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2022

June

A Passion to Do Right: A Brief Glimpse into Assessment
The Past Five Years—Partnerships, Service and Prayer
Facilities Challenges and Opportunities
Transitions—Times of Anticipation
Students Find the Sermon on the Mount Speaks in Today’s Central Valley

May

Experiencing Purposeful Transformation from Both Sides
Purposeful Transformation Personified at FPU
Working with Others to Engage and Transform
When God Asks the Questions—What?

April

Spring brings refreshment, a chance to enjoy accomplishments
Finding a Place to Serve
Student Scholars Engage and Innovate at Alpha Chi National Convention
What is That in Your Hand?

March

Universal Design: Accessibility for All
Leaning into Lent
“Providing Healing, Promoting Hope”
Stepping Into the Future with the Faith of Abraham

February

Deeper Waters
A Little Attention at the Right Time Can be Transformational
What is Nursing?
Hope for the Future

January

God’s Faithfulness: Lesson from the Spectrum in Serving Courageously Close to Home
Finding New Opportunities in the Challenges
Decide to Love
Watch and Pray: A Journey in Love

2021

December

Reading the Bible Jesus Read
The Unannounced Arrival that Fulfilled the Promise
Quiet Service Without Earthly Recognition

November

Thanksgiving and God’s Blessings
Offering Thanks Through Sacrifice
Thanksgiving in Our Circumstances
Learning Contentment: A Thanksgiving Reflection

October

Conquering Fear
Transforming Purposely: When the Rubber Meets the Road at FPU
Connections: A Family GEIST
“But For God”

September

To Serve Courageously, Embrace the Mission
State of the University 2021-2022
A Chance to Improvise
Taking Stock on the Voyage to Shalom
Planning for the Student Experience

August

Many Parts, One Body
A Defence of Human Beings
The Power of Global Education at Fresno Pacific University
The Grace of Humility

July

Transforming Rhythms
University Community Brings Hope to Students
Cultivating Connections in a Community of Learners
Pathways to the Future: Post-pandemic Engaging the Culture, Serving the City

June

Reengaging Community in Light of a “Better Normal”
Empowerment, Exhaustion and Fighting COVID as a Team
Small Actions Can be Among the Most Important
Evening Programs One Way “Possible Happens Here”
Prayer: As the Breath of Our Community

May

Communication is the Key to Community
Rewriting What’s Possible—Your Story is Not Yet Written
The Gift of Gratitude
A Journey of Significance

April

Bridge Building in Times of Uncertainty
Listening to Oaks
Emergency Management Team Plans for the Protection of FPU
The Golden Rule of Christian Higher Education

March

To Engage the Cultures and Serve the Cities—Listen First!
Easter Message from President and Mrs. Jones
Doing Our Part to Engage the Cultures and Serve the Cities
The Lord is our Constant, Even After a Year of Blursdays
The Road Map to Post-pandemic University Life
Following Jesus’ Call in an “Unlikely” Time

February

A Legacy through the Seasons
The Comfort of Deadlines
Working Together in Value to One Another
Black History Month

January

Supporting Our Colleagues as we do our Students
The New Normal Brings New Opportunities to Serve
¡Ya, Basta! Enough is Enough!
Possible Still Happens Here

2020

December

Libraries for the 21st Century
Students Talk About Connection During COVID
The Gift of Giving

November

Creating Community During Remote Learning
Listening for All God’s Callings in Our Lives
Stay Curious
Discover Abiding Love

October

The Right Place at the Right Time
God is the Light, Even in Difficult Times
The Year of the Nurse Could Not Have Come at a Better Time
Sacred Ambition

September

Innovating Creatively as a Community of Learners
Finding the Son while Serving Courageously
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Policy Advocacy is an Important and Growing Area for FPU
Salt and Light in Our Work

August

Joining with God to be like the Lotus Flower
Transforming General Education to Engage
A Visual Reminder of God’s Faithfulness
Goal Five: TRANSFORM Purposely

