This article was written by Phyllis Evans at the request of The Learning House, which manages Golden Gate Seminary’s online education program. The story describes how Ryan Hawn is both a Golden Gate Seminary student and a Coast Guard Pilot at Coast Guard Air Station in San Francisco. The article describes the Seminary’s online “e-Campus” program, which allows students to study while continuing to participate in their full-time jobs.

The article was published in The Baptist Educator and online by the national wire service Baptist Press, and subsequently published in newspapers around the country. It also appeared on the Seminary’s website.