“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...
“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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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,...
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...
“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....
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...
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...
“‘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 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...
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...
“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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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,...
“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...
“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,...
This year, Corban University has pulled three major campus operation areas—janitorial, groundskeeping, and facilities maintenance—in house. The move signals Corban’s efforts...
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,...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
