Archive for December, 2008
Editor’s Notebook: Please, learn from my internship blunders
I did a copy editing internship at The Grand Rapids Press this summer, and yes, it was great.
But if you want to walk the narrow road that leads to Intern Paradise, don’t get your stint the way I got mine.
I learned a hard lesson that can be summed up in two words: don’t wait.
Mistake [...]
Our View: Chapel changes helping or hurting small groups?
In 2005, Cornerstone students were required to attend 40 chapels per semester. The number was reduced to 25 the next year, with 14 of those 25 credits available through small group attendance. This semester the chapel credit structure was changed again. Now, small group attendance can account for five of the 25 required chapel credits, [...]
The Herald wins 14 MPA awards
The 2008 verdict is in: The Herald won 14 Michigan Press Association College Newspaper Contest awards, including 1st place General Excellence for Division II.
Thirteen other awards The Herald won were 2nd place Investigative Reporting for Laurie Hekman’s “Campus Safety uses e-bay to solve theft”; 1st place Overall Newspaper Design; 1st place News Page Design; 1st [...]
Bill Knott becomes VP of Advancement
Bill Knott began Nov. 3 as the senior vice president for University Advancement and brings a wealth of experience to his new position at Cornerstone.
Knott and his family have lived in Zeeland, Mich. for the past nine years, but he has worked at several organizations before settling in the Midwest. While working as the senior [...]
Wittmer finds middle ground in new book
Reflecting his love for 1980s pop songs, Michael Wittmer recently wrote a book entitled “Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough,” published on Nov. 5 by Zondervan.
Wittmer is a professor of systematic theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He started working at GRTS in 1996 as an adjunct professor and became full-time [...]
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