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The Fresno Pacific University Idea

The Fresno Pacific Idea reflects the university's interpretation of what it means to be a community of learners committed to a distinctive vision of Christian higher education. The Idea serves as a center for reflection and action and as a guide for forming a vision of the future. Rooted in the past and continuously re-shaped by the present, the Idea provides a foundation for the university's understanding of itself and of the mission to which it is called.

Students, faculty, staff live as a prophetic, Christian community

God works in and through his followers to change people and the world.

That was the message Fresno Pacific University President D. Merrill Ewert brought students, faculty and staff during the opening convocation of the 2010-2011 academic year. About 1,000 gathered August 25 in the Special Events Center.

That was the message Fresno Pacific University President D. Merrill Ewert brought students, faculty and staff during the opening convocation of the 2010-2011 academic year. About 1,000 gathered August 25 in the Special Events Center.

Pacific Magazine - Volume 23, Number 2

Faculty scholars—acquiring knowledge, enriching teaching

ENOUGH WITH SCHOOL ALREADY! So I thought when I walked down the steps from my commencement stage, bachelor’s degree in hand. Actually, that idea had lodged itself in my mind a good while before. No matter how boring summer vacation became, the phrase “back to school sale” struck terror in my heart.