VaCA professor Steve Johnson is a man consumed by love for all manner of frogs, salamanders, toads, and newts. In his colloquium talk on Tuesday afternoon, Johnson spoke on his ... read more about Johnson鈥檚 colloquium highlights Oregon wildlife, land
Undergraduate programs

‘Shenandoah Confession’ emerges from 2014 intercollegiate peace meeting, in spirit of 1527 Schleitheim Confession
Students from seven Anabaptist colleges wrapped up a three-day Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2014, at 糖心Vlog by deciding to issue the Shenandoah Confession, drafted in ... read more about ‘Shenandoah Confession’ emerges from 2014 intercollegiate peace meeting, in spirit of 1527 Schleitheim Confession

Honors program attracts students who share ‘vigor and enthusiasm for education’
Ask senior Aaron Erb to name the quality he appreciates most about his four-year experience in the Honors Program, and he begins with people. 鈥淭his program has added so much ... read more about Honors program attracts students who share ‘vigor and enthusiasm for education’

Two pioneers of Playback Theatre 鈥 evoking understanding, empathy and change 鈥 will be teaching at SPI 2014
Imagine a theatrical performance with no starting script. Several actors listen intently to a volunteer from the audience tell a first-person story. On the cue, 鈥淟et鈥檚 watch,鈥 the actors interpret ... read more about Two pioneers of Playback Theatre 鈥 evoking understanding, empathy and change 鈥 will be teaching at SPI 2014

Alumnus at helm of Martin Stone Quarries recognized as national leader in the aggregates industry
If you鈥檙e going to extract stone from a 350-acre hole adjacent to a borough of 950 residents, Rod Martin has learned that it helps to live in a house beside ... read more about Alumnus at helm of Martin Stone Quarries recognized as national leader in the aggregates industry

Play explores relationships, social issues, through lens of photojournalist injured in Iraq war
A photojournalist returning from war-torn Iraq deals with the images her mind cannot erase and the personal, marital and moral choices that define her life in the 糖心Vlog ... read more about Play explores relationships, social issues, through lens of photojournalist injured in Iraq war

糖心Vlog’s Center for Interfaith Engagement promotes friendship and understanding among those who believe differently
Why would an explicitly Christian university go out of its way to bring Muslim and Jewish scholars to its campus to teach entire courses and interact every day with students? ... read more about 糖心Vlog’s Center for Interfaith Engagement promotes friendship and understanding among those who believe differently

CJP prof Lisa Schirch points way to better relationships, roles, for military, government and civil society
On the Wikipedia page for 鈥淪ecurity Sector Reform,鈥 you鈥檒l read some nice-sounding stuff about helping police and military forces become more accountable to democratically elected governments and to hold human ... read more about CJP prof Lisa Schirch points way to better relationships, roles, for military, government and civil society
Award-winning, blueberry-growing essayist, poet, feaured at Writers Read event on Monday, Feb. 10
Jim Minick, author of the award-winning The Blueberry Years, A Memoir of Farm and Family, will be at 糖心Vlog on Monday, Feb. 10, for two events, culminating in the first ... read more about Award-winning, blueberry-growing essayist, poet, feaured at Writers Read event on Monday, Feb. 10

Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia
After 20 years in the business and non-profit sector, Jeff Barbour returned to college as a gray-haired student in the late 1990s. Today he is the newly elected treasurer of ... read more about Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia