While there are multiple places on campus that students choose from, the best, in my opinion, is the Dining Commons. Of course, you might select morning coffee with an easy riser or get a late-night meal, but the Dining Commons provides more, and here’s why. The Dining Commons gives more variety. Every day of the […]
The Dining Commons Read Post »
Zime is one of the best places on campus to eat. They offer a wide variety of breakfast and lunch options for students. They have sandwiches, salads, fruit and yogurt parfaits students can grab and go. They offer their own versions of Starbucks drinks for students who are not able to go get it. While
Trips to the Holy Land, academic forums featuring internationally known scholar-practitioners and ministers, bi-weekly Chapel and Chew, reading the Bible in a year, pastoral alumni care, student leadership, amazing faculty who love and follow Jesus, preparing students for holistic ministry, an individualized advising approach to help with vocational plans, paid internship experiences, student pantry, and
Palmer Theological Seminary: The Root of Eastern University Read Post »
Palmer Theological Seminary recently received a five-year grant totaling $1 million dollars to fund two key efforts supporting clergy leaders in the church and community—the Alumni Care Initiative, and soon-to-be launched Center for Care, Vitality, & Formation. The funds will help expand existing activities and create new opportunities to serve both current and former students.
Two Palmer Initiatives Receive Support from the Lilly Endowment Read Post »
Faith, reason, and justice are integral values that continue to remain with me as a theologian and pastor. I was introduced to those values as an undergraduate in 2003. I describe my four years at Eastern as an intellectual and spiritual discovery, for I began to understand the connection between thinking well about God and
The Positive Impact of Palmer Read Post »
Kay O’Keeffe Editor-in Chief Major: Political Science Kay joined the Waltonian in 2019 as Opinions Editor before transitioning to her role as Editor in Chief in 2020. After graduation, Kay hopes to find work in public policy and eventually get her masters. Lillie Allen Managing Editor Major: Communication Studies Lillie spent
Saying Goodbye: The Waltonian highlights the class of 2021 and their hard work. Read Post »
I will be the first to admit that what originally drew me to this book was the aesthetic cover. Little did I know that this book was exactly what I was searching for. In a world where there is so much despair, polarization and injustice, I feel lost. I feel called to make a difference,
This One Wild and Precious Life Read Post »
The Poppy War series has generated a lot of chatter in a lot of different book communities, and for good reason: it’s a fantastically well-written and well-researched historical fantasy based on twentieth century Chinese military history. The series is a trilogy, with the first book, The Poppy War published in 2018, followed by The Dragon
The book I’ve been chipping away at this semester is “The Big Goodbye: China and the Last Years of Hollywood”. It’s a historical look back at the 1974 noir film, Chinatown. It was one of the last films in the golden age of Hollywood, and the final line “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown” remains one
The Big Goodbye: China and the Last Years of Hollywood. Read Post »
Poetry overall tends to have a reputation as being overwhelming, dense, hard to understand, and highly intellectual, and much of that stems from how many people’s only experiences with poetry are in educational settings where the poems are written with antiquated language, and the reading experience is one solely based on analysis. Since April is
