Christ@Center@Huntington

Since the question is being asked, what does it mean to be a Christ-centered university, there must be something missing between what we say we are and the reality of what we are.  I see the problem being this, we as individuals can accept Christ as our Savior and as we grow in Christ we become more Christ centered.  The relationship is personal and life changing. Transposing an individual relationship with Christ to an institutional relationship with Christ is where the dilemma starts. 

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For me, Huntington being a Christ centered campus has meant a number of different things.   As a junior and senior in high school trying to choose a college, I knew I wanted to only look at Christian colleges.  That of course narrowed down my search immediately.  To my surprise though, many colleges labeled “Christian” or affiliated with a denomination did not live up to what I had hoped to find at a Christian university.  I soon learned there is a noticeable difference between an affiliated university and one that truly seeks to be Christ-centered.  I was looking for a place in which it was made evident and intentional that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the institution.  I was hoping to find a place where my academics and athletics were not compartmentalized away from my faith.

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My first exposure to Huntington University was through athletics, the Women’s Basketball program. I was raised on a farm in Huntington County. As a youngster, I played basketball, worked on the farm, participated in 4-H and attended church. As a middle school post player I watched with admiration as Heidi (Hosler) Lawson, played basketball at the high school. I attended the open gyms at the high school and played against the older players. Heidi graduated and played basketball at Huntington College. I pleaded with my parents to take me to a college game to watch Heidi play. That would have been the early 1990’s; I don’t recall now if the team won or lost the games but attending those games was my first exposure to Huntington College.

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As I have considered this question since being invited to share my thoughts I have continued to come back to one underlying thought.  This is that for Huntington University to be Christ centered the people who are the University must be centered in Christ and centered on Christ. 

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To be Christ-centered at Huntington University is to receive God’s gracious activity and to seek opportunities to be gracious to one another. God has given us unmerited blessings and has been compassionate with us, his children. We respond to God’s graciousness by being peacemakers, ministers of reconciliation, merciful, humble, kind; by being gracious to one another. 

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Before my transition to Huntington, I lived in Fort Wayne, IN, for a year. While driving northbound or southbound on I-69 the Huntington University billboard would inevitably catch my attention. There was nothing colorful or vibrant about the billboard, but rather the words, Christ, Scholarship, and Service boldly emblazoned across the board pricked my heart. I juggled those words around my mind contemplating the meaning and value of those three compelling words.

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