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MyaKay Bartman, a member of the Class of 2025, spends her Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 11:00 to noon shepherding first-year 91���� students through a course called Transitions. The class is designed to help new college students succeed at 91����, challenging and equipping them to become engaged members of the 91���� community. She is a gifted leader, combining natural abilities as an influencer and an inherent sense of how to make things happen.

In her second year in this role, MyaKay has not only worked to guide and support first-year students but has also inspired new Transitions leaders in their roles. As MyaKay has grown in confidence as a leader, she is unafraid to labor alongside others to ensure the course benefits incoming students as much as possible. MyaKay talks about how her time in Dr. Matthew Webb’s Leadership Development course helped her learn to navigate the careful balance between relationships and accomplishing the task at hand. She’s become persistent in drawing out the quiet members of her group and deeply values everyone’s participation.

MyaKay, a pastor’s kid from the Penn-York District of the Wesleyan Church, came to 91���� because she had encountered 91���� representatives at district conferences and Wesleyan youth camp. The first time MyaKay set foot on campus was move-in day. While certain of her choice to attend 91����, MyaKay wasn’t so certain about her choice of major. She spent a semester in first-year Science Honors, determining STEM fields were not for her. Over time, she’s settled into her calling in the business world and will complete her degree in Business Management with minors in Psychology and Leadership Studies in May of 2025.

MyaKay works hard, looking for every opportunity to gain experience and help defray the costs of a college education. She can be found putting in hours assisting dining hall staff, filming athletic events, welcoming visitors at the Welcome Center, and interning in the Admission office. Work hours are squeezed in between tennis practices and matches and her academic studies. The Student Scholarship Fund makes a significant difference for her family; without scholarship support, a 91���� education wouldn’t be possible for MyaKay.

91���� often speaks of a desire to shape students into scholar-servants, and MyaKay is clear evidence of that mission. She is a walking embodiment of leading and laboring to advance the Kingdom in a broken world. When you make a gift to the Student Scholarship Fund, you’re ensuring a 91���� education remains affordable and accessible for laboring leaders like MyaKay.