Download the PDF version here Maranatha Director of Development Steve Board said that, as fundraising efforts go, the Safety and Security Campaign was not a hard sell at all. “I think everybody understands that, in the environment we live in today, students need security,” Board said. “Especially where they live and sleep.” One of the [Continue Reading...]
Download the PDF version here An old cassette tape recorder symbolizes Dr. David Brown’s most enduring memory of his father. “Dad would sit on the front row at every concert of mine with his cassette recorder, taping ever y note,” Brown said. “He wasn’t a great musician, but he was a huge fan of music.” [Continue Reading...]
Mom and dad look at the computer screen and simultaneously exhale a low, long whistle. The last time they had considered the cost of college was 1991, when they were about to graduate. Now their oldest child is about to begin his senior year in high school and, it’s fair to say, the cost of [Continue Reading...]
Lee 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 [Continue Reading...]
The atmosphere in Melford Hall seemed dramatically different from June 9-16. It may have been the sound of tool belts jangling. Perhaps it was the smell of aftershave or the echoes of animated discussions about NASCAR and golf. The women’s dormitory was certainly a different place—and, thanks to a crew of nine volunteers from Independent [Continue Reading...]
See photos from the 2012 Maranatha Golf Classic here Doug Jackson and his golf partners just keep finding ways to top themselves. Jackson, pastor of Community Baptist Church in Saginaw, MI, and chairman of Maranatha’s Board of Trustees, teamed with Dave Clark, Adam Ray, and Kyle Snell (above) to win Friday’s 13th Annual Maranatha Golf [Continue Reading...]
Update: The NAC athletes raised more than $2,400 for Special Olympics. Read more. Some Maranatha students will be “Freezin’ for a Reason” Feb. 18. The Student Athlete Advisory Committees of all 13 Northern Athletics Conference member schools, including Maranatha, are organizing teams to participate in the Polar Plunge. This is an annual event in which [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha was recently approved to continue to display the Best of America Seal of Excellence, a symbol of charities meeting strict accountability and program cost standards. The College’s financial practices were studied by Christian Charities USA, an independent agency that annually reviews its member charities. Christian Charities USA recommended Maranatha for the Seal of Excellence, [Continue Reading...]
Steve Burton, a man who makes his living through investing, views Maranatha as a great investment. “I see the kind of people they’re turning out, and I haven’t met anybody yet who is not top-notch,” Burton said. “I see what an example these people have been to my son. These are the kind of people [Continue Reading...]
When 9-year-old Anna Tilghman needed a subject for her elementary school science report, she chose the potato. “Considering who her grandfather was, it didn’t surprise me a bit,” said Betty Hanneman, Anna’s grandmother. Betty Hanneman established the Robert Hanneman Memorial Scholarship in 2003 in memory of her husband, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and U.S. [Continue Reading...]