Brooke Bouwens, a senior biology-chemistry major with a minor in Spanish at Manchester University, has been participating in a summer research program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research is in applied phenotyping technology with funding by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

2022 Manchester graduate Rebecca Colbert was awarded a scholarship for her graduate studies from Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences.

Manchester University congratulates 346 undergraduate students who were named to the Spring 2022 Dean's List. At the end of each semester, the Office of Academic Affairs publishes the Dean's List. Students earning a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher who have completed at least 12 semester hours with no more than three hours of Pass/Not Pass grades are included on the Dean's List. Students with more than one hour of Incomplete or Not Recorded grades at the end of the semester are not eligible for the Dean's List. This list would include those in the accelerated program to earn a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

Manchester University students have been placed across the United States with summer internships in a variety of fields. Cole Nugent '23 is an accounting intern this summer at Thompson Thrift's Indianapolis location, a full-service real estate company with offices in Texas, Arizona and Indiana.

Manchester University confers degrees on the Class of 2022.

Kendall Brown has been hired as the peace studies coordinator at Manchester University for the 2022-2023 school year. Brown graduated from Manchester in May with a Bachelor of Arts in peace studies and Spanish, with minors in religious studies and TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages).

Erika Renbarger has been selected as drum major of the Spartan Pride Marching Band at Manchester University.

Members of the Manchester University A Cappella choir were among those selected to perform "A Family Portrait" at Carnegie Hall on Memorial Day. The performance received a standing ovation.

Six Manchester University students placed in the top 10 of the "Elevate Your Pitch" national sales competition sponsored by the Florida Press Association. Manchester's Jakob Armstrong placed first overall, Lainey Shock placed second and Braden Sayre placed fourth. Other students who placed in the top 10 were Edna Eben Ebai (sixth), Ethan Erb (ninth) and Justin Major (10th).

The Harry H. Henney '35 and Jeanette Henney Department of Education at Manchester University held the Pinning Ceremony at its end-of-year Celebrate Education event. The ceremony is a symbolic way of welcoming senior education majors into the field of education. These seniors are McKinley Adams, Miranda Bieghler, Kaitlyn Burger, Rebecca Colbert, Megan Engelhardt, Haley Fellabaum, Drew Gavit, Maria Hayward, Kaitlynd Heiden-Moore, Logan Hochstetler, Darren Lathrop, Jalen Masden, Erica Mohr, Connie Nelson, Dylan Olson, Anna Ousley, Madison Shepard, Elizabeth Smith, Sadie Spencer, Joshua Stephenson, Jeffrey Tsang, Noah Vanhorn and Zachary White.

CARMEL, Ind. - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the 2022 Men's Tennis All-Conference and major award winners on Tuesday May 3. A pair of Spartans were honored by the league office this year.

For the first time in Manchester University Men's Track & Field history, the Spartans claimed a sweep of both the indoor and outdoor Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference titles.

Manchester University's 24th annual Student Research Symposium on April 28 will feature keynote speaker senior Madison Brown and her presentation, "Toward the Synthesis of Potential Antiviral Carbocyclic Nucleosides." Brown is senior biology-chemistry major from Economy, Ind. Her research, alongside Kyle Watson, assistant professor of chemistry, is focused on the beginning steps of creating a small library of potential antiviral drugs that could be used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

For the third time in a row, Manchester University Esports Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team brought home the Great Lakes Esports Conference championship. Manchester Smash travelled to Game Arena in Hilliard, Ohio, as the #2 seed for the GLEC Playoff tournament. They beat Trine and the University of Saint Francis before facing #1 seed Valparaiso in the finals on Saturday, April 2. 2022.

The Manchester University women's and men's cross country programs were honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as All-Academic Team recipients.

Five Manchester University students were selected to perform with the 2022 Indiana Intercollegiate Band. The concert took place during the Indiana Music Education Association professional development conference Jan. 13-15 in Fort Wayne.

Andrea Knutson, a third-year student pharmacist at Manchester University, volunteered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for President Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Initiative.

Ruben Gonzalez has spent the past academic year navigating COVID-19 regulations on Manchester University's campus. He was excited this morning to get his vaccine while surrounded by classmates.

Manchester University has selected 41 first-year students to join Honors Program.