Some Risks, Many Rewards Law Enforcement Careers
Counted Faithful Maranatha Retirees
MAKING AN
IMPACT FOR CHRIST Maranatha Football Team Travels to Israel
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Law Enforcement Careers
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Football Team Travels to Israel
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Time to (Finally) Finish College
18 Lifelong Learning, Memorable Achievements 23 Ministry is Global
25 A Legacy of Faith Lee Jason Krueger 27 Passing on a World of Basketball Knowledge 30 Alumni Spotlight
I will always have a special place in my heart for those in law enforcement. My father was a Cincinnati police officer for 30 years, and I respected and admired him for having devoted his life to serving the public in this way. This issue of the Advantage magazine includes an article about law enforcement careers, focusing on Maranatha graduates who work in this field from Alaska to Florida and everywhere in-between. It is an honorable profession, one that offers many opportunities for ministry. Our alumni all have stories to tell of unique opportunities to share Christ with co-workers, friends in the community, and, yes, even lawbreakers. You will also find articles that describe Maranatha’s balanced approach to training Christian leaders, missions trips by our Global Encounters teams, faithful servants retiring after many years at the College, and exciting news like the additions of the Teacher Education Scholarship and the Master of Arts in Church Music program. Some churches host a Blue and White Sunday each year, recognizing public safety workers from their community. I hope yours will consider doing so as well. At the very least, please pray frequently for the men and women who help keep us safe. They often face great danger on our behalf, and we should ask God to give them a special measure of His care and protection. His for Service,
Dr. Jesse Sherburn
Dr. Marty Marriott, President
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onsidering a law enforcement career requires analysis of a risk-and-reward equation.
The risks are readily apparent. The rewards, however, can be many. “You get to make a difference in people's lives,” said Watertown police officer Jeremy Lingle (’03). “You get to protect the people in your community. You get to keep kids safe. If I were to leave law enforcement now, I would miss it. I really enjoy it.” Maranatha graduates from Alaska to Florida (quite literally) have found law enforcement to be a rewarding profession that also offers unique opportunities for ministry. The next few pages include interviews with them as well as information about educational requirements. Criminal Justice degree not required Maranatha’s admissions office reports that prospective students often inquire about an undergraduate degree in criminal justice. A criminal justice degree is not required by most branches of law enforcement; in fact, some government agencies prefer to train their employees to follow procedures unique to those agencies. “The general trend is that law enforcement officers should be representative of the community they serve,” said John Stransky, Associate Dean of the School of Human and Protective Services at Madison Area Technical College. “Thus, they should have varying backgrounds. A typical mix of people in the police academy will include those with degrees in education, business, accounting, even law, as well as two- or four-year degrees in criminal justice.” The Maranatha Advantage 3
Most alumni interviewed for this article said fewer than half of their coworkers had studied criminal justice. Wisconsin requires police officers to have earned an associate’s degree or 60 college undergraduate credits. Other states have similar requirements. “The broader representation we have, the better off we’re going to be,” Watertown Police Chief Timothy Roets said. “A degree in communications, English, or political science certainly wouldn’t eliminate you. Those employees add to our overall ability to serve the public. We don’t want to eliminate good candidates.” Jeff Catlin (’03): Homicide Detective Law enforcement was always part of Jeff Catlin’s life. His father was a police officer for 29 years, his uncle for 32 years. Catlin entered the police academy one month after completing his General Studies (now Humanities) degree at Maranatha. After working as a patrolman and an undercover officer in a gang unit, Catlin became a detective in the Hillsborough County (FL) homicide division last October. His daily duties include interviewing suspects, requesting search warrants for homes or DNA, obtaining court orders for cell phone records, and plenty of what Catlin described as “runaround leg work.” “It’s definitely exciting,” said Catlin,
who also works with senior high boys in his local church’s youth department. “When you know you have been able to find the facts, put a charge on somebody, put the right person in jail, and keep the community safe, there’s definitely an adrenaline rush.” Jeremy Lingle (’03) Police Officer Jeremy Lingle, who grew up in Watertown, was glad to return—no matter what the reception. “Let’s face it, the people I work with every day normally don’t want to see me in the first place,” Lingle said. “I can’t just start sharing my faith in those situations. But, once they start talking to me about their situation, there are opportunities.” Lingle earned a Humanities/Letters undergraduate degree at Maranatha and taught for three years before being hired by the city police department. Now he has the chance to make a positive impact during negative situations. “We deal with people at some of their lowest moments in life,” Lingle said. “They know they don’t have the answers. They’ve reached the bottom. That’s when I can point them to a program like NewFocus (Calvary Baptist Church’s faith-based addictions counseling). There are a lot of little routine things that fill up your day, but there are also moments when you feel like you’re really making a difference.” Brian Hibbs (’06): Alaska State Trooper
Jeff Catlin and family. 4 Spring/Summer 2012
Brian Hibbs was featured in an episode of National Geographic Channel’s television show Alaska State Troopers, but you may not remember his face. Hibbs is employed as an investigator, so his features were obscured. “That’s OK—I don’t do this to get on TV,” Hibbs said. “I am a big puzzle
guy. I love to put puzzles together, which is exactly what investigators do. I can say that looking at each individual piece is more laborintensive than people would think.” Hibbs earned a Biblical Studies degree at Maranatha and was then deployed to Iraq by the Army. When Hibbs returned, he got his start in law enforcement with Operation Jump Start, designed to assist U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Arizona and New Mexico. He became a patrolman with the Tucson (AZ) Police Department before moving to the Alaska State Troopers in October of 2010. Hibbs is part of a unit that investigates major thefts and criminal enterprises. His most high-profile case came last October, when Hibbs helped hand out 200 felony indictments to members of a massive firearms theft ring. Hibbs cautions those considering a career in law enforcement, noting, “This isn’t for everyone.” “Understanding what God’s Word says about the sin nature helps me check my job at the door when I get home,” Hibbs said. “I struggled a lot at first with being disgusted at sin, with dealing with the darker side of life. I had a Christian coworker who also struggled with how God could allow these things to happen—so much so that he didn’t make it through officer training.” Learning to cope with the negative side of his job has helped Hibbs find blessings in an unexpected location. “Working in Alaska is different than working in the lower 48,” Hibbs said. “You can be out someplace all by yourself, 100 miles away from any help. The other thing that’s out of the norm here is wildlife problems. I’ve shot a lot of moose. People think of bears when they think of Alaska, but, in my mind, moose are the most dangerous. They are the size of a Clydesdale horse and, when they get mad, they get really mad.”
