In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

California Baptist University granted NCAA DII membership

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) notified California Baptist University July 12 that it has completed the three-year membership process and is now an active Division II member.

The NCAA called CBU Director of Athletics Dr. Micah Parker with the news.

“I’m very thankful for all the people who helped us get through this process,” said Parker. “This really is a campus wide achievement, not simply an athletic department achievement. It has been a tremendous learning opportunity for everyone involved and we are thrilled to be a part of the NCAA.”

CBU formally applied for Division II membership in the summer of 2010 and today’s phone call brings a successful completion to the standard three-year membership process. CBU progressed through each of the last three years, meeting all of the necessary standards set forth by the NCAA to achieve active status.

“We are pleased to receive notification that CBU has been granted active membership at the NCAA Division II level, and we feel good about our ability to carry the banner proudly,” said Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, university president.

Active member status gives CBU the ability to compete for NCAA Championships beginning this fall. The Lancers have competed in the Pacific West Conference the last two seasons of its transition, winning nine conference championships as well as the PacWest Commissioner’s Cup, given annually to the top athletic program in the conference, in its first year in 2011-12.

In 2013, there were 315 Division II members. Division II prides itself on six main attributes—learning, service, passion, sportsmanship, resourcefulness and balance. The NCAA sponsors championships in 25 Division II sports.

CBU currently sponsors 20 sports teams and won 30 national championships, all since 1999, in its previous association with the NAIA and the NCCAA.

CBU’s NCAA Membership Process Timeline:
July 12, 2010 – Application approved for Candidacy Year 1
July 12, 2011 – Approval granted for Candidacy Year 2
July 12, 2012 – Approval granted for Provisional Year
July 12, 2013 – Approval granted for Active Membership

Nearly 150 California Baptist University employees gathered July 15 to celebrate CBU’s acceptance. The festivities included remarks by Parker and Ellis.

“Everyone on this campus had a part to play in this three-year process, and for that we thank you,” Parker said. “Had we been NCAA DII eligible this year, we would have likely had 10 teams qualify for NCAA postseason.”

Ellis said athletics is a key component of CBU’s mission.

“One of the most important things our athletics program accomplishes is to make student athletes realize that what they learn on the court or on the field can translate into real life,” he said. “As a university committed to the Great Commission, that message is a key building block in what we do here.”

 

 

CBU cadet earns top honors during Army physical fitness test

Celeste Diamond, a CBU Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadet, took first place July 11 for the female category of the 13^th Regiment’s Army physical fitness test at Joint Base Lewis in McChord, Wash.

Diamond competed against 450 of her peers and achieved the highest women’s score of 369.

The APFT is broken into three parts, including the two-mile run, two-minute push-up and two-minute sit-up. Each cadet completes all three and then receives a score based on the Army’s APFT score chart. APFT scores are based on the Army’s standards for age and gender. Cadets must receive at least 60 points in each event to qualify for the Army.

 

 

CBU nursing students win 2013 CAE Cup competition

Students from California Baptist University’s School of Nursing placed first in the 2013 CAE Cup Nursing Student Challenge at the HPSN (Human Patient Simulation Network) World 2013 Conference meeting in San Francisco June 30-July 2.

Genevieve Monge and Brenda Ruiz, both senior nursing majors, each received a trophy cup and $250 for winning the competition. Rebecca Weldon, also a senior nursing major, prepared for the contest as an alternate.

“I am tremendously proud of them,” said Susan Nelson, assistant professor of nursing. “We practiced for about eight hours to prepare for the competition. What they learned will transfer to practice.”

The event, sponsored by CAE, a global leader in simulation technology, features a critical care skills competition where teams compete in emergency scenarios through risk-free simulation. The contest includes two divisions: one for nursing students and one for emergency medical service personnel.

Nelson said this year’s nursing scenario involved a patient who had undergone surgery, been given medication and was experiencing complications that could be either a hemorrhage or a respiratory issue. Students were given 20 minutes to use critical thinking and practice skills to determine that the patient’s respiratory problems were a result of the medication.

“Of all the teams, ours was the youngest as far as where they are in the program,” Nelson said. “All three of our students are just entering their senior year, and one hasn’t even had a course yet in critical care. It was fun to watch how they improved as they practiced for the competition. They will be phenomenal nurses.”

Nelson also made a presentation on the topic of student-led high risk scenarios at the conference. Unique to this presentation, she and Monge, Ruiz and Weldon developed and presented a student-led scenario and had members of the audience respond.

