Fall2015 DIVERSITY: AN INSTITUTIONAL IMPER ATIVE I Was in Prison and You Educated Me p.23 Scholarship Reconsidered p.29 Leading and Learning Abroad p.35 Turning Student Mental Health 'Inside Out' p.43 inADVANCE FROM THE PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (CCCU) The Heart of Christ-Centered FEATURES is an international association of intentionally Christ-centered colleges Education: Compassion and universities. Founded in 1976 with 38 members, the Council has grown to 119 members in North America and 61 affiliate institutions in 20 countries. The OVER THE PAST few months, I have had that however we have – or have not – CCCU is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit By Shirley V. Hoogstra, J.D. organization headquartered in the historic the privilege of visiting several of our responded to the “least of these” we have Capitol Hill district of Washington, D.C. CCCU campuses. I’ve talked with doz- responded to the Lord himself. THE MISSION OF THE CCCU is to ens of students, professors and admin- And so if Christians will be called to "There’s no question advance the cause of Christ-centered istrators and toured state-of-the-art account for such acts of compassion, I feel higher education and to help our classrooms, theaters and labs. It’s been infinitely grateful for what’s happening Christian higher institutions transform the lives of students by faithfully relating scholarship inspiring and humbling for me to see across our campuses. That some of our education can be 19 23 29 and service to biblical truth. the power and impact of Christ-centered schools would establish extension programs education lived out across so many disci- for prison inmates to take college courses DIVERSITY, I WAS IN PRISON SCHOLARSHIP DISTRIBUTION seen as at odds with is published each year INCLUSION AND AND YOU RECONSIDERED: Advance plines and regions. reinforces our mission (see “I Was in Prison in the fall and spring and is mailed to But what’s stood out the most to me and You Educated Me," page 23). That some prevailing THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATED ME AN ACADEMIC members, affiliates, and friends of the ACADEMY By Katie Thompson CLASSIC REVISITED CCCU. It is also available online at hasn’t necessarily been the diverse pursuit we would welcome our first-generation cultural winds. By Morgan C. Feddes Q&A by Drew Moser & www.cccu.org/advance. Direct of excellence, as amazing as that is. Nor students reflects our vision for justice and Cynthia Wells questions and letters to the editor has it been the leading scholarship of our hospitality (see “Filling the Gap,” page 39). to [email protected]. But there’s no faculty, as exciting as that is, too. And that we would continue to care for the ADVERTISING What’s stood out to me more than sick in activities like the bone marrow drive debate that CCCU accepts advertising from Advance anything has been one very Christ-like is beyond words (see “CCCU Launches organizations that serve the students, institutions are raising faculty, or administration of our attribute: compassion. From the meals Bone Marrow Drive Effort,” page 7). campuses. For more information students provide for their neighbors living There’s no question Christian higher up students who and/or to receive a CCCU Media Kit, on the streets to the academic tutors who education can be seen as at odds with some please email [email protected]. help international students with their prevailing cultural winds. But there’s no care about the very PEOPLE English; from the volunteer staffs at senior debate that CCCU institutions are raising Shirley V. Hoogstra things Jesus cares President centers to the servant leadership our up students who care about the very things professors provide in their fields, I’ve seen Jesus cares about, modeled first through Shapri D. LoMaglio about, modeled first Vice President for Government how members of our CCCU campuses the lives of our Christ-centered faculty & External Relations care for their communities and colleagues and staff. through the lives of with the love and grace of our Lord. Their This eternal perspective, lived out in 35 39 43 Morgan C. Feddes our Christ-centered Communications Specialist & compassion, in fact, is what distinguishes the here and now, is the heart of all we LEADING AND FILLING THE GAP FOR INSIDE OUT Managing Editor, Advance and eAdvance Christ-centered higher education. value in Christ-centered higher education. faculty and staff." LEARNING FIRST-GENERATION & STUDENT Katryn Ferrance And it’s what we want to highlight We seek God’s justice by expressing it ABROAD STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH Design Director in this issue of Advance. In Christ’s through kindness and mercy to others. By Elaina Loveland By Morgan C. Feddes & By Brian Upton, Nathan James Newby beautifully descriptive account of his We create a worldview centered on God’s Jo Kadlecek Herring, Jennie Conrad, Web Manager return on Judgment Day, found in kingdom, grounded in biblical truths, Heather Allen, Deana Trefry, Matthew 25, we see the heart of his and reflecting the type of education that & Jennifer Park Kendra Langdon Juskus REGULARS Copy Editor priorities: “I was hungry and you gave is uniquely faithful, distinctly moral and me something to eat, I was thirsty and consistently Christian. Jessica Valencia FROM THE EDITOR ........3 ON ACADEMICS ......... 