Chris Moore (’02), County Sheriff 's Deputy Chris Moore hopes the entertainment industry hasn’t given others a false perception of his job’s realities. “It’s not always Wyatt Earp walking through town, rustling up the bad guys,” said Moore, a deputy for the Dane County (WI) Sheriff ’s Office. The General Studies (now Humanities) major patrols county roads and answers calls in areas of Dane County that are not already covered by city police departments. He began working for the county eight years ago following an 18-month application process. He had been teaching and coaching at a Christian school. “I spent the first six years working in the jail, which allowed me to develop really good relationships with coworkers that allowed me to share Christ with them,” Moore said. Moore said he would recommend a law enforcement career to a young Christian, but “with a caveat.” “There will be sacrifices, for you and your family,” Moore said. “There is a lot of overtime, a lot of stress, and a lot of temptation to bring that stress home with you. Your courage is constantly tested. You have to be mentally and spiritually prepared for those things, and you will need the Christian community to help you with the highs and lows.” Lisa DeGraw (’79) and Christa Roberts (’02), FBI How did a Music Education major and a Church Music major end up in the FBI? “When we applied we kind of laughed about it,” Lisa DeGraw said. “It’s absolutely the last thing I ever thought I’d be doing.”
DeGraw and Christa (DeGraw) Roberts, her daughter, both work for the FBI office in Phoenix, AZ. DeGraw is an evidence control technician, Roberts a paralegal specialist in the asset forfeiture unit. DeGraw had been teaching in a Christian school, but needed additional resources Christa Roberts and family. to help put her children through college. Roberts had been searching unsuccessfully for a teaching job. Both simply applied through the website USAJobs.com at the suggestion of a friend. “The fact that you will stick to it and complete your degree seems to mean more than what area the degree is actually in,” DeGraw said. Roberts helps facilitate the process that leads to the recovery of “ill-gotten gain,” including houses, cars, and even race horses. She investigates a criminal’s assets, then works with a legal team to help determine the best methods for recovery. DeGraw ensures that evidence is properly packaged and documented and puts her teaching experience to work training agents in evidence rules and evidence-related software. “There are so many opportunities here to have an impact on a lot of different people and be able to share my faith,” Roberts said. “God has really blessed.” “I call this job ‘God’s cherry on top,’ ” DeGraw said. “God has always been good about showing me right where he wants me to be.”
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Time to (Finally) Finish
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en years and four children after her last class at Maranatha, Shera O’Neal was still determined to finish college someday.
“I knew it would be hard, but I never gave it (not finishing) a thought,” O’Neal said. The 30-year-old mom/substitute teacher/tutor/volleyball coach/bookkeeper from Dallas will soon have several full-time career options available to her, thanks to determination and Maranatha Online’s degree completion program. O’Neal said she should complete her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree during the summer or fall of 2012. ”I loved Maranatha when I was there, and I was thrilled when they started this online program,” O’Neal said. “I was going to finish, no matter what.” The degree completion program is designed for a growing segment of the student population nationwide—adults who started college, but did not finish. “When we began exploring this option, we found that this is the fastest growing type of degree field in the country,” said Dr. John Brock, Maranatha Vice President for Academic Affairs. “We needed to ask ourselves the question, ‘What do we have to offer working adults?’ ” Maranatha now offers working adults a program that can help them complete their bachelor’s degree in two years or less. “The savings and convenience of this program are both tremendous,” Brock said. There are many reasons young people drop out of college— finances, marriage, family issues, career opportunities. Occupational and family responsibilities sometimes make returning to traditional college impossible.
The explosion of distance learning options like Maranatha Online have made going back to school a more practical option for many. Robert Holmes attended Maranatha for two years before dropping out. He decided to finish his degree 30 years after he began, even when his business transferred Holmes to its office in Shanghai, China. “I was able to continue my online courses without missing a beat,” Holmes said. “I have a two-hour one-way commute every day, so I can do 90 percent of my studying in the car (while someone else drives). I have been blessed in many ways by my heavenly Father, but this is a huge one.” The Interdisciplinary Studies degree can help further careers that require a bachelor’s degree or open the door to more than 7,000 specialized graduate school programs. Those enrolling in the program must be 25 or older and must have completed at least 60 college credits with a 2.0 cumulative gradepoint average. Shera O’Neal and family. Enrollment in the degree completion program has more than doubled in the last year. “A lot of people come to a point where they realize there are many years of productive adult life ahead of them, and they want to make the most of that time,” Brock said. “This is the degree they want.”
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Counted Faithful
Larry Carlson, Barbara Hershberger, Dr. David Hershberger
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hree of Maranatha’s most faithful and enduring servants will retire this summer. Athletic Facilities Manager Larry Carlson has worked 40 years at the College, Registrar Dr. David Hershberger 38 and Teacher Education Department Associate Professor Barbara Hershberger 33. The Board of Trustees granted faculty emeritus status to the Hershbergers upon their retirement. The next three pages celebrate their accomplishments as we thank them for their devotion to the Lord and Maranatha. We hope you will enjoy reading about them.
