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CBU commencement ceremonies to be held May 3
California Baptist University will host its undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 3, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif.
The ceremony for traditional undergraduates will be held at 2 p.m., while students from graduate programs and Online and Professional Studies (OPS) will be honored at 7 p.m.
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, chancellor of the University of Richmond (Va.), will speak at both commencement ceremonies.
Due to the large number of graduates participating in the traditional undergraduate service, tickets will be required. Each graduate has received 11 tickets to accommodate friends and family members. Doors will open at 12:45.
Tickets are not required for the graduate and OPS ceremony, and doors will open at 5:45 p.m
Seats may not be reserved or held for guests at either ceremony. Concessions will be open for guests to purchase drinks and food; flowers will also be available at the arena for purchase.
Parking is complimentary. For directions to Citizens Business Bank Arena, click here.
Family Updates
Dr. Ronald L. Ellis and Kim Cunningham
Kim Cunningham, manager of donor relations and stewardship, is the Employee of the month for May. Her nomination form included the following statements: “We are able to count on Kim to contribute to the success of our efforts, no matter the time of day, nor day of the week… she is there to serve. No one receives more kind words about how they treat visitors and old friends than Kim does. A person is never a “customer” for Kim as her warmth is quick to transform a new customer into a new friend. Kim’s performance is consistent, although her routine NEVER is. She is able to multi-task with the greats. To be able to excel at multiple areas is difficult, but Kim has the talent and the outstanding attitude to make it look easy.”
Dr. Chuck Sands
Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, was recently appointed to the Riverside STEM Academy Advisory Board.
From left, front row: Stephanie Wallace, Jessica Ball, Tsz Yan Chung, Brooke Edwards, Lindsay Vesling, Rita Knarreborg, Jennifer Archuleta and Taylor Canetsey; back row: Daniel Valadez, Leonard Rooney, Michael Bueti and Matthew Smitley
More than 25 health sciences and kinesiology undergraduate and graduate students presented research at the College of Allied Health’s Student Research Symposium on April 22.
Photo by Jonica Ladrido, senior health education major
The College of Allied Health partnered with various departments and community organizations to host a weeklong awareness campaign on the CBU campus April 7-11. Participating organizations included the department of health sciences’ master of public health program, the department of kinesiology’s exercise science and athletic training programs, the CBU Recreation Center, the CBU Counseling Center, CBU graduate admissions, Riverside Community Health Foundation, the American Heart Association and the California Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief. Each day focused on one of five themes, providing information to students, faculty and staff. Activities included balance and strength testing, first aid and CPR training and demonstrations, smoothie and fresh juice demonstrations, volunteer sign-ups for disaster relief training and nutrition trivia contests.
More than 100 people attended the School of Christian Ministries’ 2nd Annual Philosophy and Apologetics Conference at CBU April 11-12. The conference theme was Embodied Reason: Wisdom, Tradition and Contemporary Apologetics and was presented in partnership with Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and Apologetics.com. Dr. Todd Bates, professor of philosophy, coordinated and directed the conference, and Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer of the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School was the plenary speaker. More than 30 academic papers were presented by scholars from the U.S. and Canada. Presenters from CBU included Dr. Scott Key, professor of philosophy, whose paper was titled Toward an Epistemology of Value, and Luke Stamps, assistant professor of Christian ministries in Online and Professional Studies, whose paper was titled Honored by Silence: Gregory Nazianzen and the Limits of Theological Speculation. During the undergraduate paper session, Juan Galiana, a CBU student, was honored for the most outstanding paper, which was titled The Effects of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche on Politics, Philosophy, and Religion.
CBU’s Male Chorale was honored by the California State Assembly for their “outstanding performance and support of our military during the Patriots of the Past, Present and Future Recognition Ceremony” March 14 in Redlands. Sen. Mike Morrell of Redlands commented that “watching veterans proudly standing, singing, saluting and clapping during the rendition of each song was an honor to see. I was told by many family members of veterans who attended that it was a particularly moving experience watching our World War II, Korea and Vietnam vets clapping and singing along to their anthem with the vigor and youth of yesteryear. The hangar was filled with voices in song, cheerful boasts and the smiles of proud veterans. The impact this event had on our veterans was evident and inspired not only our veterans but our youth.”