July

GOAL Four: SERVE Courageously—In Difficult Times
Goal Three: INNOVATE Creatively

June

Goal Two: ENGAGE Collectively
Goal One: GROW Strategically

May

Transformation for the Purpose of Spiritual Formation
A Living Example of Transforming Purposely
Moving into a Compelling Future
GOAL FIVE: Transform Purposely, The Transformative Community

April

Service—Thoughts from a Novice
Lessons in Serving Students Courageously from The Chronicles of Narnia
Serve Courageously—And Never Give up
How Faculty at FPU Innovate Creatively
Listening When Listening Matters

March

To Those Who Know Your Name
A Call for FPU to “Stand in the Gap” for our Communities
Innovating Creatively in Fresno County’s “Backyard”
Goal Three: INNOVATE Creatively

February

Of Tacos and Transformation: The Amazing Taste of Collective Engagement
Real Interaction the Key to Successful Engagement
Engaging the Wave to DRIVE Fresno Forward
Goal Two: ENGAGE Collectively. Engage and Be Engaged.

January

Learning About Growth from Students Who Leave
Growing Strategically Means Numbers—and More
How will we grow?
Engaging the Cultures and Serving the Cities Through FPU’s Strategic Map

2019

December

Facing the Future in Faith or Fear
Inspiring conversations in the great outdoors
Discovering Hidden Gems

November

The Call to Engage and Serve
Collaborating for the Common Good
God’s Faithfulness to FPU Over the Last—and for the Next—75 Years

October

The State of the University
Grit
In the Beginning, God CREATED
Receiving the Tradition: “Jesus & the Christian Community” at FPU
Less of Me, More of We.

September

The Almighty has His Own Purposes
A Challenging Future, a Tested idea
Do Not Despise Small Beginnings
Little Acorns…

August

Advancing a Pathway into the Future: The Fresno Pacific Idea
Love + Serve = ACE As We Embark on a New Chapter at FPU
Celebrating 75 Years by Thanking Those Who Pitched the First Tent
Giving Voice to the Voiceless

July

Giving Thanks for Our Past and Anticipating Our Future
The Creative Call
The Samaritan Coach
We All Have a Story
Caring for the Community: Creating Nurses to Serve the San Joaquin Valley

June

A Safe Place
Sowing Merced Community Connections via Fresno Pacific University
Laughing My Way to a Better Me
“Making Scholarship Effective for Good”

May

Aren’t We All Recruiters? Our Institution’s Needed Instinct of Reproducibility and Sustainability
75 Years of Possible Happens Here
Reaching the “Nones” by Addressing Big Issues Together
Learning the Ministry of Presence
Betwixt and Between

April

Snapshots of What God is Making Possible Through Fresno Pacific
Music Lessons with a Socially Conscious Beat
Thriving Without Striving
Serving the Central Valley in Bakersfield, Visalia, Merced and Fresno

March

Roadmaps or Detours?
The Role of a Business School
Who Do You Serve?

February

Seeking God’s Providence for the Next 75 Years
Getting the Word Out About Athletics Service and Success
Preparing for Possibilities
Connections Beyond the Curriculum

January

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and A Drum Major of Love
Here’s my story – you can use it until you have one of your own
Spiritual Vitality at FPU
The Path to Sustainable Financial Health

2018

December

Christmastime “Melody of Messiah”
Listen Well; then Choose Your Adventure
Christmas: A Celebration of the Giving of Life

November

Affirming Our Vision
Serving, Engaging and Embracing our Region
Humility, Not Hubris
The Call to Care–Creating a Culture of Care

October

Giving Thanks for Peace in the Midst of Turmoil
Perched on the Shoulders of Giants
The Power in YES
President’s Connections booklet
Persistence
Planted by the Water, Reaching Toward the Sun

September

Envisioning the Future Part II 2018-19
Service is Our Middle Name
Justice
Ready to Serve

August

Ordinary Days = Extraordinary Things
Possible Happens Here through Faith, Hope and Love
Work as Unto the Lord
Presidential Priorities Report
To Whom Much Is Given

