GOSHEN— Goshen College has announced it has withdrawn from the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. The move comes after the college’s recent decision to allow the hiring of married gay and lesbian faculty and staff as part of their LGBT non-discrimination policy and hiring practices. The Council of Christian Colleges and several CCCU institutions …read more.

WASHINGTON D.C – Universities and colleges in Indiana have received high marks according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s top schools. Rating schools on up to 16 factors of academic excellence, the publication’s best colleges list the nation’s top schools in four categories, based on the types of degrees offered. …read more.

By DAN MCGOWAN Writer/Reporter Inside Indiana Business INDIANA — Three colleges in Indiana are among the top 50 on an annual national list for “contribution to the public good.” Washington Monthly‘s 2015 National Universities Rankings consider factors including social mobility, research and public service. Grace College, Winona Lake, ranked high on a list of “Best Bang …read more.

By DAVID GROUT Media Relations, Grace College and Seminary Grace College and Seminary’s commencement ceremony celebrated the graduation of 466 students at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9 at 9 a.m. Held at the Ronald and Barbara Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, the ceremony included an invocation by Rev. Jeffrey A. Patton, lead pastor at the Grace Brethren …read more.

By STEPHANIE WILSON Indiana Commission for Higher Education The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced all campuses of the state’s public colleges and universities have signed on to participate in a voluntary agreement that makes it easier for students in Indiana and nationwide to take online courses offered by colleges based outside their home states. …read more.

By AMANDA PETRUCELLI Ancilla College Ancilla College Nursing Department will hold its tenth annual Professional Pinning Ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31. The ceremony will be held in the Catherine Kasper Life Center Chapel. The guest speaker for the ceremony will be Berniece Umbaugh, RN, a resident of Catherine Kasper Life Center and registered …read more.

By CARRIE SHOEMAKER Marketing Assistant, Office of Marketing and Communications, Ivy Tech Ivy Tech Community College’s North Central region, including South Bend, Goshen and Warsaw, will hold it’s spring commencement ceremony at the Joyce Center’s Purcell Pavilion at the University of Notre Dame at 6 p.m. Friday, May 8. An honorary degree will be presented …read more.

By DAVID GROUT Media Relations, Grace College and Seminary Dr. Paulette Sauders is about to complete her 50th year as an English and journalism professor at Grace College. Only three others have reach this esteemed milestone at Grace, including Dr. Homer Kent Jr., Ron Henry and R. Wayne Snider, but Sauders is the first full …read more.

Two local Ivy Tech Community College students are among 33 students from Ivy Tech Community College campuses across the state named to this year’s All-Indiana Academic Team for Community and Junior Colleges. The academic competition, which scores students on academic honors, activities including leadership and work experience, and an essay, is sponsored by Phi Theta …read more.

By AMANDA PETRUCELLI Ancilla College Ancilla College will be hosting the Spring Access Ancilla Day this year from 9 a.m. until noon Tuesday, April 28. Vice President of Enrollment Management and host of this event, Eric Wignall, stated “This is an incredible year for Ancilla College. We are building a new freshman residence hall and …read more.

By ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University Manchester University observes Peace Week 2015 with a number of activities, including a peacemaker who will speak about establishing partnerships for non-violence around the world; a Holocaust remembrance service; and an Earth Day tree-planting celebration. The keynote speaker for this year’s Peace Week is Sarah Thompson, executive director …read more.

By CHELSEA CHALK Assistant Professor of Communication and Institutional Advancement Associate, Ancilla College Marshall County Community Foundation awarded the Ancilla College Nursing department a $15,000 grant to use to purchase a Pyxis Medstation Training Unit. The PMTU assists faculty in teaching technology-based medication dispensing practices to nursing students. Ann Fitzgerald, director of nursing at Ancilla …read more.

By ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University Experience the judicial process when Appeals on Wheels visits Manchester University’s North Manchester campus. Appeals on Wheels, which features oral arguments of the Indiana State Court of Appeals, will bring a case titled Johnson v. State of Indiana to the campus. It will take place in the Jo …read more.

By ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University We’re often told that men and women are so different we might as well come from different planets. Dr. Michael Kimmel, a nationally acclaimed scholar and teacher, strips away those myths and suggests that women and men aren’t so different after all. He will speak this month at …read more.

By ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University While others use calculators, Arthur Benjamin uses just his mind. And he almost always wins. His mesmerizing mental math skills will take the stage this month at Manchester University’s North Manchester campus. “Mathemagics” is 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, in the Jo Young Switzer Center, upper level. It …read more.

By DAVID GROUT Media Relations, Grace College and Seminary This year’s Transition Exploration Day, hosted by the Grace College Student Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children, gave 150 high school students the opportunity to hear from skier, climber and mountaineer Eric Alexander this past Friday at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. Six school corporations, …read more.

By AMANDA PETRUCELLI Directing of Marketing and Social Media, Ancilla College Ancilla College launched a new website this week with all kinds of bells and whistles. “This site really shows what makes Ancilla College unique,” said Amanda Petrucelli, director of marketing and social media. “We’re confident a potential student investigating this site will choose to …read more.

By ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University Manchester University’s Music Department will host its second New Music Festival from Thursday, March 26 to Saturday, March 28 on the North Manchester campus. This event will present five contemporary classical music concerts with new works by 45 composers who will be attending from throughout the United States. …read more.

Reminder: the deadline to apply for Kosciusko County Community Foundation scholarships is 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Learn more at www.KCFoundation.org/Scholarships

Franklin College has announced David Dwight Johnson, a junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson of Warsaw, was named to the president’s list for the fall 2014 semester. Students named to the president’s list have achieved academic distinction by earning a 4.0 grade point average. Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four …read more.