 

 

Family Updates

Adam Smyth, telecommunications administrator in Information and Technology Systems, and his wife Karen have spent the past year helping build a free health awareness co-op in the Riverside and Corona area. Participants have focused on improved health with special interests that include fighting and preventing cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, MS, ADHD, chronic fatigue, ulcers and promoting brain health. The group often invites certified nutritionists for the meetings to speak and answer questions. The co-op provides a fun atmosphere for learning about juicing, things to buy or avoid in local grocery markets, as well as sharing successful recipes and experiences.

 

 

Dr. Barbara Cockerham, assistant professor of education, recently earned a Ph.D. in instructional and curriculum leadership from North Central University in Minneapolis, Minn.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Daniel Blair, assistant professor of sign language, has recently played principle roles in several productions at LifeHouse Theater in Redlands, including the role of Samuel in The Rise of King David; Matthew Cuthburt in Anne of Green Gables and Cardinal Richelieu in Three Musketeers.

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff Cate, professor of New Testament, presented a paper titled Sisters Separated from Birth: An Examination of 792 and 2643 as Private Miniature Manuscripts at the Society of Biblical Literature International meeting at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) on July 12. Manuscript 2643 is a tiny, XIII-century Greek NT manuscript at the UC-Riverside library containing the four Gospels & the Apocalypse of John, and manuscript 792 is nearly identical but housed at the National Library of Greece in Athens. Both manuscripts are smaller than 3” x 4” and pack as many as 30-40 lines per page. Cate’s paper examined some of the peculiar readings found in both.

 

 

 

Dr. Gayne Anacker, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Scott Key, professor of philosophy; Dr. Linn Carothers, program director of mathematics and physics and professor of mathematics, and Benjamin Knisley, a senior mathematics major, participated in the C.S. Lewis Summer Conference at the University of San Diego June 21-23. The conference theme was Living the Legacy: The Vision, Voice, & Vocation of C.S. Lewis, prompted by the approaching 50^th anniversary of Lewis’ death on Nov. 22, 1963. Anacker and Key helped to plan the conference, and Anacker served as its assistant director. Key served as director of the Academic Roundtable, and chaplain and worship leader during the conference. He also presented a paper, The Wisdom of Innocence, in the conference’s Academic Roundtable. Anacker also presented a paper, Truth, Worldview and Rationality, during the Academic Roundtable. In addition, he delivered brief remarks about the life and ministry of Dr. Dallas Willard, who passed away recently. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Kate Simcoe, wife of Duncan Simcoe, professor of Art. Kate had been a long-time associate and friend of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, serving as coordinator of the C.S. Lewis Study Center at the Kilns, Lewis’ home in Oxford, England. She passed away May 25, 2013 following a lengthy illness.

 

Kristi Lippire, assistant professor of visual arts, and seven CBU Art Club students submitted a design for Riverside’s Habitat for Humanity’s 40th Anniversary fundraiser. The club was one of 40 artist groups from Riverside County who volunteered time and materials this summer to design a dollhouse that will be on public display in the Riverside Library in August as part of the Artwalk. The Art Club’s design used chopsticks, wood, fabric and other materials to transform a bare wood structure into a detailed home. Each participant had nine weeks to design their house. The dollhouses were unveiled Saturday, July 13, at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Riverside and will be auctioned off in September. All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity. Students involved in the project were Raquel Gutierrez, Rebekah Woodfield, Samantha Scissions, Kristin Coppridge, Christian Ramirez, Kayla Rosanelli and Jordan Singer.

 

 

Dr. Linn Carothers, program director of mathematics and physics and professor of mathematics, participated in a Washington Statistical Society Cox Award seminar on Big Data in Survey Research: Analyzing Process Information (Paradata) in Washington, D.C. on June 24.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Art Cleveland, vice president for institutional advancement, presented a paper titled Environmental Factors Influencing the Status and Management of Bats Under Bridges to the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation on June 25 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The paper will be published as part of the proceedings of the meeting.

 

 

 

Traci Williams, admissions support coordinator in Online and Professional Studies, was recognized as CBU Employee of the Month for July. Her nomination form included the following statements: “Traci recognizes customer service as a critical factor in admissions and business success. She excels in self-directing and self-pacing to keep the admissions office flowing smoothly. She always looks for ways to identify new areas of opportunities to help the department and offers many unsought suggestions for improving department efficiency.”

