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The Christian Politic

2009-12-04T10:09:00.000-08:00

Professor of Political Science Reed Davis discusses the historical impact of Christianity on politics and how that affects modern politically-minded Christians.

Part 1: Render Unto Caesar What Is His
January 18, 2008 (17:05)

Part 2: What Should a Christian Politic Look Like?
January 25, 2008 (17:29)

Part 3: Vote Democrat or Republican?
February 1, 2008 (22:42)

Evaluation of the Use of Semantic Web Technology in a Collaborative Learning Environment

2009-11-20T15:20:00.000-08:00

Evaluation of the Use of Semantic Web Technology in a Collaborative Learning Environment Andrew Lumpe, Professor of Education, and David Wicks, Director of Instructional Technology Services, share their research findings at the SLOAN-C International Conference on Online Learning. In this study, a semantic web tool called Twine was used in a graduate level course for K-12 educators. It was found that collaborative teams using the semantic web application developed higher levels of expertise. October 29, 2009. (32:20)

A Consensual Qualitative Investigation of Internationalizing the Undergraduate and Graduate Psychology Curricula

2009-11-09T09:23:00.000-08:00

A Consensual Qualitative Investigation of Internationalizing the Undergraduate and Graduate Psychology Curricula Lynette Bikos, SPU Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Research, and her doctoral advisees, Rebekah Forman and Nicola De Paul, present their research and findings at the 2009 APA Convention.

Day of Common Learning 2009: Transformational Leadership

2009-10-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

The Day of Common Learning is a campus in-service day during which faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to participate together in a learning community outside of traditional classrooms.

Keynote Address: Transformational Leadership Ronald C. White. Emeritus Professor of American Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary. [Video]

Abraham Lincoln: Classical Orator Assistant Professor of Classics Owen Ewald and Associate Professor of Communications William Purcell consider Lincoln in the context of the tradition of classical oratory. [Audio]

Civil Discourse in a Coarsening Culture Ronald C. White, Emeritus Professor of American Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and Doug Strong, Professor of the History of Christianity and Dean of the School of Theology, address how Lincoln can be a guide for wisdom and witness. [Video]

From Just Paying the Bills to Intentional Living: Leadership Transforming the Off-Campus Housing Experience Associate Director of University Ministries Matthew Koenig and Sharpen Ministry Intentional Living Core students discuss the demographic changes at SPU which find more and more students commuting and how groups of students are responding through innovative forms of Christian community. [Audio]

Lincoln and the Lilacs Professor of English and Director of the Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Susan VanZanten examines how Walt Whitman captured both Lincoln's magnificence and American grief. [Video]

Lincoln and the Possibilities of Prudential Politics Assistant Professor of Old Testament Bo Lim and Assistant Professor of Political Science Caleb Henry examine why prudential politics is so difficult. [Audio]

The Lincoln/Douglas Debate The SPU Debate Team recreates part of the Lincoln / Douglas debates that helped propel Lincoln onto the national stage. [Audio]

Lincoln on Education Professor of Education Chris Sink explores Lincoln's views on education in light of contemporary perspectives. [Audio] [Video]

Lincoln's Use (and Abuse?) of Presidential Power Professor of History Bill Woodward asks the audience to judge both Lincoln's actions and parallel instances today with regard to five transforming ways Lincoln wielded presidential power. [Audio]

Ode to Joy: Tragedy, Triumph and Transformation in the Life and Music of Beethoven Professor of Music Wayne Johnson looks at how adversity can help create qualities of determination, character and transformative leadership. [Video]

Transformational Leadership: In Practice and in Progress The John Perkins Center and Student Volunteer Coordinators introduce the John Perkins Center model of student leadership development and share stories of growth and engagement from student leaders currently serving in volunteer programs and at various stages along the leadership development continuum. [Video]

Transforming Leadership and the Power of Service Professor of Nursing Kathy Stetz and Assistant Professor of Journalism Rick Jackson discuss how Paul Farmer's journey offers insight for everyone, inside and outside medicine, on how real leadership arises from service anchored in vocation. [Audio]

Transforming Self to Transform Others: Lessons from the Prodigal Father Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Margaret Diddams walks through the practices necessary to become a transformational leader and the unique types of changes that transformational leaders are most likely to make possible. [Audio] [Video]

