Doug Penner, Bethel College president from 1995 to 2002, died Aug. 29 after an extended illness. He was 77.
Doug Penner, Bethel College president from 1995 to 2002, died Aug. 29 after an extended illness. He was 77.
Mennonite Collegiate Institute, a high school in Gretna, Man., has permanently shut down. The decision to close the 136-year-old residential school was made July 7 at a meeting of delegates from its 11 supporting congregations.
Belleville Mennonite School in Pennsylvania is changing its name to Belleville Christian School when students return to school this fall.
Eastern Mennonite University announced on April 11 the selection of Shannon W. Dycus as interim president.
Dock Mennonite Academy in Lansdale, Pa., has named 2001 graduate Jason Moyer superintendent. He will succeed Conrad Swartzentruber, who will retire at the end of the school year.
Peace Academic Center, formerly Hopi Mission School, in Kykotsmovi, Ariz., closed last fall, and the property is being transferred to the Hopi tribe.
More than 300 educators and leaders in Mennonite schools and organizations connected 500 years of Anabaptist history and tradition with a vision for the future of education Feb. 6-8 at the Mennonite Educators Conference in Leesburg, Va.
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.