 

 

 

Gail Cloud, secretary for campus life, was honored as CBU Employee of the Month for June. Her nomination form included the following statements: “Gail is the epitome of customer service. With the variety of things we do in Campus Life we consistently have many parents and students visiting and calling our office. Gail is not only very knowledgeable in all these areas, but is quick to help find answers if she doesn’t know them. She has a heart for ministry and has become a source of advice and guidance to many of the young women that work and have worked in our office.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darla Donaldson, associate dean of the Dr. Robert Jabs School of Business and assistant professor of finance and social entrepreneurship, gave a presentation on Social Enterprise to the PICK group on Friday, June 28.  Donaldson was part of a panel of speakers that included Nathan Westwick, founder of Wild Goose Coffee, and Al Arguello, Inland Empire market president of Bank of America. The PICK group is dedicated to providing opportunities for career-minded young professionals “to connect socially, develop professionally and engage civically for the betterment of Riverside.”

 

 

 

Dr. Ying Hu, assistant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Meg Barth, director and professor of nutrition and food sciences, participated in the 2013 Windows of Opportunity for Undergraduate Research Programs for High Impact Learning Experiences presented by the Council on Undergraduate Research in Washington, D.C. The conference, hosted by Chapman University, focused on best practice programs for strategic integration of research and scholarship skills at meaningful points across the curriculum from freshman level through senior level coursework. The attached photo was taken during the presentation of the Students as Scholars program by George Mason University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three CBU students are working with members of the Riverside District Attorney’s office in a community education outreach program called The Write of Your Life. The three-person team includes Raymond Hernandez, Tyler De Trinidad, and Tabitha Leonard. The students were recently featured in the Press-Enterprise. Click here to read the article. Marilyn Moore, associate professor of sociology, is the facilitator and trainer for these students, who have been volunteering with Moore at Safe House Transitional Living in Riverside since fall 2012.

 

Dr. Franco Gandolfi, dean of the Dr. Robert Jabs School of Business, is author of Workforce Downsizing – Strategies, Archetypes, Approaches and Tactics, which was recently published in Journal of Management Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 67-76.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Meg Barth, professor of nutrition and food sciences, and Dr. Ying Hu, assistant professor of chemistry, are working with 12 students on a project titled Antioxidant activity, pigments and bioactive components in traditionally-used Native American edible plants from Southern California. The group is collecting specimens from various field sites in the region for spectrophotometric analysis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogues of Practice Part I and Part II, a group art exhibit curated by Kristi Lippire, assistant professor of visual arts, paired 10 Los Angeles artists with 10 artists from the First Street Gallery Art Center in Claremont. The exhibition took place in two parts: March 14-April 25th at West Los Angeles College in Culver City and May 3-July 12 at the First Street Gallery Art Center. Artists were paired through a shared interest in content, humor, text or abstraction. The Dialogues of Practice exhibitions demonstrated how artists with dissimilar backgrounds and training have shared interests when it comes to their individual art practices.

 

 

Steve Smith, director of facilities and planning services, and Kris Smith, administrative assistant for the vice president for enrollment and student services, welcomed their first grandson on May 27. Ethan James Rinner measured 21.5 inches long and weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. Ethan’s mother, Carissa Smith Rinner,  is a CBU alumna with a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. She and husband Andy also have a daughter, Elsie, who is 5 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

CBU Human Resources has announced a new automated system for proof of employment or income. All that is needed is CBU’s employer code (15747), the employee’s social security number and a PIN number (the last four digits of the social security number plus the four-digit birth year). For more information, click here.

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
7/1/2013	Athletics	Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach (part-time)	Richard “Joey” Wellman	New Hire
7/1/2013	School of Christian Ministries	Associate Professor/Director of Applied Theology Program	Gregory Cochran	New Hire
7/2/2013	Financial Aid	Financial Aid Technician	Courtney Collette	New Hire
7/8/2013	Campus Life	Secretary	Beverly Querin	New Hire
7/8/2013	Institutional Advancement	Gift Administrator	Laura Stump	New Hire
7/15/2013	Residence Life	Residence Director	Sarah Welles	New Hire
7/15/2013	Online and Professional Studies	Receptionist	Shannon Jonker	New Hire
7/15/2013	School of Education	Graduate Program Advisor	Kaishauna Dean	New Hire
7/15/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	Department Secretary-Administration	Shannon Stewart	New Hire
7/1/2013	Public Safety	Transportation Supervisor	Eldon Carlson	Change
7/1/2013	Department of Aviation Science	Department Secretary	Kim Roper	Change
7/1/2013	School of Nursing	Clinical Affiliation Assistant	Marta Morrison	Change
7/1/2013	School of Business	Administrative Secretary	Janelle Peters	Change
7/1/2013	Online and Professional Studies	Enrollment Process Administrator	Traci Williams	Change
7/1/2013	Information Technology Services	ITS Customer Support Analyst II	Richard Davis	Change
7/1/2013	Financial Aid	Financial Aid Technician	Nicole Gooch (Formerly Shackelford)	Name Change
7/1/2013	Tahquitz Pines	On-Call Camp Worker	Wallace “Ric” Muelder	Change
7/8/2013	Athletics	Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance	Debbie Snell	No Longer Employed

