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2023

August

Summer 2022 Alumni Tour #2, France and Catching Up after COVID
Summer 2022 Alumni Tour #1, Central Europe and the Perils of Travel just after COVID
Summer 2023 Alumni and Friends Tour—Landscapes Scotland and Ireland

2022

June

History Graduates

2021

Reconsidering the Puritans

January

Meditational Reading from the History of the Church

2020

November

“Invention: The Art of the Liberal Arts”

August

Can’t or Cant

May

Why do we consult scholarship?

January

Expectations for Education
Popular Histories for Understanding and Teaching

2019

November

Reflections on Italy

June

Experiencing Rome

May

On to Siena and Assisi

April

Florence, Italy!
Thinking Historically

March

Still Learning about Teaching

February

On Our Way to Italy–Venice

January

Dilbert Explains PhDs

2018

December

I like history, now…

October

Political Wisdom–Aristotle and Politics Today
Beauty and Travel

May

The Great Divorce

February

The Joy of Reading and Travel

January

Getting Ready for the 2018 Lewis, Tolkien and Christian Authors Tour

2017

December

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Christian Writers of England Tour, June 2018

October

The Reformation at 500 Years
Core Values and Current Business Scandals

August

The Deeper Dimension of Business Ethics

July

The Grandeur and Tragedy of the Reformation
Reflections on our Tour of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Switzerland among the Reformed and the Anabaptists

June

Beauty and Unity in the Reformation
Luther’s Table Talk and Quotes, and Bach too
Berlin and Wittenberg–Overwhelming!
500th Anniverary Reformation Tour 2017–Our Beginning

April

Jeanne d’Albret and Gracious Leadership

January

The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

2016

September

Sabbatical

2015

November

Books that Shape Us

June

Practicing Scholarship

January

On Reading and Misreading, Faith and Reason

2014

November

The Changing Nature of the Professorate

October

Shared Governance: Start Here
The Ecology of Higher Education and Fresno Pacific
Sunbird Athletics

March

Apologetics at Evidence 2014

February

God is doing a new thing…now what do we do?

January

Labyrinth

2013

December

Multicultural Celebrations
The End of the Semester and Scholarly Pursuits

November

The Spirituality of Faith and Learning

October

Integration of Faith and Learning II
Integration of Faith and Learning
Mennonite Icons

August

Living with Differences of Theological Opinion

July

Faculty Appointments

June

International Experience

May

My Favorite Mystic
The Hidden Curriculum

April

Mastery and Gift

March

“Habemus Papam!”
“Lost in Transition”

February

Poetry at Pacific

January

Remembering and Renewing, Martin Luther King Celebration
Education in the Modern World
Academic Administration

2012

November

College Hour—Honoring Faculty and Staff
Leadership Qualities

October

Reformation Day
Board Meeting, Fall 2012
AICCU Annual Planning Retreat
Starting an Academic Career
Inauguration!

August

Hope for the New Year

April

Accreditation Annual Meeting
Inspirational Professors

March

Completion Rates

February

Francis Chan, Thank You…
Traditions and Education

January

Provost’s Convocation—Callings

2011

November

Student Loans and Success
Essay Collections—Continuing our Education

October

Investing in Higher Education–Loans
Board Meetings
Worship and Education

September

The Value of a University Education
How Get Into Graduate School
FPU 9/11 Memorial

August

Multi-tasking, Connectedness and Emerging Adults
A New Year Begins
Education, Religion and Crime

July

John Stott, 1921-2011
Business Education and the Liberal Arts

June

Are the Classics Enough?
Provost?
Master’s Degrees and Student Learning Outcomes

April

Accreditation and Student Learning

March

The Story on FPU and Independent Higher Education

2010

December

Book Reviewing and Teaching

November

Academic Rhythm
TOMS shoes taught us something about business

October

New College Ratings—“First Things”
Ethics Experiment
Christian Higher Education Month

September

College Fairs Coming Up

August

Why is our enrollment up?

July

Christians in College and Christian Colleges

June

Reflecting on the Academic Year
Humanities in the National News

April

An Open Letter to Carly Fiorina, Senate Candidate

March

Universities and the Liberal Arts Too
Universities and the Liberal Arts
What does it take to run a university?

February

MB Biblical Seminary Joins Fresno Pacific University
Contemplative Prayer Retreat–14th Century Mystics

January

Going to College–Dance of Joy
Rotaract Club

2009

December

Ethical Learning

November

Samaritan Scholars

October

No Increase in Tuition–Our Risk
Making it through the Financial Aid Maze
“Get Into College”

September

Our Rich Variety of Universities
Choosing a College that Fits You

August

Welcome to the New Year
Thanks for the Good News Fresno Bee
Faculty Mentoring

July

Turning to Teaching–Business Ethics
Budget Cuts and Room for Students

June

Education and the Economy
Graduation Rates and Student Success

May

Cal Grant and Students Who Succeed
What a Good University Does

April

The Faith Dimension
Education of the Future/Present

March

Laboring for Good News!

2008

December

What to do with higher ed…now