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the building.” To make that happen as efficiently it might be easy to miss how programs like Sama-
as possible, “RBC hosted a three-day consultation Kuma, Pathways, and Bridge are expanding and im-
on campus involving an architect, a contractor, and proving what RBC offers to young people,” he says.
members of the RBC board and staff” in June of “A new student center is a more tangible, public rep-
2015. “What emerged was a concept that partici- resentation of how RBC is moving forward.”
pants were genuinely excited about, and a month The second reason: we are doing this for the stu-
later the board made a decision to move ahead im- dents. Ken Miller, music director, says that “our
mediately.” main mission, of course, is Bible education, and that
On March 1, 2016 a group of past and current remains our mission. But we need to recognize that
staff, students, board members, and friends of RBC students live here and that we care for the whole
gathered to finally break ground on a project that person. This is a big statement in that direction.”
was almost 30 years in the making. The student cen- So how do the students feel about the new cen-
ter is scheduled to be in use by winter of 2017.
So why now? We have not seen a spike in enroll- A new student center is a tangible, public
ment in the past few years, and we have no prom- representation of how RBC is moving forward.
ise that it will come. But through a long process of
prayer and deliberation, we believe that now is the
right time to build for two reasons. ter? Derek Miller, Hutchinson, Kansas, thinks that
First, we believe in the future of Rosedale Bible “the new building will be a neat place for students
College. Jon says, “I like to think of the decision to to hang out and socialize.”
build as a collective vote of confidence for the fu- Brittany Kuepfer, Wilmore, Kentucky, is excited
ture. It’s hard to predict how the landscape of higher about the new gym. “It will be great to play volley-
education will change over the next decades. But in ball (and other sports I suppose) on TWO courts
the meantime there is one thing we do know. Rose- and just have a larger space to do several activities
dale continues to be a blessing to the students who rather than be limited to one court.”
come to study, and through them, to the churches Former student and next year’s assistant cook,
and communities from which they’ve come.” Sarah Landis is looking forward to the “increased
Hans Shenk, director of enrollment services, also efficiency” in food preparation and delivery that the
likes the message we are sending with the center.
“For people who aren’t close to campus very often, continued on page 6
Aerial photo credit: Ed McKinley
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as possible, “RBC hosted a three-day consultation Kuma, Pathways, and Bridge are expanding and im-
on campus involving an architect, a contractor, and proving what RBC offers to young people,” he says.
members of the RBC board and staff” in June of “A new student center is a more tangible, public rep-
2015. “What emerged was a concept that partici- resentation of how RBC is moving forward.”
pants were genuinely excited about, and a month The second reason: we are doing this for the stu-
later the board made a decision to move ahead im- dents. Ken Miller, music director, says that “our
mediately.” main mission, of course, is Bible education, and that
On March 1, 2016 a group of past and current remains our mission. But we need to recognize that
staff, students, board members, and friends of RBC students live here and that we care for the whole
gathered to finally break ground on a project that person. This is a big statement in that direction.”
was almost 30 years in the making. The student cen- So how do the students feel about the new cen-
ter is scheduled to be in use by winter of 2017.
So why now? We have not seen a spike in enroll- A new student center is a tangible, public
ment in the past few years, and we have no prom- representation of how RBC is moving forward.
ise that it will come. But through a long process of
prayer and deliberation, we believe that now is the
right time to build for two reasons. ter? Derek Miller, Hutchinson, Kansas, thinks that
First, we believe in the future of Rosedale Bible “the new building will be a neat place for students
College. Jon says, “I like to think of the decision to to hang out and socialize.”
build as a collective vote of confidence for the fu- Brittany Kuepfer, Wilmore, Kentucky, is excited
ture. It’s hard to predict how the landscape of higher about the new gym. “It will be great to play volley-
education will change over the next decades. But in ball (and other sports I suppose) on TWO courts
the meantime there is one thing we do know. Rose- and just have a larger space to do several activities
dale continues to be a blessing to the students who rather than be limited to one court.”
come to study, and through them, to the churches Former student and next year’s assistant cook,
and communities from which they’ve come.” Sarah Landis is looking forward to the “increased
Hans Shenk, director of enrollment services, also efficiency” in food preparation and delivery that the
likes the message we are sending with the center.
“For people who aren’t close to campus very often, continued on page 6
Aerial photo credit: Ed McKinley
summer 2016 | MIRROR 3
