Becca Rhodes, one of Fresno Pacific’s women’s residence directors, opens the doors of her apartment for Becca’s Bakery one morning each week for fellowship over warm homemade bread. You can check it out on Wednesday mornings from 7:30-9:00 in Warkentine 122.

A variety of events kept the summer busy on Fresno Pacific’s main campus. From athletic camps to music camps and educational workshops, there was something for everyone. 

President Pete Menjares brought a message of hope in his first President’s Convocation.

“This university has gone through significant changes in the past five to seven years,” Menjares told a full house of students, faculty and staff August 29 in the Special Events Center on the main campus. The name of his presentation, and the theme for the academic year, is “Abounding in Hope in Times of Change.”

A pair of projects should make for a merry Christmas season at Fresno Pacific University.

Work is set to begin in September on a Commuter Lounge and a Fitness Center on the main campus, 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., Fresno. The facilities are to open in December.

Fitness Center

FPU President Pete Menjares and his wife, Virginia, met some of the neighbors at an event sponsored by City Councilman Sal Quintero.

FPU athletics invited local media for an Athletics Media Luncheon. Newspaper, radio and television reporters came to meet with staff and students, and to get an update on what the 2012-2013 school year has in store for our athletes. Announcements included FPU’s second year in the NCAA, new employees and changes to the website: fpuathletics.com

Ted and Joyce Smith continue their life of faith by giving their home to Fresno Pacific University.