Articles : North America
April 29 issue
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Photo by Rachel Campagnoli/Goshen College
Enhancing college diversity
Dina Gonzalez-Piña experienced a bit of culture shock when she attended Mennonite Brethren-affiliated Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University in the 1980s.
“Even though I was coming from the Central Valley [of California, where FPU is located], I came from a high school that was mostly people of color,” Gonzalez-Piña said. “I had never been with so many white people… . It felt a little lonely.”
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MC USA picks KC for ’19 convention
Mennonite Church USA will hold its 2019 convention in Kansas City, Mo. The decision, made during an Executive Board conference call Dec. 18, was based on saving time and money.
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Fresno Pacific’s veteran students accomplish a new mission
FRESNO, Calif. — Mid-December is the quiet after the storm at Fresno Pacific University. Most students are home for Christmas break, while the more adventurous take a mission trip.
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Saying ‘yes’ to Bethel football was only the beginning
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Leland Brown of Galveston, Texas, is, by his own description, “not a ‘no’ person.” But since coming to Bethel College almost two years ago, he’s become much more willing to say “yes.”
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MB Pacific District to add church in Las Vegas
The U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is expanding into Nevada. Las Vegas will be home to a congregation that extends Pacific District Conference’s footprint to six states.
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Tech and violence against women at Bluffton forum
BLUFFTON, Ohio — When she opened her Twitter account recently, the first photo Katelyn Brewer saw was of a woman in her underwear, accompanied by the message, “Doesn’t my girlfriend look sexy?”
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With new sounds, music a metaphor for change at Rosedale Bible College
ROSEDALE, Ohio — If you could time-travel back to Holmes County on Jan. 1, 1952, you might see the beginnings of Rosedale Bible College.
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Football player not guilty in Tabor student’s death
A criminal trial concerning the death of a football player from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan., ended April 16 in McPherson, Kan.
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Historian makes timely visit
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — “A clock of the people.” That’s how Arthur Kroeger of Winnipeg, Man., author of the 2012 book Kroeger Clocks, sums up the clocks’ history and meaning in Mennonite history.
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Kansas relief sale garners $469,000
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 45th Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale raised about $469,000 April 12-13, coming up $5,000 short of last year’s total.
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