U2 and the Future of Transformational Leadership Associate Professor of Christian Ministry Jeff Keuss looks at how U2 provokes leaders of the free world to reconsider everything from immigration policy to debt relief. [Audio] [Video]

Celebrating Partnerships

2009-09-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

Celebrating Partnerships This video highlights the positive connections between Seattle Pacific University's School of Education and the local community. 2007. (10:51)

University Players: The Princess and the Ogre

2009-07-29T08:11:00.000-07:00

The Princess and the Ogre The University Players, SPU’s acting troupe, takes the audience on a musical journey that examines our calling as Christians to love our enemies and the truth that no one has fallen too far to be saved by the grace of God. June 2, 2009. (58:39)

2009 SPU Commencement

2009-07-22T13:41:00.000-07:00

Entire 2009 SPU Commencement Join with us in celebrating the accomplishments of our recent SPU graduates. June 14, 2009. (3:05:08) [Audio] [Video]

2009 Commencement Address Dr. John M. Perkins, President of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development, delivers the keynote address. June 14, 2009. (22:57) [Audio] [Video]

Accounting for the Governor: The Politics of Budgeting

2009-06-24T13:48:00.000-07:00

Accounting for the Governor: The Politics of Budgeting Victor Moore, Director of the Washington State Office of Financial Management, and Marty Brown, Legislative Director of the Governor’s Office, discuss the legislative and executive sides of what politics realistically looks like when making a budget. Guests in Assistant Professor of Political Science Caleb Henry's UCOR 2000 The West and the World course. May 27, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

John's John: The Tenor of Scripture in a Wesleyan Key, Part Two

2009-06-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

John's John: The Tenor of Scripture in a Wesleyan Key, Part Two Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies Rob Wall continues to explore John Wesley's theological appropriation of 1 John. The Paul T. Walls Lecture. April 10, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

Social Darwinism and Politics (POL 3550)

2009-06-24T07:20:00.000-07:00

Social Darwinism and Politics Political Science Professor Reed Davis explores the impact of Darwinism and scientific materialism on such fields as criminal justice, medicine, economics, welfare and education during the past century. Topics include eugenics, the Scopes trial, biological defenses in criminal law and evolutionary theories of morality. Spring 2009.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Humility

2009-06-16T09:08:00.000-07:00

2009 SPU Baccalaureate Service Associate Professor of Christian Ministry Jeff Keuss offers four important reminders drawn from Job 23 on how heartbreak, work, brokenness and humility provide a vision for how to live out a deep and compelling vocation in the 21st century. June 12, 2009. (34:09)

Best Teaching Ideas 2009

2009-06-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

Creative Presentations for Teachers SPU Assistant Professor of Education and Elementary Placement Coordinator Debby Espinor describes a project that requires her students to create creative presentations that illustrate their individual teaching philosophies. [Audio] [Video]

What Is Truth? SPU Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology Paul Yost outlines his use of a postmodern Cinderella story to examine the importance of varying perspectives in trying to get at truth. [Audio] [Video]

Teaching Grammar by Numbers Instructor of English Misty Anne Winzenried describes her method for teaching grammar to students. [Audio] [Video]

Market Simulation Associate Professor of Economics Doug Downing simulates the fluctuation in the stock market in a classroom where the buying and selling by students changes the value of their stocks. [Audio] [Video]

The Physics Interview Process Assistant Professor of Physics Hunter Close shares about how learning assistants studied how students think about something in physics. [Audio] [Video]

Vertebrate Biology (BIO 3432)

2009-06-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

Vertebrate Biology (BIO3432) Associate Professor of Biology Eric Long examines vertebrate life in an evolutionary context through the study of adaptations, comparative anatomy, paleontology, and natural history. Spring 2009.

