall.
Vice President for Academic Affairs The sword symbolizing the John Joel Stevens (Outstanding Graduate
John Brock said fewer than a dozen W. Sterling ROTC Leadership Student in Theology), and Jonathan
students have completed a perfect Award, which recognizes the top Rehfeldt (Outstanding Student in
4.0 over four years at Maranatha. cadet among the four colleges that Biblical Languages).
make up Badger Battalion, now An honorary Doctor of Divinity
Matt Allen (Accounting
belongs to Kraker. He also won the Degree went to Rich Akins, pastor
Management) was runner-up to
Florence Nightingale Best Bedside of Calvary Baptist Church in
Brier with a 3.9937 GPA, but
Nurse Award as the top student in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Akins spoke
Commencement day was still
the Nursing program. during Thursday’s Baccalaureate
memorable for him. Allen won the
Business Student Achievement Other major award winners service. David Hershberger, who
Award and, along with fellow were Chris Jochum (President’s has worked at Maranatha since
cadets Keith Kraker and Eric Award), Sarah Pill and Steve 1974 and has been Registrar since
Spagnolo, was commissioned as Thayer (Founders Awards), Brier 1978, received an honorary Doctor
a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. (Outstanding Senior Musician), of Letters degree.
Army. Class president Ethan Childs
announced that the seniors had
contributed toward the purchase
of a new treadmill for the Fitness
Center Gym as the traditional
class gift.
Some graduates will move directly
into fulltime vocational ministry.
One of these is Ben Lavicka, who
earned his Master of Divinity
from the Seminary. He will be
Keith Kraker (above) receives the sword the new pastor of a church in
symbolizing the John W. Sterling ROTC Whitewater, Wisconsin.
Leadership Award.
Chris Jochum, winner of the
President’s Award.
4 Spring/Summer 2011
“As soon as we’re done taking
pictures, I’m going to start recruiting
some workers,” Lavicka said. "I want to be as equipped for the Lord’s
work as I can be ... That’s why we’re here.”
Seminary Graduate Randy Hibbs
Some students will continue
their studies as graduate students.
Biology major Andrea Ray won
a full scholarship to Purdue
University’s Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences program, where she will
pursue a doctorate in microbiology. Seminary graduates Ben and Alison
Lavicka and their son Jayden.
“My goal is to teach microbiology,
virology, immunology, or possibly
some cell and molecular biology
in a Christian college,” Ray said.
“Eventually, I would also like to
teach short-term at a university in a
Spanish-speaking country.”
The busiest graduates were
members of the Hibbs family.
Randy Hibbs, Maranatha’s
Director of Financial Aid, earned
his master’s degree in Biblical
Counseling. Scott Hibbs, his
son, earned a master’s in Cross-
Cultural Studies. Katie Hibbs,
Randy’s daughter, completed her
undergraduate studies in Nursing.
“When Katie passes her nursing
boards, we’re all going to get
together for a big party,” Randy
Hibbs said.
“I started working on my master’s
when I was in the pastorate,
and I’ve always felt like it was
important. I want to be as equipped
for the Lord’s work as I can be, and
that’s what I want for my children
as well. That’s why we’re here.”
The Maranatha Advantage 5
Spring/Summer 2011
A Heart Nagel said the scholarship means
more to her than just money.
Betty Hargrove writes the names
for Nursing of recipients in her Bible and
prays for them every week. The
Hargroves also send the students a
Christmas gift.
“The Hargroves know what
nursing students go through,”
Nagel said. “The legacy Tina left
behind encourages me to keep on
persevering.”
Maranatha is grateful for
Christians like the Hargroves
B
obby Hargrove and his wife, Doctors for whom Tina worked who reach out to help deserving
Betty, decided they could testified of her love for cancer young people. Would you like to
best honor the memory of their patients and her dedication to bless a student who is preparing
daughter-in-law by helping those their needs. to demonstrate Christ’s love to
like her. others through Nursing or another
Her life ended suddenly in an auto of Maranatha’s 28 majors? You can
“She was a fantastic nurse,” Bobby accident on Nov. 27, 2002. endow a scholarship or fund one
Hargrove said of Christina “Tina” The Hargroves are members of through annual giving.
Hargrove. “We wanted to see Faith Baptist Church of Warren,
nurses come into the profession Check out mbbc.edu/giving for
Michigan. Their former pastor, information on privately funded
who would treat patients and their Dr. Marty Marriott, is now
families like Tina did. We thought scholarships or call Director of
Maranatha’s president. Development John Davis at 920-
that would be the best way to
honor her.” “If there are more nurses here like 206-2325.
Tina, we want to be sure to help
The Christina Hargrove Memorial them,” Bobby said.
Scholarship helps students
who have been accepted into The three recipients of the
Maranatha’s Nursing Department 2011 Hargrove Scholarship
and have demonstrated a desire to were Frank Chrisinger, a senior
serve the Lord through nursing. from Watertown, Wisconsin;
Faith Thompson, a junior from
Tina Hargrove was a great example Barrigada, Guam; and Leah Nagel,
to follow, according to her father- a senior from Sheldon, Wisconsin.
in-law.
