Horizons - Summer 2018

Graceland welcomes Dr. Jill Rhea

June 15, 2018

GRACELAND WELCOMES DR. JILL RHEA Dr. Jill Rhea was hired as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty effective July 1 following a national search assisted by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). She comes...

June 15, 2018

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS & LEARNING: IT'S REAL! When I unpacked my suitcase as a Graceland freshman in the fall of 1966, I assumed I was there to acquire a body of knowledge that I could efficiently apply daily in my...

June 15, 2018

What makes Graceland great? After asking students, alumni, faculty and staff what they would choose as their Graceland top 10, we pooled their answers to bring you this list of inspiring attributes that make Graceland the place we are all proud to call home....

June 15, 2018

Table of Contents Moreira, PhD Pratt, PhD Lynn, PhD Gatzke, MS Gergely, MFA Brunner, PhD Devonis, PhD Robbins, PhD Chvala-Smith, PhD Leoce, MM “My colleagues inspire me every day. I still have a lot to learn — from them and...

June 15, 2018

Graceland's Guatemala C-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n Over the past two years, members of the Graceland community have teamed up with the Kansas City Chiefs to raise funds to build a middle school in the village of Palo Blanco, Guatemala, and another in La Majada,...

June 15, 2018

121st Commencement "Go in peace now, Gracelanders. Show us what is possible." -Matthew Bolton, PhD, '01 Commencement provides an opportunity to give recognition for outstanding accomplishments in the Graceland community. Graceland’s December Commencement was held Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, at...

June 15, 2018

We applaud many things at Graceland, but the crowning achievement is learning. Scholarship is the most important task of the university, and academic accomplishment is what we celebrate at commencement. This spring was my first Graceland Commencement on the Lamoni...

June 15, 2018

WEDDINGS Karin Blythe ’08 and Darian Richardson, St. Cloud, Minnesota, February 2016. Austin and Madison Vanriper ’15 Henry, Archie, Missouri, October 2016. Justin ’15 and Alexandria Krabbenhoft ’16 Kaminski, Rogers, Arkansas, Sept. 2, 2017. Cody Phillips ’15 and Kaitlin McGlynn ’12,...

June 15, 2018

Our third annual Day of Giving campaign on March 6, 2018, continued to grow with alumni and friends responding to the challenge! 2018 = $380,433 Our pool of matching challenge donors provided funding so every gift was matched. A special...