Dr. Monica O’Rourke
Dr. Monica O’Rourke, associate professor of kinesiology for Online and Professional Studies, was the motivational speaker at California State University, Fullerton’s department of kinesiology teaching seminar on April 15. O’Rourke shared her testimony and spoke on standards-based quality physical education and best pedagogical practices in public and private schools.
Dr. Linn Carothers
Dr. Linn Carothers, program director of math and physics, represented CBU at the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) workshop at California State University, San Bernardino on April 3 and 4. The conference and workshops trained and activated access for CBU researchers to a $121 million dollar National Science Foundation funded project that provides more than 16 supercomputers, visualization and data analysis systems and tools, as well as large dataset collections across the U.S. at no cost to researchers. Researchers interested in collaborative studies using high performance computing are encouraged to contact Carothers as campus coordinator of access to XSEDE at extension 4961.
Dr. Timothy Mosteller
Dr. Timothy Mosteller, associate professor of philosophy, presented a response to a paper at the American Philosophy Association, Pacific Division meeting in San Diego April 19. His presentation title was A Reply to Nate Jackson’s ‘The Vagueness of Theistic Interpretations of William James’ Pluralism’.
Kushi Jones
Mike Bishop
Kushi Jones, director of CBU’s Career Center, served as an evaluator for an exhibition of students’ senior projects at John W. North High School in Riverside on April 24. In addition, Jones and Mike Bishop, associate director of the Career Center, served as mock interviewers for seniors at Martin Luther King High School on April 14. The program was hosted by the Riverside Unified School District WorkAbility Program.
Pierce Benlian (shown at center in the photo), applied statistics major, presented a poster titled Pi Between the Lines at the 2014 Spring Southern California-Nevada Mathematical Association of America Sectional Meeting in Irvine on April 12.
Dr. Mary Crist
Dr. Mary Crist, professor of education in OPS, and her husband, the Rev. Will Crist, an OPS graduate student, conducted Easter services for native congregations in the Alaska villages of Huslia and Hughes. They have ministered to native congregations in the interior since 2005. Mary is shown dressed for Christmas when the high temperature was 40 degrees below zero. In contrast, the high temperature for Easter was 40 degrees above.
Dr. Anthony Chute
Dr. Anthony Chute, associate dean of the School of Christian Ministries, was elected vice-president of the Evangelical Theological Society-Far West Region, during the group’s annual meeting on April 11. In that capacity, Chute will coordinate the 2015 meeting of the organization on the CBU campus.
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, assistant director of the Recreation Center, was recently awarded a scholarship through Star Trac to attend the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and was featured in their promotional video.
Sandra Romo
Sandra Romo, assistant professor of journalism, presented a paper titled Arriving at a New Normal: Married Couples Adjust to Their Child’s Diagnosis of Autism at the National Social Science Association Meeting, which met in Las Vegas April 13-15.
CBU’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter participated in the Pacific South West Conference 2014 in San Diego April 3-5. Forty-three CBU students competed against 17 other schools in 18 events including the steel bridge competition and sports activities. CBU teams placed fourth in the steel bridge competition; first in volleyball for the second year in a row; third in Kan-jam, a flying disc game; and fourth in the steel bridge competition. They also received two other awards in the steel bridge competition: third in both the stiffness and efficiency categories.
Jingxing Joseph Jr. Zhou
Dr. Ying (Hannah) Hu, assistant professor of chemistry, and her husband, Dapeng Zhou, welcomed their third child, Jingxing Joseph Jr. Zhou, on April 3. He weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and measured 20 inches long.
Phoenix Rose Council
Cameron Council, customer support analyst II in information and technology services, and his wife, Micah, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Phoenix Rose Council, at 12:50 p.m. on April 22. She weighed 8 lbs. 12 ozs.
Personnel Updates
| DATE | DEPARTMENT | POSITION | NAME | STATUS |
| 4/22/2014 | Department of Health Science | Secretary | Lisa Schwartz | New Hire |
| 4/22/2014 | Campus Store | Assistant Manager of Operations | Greg Reardon | New Hire |
| 4/22/2014 | Information and Technology Services | Web Application Developer | Robert “Rob” McIntire | New Hire |
| 4/22/2014 | Information and Technology Services | Network and Systems Administrator | Manuel Encarnacion | New Hire |
| 4/21/2014 | Enrollment Services | Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions | Jonathan McWhorter | Change |
| 4/25/2014 | Communication Arts | Theatre Shop Foreman | Jonathon Meader | No Longer Employed |