December 2, 2022

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

School of Performing Arts to present ‘A CBU Christmas’

The Shelby and Ferne Collinsworth School of Performing Arts is thrilled to present its fifth annual Christmas special “Gloria – A CBU Christmas” on Dec. 3 and 4.

Guests are invited to experience holiday music in a broad array of musical styles and celebrate the timeless message of the Christmas season.

The show features world renowned artists, accomplished artist faculty and more than 350 gifted CBU music students. Guest artists include Grammy-winner Alan Parsons, opera tenor Bruce Sledge and many more.

Dr. Joseph Bolin, dean of the School of Performing Arts, said the performance gives CBU a platform to communicate clearly, creatively and on a mass scale the true meaning of Christmas.

“This performance showcases the breadth of the School of Performing Arts at CBU,” Bolin said. “We are a very broad and comprehensive program, and few people really get the full picture of who we are and what we do. This allows us in one night to showcase the rich reservoir of talent that God has brought to CBU.”

The show comprises over 20 ensembles featuring vocalists and instrumentalists.

Dr. Gene Peterson, director of choral and vocal studies and the artistic director for “A CBU Christmas,” said the show is a great celebration. He is looking forward to performing “The Promise” written by Michael W. Smith.

“It speaks of the great promise of the light of the world that has come to Earth,” Peterson said. “To me it is one of the most beautiful and picturesque pieces we will be doing in this performance.”

Tori Hitchcock, a music sophomore and a vocalist in the University Choir and Orchestra, said Christmas time is about joy and sharing the joy of the gospel.

“I’m praying the Lord’s name will be glorified while getting to enjoy incredible music,” Hitchcock said.

Jeremy Warren, a music education junior, will play the violin in the show.

“The violinists get to set the texture and the tone of all the pieces,” Warren said. “The orchestra gets the big intro for almost every tune, and we get to set the vibe and the atmosphere for the entire arena, and it’s a really cool opportunity.”

“Gloria – A CBU Christmas”
When: 7 p.m. Dec. 3; 2:30 and 7 p.m. Dec. 4
Where: Events Center, California Baptist University, 8432 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA, 92504
For tickets or more information, please visit: https://performingarts.calbaptist.edu/cbuchristmas/

 

Jabs School of Business to launch the Family Business Center

The Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business launched the Family Business Center on Dec. 1.

The center will provide seminars and networking opportunities to family-owned businesses in the Southern California region. Additionally, experts with family business experience — in banking, legal, estate planning and other areas — will be available as a resource.

“Every business is unique and special, and every family is unique and special. Now you put the two things together and you have an amazingly unique organization,” said Dr. Keanon Alderson, professor of business and director of the Family Business Center. “Commonly their issues are succession and long-term planning, communication, decision making and conflict. We have the resources, the tools and the knowledge to help these family firms succeed to the next generation.”

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget lists metropolitan statistical areas in the country. In the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area, 45% of employers are family owned, making it No. 1 in that category, according to the U.S. Census Annual Survey of Entrepreneurship (2016).

Family businesses should consider joining the center if they are “complex,” Alderson said. Such as being large, older, multiple generations and multiple family members involved, experiencing conflict, or, more importantly, facing an upcoming transition or succession.

“Some people think family firms are the same as any other kind of firm, but they’re not. They do have the same challenges, but the family dynamic is what separates them,” Alderson said. “Plus, many of them intend to pass it on to the future generations, and that separates them from nonfamily firms.”

Alderson brings first-hand experience to his role. He worked 17 years in the family business, Sonergy Nutritional Products, which was started by his parents. They sold the company in 1992.

It was that experience that gave him the desire to learn more and study family business management.

He has written two textbooks and several articles on the subject and works as a consultant for family firms.

“I deal with family conflict, improving communication and family decision making. I make recommendations and set up governance tools to help manage the business more effectively,” Alderson said.

The grand opening launched the center and honored the 100th anniversary of Moss Bros. Auto Group and its three generations of family ownership.

“Dr. Alderson knows first-hand the unique challenges that come with the combination of family relationships and business enterprise. It seemed a natural extension of our efforts to engage directly with these organizations,” said Dr. Tim Gramling, dean of the School of Business. “We are pleased to bring this knowledge and experience to our area through the CBU Family Business Center.”

 

CBU celebrates Christmas season with tree lighting

The California Baptist University community celebrated the Christmas season at the Merry & Bright event on Nov. 29. The evening featured the tree lighting and live Christmas music.

Before the lighting, Brett Vowell, director of chapel, read the Christmas story from Luke 2. About 1,500 people attended the event, which also included sledding, inflatable jumpers and slide.

Attendees also had an opportunity to fill boxes for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. They filled more than 1,080 shoe boxes with toys, hygiene items and school supplies. The boxes will be delivered to children in need around the world.

 

 

 

Culture and Justice Lecture focuses on care of children

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences held a Culture and Justice Lecture on Nov. 17.

The lecture featured Dr. Amanda Hiles Howard, an associate professor of psychology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She specializes in developmental science, action research and social psychology. Her scholarly work focuses on understanding the effects of adversity on vulnerable children and their families and improving the quality of practice being provided by the communities, organizations, and governments that serve them.

The title of her lecture was “Scaffolded Deinstitutionalization: Successfully Transitioning from Residential to Family Care for Vulnerable Children.” We asked her about the topic.

Tell us about your lecture.
The discussion is on both the science and policy of deinstitutionalization, which is the process of reforming childcare systems and closing down orphanages and children’s institutions, finding new placements for children currently in residential care, and setting up replacement services to support vulnerable families in non-institutional ways. Though there is a strong and consistent call for deinstitutionalization, the process of transitioning from residential to family care is complex and poorly understood. This talk focuses on the factors that lead to children being placed in residential care, the current state of deinstitutionalization, and best practices for supporting the process of transitioning from residential to family-based models of care.

Why is the topic so important to you?
This topic is important because both science and policy suggest that children develop best in the context of a safe, nurturing, consistent family. Further, the Bible affirms that we were created to live in families.  Yet over 6 million children worldwide live in residential settings, such as orphanages and children’s homes. Understanding the impact of institutional care on development and how to best transition institutions from a residential to family models of care is crucial for the long-term success of vulnerable children who are separated from parental care during childhood.

What do you hope the audience gets from the message?

• Children develop best in safe, nurturing, stable families.
• Not all children in orphanages are orphans. Indeed, many have surviving parents or other family members, who may be able to care for them with some additional support.
• Simply closing institutions in not enough. If we want families to be successful, we need to build up replacements services and use a scaffolded approach to deinstitutionalization.

Anything else you would like to add?
Though we discuss deinstitutionalization extensively there is surprisingly little scientific research on this process. To best support families and organizations during this transition, we need to be sure that we are using evidence-based practices.

Culture and Justice Lecture Series
The series invites professionals in the behavioral science and community development related fields to share their experiences with students. They also provide information on current trends, practices and research within their respective professions. Building upon a foundation of over 40 years of behavioral science education in the Inland Empire, CBSS is excited to expand its reach – building bridges between students, community partners and nationally recognized experts.

 

Family Updates

Christine Lee Smith, adjunct professor of photography, presented a paper at Baylor University’s 2022 Symposium on Faith and Culture on Oct. 27. Her paper was titled Opie’s Pig Pen & the Christ: The Spiritually Formative Impact of Identity Portraiture.

 

 

 

Dr. Thomas Schneider, associate professor of English, presented at the Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference in Los Angeles on Nov. 13. His presentation was titled Malory’s Forest in Motion.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Brian Bovee, assistant professor of computer information technology, presented a research paper at the Jeet Gupta Research Symposium at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, on Nov. 4. The paper was titled Gamification in Knowledge Management Systems: A Systematic Review.

 

 

 

Kristin Beinschroth, assistant professor of radiologic sciences, attended the American Society of Radiologic Technologists’ 2022 Leadership Academy. The program prepares radiologic technologists for leadership roles. Fifty to 75 people usually apply for the program and 19 were accepted into the 2022 program. Additionally, she presented at the 83^rd Annual California Society of Radiologic Technologists in Sacramento on Nov. 5-6. Her lecture was titled Forensic Radiology- Part 2. She also gave the lecture at the Utah Society of Radiologic Technologists Fall 2022 Virtual Conference on Nov. 12.

 

 

Dr. Melissa Wigginton, professor of public health sciences, presented at The American Public Health Association annual conference in Boston on Nov. 6-9. Her presentation was titled Social and Behavioral Predictors of Physical Activity Among Youth: An Analysis of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. She also received the Outstanding Leadership Award for her role as the chair of the policy committee.

 

 

 

Dr. Ted Murcray, associate professor of education, and Dr. Kenneth Nehrbass, director of special projects, presented at the 2022 POD Network Annual Meeting in Seattle on Nov. 14. The session was titled Re:Connect and Reflect: Using the ACE/POD Matrix. Murcray co-presented two additional sessions. The sessions were titled Re-imagining our roles: An emerging framework for Educational Developer professional competencies and Re:imagining our role in supporting faculty well-being.

 

 

Dr. Linda-Marie Sundstrom, professor of public administration, Dr. Mark Kling, professor of criminal justice, and Jim Bishop, associate professor of criminal justice and business law, had an article published in the PA Times (Oct. 14). It was titled Fentanyl Fatalities: A Halloween Nightmare.

 

 

 

Dr. Wayne Fletcher, associate professor of health sciences, presented a seminar to City of San Jacinto managers and directors on Oct. 6. Titled Cultivating Cultures of High Expectations and Engagement, it was part of the CBU Paul and Annie Kienel Leadership Institute series.

 

 

 

Dr. Adele L. Harrison, professor of finance, co-presented two papers at the Christian Business Faculty Association annual conference at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Oct. 21-22. The titles of the papers were Measuring Christian Faith Commitment Among Business Undergraduates: The Christian Faith Index and Faith Integration Among Business Undergraduates at Christian Colleges: An Empirical Study. Additionally, she participated in the panel titled Peer-to-Peer Personal Finance Coaching at Christian Institutions of Higher Education.

 

 

Dr. James Lu, professor of English, presented a paper at the 119^th Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association Conference at UCLA on Nov. 12-13. The paper was titled A Peculiarity in the Study of Poetics: Prose Poems vs Verse Novels. He also organized and chaired a panel titled Comparative American Ethnic Literature.

 

 

 

Dr. Berniece Alspach, associate professor of English, chaired a panel at the 119^th Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association Conference at UCLA on Nov. 13. It was titled Defining Digital Humanities. Adeleigh Sexton, adjunct professor of English, presented her paper Hauntology and Twine: Deconstructing Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House for the panel. At the conference, Alspach also presented a paper titled William Blake’s Hymns: A Fight with the Quotidian in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.

 

 

Dr. Erin Smith, professor of psychology, was interviewed for the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, which was featured in its podcast. She talked about research on trauma and children’s ministry.

 

 

 

Dr. Shasha Zheng, associate professor of nutrition, published a research article in the International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Oct. 28). It was titled A Novel SUMOylation Site in the Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Identified with a Highly Sensitive and Quantitative FRET Assay.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ogbochi McKinney, associate professor of public health, virtually presented two articles at the 12th International Conference on Food Studies on Oct. 23-24. The titles of the studies were Takeaways from Fifteen Month Lessons Learned from Community Food Distribution and Nutrition Teams during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity and Other Basic Human Needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in the Jinja District Suburbs, Uganda.

 

 

 

Dr. Krystal Hays, associate professor of social work, Dr. Ted Murcray, associate professor of education, and Dr. Liza Arellano, assistant professor of social work, presented at the Council on Social Work Education annual meeting in Anaheim on Nov. 12. Their presentation was titled Answering the Call to Teach.

 

 

Mark Roberson, dean of the College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design, presented at the International Leadership Association’s 24^th Global Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13. His presentation was titled Experiencing the Architecture of Washington DC: The Wisdom of Physically Bringing Forth a New Nation.

 

 

 

Dr. Victoria Brodie, associate professor of public relations, and Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, professor of communication, presented on behalf of the Dr. Paul and Annie Kienel Leadership Institute at the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health annual meeting on Nov. 17. Their presentation was on emotional intelligence and the adversity quotient.

 

 

 

Debbie Jahant, project specialist/professional license analyst for the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, was named employee of the month for December. Her nomination included the following statements: “Debbie greets CBSS students by name with warmth and always makes every effort to support and offer appropriate help. She is the epitome of professionalism; she is always punctual, hard-working and produces the highest quality of work. She frequently finds solutions for students before the concerns rise to a higher administrative level of concern.”

 

 

Two chemical engineering students presented posters at the AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Student Conference in Phoenix on Nov. 14. Priscilla Amaya presented a poster (co-authored with Dr. Mario Oyanader, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering, and alumna Karmina Quichocho) titled Dynamic Simulation of Alveoli Function under COVID-19 Stress: A Microfluidic and Toxicological Approach. Nathanael Hovda presented a poster (co-authored with Dr. Mark Anklam, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering) titled Separating Phenolic Compounds from Water by Adsorption on Surfactant-Modified Ion Exchange Resins.

 

 

Dr. Monica O’Rourke, professor of kinesiology, chaired presentations at the International Leadership Association Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15. The presentations were on Perspectives on Wisdom. Dr. John Shoup, executive director of the Leadership Institute, Lisa Friesen, assistant professor of allied health, Dr. Troy Hinrichs, professor of criminal justice, presented Wisdom’s Necessary Companion: The Cardinal and Theological Virtues.

 

Dr. Carolyn Heine, instructional services librarian, presented a research paper at the virtual Library Assessment Conference on Nov. 1-3. It was titled Comparing Two Information Literacy Development Strategies for Online Doctoral Students.

 

 

 

Andrew Zhou, assistant professor of chemical sciences, had a paper published in the Journal of Chemical Crystallography (Nov. 9). It was titled Supramolecular complexes built of octahedral [Ta6Cl12(CN)6]3−/4− clusters and terpyridine-metal complexes. 

 

 

 

Dr. Mary Vanhoozer, adjunct professor of music, released an album of 16^th century English dance music featuring the hurdy gurdy, a Renaissance instrument. The album is titled Under the Birchwood Tree. Vanhoozer was also featured on the recently Grammy nominated soundtrack for the video game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

 

 

 

Modern Languages and Literature held its first A Night of Prose: Fiction and Nonfiction Readings from CBU’s Creative Writing Community on Nov. 8. Eight authors were featured, and three readers shared their work during the open mic readings.

 

The Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business participated in the Can Tree Wonderland event at the Galleria at Tyler on Nov. 12. The event benefits Feeding America Riverside-San Bernardino. Dr. Tad Hove, assistant professor of business administration, Delores Washington, administrative assistant to the dean, and students Ali Ann Merrill and Carson Merrill built a “tree” with 600 food cans. The trees are on display until Dec. 15. Carolyn Solar (’19) is CEO of Feeding America.

 

 

 

Personnel Updates