As a freshman, Nagel worked a
She completed 5 ½ years of college combined 40 hours per week at
and nursing studies while raising Maranatha’s Costume Cottage and
four children, graduating second at Shepherds Ministries, a home
in her class at Oakland University. for adults with developmental
Tina eventually became a nurse disabilities. She is now a certified
coordinator for the Head and nursing assistant at Golden Living
Neck Cancer Department at the Center in Watertown.“I am paying
Josephine Ford Cancer Center and most of my way, and I have always
Henry Ford Hospital’s Department struggled financially,” Nagel said.
of Otolaryngology in Detroit,
Michigan. The Maranatha Advantage 7
put to work at Maranatha
N orman and Alice Lentz had planned to give to
Maranatha long before they died just five months
apart in 2009 and 2010. When the time came for their
The most visible of those projects was the Burckart Hall
renovation. Alumni and friends of Maranatha gave more
than $118,000 toward the roughly $250,000 project.
children to decide exactly how that gift would be used, Architectural Components Group Inc. of Marshfield,
however, arriving at that decision required some thought. Missouri, donated all of the acoustical wall materials that
helped convert Burckart into a first-class recital hall and
“We didn’t know what to give to,” Dennis Lentz said. practice area.
“John Davis (Maranatha Director of Development) asked
us what our parents’ interests were. “This was one of the the largest in-kind donations we’ve
ever received,” Vice President for Business Affairs Mark
“Well, my dad loved to sing, and my mother always Stevens said.
enjoyed music. My wife minored in music. My sons both
play the violin. Our family has always enjoyed traditional One could see the money from smaller gifts at work all
Christian music. John suggested some different projects, around campus. Students raised money for residence hall
but we kept coming back to the piano because it was improvements through the 24/7 campaign. Maranatha’s
something that went along with music and something that three primary fundraising groups—Builders Club, Fine
was going to last.” Arts Club, and Crusader Club—also took on some
significant projects.
Lentz and his sisters, Charlene Kinsey and Jean
Werschem, helped purchase a piano. College music
students and Piano Prep School students used that piano
extensively this year. A metal plate on the piano tells
those students the instrument was donated in memory of
Norman and Alice Lentz.
That piano was just one of many Maranatha campus
improvement projects funded by donors during the 2010-
11 school year.
8 Spring/Summer 2011
Builders Club helped fund new furniture for the Student Center. Another
project was a printer that will allow the Communications Department to
save money by producing its own brochures and programs. A
snowplow blade and brush has made winter snow removal more
efficient, providing both savings and a safer campus.
The Fine Arts Club helped purchase new plastic resin flooring
for the stage, instruments for elementary music instruction, over-
the-ear microphones and transmitters for drama productions, and
tools for the stage crew. The Crusader Club contributed funds
toward video editing software, injury treatment equipment, and
updated statistical software for the Sports Information office.
More projects will take place during the summer, thanks to the
generosity of Maranatha friends and graduates. The scheduled
projects include a new supervisor’s apartment for one of the
residence halls and new furniture and windows for another.
Friends of the college also help encourage students by contributing toward
scholarships.
The newest scholarship at Maranatha is the Dale Goetz Memorial Chaplain
Fund, which helps meet the needs of seminary students studying to become
military chaplains. The first scholarship fundraiser, the Dale Goetz Memorial
Motorcycle Ride, will take place Aug. 6. For more information, see the ad on
page 10.
Privately funded scholarships, often established in honor of a loved one’s
memory, helped contribute to more than $10 million in financial aid awarded to
Maranatha students during the 2010-11 school year.
you can make an
ETERNAL DIFFERENCE
and enjoy the blessing of giving today
Make a one-time gift online or by mail.
Establish a recurring monthly bank draft.
Speak with our Development Office about funding
a scholarship or major gift.
List Maranatha as a beneficiary in your will and life
insurance. What a wonderful way to minister to
students through your final offering to the Lord!
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August 6, 2011
Benefitting the Dale Goetz
Memorial Chaplain Fund
Honor the memory of an Army chaplain by participating Captain Dale Goetz, a U.S. Army chaplain
in the first Dale Goetz Memorial Motorcycle Ride. The and 1995 Maranatha graduate, was killed
200-mile route will take you through some of south by a roadside bomb Aug. 30, 2010, in
central Wisconsin’s most scenic areas, with stops along Afghanistan. Captain Goetz, 43, was the first
the way for food and fellowship. Army chaplain to die in combat since 1970.
He left behind a wife and three sons.
The Dale Goetz Memorial Chaplain Fund helps
Maranatha Baptist Seminary students preparing for the
military chaplaincy. It provides current chaplains with
Bible-based materials and resources.
There will be free T-shirts for all riders and donors of $35
or more. The $50 entry fee includes two meals.
Donate or register at:
www.mbbc.edu/ride
Spring/Summer 2011
TEACHER
EDUCATION
The Key that Opens Many Doors
W hen students arrive at college,
life often appears to be a row of
doors just waiting to be opened. Those
students have about four years to select
the door they believe is God’s first
choice for them. Maranatha Teacher
Education Department Chair William
Licht says his job is to help give them
the keys to as many doors as possible.
“There are a lot of positives about
Maranatha’s education program,” Licht
said, “Our faculty is one. Our faculty is
outstanding. Certification is certainly
one. It’s a key that can unlock many
doors for students.”
The Maranatha Advantage 11
Levi Kolwinska
(‘01) Music
Maranatha graduates teach in Christian schools, Fourth Baptist
public schools, and colleges. They teach in rural, urban, Christian School
and suburban settings. They teach average students, Plymouth, MN
advanced students, and special education students.
They teach missionary kids or homeschool their own
children. They teach in the U.S. and abroad.
