Professor Jennifer Cheek, instructor of criminology and sociology, has successfully defended her dissertation, “Antitrafficking Efforts in the United States: an examination of the antitrafficking social movement,” and will be awarded her Ph.D. in sociology from Mississippi State University.  Now in her second year at Manchester, Cheek teaches Manchester's criminology courses and advises a new student organization for the criminology program.

Sarah Gordon, associate professor of pharmacy practice (internal medicine) and interprofessional education coordinator, was named the Indiana Pharmacy Teaching Certificate mentor of the year. Post-graduate participants work closely with a teaching mentor throughout the year-long program. Sarah was nominated by Parkview Regional Medical Center Postgraduate Year 1 resident and alumnus Zach Brown ’21 and selected by a group of peer faculty.

His research focuses on immigration, refugee studies and community-driven conflict resolution. Learn more.

The Manchester University women's track & field program has been honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as an All-Academic Team recipient. Learn more. 

Olan Griffiths has been promoted to director of Information Technology Services (ITS) after working as interim director for two months. Griffiths has served in ITS for more than 10 years, most recently leading the help desk in North Manchester and Fort Wayne. 

Manchester University Trustee Madalyn Metzger, Class of 1999, has been elected to serve as moderator-elect  at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in 2023 and will be moderator of the 2024 Annual Conference. Learn more.

“Let’s talk about it: Identifying microaggressions and applying supportive communication climates through interpersonal role-plays” by Associate Professor Tim McKenna-Buchanan’s is in the journal Communication Teacher. 

It is designed to help students identify microaggressions and apply supportive communication climates of description, problem orientation, and empathy through communicative behaviors.