Larry Carlson:
40 years
Athletic Facilities Manager Larry Carlson’s primary work responsibilities—setting up folding chairs, ironing uniforms, and maintaining playing fields and gym floors—haven’t exactly helped land him in the spotlight. But whatever the job, Carlson did it for the Lord. “To me, it’s (my) part in the puzzle, and it takes a lot of people to make a program function,” Carlson said. After 40 years of helping Maranatha’s program function, Carlson will retire this summer. “In my house, Larry was always referred to as ‘Faithful Larry,’ ” said Charlotte Cedarholm, a friend of Carlson since 1965. “I don’t know of a more hardworking, selfless, faithful man than Larry.” Carlson arrived on Maranatha’s campus as a member of the first student body during the 1968-69 academic year. 8 Spring/Summer 2012
After completing his General Studies degree, he went on to fill multiple positions for the College, including his current job. “The Lord gave me peace about (staying),” Carlson said. His job has included setting up and taking down some 750-800 folding chairs every morning for chapel. With a crew of approximately 30 students, this takes only about 40 minutes, he said. Carlson admits to being very particular about how the chairs are configured. “It’s got to be done right,” he said. Carlson enjoys being able to build friendships with his student crew members that last long after graduation. “I want them to feel free to talk to me,” he said. Although they will stay in Watertown, Carlson and wife Linda plan to do a lot of traveling and look forward to more frequent visits with grandchildren. Regular stops will include Naples, FL, to visit their son Mike and his family and Kansas City, MO, to visit their daughter Amy and her family.
Carlson also plans to catch up on projects and have more time for hobbies like landscaping, gardening, and photography. He hopes to go on a missions trip with his wife while continuing to serve at their church. Athletic Director Rob Thompson said Carlson’s work has been “predominately behind the scenes.”
he’ll prepare a series of lectures on financial planning for ministries or young adults. Hershberger hung up his spreadsheet this summer after 38 years at the College, 35 as Registrar. Associate Registrar Steve Carlson has assumed Hershberger’s title. “He has always been very vocal with his appreciation for the work of those in the office,” Carlson said. There is plenty to appreciate Hershberger for, especially when one considers the impact of his work on Maranatha’s academic structure. He came to Watertown as a faculty member in the fall of 1974 and was told that he should become familiar with academic advisement. By the fall of 1977, Hershberger had been named Registrar while retaining a 12-hour teaching load that included Greek, Hebrews, and Pauline Epistles.
“Larry Carlson has been a loyal and faithful employee these past 40 years,” Thompson said. “His knowledge of the history, legacy, students, faculty, and staff has been a valuable resource to the Athletic Department. Though Larry is retiring from his work at Maranatha, he will always be a Crusader in heart and spirit.”
Dr. David Hershberger: 38
“Dr. Cedarholm called me into his office and asked, ‘How would you like another job?’ ” Hershberger recalled. “Then the phone rang, and he left the office for 15 minutes. I thought perhaps what he meant was that I should be looking for another job somewhere else.”
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The most pressing item on Dr. David Hershberger’s retirement agenda is what to do first. “I have a pretty broad range of hobbies,” Maranatha’s veteran Registrar admitted. Perhaps he’ll build custom furniture. Perhaps he’ll add to his collection of hundreds of history books. Perhaps he’ll write his own book on apologetics or theology. Perhaps he and wife Barbara will bike across Wisconsin. Perhaps
A more serious concern appeared on Hershberger’s horizon in the early 1990s. Maranatha had begun to mull regional accreditation, and Hershberger and Dr. John Brock were the primary sources of information on the issue. “There were hundreds of hours of work by our office and thousands of hours campus-wide that went into that process,” Hershberger said. The Higher Learning Commission approved Maranatha for regional accreditation in 1993. Not everyone in Baptist fundamentalism approved, however. “We took a lot of flack for it,” Hershberger said. “But it was the right thing to do and the right time to do it. People attacking Maranatha were making statements based on ignorance of the facts. They used the ‘slippery slope’ argument, but the truth was exactly the opposite. If you The Maranatha Advantage 9
step outside of your educational mission, you will be held accountable. That’s the true nature of accreditation.” Hershberger helped develop processes and documents that made life easier for students, faculty, and academic staff. One is the legendary Course Sequence and Faculty Planning spreadsheet, Maranatha’s academic roadmap.
We’ve seen so many students graduate, and the Education Department produces teachers that aren’t limited to just America. We have people teaching as missionaries, in home schools, and at schools in other countries. Our grads are literally all over the world.”
“I find spreadsheets to be liberating,” Hershberger said. “I’ve embraced them from the beginning.” When Hershberger becomes liberated from his office, you’ll often find him and his wife, Barbara, on their bicycles. David Hershberger estimated the couple will bike 1,500 to 2,000 miles each year. Hershberger says Maranatha students haven’t changed all that much since 1974; at least not in ways that really matter. “Some of the faculty members at lunch the other day started a conversation with, ‘Well, back when I was in school …,’ ” Hershberger said. “I just told them, ‘Hey, you’re forgetting what it was like.’ “They may do something silly that they’ll never do again. But, by the time they walk across the graduation platform, sometimes I wonder how we’ll ever replace them. Right now, many of them are still working on who they are. But God has a place for them, just like he had one for me.”
Barbara Hershberger: 33
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As Barbara Hershberger enters retirement, she reflects on the many books she has acquired. “I love all my courses—especially my literacy classes,” Hershberger said. “And how can you teach literacy without books?” Hershberger taught several literacy-related courses at Maranatha, but her favorite was Children’s Literature. “My favorite children’s book is Johnny Tremaine, because I think it’s an excellent balance of history and fiction,” Hershberger said. “I love history, biography.” Hershberger’s personal history began with her salvation while in high school. She originally planned to go into business, but working with Sunday school classes gave her an interest in teaching. Hershberger began studying at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College and graduated from Tennessee Temple University with a degree in Elementary Education. She then earned a master’s degree in Literacy from UW-Whitewater. “I know it sounds like a long time—it is a lifetime—but it’s gone so fast,” Hershberger said. “That’s life. That’s ministry. 10 Spring/Summer 2012
One such graduate is Kristen Lloyd (’11), an Elementary Education major with a Special Education minor. Lloyd, currently teaching sixth grade on the island of Guam, took many classes from the woman she considers one of her favorite and most inspiring teachers. “She pushed me to think,” Lloyd said. “I am incredibly thankful that I had the opportunity to take so many classes from her. She has truly changed my teaching and my life for the better.” Hershberger considers herself blessed to have taught students like Lloyd during more than three decades at Maranatha. “I’ve enjoyed this so much because of the people. Teachers have to love their subject, and I love literacy, but I wouldn’t enjoy it if the people in my classes were not the highquality, Christian-ministry-minded people we have at the College. I’d just like to say thank you to my students for the opportunity to be their teacher. They’ve made my life worthwhile.”
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itting someone with enough momentum to knock them into next week may not sound like a traditional method for spreading the gospel, but it has worked for Nate Spate and dozens of other Maranatha football players. Spate (’98) was among a group of student-athletes who went to France in 1995 to assist missionaries while also playing an exhibition game against a local club football team. He was so intrigued with this form of ministry that Spate returned to
France and spent two years helping coach a club team while working with a missionary. Another group of Crusaders took a similar trip to Ireland in 1998. A third football/ missions trip took place this May, when a group of Maranatha players visited Israel. “It helps that the people there can relate to Americans by relating to a common sport,” Spate said. “They want to learn so much about our sport, and you can make some quick bonds that way. But, I think these trips may do even more for the (Maranatha) football players. They get to see different ways that ministry can be applied, not just the static ways we approach things here in America. It’s the same playbook, so to speak, but a different application.”
Former head coach Terry Price has led all three trips. Price and 22 players boarded a plane May 5, the day after graduation, and flew to Israel. The team spent two weeks there touring the Holy Land, helping establish contacts for missionaries, conducting clinics, and winning an exhibition game against an all-star team from the Israel Football League (IFL).
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The earlier trips to France and Ireland followed similar formats. In Ireland, the team was able to sing hymns and discuss the Bible during its presentation of American football at school assemblies. In France, players were able to hand out Christian literature.
“I really believe these trips help our young men become better Christians and better local church members because of the interest they have in missions,” Price said. “They certainly have a better understanding of missions and what a great challenge it is to start a church in a foreign land while facing all of the language and cultural differences.”
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Maranatha’s players helped teach the American game to the IFL players as the league prepares to switch from 8-man to 11-man football. They assisted in church services and took part in Bible studies while visiting significant sites in Jerusalem as well as the Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee areas.
“The contacts we make through football help the missionaries expand the circle of people they know in their communities,” Price explained. “These trips are good for the missionaries— but they’re even better for our students.”
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t is the Maranatha way.
The young man you see playing trombone in the orchestra is also a starting linebacker for the football team, leads those who share his dormitory floor in devotions every week, and helps in his church’s rest home ministry. The young woman who becomes an audience favorite for her solid supporting role in the spring play is also the soccer team’s best defender, travels to Madison many Friday nights as part of a street witnessing team, and plays the piano for junior church on Sunday. The notion of balanced leadership training at Maranatha can be traced back to Dr. B. Myron Cedarholm and his wife, Thelma, who worked together to establish the College in 1968. It is a legacy that Dr. John Davis, recently named Dean of Students, said he intends to carry on. “In my mind, the campus experience is just as valuable as the classroom experience,” said Davis, who officially began his new duties following Commencement. “If there is peer pressure on our campus, it’s the expectation of involvement—positive peer pressure.” Training the next generation of Christian leaders is Maranatha’s mission. A challenging academic experience is one component of accomplishing that mission. So are campus and church leadership opportunities. So is involvement in music, drama, and athletics. So is community outreach. Maranatha places great emphasis on integrating classroom training with cocurricular activities and local church ministry. “The framework of being Baptist and the diversity of opportunities here is what really sets Maranatha apart,” Davis said.
Davis will continue his duties as Director of Alumni Services while overseeing the Student Life Office and the Office of Student Activities. Peter Huber was recently hired as OSA Director. “I look forward to working with Peter,” Davis said. “God has helped us assemble a great team here.” The Student Life and Student Activities offices promote leadership training through offering practical opportunities to exercise that leadership. Every student society has officers that must organize ministry activities, intramural sports teams, and society outings. Every class has officers that prepare class chapels and promote class activities. Every residence hall has a supervisor, every floor a resident advisor, and every room a designated room leader. Providing that many chances for students to learn practical leadership skills is an integral part of student life at Maranatha. “That design is intentional,” Davis said. “The leadership structure works. I can say that because 92 percent of our graduates are still very active in their local church ministries. They’re continuing to exercise the leadership they learned here.” Not everyone comes to campus expecting to become a leader, but leadership opportunities and balanced education are part of the College’s unique culture. That is one big reason why the Maranatha experience is often “more than you expect.” 13
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arl Conrad wanted to learn more about the Lord as well as music. “I needed more theology to prepare me for future ministry,” said Conrad, a 2011 Maranatha graduate who will enroll this fall in Maranatha Baptist Seminary’s new Master of Arts in Church Music degree program. “I am thankful that the Lord led me to work toward this degree,” Conrad said. “I am learning a lot right now that I will need for future music ministry in the local church.” The Higher Learning Commission has extended Maranatha Baptist Seminary’s accreditation to its newest
graduate degree program, and the first students will be admitted this fall. “We’re very excited for the opportunity to mentor fellow believers in an area of ministry that needs this type of program,” Music Department Associate Professor Dr. Michelle Clater said. The Seminary now offers six degree programs. The others are master’s degrees in Biblical Studies, Biblical Counseling, Cross Cultural Studies, English Bible, and the Master of Divinity degree. “We hope this will be a very helpful program, especially for people who are already in ministries and want to become more effective at those
ministries without having to leave them,” Music Department Chair Dr. David Ledgerwood said. The 34-credit hour Church Music program includes 27 hours that can be completed online. The other seven hours, primarily conducting courses, can be earned during a series of three one-week modules on campus. Students can complete the program in as little as two years. Ledgerwood, Clater, and Dr. David Brown will be the primary resident faculty members teaching in the program, although expert adjunct faculty will be added. Dr. Russ Shelley, Chair of the Department of Music at Juniata College (PA), will teach Children’s Ministries. Clater said the course content will emphasize the practical aspects of music ministry. “This degree will be academically challenging, but it will be as practical as we can make it,” Clater said. “Anybody involved in church ministry will be able to profit from the classes on conducting, from learning how to properly interpret pieces, and from learning more about the hymns we sing in conservative churches and the people who wrote them,” Ledgerwood said.
