One Smart Cookie: Recent Episodes
Office of Women's Development
One Smart Cookie is a bi-weekly conversation hosted by the Office of Women's Development at Azusa Pacific University.
We invite "one smart cookie" from our campus to share with us on our theme for the year and is open to all students, faculty, and staff to attend. One Smart Cookie exists to foster a community of academia where intelligent discussion is encouraged, and where challenging topics are discussed from new perspectives.
Director of Mentoring and Formation in the Center for Vocational Ministry at Azusa Pacific University, Jenn Graffius shared her wisdom on the topic of mentorship in wholeness. We delve into discussion about transformation versus duplication and the importance of having multiple mentors. This last episode bookends this year's One Smart Cookie.
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The University Counseling Center Peer Educators Naomi Watkins, Madison Marasa, and Oscar Lau shared with us their wisdom on student mental health. We explore wholeness through this lens, and discuss practical tips for healthy living.
Book mentioned: "Heart Talk: The Journal: 52 Weeks of Self-Love, Self-Care, and Self-Discovery"
App mentioned: Flora
Pt. 1/2
The University Counseling Center Peer Educators Naomi Watkins, Madison Marasa, and Oscar Lau shared with us their wisdom on student mental health. We explore wholeness through this lens, and discuss practical tips for healthy living.
Book mentioned: "Heart Talk: The Journal: 52 Weeks of Self-Love, Self-Care, and Self-Discovery"
App mentioned: Flora
Pt. 2/2: Wholeness and Home
Graduate Resident Directors Jazmine Anderson Islas, Katie Munshaw, & Ella See share on their thoughts of what it means to be whole at home. The three GRD's have unique insight on what it's like to work in Residence Life and support students in their place of living during a pandemic.
Pt. 1/2: Wholeness and Home
Graduate Resident Directors Jazmine Anderson Islas, Katie Munshaw, & Ella See share on their thoughts of what it means to be whole at home. The three GRD's have unique insight on what it's like to work in Residence Life and support students in their place of living during a pandemic.
Professor and Chair of the English and Modern Languages Department at APU, Windy Petrie shares about "wholeness" through the lens of her book "Templates for Authorship: American Women's Literary Autobiography in the 1930's." We discuss the importance of women's voices in American history and learn about some important women who shared their stories.
Find her book here.
Follow along with her slides here.
Professor and Chair of the English and Modern Languages Department at APU, Windy Petrie shares about "wholeness" through the lens of her book "Templates for Authorship: American Women's Literary Autobiography in the 1930's." We discuss the importance of women's voices in American history and learn about some important women who shared their stories.
Find her book here.
Follow along with her slides here.
In this episode we get to hear from student leader Chai Gaynair, who is the VP of the Black Student Association and co-leader of Disciples in Action at APU. We discuss "wholeness" as it pertains to Black History Month and her experience as a Black woman.
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In this episode we get to hear from student leader Chai Gaynair, who is the VP of the Black Student Association and co-leader of Disciples in Action at APU. We discuss "wholeness" as it pertains to Black History Month and her experience as a Black woman.
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Director of Commuter Life Rhianna Pierre-Puckett shares about how we may be able to connect to our faith and spirituality through the framework of the greatest commandment Jesus told the disciples - "to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind (Matt. 22:37)." We explore how challenging faith/spirituality has been the era of COVID and how we may work to pursue spiritual wholeness in a time where do not feel whole.
Song mentioned: No One Ever Cared for me like Jesus by Stephanie Gretzinger
Our new Dean of Students at APU Dr. Xavier Whitaker shares about growing leaders and growing ourselves. He shares some of his own experiences and gives good thoughts about leadership.
Dr. Lori Lacy, Director of APU's University Counseling Center shares about how wholeness is healing found in relationships. We can look at this in relation to ourselves, to others and the world. Dr. Lori expands how we can take care of ourselves and others in this hard season.
If you are hoping to get counseling or ask more about the resources that the University Counseling Center offers check out https://www.apu.edu/counselingcenter/ or call (626) 815-2109 or email ucc@apu.edu.
APU's VP of Student Affairs, Shino Simons shares about how to engage in Wholeness Beyond Ourselves. Understanding that for us to pursue wholeness for our own lives, we must also engage in a communal wholeness.
"God knew about 2020. This did not take him by surprise."
Election Day is almost here, and we've all witnessed the events that have led up to this moment.
It is difficult to evade discussions about politics, so how do we approach it? What heart posture can we be in to engage well and how can we take care of ourselves in this season? Former OWD Director, Dr. Elaine shares some wonderful wisdom about this topic and how we might respond to the coming days.
If you'd like to see more of her work, you can find her ministry on Instagram at @empoweredwomenmovement.
In this episode, Victoria Leigh Julien explores what wholeness looks like in regards to our career and calling. We discuss spiritual health, women's struggles in career and the importance of bringing your full self to your place of work.
Check out APU's Career Center here: https://www.apu.edu/career/
In this weeks episode of OSC, Carmen Varela Director of Accessibility and Disability Resources at APU speaks on the topic of "Wholeness in Disability/Ability."
She challenges us on society's perspective of what "wholeness" means, and sheds light on the experiences of those with different abilities and disabilities. In this conversation, we learn to acknowledge that creating access upholds the wholeness of individuals, and dignifying all types of diversity is a calling for Christians.
One Smart Cookie is a bi-weekly conversation hosted by the Office of Women's Development at Azusa Pacific University.
We invite "one smart cookie" from our campus to share with us on our theme for the year. This is open to all students, faculty, and staff to attend and exists to foster a community of academia where intelligent discussion is encouraged, and where challenging topics are discussed from new perspectives.
This year we are focusing on the theme of “wholeness.” We hope to explore what it means for women and others to pursue “wholeness” physically, mentally, and spiritually.
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“The question is: Are we actually afraid of change itself? Or are we more afraid of the emotions and impacts that come with change?”
In this episode, Alpha Joy Lawson, Transitions Coordinator at Azusa Pacific University, explores what wholeness looks like in transition. She shares timely words for our current circumstances, and encourages us to see the beauty in the hard times we are experiencing.
(Due to copyright, we could not play the song mentioned in the podcast. You may find the link to the song "Canvas and Clay by Pat Barrett" here.)