Certification:
A Key Ingredient
Maranatha’s education graduates are everywhere, in
large part because the College’s regional accreditation
has allowed those graduates to earn state certification.
Certification can help lead to a rewarding career and
ministry.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
recently reapproved Maranatha to continue to certify Charanne Elliott
its graduates for state teaching licenses. The College (‘03) Special Education
has been graduating certified teachers since 1994, Hartford Central
opening potential career doors for those graduates in Middle School
public, private, and Christian education. Hartford, WI
Unaccredited or nationally accredited colleges
cannot grant Wisconsin teaching certificates to their
graduates. Those who graduate from a regionally
accredited college like Maranatha, however, enjoy the
benefits of reciprocity agreements that will allow those
teachers to gain certification in most states.
“A Wisconsin license transfers easily throughout most
of the country,” Licht said.
A Popular Program,
for Good Reason Sierra Steuerwald
(‘10) 7th-grade Math
College statistics indicate that 28 percent of Maranatha Parkside School
students were pursuing education-related majors Wautoma, WI
during the 2010-11 school year, easily the largest
percentage of any of the College’s seven academic
departments.
“Historically, this has been one of our strongest
academic programs,” Licht said. “We have been
blessed to get kids … who grow up with a burden for
education.”
12 Spring/Summer 2011
Levi Kolwsinska has been teaching at the same Christian school for 10 years—long enough to minister in
music with his former students in the church choir and orchestra and long enough for one of his students to
begin writing choral arrangements.
“It’s very cool to be singing one of your student’s pieces,” Kolwinska said.
His parents, both Maranatha faculty members, have spent nearly their entire adult
lives in Christian education. Kolwinska said they were a significant influence in his
decision to teach in a Christian school, but added that the Christian school was also
the most effective vehicle for him to have a positive impact on students’ lives.
“The Christian school was absolutely the best place for me to help young people
understand that music is an important part of worship and ministry,” Kolwinska said.
“The purpose of music is to glorify God. If God gives us abilities in that area, we can
use those abilities in service and ministry. Those are all concepts I have been able to
emphasize in this school.”
“I always felt the Lord calling me to work with special-needs children,” Charanne Elliott said. “There
is a need for Christian teachers to show God’s love and be a light in a very dark world. It’s not always
easy, but it is rewarding to see God work.”
Elliott has been teaching special education classes for six years. It is a career with great demands and
great rewards. She has been able to see victories as students gain the tools to help them overcome their
previous academic defeats. One of the students from her first class was accepted into college last fall.
“I would say that, at least once a month, I am able to clearly discuss my faith because a student asks
about God or why I do the things I do,” Elliott said.
The calling to work with special education students led Elliott to transfer from another Christian
college to Maranatha, allowing her to pursue state certification.
“My parents were Christian educators,” Elliott said. “That is what I was going to do, but the Lord took
me out of my comfort zone. I love where He put me. I love what I’m doing. He has given me a heart
to reach these people for Christ.”
Sierra Steuerwald’s burden for students began at Maranatha. Her dormitory society outreach activities
included tutoring at Milwaukee Rescue Mission, which gave her a burden for inner-city children. When
Steuerwald graduated, however, God surprised her by leading her to a rural setting. Wautoma, located west
of Oshkosh, is a city of about 2,000 residents.
Steuerwald’s opportunities to share Christ with her students have often come at unexpected times. One
day, a picture of Steuerwald working as a counselor at Camp Chetek fell out of a book students were
looking at. When they asked about the picture, Steuerwald told them all about the camp’s ministry.
“Pretty soon, all the kids started talking about how they were going to go to
Chetek this summer and inviting other kids to go too,” Steuerwald said. “Even the
unchurched kids were excited about Camp Chetek. One girl even started printing
up flyers.
“I feel like there are plenty of the other (negative) influences for them to see. Even
if I can’t always present the gospel openly, at least they can see Christ through me.”
Maranatha Advantage
The Spring/Summer 2011 13
Why do Maranatha students find
Andrew “Oz” Price (‘98) the Teacher Education program so
Alternative School Instructor attractive?
Woodstock High School
Woodstock, GA For many, this choice reflects the
influence of Christian teachers
who were inspirational mentors
and guiding influences for those
future teachers. Others are seeking
an avenue to effectively minister
to young people. Those who enjoy
the challenge of learning may be
looking forward to postgraduate
study and someday teaching in
a college of university. Some
students simply see education as a
practical career option, especially
when graduating with a regionally
accredited degree and state teacher
certification.
Andrew “Oz” Price moved to Georgia four years ago.
He had previously taught five years at a Christian school Christian Education:
in Aurora, Illinois, and three years at Ben Davis High
School in Indianapolis—an inner-city school known for Still a Popular Destination
its powerful football teams. Although Maranatha graduates
can teach in any type of school,
“I think 70 percent of the kids at Ben Davis were on the
most continue to pursue careers
free or reduced-price lunch plan, a huge indicator of
as Christian school educators.
poverty level,” Price said. “Those kids came from great
need, physically as well as spiritually.” A study of Maranatha’s Teacher
Education graduates between 1999
Price and former Ben Davis coach Tommy Allen (‘92), and 2009 revealed that 65 percent
also a Maranatha graduate, would help meet those needs found their first teaching job in a
by hosting an optional Bible study and pizza party for Christian school.
players on Saturdays. This informal outreach allowed
Price and Allen to become a positive influence on young “Our heart is still for Christian
men, many of whom lacked positive male role models education; there’s no doubt about
and many of whom had never heard the story of Christ’s that,” Licht said. “We are not
love for them. “We treated it like going to the mission
trying to push people into (public
field,” Price said.
education) either. I just like the fact
One of Price’s students at Ben Davis has become a youth that, with certification, both doors
pastor. Others have seen their lives take a more positive are open.”
direction.
