Soul Care

Harold Heie is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College (Wenham, MA), where he served as Founding Director from 1994 to 2003. He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Messiah College (1988-1993) and Northwestern College in Iowa (1980-1988). He holds an MA and PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and recently authored Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking (2007). Dr. Heie served for twelve years as chair of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Faith and Learning Commission, and has spoken or consulted at over fifty of the 110 member institutions of the CCCU.

Mark L. Sargent has been Provost of Gordon College since 1996. Previously he served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Spring Arbor College and as Associate Dean at Biola University. He holds a PhD in English from The Claremont Graduate School. He has published numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on academic leadership, film, and American history. Dr. Sargent received the 2008 Chief Academic Officers Award from the Council for Independent Colleges for his career in higher education leadership, and has long been a co-director of the CCCU's Leadership Development Institute for academic officers.