Maranatha’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs made history on May 3rd, 2013 when they commissioned seven Cadets in what was the first joint commissioning ceremony that Maranatha has conducted since the inception of the ROTC programs in 2006. The commissioning ceremony was the culminating event of four years of military and aerospace studies resulting [Continue Reading...]
Local church ministry is a vital component of a Maranatha education, and many area pastors are grateful for that fact. “We love having the students here at Calvary!” said Dr. Bob Loggans, senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Watertown. “They are a huge blessing, and we count it an honor to have them as [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha originally sought accreditation in 1993 because of its potential benefits for students. Twenty years later, current students— and their parents—continue to enjoy those benefits. “If an institution asks people to trust it with their money and their children, it needs to be able to tell them where it stacks up,” Executive Vice President Dr. [Continue Reading...]
Some might find the idea of attending a Bible college to become a doctor, lawyer, detective, or scientist to be an odd notion. They might also be skeptical of studying there to land a job in marketing, photography and video, international business, sports and recreation, or the military. Maranatha graduates are doing all those things. [Continue Reading...]
U.S. Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, who represents Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District, visited the Maranatha campus March 8. Sensenbrenner was accompanied by several members of the college administration as well as student body president Craig Lawson and College Conservatives, Maranatha Chapter president Adam Burton. Sensenbrenner was able to speak briefly with several students as well as [Continue Reading...]
Sergeant First Class Charles Benintende is Maranatha’s newest ROTC cadre member and a 17-year Army active duty service veteran. He will be working with the ROTC cadets on campus for the next three years. Q: What will you do here at Maranatha? A: I will be teaching Military Science at all levels, from freshman to [Continue Reading...]
Hallie Sheley describes the 2012-13 women’s basketball season as “a year of pictures.” Sheley and Maranatha teammates and fellow four-year starters Torey DeLozier, Kristin Morrison, and Autumn Peotter have tried to ensure that the memories of their final season will be preserved in digital images. This “Fab Four” has contributed 4,851 points, 2,388 rebounds, 1,030 [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha ROTC cadet Robert Truax is a sophomore from Lexington, SC. He recently wrote about his experiences in attempting to overcome physical obstacles to earn an Army ROTC scholarship. My path to earning a three-year scholarship and contracting in Army ROTC at Maranatha has not been an easy one. It started four months before I [Continue Reading...]
Christian Groom was one of four Maranatha cadets who competed to earn the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency. Groom retells the story from his perspective below. One of the unique opportunities offered in ROTC is the chance to compete for the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency. The badge is awarded by [Continue Reading...]
Download the PDF version here When Ginny Martin was a freshman at Maranatha, she decided to run for student society president. “I thought it’d be a fun thing to do,” Martin said. “When I was (elected), I saw that there was more to it than the fun society meetings. There’s more planning involved in it.” [Continue Reading...]