December 9, 2016

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

Wanda Price, friend to generations of CBU students, dies at 87

Wanda Price, a beloved former California Baptist University employee, passed away Dec. 7, at the age of 87.

Price’s connection to the university dates back to 1965 when Price joined the staff at California Baptist College as the nursery director. Over the next several decades, her positions included student center director, secretary to the Registrar, assistant bookkeeper, manager of the café named in her honor (Wanda’s) and alumni consultant.

Over her many years of service, she earned the love and respect of both students and faculty, who presented her with numerous awards, including “Definite Contribution to College Life,” and “Outstanding Staff Member.” She had the reputation of having an excellent memory with her ability to remember students’ names and their student ID numbers.

While Price served in many positions through the years, it was her interaction with the students that stood out.

“She would just step up wherever she was needed or wanted,” said Gail Ronveaux, director of alumni and parent relations. “People would stop her in the hallway and say ‘my grandma just died’ and she would pray with them. Or they would tell her that they had financial difficulties and she would introduce them to someone who might be able to help.”

“She was important to a lot of people because of the relationships she built with them,” Carrie Smith, alumni and parent communications manager, said. “She was a surrogate mom and grandma to a lot of these students. She was the one a lot of them went to when they had a problem. She was the listening ear.”

An article in The Banner newspaper in April 1989 told of Price learning to skateboard. She also ran a 10K race in Death Valley in 1985. Her favorite hobbies included reading, jogging, flying a kite, and watching baseball; she was an Angels fan.

In 1991, when a new snack bar opened in the basement of the James Building, it was named Wanda’s Place, in her honor. The café was relocated to the Eugene and Billie Yeager Center when it opened in 2003.

In 2008, an endowed scholarship fund was established to honor Price’s 80th birthday. The funds provide scholarship support for eligible CBU students demonstrating financial need.

In 2010, she was recognized as the longest-serving employee in CBU history. CBU president Dr. Ronald L. Ellis presented her with a leaf from a 1611 edition King James Bible containing her favorite scripture passage (Philippians 1:3). Ellis also gave her a baseball that was signed by a professional baseball player in 1965, the same year she came to work at CBU.

Price worked at CBU until the spring of 2011.

“If I could instill anything into students it would be: learn to love and take the risks,” Price told The Banner in 1989. “Learn to love one another, and it would eliminate 99 percent of our problems. And always remember, it’s no fun hugging yourself!”

 

Travis Ryan encourages reverence for God during worship

“My prayer today is that our worship of God would be real and honest; that it wouldn’t be caught up in the lights or the production,” Travis Ryan, a California Baptist University alumnus, told a chapel audience on Dec. 7. “He wants your heart, and He wants your attention…let’s be moved in our worship to give God our attention and affection. He deserves it.”

Ryan is a multi-Dove Award nominee, singer/writer and a senior worship pastor at LifePoint Church in Smyrna, Tennessee.  Ryan led the chapel audience members in worship and spoke about the importance of genuine reverence toward God.

After reading Revelation 4 and describing God’s throne, Ryan told the audience that one way or another everyone will worship God.

“Did you see that picture (in Revelation 4)? Did you behold the glory of God?” Ryan said. “One day we all will give Him that attention, one day every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that He is Lord.”

Ryan encouraged the audience to stand and give glory and affection to God.

“Love always comes with a price. God himself sacrificed incredibly,” Ryan said. “God left all splendor and glory to put on human skin. That is what we celebrate at this time and in this season.”

 

Engineering hosts “Robot’s Got Talent” event

Engineering students displayed their robots’ talents at California Baptist University on Dec. 6 during a “Robot’s Got Talent” event hosted by the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering. The annual event featured the top eight teams in a semester-long competition to construct robots designed to perform specific tasks.

Teams comprising undergraduate students enrolled in Introduction to Engineering courses designed robots from scratch, aiming to satisfy the twofold criteria of creativity and functionality, said Dr. Matthew Rickard, professor and chair of engineering at CBU.

