Campus Crusade for Christ, an international group, became an official UW-Platteville organization last fall. It began under the supervision of Kyle and Bethany LeMieux, from the Madison Campus Crusade for Christ team, and Mike Glatzel, president of the organization and a building construction management major.

“We are using the same building model as we did at UW-Whitewater,” Kyle LeMieux said.

Kyle LeMiex said that the organization is now looking for key students that will really help the group create their foundation and help it expand.

“[At UW-Whitewater], we started with just a little over a dozen students. Now we have over 150 students who regularly attend our meetings,” Kyle LeMieux said.

Glatzel and Kyle LeMeiux both said that the organization, which currently meets Monday nights, is to be a “spiritual resource for students.” They do this by helping them better understand their relationship with Jesus Christ and by furthering their knowledge of the Bible and Scriptures.

“We want to aid students in their spiritual development,” Glatzel said.

Some things that they have done are bringing in a couple speakers, such as Badger’s wide receiver Luke Swan, and go to conferences.

“We went to a conference called Big Break. It was in Panama City during Spring Break,” Glatzel said. “We were able to share our experiences with the spring breakers there and hear theirs.”

What the organization is looking to do in the future is expand.

“We want to show more people how God is applicable in their lives,” Kyle LeMieux said.

Glatzel said that he hopes to see more involvement in the community.

According to their Web site, “The Campus Crusade ministry did not even exist a year ago, but with the gracious leadership from our awesome staff workers, Kyle and Bethany Lemieux, we have a group of students that faithfully meet every week to fellowship [sic] and to discuss ‘God’s word.’”