November 4, 2016

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU launches online Christmas Gift Catalog

California Baptist University has launched a new tool to make it easier than ever to support the CBU mission through an online Christmas Gift Catalog.

The catalog, hosted on calbaptist.edu/gift, launched on Nov. 2.

“This new online Christmas Gift Catalog provides a convenient way for donors to learn about and support many of the exciting things that are happening at California Baptist University,” said Dr. Mark A. Wyatt, interim vice president for university advancement. “The opportunities for giving that are included in the catalog make it easy to give to student scholarships, individual academic programs, support for athletics and much, much more.”

Using the online Christmas Gift Catalog, individuals may specify programs or projects they wish to support with their gifts, many of which may be tax deductible. They can also make gifts on behalf of others. In that case, CBU also will notify the person that a special donation has been made on their behalf. Qualifying gifts will be acknowledged with a receipt for tax purposes.

Click here to review the categories and specific giving opportunities.

 

2016 Homecoming to take place over the weekend

California Baptist University will host alumni and friends at Homecoming and Family Weekend on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5.

The activities kicked off at chapel services on Friday at 9:30 a.m. Worship was led by Christian recording band The Digital Age, and the chapel speaker was Josh Daffern (’99), lead pastor of Mt. Vernon Church in Mississippi.

Friday evening, the annual Alumni Awards Dinner (tickets required) takes place at the Recreation Center. Awards will be presented to Dave King (’69), recipient of the Lancer Medal for Lifetime Achievement Award; Darrel Walker (’75), Alumnus of the Year Award; Candice Trummell (‘07), recipient of the Young Alumni Achievement Award; Mike McGuffee (’74), recipient of the Distinguished Service in Christian Ministry Award; and Eric McBride (’09), Alumni Service Award.

On Saturday, the Alumni Association holds its annual meeting at 9 a.m. in the Copenbarger Dining Room. At 10 a.m., the Athletics Association hosts the third annual FLAApjack Breakfast at the Van Dyne Gym lawn.

A Block Party scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. will feature events and activities for all ages, including food trucks, inflatable attractions for children, games, live entertainment and interactive academic booths on the Front Lawn. Campus tours also will be available.

Food truck vendors will include Belly BombZ (Korean chicken wings and sliders); JoJo’s Grill a Dog (gourmet hotdogs); Classic Taco Truck (burritos, quesadilla and tacos); Cousins Maine (lobster rolls and lobster tacos); Big Wave Grill (cheeseburgers and fries); Sweet Stop (corn dogs and fruit juices); Frankie’s Frozen Treats (shaved ice) and Kettle Masters of America (kettle corn).

The CBU Lancers women’s volleyball team will host Concordia University, Irvine at 2 p.m. in the Van Dyne Gym.

There will also be the second annual “Zest”ival concert with The Digital Age in Stamps Courtyard at 3:30 p.m. The free concert will feature festival-style seating—spectators should bring a blanket or lawn chair.

The Fortuna Bowl kicks off at 6 p.m. Saturday. The annual event features men’s and women’s championship intramural flag football games.

The 2016 Homecoming weekend activities will close with a fireworks show immediately following the Fortuna Bowl championship game.

For more information, contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 951-343-4439 or visit www.calbaptist.edu/homecoming.

 

MacArthur stresses need for convictions during address at CBU

Pastors need to have convictions like the Apostle Paul in order to say they fought the good fight and they kept the faith, Dr. John MacArthur told an audience at California Baptist University.

“Convictions are what control your life,” MacArthur said. “The fewer convictions you have, the more vulnerable you are.”

MacArthur is pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and president of The Master’s College and The Master’s Seminary. He spoke at the School of Christian Ministries Lecture Series on Nov. 1.

MacArthur stated that Paul, despite hardships and persecution, remained faithful in his ministry until the end of his life. Paul lived by certain convictions and gospel certainties that protected him, and today’s pastors need to do the same, MacArthur said.

One of Paul’s convictions was in the superiority of the New Covenant, MacArthur said, adding that pastors today need to live in awe of the gospel.