“Students start off with a blank slate. It’s a wide open venue as to what students can create. This format really requires the students to design something unique and that can be a challenge,” Rickard said. “The exciting thing is that students in software engineering get to try out their programming skills, electrical engineering students get to deal with electric motors, and there is also mechanical design as well as structures within the robot.”

At the event, teams presented robots that performed various tasks such as writing, surveillance, cleaning, tossing objects, and even dipping an Oreo cookie into milk.

Members of the winning team—Dwayne Symonette, Jorda Miller, Marleigh Saenz and Jason Quijano—designed and programmed their robot to cross over a 5-inch gap. Their design used three motors to power the robot and a two-touch sensor to guide the robot and also activate a platform (underneath the robot) that extended over the gap, allowing the robot to cross to the other side.

 

CBU hosts Spanish spelling bee for local high schoolers

More than 140 high school students competed in a Spanish Spelling Bee at California Baptist University on Dec. 3.

CBU’s College of Arts and Sciences and Omega Phi, the CBU chapter of the National Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi, organized the event for high schoolers in or near the Inland Empire area. Judges for the event included CBU faculty.

In the final round, students tackled words such as “machihembrar” (dovetail) and “incognoscible” (unknowable). The top three finishes in the competition received cash prizes to be used for educational expenses. In first place was Benjamin Martinez from Villa Park High School (Orange, California), who earned $400. In second place was Rodrigo Amaya from Perris High (Perris, California), who won $300. Emily Gonzalez, from La Sierra High School (Riverside), finished in third place and earned $200.

“Our motivation behind hosting the event is to showcase the Spanish language and CBU,” said Dr. Noé Ruvalcaba, assistant professor of Spanish at CBU.

The event also gave high school students the experience of visiting a university campus and meeting Hispanic professionals, Ruvalcaba said.

“Many of our participants will be the first in their families to attend college,” Ruvalcaba observed.

 

CBU community observes “Autumn Arbor Day” activities

Seventy-five students, faculty and staff at California Baptist University observed Autumn Arbor Day with a campus service project on Dec. 3.

Participants were assigned to teams to help trim citrus trees around the historic Hawthorne House and to lay down new mulch.

Amy Graham, a biology freshman, said the event was a new experience for her.

“I have never had the opportunity to take care of trees,” Graham said. “I just really enjoyed giving back to the community. I want to make my campus beautiful and want to have an impact.”

Eric Lewis, an environmental science senior, enjoyed the camaraderie between students during the event.

“This event will help make the campus look better and is a great way of serving others, and we also get to build relationships with other students,” Lewis said. “Stuff like this builds character.”

John Fyne-Nsofor, an environmental science senior, said CBU does a good job of being environmentally conscious.

“When CBU heard about the drought [in California], they took out a lot of the plants and changed their watering habits. They then put in more drought-resistant plants, and they are installing more mulch instead of grass,” Fyne-Nsofor said.

CBU is one of 11 higher education institutions in California designated as a Tree Campus USA college by a program implemented by the Arbor Day Foundation.

 

CBU names Paul Eldridge VP for University Advancement

Paul Eldridge, J.D. has been named Vice President for University Advancement for California Baptist University, President Ronald L. Ellis, announced. Eldridge is scheduled to begin his new duties Jan. 11, 2017.

Ellis said the selection of Eldridge culminates a lengthy national search.

“Paul Eldridge brings a strong commitment to Christian higher education and a proven track record of development,” Ellis said. “We look forward to welcoming him to the CBU leadership team.”

Eldridge comes to CBU from Colorado Christian University where he has served as vice president of development and alumni relations since May 2011. He previously was senior director of development and planned giving at John Brown University for more than eight years.

The move to CBU will be a homecoming of sorts for Eldridge, who practiced law in Southern California prior to his work in development and planned giving.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from John Brown University, a Master of Arts degree from Simon Greenleaf University and a Juris Doctor degree from Trinity Law School.

Eldridge and his wife, Laurie, have been married for 24 years and have three daughters.

Eldridge will succeed Dr. Art Cleveland, who retired last April after nearly a decade at CBU, including more than four years at the helm of the University Advancement division.

