Stories

From Co-op to Community Impact

It’s been a winding journey for Leanna (Petrusma) Nightingale ’18, but looking back, she can see it’s all been part of God’s plan for her. While she started her education at Redeemer...

By /October 9, 2025

Blooming Where You’re Planted

A farmer’s daughter from Woodstock, Ontario, alumna Jennifer Ranter Hook ’06 never thought she would start her own nonprofit organization, let alone get a university education. Now, she is the...

By /August 28, 2025

Reshaping Reality

Passionate about finding efficient and effective care pathways for communities in need through applied research, Shua Kim ’23 strives to be a “changemaker and strategist” for “neglected...

By /April 24, 2025

Faithful Through Generations

What does a death on a cross more than 2,000 years ago mean for how we ought to live our everyday lives? For professor of chemistry Dr. Darren Brouwer ’97, this question permeated home life as a...

By /February 19, 2025

Becoming Family

Adoption is at the heart of the gospel … We, who had no inheritance, no name, no future, have been adopted in God's family by a pure gift of grace.” A Redeemer alumnus, who wished to remain...

By /November 20, 2024

Steady Hands of Justice

Wendy Willmore ’98 heard God’s call to missionary service at a very young age. For this inspiring 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award winner, Redeemer University provided a liberal arts education...

By /August 28, 2024

Plotting a New Course

God’s calling on Zacc Burke ’18 to attend Redeemer University after graduating from the public school system was so strong that it was the only institution he applied to. Instantly enjoying...

By /August 8, 2024

The Worlds Thy Hands Have Made

Andie Albert ‘22, PhD candidate at the University of Guelph, never expected to be where she is today. As a First Nations first-generation post-secondary student, she says succeeding in academia...

By /March 25, 2024