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Students In-Focus: Chanel Fuchigami

Karen Rouggly — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:52:05 +0000

Hello Hello! It’s time to bring you another edition of our Students In-Focus! This week, we’re focusing on Chanel Fuchigami! She’s quite popular in our office, around campus, and has even been on national TV! While you may have seen her just once on Wipeout – we get to see her shining face everyday! Here’s a bit about her:

Chanel Fuchigami

1. What is your name? Chanel Fuchigami

2. What is your major? Applied Health

3. What is your role in the MAS office? SMC for Open Door Soccer League

4. What do you love about your ministry/your job? Being surrounded by great people who I can learn from, share life and laugh with.

Students In-Focus: Claire Heddles

Karen Rouggly — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:13:40 +0000

Here we are again with another Student In-Focus! This week, we’re bringing you the wonderful Claire Heddles. She’s one of the Student Ministry Coordinators for LA 101. Claire has been dedicated to our office for two years, and we’re sad to see her go, but we’re REALLY excited for what she’s got next in her life. Between Claire’s bright smile and ever-changing fashion – she’s sure to make an impact on this world. Check her out:

Claire Heddles

1. What is your name? Claire Heddles

2. What is your major? Major: Sociology Minors: Global Studies and Economics

3. What is your role in the MAS office? LA 101 Student Ministry Coordinator

Students In-Focus: Christine Escoto

Karen Rouggly — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:52:02 +0000

Hey wonderful blog readers! This semester, the MAS office has the pleasure of introducing you to a few of our WONDERFUL students! We’ve got 18 student workers that work in our office in various positions, including Student Ministry Coordinators and Administrative Assistants. We also have about 25 Lead Volunteers who assist our SMC’s on a daily basis in each ministry. We’d love to introduce you to some of these great students that we’ve had the honor of working with the past year or more! We’ve decided to start by highlighting our students who are Seniors this year. We’ve asked them the same set of questions, about them, their ministry , and their time at APU. Below, you’ll find our first ~~victim~~, student to present to you: Christine Escoto!

Ministry Madness!

Karen Rouggly — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:36:40 +0000

Hello! I am so excited to be a part of the Azusa Pacific family as a blogger this year! I graduated from APU with a degree in Theatre Arts and Communication studies in 2005. Since then, I’ve completed a Masters Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and spent the past three years working as a full-time missionary for an organization based in South Africa. This summer, I was hired as the Program Coordinator in the Office of Ministry and Service and it’s been a blast being back! It definitely feels like coming home!

Part of my job involves mobilizing our students through social media – and mobilizing I hope to do. Throughout the year, I’ll be posting different things about the MAS office and the ministries we work with, as well as the different perspectives of our students in the office.

Staying Connected to Your College Student

Jim Burns — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:48:21 +0000

Here’s some great news for parents of college students: Through the wonders of today’s technologies, there has never been a better time in history to keep in touch with your young adult.

APU Response to Haiti [Email to Students]

Christian Brazo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:51:22 +0000

This is an email sent to Azusa Pacific students this morning from Matt Browning, associate vice president for internationalization Dear Students, I want to share with you APU’s plans to respond to the disaster in Haiti. I know many of you are concerned and are asking about how to help. I am thrilled that your heart for God’s world is stirred.

halloween and homework.

Ellie Kipps — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:19:50 +0000

So today is Halloween, and I’m writing a paper. I’ve never been super into Halloween after about age 10, but it’s been great to see carved pumpkins and some ridiculous antics around campus. Last night a few of my friends dressed up like old people and there were trick-or-treaters in the Mods (a sophomore living area), so I thought that was funny.

Right now, I’m trying to gear back up for another challenging week ahead. Sometimes it is hard staying focused with all these events around, but it has taught me a lot about self-control. Though, right now, I’m really distracted by quite a few things, including my plans to study abroad next year, starting at High Sierra, and then possibly on to Australia. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be able to go to Israel this summer, but I’m so excited about studying in High Sierra… it’s ridiculous. Hah. I’m also distracted, in a good way, by thinking about the things I learned this week.

encouragement.

Ellie Kipps — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:16:22 +0000

If you’ve been looking at APU for much time, you’ll probably have heard/seen the phrase: God First, and perhaps have also heard about the four cornerstones that this university finds it’s strength and mission within. I hope that throughout this year I’ll explore these four cornerstones in depth and let you see how APU truly embraces them and demonstrates their importance in the everyday workings of this amazing place I call home.

The four cornerstones are: CHRIST, SCHOLARSHIP, COMMUNITY, SERVICE. To see more detail check out this page.

Today I experienced two of these cornerstones through a conversation with a professor today that really encouraged me. I know it might sound like one of those “get-ya-in-the-door, but not really true” admission statements that a lot of schools use (which actually I’ve never found to be true with APU… they are pretty great at being honest with you)…. but nevertheless: Professors REALLY REALLY REALLY care and love and pray for and are there for their students. Whether it be encouraging one in the their faith, their homework, their future planning, their life struggles, or whatever, honestly, professors are the core of this university.

Administrative Bi-focals

John Reynolds — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:54 +0000

The first bi-focaled administrator

One of the most difficult challenges we as university administrators have is balancing the reality of the present (doing the work), with what is necessary to ensure a successful and sustainable future. It reminds me of first wearing bi-focal spectacles – I needed one type of lens for reading, and the other for distance.

As APU’s leaders we have to do the same, focus on today but be able to “see” into the future. To do this with excellence, we need to know what is keeping us a Christ-centered comprehensive university heading in the right direction. Students and knowledge guide this direction. I am probably not the most knowledgeable on the student factor, but I have strong convictions around knowledge. I have just read an interesting article on “The Dynamic of Knowledge”₁ – let me try and apply it to APU.

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