At 65 years old, MBU’s provost and vice president for academic affairs has invested much of his life—more than 25 years to be precise—to help a young college that was near closing evolve into a premiere university that is changing lives on a global scale.

And, he’s convinced the best is still yet to come.

You-Jin Han compares her dad’s passion for American literary sites to that of an Elvis Presley fan’s freakish obsession with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

At two years of age, MBU alum Amanda Ortmann, ‘02, battled meningitis. The infection left her with severe and profound hearing loss and her parents with a monumental decision to make: either raise their daughter within a deaf culture of sign language and deaf schools or attempt to immerse her into a world full of sound.