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Collegian The Award-Winning Grove City College Student Newspaper
Vol. 110, No. 16
New president picked
Bradley J. Lingo ‘00 to take office in July Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
The Board of Trustees announced Monday that Bradley J. Lingo ’00 will be the new president of the College. It is anticipated that Lingo will assume his presidential duties in July LINGO 2025. A formal installation ceremony will be
held during the 2025-2026 academic year. The board and staff will work with Lingo over the coming months to meet with members of the community and support him and his family as they move to Grove City College and transition into the role. Lingo currently serves as the dean of Regent University Law School. Under his leadership, Regent Law set records for enrollment, median incoming GPA and LSAT
scores, U.S. News rankings and employment outcomes. Prior to joining the Regent Law faculty in 2019, Brad was a litigation partner at King & Spalding LLP and an attorney in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. After graduating with highest honors with a degree in business-economics from the College, Lingo earned his law degree at Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he served as executive editor
of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the flagship academic journal of The Federalist Society. He also served as a law clerk to Hon. Morris S. Arnold on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. “Grove City College prepared me to be its President by forming me into the person I am today. Grove City’s values are my values – and they are my values because of the profound impact that my
time at Grove City had on my heart, mind and soul,” Lingo shared. “I want to make sure that future generations of Grovers get the same Christian, conservative, excellent, affordable education that so profoundly shaped me. I want it to be a place where students are known, loved and discipled … and where they learn to become excelLINGO 2
Rathburn’s estate donates record $70 million
Grovers’ gratitude abounds
Matthew Purucker Staff Writer
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Sophomores Maren McIntire and Cecilia Landis joined their peers in writing personal thank you notes to the College’s donors in SHAL atrium on Wednesday’s ‘Thank A Donor Day.
Grove City College received a $70 million donation from the estate of David R. Rathburn ’79, former Board of Trustees President, that will support the College’s financial aspirations like never before. As announced in a March 4th news release on the College’s website, the College will use this gift to offer greater student financial aid, fund campus building projects and increase the College’s endowment. “David’s gift is transformational and is the largest onetime gift ever received by the College. This gift will benefit our students for generations to come,” Vice President for Advancement Jeffrey Prokovich ’89 said. The Rathburn legacy donation contributed to the College’s Impact 150 fundraising campaign seeking to accumulate $185 million to commemorate its 150th an-
niversary in 2026. The estate plans for about $52.5 million (75 percent) of the donation to increase financial aid for students, stretching the College’s endowment to $270 million. The College currently spends $12 million per year on need-based and merit-based scholarships, which reach 70 percent of students, and it will raise the percentage of students receiving aid and the amount given in future years. The remaining $17.5 million (25 percent) will support future improvements around campus. “The next president will, Lord willing, open a field house for football and lacrosse. We’ll have a new field house behind the stands, a bubble-like dome over the soccer practice field, which will give us indoor practice space in the winter, and we’ll have a new baseball field right across the street from RATHBURN 3
Fuller to publish Bibza to deliver ‘Mere Economics’ Baccalaureate address Ben Jones Staff Writer
Emma Rossi
On April 1, professor of economics Dr. Caleb Fuller ’13 will be publishing a co-authored book alongside Samford University’s Dr. Art Carden, entitled “Mere Economics: Lessons for and from the Ordinary Business of Life.” The book’s title is an allusion to C.S. Lewis’ classic work “Mere Christianity,” reflecting its core purpose — relating fundamental economic principles within a Christian worldview, making them both accessible and relevant to those who may not have a background in economics. Dr. Fuller had been considering the idea for such a book for quite some time, reflecting on how best to articulate economic ideas in a way that would resonate with Christian audiences. The project remained in his thoughts until, during a long drive home to visit family, he happened to hear Art Carden on a podcast discussing a very similar idea — the
Grove City College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 will cap his 11 years of service to the College this spring by MCNULTY delivering the commencement address to the graduating Class of 2025. McNulty, who is retiring this summer, will speak at the College’s 145th Commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10 on campus. “Without question, my favorite part of this job is the joy of building relationships with students. The commencement address will be the last opportunity to impact a very special segment of our students at a unique moment in their lives, which is an enormous privilege. I’m praying that my thoughts will be of some benefit to them,” McNulty said. He will be joined on the
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desire to write a book that would explain economics in a manner comparable to how “Mere Christianity” explains theology. Recognizing their shared vision, the two professors of economics soon agreed to collaborate on the project and co-author the book, combining their knowledge and teaching experience to make the subject more widely understood. FULLER 3
graduation weekend rostrum by Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies Dr. James Bibza, a longtime faculty member who had a profound impact on McNulty when he was a student. At McNulty’s BIBZA request, Bibza will be the speaker at the Baccalaureate Service at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9. “I consider it a great honor to be chosen to be the Baccalaureate speaker. I was frankly overwhelmed when President McNulty came to my office to ask me to be the speaker. It is a very humbling request, and I hope to do my best to show that he has made a wise choice,” Bibza said. Bibza began teaching at the College in 1977 and McNulty, and his wife, Brenda (Millican ’80) McNulty, were among his earliest students, sitting beside each other while they studied the book
of Romans. McNulty said he remembers the class fondly and still has his notes from Bibza’s lectures. “Dr. Bibza has significantly impacted thousands of lives in his nearly 50 years of excellent service, and this is a well-deserved honor. He’s also a faithful steward of the scriptures, a caring pastor, and a delightful communicator. I know the graduates will benefit greatly from his message. As one of my former professors, it will be especially fitting to share the stage with him in my last commencement ceremony,” McNulty said. The admiration is mutual. Bibza said McNulty was a standout student. “I did see potential in him, but he has grown in ways of service to his country and his Lord that go well beyond anything that most anyone could have seen. Paul has taken the gifts God has given him and has used them in tremendous BIBZA 3