“You have to be so overwhelmed with the reality of what God has done in your life that you wouldn’t even think of doing anything other than live to proclaim the glory of that gospel,” he said.

Another necessary conviction, according to MacArthur, is that results depend on God. If someone does not believe the Gospel, pastors are not to change the message, he said. The power to make someone believe is not in their hands.

“What is in your hands is to preach Jesus is Lord,” MacArthur sad. “That’s where you’re done and God steps in.”

MacArthur said Paul also had a conviction of his own insignificance, referring to himself as a jar of clay in II Corinthians 4:7.

“The power is not in the pot. That’s why God gets all the glory,” MacArthur said. “Our weakness, our smallness doesn’t not prove fatal to the work of the gospel.”

 

Chapel speaker tells of the hope she found in a shoebox

“I was afraid to open my shoebox, because until that point, I had been disappointed so many times in my life,” Elena Hagemeier said of the box she received from Operation Christmas Child. “I was afraid that the inside of my box wouldn’t be as bright as the outside of the box.”

Hagemeier grew up in a very poor and abusive home in the former Soviet Union. When she was 8, she and her younger sister where placed in an orphanage, Hagemeier told California Baptist University students in chapel on Oct. 31.

Although life was better, Hagemeier recalled not having hope for her future. Then, when she was around 10 years old, she got the shoebox from Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. It was the first gift she had ever received.

She let her sister, who liked to draw, open her box first. It was full of coloring books, markers and colored pencils.

“The cool thing about these shoeboxes—God knows where these shoeboxes go,” Hagemeier said

When Hagemeier opened her box, it was full of pink items, a color that she loved. However, the shoebox meant more to her than just the stuff inside.

“This small box was telling me that I was worth somebody’s time to pack a box,” Hagemeier said.

The shoeboxes included a booklet, “The Greatest Gift,” in her language, which told the story about Jesus. Although she could not imagine a God that would love her so much, Hagemeier started to pray for a family for her and her sister. In 2004, they were adopted by an American family.

Hagemeier encouraged CBU students to participate in Operation Christmas Child.

“What [the children] will love the most is the fact that you packed a shoebox for them, and that [some will] feel love for the first time and that they get to feel that hope that God gives them,” Hagemeier said. “That is the greatest gift that we can give to these kids.”

CBU packed more than 550 shoeboxes last year. This year, the CBU community can participate in Operation Christmas Child on Nov. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Recreation Center.

 

Interprofessional pilot program aims to better equip students

More than 100 California Baptist University graduate students from six health care programs gathered on Oct. 28 as part of a pilot program for new interprofessional education (IPE).

The Interprofessional Education Seminar, held at CBU’s College of Health Science campus, came as a result of an IPE committee that is working to create interprofessional curriculum for CBU students.

“The end goal of all of this is to help our students be collaborative practice-ready, which is a requirement in health care now,” said Dr. Dayna Herrera, associate professor of nursing and the IPE committee chair. “Working in teams shows improvements in patient care and community outcomes.”

Dr. Nicole MacDonald, professor of athletic training, said bringing students together to learn how to work with each other goes beyond traditional classroom discussions.

“Just sitting in a classroom [next to] other professions is not interprofessional education,” MacDonald said. “You need to learn about them, learn how to work with them, learn what their roles are and then you need to educate them on what your roles are.”

Heather Ontiveros, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, organized the seminar. In prior occupations, she transitioned from an athletic trainer to a physician assistant and noticed a gap in communication between the two health providers.

“Because of my relationships, I was able to bridge gaps,” Ontiveros said. “We need to be comfortable calling other professions.”

During the seminar, students teamed up on a case study that helped them understand each profession’s roles and responsibilities within a patient’s care.

Elvis Garcia, an athletic training graduate student, learned how many of the roles between professions overlap.

“It’s easy just to focus on our profession,” Garcia said. “It’s easy to not even think about other providers and the relationship they have with your patient, [but] it’s critical for the best patient health overall.”

Herrera said more health care programs are being required to have IPE in their curriculum as part of accreditation standards, she said.

