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CBU library extends hours in response to student petition
The Annie Gabriel Library at California Baptist University has extended its hours of operation beginning Monday, Feb. 25, in response to a student petition.
The petition garnered 300 signatures to extend library hours and to increase availability of classrooms for study groups.
“I was so delighted when I found out that students were actually petitioning to have more time to study in the library!” said Dr. Jonathan Parker, CBU provost. “It shows that our students are serious about their studies and committed to excellence.”
The library is currently open from 7:45 to midnight Monday through Thursday; 7:45 to 5 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sundays.
The new hours are: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; no change to Saturday times; and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. During finals week, April 24-30, the library will remain open 24 hours a day.
“The CBU library exists to help meet the research and information needs of our students, and we are pleased to be able to extend our hours of operation in response to their needs,” said Dr. Steve Emerson, director of the library.
Performances of You Can’t Take It With You to begin March 1
Performances of California Baptist University’s You Can’t Take It With You begin Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Wallace Theatre.
The play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman details the Vanderhof family scraping through some of life’s challenges.
“This is a comedy, so we have been focusing on the characters,” said Frank Mihelich, director of the play and assistant theater professor. “The characters in this play are a wild circus of a family that lives life for all it’s worth. Our hope is that this collection of zany characters will make the audience laugh and reflect on what is truly important in life.”
The larger cast of nine men and seven women provides CBU student actors with a greater challenge as they attempt to “balance the art of situation comedy,” said Lee Lyons, professor of theater.
“While the hours are long and the all-nighters become a regular occurrence, it has been an absolute joy to be a part of this show,” said Kayley Nuzum, senior English and theater major who will be performing the part of Alice Sycamore in the play. “Every night we get to play on stage, laugh a lot and learn from each other. I hope the audience enjoys our show; the finished product will be worth every penny.”
Performances will continue March 8 at 8 p.m. and March 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $15; discounted tickets are $12 for the Saturday matinees, senior citizens, CBU students, faculty, staff and alumni. For more information, call 951.343.4319.
To view the promotional video, click on this link http://vimeo.com/59949377
CBU student spends fall semester as intern in Croatia
While most California Baptist University students geared up for another semester in sunny Southern California, Ryan Sean Atkins spent the fall in Croatia as an intern for the U.S. Department of State.
During his internship, Atkins, junior political science major, worked in the political and economic departments for the U.S. Embassy. His duties included press briefings, writing trade reports and editing reports from Croatian workers to send to the U.S. ambassador for clearance.
The value of the work given to him shocked Atkins.
“I was surprised,” Atkins said. “I thought I’d be making coffee and tying people’s shoes.”
Classes he had taken in economics and political science at CBU gave him a foundation of knowledge to use during meetings and events and while working on projects, Atkins said.
Before coming to CBU, Atkins lived with his parents in Croatia for six years and in Bosnia for four. His experience in Croatia and knowledge of the language enabled him to hit the ground running when he returned last fall.
“I can’t think of any other internship that would have suited my background better, considering where I have been and what I am studying right now,” Atkins said.
Hillary Clinton’s visit to the country as U.S. Secretary of State remains one of the highlights of Atkins’ internship. He had the opportunity to stay in the same hotel as Clinton and work with her staff.
“Even though I was mostly just making copies with them and talking, it was really interesting,” Atkins said.
Now back at CBU’s campus, Atkins is applying his internship experience in his current classes.
“It is easier to connect things that I learn in the classroom with ways that it would potentially be practical (outside of college),” Atkins said.
Atkins hopes to graduate next year and obtain a job that could allow him to travel and maybe even return to Croatia.
U.S. News ranks CBU #25 among online bachelor’s programs
California Baptist University (CBU) earned the number 25 spot among online bachelor’s programs in the 2013 Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
CBU entered the online education market in the spring of 2010 with programs offered by the university’s Division of Online and Professional Studies. It is the first time those online programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report. CBU now serves more than 2,500 students online throughout the United States and offers 26 online undergraduate majors, eight master’s degrees and two certificate programs.
