Fresno Pacific's Resident Program Coordinators hosted the third Mountain Top Worship for the fall semester. On Tuesday, October 30, students gathered to set time aside for worship and prayer. The worship team from Kingsburg First Baptist Church led singing, and stations, such as painting and prayer boxes, offered creative worship throughout the evening. Mountain Top Worship happens once a month. For dates or more information, go to the Student Life Office. 

The annual Festival of Majors was held October 25 on the campus green. Students visited booths hosted by faculty representing each department and learned about the variety of majors FPU offers, along with the services the Career Services Center provides.

The No Name Fellowship came to Fresno Pacific's Ashley Auditorium October 17 to share breakfast, and celebrate its 20-year anniversary. The No Name Fellowship exposes Fresno leaders to key city issues, promoting an exchange of information and a call for action. The fellowship chose to hold the event on the main campus in anticipation of the launch of the Center for Community Transformation.

Giving and getting are not opposites, they are two sides of the same coin—and people who flip their focus from the “get” side to the “give” side will actually receive.

Aradhna creates Christian worship music in the traditional bhajan style of India, written in the Hindi language. The band performed two shows on the FPU main campus in the SCC lounge for students and staff Tuesday, October 16. If you missed the concert, or want to hear more, you can visit their website at: aradhnamusic.com.

Fresno Pacific hosted its first Worldview Forum on Tuesday, October 16. Speakers Steve Varvis, Ph.D, FPU provost, and Bret Kincaid, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, offered different perspectives on Christians and politics. The Worldview Forum will happen once every semester, with the next one set for February 26. 

Over the last several years, Fresno Pacific has sponsored the Christian concerts held at The Big Fresno Fair. This year, on Tuesday, October 9, members from FPU hosted a booth set up by the Paul Paul stadium. University Pastor Angulus Wilson - along with our Sunny the Sunbird - introduced the night’s concert event: Jamie Grace and TobyMac.

Senior Day, a collaboration of the Career Services Center, Registrar’s Office, FPU Alumni Association and Pacific Bookshop, was held Wednesday, October 3. Students graduating in December received a free t-shirt, signed up for raffles and, most important, got excited for the end of their college journey. If you are graduating at the end of this semester and missed out on Senior Day, contact almuni@fresno.edu for information. 

October 2 FPU’s Career Services Office hosted Resumania! The event was to instruct students on how to write an effective resumé that will help them launch their careers. There are other events throughout the semester to guide students into the job market, including an internship workshop and mock interviews. To find out more, check out fresno.edu/careerservices, or drop by career service in the Student Life Office. 

Traditional undergraduate enrollment passed a milestone in the fall of 2012, surpassing 1,200 for the first time in the school’s 68-year history.

Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary enrollment also grew, from 116 in 2011 to 143 in 2012. A total of 3,460 students study at the main FPU campus and at centers in Merced, North Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield, down from 3,603 in the fall of 2011.