“It’s unexplainable what a horse can do and how they can relate to someone who is struggling,” says Emmy Arana, co-founder of Acres of Hope Youth Ranch and alumna (’15) of Corban’s Masters of...
Corban Students Serve on Spring Break Mission Trip for First Time Since Covid-19
“It was five days before we were supposed to be on the road that we had to shut the trip down,” Anna Benjamin remembers. “When I finally heard that it was a no, it was so difficult.” For many Corban...
Corban University to Break Ground on New Outdoor Athletic Complex
SALEM, OR (April 21, 2021) - Corban University will break ground on its new outdoor athletic complex, located on the north side of campus Friday, April 30 at 10:00 a.m. The groundbreaking will...
Kylie McMinn Leads Corban Lacrosse in Inaugural Season
“Lacrosse can take any type of athlete and make them a great lacrosse player,” says Kylie McMinn, head coach of Corban’s first-ever women’s lacrosse team. “It’s anyone’s game and it’s everyone’s...
Corban’s Partnership with Paid in Full Oregon Continues to Offer Hope to Adults in Custody
This March, Paid in Full Oregon celebrated the first completed academic year of its inaugural class. Partnering with Corban University and the Oregon Department of Corrections, Paid in Full Oregon...
139 Student Leaders Earn Act Six Leadership Scholarships
Families, schools, and communities are celebrating across the country. Act Six announced that 139 emerging urban and community leaders across the United States will be attending college in the...
Corban Alum Mare Johnson’s COVID Experience Helps Spread Positivity to a National Audience
Long before her story received national attention, Corban alum Mare (Suddarth) Johnson (’15) was just one of the unfortunate first individuals to have contracted the COVID-19 virus. When she fell...
Corban Students Band Together in Wake of Recent Ice Storms
From fire to ice, digital overload to complete power outages, this year has brought one unexpected challenge after another for Corban students. The fallout of the recent storm that...
Witty and Playful, Corban Theatre’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” Offers Breath of Fresh Air to Viewers
“Uncertainty is the essence of romance.” ─ Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest If this comic phrase, spoken off-handedly by one of Oscar Wilde’s chief characters,...
Writer-In-Residence Gina Ochsner Awarded 2020 Kurt Vonnegut Prize for Speculative Fiction
Corban Associate Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence, Gina Ochsner, was recently awarded the 2020 Kurt Vonnegut Prize for Speculative Fiction by the North American...
The Greatest Invitation: Corban Alum Collin Box Uses Soccer to Serve His Community
“One of my favorite quotes is that ‘the ball is the greatest invitation in the world,’” says Collin Box, a Corban alum (’10) and current Executive Director of Capital Futbol Club (CFC) in Salem....
Hoff School of Business Set to Host Virtual Summit Event for Business Students and Alumni
On Thursday, February 18, at 7:00pm, Hoff School of Business will be holding their annual Summit event. Each year, this event is designed to promote and foster critical thinking, career...
Six Corban Students Set to Have Poetry Published in Acclaimed Magazines and Journals
Corban students Jade Walker, Jacquelyn Clark, Kateleen Vetter, and Mallory Kellum will have their work featured in The Poet Magazine, while Hannah Mead’s poetry will be published by Black Moon...
Corban Students Spend Day Off Helping the Community on MLK Serve Day
“‘Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his...
Our Hope is in Him
Our hearts are heavy from the turmoil at the U.S. Capitol. Our country is roiling in the throes of unrest and suspicion as a result of a contentious election. At Corban, we firmly...
Corban Receives $745,500 Grant from Murdock Trust
In the fall of 2019, the Murdock Trust invited Corban and a select number of schools to a colloquium focused on leading for change in higher education. “The main discussion was how...
Corban Music Department Plans Its Return
“We need music. There’s a certain aspect of being human that nothing else reflects as well as music,” says Associate Professor of Music Mark Stanek. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
A Global Mission: Corban’s Pastoral Training Program in Africa
Back in 2010, Corban’s administration was looking for a way to expand the School of Ministry’s graduate program. They planned for something servant-hearted yet straightforward, and within the...
Director of Criminal Justice Alan Scharn Set to Retire After 10 Years at Corban
As a young man, Alan Scharn had no idea what he wanted to do with his life until a friend talked him into joining the Marion County Sherriff’s Office reserve academy. It was there that he first...
Olivia Wall Pursues Her Dream of Becoming a Public Defender Through Full-Ride Scholarship to Law School.
After Olivia Wall graduated from Sprague High School, she knew she wanted two things: to stay close to home for her undergraduate degree, and to eventually become a lawyer. Fast forward a few...
Betty Balyo, Beloved Friend of Corban and Wife of Former President Dr. John G. Balyo, Passes Away
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our beloved friend and advocate, Betty Balyo. Betty was a devoted mother, grandmother, constant friend to the University, and loving wife to former...
Corban to Dedicate the Pavilion in Honor of Former Professor and President, Dr. David F. Miller
“Sit down, I’ve got a story to tell you . . .” is exactly what Dr. Miller said to the many students, parishioners, and colleagues who came to him seeking advice. Throughout his years as a pastor,...
“The Comedy of Errors” Unleashes the Power of Creativity in Overcoming Obstacles
“I to the world am like a drop of water/ That in the ocean seeks another drop.” This line, spoken by Antipholus of Syracuse, one of the play’s focal twins, might resonate...
Corban Theatre Channels Uncommon Creativity for Fall Play
“It’s the definition of creativity to take what you have available and make something out of it,” says Director of Theatre Arts, Tamara McGinnis. “We are doing something completely new,...
Corban’s New Campus Care Initiative Gives Back to Students
This year, Corban University has pulled three major campus operation areas—janitorial, groundskeeping, and facilities maintenance—in house. The move signals Corban’s efforts...
CORBAN UNIVERSITY’S PARTNERSHIP WITH PAPUA CONTINUES TO GROW
This year, Corban University was set to welcome the largest class of Papuan students in school history, with over 50 Papuans ready to begin their academic journey on campus. Prior to 2015,...
Dr. Comstock and Corban Students Research New Covid Test Method
Back in 2003, when Dr. Sarah Comstock, then a brand-new graduate researcher at OHSU, was asked to learn a relatively new technique called quantitative polymerase chain reaction testing (qCPR), she...
Dave and Wanda Huffman Share Their Story of Multiethnic Adoption and Racial Reconciliation.
“Every child, no matter how they come to you, is an absolute miracle,” Wanda Huffman says, seated next to her husband of over forty years. Wanda and Dave were first drawn to Corban...
A Ministry of Giving: Marvin and Danalee Leadham
Marvin Leadham (class of ’57) couldn’t sleep. Recently two of the missionaries he supported were set to retire from the field, leaving him with what he considered to be a new hole in his...
Alum Courtney Dodds Helps Find New Ways to Bring Hope to Portland’s Homeless.
Back in March, when Oregonians were mandated to stay-at-home, most were left to wrestle with how they would carry on with life while confined to their homes. Corban alum Courtney Dodds was left...