 

CBU volunteers to serve in 22 countries on 36 teams in 2017

Anticipation filled the air on Dec. 1 as several hundred California Baptist University students packed the gym at the College of Health Science for Team Reveal—a time when the Office of Mobilization reveals which volunteer teams the students will serve on.

“The position that you’re in is perfect for what God has in store for you,” Jeff Lewis, director of Mobilization, told the students.

Next year will mark the 21st year of global outreach by students, staff and faculty members. In 2017, 335 students and team leaders will comprise 36 teams for International Service Projects and Summer of Service. The teams will serve in 22 countries.

Lewis noted the theme for the 2017 service projects is “Insanity,” which corresponds with the theme verse Philippians 1:21: “For to me, to live is Christ.”

“That would seem totally insane to a world that says no, the way you make much of life is make much of yourself,” Lewis said. “But we realize as followers of Christ, the way you find joy in life is making much of Him and His purpose.”

Students later met with their fellow team members and learned where they would serve.

Ken Sanford, adjunct professor of education, will be leading his eighth team.

“I get so blessed by being involved with these students who are willing to do this,” said Sanford, whose team is going to East Asia. “God has put me in this position to mentor students and help them have the experience of going overseas to do a task and share their faith.”

In the past 20 years, CBU has sent out 479 teams to 58 countries. Before leaving for their fields of service, students participate in 75 hours of training half of which takes place during Intensive Training Weekend. Additionally, teams receive weekly training for 15 weeks, covering topics including culture shock, spiritual warfare and specific customs.

 

CBU celebrates Christmas season traditions with tree lighting

Students, faculty and staff ushered in the holiday season at the annual California Baptist University Christmas event on the Front Lawn on Dec. 1.

“This is a chance for the CBU community to come together and celebrate the Christmas holiday and experience some of the special traditions we hold for the season,” said Kristin Waters, director of campus activities in Community Life.

The event, attended by approximately 2,000 people, was organized by Community Life and the Associated Students of California Baptist University (ACSBU). This year the event aimed to focus on the traditions of the season, said Makenna Lammons, ASCBU president.

“We want to zero in on the reason for the season,” Lammons said. “It’s a more intimate feel. We want the focus to be, we’re lighting the Christmas tree, we’re celebrating Jesus’ birth.”

Attendees warmed up with hot cider and cocoa on the chilly evening while the chapel band performed, and CBU President Dr. Ronald L. Ellis read from Luke 2, which records the birth of Jesus. Then a School of Music choir sang “Silent Night” as people lit their candles, which they had received earlier. All the lights went out and then the countdown to the Christmas tree lighting occurred.

After that, attendees decorated gift tags, signed letters to military troops, played games, watched the classic movie “White Christmas” and enjoyed treats.

Michael Sandy, a chemical engineering junior, enjoyed the tree lighting.

“It gets you in the Christmas spirit,” Sandy said. “All in all, it’s just a great CBU tradition.”

Madison Taylor, a journalism junior, came with friends to get a picture next to the tree.

“I think it brings all of us together, and it’s a great way to relieve ourselves from all that stress (of school work) and just enjoy some time off,” Taylor said.

 

Navy SEAL shares his transition into God’s army at CBU chapel

“He forgave me of so much… I want to be a part of [His] army,” Chad Williams, a U.S. Navy SEAL veteran told a California Baptist University chapel audience on Nov. 30. “The whole point of life is more than just knowing God. We’re in His army, we’re to make him known.”

Becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL was one of the most fulfilling moments of his life, Williams said. But another—unexpected—emotion shortly followed.

“What I didn’t expect, that in the same 24-hour period, it became one of the most deflating, downward times of my life. [At the time] I couldn’t understand why,” said Williams, now an author and speaker.

Adding to his misery, days before Williams was to report to training, he learned a former SEAL, who was a friend and mentor, was killed in an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq.

“I felt like I was better off not being a SEAL,” Williams said. “Then at least I had something to drive me.”

Williams would eventually learn that reaching a goal did not mean he would have lasting satisfaction. That type of peace, he said, can only come through a relationship with Jesus.

Williams shared how he often got into trouble while on military leave to the point that even his family became afraid of him. To ease their concerns, he agreed to go to church with them. He attended a service where Pastor Greg Laurie was speaking on II Kings 5 and Naaman, an army commander who had leprosy. Naaman was a successful commander, but under the armor, he was wasting away.

