The School of Music & Performing Arts (SMPA) hosted the Revue on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. respectively. The Revue is a combination of both past SMPA performances and new pieces that the students have been working on across all aspects of the program: including but not limited to dance, music and theatre. This was the first time that the revue had happened, and it was evident that a lot of work went into it and it was split into two acts with a short intermission. Act … [Read more...]
AUPD introduces their newest canine recruit: Kimber the Doberman
Anderson University’s Police Department has a new recruit, Kimber the Doberman. She is currently serving the department as a contact dog, and has been welcomed with open arms into the department. Contact dog’s serve to provide a friendly and approachable face to those in stress, a job Kimber excels in. This, alongside many other recent and upcoming changes to the AU Police Department, show that the campus security is evolving and changing more and more every day. Chief of Police Shawn … [Read more...]
Christopher Blezek expands study abroad experience with personal expeditions
Christopher Blezek, a senior majoring in national security, political science, and history was in Warsaw, Poland from late February to June of last year as part of a study abroad program. As he was there, and even after the program ended, he took it upon himself to visit several countries, including but not limited to Hungary, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Blezek made many of these visits with little to no preparation beforehand, catching flights or lifts … [Read more...]
Recounting True Stories: Quoth the Raven
Photos provided by Sarah Loehmer Anderson University hosted the tenth annual Quoth the Raven Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the Alley, located beside Mocha Joes. Quoth the Raven is an event that is hosted each year to highlight the students and their storytelling from taking the Art of Storytelling course, offered here at Anderson University. This course is designed so that anyone here can take it. It teaches valuable skills in storytelling craftsmanship and extreme vulnerability. The students … [Read more...]
Baseball and Softball takes off to Florida during Spring Break
During spring break, the AU baseball and softball teams took trips down to Florida to play games. Baseball went 3-3 and softball went 2-4. Softball also had games in Elizabethtown, KY, in which they went winless. BASEBALL Baseball started their Florida trip on Friday, Mar 6, beating Waynesburg 8-4. Pitcher Rhet Hackman picked up the win (1-0) while Braden Richey earned a save (1). Dylan Hogan launched his first homer of the year and Griffin Wolf had a couple doubles. The … [Read more...]
AU Students Take Learning and Service Abroad
This spring, Anderson University will send 89 students and faculty leaders across the globe through its Tri-S program, continuing a tradition of faith-centered service, intercultural learning and global engagement that has shaped the institution for more than six decades. Tri-S — short for Serve, Study and Share — began in 1964 as an effort to extend classroom learning beyond campus boundaries. Since then, more than 11,000 students, faculty and staff have participated in domestic and … [Read more...]
Ravens Baseball is Back, Sweeping Knox College
Photos by Reuben Crisler The Anderson University Baseball team hosted non-conference foe Knox College in a three-game series this past Saturday and Sunday at Don Brandon Field. The Ravens went 3-0 on the weekend, outscoring the Prairie Fire 4-3, 10-0, and 1-0. In game one, Knox jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning. The Ravens had big fifth and sixth innings featuring three runs from Trey Dorton and Dylan Hogan. Knox tied up the game 3-3 in the top of the ninth, but the … [Read more...]
AU Basketball Comes to a Close in the HCAC Tournament
Photos by Reuben Crisler The Anderson women’s and men’s basketball teams both came short of a conference championship last weekend in Lexington, KY. The women’s team was eliminated from the tournament Friday afternoon falling to Franklin 81-65. The men’s basketball team won their game on Friday to advance to the championship; it happened on a last second buzzer-beater from senior DeMonte Ferguson to beat Rose-Hulman 74-73. However on Saturday, the Ravens were outlasted by the Transylvania … [Read more...]
Anderson University Expands Academic Offerings For Fall 2026
Anderson University will launch three new academic programs in fall 2026, expanding its curriculum to better serve both traditional and nontraditional students while responding to shifting workforce needs and student expectations. The new offerings include a Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence (on campus), a Bachelor of Arts in communication (on campus), and an Associate of Arts in leadership (fully online). Enrollment is now open for students planning to begin in fall … [Read more...]
A Thriller and a Blowout: First Round of the HCAC Basketball Tournament
On Saturday, both of the Ravens men's and women's basketball teams were victorious in their first round matchups in the HCAC Basketball Tournament. Both teams had home court with the men being the 2-seed, and the women being the 3-seed. The women’s basketball team defeated Rose-Hulman 75-68 in a nailbiting game. While the men’s team dominated their game, winning 103-89 over the Bluffton Beavers. WOMENS Rose-Hulman embraced the underdog mentality to start the game. They controlled … [Read more...]