The Current Online

by Rachel Matthews

Many women today are taking multi-tasking to new heights as mother, wife, employee, and college student.

How do women find to time to effectively manage college with a multitude of other responsibilities? Three women, who are not only working college students but also mothers, offer some insight into how they juggle these various roles. [...]

by Natalie Roberts

Carson Conover joined a campus ministry when he was a student at the University of Central Missouri. Not only did Conover find a group of devoted Christian students like himself, he also found his calling.

“I wound up being a part of a campus ministry … where I was mentored in what it means to follow Jesus while in college,” Conover said. “My desire is to do for other students what was done for me.” [...]

by Micah Chrisman

The Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City held its yearly Christmas performance on Dec. 10.  “This year’s program will have a unique sound of Christmas music than anything we’ve done before in the past,” said Blue River’s Campus Life and Leadership administration assistant Luann Heacock. Heacock has been a member of the Metropolitan Chorale since 2007 and it has been a wonderful experience, she said.

“I had been in choir before, and I thought I would join the Chorale as a one-credit-hour course,” said Heacock. [...]

by Elizabeth Crow

Metropolitan Community College will soon make going to class more convenient for Cass County students.

Starting in February, MCC will offer classes in Cass County at the Belton High School Freshman Center.  Enrollment is already under way for the seven classes that will be offered there this spring. [...]