The week-long ICOMB (International Committee of Mennonite Brethren) Mennonite Brethren Global Higher Education Consultation Shaping Mennonite Higher Education for the 21st Century, held on the campuses of MB Biblical Seminary and Fresno Pacific University, concluded on Friday, June 8 with a celebratory dinner.

Ronald L. Claassen was honored as the 2007 California Central Valley "Outstanding Advocate for the Common Good."

Claassen, director of Fresno Pacific University's Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, received the award during a dinner program Sunday June 3 at Hope Lutheran Church.

We've got problems here in the San Joaquin Valley. Everybody knows that, but how do we solve them?

What about getting together the folks affected by a problem and talking about it? Passionately, because we care. Respectfully, because we know that those who disagree with us over solutions care just as much as we do.

As simple, or crazy, as that sounds, it's FPU President D. Merrill Ewert's suggestion in this special summer Scholars Speak.

Getting a look at the world of work was the goal of Job Shadow Day 2007 April 19. Duncan Enterprises hosted eight Fresno Pacific University students for the day, sponsored by the university's Career Services Center and Alumni Advisory Board.

By Mary Anne Saul

Every day Fresno Pacific University faculty go out of their way to provide educational experiences for students. Two examples are the "Ars Litterata" library readings and the social justice film forum, "Brewed Awakenings."