“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 students, like Anna, spring break mission trips are a highlight to...
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 officially launch construction on the complex’s initial phase, set to...
“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 game. If you want to be good, you can be if you put the time and the work...
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...
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,...
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 ill in early March 2020, the idea of her story being broadcast to...
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 region without power, hot water, or internet...
“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, were true, we would look on this past year and a half as a romance...
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.” First...
“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. “You don’t have to speak the language or even say hello, but you can roll...