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Megan Bleiler Administrative Assistant Bible Dept./Seminary Jonathan Coleman Assistant Registrar
Tracy Foster Associate Professor Business Department Peter Huber Director Office of Student Activities Janine Kolinksi Administrative Assistant Alumni Services Cara McGrail Level 1 Technician Information Technology Keith Salscheider Instructor Sport Management Men’s Basketball Coach Peter Wright Director Communications
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Dr. John Davis has been named Dean of Students. He will also remain Director of Alumni Services. Davis came to Maranatha in 2001 after 29 years as a pastor. He was named Director of Development in 2009. Davis has accompanied more than 25 College traveling groups on tours around the country. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Steve Board has been named Director of Development. Board joined the Business Department faculty in January. He had previously served nine years on the College Board of Trustees while working as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Carter Brothers. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Maranatha Executive Vice President Dr. Matt Davis was a guest on a Customer Spotlight Webinar hosted by BrightWork, a provider of SharePoint applications for project management. Davis demonstrated how he built the site for tracking the many campus-wide projects that are part of Maranatha’s Academic Quality Improvement Program. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dr. Jeffrey Crum was named Director of Online and Distance Learning, effective January 3. He had served as Director of Communications since February of 2009. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Music Department faculty member Daniel Birnschein was the featured trumpet soloist for the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra’s “mini -tour” in November. Birnschein has been the
Orchestra’s principal trumpet since 2005. He also played trumpet in a double brass quintet that performed the national anthem prior to the Green Bay Packers’ 49-23 victory over the Denver Broncos at Lambeau Field. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Alumni Services Administrative Assistant Brynley Dean has enrolled in the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Johns Hopkins University. Dean was a double major in piano performance and humanities/ applied science at Maranatha. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dr. Richard Weeks has been added to the Baptist Hall of Fame. Maranatha’s first Academic Dean, who retired in 1988, compiled the BRAPSIS list of Baptist distinctives that is still memorized by College students today. The induction ceremony took place in October in Great Falls, MT. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Maranatha wrestling coach Ben Peterson was among the 1972 Olympic wrestling team members honored at a banquet prior to the opening of the 2012 Olympic Trials in Iowa City. Peterson won a gold medal at Munich at the freestyle light heavyweight division.
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The Maranatha Piano Prep School celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. The School was established during the 2001-02 academic year by former faculty member Dee Thelen. Janet Tschida became director in 2002. Enrollment has climbed to an average of 90 students each year.
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Detachment 925, the Air Force ROTC program that includes Maranatha’s cadets and those from other Wisconsin colleges, was honored with the Right of Line Award that recognizes the nation’s best small detachment.
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Educators from around south central Wisconsin traveled to Maranatha’s campus Oct. 17 when the College’s Teacher Education Department hosted the Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Summit. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Facilities Management workers completed an extensive remodeling of the building that now hosts six Applied Science Department faculty offices. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Maranatha finished the two-year process of completing the Campus Emergency Preparedness Plan that received a favorable review from the Higher Learning Commission. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Nursing Department was approved by the Wisconsin Board of Nursing following a November 17 visit to campus by four board members. This was followed by an accreditation survey visit by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education on March 12-14, 2012.
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Three of Maranatha’s most accomplished Music Department graduates returned to campus February 10 for the annual Artist Series concert. Conductor and violinist Daniel Brier (’07), hornist Teresa Herbert (’05), and vocalist and pianist Christin Kieckhafer (’08) combined their talents to perform works by Corigliano, Part, Brahms, and Strauss as well as folk songs and hymn arrangements. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Maranatha student-athletes were part of a group of peers from the Northern Athletics Conference that helped raise more than $2,400 for the Wisconsin Special Olympics by taking part in the Polar Plunge at Lake Monona on February 18. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Conductor Dr. Roselin Pabón was the guest conductor Feb. 21 when the Maranatha Symphony Orchestra presented a free concert at Calvary Baptist Church. He is the father of Music Department faculty member Betsy Pabon. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Boys Basketball Camp
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Fall Revival Meetings with Jerry Sivnksty
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Fall Semester classes begin
The Bible Department recently announced changes to its degree programs. A Biblical Languages major has been added, and adjustments have been made to the Biblical Studies and two-year Christian Ministries majors.
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Lifelong Learning, Memorable Achievements
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raduating from college is a terrific accomplishment, whether you complete your studies in three years or almost 30.
Maranatha’s 2012 Commencement ceremony May 4 included a wide spectrum of students among its 157 College and 20 Seminary graduates. The Class of 2012 was the third-largest in College history. The conferral of degrees was immediately followed by the awarding of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree to Baccalaureate speaker (and new Dean of Students) John Davis. Rachel Downs graduated Summa Cum Laude in accounting and was named winner of the Business Student Achievement Award. Rachel’s focus, however, was on her mother, Virginia. She completed a Humanities/ Liberal Arts degree 29 years and six children after beginning college in 1983. “I am so proud of her,” Rachel Downs said. “She’s amazing. I know I wouldn’t have been able to do it.” Virginia Downs said she decided to finish off her degree during the summer of 2010. She is married to Science professor Bud Downs and works an overnight shift as a dispatcher for the Watertown Police Department. 18 Spring/Summer 2012
“The kids were all a big help to me; they recognize that I have to sleep sometime,” Virginia Downs said. “It was hard, but being able to graduate with Rachel made it even more special.”
“I dedicated a lot of hours to my favorite spot in the (northwest) corner of the lower floor of the library,” Folk said. “I also had really good roommates who didn’t distract me while I was studying.”
Jason Chapman, who works in Facilities Management at Maranatha, finished the degree he began 20 years ago. “I was always disappointed in being ‘almost there,’ ” Chapman said. “It was like a book with an unfinished chapter. Now I can finally put ‘The End’ on that chapter.”
Ethan Rosen and Folk were named winners of the Founders’ Awards, while David Anderson won the President’s Award.
