When looming teacher strikes threatened the stability of her community, Corban alumna Jill Nelson (Steiner ’04) was ready to step into the gap.   Nelson, the children’s pastor at The Grove Church in Albany, Oregon, had spent the past few years becoming slowly and more deeply connected with her community, her service now intertwining with nearly […]

“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.”  […]

Thanks to a generous donation by Corban alumni Mark Newman and Andy Tyssen, Corban University’s science department is now in possession of a unique scientific instrument called a Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometer.   Newman is the president and founder of Precision Analytical, Inc., a research laboratory located in nearby McMinnville, Oregon, that specializes in advanced […]

“I’ve always been a builder, simple as that,” says Terry Williams, his workman’s hands folded together in front of him. Throughout his nearly 50-year career coaching basketball at virtually every age-group and level imaginable, Williams has built up program after program—practice by practice and shot by shot. In doing so, he has built more than […]

“Nurses meet people at very emotionally and physically vulnerable points in their lives,” says Sheryl Rasmussen [Ruhlman] (’86). “I never would have imagined the close and quick connection that often comes with this profession. We have the privilege of caring for everyone, without judgment—in their best times and their worst times—in their living and their […]

Corban University’s Christian Ministry Award recipient for 2024, Chad Harms (‘05), always knew he wanted to be a pastor, but he had no idea how to get there. “It was baseball at first,” Harms says of why he chose to attend Corban (then Western Baptist College). “But looking back on my life, considering that calling, […]

Sven (Charles) Lukner, a native of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, is etching his name in Corban University’s history as the first graduate from the agriculture science program, earning his degree this December. Sven’s remarkable journey is a testament to his unwavering dedication, resilience, and profound passion for agriculture and athletics.  A 2019 graduate of Sedro-Woolley High School, […]

“Ray of Hope Portraits is an intersection of several answered prayers,” says Amy Winsor (’09). “I started this in honor of my friend Sara Swenson. She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2009, and her life before cancer, her journey with cancer, and her death made a huge impact on my life. For the last twelve […]

“Never stop being a student.” These are the first words of advice from the Teacher of the Year for the state of Oregon. Dr. Mandy Vance (’08), a Corban alum and teacher in the Oregon Trail School District, was recently honored by the Oregon Department of Education as Teacher of the Year for the 2023/24 […]

Corban University is proud to announce that this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award is Jenni (Marken) Burke (’04).   Jenni is the owner and CEO of Illuminate Literary Agency, a premier literary agency with a reputation for elevating the publishing careers of emerging leaders and national bestselling authors in diverse fields, from Christian living […]