“It is gratifying to be ranked in the top 25 of best online bachelor’s programs after two short years,” said Dr. David Poole, vice president for Online and Professional Studies at CBU. “We are all thrilled to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report. I am particularly pleased that CBU ranked number 2 overall in faculty credentials and training and number 15 in student services & technology. This validates that quality and experience of faculty; innovative, cutting edge technology and student support are at the heart of what we do.”
The rankings were created by U.S. News in response to today’s high demand for education provided in a flexible manner. While U.S. News has applied some of its rankings used for traditional schools, many new measures have been developed and were used to evaluate online programs. To be eligible for the rankings, online degree programs needed to have at least 80 percent of their course contact available online. U.S. News collected data from 237 for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
Online bachelor’s degree programs were ranked by U.S. News & World Report according to weighted indicators in three different categories: student engagement and assessment, faculty credentials and training, and student services and technology. There was also separate indicator ranking for admissions selectivity.
Founded in 1950, CBU is a private comprehensive institution located in Riverside, Calif. and affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention. Fall 2012 enrollment at CBU totaled 6,031 students, studying 145 majors and 35 master’s degree programs. CBU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, and the Consortium for Global Education.
For more information on the U.S. News Top Online Education Program rankings, please visit http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education.
Family Updates
President Ronald Ellis (right) honored Jacob Robertson as Employee of the Month for the month of March. Robertson is a marketing specialist in the Division of Marketing and Communication. In addition to the certificate, he received a day off with pay, oil changes for one year and a $40 gift card good at Wanda’s and the Alumni Dining Commons. The employee of the month nomination form included the following statement: “Jacob is a second-miler who invests the time and effort necessary to complete his projects and achieve our marketing objectives. He exemplifies servant leadership and expresses genuine concern for the people he works with and enthusiasm for the projects he works on.”
Randall Over
Randall S. Over, president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers will be visiting the CBU College of Engineering on Friday, March 1st. He will be speaking in the Innovator’s Auditorium (Room 132A) of the Business Building from 3-4 p.m.
Nita Morris, department secretary in Student Services, participated in The Crossings’ Church mission trip to the Fred Jordan Mission in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 23. Nineteen members of The Crossings Church/Eastvale prepared and served lunch, distributed tracts, cleaned the mission and led in a worship service for 125 homeless. One lady accepted Jesus as her Saviour and several asked for prayer.
Dr. Sean Sullivan
Dr. Sean Sullivan, chair and professor of kinesiology, presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest American Culture Association in February. The paper was titled Distinct but Integrated”: Judeo-Christian Faculty Tensions in Understanding the Body and Sport.
Dr. Matthew Barrett
Dr. Matthew Barrett, assistant professor of OPS Christian studies, wrote articles recently published in various journals, including I will pour out my Spirit on all people.’ Are Acts 2 and 10 proof-texts for Inclusivism? in Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 17 (2012): 79-98; Does Regeneration Precede Faith in 1 John? in Mid-America Journal of Theology 23 (2012): 5-18; Should Evangelicals Believe in Purgatory? A Response to Recent Proposals, published in Credo Magazine 3, no. 1 (2013): 44-52; a review of Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, by Jerry L. Walls. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2013): 882-888; and a review of Corporal Punishment in the Bible: A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic for Troubling Texts, by William J. Webb. Criswell Theological Review 9, no. 2 (2012): 104-106.
John Nelson, head curator for the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, spoke to the Biology Club on Feb. 21 about biblical evidence that the earth is young.
Dr. Joshua Knabb
Dr. Matthew Emerson
Dr. Joshua Knabb, assistant professor of OPS psychology, and Dr. Matthew Emerson, assistant professor of OPS Christian studies, co-wrote I Will Be Your God and You Will Be My People: Attachment Theory and the Grand Biblical Narrative for Pastoral Psychology. Emerson also wrote Arbitrary Allegory, Typical Typology, or Intertextual Interpretation? Paul’s Use of the Pentateuch in Galatians 4:21–31, which was published in Biblical Theology Bulletin 43.1 (2013): 14-22.
Jonathan Jarboe was honored Feb. 24 at Pathway Church in Redlands for 20 years of service. He started at Pathway in 1993 as youth pastor and became the senior pastor in 1999. The church honored him with a plaque and gift and held a celebration on the church’s patio between services. Jarboe is the husband of Tammy Jarboe, administrative assistant for financial services at California Baptist University.
