MVNU President Dr. Carson Castleman stops by to give his September update to WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

He is excited to start the 2025-26 school year and is happy to see the students back on campus and out in the community.

He says enrollment is growing in both traditional and non-traditional students and they have added 13 new faculty members. 

Dr. Castleman talks about the restructure of the university into two schools. CAPS stands for College of Arts and Professional Studies for non-traditional students. CAST which is the College of Arts and Sciences is the traditional 18–22-year-old students. They also restructured the deans and administrative roles of the staff.

Dr. Castleman talks about the 4 C’s which was a focus on the recent Faculty and Staff Awards earlier this month: conviction, conversation, care, and connection. 
He explains how the 4 C’s are a centerpiece for the MVNU community. 

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Dr Carson Castleman Presidential Update Part 8

For this weeks Friday Favorite, our hosts celebrated Better Breakfast Day! Marcy, Eric, Xander and Josiah all share their favorite breakfast meals!

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Mariya Tatarin is from Ukraine and received a shoebox at the age of 10 and she talks about how she felt from this, the box had hygiene items, school supplies and toys.

She talks about why you should take the step to help support Operation Christmas Child and shares a message to people who haven’t ever packed one before.

Tatarin is sharing her story this Friday at 7pm at Gilead Friends Church.

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Mariya Tatarin Interview pt 4

Tyler Maddux is playing at Sonfest 2025 on September 20th and he talks about how he grew up in New Philadelphia.

He’s a worship arts major and has a minor in youth and family ministry; he’s hoping to become a worship pastor when he graduates. 

Tyler talks about his new album he released in late January, he’s really proud of it because of how it defined the sound that he like to use. 

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Tyler Maddux Interview pt 4

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