World Awareness Week:
Jesse Rudy
Jesse Rudy is Founder and CEO of Redeem International. An attorney by training, Jesse spent 12 years with International Justice Mission, leading teams in Sri Lanka, Uganda, and the Philippines, before serving on IJM’s global leadership team in the United States. In February 2020, Jesse launched Redeem to protect the homes and land of the world’s most vulnerable widows and orphans. Jesse graduated from John Brown University ('99) and the University of Virginia School of Law. He lives just outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife Amy and their three children.
World Awareness Week:
Jesse Rudy
Jesse Rudy is Founder and CEO of Redeem International. An attorney by training, Jesse spent 12 years with International Justice Mission, leading teams in Sri Lanka, Uganda, and the Philippines, before serving on IJM’s global leadership team in the United States. In February 2020, Jesse launched Redeem to protect the homes and land of the world’s most vulnerable widows and orphans. Jesse graduated from John Brown University ('99) and the University of Virginia School of Law. He lives just outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife Amy and their three children.
Corey Carey
(Daniel 7:1-14)
Corey Carey is Dean of Residence Life at JBU.
Robyn Stutts
Robyn Stutts has served with Young Life for more than 20 years, helping young people encounter the hope of Jesus. In 2008, she moved to Fayetteville to launch Young Life College at the University of Arkansas, and under her leadership, the ministry expanded to reach students and adolescents across multiple schools and communities in Arkansas. She now serves as Associate Regional Director, overseeing Young Life ministries statewide. She and her husband Gregg have four adult children and seven grandchildren.
(Daniel 6:16-28)
Meaghan Ellenburg is Instructor of Family and Human Services at JBU.
Rosemary Flaaten
(Daniel 5:13-31)
Dr. Rosemary Flaaten is Executive Director for the Center for Healthy Relationships at JBU.
Homecoming:
Mel Murray
, 10 a.m.
Mel Murray graduated as a presidential scholar from John Brown University ('01) with a degree in Intercultural Studies, after which she launched into a career in marketing. Following her passions and calling, Mel and her husband moved their young family of four to Northern India in 2010 and launched multiple ventures, including a vertically integrated ethical fashion brand, a high-end boutique guitar brand, and a nonprofit venture studio that partners with under-resourced entrepreneurs in challenging regions to launch sustainable, scalable businesses. Mel is Partner for Praxis Global Community, serving a diverse group of ecosystem builders and leaders, activating redemptive entrepreneurship in communities all throughout the world. She serves on the board of JoyCorps and HOPE International.
(Daniel 5:1-12)
Dr. Daniel Bennett is Professor of Political Science, and Director, Center for Faith and Flourishing, at JBU
Split Service/BPAC:
Anne Tohme
with Seniors
Anne Tohme is Vice President for Student Development at JBU.
Jake Stratman (September 30, 2025)
Tech Free chapel
Various Speakers - BPAC (September 25, 2025)
Split Service/BPAC:
College of Bible, Humanities, and Arts Majors/Minors
Kim Hadley
Split Service/CTH:
(Daniel 3:19-30)
Dr. Kim Hadley is Executive Vice President and Associate Professor of Business at JBU
CTH:
(Daniel 3:1-18)
Dr. Maxie Burch is Professor of Biblical Studies at JBU.
BPAC:
with Juniors
Dr. Keith Jagger serves as the chaplain at JBU.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Spanish Service
Juan Rodriguez, who is from El Salvador, earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from JBU in 2006, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Tulsa in 2008 and an M.S. in higher education and leadership from JBU in 2016. He worked at JBU for ten years, including as a professor of mechanical engineering, and most recently as Dean of Residence Life. It was during Juan's first semester at JBU that God saved him, so he wholeheartedly believes in the transformational power of Christian higher education. He currently works for Kawneer in Springdale, Arkansas, as an extrusion process engineer, and lives with his wife Lulu and three daughters, Emma, Valentina and Camila.
Convocation /
Roberta Ahmanson
Roberta Green Ahmanson is a writer, speaker, and philanthropist who focuses on the confluence of religion, art, and culture. For the past 30 years her work has been influenced by travel across the globe. In 2022 she and her husband Howard led a tour for seven presidents of historic Christian colleges to experience the DNA of the Christian faith through its art and architecture, starting at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, journeying to Rome, Pisa, Bologna, Ravenna, Padua, Venice, Aachen, Ghent, and London. Her focus is on the ways built reality embodies ideas and even doctrine. She and her husband have sponsored exhibitions at the National Gallery in London including The Sacred Made Real and Francis of Assisi. She is a member of the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. She is coming to the finish line of a book on how longing for the New Jerusalem has shaped art and architecture in the West. She has been a teacher and a journalist covering religion.
BPAC:
Steve Beers
with Sophomores
Rev. Dr. Steve Beers has worked in higher education for four decades, most recently serving as Vice President for Student Development for 26 years prior to his retirement from JBU. He has a B.A. in psychology and Bible, an M.S. in counseling, an Ed.D. in education, and plans to earn a D.Min. in the fall of 2025. His publications include various articles and books, with his most recent being a chapter addressing student anxiety in Stewarding Our Bodies: A Vision for Christian Student Affairs.
Ryan Butler
(Daniel 2:24-49)
Dr. Ryan Butler is Director of the Honors Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of History at JBU.