May 29, 2013

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU professor represents Riverside at Sendai Half Marathon

Dr. Jeff Cate, professor of Christian studies at California Baptist University, represented the city of Riverside at the Sendai (Japan) International Half Marathon on May 12. Riverside is a sister city to Sendai, one of the areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Cate said he beat his own personal best time by nine seconds in the race.

“I knew it was a highly competitive race with several Olympic athletes and other prestigious elite runners,” he said. “With cool weather, a favorable course and loud crowds lining the route, I managed to eke out my personal best time yet for a half marathon (1:23:50; 6:24/mile pace)… by nine seconds. I was very relieved to run well since I was representing our city and school.”

The city of Sendai invites each of its nine sister cities to select a male and female runner to represent their city in the race each spring. This year’s marathon included Olympic runner Mizuki Noguchi, who won a gold medal for Japan in the 2004 games, as well as other elite athletes.

Besides Riverside, Sendai’s other sister cities participating in the race included Rennes, France; Acapulco, Mexico; Minsk, Belarus; Gwangju, South Korea; Dallas, Texas; Changchun, China; and Tainan, Taiwan. Oulu, Finland is also a sister-city but didn’t send runners this year. Riverside and Sendai have been sister-cities for 56 years, the second oldest such relationship in the world.

Cate was not an athlete in high school or college. He picked up running in his late 20s to stay in shape and got hooked on it. Now, at age 45, he has run 22 marathons, including the Boston Marathon twice, and dozens of other races of varying distances. Most recently, he completed the “Beach Cities Marathon” series in 2012-13 by running sub-3:00 marathons at Orange County (May 2012), Long Beach (October 2012), and his personal best at Surf City (February 2013) in which he finished tenth overall out of a field of over 2,000 runners.

Cate said he did some of his training at CBU’s new recreation center.

“Even though I can’t compete with the youngsters or the elites, I still like to train hard and do my best,” Cate said. “I think exercise should be an important part of the balance in our lives—our intellectual, social, physical and spiritual well-being, as Luke 2:52 indicates. I think it’s good that, as a New Testament professor, students see that staying active and physically fit in whatever exercise we enjoy is not just something for CBU athletes or kinesiology students to pursue—it should be an important aspect of all our lives, and not just when we’re in our 20s.”

As one of the sister-city runners, Cate received VIP treatment for the week in Sendai. After arriving in Tokyo, the Riverside delegation was brought to Sendai via the bullet train with speeds over 140 mph. All the sister-city delegates stayed in the Koyo Grand Hotel in downtown Sendai and ate banquet meals together in the hotel. During the day, the group examined the devastation from the 2011 tsunami, visited schools, dined in the homes of Sendai citizens and toured various sites, such as Matsushima, “the pine islands,” and Mount Zao in the highlands. For the race, the delegates were brought to the stadium in a luxury bus, provided access to the track and given a uniform with their city’s name written in Japanese.

“The singlets (shirts) with “Riverside” in Japanese were great because the crowds along the route were cheering for me specifically,” Cate said. “And when I heard them cheer for me, I would smile and wave, and they loved it. I’m not used to receiving such treatment as a runner. Sendai did an amazing job as a host city.”

Cate said the long-standing relationship between Riverside and Sendai was often visible. Outside Sendai’s city hall, a large white “raincross” stands with a mission bell inside honoring Riverside. To commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the sister-city relationship in 2006, a large tile orange now stands at Sendai’s International Center depicting prominent sites of Riverside, including the Mission Inn, Mount Rubidoux, the Fox Theatre and orange groves. Pictures and emblems of Riverside abounded in the home of Shinichi Kato, who built the Japanese gardens in Riverside’s White Park.

 

CBU, Jilin Jianzhou University sign mutual agreement

Jilin Jianzhou University is a public Chinese university of approximately 16,000 students located in Changchun, the capital city of Jilin Province located in northeast China. The agreement is the result of nine months of work and collaboration between the two schools.

“Architecture is the flagship program for Jilin Jianzhou University so it is significant that they chose CBU as the first and possibly only foreign school for such an agreement with their architectural program,” said Dr. Larry Linamen, vice president of global initiatives. “Mark Roberson (dean of CBU’s College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design) was instrumental in making this program a success, making a trip to Jilin last fall for an initial visit to the Jilin Jianzhou campus, followed by a fact-finding visit from Jilin Jianzhou administrators to CBU early in 2013.”