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU contributes more than 681,000 hours of community service

California Baptist University students, faculty and staff contributed more than 681,000 hours of community service during 2012, with a monetary value of nearly $5.5 million. Service areas included the Inland Empire area and the state of California, as well as across the nation and around the globe.

“Service is an integral part of the experience at CBU,” said Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, president of California Baptist University. “The commitment of students, faculty and staff to be involved in service activities represents a very practical application of one of the university’s core values: equipped to serve.”

Most of the service hours were a result of service learning in academic areas, where students applied what they are learning in their major areas. The Collinsworth School of Music accounted for a large share of the service learning hours through more than 400 concerts and vocal performances by about 400 students. The College of Engineering contributed the second largest number of service hours through a cross-cultural experience requirement in all of its major areas.

Many of the community services hours were a result of CBU’s flagship programs, administered through the Mobilization Office. International Service Projects, United States Projects and Summer of Service sent 422 volunteers to 20 countries last year.

“Under Dr. Ellis’ leadership, we commissioned our first teams in 1997,” said Kristen White, CBU director of global mobilization. “Our faculty and staff leaders seek to connect with and invest in students to challenge them to take their next step in engaging the world.”

Compassion Ministries, with oversight from the Office of Spiritual Life, also contributed service hours during the year through local ministries with the elderly, teens, children and the homeless.

One group of students working with the homeless said they want to be a stepping stone between area churches and various homeless programs.

“Our hope is to build relationships with the people we encounter, with the goal of meeting their physical needs and eventually being able to share the gospel with them,” said Melody Henderson, a CBU student involved in the ministry. “Our desire is to be Jesus’ hands and feet in this community and to love the people around us as best we can.”

The combined efforts of 18 California Baptist University athletic teams helped raise 5,640 canned food items to be donated to charity.

“I am really proud of our athletes,” Micah Parker, director of athletics, said. “It’s important that they recognize how fortunate they are to have so much.”

The canned food drive was also a competition to see which team could raise the most cans per athlete. The cheer team won the competition by raising 1,866 cans, which averaged 50.43 per athlete.

Men’s golf raised 487 cans, or 37.46 per athlete, the highest total of any men’s team.

“It was fun to see our teams talk about who was going to give more this year,” Parker said. “It is great to see them give back.”

The 5,640 cans were donated by CBU athletics to Set Free Ministries.

In addition, the teams volunteered time at the local YMCA, worked with a food pantry, a toy drive and various sports clinics.

The Division of Institutional Advancement partnered with Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful to work on a street beautification project. Staff worked with alumni volunteers to remove trash, weeds, debris, leaves and graffiti on a local street. In addition, a group of freshmen picked up trash at the city’s Don Derr Park as part of their FOCUS orientation group.

Some of the community service hours came from service learning projects that enable students to use professional skills. Freshmen engineering majors worked on projects sponsored by the College of Engineering, and students from the School of Business contributed approximately 500 hours in free tax preparation for low income taxpayers and seniors in the Riverside community.

 

Press-Enterprise names Lancers as coach, player of the year

Riverside’s Press-Enterprise has named Gary Adcock, CBU’s head baseball coach, as 2013 Coach of the Year and Levi Cabral, an outside/opposite hitter on the men’s volleyball team, as 2013 Player of the Year.

The Coach of the Year award is given to the top collegiate coach in the PE’s readership area, which includes UC Riverside, Cal State San Bernardino, Redlands, La Sierra, Riverside Community College, San Bernardino Valley College and Mt. San Jacinto College. Adcock is a two-time NCCAA National Coach of the Year, the 2012 PacWest Coach of the Year and a three-time GSAC Coach of the Year.