Olivia Mueller barely had time to write the lead paragraph before her chapter was completed. She sped through an Applied Science/Pre-Medical degree in three years while compiling a 3.9972 grade-point average, second-highest in the senior class. “I had taken AP (Advanced Placement) classes in high school, so that put me about 20 credits ahead when I got here,” Mueller explained. “I was able to work 20-30 hours per week and still have some fun; I didn’t totally abandon my social life.” Leasha Folk (3.9984) was valedictorian, earning a double major in music education and English education while accumulating 204.5 credits over five years.
The Commencement service included a gift from the senior class to establish the International Student Scholarship and an offering to benefit the Service and Security Campaign. Department award winners included Rachel Downs, Leah Nagel (Nursing/Florence Nightingale Best Bedside Nurse Award), Casey Byers (Seminary/Outstanding Theology Student), Emily Timblin (Outstanding Humanities Student), Joanna Ledgerwood (Outstanding Future Teacher), Emily Mackey (Outstanding Science Student), Austin Hoffman (Outstanding Student in Biblical Languages), Lynnae Lawson (Outstanding Speech Student), and Justin Landers (Outstanding Musician Award).
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Sports Wrapup
Men’s Basketball The Crusaders fell to eventual national champion Grace Bible College (MI) in the NCCAA Midwest Regional semifinals. Junior forward Joel Borchardt was second in the Northern Athletics Conference in rebounding (8.8 per game) and was named secondteam All-America by the NCCAA. Junior point guard Matt McGivern improved his career assists total to 304, a school record. Maranatha named Keith Salscheider as its new head coach April 30.
Women’s Basketball Maranatha earned its sixth consecutive berth in the NCCAA national tournament and 14th in 19 years under head coach Clayton Morrison. The Crusaders (18-12) fell to six-time champion Kentucky Christian in the championship game. Sophomore center Laci Peterson was named second-team all-conference after averaging
12.2 points and 4.1 blocked shots per game. Junior Torey DeLozier scored 12.1 per game and led the conference by shooting 55 percent from the field.
Wrestling Sophomore Josiah Brendemuehl led the Crusaders in victories. Brendemuehl and Ricky Warren both won twice at the Northern Wrestling Conference tournament. Freshman Jordan Dersch won twice at the North Central (IL) Invitational.
Baseball Maranatha played its way into the NCCAA Midwest Regional finals before being eliminated. Senior second baseman Jason Garrison recorded his 100th career hit, ranked among the conference leaders in stolen bases, and joined pitchers Joel Borchardt and Tim Shelp on the all-region team. Garrison ended his career as
Maranatha’s all-time leader in hits, stolen bases, games played and started, runs, and assists.
Softball Maranatha won four times at the season-opening North Central (MN) Tournament and later knocked off North Central as well as conference foes Edgewood and Wisconsin Lutheran. Junior Autumn Peotter and sophomore Sadie Joutras hit .376 and .375 respectively. Peotter led the team in home runs (3) and RBIs (20) and stole 37 bases in 40 attempts. Sophomore Rachel Ryan led the Crusaders in doubles, pitching victories, and fielding percentage.
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Steve can assist you with: • Tax-deductible non-cash donations • Matching gifts • Charitable gift annuities • Estate donations and wills • Memorial scholarships • Builders Club, Crusader Club, and Fine Arts Club
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ost students who take part in Maranatha’s Global Encounters missions trip program return with unique stories to tell. Timothy McKinney’s was just a little more unique than others. “I helped deliver a baby,” said McKinney, a senior Nursing major and part of a seven-person medical missions team that traveled to central Africa in March to help at a hospital in Chad. Perhaps no one from Maranatha’s seven summer Global Encounters teams will top McKinney’s story, but all will serve faithfully while expanding their vision of global ministry. “We had more applications this year than open positions,” Bible Department Chair and Global Encounters Coordinator Brian Trainer said. “That is significant when you consider the number of students, faculty, and staff going out this summer (131) is close to being the most we’ve ever had.” Maranatha also sent 18 students to New York City during spring break. Those students assisted with church services and food distribution to the needy through Bread of Life Ministries.
A team of Maranatha football players traveled to Israel immediately after graduation for two weeks that included a game against an all-star team from the Israel Football League (see story, page 11). Another group left the same day for a 42-day cultural immersion trip to Central Asia that will expose them to the realities of ministry in restricted-access countries. Team Albania spent 10 days in late May working with Operation Renewed Hope at a medical clinic for gypsies in Tirana and assisting the ministry of missionary Mike Fiocchi. This was the first Global Encounters trip to Albania. The third Global Encounters trip to Ukraine included three weeks of children’s and teens’ day camp ministries with Baptist International Evangelical Missions. Student Amber Campbell has been part of all three Ukraine trips. “The Christian circle in Ukraine is so welcoming and a joy to be a part of,” Campbell said. “The pastors, church members, and children have a heart for God that can be seen without a translator.”
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A Maranatha team is scheduled to spend a month teaching English and encouraging restricted-access believers in the Far East from July 8 to Aug. 8. The fifth missions trip to Argentina ( July 16-Aug. 8) will see Music Department Professor Emeritus Dr. Monty Budahl conduct 17 performances in a 14-day span. The students will also work at a youth camp winter retreat (remember, it’s winter in Argentina).
said. “The Lord proved himself faithful again. That’s one of the terrific lessons our students learn from their Global Encounters experiences.” “We serve a God who has no limits, and three weeks of a summer can mean one more soul in Heaven,” Campbell said. “Global Encounters is worth the investment.”