The latest agreement is the 10^th MOU between CBU and international universities to be signed during 2012-2013.

 

 

CBU’s music performance groups complete tours, begin others

Performance groups from California Baptist University’s Collinsworth School of Music recently completed their spring tours, while small groups Hope and Light will begin eight-week summer tours May 31.

The CBU University Choir and Orchestra (UCO) conducted by Dr. Judd Bonner, dean of the Collinsworth School of Music, performed concerts at churches in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. The 150-member group of vocalists and instrumentalists completed a schedule that included more than 150 performances during the academic year. Watch the UCO perform by clicking here.

The Women’s Choir, directed by Mrs. Dawn Gilmore, toured California, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The choir performed at camps, churches and retirement communities. Gilmore serves on CBU’s faculty as an assistant professor of music. Click here to watch the choir perform.

The Male Chorale, led by Dr. Glenn Pickett, traveled in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Idaho to perform concerts in schools and churches. Picket is an assistant professor of music at CBU. A chorale performance is available to view by clicking here.

New Song, led by Mr. Jamie Killion, performed in schools and churches throughout California. Killion also serves on CBU’s faculty as an assistant professor of music. Click here to watch the women’s group perform.

Hope and Light, small groups of seven to nine vocalists, will perform in schools, churches and camps across the U.S. and in Japan. Both groups will kick off their tours at a concert on CBU’s campus on May 31 at 1:30 p.m. Beginning June 2, Light will perform concerts in 14 states, including Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Tennessee and Mississippi. To view the Light itinerary, click here. Meanwhile, Hope will begin and end their tour in California. They will also travel to Yokohama, Japan, to perform in various schools and churches. The Hope itinerary is available here.

The Collinsworth School of Music contributed more than 640,000 service learning hours in 2012-2013 through more than 400 concerts and vocal performances by about 400 students in communities all over the globe.

 

California Baptist University Lancers win NCCAA World Series

In what has to be one of the most dominating NCCAA World Series runs ever,  the Lancers put the final cap on a 6-0 tournament with a 7-0 win over Southeastern to win the 2013 NCCAA World Series, their second straight national championship. The Lancers become the first team to repeat since Dallas Baptist in 2004.

Back on May 3 when California Baptist University dropped a 7-6 decision at Point Loma University, it seemed as if the wild roller coaster ride towards a conference title was all  but over.

Seemingly left for dead after going 7-7 in the previous 14 games and probably needing a four-game series sweep of the Sea Lions, the Lancers caught a second wind when Grand Canyon dropped both games of a season-ending doubleheader at home to Dixie State later that night.

What transpired since then was nothing short of remarkable.

Three days later, the Lancers won the Pacific West Conference title in dramatic fashion with a pair of walk-off wins in a doubleheader sweep at home of Point Loma. Five days after that, the Lancers came out of the loser’s bracket to beat Fresno Pacific twice in one day to win the NCCAA West Region title.

Then, just seven days after that, it all culminated in a NCCAA championship.

In six tournament games, the Lancers allowed just seven total runs, only four of them earned, for an eye-popping 0.90 ERA. They had three shutouts and help opponents to just a .231 batting average. Meanwhile, the Lancers hit .350 as a team, outscoring their opponents 42-7.

The Lancers, who won 12 of their final 13 games to finish the season 43-18, complete an extraordinary four-year run that included four straight conference titles, three World Series appearances and two national championships.

They finished their season at 38-29.

“I tell the guys all the time that we need three things to be successful. We need to be prepared, have talent and have some luck and I think we had a little bit more luck this time around,” said Adcock. “We are talented and are prepared, but we got a lot of breaks, and you need those to be able to win a championship. This feels great and we’ll enjoy this one for a while.”

 

CBU campus newspaper wins third national recognition

The Banner, campus newspaper of California Baptist University, was named the second best overall Christian college newspaper in the inaugural Advisors of Christian Collegiate Media awards announced May 18.

The contest, held in conjunction with the annual “Awards of Excellence” competition run by the Evangelical Press Association (EPA), evaluates overall excellence in student publications throughout the United States and Canada.

“We are honored to be in the company of such outstanding student publications,” said Dr. Michael Chute, program director for journalism and public relations programs and faculty advisor for The Banner. “Our staff is thrilled that their hard work has been recognized by such a strong journalistic organization as the EPA.”

Other newspapers honored for overall excellence included the Taylor University Echo (first place), the Liberty Champion from Liberty University (third place), the Union University Cardinal & Cream (fourth place), and the Campbell Times from Campbell University (fifth place).

