Philoxenia – At Thanksgiving

Faculty Commons, Virtual Team Staff [Nov. 12, 2013]~~ Philoxenia! An unwanted disease?  In reality, it refers to a desperately needed practice among Christ-followers. Philoxenia is Greek for hospitality— a word literally meaning “the love of strangers” or...

A Special Place in God’s Heart

David G. Loomis, Economics, Illinois State University   [Nov. 5, 2013]– Universities can be places of quiet desperation. I believe God has put us here to provide hope – especially to those who feel all alone in our academic world. God seems to have a...

A Seat at the Table

    Heather Holleman, Department of English, Penn State University,   [Oct. 1, 2013] For most of my life, I’ve been fighting for a seat at the table. One day I’d sit with the top English Literature scholars in my field; I would earn the Ph.D.,...

Committing Academic Suicide

      Michael J. Bozack,   Surface Science Laboratory,    Department of Physics,   Auburn University   [Oct. 8, 2013]–It’s rare for me to walk among the crepe myrtles at Auburn University and not remember that the Christian life is high adventure, filled with...

Seeing Beyond GPA

Martin Root, College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University [Sept. 24, 2013]– College is competitive. As instructors we wish it were not so. We wish that students would have the time, energy, and curiosity to enjoy the material we teach. But alas,...

Meet the Prof

Marianne Herr-Glaser, Department of Communications, Clemson University [Sept. 17, 2013]– Professors use various means to get acquainted with the students entering their classes each term. One example of a creative way to bridge the gap between perception and...