We talked to Maranatha graduates
“The games and seasons will come and go,” Price said. who have walked through different
“It’s what we can do to impact these kids for eternity educational doors and found God
that really matters.” working in exciting ways in all
of their lives. You can read their
stories on pages 13 and 14.
14 Spring/Summer 2011
The Maranatha Advantage
Seminary Update
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The Maranatha Advantage
Campus Panorama
New Faces Faculty/Staff News
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Dr. Christine Lincoln (’86) will join Dr. Yingguang Liu and Dr. Paul Molitor
Ryan Davis
the Teacher Education Department attended the Biological Information-
Sports Information New Perspectives Symposium May
faculty for the 2011-12 school year.
Director Lincoln, who taught at Calvary 31-June 3 at Cornell University (N.Y.).
Baptist Christian School in Watertown The symposium explored the origin of
Dr. Lane Hansel from 1986-2005, has been Chair of biological information.
Elementary Education at Northland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Principal
Maranatha Baptist International University. Stage Manager James Wright (’08)
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . presented an article about revolving
Academy
Dr. Marvin Stephens and Susan turntable scene mechanisms during
Katharine Holley Hermes Stephens will join the Applied the 2011 United States Institute
Professor Science and Humanities faculties for Theatre Technology’s annual
Nursing this fall. Marvin has been a Science conference at the Charlotte (N.C.)
professor at three different Christian Convention Center in early March.
colleges, most recently Clearwater .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Elizabeth Lewis Christian College (2006-2010). Andy Peterson (’03) has been named
Administrative Assistant Susan, the former Dean of Women at Maranatha’s head football coach. Terry
Distance Education Maranatha (1984-89), has been part of Price, head coach from 1985-2010, will
Clearwater’s faculty since 1991. remain on the staff as offensive line
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . coach. Peterson, 30, was associate head
Dr. Christine Lincoln Katharine Holley joined the Nursing coach in 2010. He was previously a
Professor faculty in January. She spent 16 years member of the football staff at Western
Education as a surgical nurse and most recently Michigan University and coached one
worked at the University of Wisconsin year at Maranatha Baptist Academy.
Hospital as a Nursing Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Susan Hermes Stephens
Coordinator for Surgical Services. Former volleyball coach Marsha
Associate Professor
Jackson will be inducted into the
Humanities NCCAA Hall of Fame on June 3 in
St. Louis. Jackson led the Crusaders
to 421 victories and five NCCAA
Dr. Marvin Stephens
championships from 1989-2006.
Professor
Applied Science
Courtney Winslow
Clinical Instructor
Nursing
Skiler Shough and Serena
Graham were the first
photography minors to take
part in the 2011 Senior Photo
Exhibition. Both displayed
about a dozen mounted
photographs that confirmed
their progress through
Maranatha’s photography
minor program.
16 Spring/Summer 2011
Around Campus Memorial Gifts
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Specialist certification tests. Those who .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
pass prove their abilities in Word, Excel, In memory of Dr. and Mrs. B. Myron
Access and other Office applications. Cedarholm: Estate of Marjorie Graber
Business Department faculty members .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Jeff Drost and Suzanne Fell administer In memory of Francis Byers: James and
the tests. Twyla Lundell
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
The Chaplain Goetz Memorial The Study Abroad option became You can honor the memory
Motorcycle Ride is scheduled for Aug. reality in the spring of 2011. Junior Dan of a special Christian
6. The 200-mile ride around some of Lembeck enrolled at the University of like Tina Hargrove (left)
the most scenic areas in southeast Salamanca in Spain during the spring through a memorial
Wisconsin will help raise funds for semester, while senior Emily Timblin scholarship. Read more
the Dale Goetz Memorial Chaplain studied at Seminario Bautista del Perú about her story on page 7.
Fund. Goetz (’95) died Aug. 30, 2010, and César Vallejo University in Trujillo, For more information on giving, contact
in Afghanistan. He was the first Army Peru. Director of Development John Davis at
chaplain killed in action since the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 920-206-2325 or www.mbbc.edu/giving
Vietnam War. The Wisconsin Department of Public
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Instruction has reapproved Maranatha Mark Your Calendar
to certify its graduates for state .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Deb Lew was the winner of the first
Creative Writing Commencement teaching licenses though 2014. May 9-Aug. 7: Heritage Singers tour
Contest. The senior English Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
June 6-Aug. 7: Soccer Ministry Team tour
major from Hanover Park, Illinois, The Stampede Society (Carey Hall
June 20-25: Boys basketball camp
claimed first place with her short story and Melford Hall) hosted a 3-on-
“Allergic to Death.” Lew received $100 3 boys basketball tournament at July 18-22: Music and drama camp
and a copy of the book Kate Canby Watertown High School. There July 25-30: Individual volleyball, soccer,
and the Holocharm of Time. Dr. Steve were 76 participants. When adjunct and academic camps
Stratford, whose work inspired the professor Pastor Brian Peterson finished
presenting the gospel, 18 players made August 1-6: Team volleyball camp
contest, wrote that book.