The Banner also won a first place award in the “Best of Show” awards at the National College Journalism, hosted by the Associated Collegiate Press, in April and placed in the top-10 among all colleges and universities in the nation at the annual College Media Advisors conference.

 

CBU volunteer teams join 16 others serving overseas

California Baptist University sent three more International Service teams overseas May 22. The volunteers will be serving in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

The teams will join 16 others already at work in Spain, Russia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, France, East Africa and Japan. In all, 41 teams will serve in 19 countries this summer with more than 370 participants involved.

CBU contributed nearly 35,000 service hours in 2012 through its flagship International Service Program/United States Program/Summer of Service opportunities, administered through the Office of Mobilization.

 

 

 

Family Updates

NASA’s website featured research by Dr. Kyle Stewart, assistant professor of physics, as their top story on May 24. Click here to see the press release. An article based on his research titled Angular Momentum Acquisition in Galaxy Halos was published in The Astrophysical Journal, one of the top publications in the astrophysics field. Stewart presented his research at an astrophysics seminar at the University of California Irvine on May 14 and a physics and astronomy colloquium at California State University Los Angeles on May 16.

 

 

David Bishop, assistant professor of software engineering, presented a paper titled Personality Theory as a Predictor of Agile Preference on May 24 at the 8th Annual Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, which met at Illinois State University in Normal.

 

 

 

 

 

The Recreation Center is open and available to the CBU family Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Programs this summer include:

• Group exercise classes. Check the Recreation Center website for the most updated schedule: www.calbaptist.edu/recreation
• Lancer Fit Challenge starts June 3, with signup at the Recreation Center. For every day in June, two options will be presented for a challenge. Participants may do more than one challenge in a day, but the goal is to complete all 30 exercises. Those who complete all the exercises will be entered into a drawing for a grand prize. For those who need more, “extreme” challenges are offered each day.
• Personal Training is available to all CBU students, faculty, staff and their spouses. The Recreation Center offers an inquiry and three free sessions. Sign up by calling the Recreation Center reception desk at 951.552.8580 or stop by during operational hours to sign up.
• Stop by and play basketball, volleyball, racquetball, run on the track, play soccer or work out in the weight room. The Recreation Center staff is there to help you commit to get fit.

 

Dayna Herrera, director of learning resources and clinical simulation in the School of Nursing; Dr. Lisa Bursch, director of the RN-BSN Program, and Dr. Nicole MacDonald, associate professor of kinesiology, attended the second Interprofessional Education Collaborative Conference in Washington, D.C. May 20-22. The focus of the conference was on connecting health professions for better care, specifically quality improvement and patient safety. The team spent time with Hugh Barr, emeritus professor of interprofessional education and honorary fellow at the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom and president of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education. The team also began work in developing a faculty development plan for interprofessional education at CBU.

 

 

 

Dr. James Lu, chair of the department of modern languages and literature, and David Isaacs, assistant professor of English, both made presentations at the Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature at Azusa Pacific University May 16-18. Lu presented Negative Capability and Christian Sensitivity: A Comparative Reading of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Family Happiness’ and also moderated a panel called ReEnchantment and the Secular Modern.

Isaacs presented a paper titled In the Name of Love: U2’s Rocking with the Saints as an Active Apologetic and moderated a student panel on science fiction literature.

 

 

Dr. Matthew Rickard, associate professor of mechanical engineering, received a patent April 16^th for a glaucoma drainage device with a pump. Rickard  now has five patents for designs related to the treatment of glaucoma. Details on the latest patent are available by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Julie Browning, associate professor of business administration in Online and Professional Studies, wrote a chapter titled Corporate Governance: How Non-Profit Boards Influence Organizational Decisions in the book Board Directors and Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Boubaker and Nguyen and published by Palgrave Macmillian.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Meg Barth, director of nutrition and food sciences, was an invited presenter at the 2013 Symposium on Food Systems and Public Health, held in Riverside May 15-17. Barth’s presentation was an industry case study on food safety and sustainable practices in the avocado industry. It was the first time CBU was invited to participate.

 

 

 

 

Nikki Faith DeLaRosa Fuller, adjunct professor of English, graduated May 26 from Pacifica Graduate Institute with a master of arts degree in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology. She earned a 3.9 grade point average. The degree is Fuller’s second master’s degree—she received her first master of arts degree in English at CBU in 2007.

