Vision from the Campus

Though this is only my fifth week here at the California Baptist University, I can obviously say that for the most part it has been a very positive experience. It is my first semester attending this school. I am transferred junior who is focusing upon a journalism program. So far after the few weeks I have spent here I can say that amount of open sociability and global mindset among students has been drastically different to what I am normally accustomed to.

Before my arrival here at school, I was attending a community college in Oceanside, CA called Mira Costa College. Sociability was drastically different than here at CBU. After almost every class session at MCC was finished, about 85% percent of students would leave class and take out their cell phones while pretending that their other classmates did not exist anymore. Hence, the title of 'Community College' was not living according to its name. Here at CBU it is very refreshing to see that students generally care about the friendships they are making right now. I have had talks with friends in the Cafeteria about what they wish to do once they graduate. More than half of the students I have talked to wished to work for a global organization. Many students here generally care about their future, their plans, and hoping that God will be the center upon it all.

Interviewing students for both The Banner and Angelos has gotten me to see some students’ true love for a global mindset regarding what he or she wishes to do. Last week when I was interviewing two different students about why they wished to obtain an Anthropology degree when they graduate, you could see their global mindset upon the issue. Both of the students I interviewed believed it was very important for us as Christians to have a Global mindset that was ready to preach to all cultures. This included having a good culturally intelligent background that focused upon learning to adapt to cultures as well as having a respect for them. They believed that Americans develop too much of an ethnocentric viewpoint upon the world. Through hearing this, it was re-determined that it was very important for all Christian globally educated mindset. We were called by Jesus to preach to all the nation of the good news. These students do not just wish to talk to their classmates, but they wish to work alongside other Christians and make huge global difference.

In addition to hearing these students and their concerns for global issues, it was great to hear about the USP and ISP programs that occurred around campus. As mentioned earlier, students upon this campus have spoken with great passion upon being globally minded as a Christian in this world. The school has put great emphasis upon how important and life changing these programs can be. I have spoken with quite a number of students who have told me about how much growth they have experienced while being a part of USP or ISP.

I hope to grow here and develop a good global mindset as I continue my studies here at CBU. I hope that my Global focused Journalism will be used to write for mission trips and bring awareness to all.