Williams said he could relate to that.

“What type of man, what type of woman are you on the outside in front of your friends?” Williams asked. “Who are you when you’re in your room all by yourself and all you’re left with is your own thoughts. I didn’t like that person. But I got this front, this thing that I put on, just like Naaman, the armor.”

As Naaman was told to wash in the river seven times to be healed, Williams realized Jesus would forgive him and clean him from his sin, Williams said.

“Jesus takes our sin upon himself so we can be lavished by God’s grace and mercy,” Williams said.

 

Foodology opens as newest dining option at CBU

California Baptist University continues to add to its top-rated dining options, with the addition of Foodology, a modern, urban decor eatery that offers a variety of dishes.

Open weekdays and located on the College of Health Science campus, the menu consists of handcrafted salads with homemade dressings, homemade chips, artisan sandwiches and burgers. Foodology will serve Starbucks coffee as well as a variety of specialty coffee options. For those in a rush, there will be “Grab and Go” options.

“The new addition to our food choices continues the tradition of offering a diversity of food choices at CBU,” said Kipp Dougherty, director of food services. “Foodology is already a hit; students are coming from all over to experience Foodology.”

Niche.com has ranked California Baptist University No. 2 among California universities for best campus food and No. 8 in the nationwide listing. The website ranks more than a thousand colleges across the U.S. based on meal plan cost and more than 470,000 opinions from 64,000 students. A high ranking indicates the college offers a variety of healthy, quality food options that accommodate various dietary preferences and that the students are happy with the quality of campus food.

Dining services for CBU is managed by Provider Food Services, which offers a variety of choices through the Alumni Dining Commons, Brisco’s, Chick-fil-A, El Monte Grille and Wanda’s.

Foodology’s hours are Monday – Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Foodology accepts cash, credit cards, Lancerbucks, meal swipes and dining dollars.

 

Lecture talks of factors for successful international adoptions

“We try to help the parents feel empowered, because empowerment is the key in this whole process,” Dr. Gary Feldman told a California Baptist University audience, on the topic of international adoption. “The key issue is being prepared. The more prepared parents are about any possible condition, the better the outcome.”

Feldman, who specializes in international adoption medicine, spoke as part of the School of the Behavioral Science’s Culture and Justice Lecture Series on Nov. 17. He is the medical director of the Stramski Children’s Developmental Center at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach. Feldman also provides services in the pre-adoptive and post-adoptive stages.

“Pro-active parenting is much better than reactive parenting because it puts you in control,” Feldman said. “If you’re a reactive parent, you essentially are defensive and you’re reacting. You’re not making progress. If you’re pro-active, you have a greater chance of making progress.”

Feldman sees his role, and other doctors like him, as helping parents seeking adoption to become successful parents. In order to do this, the adoptive parents need to know what the potential struggles the child may have and then become educated to make appropriate decisions, Feldman said.

Children adopted internationally can have issues with health, development or attachment. Prospective parents may not receive an accurate or complete medical history. That is why it is important for individuals considering international adoption to be educated about overall health issues.

Additionally, he advises parents that when they bring a child home, they make the transition as calm as possible. Even a bedroom full of Disney characters may be too much for a child who spent years in an orphanage, he said.

“The kids are coming from Mars to Earth,” Feldman said. “They don’t understand your language, they don’t understand your culture, so there is a lot of transition that has to take place.”

 

Panel discusses “Mystic” exhibit at CBU Gallery

A panel of five art enthusiasts spoke about the exhibit, “Into the Mystic,” at the CBU Gallery and the influence art can have on a person on Nov. 16.

Panelists included Drew Oberjuerge, director of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) and four California Baptist University faculty. The exhibit represents an inspiration of spiritual themes, visionary imagery and drawing insights from transcendent encounters.

Transcendence means the existence or experience beyond the normal or the physical level, said Dr. Melissa Croteau, associate professor film studies and literature at CBU.

Dr. Katie Papineau, assistant professor of architecture and art history, said everyone is searching for something, a truth, answers to life’s mysteries, and the search for something is made visible through art at this exhibit.