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Psychology Assistant Professor of Psychology Bain Craft talks about the evolutionary model he uses to understand animal behavior and what determines animal and human choices. (3:22)

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy Patrick McDonald expresses that reason is an important part of human distinctiveness. (5:46)

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Scripture Professor of Christian Scriptures Rob Wall claims that the Bible is prepared to give a valuable part of the whole truth in a discussion on humanity as co-creators with God, but it cannot give an accurate scientific perspective. (9:30)

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler describes the need to identify which stage of development a specific fossil within the evolutionary process is in order to locate specific, survival enhancing traits. (4:13)

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Animal Behavioral Biology Associate Professor of Biology Janet Bester-Meredith draws connections between certain human behaviors and non-human animal behaviors. (11:15)

What Does It Mean to Be Human: Q and A SPU professors answer student questions about the role of humanity in a scientifically informed Christian worldview. (42:34)

Testimonies and Un-Testimonies

2009-05-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

Testimonies and Un-Testimonies Hannah Notess discusses storytelling and "testimonies," exploring the evangelical model of before-and-after testimony, and looks for new ways of telling our stories. 2008-2009 Image Milton Fellow. May 21, 2009. (40:56)

Toward a Theology of Mental Illness

2009-05-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Toward a Theology of Mental Illness Associate Professor of Psychology Marcia Webb addresses common theological views of mental illness and uses biblical examples of anxiety and depression as a response to Christian myths about mental illness. Winifred E. Weter Lecture. [Audio] [Video]

Erickson Conference Presentations

2009-05-20T08:32:00.000-07:00

Erickson Conference Presentations The Erickson Conference showcases the outstanding research contributions that SPU students make in the fields of Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. Students present the findings of their individual research projects.

Truth, Consistency, and the Crisis of Foundations [Audio] [Video]

Ratio and Proportion [Audio] [Video]

Is Sudoku NP-Complete? [Audio] [Video]

Using Distance Sampling to Estimate Population Size of Black-tailed Deer on Blakely Island, WA [Audio] [Video]

oChem Hammer [Audio] [Video]

FERPA Leak!

2009-05-20T08:28:00.000-07:00

FERPA Leak! This informational video explains the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and includes short vignettes about how to protect students' privacy. 1994. (24:30)

SPU School of Health Sciences Points of Light Ceremony

2009-05-13T08:18:00.000-07:00

Points of Light: 2008-2009 Annual event celebrating the success of SPU School of Health Sciences faculty and students. February 5, 2009. (32:01)

Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution

2009-05-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution Eastern Nazarene College Professor of Physics Karl Giberson discusses the conservative perspective on the theory of evolution and his own journey from that perspective to evolutionism. February 10, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

Palmer Lecture: Is Christ Divided? Locating the Possibility of the True Church

2009-04-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

Is Christ Divided? Locating the Possibility of the True Church Wycliffe College Professor of Historical Theology Ephraim Radner describes the oneness of the Church in respect to historical reality and Christian truth-claims, challenging Christian witness and self-identity. March 10, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

The Myth of Orpheus: Love and Music

2009-04-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

The Myth of Orpheus: Love and Music Associate Professor of Classics Owen Ewald discusses the myth of Orpheus, who used music to bring back his wife Eurydice from the underworld, only to lose her when he looked back too soon. C. May Marston Lecture. February 24, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

The Gospel, the Church, and Its Mission

2009-04-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

The Gospel, the Church, and Its Mission John Perkins, President of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development, presents the Gospel story as the source of God's mission for the church. Reconciliation requires love and service in action and involves the entire church, not just isolated individuals. April 7, 2009. (35:35)

Content Capture Technologies: Camtasia Relay

2009-04-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

Content Capture Technologies: Camtasia Relay Instructional Technology Services Director David Wicks explains how to use Camtasia Relay to create podcasts or webcasts. March 24, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

Content Capture Technologies: Camtasia Relay Instructor Tips Professor of Education Andrew Lumpe explains how he uses Camtasia Relay, including how he plans a content capture. March 24, 2009. [Audio] [Video]

Law & Society (POL 3780)

2009-03-25T07:29:00.000-07:00

Law & Society Course Lectures Assistant Professor of Political Science Caleb Henry studies the role of law in society and provides an introduction to the American legal system. The course includes case studies of such issues as product liability, environmental law, civil disobedience and assisted suicide. Winter 2009.

The Green Awakening North American Tour

2009-03-18T10:26:00.000-07:00

The Green Awakening North American Tour Renewal Coordinators Ben Lowe and Anna Jane Joyner urge Christians to better steward God's creation and call others to do likewise. March 5, 2009. (47:31)