Parents Shape a Calling

Parents Shape a Calling

Dr. Linnea Lyding is Dean of ACU’s Shelly Roden School of Education and has served at ACU since 2012.  Her path to being a role model in higher education started in her youth, as she grew up helping to care for a sister with a severe disability. “Our family life was...
Following God’s Lead

Following God’s Lead

Daniel and Rebecca Sutphin were an unexpected source of one of the most notable philanthropic gifts in Arizona Christian University’s history. They are not alumni of the school or parents of an ACU student. In fact, until three years ago, they had never even heard of...
Fan the Flames

Fan the Flames

Many alumni of Christian colleges remember chapel services as an obligation, a required function to check off their weekly list.  That may even be true of some ACU alumni. When ACU alumnus Grant Botma (class of 2005) was recently asked to speak at ACU’s chapel, he...
Miracles Amidst Missiles

Miracles Amidst Missiles

Just two years ago, Kateryna Kashyrina was a 15-year-old studying pre-law at the National University Odesa Academy of Law in Odesa, Ukraine. She was also training with the hope of making the Women’s National Swimming team and competing for her country in the 2024...