Professor of English fsquires@corban.edu B.A. Linguistics and Bible, Northwest Christian College (Now Bushnell University) M.A. English, East Tennessee State University Ph.D. Literature, The Catholic University of America Dr. Squires has been teaching writing and literature classes for 30 years at a variety of institutions, community college, regional university, public liberal arts, private liberal arts, and […]

Gain Credit for Your Prior Learning Corban University recognizes that learning takes place in various settings. You may have earned credits from traditional higher education institutions that you can transfer to Corban to apply toward your degree (see Corban’s Transfer Equivalency System). But you may also qualify for credit for college-level learning that occurred outside […]

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 […]

“The state of mental health in Oregon is really bad, and here in Salem, it’s even worse,” says Dr. Lori Schelske, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Corban University. Throughout the city, counseling practices are full, with lengthy waiting lists Many clinicians have stopped accepting health insurance and low fees are nearly impossible to find,” Schelske says.   In the middle of this desperate climate sits Salem Free […]

“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 […]

“Things are replaceable. Lives are not.” ─ Léon Simon, Remember My Name  Snippets of wisdom like this one, gleaned from the tragedy of our world’s historic past, ring out as poignantly as the opening gunshot of Joana Halpert Krauss’ award-winning play.   Remember My Name follows the story of a young Jewish girl, renamed Madeleine Petit by her father, and her struggle to survive in war-torn France during WWII. From the chaos of […]

“Uganda used to be essentially one big forest,” says Corban alum and CEO of Kijani Forestry, Quinn Neely (‘08). Coined the “Pearl of Africa” for its verdant beauty, one hundred years ago, Uganda was comprised of around 85% forest. Today, that figure sits at just 7%.   This was the climate that Neely and his wife, Brittany, stepped […]

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