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Development Hires New Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Programs

December 26, 2022

Graceland University development welcomed a new member to the team, Colby Connely ’13, who will serve as the director of annual giving and alumni programs. He previously worked as the assistant director at Fort Lewis College, where he hired, supervised,...

December 26, 2022

DENNIS SHIELDS, JD, ’77 always wanted to be a college president at a historically black college or university (HBCU). When the opportunity came to him at Southern, it was the right time for it. Shields, who has been a Graceland...

December 26, 2022

Ambassador John K. Menzies, PhD, who served as Graceland’s 16th president from 2002 through 2006, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022. He was 73 years old. Prior to joining Graceland as President, he was Chief of Mission at the U.S. Office...

December 25, 2022

Send Us Your News Completed a degree program? Published a written work? Received that awesome promotion? Earned a prestigious honor? If so, we want to hear about it. Share your memories and milestones with us here. Class notes submitted between...

December 25, 2022

TWILA HIDY RIDER ’71 found a way to combine her love for genealogy with her life's work of librarianship to preserve an important piece of Graceland's history. Just a few years after Rider graduated from Graceland University with a bachelor’s...

December 25, 2022

Coach DONAN CRUZ ’07 has an impressive resume of national championships, coach of the year awards, and national tournament appearances. He recently won the 2022 AVCA Men’s Division I/II National Coach of the Year and MIVA Coach of the Year...

December 24, 2022

A licensed clinical therapist, social worker, and motivational speaker with over 15 years of experience, KARA VOJCSIK ’04 is committed to confronting anxiety, depression, and mental health head on. With her "You Matter" workshops and lectures, Vojcsik's modern approach gets...

December 22, 2022

With COVID protocols and renovations preventing indoor celebration for the past two years, the Lamoni commencement was held for the first time in Morden Center this spring. Commencement weekend began on Saturday, April 30, 2022, with the baccalaureate service held...

December 22, 2022

Turning generosity into opportunities since 1895. The spirit of giving has been a part of our history since the beginning — the very land our Lamoni campus sits on was donated by early members of the sponsoring church. To this...