“On the surface…you can understand what you’re looking at,” Papineau said, referring to the art. “But the layers are deeper, asking us to contemplate the mystic in our own lives, to ask deeper questions.”

Many people are fearful to come into a museum and talk about their interpretation of a piece of art, Oberjuerge said.

“People have to start with their own experience,” Oberjuerge said. “I’m a firm believer in aesthetic. Do you like it, do you not like it? If you like something, I would keep pursuing it.”

Dr. Scott Key, professor of philosophy, said the exhibit is an invitation for visitors to open themselves to concepts beyond the temporal.

“We are surrounded by images, but they flash before us. They influence us, but we don’t spend much time with them. This [exhibit] invites you to do much more than that and you have to,” Key said. “You have to let it speak to you and drink it in. You have to ponder, and it takes a little time.”

 

Events Center tower becomes the tallest structure at CBU

A new iconic symbol at California Baptist University achieved its full 100-foot height as the last portion of the Events Center north facing tower was lifted into place on Nov. 17.

Sundt Construction workers spent several hours preparing to hoist the final tower section into place. Weighing more than 6 tons, the topmost section was flown by crane and secured in place shortly after 11 a.m.

The tower is now the tallest structure on campus and is the latest milestone for the new Events Center arena that is scheduled to open in April 2017, in time for spring commencement activities.

“Watching the tower go up is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Steve Smith, director of

Facilities and Planning Services, told a small audience who had gathered to watch the tower be hoisted into place.

The Events Center is being built adjacent to the CBU Recreation Center. The north-facing front entrance will be located on Lancer Lane. The design of the two-level building complements the Mission Revival architecture style that is a hallmark of the CBU campus. The centerpiece of the 153,000-square-feet building will be a more than 5,000-seat arena that will showcase some of the CBU athletics teams competing in the PacWest Conference and NCAA Division II.

Besides athletics, the arena also will provide space for CBU’s chapel program attended by nearly 5,000 students weekly during the academic year. Other uses planned for the Events Center include student orientation activities and commencement ceremonies that are held each spring and fall.

 

Lecturer gives look into a career as an occupational therapist

Students from the College of Health Science at California Baptist University were offered a unique perspective on what a career in occupational therapy encompasses from Dr. Bryan Gee, who is the occupational therapy program director at Idaho State University.

Gee spoke as part of the College of Health Science’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Gee said that he is often asked to differentiate between occupational therapy and physical therapy.

“One major difference is that occupational therapy rehabilitates the most intimate aspects of someone’s life.”

Occupational therapists help their patients with daily activities, Gee said. Occupational therapists are also interested in patients developing a life of play and leisure.

“These are probably the most meaningful aspects of [their] daily lives,” Gee said. “If [patients] can’t do them, then they’ll probably experience some physiological and physical discomfort.”

The scope of occupational therapy is very broad, Gee said.

“We focus on accessibility. We want to make sure everybody can do anything regardless of a patient’s condition,” he said.

Gee gave an example of how students could help at their local church as an occupational therapist.

A family that includes an autistic child can find going to church difficult, Gee said. An occupational therapist can work with the family and the pastor at a church to help create a beneficial experience by being a trained liaison.

“The clergy aren’t trained to assist children [with special needs],” he said. “As an occupational therapist, I can take the speech language pathologist with me or the behavioral specialist with me, and we can go do a consult…so the family can go to church together.”

Gee also shared how he has worked with a child who had Down Syndrome to improve the child’s muscle skills. He helped the family develop a plan that they could all participate in that would help his patient.

“Occupational therapy does a good job at addressing the whole person,” he said. “In this field you have to be comfortable addressing the intimate details of a person’s life.”

 

Family Updates

Fifteen CBU graphic design students participated in a Design For Good event  held at CBU on Oct. 22-23. The students spent 24 continuous hours creating original branding materials for nonprofit organizations in the region. Dirk Dallas, assistant professor of graphic design, co-led the event and Michael Berger, assistant professor of graphic design, and Andrew Hochradel, adjunct professor for graphic design, were student mentors.