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . professions of faith. The tournament August 18: Preseason sports practice
Maranatha is one of six Wisconsin sites was one of several community August 26: Jump Start freshman orientation
that can administer Microsoft Office outreach activities by college students
during the spring semester. August 26-27: Alumni Weekend
August 30-Sept. 2: Fall Revival Meetings
with Dr. Hal Hightower
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as for
Three
Generations
of Graduates
Jim Hinton, Pam Horneck
and Jeremy Horneck
P am (Hinton) Horneck’s
attachment to Maranatha
began as a young girl.
Jim Hinton said, “but they knew
my position.”
pastor, Christian school teacher,
and administrator at several
churches and schools in Illinois.
The First Generation His most lengthy stop was at
“I just always knew I was going
Jim Hinton was a 31-year-old Calvary Baptist Christian School
to go there,” she said. “When I
laboratory technician when he in Belvidere, Illinois, where he
was a little girl, I can remember
accepted Christ. He began working taught math, science, and history
playing Barbie dolls with Charlotte
his church’s youth group soon and directed the church’s seniors
Cedarholm (daughter of College
afterward. When that youth group ministry from 1984-2000. He is
founder Dr. B. Myron Cedarholm)
visited Maranatha, the College now retired and lives in Arkansas.
in the Dining Hall. I loved it there.
My husband loved it there. My kids gained an unlikely recruit. “I was grateful for the spiritual
have loved it there.” “The Lord revealed to me that I atmosphere and for the leadership
needed to go to school,” Hinton and encouragement of men like
Pam (’83), her father, Jim Hinton Dr. Cedarholm and Dr. (Richard)
(’75), and her son, Jeremy Horneck said.
Weeks,” Hinton said.
(’07), are unique in their affection He enrolled in 1972, bringing his
for the College. They have actually young family with him. He carried The Second Generation
attended four graduation ceremo- a full class load, worked up to 50
nies—Jeremy also earned his Pam Hinton’s mother worked
hours each week at Watertown
master’s degree in Biblical Studies as a cook in the college kitchen
Metals, and helped establish a
from Maranatha Baptist Seminary while her father was a Maranatha
Baptist church in nearby Waterloo.
in May. Only a handful of families student. When Pam wasn’t playing,
have seen three generations gradu- “I didn’t get a lot of sleep,” Hinton she noticed the personal concern
ate from Maranatha. said. of faculty, staff and students for her
and for her family. She appreciated
“I never put pressure on my chil- He graduated in 1975 and that part of Maranatha even more
dren to come to Maranatha,” went on to work as an assistant as a student. She met her husband,
18 Spring/Summer 2011
r me and my house
we will serve the Lord
Noel Horneck, while in college. Maranatha administrator. After a “The quality and character of the
few conversations, Jeremy began Bible faculty were the biggest
Pam earned an undergraduate reevaluating his original choice. reasons I stayed at Maranatha,”
degree in Elementary Education Jeremy said. “I came back for
and Bible. She was a stay-at-home “I had been excited about going seminary because I wanted to be
mom for five years, and then to a Christian college since I was able to offer godly leadership, but I
taught at a Christian school in in junior high,” Horneck said. “I also wanted to gain the knowledge
Plymouth, Wisconsin, from 1991- thought it would be like camp. I I needed.”
2007. During the last four years, was wrong.”
she has taught for North Star Jim Hinton said he was glad to
Academy, as well as for Maranatha
Online.
“The quality and hear of his grandson’s decision—
almost as glad as when his daughter
character of the Bible made that same decision many
“It’s amazing,” Pam said. “I can
have a ministry around the world faculty were the biggest years earlier.
from my house.” reasons I stayed “I don’t believe people should tell
their children that they have to go
Pam and Noel, who also live in at Maranatha,” to one particular school,” Hinton
Arkansas, “totally” let their three said. “But, when it was time for
children choose where to attend Maranatha offers a challenging Pam to make that decision, I
college. Jeremy chose Maranatha. academic environment, but Jeremy definitely encouraged her to go to
was up to the task. He earned an Maranatha.”
The Third Generation undergraduate degree in Bible and
Jeremy Horneck attended Church Ministries, taught for a
another college for a year after year in Saipan, and then returned
graduating from high school. to pursue his master’s degree. He
While working at Bill Rice plans to work as an assistant pastor
Ranch over the summer, he met a at a church in New York City.
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A Sports Wrapup
Men’s Basketball game) and rebounding (7.5) and
joined fellow sophomores Kristin
Garrison led the team with a .321
average, while Nathan Lyle led in
The Crusaders continued Morrison and Autumn Peotter on stolen bases (13) and doubles (8).
to close the competitive gap the NCCAA All-Region Team.
under second-year coach Neal Softball
Ring. Highlights included Wrestling The Crusaders won more games
conference wins over Wisconsin
The Crusaders made strides in 2011 than in the previous
Lutheran and Marian and a
in their second season under three years combined. Highlights
69-55 non-conference victory
Andy Peterson, including a 36- included two doubleheader sweeps
over Northland International.
