In his teenage years, Dr. Matt Lucas dreamed of being a devotional writer. He practiced often, trying to emulate the style of the “Our Daily Bread” devotions he read. “Sadly, they weren’t very good,” he laughs. Despite the quality of those early attempts, Lucas, a Corban alum and former Provost and Executive Vice President of […]
Ruthie LaFreniere walks slowly through the front lobby of Schimmel Hall, guided by her sister Mary. Mary points to a picture hanging above the Welcome Desk. “I donated that to the school over 20 years ago,” she says. Progressing down the hallway, the two sisters take time to reminisce about the faces on the wall as they pass, a picture […]
“I was baffled. I did not expect it,” says Corban alum, Emanuel Montanez. A recent graduate of Corban’s online Master of Business Intelligence and Analytics (MBIA), Montanez was recently selected for major pharmaceutical company Genentech’s highly competitive Operations Rotation Development Program (ORDP). Montanez, who also received his undergraduate degree from Corban in biomedical sciences in 2020, was one of […]
*Due to the nature of the work this featured alum is doing in sensitive global areas, we have removed her last name from this article. Bethany (’16) has always been a go-getter. As a child, when other kids were advocating for extended bedtimes and the elimination of broccoli, she was entering essay competitions, advocating for […]
“Undoubtedly, teaching in the twenty-first century is challenging,” says Corban alum David Holcomb (‘12). “However, teaching is also incredibly rewarding because of the visible and invisible impact we have on the lives of our students.” For so many Corban educators like Holcomb, a social studies teacher at McNary High School in Keizer, their classrooms have […]
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.
October 1, 2020
Marvin Leadham (class of ’57) couldn’t sleep. Recently two of the missionaries he supported were set to retire from the field, leaving him with what he considered to be a new hole in his giving
Back in March, when Oregonians were mandated to stay-at-home, most were left to wrestle with how they would carry on with life while confined to their homes.
When Jenni Burke’s coworker, Tawney Johnson, first mentioned one of their client’s new initiatives to set up handwashing sinks for the homeless in impoverished downtown areas
Most people envision using their intercultural studies degree in an overseas context—perhaps serving with a missions agency, a relief organization, or even a foreign embassy. But Dani Thoren (’18) has found a way to use her Corban degree without even leaving the city of Salem.
Corban University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and completed a Year-Seven Comprehensive (Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE)) in 2022 for continued accreditation. The comprehensive self-study was followed by an onsite evaluation in October 2022. In February 2023, Corban received reaffirmation of its accreditation for 7 years. Corban University’s last Mid-Cycle Evaluation was fall 2018, and its Policies, Regulations and Financial Review (PRFR) was completed in fall 2021. As of our most recent evaluation, Corban University is compliant with the Standards, Policies, and Eligibility Requirements of the NWCCU.