The Player of the Year award goes to the top collegiate athlete in the readership area. Cabral helped lead CBU in its transition into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation this season, putting up one of the best seasons in program history. He is one of the all-time greats in Lancer history, finishing his career with 1,999 kills, 189 service aces, 574 digs and 266 blocks. Along with the aforementioned career kills and aces records, Cabral also owns the top three single-match kill performances and is the only player in program history to go over 500 kills in a season twice.

 

IABCU meeting attracts college presidents from the U.S., Japan and Nigeria

More than 100 attendees participated in the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU) annual meeting held at California Baptist University June 2-4. The organization elected new officers; approved a $268,170 budget for the association’s 2013-14 fiscal year; and heard reports on the Baptist College and University Scholars program, and the state of IABCU member institutions.

Top administrators from IABCU schools came from as far as Nigeria and Japan for the three-day meeting. The group elected new officers for 2013-2014: Dr. David Olive, president of Bluefield College, as chair; Dr. Fitzgerald Hill, president of Arkansas Baptist College, as vice-chair and chair elect; and Dr. Samuel “Dub” Oliver, president of East Texas Baptist University, recording secretary.

New board members elected for terms beginning June 2013 to June 2017 are: Dr. Jairy Hunter, president of Charleston Southern University; Dr. Kina Mallard, provost at Carson-Newman University; Dr. Elizabeth Davis, provost at Baylor University; and David Wilkinson, executive director of Associated Baptist Press, who will serve as an at-large member.

An IABCU research study titled “The State of Higher Education Among Baptist Colleges and Universities 2013” revealed that enrollment at IABCU member institutions is up 21.3 percent from the fall 2000 to fall 2011. Also, tuition at those schools is still an average of 22 percent less nationally than other private, four-year, not-for-profit institutions, even as the total cost of attendance for students steadily increases at all institutions.

In addition, the majority of students enrolled at IABCU schools are within the traditional college age group, with more than 76 percent of undergraduates under the age of 25 and the same percentage of graduate students aged 25 or older.

The research also revealed that larger IABCU institutions report higher retention rates. For colleges and universities with 4,000 or fewer students, about 65 percent of first-time freshmen in 2010 enrolled again in the fall of 2011, while universities with larger enrollment saw higher retention rates—77 percent for institutions with 4,001-9,999 students and 85 percent for those with 10,000 or more students.

The study was conducted for IABCU by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment at California Baptist University.  It was based on data reported in the 2011 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the latest IPEDS data available when the analysis began last April.

Dr. Laine Scales, associate dean of the Baylor University Graduate School, announced that the Baptist College and University (BCU) Scholars program had six new scholars in 2012-2013, for a total of 13. Scales said she expected participation to grow to 20 in the next academic year. The program encourages scholars nominated by Baptist schools and accepted at Baylor for Ph.D. study to combine scholarly research skills with integration of faith and learning in the classroom.

The IABCU contributes up to $10,000 annually in support of BCU Scholars.

David Kinnaman, author and president of the Barna Group, delivered the annual Hester Lectures, warning his audience that colleges and universities must pay attention to changes in the younger generations of students who are less connected to institutional church.

“If we don’t think differently about our institutions, we are going to lose them,” Kinnaman said. “Something is happening here that we need to pay attention to. What is it God is telling us about our opportunity with this upcoming generation?”

Next year’s meeting of the IABCU will be held at Charleston Southern University June 1-3.

 

Family Updates

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, participated in the American Public Health Association’s Mid-Year Governing Council meeting on June 24. Sands serves as a governing councilor for APHA.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Daniel Prather, professor of aviation science, taught a four-day course in airport operations on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives for the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey on June 3-6 in Manhattan. He also taught a four-day course in airport operations at the headquarters of the American Association of Airport Executives on June 18-21 in Alexandria, Va. Prather also successfully passed the Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) exam through the National Business Aviation Association. He is one of only 200 business aviation professionals nationwide to hold this credential. Additionally, he is one of three faculty members nationwide to possess this distinction and the only one at a CCCU institution.

 

Kushi Jones, director of career services, recently returned from leading an International Service Project team to East Asia. The co-leader was Joey Garcia, a recent CBU alumnus, who is preparing to teach overseas in Southeast Asia. The team’s taught ESL classes in a local university, at a primary/middle school and at English training centers. They also visited and engaged with students at a blind/deaf school, an orphanage with special needs children and a leper colony. The team was able to share their testimonies to many who have virtually never heard the name of Jesus.

