University News

Concordia University, Nebraska 2017 Graduate

Diana Annette Mendoza from Santa Clarita, Bachelor of Arts

Grantham University, Kansas 2017 Graduates

Robert Bursee, Canyon Country, AUABC BS Business Administration Rebecca Soto, Canyon Country, AA Multidisciplinary Studies and BS Business Administration Sarah Allen, Castaic, AA Business Management and BS Business Management Donald Mitchell, Santa Clarita, BS Computer Science Donna Paulson, Valencia, AS Business Administration and BS Business Administration

University of NebraskaLincoln 2017 Graduates

Lindsey Michelle Espinosa, Canyon Country, College of Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Arts.

Caroline Elizabeth Amsler, Stevenson Ranch, College of Business, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Goshen College, Indiana fall Semester Dean’s List

Krista Sutliff of Santa Clarita, a senior program major was recognized for academic excellence on the fall semester Dean’s List.

Whitman College, Washington

Megan T Waldau of Valencia attended training sessions and then, along with a classmate, led a 45-minute lesson on civil rights history. The lesson was age-appropriate and based on curricula developed by the Teaching Tolerance project, history teachers and organizations that specialize in teaching history. The program includes lessons on immigration, the Greensboro sit-ins, Jackie Robinson, feminism in the civil rights movement, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Concordia University, Nebraska

Benjamin Gordon of Saugus, and the Male Chorus and Women’s Chorale from Concordia University, Nebraska, performed in a joint concert on April 23, 2017 at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska. The Male Chorus, conducted by Dr. Kurt von Kampen, and the Women’s Chorale, conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Blersch, are choirs open to all Concordia students and perform repertoire chosen from the full spectrum of choral music from early historical periods to the present.

Kansas Wesleyan University

Elizabeth Nims, Santa Clarita, had work featured in Kansas Wesleyan University’s Annual Student Juried Art and Senior Exhibition on display April 5-May 3 in The Gallery. The student show is an annual event celebrating the culmination of the students’ hard work throughout the academic year. Students were recognized at a reception on April 7 where Elizabeth Nims and Alleigh Weems were selected as People’s Choice winners. Elizabeth Nims, a native of California, is an Art Therapy major. Through the use of sculpture, she expressed her thoughts on the emotions and struggles that affect college students. Asiria Ramirez, from southern California, is a Graphic Design major. She is passionate about using her art to address injustices and to represent those who have no voice.