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Students Honored During ACC Commencement
SOLDOTNA, AK (May 7, 2004) - Fifteen students received their one-year diplomas
and six were recognized for academic progress in the extended education
ENCORE program as Alaska Christian College celebrated its third annual
commencement service last Sunday afternoon.
Loren Leman, lieutenant governor of the State of Alaska, gave the
commencement address, focusing her message on "Whole-Life Discipleship."
Donn Engebretson, executive vice president of the Evangelical Covenant
Church (ECC), and Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska (ECCAK) Field
Director Rodney Sawyer were among the special guests during the weekend.
Engebretson was the guest speaker at the school's Saturday night banquet
and at a Sunday morning worship service prior to commencement.
Beatrice Katongan of Unalakleet, Alaska, and Charis Sheldon of Noorvik,
Alaska, were recognized as female students of the year while Ryan Mute
of Bethel, Alaska, was named male student of the year.
Farewell gifts were given to Mark Hill, ACC's outgoing director of
admissions (who is attending North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago
with assistance from a presidential scholarship), and Allen Minturn, who
served as ACC's dean of men for two years.
"Now after three years since the beginning of ACC, we have seen almost
70 young people enter our program of whole-life discipleship," said
school President Keith Hamilton. "We have again seen God's touch and
hand on our campus. We desire to be Alaska's primary choice for young
Christian men and women who desire to grow in all areas of their life as
disciples of Jesus Christ. We celebrate another 15 graduates who will
return home to impact their villages for Christ. Pray for our upcoming
class - we already have 52 applications for first-year students and we
have 28 beds and hope to fill each one."
Although classes are over, ACC has plenty of activity occurring this
summer, as 17 guest work groups are headed to the campus to help with
needed projects. An accreditation board representative will tour the
campus in June as a step for needed accreditation. Hamilton hopes that
phase two of a large construction process can eventually result in a
fully functional commercial kitchen and dining hall on campus. A small
prayer chapel is being built to assist the spiritual life of individuals
and small groups. These steps are among the additions Hamilton said
could help ACC in moving from the "start-up" phase of its existence into
a more mature "development stage."
To learn more about ACC and its upcoming projects, call Hamilton at
907-260-7422. Information is also available by visiting the school's
website at www.alaskachristiancollege.org.
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