The final group to arrive at its destination will be Team Ireland ( July 19-Aug. 9), which will lead revival meetings and Vacation Bible School for missionaries in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. “Our group of 18-to-22 year-olds raised more than $300,000 to go spread the gospel this summer,” Trainer
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Lee Jason Krueger Memorial Scholarship
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ee Krueger’s legacy of a strong faith will now be a blessing to those who spend every day encouraging young people to make that kind of faith their own. “One of Lee’s doctors said, ‘I’ve never met a young man with such strong faith who depended on the Lord like he did,’ ” said Loren Krueger, Lee’s father. Tricia Krueger said health workers who cared for her husband before he died in 1999 still talk about him. “His faith, his peace, amazed them,” Tricia Krueger said. Others will remember Lee Krueger for many years to come, thanks to his parents having established the Lee Jason Krueger Memorial Scholarship at Maranatha. The scholarship will go to a Teacher Education major entering their junior or senior year. Loren and Lila Krueger wanted to create a fitting memorial to their son, who told them he believed the Lord was leading him to work as a business manager at a Bible college. The Onalaska, WI, native attended Pillsbury Baptist Bible College for two years, then enrolled at UW-LaCrosse to finish pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Economics.
During his first semester there, he developed soreness in his lower leg that was later diagnosed as osteogenic sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. He spent 4 ½ years bravely fighting the disease and its negative effects. Two years into that battle, he married Tricia Buhrow, one of his best friends from high school. She had earned an associate’s degree in Secretarial Science at Maranatha, graduating in 1996. “I think this scholarship is a great thing,” Tricia said. “Lee was very supportive of Bible colleges.”
They didn’t have to be around him long before he would start sharing his faith with them.” Would you like to honor the memory of someone like Lee Krueger, who drew an amazing degree of strength from his faith and readily shared that faith with others? Consider establishing a memorial scholarship at Maranatha. Call the Development Office at 920-206-2325, email development@mbbc.edu, or go online to www.mbbc.edu/giving.
Loren Krueger, a retired Trane air conditioning products designer, said the youngest of his four children was a talented pianist and an excellent student. Two of his sisters earned education degrees at Pillsbury, helping give Lee a concern for education and educators. “Lee was a quiet, studious guy who would blend in with the crowd so well you wouldn’t know he was there,” Loren said. “He wasn’t afraid to talk about the Lord, though. “Every one of those nurses who helped care for him had been witnessed to. The Maranatha Advantage 25
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e have great news for future educators: Maranatha’s new Teacher Education Scholarship! Students could receive as much as $7,000 per year when the Teacher Education Scholarship and potential Pell Grant are combined.
The basic qualifications include: • Student completes Maranatha application and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) • Student is a new student at Maranatha • Student is enrolled in the Teacher Education Department • Student is enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of residential classes • Student lives in a Maranatha residence hall The award amount is determined by:
The Teacher Education Scholarship is similar in many ways to our Bible and Church Ministries Scholarship, which can provide up to $20,000 over four years for students preparing for full-time vocational ministry. Our Teacher Education program is second to none among Christian colleges. We have been training Christian educators for more than 40 years and have been eligible to certify our graduates for Wisconsin state teaching licenses since 1995. You can find our alumni in Christian schools, public schools, homeschools, colleges and universities, preschools, special needs classrooms, schools for at-risk youth, and more. Education continues to be our most popular academic department—28 percent of Maranatha students had declared teacher education majors in the fall of 2011. The scholarship criteria include ACT/SAT scores, GPA for transfer students, and the result of a self-evaluation submitted by the applicant. Additional weight will be given to applications from minority students. 26 Spring/Summer 2012
• Expected Family Contribution, according to FAFSA application • Self-evaluation describing why the student has chosen a teacher education major and their plans for a future educational career and ministry • ACT/SAT scores or college GPA • Combination of potential Pell Grant and Teacher Education Scholarship For more information about the Teacher Education Scholarship, go to www.mbbc.edu/scholarships or call 1-800-MBBC-WIS.
Passing on a World of Basketball Knowledge New Maranatha Coach Keith Salscheider
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ometimes, God has to hit people upside the head to get their attention. Keith Salscheider counts himself among them. “My pro career ended when I got two concussions about 4 ½ months apart from getting hit in the head by elbows,” Maranatha’s new men’s basketball coach said. “That was a pretty clear indication God was leading me out of it.” Salscheider, 32, retired as a player in the summer of 2009. Coaching seemed the most logical way for him to pass on the practical and spiritual lessons learned while playing minor league professional basketball across the U.S. and around the world. “I wanted to put all those experiences to good use somehow,” Salscheider said. “Coaching was an obvious way to do that.” Coaching is in Salscheider’s blood. His father, Karl, is the winningest coach (147 victories) in Bemidji State University's men’s basketball history. Karl Salscheider remains a health professor at that college.
“The BSU gymnasium was right next to our house,” Keith Salscheider recalled. “I went to practice every day. Those players were my heroes.” The Salscheider family also spent plenty of non-gym time at Faith Baptist Church in Bemidji, where Keith accepted Christ at age 6. His younger brothers played for Maranatha and his younger sister is employed as a graphic artist by the College. “Give my parents a lot of credit; they modeled the behavior they talked about,” Salscheider said. “Because of that, when I left home, my faith was my own. It was never something my parents forced us into. We just saw them live it every day.”
Salscheider’s first stop as a head coach will be an interesting challenge. The Crusaders were 5-22 last winter, but were competitive with the top teams in the conference and will return their entire roster next season. “I think Maranatha is looking for a unique student-athlete, which makes the recruiting pool a little bit smaller, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do well,” Salscheider said. “I’m no magician, but there are little things that sometimes go unnoticed, things I’ve gathered over the years. These players will be doing a lot of things they're not used to. It’s going to be different, but it’s going to be exciting.”
Salscheider earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management and is pursuing a master’s degree in Athletic Administration. His professional basketball career began with two years in Australia, where he averaged 28.5 and 23 points per game. He also played professionally in Denmark and New Zealand, the Continental Basketball Association, and the NBA Developmental League.
