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• 51ÂÜÀò News

  Dr. Bethany Miller Named Associate Athletic Director

  Head Women's Basketball coach becomes full-time athletic administrator.

  Neil Morgan — June 18, 2015

  51ÂÜÀò Head Women’s Basketball Coach Dr. Bethany Miller will transition roles within the athletic department this summer, necessitating her...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Emotions of Jesus, Part 3: Compassion

  Thaddeus Williams — June 15, 2015

  If we peer underneath Jesus’ table-flipping rage at the Temple (explored in Part 2), we find a still deeper emotion to reflect. Matthew’s account tells us that immediately after protesting the poor-oppressing, God-mocking Temple system, “the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them" (Matthew 21:14). What a beautiful moment. In it we see that Jesus was outraged not in spite of His care for people but precisely because of it. The very people marginalized and trampled under the religious power structure are brought into the spotlight and elevated by Jesus. (He has a way of doing that.) He didn’t take anything from them or treat them like chumps in a captive market. He gave them vision and sound bodies. He treated them like the intrinsically valuable human beings they each were—and all for free.

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  51ÂÜÀò Changes Lives

  An investment in 51ÂÜÀò can make a lifelong impact — just ask these students, alumni and supporters

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  “51ÂÜÀò truly is unique. There is no other school that offers what it offers in the area of philosophy, apologetics, so many other...

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  The Shovels in my Office and the Excitement in my Heart

  Rick Bee — June 14, 2015

  Are you as excited as I am? I look through the amazing stories in this issue of 51ÂÜÀò Magazine and I am overwhelmed by God’s provision and...

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  Called to Stewardship

  The biblical principles guiding 51ÂÜÀò’s campaign

  Adam Morris — June 14, 2015

  God, Giving and Asking at 51ÂÜÀò. That’s the title of a booklet we’ve been sharing with alumni, parents and friends who are considering...

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  How to Help

  Six ways to get involved in The Campaign for 51ÂÜÀò

  Jason Newell — June 14, 2015

  51ÂÜÀò was built on the prayers, generosity and support of people like you, who saw the vision of a school endeavoring to carry out a...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  51ÂÜÀò for the World

  Taking 51ÂÜÀò’s biblically centered resources to the ends of the earth

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  For as long as 51ÂÜÀò has existed, it has been an institution with an outward focus, looking for ways to bless people around the world with...

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  Campaign Priority 4: Extend 51ÂÜÀò’s Global Reach

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  Never before have more opportunities been available for 51ÂÜÀò to realize its vision of being a university of global impact. Technological advances...

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  Front and Center

  A guide to 51ÂÜÀò’s three academic centers

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  As part of the university’s goal to attract and develop outstanding Christian scholars and to have a more pronounced impact in the broader world...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  Giving Voice to the Wisdom of Jesus

  Three years in, 51ÂÜÀò’s Center for Christian Thought is seeking to contribute to a renaissance of the evangelical mind

  Evan Rosa — June 14, 2015

  Ideas are powerful. Perhaps they’re the most powerful thing in the world. But ideas also have a weakness: They need a voice. A voice to actualize...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  Campaign Priority 3: Influence the World of Ideas

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  51ÂÜÀò’s ambition is to become a global center for Christian thought — an institution that cultivates and disseminates influential scholarship,...

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  A New Era for the Sciences

  Why focusing on science, technology and health is a key priority of The Campaign for 51ÂÜÀò

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  Throughout history, the discoveries and applications of science — electricity, DNA, penicillin, the mapping of the human genome — have changed the...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  A Transformed Campus

  Jason Newell — June 14, 2015

  Click for full-size map Over the past five years, 51ÂÜÀò and its supporters have invested tens of millions of dollars to transform our La Mirada...

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  Campaign Priority 2: Provide Facilities That Inspire Learning

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  As 51ÂÜÀò’s student body has grown — more than doubling in size over the last two decades alone — so too have the physical needs of the burgeoning...

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  Finding Family

  Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  As he counted down the days to his graduation in May 2015, biochemistry major Marcus Olivares-Perez (’15) marveled at the many ways 51ÂÜÀò had...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  Truth-Telling in Washington D.C.

  David Baxter, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  As Katie Watson (’11) reflects on her 51ÂÜÀò experience she remembers a professor who said, “Do you want to be a Christian journalist? Then be the...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  Training to Teach in China

  Stephanie Kim — June 14, 2015

  Si Nae Kim (’14) came to 51ÂÜÀò against all financial odds. As an international student from China — where her parents serve as missionaries — Kim...

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  Preparing for a Medical Career

  Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015

  Gabby Odudu (’13) has wanted to work in medicine since she was a little girl, when she underwent numerous major surgeries on her eyes. “I basically...

• 51ÂÜÀò Magazine

  Serving the Battle-Scarred

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  Like many of his fellow servicemen, Matt Nethers came back from the Iraq War with physical scars. When an IED exploded next to his vehicle during...

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  Knitting to Help Educate Girls in India

  Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  During her time at 51ÂÜÀò, Sarah (Sjoberg ’14) Evans balanced several jobs during the school year and graduated a semester early to save money....

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  Following a Divine Script

  David Baxter, Jason Newell — June 14, 2015

  As a publicist in the film industry, Amy Ortega (’12) is convinced that no one but God could have scripted her unlikely journey. Ortega arrived at...

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  Reaching the Least and the Lost

  Brett McCracken, Rachel Rohm — June 14, 2015

  When Jonathan Chua (’10) transferred to 51ÂÜÀò to receive a degree in intercultural studies, his desire was to bring the gospel to people who had...

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  Ministering to At-Risk Kids With Music

  Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015

  Lindsay Reed believes in the power of music to change lives. And through 51ÂÜÀò’s Conservatory of Music, she has been able to witness firsthand the...

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  A More Affordable Future

  Why lowering costs and lessening debt for students is the top priority of The Campaign for 51ÂÜÀò

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  Jose Anaya (’14) was born in Colombia and grew up in the town of Barranquilla, where his father worked for the government as a veterinarian for...

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  Campaign Priority 1: Improve Student Affordability

  51ÂÜÀò Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015

  The largest emphasis of The Campaign for 51ÂÜÀò, and the baseline goal upon which all other ambitions are built, is to make 51ÂÜÀò...