July

We Are the Beloved
Better Teaching Through Painting
The Challenge of Leadership

June

To Serve or Be Served?
Libraries and the Connection to Information: A Necessary Human Experience
Just Look Up
Making Sure We Get to the Right Future at Fresno Pacific University

May

Engaging the Cultures and Serving the Cities Through Music
Living Under the Bond of Peace
Serving the Veteran Community
Central Valley All-Stars in Mind, Body and Spirit: Track & Field as a Microcosm of Our Region’s Best
Learning—and Living—in Community

April

Envisioning the Future: Academic Excellence
It Takes a Village to Make a Brand
Academic Innovation and the Mission of God
Prayer with Consistent Purpose

March

What’s Christian higher education worth? How about $60 billion
Life was the Lesson for Wilfred Martens
Marketing Helps FPU Serve and Engage
Super Heroes on our Campuses

February

Visionary Leadership
Having A Heart Like Christ for Haiti and Africa
Envisioning the Future: The Fresno Pacific Idea-Engaging the Cultures and Serving the Cities
Why Global Education?

January

It’s a New Season to Give God Praise, So Let’s Worship Together!
Conquerors or Grasshoppers: Worship Matters
Be Careful Not to Forget the Lord Your God
Worship Transforms Us
Conquering Fear

2017

December

An Engaged Presence
Student-Athletes Reflect Fresno Pacific University Off the Field as Well as On
Baccalaureate is a Dress Rehearsal for Eternity

November

Teaching from the “Right Side” of History
Seeing the Possibilities: Doing the Common in Uncommon Ways
The Possibility of Substantial Significance
Finding the Voice We’ve Always Had
FPU Board of Trustees Looks to the Future with Joseph Jones

October

Where We are Financially: Cause for Optimism
Strategic Priorities III: Serving the Lord with Gladness—Psalms 100:2
Strategic Priorities II: Living Out the Vision
Presidential Priorities: Reframing Our Thinking

September

A Covenant Convocation at FPU!
Enrollment Success Requires Diversified Investment
In My Garden Grows a Melody—and Too Many Metaphors
Coming Together to Honor God in Convocations

August

A True Community of Learners
How Firm a Foundation? The Case for the Annual Fund.
God’s University
Believe in God’s Faithfulness
Fantasy or Imagination

July

Pathway to the Future, Engaging the Culture, Serving the City; Realizing the Possibilities in the FPU Idea
New Leader, New Commitment
We Came Because
Times of Transition

June

A Brief Farewell Message
A Culture of Generosity
Fresno Pacific University is a Christian University
A New Season Brings the Promise of Possibilities

May

Three Years Running
In Praise of Adjuncts
From Under Our Noses to a High, High Dive
Ending and Beginning
Connections: Scholarship and Teaching

April

Marvin Steinert Lives On
Days and Nights Full of Why
The School of Business Links Theory to Professional Development and Service
Making Dissent Meaningful

March

The Single Question that Launched a Movement
A Flourishing Seminary, a Flourishing University
How to Get More from God
The Folly of Uniform Diversity
Grounded in the Past, Managing the Present and Committed to the Future

February

Please Pray for Fresno Pacific
FPU’s Part in the Future of Tech in the Valley
Disabilities and Civil Rights
Connecting Business and Mission

January

ALAS Title V and the New Intercultural Learning Center
Cheers for the Next President!
It’s Personal
Rejoice! Everything is a mess.