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Africa. They will be planting churches and starting a Bible college to help train national pastors from Liberia, Ghana, and Togo. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’85 Laurie Glass maintains an online ministry to those struggling with eating disorders. She provides mentoring services and has written a book entitled Journey to Freedom from Eating Disorders. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’86 Dave Anderson and wife Abi (Potter, ’95) minister together at Heritage Baptist Church of Roscoe, IL, where Dave is senior pastor. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’87 Leward Fluty was cast in two productions by All Ears Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, recording “old time radio” style programs for later broadcast on local public radio. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’91 Tim Berlin has been named senior pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Warren, MI. Berlin and wife Michelle spent the previous eight years at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Logansport, IN. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
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Yokers, Fjori and Aaron (’07): a son, O’Ryan Paul, on October 15, 2011
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’93 Jim Leslie, a U.S. Army Chaplain, returned safely in January from his most recent deployment to Afghanistan. He is currently stationed in Fort Knox, KY. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
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’98 Shorty Shank and wife Jennifer (Mortimer, ’99) have gone into full-time evangelism. Shorty previously spent 11 years on the pastoral staff of Keystone Baptist Church in Berryville, VA. Read more about their new ministry at www.shankfamilyministries.com. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
’00 Matt Harmless was named Teacher of the Year at Mary Miller Junior High School and for the entire GeorgetownRidge Farm (IL) School District. Harmless is pastor of Edgewood Baptist Church in Danville, IL. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’04 Matt Whitten is a Division Operations Manager for ABM Parking Services in Chicago, IL. He oversees the operation of 20 parking facilities. Three of Whitten’s co-workers are Maranatha graduates. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’05 Benjamin Terpstra and wife Stephanie (Morris, ’05) have been serving at Faith Baptist Church of LaCrosse, WI, since 2005. Benjamin is the assistant/youth pastor. The couple has three sons. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’05 Rose Fisher teaches at a private school in China. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’08 Jennifer Griffin has earned two master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University, one each in Vocal Performance and Musicology/Music History. She is currently working as an adjunct music professor at Northern Illinois. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’08 Robert Shaffer has been selected to be the owner/ operator of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Ventura, CA. Robert and wife Mandy (Barrie, ’09) were previously employed in Chick-fil-A’s interim operator program, filling in at franchises without an operator. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
’08 Jessica (Aucoin) Asire and husband Matthew reside in Valdez, AK, and attend Valdez Bible Baptist Church. Matthew is a member of the United States Coast Guard, and Jessica works in office administration at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company/ Doyon Universal Services. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’08 Jonathan Potter and wife Joanna (Ray, ’09) are at Hampton Street Baptist Church in Auburn, MA, where Jonathan is assistant pastor.
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’09 Alex Board recently completed an internship as Director of Coaching for the Soccer Without Borders youth program in Granada, Nicaragua. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’10 Brittany (Leporacci) Moore teaches high school English at Grace Baptist Academy in Attleboro, MA. Her husband, David, works as a lab technician. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
’10 Greg Taylor completed his master’s degree and is now enrolled in medical school at Midwestern University’s Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in Glendale, AZ. Taylor expects to graduate in 2015. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
’11 Matt Allen completed Army Ranger training January 12 at Fort Benning, GA.
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’73 David Baldwin, a member of Maranatha’s Board of Trustees, died December 28 in Laingsburg, MI, of an apparent heart attack. He was 63. Baldwin was one of Maranatha’s best athletes during the College’s early years and spent much of his adult life as a coach and Christian school teacher and administrator. He purchased Trust Thermal and became its president in 2000. Baldwin is survived by his wife, son, three daughters, and eight grandchildren. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
’78 Vicki Darden died October 6 at age 56. She was a member of Brookside Baptist Church in Brookfield, WI. Darden is survived by a brother, three sisters, six nieces, five nephews, six great-nieces, and seven great-nephews. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’90 Kathy (Greenwaldt) Storkson died October 19 at age 49. She had married Britt Storkson just eight weeks earlier. Her funeral took place in Madison, WI. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’96 Tim Weber died December 29 in an auto accident near Watertown. He was 43. Weber worked for Maranatha before his most recent job with the Cintas sales and service department. He is survived by his wife, Jeannette, and two children. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ’96 Glen Teasdale died March 2 at age 86. He was pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Waukesha from 1964-2011 and established Waukesha Christian Academy in 1976. Maranatha awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1997. He is survived by his wife, five children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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An Explosive Testimony
Alumni Spotlight on Dr. Jesse Sherburn
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r. Jesse Sherburn is grateful for a job with positive impact—no pun intended.
Sherburn (’04), a Research Mechanical Engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, MS, returned to Maranatha’s campus to speak to the student body during Winterfest week. He took a short respite from duties that include helping the Army develop structures that can more effectively withstand enemy attack. “We are doing things that protect people’s lives,” Sherburn said. “That is something that has some innate satisfaction.” Sherburn’s primary responsibility is to model explosions and their effects on defensive structures. His research, for example, can help evaluate a mobile cover that would protect a medical facility from an incoming rocket-propelled grenade. The structure would absorb the blast, protecting the doctors, nurses, and patients. “Every boy is curious about how things blow up, and I was always fascinated with weapons,” Sherburn said. “My mom has told me, and can document, that I wrote about wanting
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to do research when I was in second grade. A couple of science faculty members in college told me that they thought my brain was wired for research.”
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In his time away from work, Sherburn is a passionate follower of creation science research. In 2008, he presented a paper that supports the physics behind rapid post-Flood glacier movement. He plans to present a paper in 2013 that describes how the earth’s lithosphere (crust and uppermost mantle) could have broken up and reformed in the time frame described in the Bible. “I would like to go to churches and demonstrate how to present scientific evidence that confirms what we believe,” Sherburn said. “When I was 18, I realized I could trust God’s Word entirely. I know there have to be other young people out there like me who need to hear this.” Attending a conference on creationism helped Sherburn meet a Mississippi State University professor who helped him secure a research assistant job there. That job effectively paid for Sherburn to earn both his master’s degree and doctorate in a dual-credit program. It was during a graduate class that Sherburn met a Corps of Engineers employee who helped him find his present job. “Federal employees have the advantage of stability,” Sherburn said. “If the government goes under, well, we’ll have much bigger problems to deal with than just finding another job.” Barring a governmental collapse, then, Sherburn plans to go on saving lives for a living. “I am grateful for the job I have, but my faith is still the biggest part of my life,” Sherburn said.
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