“IPE improves patient outcomes because providers have to work in teams,” Herrera said. “They all have a part to play; not one person can do it all.”

 

Club aimed at female students pursuing careers in medicine

A desire to support women pursuing careers in medicine led Jocelyn Parra, a health science senior, and her friends to start an academic club at California Baptist University last year. This year the club has grown to 25 female students.

“We wanted a group that focused on helping students build connections with medical professionals and give opportunities to do community outreach,” Parra said.

The club—the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)—holds professional development events throughout the year. The group also invites medical professionals to share their experiences as health providers; guest speakers have included doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical school admission counselors. The club has also provided a social forum for members to discuss women’s issues in medicine along with developing a plan to balance the roles of seeking a career in medicine and raising a family. Additionally, the club members perform volunteer work, such as participating in health fairs and assisting in medical clinics.

“The aim of this club is to prepare female students for work as clinicians in healthcare,” said Dr. Marshare Penny, associate professor of public health and faculty advisor for AMWA. “For this club, the students are able to connect with national chapters and have access to resources that will help them be successful in the future.”

Parra said she hopes students stay connected beyond CBU.

“I would love for students to be empowered and motivated to continue their careers with the connections and networks that they will make through this club,” Parra said.

 

CBU nutrition course challenges students’ eating habits

College students are not necessarily known for their good eating habits. Dr. Jan Edmisten, professor of kinesiology, would like that reputation to change.

Edmisten teaches KIN 300: Nutrition Science at California Baptist University. The course offers students the opportunity to learn what a healthy eating lifestyle entails through the study of nutrition.

“We try to talk about the most general macronutrients, like carbohydrates, nutrients, fats and how those are broken down and used by the body,” Edmisten said.

Although this class was originally designed for exercise science and kinesiology majors, Edmisten said many College of Health Science students enroll in the course to fulfill their upper division requirements.

“We tried to design the course with enough science to help the student understand what happens when you take in food and what it does in your body, but with enough application that it applies across a lot of majors,” Edmisten said.

Edmisten said she hopes the course will transform the typical college student’s diet, influencing them to seek positive change in their eating habits.

Matt Garcia, an exercise science senior, said the class has had an impact on his food choices.

“This class definitely helped me learn more about healthy habits and about what ingredients are in the food we eat on a regular basis,” Garcia said. “I enjoyed learning about what we need to eat to stay healthy and what we can do to prevent diseases, such as diabetes.”

Preventative action taken against disease during college years through healthy eating is a habit students will carry with them for the rest of their lives, Edmisten said.

“I think (this course) is important because the more you learn about your body, the better steward you can be of what God gave us,” Edmisten said. “He wants us to live a full and happy life, and it’s hard to do that when you’re sick all the time; so I try to teach it from that approach.”

 

Former NFL player shares his journey with CBU audience

“I just wanted to be in the marching band with my white shoes and my green uniform and marching at halftime,” former NFL player Reggie Doss told a California Baptist University audience. “But God had other plans for me.”

Doss, who played in more than 200 games for the Los Angeles Rams from 1978 – 1988, was invited to speak by the department of mathematical sciences at CBU to help launch their newest major—sports analytics.

Doss grew up in Texas and dreamed of participating in halftime show at NFL games. But when a high school friend noticed his talent in a PE class and encouraged Doss to play football, Doss took his advice and joined the school’s team.

Doss said in high school he was not the best player on his team but had undeveloped talent. After high school, he attended a small NCAA Division II school—Hampton University—to continue playing football and to see if he could develop his talent. It was there that he learned the value of hard work.

His team would go through a grueling two-week pre-season training regimen, including holding practice four times a day starting at 5 a.m. It was this intense environment that Doss credits to preparing him for a career in the NFL.

“God doesn’t put things in your life just to put them in your life as an obstacle,” he said. “[These experiences] make you stronger.”

Doss said when he got to his first day of training camp in the NFL, he felt that his college training was harder.

“When I got into camp I knew what to expect…I had been through one of the toughest camps in the nation,” Doss said. “With all the hard work and wanting to succeed, that is what really made me excel.”

