05/22/2026
Who's the professor you still remember years later?
At CIU, 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 — and their combined years of service add up to 88.
🎵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗼𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀 spent 36 years leading CIU's music program. His fondest memories aren't recitals or accomplishments — they're chapel sermons and the people who shaped him. He's heading into retirement to write more music, more poetry, more prose. Some teachers never stop teaching.
🙌 𝗗𝗿. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 has given every student who walked into his Youth Ministry classroom a nickname. Mulletman. Beard. A.J. When asked why, his answer is simple: "I'm here for the students. That's my mission." He's said that for 33 years. He means it every time.
🎥 𝗗𝗿. 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐟𝐞 spent 19 years training the next generation of communicators — and spent his spare time making sure the stories that matter don't get lost. His film on President Robertson McQuilkin's faithful care for his wife Muriel is a legacy piece. His next documentary on Chet Bitterman is ready to premiere.
Students won't remember the syllabi or the assignments.
They'll remember the professors who taught more than academics.
Who modeled faithfulness over decades.
Who believed in them.
Thank you, Dr. Lewis, Dr. Olshine and Dr. Rife. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
