Forgiven

Mark G. White Director and Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr. Endowed Chair Mississippi State University [Nov. 16, 2009] — Several years ago, I had a remarkable office visit. A former student who had graduated more than a decade earlier from my prior university stopped...

I Caught Her Cheating

Wes Fondren, Communication, Coastal Carolina University [Nov 9, 2009]– Recently, I watched a student cheat on a mid-term. She pushed the jacket sleeve of her left arm up to her elbow, looked at her forearm, then wrote something down on the test. After glancing...

All God’s Children

Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Child and Adolescent Development San Jose State University [Oct 11, 2009] — I don’t do enough for my students.  It took a note from a little girl in the Philippines to make me realize this. Last November I bought a jacket with a faux fur...

I’m A Minority

Phillip A Bishop Exercise Physiology University of Alabama [Oct 5, 2009] — I have always cherished my Cuban heritage. My grandfather was Pedro Diaz, who emigrated from Cuba to the Miami area at the end of the 19th century.  I always thought my mother’s name was...

Going Where The Fish Are

Steve Long Electrical and Computer Engineering U C Santa Barbara [Sept 28,2009]– Sometimes students’ questions about God don’t arise very often in particular academic disciplines — like mine, for example. So how do I reflect Christ to others? I don’t...

2009 Nilson Award Recipient

Presented by Rae Mellichamp and John Walkup [Sept 21,2009] — The 2009 Erik Nilson Award, presented to an outstanding Christian professor, has been given to Buff Furman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at San Jose State University. I (John) met Buff Furman in...