CCO Geneva College staff members recognized with The Light Bulb Award

Geneva College’s Student Development Office recently recognized the Multicultural Student Services Office with “The Light Bulb Award,” naming the first-ever Living in Color conference the Best New Initiative and the Best Collaborative Project of the year. Living in Color was the brainchild of Kathy Kinzer-Downs and Lamont Downs, CCO staff members who partner with Geneva [...]

CCO staff member Erica Young Reitz to college graduates: There is life after college

There are a thousand things I’d love to say as you begin life in the post-college world. Things like: Learn to live on a budget, and don’t go into (any more) debt. Commit to a local church, even if the people there seem strange. Do your work with integrity because your work matters, even on [...]

Celebrating 40 years: the CCO’s ministry at Gannon University

In April 2013, First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie, Pennsylvania celebrated four decades of ministry to college students in partnership with the CCO. Because the church is located right on the edge of the Gannon University campus, Gannon students have naturally reaped the most benefits of this partnership by participating in the ministry [...]

Ohio Wesleyan University students grow in leadership and faith on spring break trips

“Real time” leadership and decision making. These are accurate descriptors of Ohio Wesleyan’s annual Spring Break Wilderness Trek program, now in its 12th year. And the 2013 trip—backpacking and kayaking in the Georgia Sea Islands and rock climbing and service in Joshua Tree National Park and Los Angeles—did not disappoint the 17 OWU students who participated, [...]

A humorous message for graduating college seniors

CCO staff member Sam Van Eman serves as a staff specialist and  also as the Young Professionals Editor at The High Calling.  His most recent High Calling post is a letter to graduating seniors. Just a little humor and encouragement for them: Dear College Senior, Graduation happens a week—maybe two—from today, and unless you’re planning to [...]

CCO student receives Fulbright Fellowship to study biochemistry in Vienna, Austria

When CCO staff members Lindsay Monihen and Lisa Hershey and tell Juniata College students that “everything matters to God,” they are quick to emphasize academics. “The Gospel just doesn’t change our hearts, it does much more and beyond our imaginations,” says Lindsay. “The resurrection brings hope of new life, redemption to places of creation, and [...]

Pitt students make history on Habitat spring break trip

In March 2013, 23 University of Pittsburgh students built the first-ever Habitat for Humanity house built entirely of American-made materials. CCO staff member Jonny Cagwin helped lead this group of Pitt students to Wilmington, North Carolina over spring break. As Jonny explains: Many students had never used a hammer, but together, we built a home [...]

CCO staff member Jamie Donne receives “Love Your City” Award

Each day at 6 a.m., CCO staff member Jamie Donne is part of a group that prays for Washington & Jefferson College, and for Washington County, Pennsylvania. Jamie was honored with the “Love Your City” Award at the Washington County Men’s Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, April 13 at 8am at the Meadowlands Mariott Hotel. Congratulations, [...]

Malone University students raise awareness of poverty, homelessness, hunger, and illiteracy

CCO associate staff member and Malone University resident director Stacy Utecht spearheaded a hunger awareness last week on campus. The goal was to educate students about three major concerns in the surrounding community of Canton, Ohio: poverty, homelessness and hunger, and illiteracy. Click here to read Malone students highlight hunger in the Canton newspaper, and check [...]

Ohio Wesleyan student glorifies God through her love of science

Cora Munroe is a junior at Ohio Wesleyan University and a runner-up in the 2013 Jubilee Article Contest sponsored by the CCO and The High Calling. Through my involvement with the CCO and the Jubilee Conference, I began to understand that I could glorify God though my major and future career. Last year, as a [...]

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