The decision about higher education often comes down to cost. However, there are other considerations. Christian education might be explained in several ways. Let me propose three areas in which Christian education differs from other kinds of higher education. Purpose: Most schools say they study only the facts. Professors must not raise issues of faith. […]
Recently I shared the platform with State Senator Kerry Roberts of Tennessee. We both spoke about Ohio Valley University where he attended in the 1980s. In his remarks, he noted the common occurrence of people complaining about “today”s young people.” Indeed we hear objections about their dress, hair styles, loud music, morals, tatoos, and a host of […]
Those words suggest one thing to basketball fans and another to teenage girls. However, I’m referring to something completely different. When I was inagurated as president of OVU, I asked 16 preachers and elders and Sunday school teachers to walk in the processional with me. They represented the churches in the 16 states in the […]
Note: A version of this address “Go Deeper–Inauguration Speech” was presented at Ohio Valley University on October 7, 2011, by Harold Shank. Bill Hewlett and David Packard became friends in graduate school. After graduation they decided to work together. They formed a company called Hewlett-Packard in 1937. You probably own either a laptop or a printer made by […]
Note: This address was presented to the faculty and staff of Ohio Valley University at the opening session of the 2011-2012 school year on August 17, 2011. O. P. Kretzmann became president of Valparaiso University, a Lutheran school, on Oct 6, 1940. The world was deep into war. America was doing all it could […]