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William Jessup University continues to fulfill its mission of growing and equipping tomorrow’s leaders despite the unforeseen obstacles and challenges they’ve faced this year. Fall 2020 has become an unprecedented semester with the university seeing their overall student enrollment grow by 6.5% for a…

Scott Roberts, Ph.D. fell in love with the idea of teaching while pursuing his undergraduate degree. After working for several years in the medical field, his passion for teaching never waned. He received his Ph.D., became a professor, and never looked back. Scott is…

Jessup’s theatre department has a solid reputation for producing some of the best theatre productions in Northern California. Due to the COVID pandemic, they had to cut their productions short last spring. Even though they couldn’t finish the season, they still received six Elly…

Michael Granchukoff, Ph.D.’s road to Jessup was anything but ordinary. As a successful restaurant manager, he helped usher Boudin SF into the Sacramento area. But after a few years, Michael felt God telling him he could make a greater eternal impact as an educator.…

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that helps empower others to live with greater independence and freedom from poverty, disease, and hunger. Since 1994, 132 million people around the world have been fed and served. In the United States alone, they provide…

William Jessup University’s Institute for Biodiversity and the Environment (IBE) is pleased to announce the birth of fledgling burrowing owls at one of the IBE’s artificial nest study sites on Placer Land Trust’s Swainson’s Preserve, just outside of Lincoln, California. Swainson's Preserve is part…

Andrew Carico, Ph.D. is passionate about public policy and teaching students about law, history, and politics through a biblical worldview lens. After a brief season as a political journalist, Andrew now focuses his attention on helping students see how their participation in the political…

Mary Jean Walton, LMFT is the Director of Jessup's Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (MACP) program in San Jose. This is a popular program at our Rocklin campus and we're thrilled it's now offered at our San Jose location as well. The MACP…

When Philip Wiggins decided to go back to college, he knew he needed an accessible and flexible environment where he could receive a quality education and be available to help raise his baby daughter. He chose Jessup because it fit his needs and offered…

For over twenty-years, Derek Zahnd has served as a church-planter in Mexico and a pastor in Sacramento.  His research has focused on Globalization, Ecclesiology, and Leadership.  He brings a vibrant outlook on Christian leadership -- in the culture and the church.  Derek spent a…

Matthew Szczepanski’s desire to grow in his relationship with God was the first thing that drew him to Jessup. While at Jessup, he not only developed a deeper relationship with God, he found a supportive community that encouraged his growth and helped him better…

Youth ministry is practically part of professor Fritz Moga’s DNA. After 20 years in church youth ministry, Fritz now teaches Jessup students about the practical issues of youth ministry and the theology needed to succeed in ministry. He recently celebrated his 20th year teaching…