Tempus fugit. Time flies. I can vouch for that truth. Trouble is, it seems to be going by even faster every year.
2025 is upon us, and it has been quite the road getting here. Our fall 2024 class was our biggest class yet, and our Spring 2025 class will be even bigger. Students from around the country are catching the YTI bug!
As many of you know, we have recently added two new professors: Dr. Roy Millhouse, Professor of Bible, in Fall 2024, and Dr. Nicole Jordan, Lecturer in Worship Studies, in Fall 2023. This past February, Dr. Millhouse, Dr. Keena, student Dakotah Mote, and I took a recruiting trip to Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Although the results are not in yet, the outlook is very promising.
Summer Visit from Yellowstone Fellow
This summer we look forward to a visit from Norah Hager, our Yellowstone Fellow for 2023-2024. Norah has been studying, practicing, performing, teaching trombone students, attending campus ministries Bible studies, and participating in mission trips. As a student in the Honors College at the University of Tulsa, Norah has had extra obligations for that organization. She and her Reformed University Fellowship friends attend Trinity Presbyterian Church in Owasso, Oklahoma. This semester she won an audition that allows her to perform a trombone concerto with the University of Tulsa Symphony! Oh, and did I mention she has maintained a 4.0 grade point average as of this printing? The YTI faculty and staff will be glad to welcome Norah, her parents Andrew and Annette, and her sister Madeline to Bozeman in late July!
Major Scholarships Coming
You will find out more in our Summer edition about this, but I wanted all of you to know that YTI will be offering major scholarships to all of our students, both current and new, beginning in fall 2025 – up to 100% tuition! Additionally, our Master of Divinity program will be restarted. If you are called to ministry, there is no reason you cannot get a quality education without carrying any more student debt!
Remembering Karen Gilhousen
As you read my article in the following pages, you will see that YTI lost someone very dear recently. My dear friend and unwavering supporter of YTI, Karen Gilhousen, passed away on December 22, 2024. This was very unexpected, and the pain of her passing was felt by all. It is to Karen Gilhousen that this issue of Inscribed is dedicated. YTI is starting a scholarship fund in her name. If you would like to honor Karen, please don’t hesitate to give.
Grace & peace my friends!
Dr. Jay Smith