05/22/2026
Who's the professor you still remember years later?โฃ
At CIU, ๐ฐ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ โ and their combined years of service add up to 88.โฃ
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๐ต ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ spent 36 years leading CIU's music program. His fondest memories aren't recitals or accomplishments โ they're chapel sermons and the people who shaped him. He's heading into retirement to write more music, more poetry, more prose. Some teachers never stop teaching.โฃ
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๐ ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐น๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ has given every student who walked into his Youth Ministry classroom a nickname. Mulletman. Beard. A.J. When asked why, his answer is simple: "I'm here for the students. That's my mission." He's said that for 33 years. He means it every time.โฃ
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๐ฅ ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ spent 19 years training the next generation of communicators โ and spent his spare time making sure the stories that matter don't get lost. His film on President Robertson McQuilkin's faithful care for his wife Muriel is a legacy piece. His next documentary on Chet Bitterman is ready to premiere.โฃ
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Students won't remember the syllabi or the assignments.โฃ
They'll remember the professors who taught more than academics.โฃ
Who modeled faithfulness over decades.โฃ
Who believed in them.โฃ
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Thank you, Dr. Lewis, Dr. Olshine and Dr. Rife. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