24 dual-meet win over rival of Mount Mary and overcoming
Brendan Brown (16.7 points
Northland International. Freshman an 11-0 deficit to defeat North
per game) and Josh Stein (14.9
165-pounder Josiah Brendemuehl Central (Minnesota). Sophomore
points, 12 rebounds) were
led Maranatha with 14 victories left fielder Autumn Peotter was
named to the National Christian
and finished fourth at the named team MVP after batting
College Athletic Association
conference tournament. Another .397 and stealing 27 bases in 29
All-Midwest Region team.
freshman, Richard Warren (141 attempts. Torey DeLozier hit
Women’s Basketball pounds), was second on the team
with six wins.
.363 and recorded an inside-the-
park home run. Sophomore Susie
Maranatha earned a fifth Prusak led the team with 28 RBIs.
consecutive trip to the NCCAA Baseball
Division II national tournament.
A two-out, two-run single by
The Crusaders played their way
North Central (Minnesota) in the
into the championship game
bottom of the seventh inning of
before falling, 71-65, to Kentucky
the regional championship game
Christian. Torey DeLozier led the
denied the Crusaders a return visit
team in scoring (11.9 points per
to the NCCAA tournament. Jason
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CAMPUS Security
W
BY DEB LEW hen someone mentions “campus security,” what’s the
Deb Lew, English Education major from first thing that comes to your mind?
Hanover Park, Illinois, is a student
worker for the Communications Office. “Mailmen with Mace,” sophomore Amanda Ryal responds
cheekily, referring to the blue uniforms worn by security officers.
Josh Akerberg said he thinks of parking tickets.
“They get hit by hail,” laughs Angie Norville, who recalls
watching security officers dodging hailstones outside her dorm.
“Seriously, though, they’re out there in all kinds of weather.”
“I love Maranatha security,” says Rebekah Warren, who said
she appreciates getting walked back to the dorm when her job
has kept her out after the residence halls are locked. “They are
pretty fun-loving, but they’re very professional about the job.”
And, that’s exactly what Tim Johns wants his security force
to be. In the four years Johns has been the security director,
the force has provided a strong presence on Maranatha’s
campus.
“It’s a good job,” says shift supervisor Sam Prusak, who has
worked for security for more than two years. “The hours are
pretty decent, depending on your shift. The hardest part is
getting done at 1 a.m. and still having first hour (class) the
next morning.”
24 Spring/Summer 2011
So what exactly does security do while the campus For Johns, working with security is a rewarding
is asleep? job.
“They watch the campus,” explains Johns. “They “It’s knowing that you’re the one who is
patrol and prevent things from happening. They responsible for what’s going on, that you’re the one
check all the doors and watch the parking lots.” out there, that you know that things are secure.”
Even as they look after the campus, officers
understand the true source of the college’s security.
“It’s God who protects the campus, really, not us,”
Prusak says.
All personnel are part of the security team. They
are aware of everyone and everything on campus.
“IT’S GOD WHO
PROTECTS THE CAMPUS,
REALLY, NOT US,”
Sam Prusak GREAT JOBS, GREAT
The officers do their part to keep the campus
OPPORTUNITIES
secure as well. The combination of their positions Student workers play a valuable role on
allows the officers to see the parking lots as well Maranatha’s campus and receive valuable
as the entire length of the sidewalk leading to the experience in return. More than half of
dorms. Maranatha’s undergraduate students held on-
When night falls, officers often walk girls back to campus jobs during the 2010-11 academic year.
their dorms. The officers talk to the girls as they
walk—unless the girl pretends to be texting on
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“We’re just communicating to them that, ‘Hey, Students are able to help pay their way through
I’m alive, and I’m here to protect you,’ ” says officer college by working. This gives them a greater
Michael Whitteberry. appreciation for the value of their education.
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as the main campus. A dispatcher and a supervisor
work in the Welcome Center. Campus job experiences provide enduring life
skills. Many graduates are able to market those
skills and find part-time work to supplement
their ministry income.
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Staff members who demonstrate strong work
ethic and a Christ-centered approach to their
jobs can mentor their student workers.
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Maranatha alumni are serving
the Lord across the nation and
around the world.
Graduates live and work in all 50 states and 42 countries and
territories. The darker states represent a higher concentration WA 32
of alumni . Meet a few of our graduates.
MT 17
OR
11
ID 7
WY 32
Aaron ('07) and Elizabeth (Gross, '10) NV 4
Love recently moved to Monroe, Wash., UT
where Aaron works as the youth pastor 11 CO 125
of Monroe Baptist Church. Liz is involved
with the Monroe Gospel Women's CA 147
Mission and seeks to encourage and
ultimately give the gospel to the to the
women she meets.
AZ 68 NM 12
AK
17
HI 9
Tim and Tammy (Davis, '91) Lacock live in
Ferron, Utah, where Tim is the pastor of First
Baptist Church. Tammy homeschools their
four children and does bookkeeping from
their home.
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Scott ('05) and Kristi (Cochran, '06) Craven live in Polson, Mont.,
where Scott is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church and Kristi is a
stay-at-home mom to their two children. Scott became the senior
pastor of their church in November.
NH 24
ME 11
ND 1 VT 5
MN
170 MA 12
WI
SD 8 790 NY 37
MI
349 RI 2
IA 68 PA 172 CT 30
NE 18 NJ 12
IL IN OH 69
371 161 DE 4
WV MD 27
9 VA 78
KS 29 MO 49
KY 23
NC 71
OK TN 49
13 AR 9 SC 72
AL
MS 4 18 GA 62
LA 5 Peter ('84) and
Sherry Steinhaus live
TX 68 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Peter is the adminis-
FL
120 trator of Union Grove
Christian School in Lexington, and Sherry is
an administrative assistant at Vernon Forest
Andrew ('06) and Amie Baptist Training Center of Winston-Salem.