 

 

Dr. Robert LaChausse, associate professor of public health, was elected in November as the chairman of the Health Evaluation Topic Interest Group for the American Evaluation Association. During the two-year term, he will lead more than 2,500 professional members and be charged with establishing professional standards and practices for the evaluation health and human service programs.

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff Gage, professor of nursing, co-authored an article in Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (Fall 2016). The article was titled Applying community-based participatory research to create a diabetes prevention documentary with New Zealand Māori.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony Chute, professor of church history, presented a paper at the 68^th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 15-17. The name of the paper was Pastoral Advice from the Past.

 

 

 

 

Members of the CBU Investment Group student club presented investment selections for the student-managed investment fund to the Finance Program Advisory Board on Nov. 15. The advisory board provides students interaction with industry professionals and practice making professional presentations. The students pitched three stock choices, the professionals asked questions and then affirmed or voted down the choices. The students later placed the trade authorization.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Matthew Rickard, associate professor of bioengineering, Dr. Creed Jones, professor of software engineering, and four biomedical engineering students presented a paper at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry in Anaheim on Nov. 11. The title of the paper was Geometric measurements of natural features at the temporal limbus in support of an image-based, real-time IOP sensing system. The presentation is the latest in the development of the CBU Glaucoma Sensor Project, in which Rickard and Jones are creating a wearable imaging system (technology-enhanced pair of eyeglass frames) that can determine eye pressure and a patient’s risk of glaucoma.

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff McNair, professor of education, had a book published Nov. 17. Meowoof is juvenile fiction about what it is to be different.

 

 

 

Rachael Solis, administrative assistant for Conferences and Events, was named employee of the month for December. The nomination form included the following statements: “Rachael provides consistent information, accurate communication, and thoughtful insight when assisting groups with scheduling and planning events. She’s consistently looking for ways to improve performance. Rachael is enthusiastic, able to multi-task, able to accept constructive criticism, and has a servant’s heart.”

 

 

 

 

Dr. Gretchen Bartels, assistant professor of English for Online and Professional Studies, presented a paper at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference in Pasadena on Nov. 12. The title was Digital Archives, Publishing History, and Teaching Frankenstein.

 

 

 

Dr. Tim Luther, professor of political science, presented a paper at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Pasadena on Nov. 11. The title of the paper was Creativity, Human Solidarity, and Justice.

 

 

 

 

Marketing and Communication, School of Behavioral Sciences and the College of Health Science sponsored a corporate tree at the Festival of Trees Nov. 25-27 at the Riverside Convention Center. The theme of the tree was “Wise Men Still Seek Him” and it was designed to show the majesty of the manger. The tree was decorated by Janet Crate, special events and volunteer coordinator in University Advancement, and Daphne Paramo, department secretary for kinesiology, who also painted the Live Your Purpose “scroll.” The tree will be on display through the Christmas season at the CBU Gallery on Main Street in Downtown Riverside.

 

 

 

CBU chemical engineering students received recognition for the team’s first showing at the national Chem-E-Car competition on Nov. 13. The team won the Golden Tire Award, which is presented to the car deemed most unique in design by competing teams. The team also was awarded third place for a poster the team designed that describes how the car operates, and the Chem-E-Car earned a top 20 finish in the competition. Stephen Dueck, a chemical engineering major, is featured in the official Chem-E-Car Competition video talking about CBU’s team car.

 

 

 

 

Kristi Lippire, assistant professor of visual art, and her Advanced Art Class had their sculpture unveiled Nov. 25 for the Festival of Lights in downtown Riverside. The sculpture is on display through the end of January outside the Riverside Art Museum. The students in the class are: Yareli Bramble-Salazar, Tawny Frazen, Sabrina Hagan, Stacy Hernandez, Marlisa Morales, Magdalene Nsek, Lauren Sankey, Gloriana Sandoval, Amy Scharz and Brooke Villegas.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Virginia Hart-Kepler, nursing lecturer, successfully defended her dissertation at University of San Diego on Nov. 29. It was titled “How do Mexican Immigrants Make Decisions About Self-Management of Diabetes 2?”

