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For the third year in a row, former Vice President Mike Pence will teach classes about political science and faith at Grove City College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grove City College President Bradley Lingo is happy to have his presence back on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVice President Pence has become a valued member of the Grove City College community through the wisdom, encouragement and personal investment he brings to our students,\u201d Lingo said. \u201cHis example of faithful leadership and service to the common good is one that I hope inspires our students as we prepare them to serve and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serving as the college\u2019s first distinguished fellow for The Center for Faith & Public Life, Pence will again be teaching toward the center\u2019s goal of \u201cadvancing the vision and values that undergird American freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe stakes for America\u2019s rising generation could not be higher,\u201d Pence said. \u201cGrove City College\u2019s Christ-centered, world-class education is more important now than ever before, and I am humbled to continue to play a small role in training up future leaders who will impact our nation in faith and the public square.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In previous years, Pence taught different \u201ctiers\u201d of classes, with a larger lecture class of 200 students and smaller, more exclusive seminars for students affiliated with the college\u2019s Institute of Faith & Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brayden Rush, a junior political science major, attended one of the lecture classes in the spring semester of 2025 and observed Pence\u2019s teaching approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe emphasized his experiences running for office and the mistakes he made and the lessons he learned from those mistakes,\u201d Rush said. \u201cSo much of what we see in politics today is the corruption and moral decadence from our politicians, as well as hostility towards Christians in some cases. Pence offered his own experience and showed how it is possible to be in public service and live out our faith well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Pence\u2019s status as \u201cprofessor\u201d is still rather recent and many students will be meeting him for the first time this year, the vice president\u2019s connection with the college administration goes back much further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Invited by former Grove City College President Paul McNulty in 2017, Pence gave the commencement speech for the college\u2019s graduating class as a personal favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initially meeting in political circles in Washington, McNulty and Pence became better acquainted through their families\u2019 involvement at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Va., where their kids attended and their wives worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McNulty stressed that the event was not \u201cpolitical\u201d but that the Pences were doing it \u201cas friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2017 commencement, however, received a mixed response. Some students objected to his connection with the Trump administration and critiqued the college for bringing him to speak. While this concern has largely lost relevance on campus, people outside the college have continued to loudly post their objections toward Pence on social media for his failure to support Trump\u2019s bid to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pence has continued to teach on campus and has remained a professor despite McNulty, his co-teacher, retiring in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although precise details about course registration and who he will be teaching with this year are still in the works, Pence voiced his enthusiasm to be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am honored to return to Grove City College\u2019s classrooms this fall as a distinguished visiting fellow for the Center for Faith & Public Life and look forward to my third year as part of this truly unique Christian college,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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