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Clowns, costumes, and choreography – recent Music Prep recitals were anything but traditional! Music lessons were filled with excitement all semester as students, teachers, and parents anticipated the first ever Music Plus recitals at Maranatha Music Prep School. The...

6 Tips to a Successful Freshman Year

We are almost done with our first week of classes here at Maranatha. What a week it has been! We have enjoyed special revival services with Mike and Mark Herbster, we have welcomed our freshman with copious amounts of syllabi, and we have seen campus get back to...

MBU Hosts Business Community Breakfast

On August 14, 2018, MBU hosted a free breakfast for the local business community of Watertown, WI. Maranatha is thankful for the wonderful relationships with the local Watertown businesses. The breakfast served the purpose of providing community members with an...

Preseason is Here

The two-week preseason for men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball starts today for the Maranatha teams! This is a favorite time for many students who commit to being fall athletes. I talked to several of the head coaches of...

A New Structure and Vision

Leading an institution as broad and diverse as a university brings unique challenges. Like any wise leader sizing up his new position, Dr. Marty Marriott approached the early days of his presidency with an appropriate sense of patience and deference to the existing...

Parker Awarded Doctoral Assistantship

MBU alumna Joy Parker was recently accepted into the doctoral program at University of Southern Mississippi where she will be pursuing a DMA in Piano Performance. Joy graduated from Maranatha in 2015, majoring in Music Education with emphases in piano pedagogy and...

Engaging the Arts | Maranatha’s Unique Focus on Humanities

Why Humanities Since creation, humans have sought to define and record the human experience. The Scriptures certainly do this as, through revelation, God has given us an understanding of the foundational questions that have driven the human experience: Who am I? Where...

Ministry Through Sport at Maranatha Baptist University

Beyond the winning scoreboards and championship banners is the ultimate goal for an MBU student-athlete: that each athlete would take the lessons learned on the playing field and translate them into everyday life and ministry. At the heart of our athletic programs is...

Experience Training Through Maranatha

It seems like more and more people are encouraging travel and experience as part of education. We’ve discussed the benefits and dangers of doing this travel in the format of what is called a gap year, but what about during school? If you read the gap year article, I...

Five Tips for a Successful College Experience

There is a movement in our generation right now that is trying to discredit the value of a college education. This movement tells students that higher education is not worth the money or that going to college will automatically cripple your financial future. Although...

3 Reasons to Consider an Internship

What do Apple’s Steve Jobs, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, NFL’s Roger Goodell, Hollywood’s Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Talk Show’s Oprah Winfrey, and Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg have in common? Aside from being known as prominent leaders in our society, all of these...

Common Financial Aid Questions

Finances are such a massive part of going to college. People often question how they can pay for college, how can they get help in regard to finances, or just where to even start. There are several common questions that I have been asked regarding finances that I...

A Brand is a Promise

The Name The witty one-liner made a promise, but Maranatha’s former brand motto, “more than you expect,” could not fully describe what awaited students who came to Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wisconsin. Something needed to change. “Maranatha...

Steinbart Honored with Two Top Awards

Each year, an Outstanding Senior Musician Award is given to the MBU graduate whom the music faculty believes completely exhibits the qualities of the spirit of Maranatha through music. This student is selected on the basis of musicianship, academic achievement,...

Taking a Gap Year?

“I’m going to take a year off to work.” This is a pretty frequent answer one will get when asking high school students what their plans are for college. This “gap year” as it has been called, is something our generation of American students are doing more frequently,...

Faculty Highlight: Jeff Pill, Soccer Coach

If you’ve ever been to a Sabercats soccer game, sat on the bleachers or the grass, shaded your eyes while you watched the athletes run past, you’ve witnessed the strategy and seasons of investment of Coach Jeff Pill. He stands by the bench on the other...

Ledgerwood’s High School Choir Director Maintains Lifelong Influence

Dr. Ledgerwood recently had the opportunity to sing under the direction of his former high school choir director, V. Lee Harrity, joining other alumni to present a cantata of the life of Christ at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall. The 50-member alumni choir convened...

2018 Combined Choir Concert Excerpts Now Available

College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music, Uncategorized

Choral Masterworks: Old and New was the theme of the 2018 Madrigal and Chambers Spring Concert. Nearly 90 singers joined their voices singing a variety of well-crafted choral works. From Alice Parker’s triumphant arrangement of “Saints Bound for Heaven,” to the...

Mia Ray Pursues Dream of Composing Music

MBU alumna Mia Ray was recently accepted into the graduate program at Butler University, enabling her to continue pursuing her dream of music composition. Mia graduated from Maranatha in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with concentrations in Arranging...

Andrea Husler, Melodie Bloyer, and Elise Harder: Minor Recital Excerpts

College of Arts & Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences>Department of Music, Department of Music, Uncategorized

Andrea Husler and Melodie Bloyer recently performed their combined minor piano recital, and Elise Harder also recently performed her minor recital for arranging at Maranatha. Hustler and Bloyer’s recital was prepared and presented under the direction of Mrs....

Sydney Trogen: Senior Violin Recital Excerpts

Sydney Trogen recently performed her senior violin recital at Maranatha Baptist University. Her recital was presented under the direction of Mr. Lewis Rosove in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a bachelors degree in Music Education. Trogen is now completing...

3 ROTC Cadets Earn German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge

The cadets and officers stood in formation as German Officer Sergeant Major Probst awarded each of them with a bronze, silver or gold badge. One might call it the Olympics of the ROTC, but in these games, all competitors can win a gold medal. On April 27-29, three of...

2018 Business Capstone Presentations

What is Business Capstone? Every spring semester, seniors in Maranatha’s business programs take their Business Capstone class. In January, each student presents a service or product idea. After these presentations, the students vote on the best four or five ideas....

Faculty Highlight: Janelle Coleman, Early Childhood Professor