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dominick Sturz, associate professor of public health for Online and Professional Studies, wrote a chapter in Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: A Multicultural Perspective (Jossey-Bass). The title of the chapter is The Role of Spirituality in Healing. This textbook is written with focus for current and future healthcare practitioners.

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony Donaldson, dean of the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering, was named as honorary technical director for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, on Nov. 28. The appointment allows the center to recognize, honor and harness the knowledge of community leaders to further the warfare center’s strategic initiatives and bring greater understanding of the warfare center’s role for the Navy and Marine Corps to the community.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff Mooney, professor of Old Testament, Dr. Kyle Stewart, assistant professor of physics, and Dr. Erin Smith, assistant professor of psychology, participated in a faculty panel for a discussion on the Test of Faith movie by the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. CBU’s Science and Religion Club hosted the event on Nov. 29. The attendees watched part of the movie and then the panel answered questions.

 

 

Dr. Mark Anklam, professor of chemical engineering, gave a presentation, Stealing a Freshman-Level Separations Project, at the AIChE Annual Meeting Nov. 13-18 in San Francisco. He co-authored the paper with Dr. Mario Oyanader, associate professor chemical engineering, Dr. Xueyan (Sarah) Zhao, assistant professor of chemical engineering, Dr. Mark Gordon, assistant professor of bioengineering, and Dr. Valerie Young from Ohio University. Oyanader also co-authored six posters with students—Stephen Dueck, Steffano Oyanader, Robin Smallwood, Isaak Juntunen, Joshua Park and Christopher Fernandes—who presented the posters at the meeting. The papers were: Effect Of Electrical Field And Radius Ratio On The Effective Angular Velocity For Couette And Poiseuille Flows; Molecular Effective Dispersion Under Electrical Field and Channel Curving Effects for Couette and Poiseuille Flows; Meso-Microscopic Analysis of Chemo-Electro-Thermotherapy in Capillary Systems; Micro-Molecular Scale Modelling of Electro-Chemotherapy; A Framework for Undergraduate Research on Chemo-Electro-Thermotherapy; and Dynamic Modeling of Fluid Flow Fractionation Under Couette and Poiseuille Flows.

 

The CBU PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) chapter hosted a networking event on Nov. 16 to introduce industry public relations professionals to students. Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, associate professor of public relations for Online and Professional Studies, Victoria Brodie, visiting professor of public relations, Robbie Silver (’12), and other PRSA members coached and provided tips to students. Over 50 students attended the event.

 

 

 

Dr. Kenneth Minesinger, associate professor of law for Online and Professional Studies, served as a reviewer for the current issue of the State Bar of California’s Business Law News (Issue No. 3, 2016). The executive board of the business law section also chose him to serve as editor in chief for the 2016-2017 term. On a separate note, he also was appointed to the board of directors of the Riverside Medical Clinic Charitable Foundation as treasurer for a one-year term.

 

 

 

Heather Ontiveros, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, and Jennifer Zamora, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, helped organize SoCal HEAL, an inter-professional education event, on Nov. 4 held at The Grove Community Church in Riverside. Thirty CBU students were among the almost 400 students from six different health care educational institutions attended. The goals were to dispel stereotypes, define healthcare and foster inter-professional communication skills and team skills that will benefit healthcare recipients in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

CBU President Dr. Ronald L. Ellis delivered the keynote address at the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce “Good Morning Riverside” gathering Dec. 8. His presentation was titled CBU Update: A Growing Legacy of Excellence and Success. The event was held in the Grand Parisian Ballroom of the Mission Inn.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sandra Romo, assistant professor of communication for Online and Professional Studies, and Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, associate professor of public relations for Online and Professional Services, participated in the Colton Joint Unified School District coats drive with Girl Scout Troop 960. Romo and Pearson are co-leaders of the troop.

 

 

 

 

Christopher W. Flores, 7, son of Dr. William Flores, associate professor of Spanish, and Ruth Flores, visiting professor of English for Online and Professional Studies, won a first place prize at the National Elementary (K-6) Chess Championship last month. The win allowed him to be listed by the U.S. Chess Federation as top player in the category age 7 and under.

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates