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The Yo–Yo Man

June 08, 2015

The Yo–Yo Man

Living His Dream

June 08, 2015

As a boy, Jesse Merrick ’12 dreamed big. One day, he would be a professional athlete.

APU Professor Elected to National Board

April 20, 2015

The Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts selected Emily Griesinger, Ph.D., to serve a four-year term on its national board, representing 97 schools. The Lilly program seeks to strengthen the quality and shape the character of church-related institutions of learning through three initiatives. First, it offers postdoctoral teaching fellowships for students seeking teaching, scholarship, and leadership positions in Christian settings. Second, it supports students exploring vocations in church-related higher education during their first three years of graduate school in the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. Third, it maintains a collaborative National Network of Church-related Colleges and Universities that sponsors a variety of activities and publications designed to explore the Christian character of the academic vocation and to strengthen the religious nature of church-related institutions.

Faculty Member Named as Emerging Scholar

March 31, 2015

Diverse Issues in Higher Education recognized Rachel Gonzales-Castaneda, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, as 1 of 12 Emerging Scholars of the Year in the January 2015 issue. The publication annually honors young scholars for the uniqueness of their fields of study and their commitment to teaching.

Honors College Hosts Renowned Political Theorist

March 30, 2015

Students and faculty explored the incisive language and organic nature of America’s cardinal text, the Declaration of Independence, when the Honors College hosted Danielle S. Allen, Ph.D., during a Koch Lecture Series event on February 18, 2015. With doctorates from Cambridge University and Harvard University, Allen holds an endowed chair and teaches at Princeton University. Her APU lecture focused on her recent book, Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014), delving into the meaning of democracy and its implications for Americans, and facilitating rigorous dialogue among attendees.

A Tale of Two Schools

March 09, 2015

Silent Beauty

January 20, 2015

Silent Beauty