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Battlefield to classroom: Tom Cooper’s Return

A lifetime has passed since TOM COOPER ’50 first stepped onto the quiet Seattle Pacific College campus in the fall of 1946. Yet he still remembers what it was like to leave behind remote Pacific island battlefields and return home. Fortunately, he wasn’t alone. Dozens of fellow World War II veterans showed up with him […]

By Robert Elmer —

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Response Spring/Summer 2021

Battlefield to classroom: Tom Cooper’s return

Response is a print and online magazine for thoughtful Christians worldwide, rooted in the people, life, and mission of Seattle Pacific University.

Volume 44 / Number 1

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Features

Shanae Nicholson
Education
Expanding the field

Peterson Hall circa 1910
Education
100 Years: SPU School of Education

Students hang out in the Dravus parking lot, celebrating a socially-distanced birthday
Features
Campus Life in These COVID Times

Tom Cooper photo by Eugene Lee
Alumni
Battlefield to classroom: Tom Cooper’s Return

Soul Cycle Cover Illustration by Matt Chase
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Soul Cycle: From Burned Out to Beloved

Nyaradzo Mvududu
Education
Opening education’s school doors

Alumni News

Dale Parker
Alumni
Dale Parker: A quality start and finish

John Burbank
Alumni
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Jake DeShazer in military uniform
Alumni
War and Peace

In Memoriam

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In Memoriam
In memoriam, Spring/Summer 2021

Athletics

President's award illustration by Tommy Parker
Athletics
NCAA Presidents’ Award

Caitlin McClain
Athletics
A new coach for women’s rowing

Mehdi El Mardi on the court photo by Andrew Towell
Athletics
The travelin’ man with a game plan

Class Notes

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Class Notes
Spring/Summer 2021 Class Notes

The City

Tyler Breier appears on a laptop screen
Beyond SPU
The “isms” that plague public health

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Beyond SPU
Collective community

Becka Magnenat displays the Seattle Kraken flag
Beyond SPU
Release the Kraken

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Beyond SPU
Sweet, sweet justice

The Bible Theology

Brian Lugioyo
In the Loop
New dean of theology and seminary

Science Technology

illustration of magnifying cell by Tommy Parker
In the Loop
Teaching cell biology online

Your Take

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Your Turn
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Falconettes
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Columns

Retirement Illustration by Fernando Cobelo
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From the Editor
Light and grace in a gray world

President Martin
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