Scientific Literacy and SPU
One study has found that only 6 percent of Americans can be considered
"scientifically literate."
Professor Bruce Congdon makes the case for a renewed focus on teaching
the sciences.
Pied Pipers in Lab Coats
From a life-sized velociraptor to sharks in the school swimming
pool, alumni teachers Brad Proffitt and Laurie Greco employ ingenious
methods of attracting youth to sciences.
Counseling War's Survivors
It was a first for SPU's SPRINT program. A team of doctoral psychology
students took their skills
to Bosnia, where victims of the war are struggling to heal.
Things Fall Apart
For Professor Don Holsinger and Associate Professor Robert Baah, the
Nigerian novel Things Fall Apart
is a coming together of the richness of African literature and a call to
wisdom for all cultures.
A Passion for Christ
Tim Dearborn, SPU's new dean of chapel, believes that if Christians
are
faithful to the gospel, "our focus, passion and delight is always
and only Jesus Christ."