(Laudenslager, '05) Vawter live in
McKinney, Texas, and attend First
Baptist Church of Allen, Texas.
Andrew is a teacher and coach at
McKinney Boyd High School, and
Amie is the office manager at
Wilmeth Elementary School.
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Abrahamson, Levi John to Melissa and Matthew announcements and updates to alumni@mbbc.edu.
(’09) on March 9, 2011
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Armstrong, Cadence Layne to Christina (Jarvis, Potter, Clara Faith to Erica and Larry (’88) on Feb.
’07) and Fraser (’09) on April 26, 2011 13, 2011
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Bennett, Graham Haddon to Laura (Neisler, ’08)
and Jake (’08) on Nov. 23, 2010
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Breiner, Hadleigh Reese to Brittany (Buroker, ’05)
and Adam (’07) on Dec. 10, 2010
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DeWitt, Jacob Silas to Tanya and Steven (’10) on Lavicka, Jayden Andrew to Alison (Delveau, ’09)
April 6, 2011 and Ben (’08) on April 11, 2011
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Dunford, Lydia Grace to Amy (Radtke, ’09) and Lawson, Aaden James Franklin to Lindsay and Jarid Richards, Khloe Alexis to Alicia (Cole, ’10) and Nik
Eric (’09) on Nov. 22, 2010 (’10) on March 22, 2011 (’09) on Feb. 22, 2011
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Estes, Charissa Allen to Nora and Jeff (’91) on Feb. Loggans, Karis Elizabeth and Khloe Grace, to Dan Richardson, Zenith Michael to Melissa (Morris, ’05)
7, 2011 (’04) and Maegan (Wetzel, ’06) on May 17, 2011 and Thad on Feb. 7, 2011
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Hawn, Jacob Corban to Amy (Kreger, ’03) and Maples, Dane Christopher to Rebecca (Moxon, ’02) Scott, Gideon Thomas to Kim (Cardot, ’07) and
Josh (’03) on Dec. 18, 2010 and Christopher (’99) on Nov. 29, 2010 Matthew on Jan. 13, 2011
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Miller, Jackson David James to Abby (Miller, ’06) Shafer, Margaret Elizabeth to Katie (Schwarm, ’05)
and Nate (’08) on April 30, 2011 and Brett (’03) on March 6, 2011
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Mockbee, Jonah Charles to Rebecca (Potts, ’99) Smith, Luke Andrew to Stacy (Owens, ’00) and
and Charles on Jan. 8, 2011 Jesse on Jan. 16, 2011
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Muse, Justice Buchanan to Hannah (Komis, ’06) Stanley, Madison Grace to Christina (Harrison, ’06)
and David (’04) on May 5, 2011 and Eric (’07) on May 4, 2011
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Horneck, Haddon Christopher to Anna and Pitts, Lucy Wren to Sara (Weilmuenster, ’03) and Vegter, Klaas Augustin to Heidi (Shevy, ’00) and
Jeremy (’07) on Oct. 15, 2010 Mark (’03) on Nov. 16, 2010 Kyle (’00) on March 11, 2011
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Jones, Blake Andrew to Niki (Loggans, ’05) and Wright, Lenea Gabrielle to Angela and Greg (’01)
Tim (’06) on March 4, 2011 on Nov. 4, 2010
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Kauffman, Nathan James to Jessica and Tim (’98)
on Oct. 9, 2010
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Kieckhafer, Ames Cooley to Christin (Peterson, ’08)
and Adam (’07) on Dec. 23, 2010
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Krumwiede, Mason Levi to Rachel (Broom, ’03) Poorman, Logan James to Ann (Fredricks, ’05) and
and Kerry on Nov. 18, 2010 Mark (’06) on March 6, 2011
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’69 Karen (Honeywell) Kuhns has spent 36 years in Uruguay, ’97 Melissa (Gluck) Luecker teaches preschool at Riverside
and is presently assisting her daughter and son-in-law with Christian School in Andalusia, Illinois. Her husband, Nathan,
a church plant in Paysandu. Kuhns is on furlough in the U.S. is youth pastor at Community Baptist Church. They are the
until November. parents of two boys.
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’73 Mark and Tacy Tolosa have spent the last year helping estab- ’98 Daniel Kobernat is principal of Faith Baptist Academy in
lish Steadfast Baptist Church in Barryton, Michigan. The church Spokane, Washington. He and wife Amy have five children and
plant is a ministry of Houghton Lake Baptist Church. are active in the ministry of Faith Baptist Church.
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’74 Seng Fong Goh helps train national pastors through ’99 Nathan Stevens has been named Head of the Upper
Asia Seminary for Ministry. Teaching programs have School at Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head,
been established in Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Carolina. He has worked at that school eight years.
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Cambodia, and Tanzania.
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’81 Jim Braughler has been elected chairman of the Jefferson The Worthwhile Company in Greenville, South Carolina. He
County (Wis.) Republican Party. He continues to serve on the graduated from Clemson University with a master’s degree in
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, where he is chairman Computer Science.
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of one committee and secretary for two others.
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’05 Albert Bennett is associate pastor, music director, and
’82 Jim and Myra (Cummins, ’83) Wright will be furlough youth leader at Northside Baptist Church in Davenport, Iowa.
replacement missionaries for Baptist World Missions. Jim will He and wife Sarah have three children.
