In 2003, Ken '85 and Kathy Kemper '84 were happily serving as missionaries in Tanzania, Africa. “We viewed mission work as our life’s calling. It was very fulfilling,” President Kemper says. “We raised our kids in Africa, and my youngest daughter is still in...
As recent graduate Gerard Oray shares about his late mother, Tawanda Williams, his eyes brighten and a sense of pride fills his words. Williams passed away due to breast cancer in 2018 after previously beating the disease a few years earlier, in 2015. She was a...
Angela Banks ‘20 Angela Banks once operated her own real estate company and nonprofit organization, but due to unforeseen circumstances, she decided to close those companies. Though she was initially heartbroken, she later understood and better appreciated that...
Derek Clark is both an alumnus and a student making an impact in Howard City, MI where he lives with his wife of ten years and their five children. He completed his AA from Grace in 2020 and serves full-time as the Youth Minister for Grace Community Church, a...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT I graduated from Grace Christian University in 2008 with my Bachelor of Science in Human Services. My time at Grace was one of the best times of my life. I met my husband during freshman orientation at Grace Adventures. What started as a “camp”...
YOUNG ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR Kyle Vegh Assistant Professor Kyle Vegh ’15 says he loves his role as a “small piece of that growth mechanism which is Grace Christian University.” But in addition to seeing students grow, Kyle sees immense growth in himself...
Rebekah Shyne dreamed about an innovative walk-in center for mental health care, serving middle school students. A few years ago, she thought her proposal was going nowhere, but then came COVID-19 and a new awareness of student needs. A friend contacted Rebekah and...
I didn't see myself becoming a nurse," Gretchen Johnson ’01 says, explaining how she graduated with a Human Services degree. “And I thought my trajectory was into social work.” But her job at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services drew her into “the healing...
"They told me to ask if it was an open fist or a closed fist, and ‘Was it his left hand or his right hand?’” Merly Velasquez-Ortiz ’23 says. “I would have never thought to ask those questions.” At work, Merly sits behind bulletproof glass, wearing a shirt and a tie...
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