Travelers on the way: A Chance Meeting?

     Mark Pritchard      Management      Central Washington University             The abstract was written, the Powerpoint slides done, so it seemed like just another conference trip that so many of us take each year. With the prospect of ‘free-time’ ahead I began by...

Starting the Year Off Right

Chris Womack,   Kinesiology James Madison University Many of us can be reluctant to identify ourselves as Christians in the classroom. It can seem a little puzzling to figure out how to weave our identities as followers of Christ into our daily classrooms and...

When The World Comes To Us

  Rae Mellichamp, Emeritus Professor, University of Alabama Scott Luley Faculty Commons, Princeton University   “For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in.”    Matthew...

An Alternative View of Risk

Matt Green Alabama, Exercise Science             What might it cost me to identify myself as a Christian in the academy? That was a question our Christian Faculty Staff group here at Alabama talked about recently. Working at a state university, I have found this to be...

Have a Coke and a Smile

Phil Bishop Kinesiology, University of Alabama   About 10 years ago the student Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Alliance (GBLA) held their national conference on our campus.  Upon announcement of this event, the reaction on campus was mixed.  Some people protested the use...

Why The Dean Called One Night

Walter Bradley Mechanical Engineering, Baylor   During my undergraduate years, I began to wonder whether there was something fundamentally incompatible between higher education and being a follower of Jesus. In fact, I went through my entire undergraduate and graduate...