Doss said he was fortunate to play as a defensive lineman in the NFL, but his purpose in life did not end there.

Doss and his wife, Tamara, have adopted three children. After living as a single man for 48 years, he now lives to raise his family.

“God touched my heart and my wife’s heart,” he said. “My life is completely different now than in my single days, and God has a way working His way through me.”

 

Lecturer urges students to use their passions to make an impact

“Honor God, yourself and the world by knowing who you are, what makes your heart sink and break. That fertile soil where your passions combine can lead to beautiful things for you and the world,” Curtis Romjue told an audience at California Baptist University.

Romjue is president and co-founder of First Aid Arts, an organization that trains others to use the arts to help trauma survivors begin the process of recovering from experiences such as abuse, violence or natural disaster. He spoke on Oct. 20 as part of the School of Behavioral Sciences’ Culture and Justice Lecture Series.

There are currently 30 million people around the world who are victims of modern-day slavery, Romjue said. First Aid Arts offers training and materials to equip professional and volunteer care providers to help those who are rescued. Trauma survivors are encouraged to use various art forms such as drawing or dancing as an escape and to help in their healing.

Romjue encouraged the students to discover what their passions are and also what makes their hearts break. That will help them determine how to use their passions to make a positive impact on the world.

While in college, Romjue heard Gary Haugen, president of International Justice Mission, speak on rescuing children as young as 4- and 5-year-olds from brothels. That spurred in him a desire to create a solution to such a problem.

“For me, coming out with that new knowledge that slavery still exists … prompted me to ask, what can I do about it?” Romjue said.

He developed First Aid Arts in response to the needs of social workers serving survivors of sex trafficking and slave labor.

 

Family Updates

Dr. Shasha Zheng, assistant professor of nutrition, presided as chairperson for the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Session and Marine Biotechnology Session at the Global Biotechnology Congress in Boston on Aug. 22-25, and gave a presentation on phytonutrient and bioactivity analysis of traditionally used Native American edible plants. Zheng also wrote a chapter, Fish, Fish Oil and Liver Cancer, in a recently published book Fish and Fish Oil in Health and Disease Prevention.

 

 

 

Victoria Brodie, visiting professor of public relations, served as the chairperson for the first day of Leadership Riverside’s class of 2017 on Sept. 9. Leadership Riverside is a 10-month program developed to educate decision-makers in the community by immersing them in the issues and challenges that shape Riverside’s future.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Kathryn A. Short, professor of education, recently received a $9,000 grant from the James L. Stamps Foundation to purchase a Nao humanoid robot for her study working with 4-year-old children with autism. She is currently on sabbatical researching the use of robotics, specifically a humanoid, as a communication tool to solicit joint attention and language skills with children who have difficulty engaging and connecting in social situations.

 

 

 

Dr. David Pearson, dean of the College of Health Science, spoke at the college’s Distinguished Lecture Series event on Oct. 18 in honor of his professional mentor, Dick Yoder. Yoder, a coach, director of athletics and director of the graduate program in Athletic Administration at West Chester University, was to be a speaker in the series but died in May. The topic of the presentation was Finding your professional self. Pearson made a similar presentation at Woodcrest Christian School in Riverside for its 2016 College, Military, and Career Day event on Oct. 19.

 

 

Dr. Juliann Perdue, associate professor of nursing, and Rugar, a certified therapy dog, presented at the 12^th Nursing and Healthcare Congress in Vancouver, Canada, on Oct. 3. Perdue spoke on the topic of Integrating animal-assisted interventions in nursing curriculum.

 

 

 

Dr. Dennis K. Bideshi, professor of biology, co-authored a paper, The thnR gene is a negative transcription regulator of the thurinicn H genetic cassette in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni, that was published online in the journal Archives in Microbiology (October 2016).

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff Cate, professor of New Testament, had two essays published in Book of Seven Seals (Mohr Siebeck) on the manuscripts of the Revelation of John. One essay analyzes a small, enigmatic 7^th century papyrus fragment from the book of Revelation that was found in Egypt in the early 20^th century. The other essay compares two miniature Greek NT manuscripts, one housed in Athens, Greece, and the other in the UC-Riverside special collections, that were both copied from the same exemplar in the 13th century.

