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    Two MACU Employees Named Top 40 Hispanic Leaders

    Two of our Mid-America Christian University employees, Erica Alvarez-Stanton and Dr. Jesus Sampedro, have been selected as “2024 Oklahoma City Area Top 40 Hispanic Leader” Award Honorees by the Oklahoma Hispanic Institute. Alvarez-Stanton serves as Executive Director of Admissions and Community Outreach, while Dr. Sampedro holds the position of Program Director for MA in Leadership…

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  • MACU Hosts STEM Camp for Otoe-Missouria Youth

    MACU Hosts STEM Camp for Otoe-Missouria Youth

    Students from the Otoe-Missouria Tribe participated in a STEM camp learning about ecology, biology and math at Mid-America Christian University (MACU).  “Encouraging an interest in math and science today can cultivate a lifelong pursuit in STEM,” said Dr. Harold Kihega, chair of the MACU School of Biology. “We hope to expand our learning camps to…

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  • Keilani Ricketts Joins MACU as Assistant Softball Coach

    Keilani Ricketts Joins MACU as Assistant Softball Coach

    Former national champion and national player of the year joins Evangels  The Mid-America Christian University (MACU) softball team has added another legend to its coaching staff: Keilani Ricketts will serve under Jim Gasso as the program’s new assistant coach.  “We are ecstatic to welcome Keilani to the MACU family,” said MACU Head Softball Coach Jim…

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  • Jim Gasso Joins MACU as Head Softball Coach

    Jim Gasso Joins MACU as Head Softball Coach

    Jim Gasso has been named the head softball coach at Mid-America Christian University (MACU). “MACU has built an exceptional softball program, and I look forward to extending the tradition of excellence,” Gasso said. “Most importantly, I’m excited and blessed to use this sport as a platform for ministry.” Gasso succeeds Robert Wakefield, who coached softball…

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  • Concurrent Classes Offer Affordable Option for High Schoolers

    Concurrent Classes Offer Affordable Option for High Schoolers

    Almost 70 percent of young adults who go to college take out student loans to pay for college. The number of college students graduating with significant debt is staggering — a recent report by the U.S. Federal Reserve showed that most students graduate already more than $30,000 in debt. To help make earning a college…

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  • MACU Celebrates Class of 2023 at Commencement

    MACU Celebrates Class of 2023 at Commencement

    Mid-America Christian University celebrated the achievements of 360 graduates as they received their degrees during the University’s 2023 Commencement on May 6 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. During the ceremony, President Rev. Phil Greenwald and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Sharon Lease conferred 24 candidates for associate degrees, 191 candidates for bachelor’s degrees…

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  • MACU Athletics Announces Merritt Suenram as New Cross Country Head Coach

    MACU Athletics Announces Merritt Suenram as New Cross Country Head Coach

    Mid-America Christian University Athletics is proud to announce Merritt Suenram as the new head coach of the re-established men’s and women’s cross-country teams. Suenram will be taking over a cross country program that previously competed in the Sooner Athletic Conference, NAIA, and NCCAA from 2008-10. “We are ecstatic to have Merritt joining the MACU family,”…

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  • Global Methodist Church Approves MACU as Recommended Educational Institution

    Global Methodist Church Approves MACU as Recommended Educational Institution

    The Global Methodist (GM) Church has approved Mid-America Christian University as a recommended educational institution, the GM Church announced this week.  This distinction means that the GM Church officially endorses MACU as an institution at which persons who reside outside of the United States or western Europe can complete courses to satisfy the educational requirement…

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