Bluffton University President Jane Wood has resigned
The Vancouver Island University women’s basketball team refused to play a pair of games against Mennonite-affiliated Columbia Bible College in January because of alleged verbal and physical mistreatment of a transgender teammate by Columbia’s coach and players in October.
Hesston College announced on Jan. 13 that Mark Landes, a local banker and former vice president at the college, will serve as its 10th president, beginning May 1.
Freeman Academy hosted an Indigenous People’s Celebration Oct. 16 that brought together six schools to make connections with tribal groups and learn about Dakota, Nakota and Lakota life, pursuing the Lakota phrase Mitakuye Oyasin (we are all related).
Dean Taylor has been appointed president of Zollikon Institute in Berlin, Ohio. He replaces Norita Yoder, who led Zollikon since it was founded in 2021.
The higher education institutions affiliated with Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren denominations in the U.S. and Canada have released fall enrollment statistics.
John E. Toews, former president of Conrad Grebel University College and a biblical scholar who taught at several Anabaptist institutions, died Sept. 29 in Newton, Mass. He was 87.
Tabor College professor emeritus of history and religion Richard “Doc” Kyle, 85, died July 15.
