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Augustine Honors Liberal Arts Minor

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Augustine Honors Liberal Arts Minor and Emphasis

The Augustine Honors Liberal Arts minor at Colorado Christian University offers a unique opportunity to explore the great books of past and present. You will dig deeper and experience — through community-oriented discussion and unique educational experiences — the philosophic and theological pulse of Western civilization. This competitive-admission minor and emphasis program explores the great books of the past through an unapologetically Protestant and principally conservative approach. Scholars will explore the works of Saint Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edmund Burke, and more.

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Augustine Honors Minor & Emphasis

Augustine Honors Programs at CCU

CCU, you will join a community of scholars as you hone liberal arts skills while participating in a millennia-long conversation with the greatest intellects of the Western world. The minor is unique in its character-driven, community-oriented, and conservative Protestant approach to exploring great works. You will explore the meaning of grace and truth and how it pertains to your character as Christian, you will be immersed a community of scholars that will join you in your educational journey, and you will be grounded in an unapologetically Christian and conservative theology. If you're interested in more information, please send an email to augustinehonors@ccu.edu.

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Meet the Faculty

Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth."
– C.S. Lewis, author (1898-1963)

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Dr. Alisa Shanks

Affiliate Faculty and Director of the Larry J Crabb Center for University Counseling

As a Christian Psychologist, I love the opportunity to connect with students as a professor when teaching the week-long Easing Disorders class. It is a blessing incorporating my faith into this work. Having worked at CU Boulder for 10 years, it is always a privilege to be able to bring faith into the learning process.

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Dr. Ryan T. Hartwig

Dean and Professor of Communication

The beauty of Christ-centered, Biblically-grounded education is the ability to think faithfully and biblically about our disciplines of study, and to allow our faith to be shaped and grown through the knowledge developed through our academic studies. In this way, faith integration is a two-way street - faith shaping our disciplinary learning, and disciplinary knowledge shaping faith. As a communication scholar, my discipline's insights into the power and shape of communication have, in many respects, made my faith come alive, and the rich depth of my faith and the Scriptures have shaped my study and pursuit of my field. As a teacher, I get to invite my students into this exploration and, hopefully, help them to see their world differently - through the eyes of faith - and to strengthen their faith in the God who made the amazing world we study.

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Dr. Tom Copeland

Professor of Politics

At CCU, we take seriously the challenges of integrating our Christian faith with the realm of politics. From the time of Christ forward, His followers have thought about, and lived out, different models of the proper relationship between the believer and the state.

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Dr. William Watson

Professor of History

The integration of faith and learning is natural for a Christian Historian: first, because it is simply an extension of my personal relationship with God, and secondly due to the subject matter of my discipline. I believe academic Christians should compromise neither their faith, nor their search for truth in the temporal realm.

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Dr. Phil Mitchell

Professor of History

As a follower of Jesus Christ, it is not possible for me to separate faith and learning. When Christ becomes the Lord of your life, He merges your discipline with your walk with Him.

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Dr. Stephen Shumaker

Professor of Politics

God made us to enjoy learning, to explore the world intelligently, and to pass on our insights and beliefs to each other as an expression of our love and service to Him. Nothing is more practical on a grand scale than investing our time and energy with friends in the pursuit of God and His Truth.

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Dr. Ray Mitsch

Professor of Psychology

My faith is part of everything I do, including learning. It guides how I read and process information. It also ignites my imagination to think and write about how we can reclaim psychology to be driven by God. God should be the center of our being and living, rather than ourselves. I am also inspired to consider how the church can become a place where people can connect with one another in real and redemptive ways.

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Dr. Diane Badzinski

Professor of Communication

CCU is unique in its strong emphasis on developing a community of learners, building professor/staff-student mentoring relationships, and equipping students to share their passion for Christ within their sphere of influence. We regularly discuss class material from a biblically-based perspective, especially since this view is often missing from our readings and research. We also openly share prayer requests and pray for one another.

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Dr. Nahanni Freeman

Associate Professor of Psychology

In my courses, we examine many of the theoretical models of integration, as well as the experimental literature on the psychology of religion. I strive to integrate my faith with learning by respecting the dignity and value of all of my students, acknowledging their freedom and responsibility, and attempting to embody evidence of compassion, empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard.

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Susan Pahlau

Assistant Professor of Communication

In today's technologically-driven society of social media and pop culture, it is critical for students to learn how to integrate media literacy with a Christian worldview. I teach students how to see beyond the illusions and images in mediated images and rather use media as a positive tool to communicate God's message of hope to those in need.

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Dr. Jason Ney

Director of the Writing Center, Assistant Professor of English

My literary interests include American literature, detective fiction, creative nonfiction (essay, memoir, new journalism), and post-postmodern writers such as David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, and Jonathan Franzen.

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Susan Spear

Associate Professor of English

I believe that analyzing literature from a Christian viewpoint and learning to write thoughtfully and in a manner that earns respect prepares student to enter the market place of ideas in a powerful way.

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Dr. Janet Black

Assistant Vice President and Professor of English

I have found a special delight, as well as a challenge, in teaching English in the context of my faith in Christ and with reference to the traditions of Christianity, both contemporary and ancient. This challenge keeps me fresh and, I hope, keeps me authentic as I live out my commitment to my Lord.

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Dr. William Saxby

Professor of Psychology; Dean Emeritus

The Psychology department is united by a commitment to academic scholarship and the integration of faith into the learning process, helping our students become informed Christian scholars who are ready to lead and to make an impact on the world as they prepare for their career.

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Bernard Prokop

Associate Professor of English

I strive to offer an example, both inside and outside of the classroom, of how a person of faith can be both intellectually curious and rigorous while still maintaining a strong conviction and commitment to Jesus Christ.

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Dr. Gary Steward

Assistant Professor of History

I strive to teach history in such a way that inspires and challenges students to consider historical questions from a distinctly Christian perspective. Teaching history, for me, is an extension of Christian discipleship, since how we understand the past greatly affects how we approach the challenges facing us today.

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Dr. Katherine Hyon

Assistant Professor of English

CCU's commitment to the integration of faith and learning truly sets it apart from other institutions. Growing up, I didn't always feel like my faith was relevant to my love of literature and writing until I had a teacher who allowed me to explore those connections.

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Angela Beeson

Instructor of Conversational Chinese

"I want to demonstrate Christ’s love in and out of the classroom."

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Dr. Jonathan Dimos

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Psychology is a fast-moving scientific discipline that opens up a multitude of job opportunities for our students. The subject that we study is also right at the heart of the Gospel. Therefore, our students will need to cultivate a mastery of both head and heart in a unifying way. This takes discipline, empathy, and finely honed critical thinking skills. The payoff is that when we get our study right, lives are transformed in powerful ways, including our own. I love that our students are up for this challenge!

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Jess Stainbrook

Lecturer in Communication, Visual Storytelling/Digital Media

I am passionate about raising up the next generation of kingdom-minded visual storytellers, communicators, and creative professionals by engaging them with hands-on learning experiences that will have tangible and practical application in the real world.

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Dr. Heather Day

Associate Professor of Communication & Rhetoric

I integrate faith in learning during every class period. Communication is truly the core of all human relationships. How we use our words matters. Connecting to diverse audiences and being able to craft your message in a way anyone can understand it, is part of the definition of competent communication. Christianity will not be successful in its mission without competent communicators, and I am encouraged by the thoughtful, ethical, and compassionate way CCU students try to engage cultural conversation with Christin principles of grace and truth.

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