2022 |
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June |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Universal Design: Accessibility for All |
Leaning into Lent |
“Providing Healing, Promoting Hope” |
Stepping Into the Future with the Faith of Abraham |
February |
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Deeper Waters |
A Little Attention at the Right Time Can be Transformational |
What is Nursing? |
Hope for the Future |
January |
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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 |
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December |
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Reading the Bible Jesus Read |
The Unannounced Arrival that Fulfilled the Promise |
Quiet Service Without Earthly Recognition |
November |
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Thanksgiving and God’s Blessings |
Offering Thanks Through Sacrifice |
Thanksgiving in Our Circumstances |
Learning Contentment: A Thanksgiving Reflection |
October |
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Conquering Fear |
Transforming Purposely: When the Rubber Meets the Road at FPU |
Connections: A Family GEIST |
“But For God” |
September |
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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 |
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Many Parts, One Body |
A Defence of Human Beings |
The Power of Global Education at Fresno Pacific University |
The Grace of Humility |
July |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A Legacy through the Seasons |
The Comfort of Deadlines |
Working Together in Value to One Another |
Black History Month |
January |
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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 |
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December |
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Libraries for the 21st Century |
Students Talk About Connection During COVID |
The Gift of Giving |
November |
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Creating Community During Remote Learning |
Listening for All God’s Callings in Our Lives |
Stay Curious |
Discover Abiding Love |
October |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOAL Four: SERVE Courageously—In Difficult Times |
Goal Three: INNOVATE Creatively |
June |
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Goal Two: ENGAGE Collectively |
Goal One: GROW Strategically |
May |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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December |
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Facing the Future in Faith or Fear |
Inspiring conversations in the great outdoors |
Discovering Hidden Gems |
November |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Almighty has His Own Purposes |
A Challenging Future, a Tested idea |
Do Not Despise Small Beginnings |
Little Acorns… |
August |
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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 |
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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 |
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A Safe Place |
Sowing Merced Community Connections via Fresno Pacific University |
Laughing My Way to a Better Me |
“Making Scholarship Effective for Good” |
May |
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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 |
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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 |
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Roadmaps or Detours? |
The Role of a Business School |
Who Do You Serve? |
February |
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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 |
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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 |
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December |
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Christmastime “Melody of Messiah” |
Listen Well; then Choose Your Adventure |
Christmas: A Celebration of the Giving of Life |
November |
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Affirming Our Vision |
Serving, Engaging and Embracing our Region |
Humility, Not Hubris |
The Call to Care–Creating a Culture of Care |
October |
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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 |
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Envisioning the Future Part II 2018-19 |
Service is Our Middle Name |
Justice |
Ready to Serve |
August |
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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 |
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We Are the Beloved |
Better Teaching Through Painting |
The Challenge of Leadership |
June |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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December |
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An Engaged Presence |
Student-Athletes Reflect Fresno Pacific University Off the Field as Well as On |
Baccalaureate is a Dress Rehearsal for Eternity |
November |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A Brief Farewell Message |
A Culture of Generosity |
Fresno Pacific University is a Christian University |
A New Season Brings the Promise of Possibilities |
May |
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Three Years Running |
In Praise of Adjuncts |
From Under Our Noses to a High, High Dive |
Ending and Beginning |
Connections: Scholarship and Teaching |
April |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ALAS Title V and the New Intercultural Learning Center |
Cheers for the Next President! |
It’s Personal |
Rejoice! Everything is a mess. |
2016 |
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December |
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Making Future History |
“Sanctuary,” Christ and the rule of law |
Taking the Mystery Out of Accreditation |
November |
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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 |
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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 |
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FPU’s Many Faces of Spiritual Formation |
Listening to Fresno Pacific |
Off to a Good Start |
Athletics Lives Out the Mission at FPU |
August |
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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 |
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AI, the Initiative, Not the City |
It’s Time for Christmas |
June |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Remembering and Renewing |
Vision and Scholarship |
A History of the Future |
Clarity for the New Year |
Strategic Plan |
2015 |
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December |
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Commencement and the Vision for the Future |
The Mysterious Power |
What We Really Celebrate |
2015 Fall Commencement |
November |
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Thanking God |
Thought Leaders |
Ologie? |
Seasonal Events |
The Vision: Can You See It? |
Education through Performance |
October |
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Notes from the October Board Meeting |
Presidential Transition |
Our Wonderfully Complex Mission |
Gracious Christianity |
Loving Our Neighbor |
Scholarly Pursuit |
Appreciating Quality and Mission |
September |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A true Champion is beautiful two ways |
FPU Seminary Merger |
Planning |
Answered Prayers |
A Culture of Philanthropy |
Performing Arts Center |
Celebrations |
April |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Freedom of Faith |
Building Creatively on our Resources |
Planning and Diversity |
Strategic Planning |
2014 |
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December |
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The Role of Professors Today |
Learning love and discipline |
November |
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A Community of Communities |
Learning to Follow |
Educational Effectiveness |
Learning to Learn |
October |
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We’re working toward it |
On Changing Leaders |