Category: Stories In Focus

By Anna Catherman ('24) When Carolyn Paine left the Houghton to go to Vietnam in 1961, she “didn’t cry until…

By Rebecca Dailey ('25) Both Mercy Seat and Koinonia (Koin) are just two of several ways students can participate in…

By Jiana Martin ('26) Dean Michael Jordan has been Houghton’s full-time Dean of the Chapel for 12 years. Additionally, he…

By Rebecca Dailey ('25) The Willard J. Houghton Library comprises about 200,000 physical books and an online database with roughly…

By Abigail Bates ('26) Patrick Hager is in his 10th year of being the Head Cross Country and Track &…

By Rebecca Dailey ('25) The Houghton University Board of Trustees is a group of volunteers, mostly composed of alumni, who…

By Sophia Vernon ('26) “ are a clique because they all know each other,” stated Abigail Franz (’25), adding that…

By Cody Johnson ('24) The Houghton University Board of Trustees met on Oct. 23 to Oct.24 under the leadership of…

By Rebecca Dailey The 2023-2024 school year brings in 272 Freshmen, the largest freshman class since 2016.  Thereasa Villnave (‘27)…

By Isabella Bratton Houghton’s student-run literary magazine, The Lantern, is distributing their first issue of the 2023 Fall semester this…