 

 

Shawn Wilhite, assistant professor of Christian studies for Online and Professional Studies, edited and was the primary contributor to Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader vol 2 (Glossa House 2016). He also co-authored a chapter in the book, Didache and Barnabas. He also has had four book reviews published: The Genre and Development of the Didache by Nancy Pardee; Augustine’s Theology of Preaching by Peter T. Sanlon; and Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective by Andrew B. McGowan were published in Trinity Journal 37; You Are My Son: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews by Amy L. B. Peeler was published in Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies.

 

Dr. Melissa Antonio, assistant professor of biology, had an essay, Giving Repetitive Courses A Fresh Look, published on the Emerging Scholars Network blog.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president, delivered the University’s report to messengers at the 2016 annual meeting of the California Southern Baptist Convention in Sacramento on Oct. 25.

 

 

 

 

 

Elevate, an ensemble from the Collingsworth School of Music, led worship during the opening session of the 2016 California Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Sacramento on Oct. 25.

 

 

 

 

The Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business hosted an alumni panel on Oct. 12 featuring Micah Tokuda (’09, ’10), Paula Mora (’11, ’12), Grant Young (’10, ’13), Ashley Hoppes (’15) and Michelle Van Gent (’15, nee Cok). The panelists shared with students about life after CBU and the lessons that they had learned since graduating.

 

 

 

The Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business hosted 22 students from the Business Academy at Canyon Springs High School on Oct. 22. Dr. Keanon Alderson, associate professor of business, facilitated the visit. Students sat in a class, toured the campus and heard from members of the Jabs School of Business Student Leadership Council.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Natalie Winter, associate professor of marketing, spoke on living selflessly as God’s child, a message from I Corinthians, at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo on Oct. 11-12.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, chair of arts and sciences for CBU/Online and Professional Studies, presented at the ninth annual Mentoring Conference at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Oct. 26. The presentation was on her paper, Natural, Holistic Mentoring, which was published in the conference journal.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Andrew Herrity, professor of entrepreneurship and business, wrote a paper that won Best Academic Paper from the Christian Business Faculty Association. The paper is titled Preparing Young Adults for Ministry in the Marketplace: Observations, Explanations and Implications of Truthfulness as Utilitarian Rather Than Virtuous among Millennials.

 

 

 

Dr. Joel Bigley, assistant professor of business, co-authored a paper that was published in the International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science (Vol.2, No. 9). The name of the paper was Sustained Advantage from a Robust Dimensional Design.

 

 

 

Dr. Monica O’Rourke, visiting professor of kinesiology, was elected to serve as the Future Professional Liaison for the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD).  Her three-year term involves advising CAHPERD’s future professional president and overseeing leadership opportunities for university kinesiology students across the state.

 

 

 

Jim Scheer, landscape lead for Facilities and Planning Services, has been chosen employee of the month for November. The nomination form included the following statements: “Jim is a hard worker, very diligent and dedicated to the beauty of the campus. He’s a kind, helpful and encouraging person. Jim is always willing to lend a hand and will go out of his way to make sure that the job is completed. He is a spiritual leader to his co-workers and with the student workers; an example of Christ in his gentle and humble spirit.”

 

 

 

Dr. Greg Cochran, associate professor of applied theology, had his book, Christians in the Crosshairs: Persecution in the Bible and Around the World Today, published in September by Weaver Book Co.

 

 

 

 

CBU Online announces the opening of a Career Center office aimed at Online and Professional Studies students. The opening is coordinated with a veterans’ event being held Nov. 11. Laura Acosta, associate director of the Career Center, will head up the office, which is located at Tyler Plaza, 10370 Hemet St., Suite 140, Riverside.

 

 

 

Lynnae Nagel, College of Nursing data technician, and her husband, Charles, welcomed their first child on Sept. 3. Wayde Niklaus Nagel weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 20 inches long.

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates