On October 11, early in the morning, nearly 400 educators from the local community and beyond arrived on Corban University’s campus like the newly falling leaves that had just begun to cover its winding hillside paths. The second annual Christian Educator Conference had begun. Hosted by the Corban University Department of Education, the event nearly […]
“It’s not always easy to be an American in Paris,” says junior intercultural studies major, Sam Bonkowski. Recently, Sam was part of a street evangelism team who took to the City of Lights to share the gospel during the 2024 Summer Olympics. “Paris is a glamourous city,” Sam says, “But this was far from glamorous.” […]
September 10, 2024
SALEM, OR – On August 28, Corban University’s inaugural cohort of nursing students began their first day of instruction. These 14 students will be the first to undertake Corban’s newest degree, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), which looks to add a unique voice to the nursing education landscape, equipping students to meet a […]
This summer, one of Corban University’s key partners, Whole Word Institute, an organization based in Jerusalem with a unique approach to training Bible translators, celebrated another graduating class. This year’s 24 graduates represent 15 different nations and 13 language translation projects, with the potential to give access to the Scriptures to more than 5 million […]
On Friday, June 28, Corban University celebrated its first graduating class of 18 adults in custody (AICs) at the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI). The program, a collaboration between Corban University, Paid in Full Oregon, and the Oregon Department of Corrections, first began in 2019 to provide prison inmates the opportunity to obtain an accredited four-year […]
Early this summer, as a part of Corban University’s cross cultural internship program (a requirement for all ministry majors), the University sent a team of six to serve local ministries in Thailand. Partnering with Children to Love, an organization with a history of working closely with Corban, the team was able to work directly with […]
SALEM, OR (June 3, 2024) – Corban University proudly announces the appointment of two distinguished leaders, Cornelius Williams, Jr., and Lee Roberson, to its Board of Trustees. Cornelius Williams, Jr., an alum (’89) of the University, is celebrated for his achievements both on and off the court. A former basketball player, he has since carved […]
A colorful map rests framed on a wall outside of the International Teachers College’s (ITC) offices. A rainbow of 3,800 tiny pin heads covers its surface. Each one represents a teacher trained and equipped by ITC through a longstanding partnership between Universitas Pelitas Haripan (UPH) and Corban University. “3,800 grads have gone all over the […]
“For the longest time, I didn’t really know what a ‘veteran’ truly was,” says Andrew Holbert, a Corban alum and executive director of Courtney Place Veterans Housing in Salem, Oregon. “It wasn’t until I first experienced my own struggles after getting out of the Marine Corps that I began to understand what that title meant.” […]
From April 8-10, ten Corban student researchers representing the math and science departments travelled down to Long Beach, California to present research at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), the nation’s largest undergraduate research conference for the sciences. Held at California State University — Long beach, the conference welcomed over 4,000 student researchers, […]
Corban University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and completed a Year-Seven Comprehensive (Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE)) in 2022 for continued accreditation. The comprehensive self-study was followed by an onsite evaluation in October 2022. In February 2023, Corban received reaffirmation of its accreditation for 7 years. Corban University’s last Mid-Cycle Evaluation was fall 2018, and its Policies, Regulations and Financial Review (PRFR) was completed in fall 2021. As of our most recent evaluation, Corban University is compliant with the Standards, Policies, and Eligibility Requirements of the NWCCU.