17 Proofreader you gave me something to drink, I was a And as we express these values and By Morgan C. Feddes By Rick Ostrander stranger and you invited me in . I was priorities of Christ in all aspects of AROUND THE COUNCIL ....4 BESTSEMESTER®: in prison and you came to visit me.” our academic commitments, from the The news of the CCCU Stay connected with the CCCU on Twitter, As the nations are gathered before classrooms and dorms to the prisons and REFLECTION ........... 49 Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Vimeo. By Calvin Taylor FROM CAPITOL HILL. 15 Visit www.cccu.org/connect. him and he sits on his glorious throne, hospitals, we can be sure they’ll continue By Shapri D. LoMaglio ON THE SHELF .......... 51 the King will “separate the people as a to spill out into the communities with that What your peers are reading shepherd separates the sheep from the most winsome of attributes, one the world goats.” The essence of the passage suggests longs to see: compassion. 1 ADVANCE | FALL 2015 ADVANCE | FALL 2015 2 CCCU FROM THE EDITOR The Power of Collaborative AROUND THE COUNCIL 4 • Storytelling 0 The News of the CCCU A C H E "Many have undertaken to draw up an ac- God at work in the world so that others PRESIDENTIAL CHANGES CCCU CABINET CHANGES “may know the certainty of the things [they] count of the things that have been fulfilled Morgan C. Feddes among us, just as they were handed down to have been taught.” Rick Ostrander Named THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS have experienced presidential transitions us by those who from the first were eyewitness- One of the best parts of my role in this Vice President for 35). We have a first-person account from an since our last published list in Advance. The presidents are listed with their es and servants of the word. Therefore, since I is that I get to collaborate with eyewitnesses alumnus of BestSemester’s Australia Studies Academic Affairs and myself have carefully investigated everything to these stories as they unfold in the specific start dates for each campus. Centre about how his time "down under" Professional Programs from the beginning, it seemed good also to me area of Christian higher education – the Anderson University (IN): Louisiana College (LA): led to a new career path and transformed Rick Brewer, April 2015 to write an orderly account for you, most ex- faculty, staff, administrators, students and John S. Pistole, March 2015 A SCHOLAR OF American religion and cellent Theophilus, so that you may know the his faith (page 49). And with the help of the alumni whom God is using to build his Campbell University (NC): Simpson University (CA): an academic administrator respected certainty of the things you have been taught.” Center for Public Justice’s Katie Thompson, kingdom here on earth. That collaboration J. Bradley Creed, July 2015 Robin Dummer, April 2015 throughout the CCCU, Dr. Rick Os- - Luke 1:1-4 we profile some of the excellent education is why I’m so excited about this particular trander was appointed vice president for programs CCCU institutions are offering East Texas Baptist University (TX): J. Trinity Christian College (IL): issue. The majority of the feature stories academic affairs and professional pro- LUKE HAS ALWAYS been my favorite of for prisoners and former inmates across the Kurt D. Dykstra, July 2015 are the direct result of a collaborative ef- Blair Blackburn, June 2015 the Gospels. One reason for this is the skill country (page 23). grams, bringing with him more than two fort, either between the CCCU and another University of the Southwest (NM): Luke uses in crafting his narrative. On those I’m excited about the fact that we have a Faulkner University (AL): decades of experience in Christian higher Quint C. Thurman, February 2015 occasions when I want to reread an account organization or between individuals from new columnist for this magazine. Dr. Rick Michael D. Williams, July 2015 education. He previously served as pro- several CCCU schools. One such collabora- vost of Cornerstone University in Grand of the life of Christ, I almost always choose Ostrander is the CCCU’s vice president for Friends University (KS): REGISTER NOW! tion is with several experts and practitioners Rapids, Michigan; prior to that, he Luke, read it in one sitting and then inevita- academic affairs and professional programs, Amy Bragg Carey, July 2015 New Presidents Institute from our campuses in an essay compilation served as dean of undergraduate studies bly jump into Acts because I get sucked into and his new column, “On Academics,” will July 13-16 | Teton Village, WY and associate professor of history at John the story every time.