 

 

 

Michael Berger, assistant professor of graphic design, received the master of fine arts degree in graphic design, his terminal degree, from California State University Fullerton on May 26.

 

 

 

 

Dirk Dallas, assistant professor in the graphic design and digital media program, spoke on a panel at the Phone Photog Workshop on April 23, sponsored by Digital LA. The panel discussed the emerging mobile photography movement .

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, introduced CBU to about 500 students at Moreno Valley High School, March Mountain High School and Poly High School on May 1, 7 and 17, respectively. Sands discussed health care professions and the College of Allied Health.

 

 

 

The College of Allied Health sponsored the 2013 Inland Empire American Heart Association Go Red for Women Luncheon held at Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. on May 16. The luncheon is an annual fundraiser to fight against heart disease in women. This year’s theme was Kiss Heart Disease Goodbye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah Sommers, special events and volunteer coordinator; Mike Meyer, assistant vice president for institutional advancement; and Lupe Solano, administrative assistant for institutional advancement, participated in Clean Up Riverside, sponsored by Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful, on May 11. The three-member team participated with 20 others from the community to help clean up Indiana Avenue. The event ended with a luncheon for all the teams at Riverside City Hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eleven May 2013 graduates from CBU were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during ceremonies at Claremont McKenna College on May 18. The 11 join two others this spring, Jacob Wilkins and Jonathan Cook, who trained with CBU’s ROTC, bringing the total to 13. The newly commissioned officers include:

• Neil Bodwell, who earned a B.A. degree in history, will serve in the Army Reserves as a military police officer.
• Roger Bond earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and will serve in the California National Guard as an engineer officer.
• Kelly Bray earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and will serve in the Active Army as an engineer officer. He will attend the Engineer Basic Officer Leaders Course in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. before beginning his first assignment at Ft. Hood, Texas.
• Vanessa Cerda, who earned a B.A. degree in sociology, will serve in the Adjutant General Corps in the Army Reserves.
• Christina Downing, who earned a B.S. in nursing, will serve in the Army Reserves as an officer in the Nurse Corps.
• Kyle Feldman, who earned a B.S. degree in criminal justice, will serve as a military intelligence officer in the Army Reserves.
• Charles Isbell earned a B.S. degree in nursing and will serve as an officer in the Nurse Corps in the active army.
• Megan King earned a B.S. in Nursing and will serve in the Active Army as an officer in the Nurse Corps.
• Maxx Mamula, who earned a B.S. degree in nursing, will serve in the Active Army as an officer in the Nurse Corps.
• Trishan Singh earned a B.S. degree in criminal justice and will serve in the Army Reserves as a military intelligence officer.
• Marcellino Valdez, who earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, will serve as an ordnance officer in the Army Reserves.

 

The following May 2013 graduates from the College of Allied Health have been admitted to graduate schools for the fall 2013 semester:

• Matthew Anderson, master of science program in physician assistant studies at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona
• Sylvia Davalos, master of business administration program at CBU
• Kyle Stone, doctor of physical therapy program at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona
• Rebecca Zens, master of speech language pathology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
• Lauren Swanson, EL-MSN program at CBU’s School of Nursing
• Kjersti Rich, doctor of pharmacy program at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona
• Holly Rosales, master of athletic training program at CBU
• Rebekah Miller, master of science in health promotion and education at the University of Utah
• Joseph Pacheco, single subject credential program at CBU’s School of Education
• Tori Brown, master of science in communicative disorders at California State University, Fresno
• Afua Boakye, EL-MSN program at Azusa Pacific University
• Imelda Buck, EL-MSN program at CBU
• Sarah Beth Jarboe, master of science program in kinesiology at CBU
• Jacobus Woodhead, master of science program in kinesiology at CBU

 

Andrew Nevins, son of Mike Wagner, public safety officer, and Beth Wagner, nursing program specialist, graduated from Marymount University on May 19 with a bachelor of business administration degree. Nevins also was the recipient of the Senior Leadership Award honoring him for his local and global service.

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
4/16/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker/On-Call	Mariah Benson	New Hire
5/13/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	Assistant Director, Maintenance and  Operations	Robert Watson	New Hire
5/13/2013	Enrollment Services	Secretary for Graduate Admissions	Christina Lambing	New Hire
5/1/2013	Athletics	Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach	Jessica Case	Change
5/25/2013	Online and Professional Studies	Assistant Professor	Laura Freeman Formerly: Pedigo	Name Change