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continue to pastor Heritage Baptist Church in Roscoe, Illinois,
through June before beginning deputation. ’05 Andrew Potter has earned a master’s degree in Business
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’88 Larry Potter has joined the Information Assurance
Engineering Team at iSYS, LLC, in Columbus, Ohio, a ’06 Vince Stover is senior pastor of the Gospel Center in
Department of Defense contractor. Petersburg, Indiana. He and wife Katie (Savage, ’05) previously
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’90 John Buckley is Lead Pastor at Upper Perkiomen January, 2011.
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Community Church in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. The
church has grown from 15 families to 50 in one year under ’10 Sam Guzman wrote an editorial on the lack of conservative
Buckley, who previously spent 14 years on the staff of Faith influence in the arts that was published in the Feb. 9, 2011,
Baptist Church in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. issue of the Christian Science Monitor.
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’92 Tommy Allen has been named Defensive Assistant Coach Alumni Deaths
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previously defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at ’72 Kenneth Owens, who served in the ministry of four
Drake University. Wisconsin churches from 1972-2004, died Feb. 7, 2011, in
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’92 Bruce Trueblood was recently elected Chairman of the (1954-62) and was a truck driver before beginning to study for
Marathon County (Wis.) Republican Party. the ministry. He is survived by his wife, Betty Jo, two children,
10 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
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Alumni Spotlight
on Micah Lomax
T
he Lord works in mysterious ways—sometimes even through
email.
Micah Lomax was pursuing some impressive options for
postgraduate studies last May: Yale, Northwestern, Pennsylvania,
and Penn State among them. Lomax was about to tell Florida
State “Thanks, but no thanks” when he found his email account
locked due to an expired password.
“I think that was the Lord’s way of preventing me from
declining,” Lomax said.
Maranatha’s 2010 valedictorian (4.0 GPA) began to rethink
Florida State, especially when that school offered a full tuition
waiver and a small stipend if Lomax would consider a teaching
assistant’s job. As deadlines arrived and Lomax realized “I didn’t
have $80,000 lying around,” he began to consider moving to
Tallahassee more seriously.
A year later, Lomax is glad the Lord works through email. He will
complete his master’s degree in Music Theory at Florida State in
the spring of 2012, and then enter a PhD program. Lomax said
it has been a great opportunity from both an educational and
ministry standpoint.
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Higher Education
This list is a sampling of Maranatha graduates enrolled in master’s,
1
doctorate, or Juris Doctorate programs during the 2010-1 academic
year, or expected to enroll for 2011-12.
Paul Shirk (’08): Marquette University School of Law. Shirk
served as Managing Editor of Marquette Law Review in
“One of the biggest things I love about teaching 1
2010-1 while also working as a Law Clerk for Waukesha
here is that I can look at (the students) and tell County Circuit Court.
exactly where they are at,” Lomax said. “They
are open about everything they do, even the sin 1):
Christina Brier (’1 Eastman School of Music, Rochester,
in their lives. It helps me work with them.” New York. The Harp Performance major at Maranatha will
Maranatha has produced professionals for enroll in the Master of Music Program in Performance and
many years, but recent graduates are earning Literature at one of the nation’s top music schools.
entrance into some of the nation’s top
universities for graduate school (see factbox).
Steve Dow (’07): University of Michigan School of
Lomax, who majored in Music Education at Dentistry. Dow taught in a Christian school before being
Maranatha, has earned his tuition waiver at accepted by Michigan for 2010-1 1.
Florida State by teaching Fundamentals of
Music Theory. This three-credit class is for
music undergraduates and non-majors who 1):
Andrea Ray (’1 Purdue University. Ray will work within the
microbiology training group in Purdue’s Interdisciplinary Life
wish to fulfill a fine arts elective. He also works
Sciences program. Ray earned a tuition waiver while she
at a local hotel. pursues a doctorate in microbiology.
The Princeton Review ranked Florida State
the No. 11 “party school” in the nation (“I
imagine there’s a rubric for these rankings,” Greg Taylor (’10): Arizona College of Osteopathic
Lomax said.) Even in such a morally permissive Medicine, Midwestern University. Taylor is enrolled in a
dual degree program at Midwestern that will allow him to
environment, however, Lomax said he has
earn both a master's degree in Biomedical Science and a
encountered few problems sharing his faith. doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine. He plans to become
“Once I tell them where I earned my undergrad an Air Force flight surgeon.
degree, it’s no big secret,” Lomax said. “You
can talk about moral codes. You can live in a
way that earns their respect. You can encourage Daniel Brier (’07): University of Michigan. Brier won
a scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in Choral
students who are Christians.”
Conducting. He participated in a conducting masterclass
Lomax is also “very active” in the youth and with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia and
music ministries of Northwoods Baptist received a prizewinner’s certificate.
Church. He accompanied Maranatha’s Global
Encounters team to Ukraine in late May.
Jennifer Zoller (’10): Southern New Hampshire University.
When his doctoral program is complete, Lomax Zoller is enrolled in the Teaching English as a Foreign
would like to teach music theory in a university Language program at Southern New Hampshire University,
or work in music research. where she hopes to earn a Master of Science degree as
well as state certification in Teaching English to Speakers of
“There are so many unsaved people here that, Other Languages.
whatever I say and do, it’s different to them,”
Lomax said. “I like that aspect of my ministry
here. In that one sense, it’s easy.”
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