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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 strives to change the culture of Oregon’s prison system through the transformational power of education and the gospel. The nonprofit was founded by Senior Judge Tom Kohl after his long and personal journey with the United States criminal system, witnessing the power of grace and the gospel in transforming prison communities from the inside out.

April 20, 2021 | News

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 2021-22 academic year as a part of the Act Six Scholar program, including 10 new students set to arrive on Corban University’s campus this fall.

April 6, 2021 | News

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.

March 16, 2021 | News

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 left thousands across the […]

March 10, 2021 | News

Witty and Playful, Corban Theatre’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” Offers Breath of Fresh Air to Viewers

If this comic phrase, spoken off-handedly by one of Oscar Wilde’s chief characters, were true, we would look on this past year and a half as a romance to rival any penned by the literary greats.

March 5, 2021 | News

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 Review for her short story, “The Snow Queen.”

March 1, 2021 | Faculty Features

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.

February 24, 2021 | News

Hoff School of Business Set to Host Virtual Summit Event for Business Students and Alumni

On Friday, 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 planning, and servant leadership for Corban students and alumni

February 12, 2021 | News

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 Magazine, and Miriam Steinbach’s work will be featured in Peeking Cat Literary.

January 28, 2021 | News

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 life as a ransom for many.’” – Mark 10:43-45

January 22, 2021 | News

Our Hope is in Him

Corban University, as a community of believers, is committed to following the admonition of Scripture to be subject to governing authorities and, in the case of our constitutional process, to support the peaceful transition of power in the political process

January 8, 2021 | News

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.

January 1, 2021 | News