Dr. Daniel Prather, chair of the department of aviation science, conducted a four-day airport operations training course Feb. 4-7 at San Francisco International Airport. Prather conducted the training on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives. The 49 participants included operations personnel from airports in California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington.
Dr. Steven Hooker from Arizona State University presented Connections Between the Built Environment and Physical Activity: Crystal Clear or Clear as Mud on Monday, Feb.11 as part of the College of Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series. About 170 people attended.
Dr. Daniel Blair, assistant professor of American sign language, just completed a six-week run of Snow White at LifeHouse Theater. He played Snow White’s father, the king, and his daughter, Krista Blair, played Rascal the Rabbit. He will play Samuel in The Rise of King David, which opens March 3, 7:30 p.m. Blair is pictured as the King with Rose Crider of Big Bear, who played the young Snow White.
Masters Electric and Communications of Riverside donated four photovoltaic panels and 11 flexible solar panels worth more than $3,000 to the College of Engineering for student design projects. Pictured with one of the panels (from left) are electrical and computer engineering majors Zach Taylor and Methode Maniraguha; Dr. Seunghyun Chun, assistant professor; Philip Schaefer, CEO of Masters Electric, and Jonathan Nichols, also an electrical and computer engineering major. The students are interns at the local engineering firm.
Dr. James Lu
Dr. James Lu, associate dean of College of Arts and Sciences and chair of modern languages and literature, presented a paper titled Migration, Writing, and Transnational Context: Newer Immigrants in Asian American Literature, at the 2012 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language and Literature Association Conference held in Seattle, Oct. 19-21. At that conference he also chaired a panel on college composition and rhetoric. Earlier, at University of California, Irvine, Lu gave a speech during a Round Table discussion on college writing at the inaugural Southern California Rhetoric and Composition Research Symposium, 2012.
Russell Baker
Dr. Nicole MacDonald
Russell Baker, clinical director of the M.S. program in athletic training, and Dr. Nicole MacDonald, program director, presented a paper at the California Athletic Trainer Association State Symposium on Feb. 10 at the University of LaVerne. The presentation was titled, Utilizing an Action Research Philosophy to Improve Clinical Practice and Patient Outcomes. They were also part of the panel discussion of leaders in the athletic trainer profession at the California Athletic Trainers Association Student Conference.
Dr. Amy Stumpf
Dr. Amy Stumpf, associate professor in the School of Christian Ministries, promoted the intercultural studies and global justice programs, as well as social entrepreneurship and international health at The Justice Conference, Feb. 22-23, in Philadelphia. Four CBU students, Amy Alvarez, Glory Wilkins, Kylie Shackleford and Elizabeth Pontius, also attended. The Justice Conference is the largest of its kind, with 4,000+ attendees, well-known speakers and more than 300 exhibitors, representing relief and development agencies, human rights organizations, Christian ministries and non-profit organizations working in the field of global justice.
The Mobilization Office put on the annual Intensive Training Weekend Feb. 1-3. Nearly 400 students, staff and faculty participated in the 48-hour program that consisted of cross-cultural simulations, worship experiences, team bonding activities and events that focused on this year’s theme of Awaken. The MOB Squad described this year’s ITW as one of the most emotional events to date and expressed appreciation to more than 90 volunteers who made it a successful weekend!
Clarification: The photo displayed in the e-mail announcing the Feb. 12 issue of CBU Family stated that “more than 100 people attended the first Zumba class at the new Recreation Center.” The actual number of participants was 243.
Personnel Updates
| DATE | DEPARTMENT | POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| 2/25/2013 | Tahquitz Pines | Office Manager | Janet M. Clark | New Hire |
| 2/25/2013 | Library | Library Access Services Manager | Robert Diaz | New Hire |
| 2/25/2013 | Post and Copy Center | Post and Copy Center Technician | Matthew Lawson | New Hire |
| 2/25/2013 | Registrar | Data Technician for Course and Records Maintenance | Shelli Rappaport | Rehire |
| 2/16/2013 | Student Accounts | Student Accounts Assistant | Aimee Gomory | Change |
| 2/1/9/2013 | Campus Life | Receptionist | Jennifer Andrew | No Longer Employed |