2016

December

Making Future History
“Sanctuary,” Christ and the rule of law
Taking the Mystery Out of Accreditation

November

From Exploring Ideas to Activating Them
Rejoice, Pray and Give Thanks
The Politics of Fresno Pacific
Of Sabbaticals and Spouses
Almost Final Report on SB 1146

October

Board of Trustees Welcome New Members, Commit to Center for the Arts
Faculty Scholarship Serves Everyone
FPU-In-India: The Power of a Boat Ride
Connecting Creativity and Diversity

September

FPU’s Many Faces of Spiritual Formation
Listening to Fresno Pacific
Off to a Good Start
Athletics Lives Out the Mission at FPU

August

With God All Things Are Possible
Faith-Based Institutions Under a Secular Government
Fall is Here, How Great is That?
Connecting the Points to Create the Story
Introducing Dale Simmons

July

AI, the Initiative, Not the City
It’s Time for Christmas

June

Signs of Blessing
What A Ride!
New Men’s Basketball Coach
June 2016 Board Meeting Highlights
President and Provost Double Search
Time for Action
Theater Arts Success
2016 Summer Schedule
FPU Year Round

May

Mission as Business and Business as Mission
Biblical Wisdom as Well as Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
The Long and the Short of It
FPU College Hour
The Week to Celebrate
Global Education Program

April

The Season of Finishing
M.A. in Community Leadership & Transformation
Celebrating Scholarship
Athletics Update Part Two
Because We Love the Game
Master of Art in Ministry, Leadership and Culture
Steve Varvis Returns to Teaching
Scholarships and the Grace of Giving

March

Voluntary Disruption
Athletics Update – Part 1
It’s that time of year
FPU Wind Ensemble Tour to Chicago
A Great Party Saturday Night
AIMS Center Remodel
Character Education
Founded on Christ
FPU Board Training

February

What’s Not Negotiable (and What is)
IPEDS Report
Enrollment Report
Meeting with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Over the Wall
Black History Month
Presidential Succession: Where are We?

January

Remembering and Renewing
Vision and Scholarship
A History of the Future
Clarity for the New Year
Strategic Plan

2015

December

Commencement and the Vision for the Future
The Mysterious Power
What We Really Celebrate
2015 Fall Commencement

November

Thanking God
Thought Leaders
Ologie?
Seasonal Events
The Vision: Can You See It?
Education through Performance

October

Notes from the October Board Meeting
Presidential Transition
Our Wonderfully Complex Mission
Gracious Christianity
Loving Our Neighbor
Scholarly Pursuit
Appreciating Quality and Mission

September

5 Years Later
S.T.E.M. National Award
FPU Athletics
Distinguishing in the Midst of Change
Trusting the Process
Taking a Long View
Teenage Groups in Adult Organizations

August

We’re All in this Together
President’s Distinguished Service Awards
The World is Coming and the Fires are Burning
June Board Meeting
Cal Grants
Gracious Christianity
Changing the Chief Change Agent
2015/16 Enrollment News

July

The Smith House
Looking Into the Future
Conserving Water
Celebrating good news!
Supreme Court Decision in Context
Summer Camps at FPU
Being Christ-like in an Anti-Christian Culture
Is God up to Something at FPU?

June

Letting go Tends to be Harder than Hanging on
Finishing the Year Well!
No Cuts to Cal Grant!
Endings and beginnings
Enrollment
Taking a moment

May

A true Champion is beautiful two ways
FPU Seminary Merger
Planning
Answered Prayers
A Culture of Philanthropy
Performing Arts Center
Celebrations

April

Faithfulness Requires Wisdom
Campus Master Plan
Strategic Planning
Academic Quality
CP Regional “Center to Campus”
Looking Foolish is No Fun
Training, Education and Learning
Commencement 2015
Fitness Goals
The Creator’s Cosmic Conundrum

March

Budget and NCAA
Academic strategic planning – the arts and professions
Music & Arts Center
God made us different
Where do we go from here?
Doing More With Less
WASC, Part Two

February

Budget and Enrollment
Points of Prayer
Dual Leadership Model
Complexity and Simplicity
Leadership Perspectives – Vision and Values
Reality Therapy
Fresno Pacific – A Regional University

January

Freedom of Faith
Building Creatively on our Resources
Planning and Diversity
Strategic Planning

2014

December

The Role of Professors Today
Learning love and discipline

November

A Community of Communities
Learning to Follow
Educational Effectiveness
Learning to Learn

October

We’re working toward it
On Changing Leaders