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Christian Advocacy in the CCCU: Joy Mosley 鈥�08
The hierarchy of higher education often seems nebulous to students. While leaders, faculty, and staff ensure smooth sailing on the front end, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that keeps things together on the back end. This is where organizations like the CCCU, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, come in. Covenant alumna Joy Mosley 鈥�08, who works as vice president for government and strategic relations for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, has a unique view into the hidden workings of colleges and the issues that Christian colleges face today.
A Love for Policy
Joy has been deeply entrenched in Christian education for her entire life. Raised by parents who both worked in Christian schools, she was well aware of the importance of attending institutions that are Christian in practice as well as in name. This brought her to Covenant, where she majored in IDS (interdisciplinary studies), focusing on English, French, and community development. She lived on Harambe! (one of the many uniquely named residence halls on campus) and loved investing in her hall community and joining impromptu hall dinners.
Her work-study placement was in facilities management, where she was quickly offered a full time position by her junior year. At first, she was worried she would be unable to finish her degree, but she took advantage of the free classes offered to staff members, taking two classes a semester while working various roles in facilities, maintenance, and security, and continuing to take classes after she graduated. It was during this time that she took a job in HR, where she got to know faculty better and started to notice a big difference in the policy that was enacted at a federal level and what was implemented in the classroom. She fell in love with higher education policy and got her MBA in order to be equipped with basic business sense before going to law school, saying 鈥淚n academics, there is often a disconnect between the academic side of the house and the business side of the house, and I wanted to be able to speak both those languages.鈥�
Law School
While looking for next steps, Joy reached out to the previous vice president for government and strategic relations at the CCCU for advice on entering the field, who pointed her towards law school. Jo