 

 

Dayna Herrera, assistant professor of nursing; James Cypert, technical director of simulation/skills lab; and Sarah Pearce, learning resource center assistant, gave a podium presentation titled A Nurse, A Geek & A Thespian: A Novel Interdisciplinary Model for a Clinical Simulation Center at the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning in Las Vegas June 12-15. In addition, Pearce presented the topic Using Live Theatre Techniques to Enhance the Realism in Medical Simulation.

 

Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes, associate professor of American history, has joined a group of 14 experts that form Past Preservers People, a boutique, full-service agency representing expert presenters from around the world. Davis-Hayes has a special interest in women’s roles in history.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, associate professor of communication arts for Online and Professional Studies, was nominated to the position of president elect for the Public Relations Society of America’s Inland Empire chapter for 2015. The chapter sent Pearson to New York June 14-16 for the annual PRSA Leadership Rally, which included sessions on inspirational leadership, financial planning for chapters, recruiting, programming and management. Leadership from chapters across the nation attended the workshops.

 

 

 

Dr. Keanon Alderson, associate professor of business, was recently recognized as Faculty of the Year for 2012-2013 by CBU’s School of Business.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, and Dr. Meg Barth, director of the nutrition and food science program, visited Golden State Foods (GSF) in City of Industry, Calif. to meet with Mike Labosky, vice president for global quality and food systems safety. Sands and Barth toured the facility and explored potential areas of collaboration between GSF and the nutrition and food science program. GSF, a $5 billion company, is a food service supplier with operations worldwide, including expanding markets in China and Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three CBU Master of Public Administration students received scholarships from the Inland Empire American Society for Public Administration Chapter on June 20. Recipients included Holly Stuart, development project coordinator for the City of Banning; Amy Esquivel, assistant superintendent secretary for Menifee Unified School District; and Talika Graham.

 

Nicole Shackelford, financial aid technician, married Glenn Gooch Jr. on March 28 in Temecula, Calif.

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
6/17/2013	Academic Advising	Academic Advisor	Whitney Walter	New Hire
6/7/2013	School of Education	Graduate Program Advisor	Jammy Yang	No Longer Employed
6/10/2013	Financial Aid	Financial Aid Loan Counselor	Teresa “Tia” Pace	No Longer Employed
6/14/2013	Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences	Secretary	Brittany Sparkman	No Longer Employed
6/10/2013	Residence Life	Residence Director	Tonette “Toni” Jauregui	No Longer Employed
6/21/2013	Institutional Advancement	Grants Administrator	Lauren Savord	No Longer Employed

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

California Baptist University water polo joins new Golden Coast Conference

California Baptist University will be one of seven universities from the state of California to form a new collegiate women’s water polo conference that will begin competition in the spring of 2014.

The new conference, which will be called the Golden Coast Conference, will feature Azusa Pacific University, Fresno Pacific University, Loyola Marymount University, San Diego State University, Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific as well as CBU.

“CBU is thrilled to be a part of this new women’s water polo conference,” said Director of Athletics Dr. Micah Parker. “We appreciate the opportunity to compete with universities who are committed to the promotion of women’s water polo. This should be a challenging and exciting conference.”

The Golden Coast Conference will begin competition next season and will feature a conference schedule in which each team will play each other once. The final conference standings will then decide seeding for an annual conference championship, which will be held April 24-26, 2014.

The new league will apply for an automatic bid to the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championships this summer. In addition, the membership is currently searching for a commissioner and finalizing its league bylaws.

“The Golden Coast Conference is comprised of Division I and II teams that I have great deal of respect for,” said CBU Head Coach Jacob Medina. “The Lancer women’s water polo program is extremely blessed to be joining such a great group of programs to form this exciting new conference. It is great to finally become a member of an NCAA conference. Having the big end of the season conference tournament is something we have been missing in our program.”

CBU is on target to complete its transition to NCAA Division II this summer and be eligible for championship competition this upcoming 2013-14 season.  Azusa Pacific and Fresno Pacific are also making the transition to NCAA Division II and are hoping to be eligible the following season. San Diego State and Pacific are moving from the Big West Conference while LMU and Santa Clara are moving from the Western Water Polo Association.

In the program’s 14-year existence, the Lancers have never been part of a women’s water polo conference but have consistently been ranked in the Top 25 of the CWPA National Coaches’ Poll. CBU has never had a losing season since its inaugural season in 2000, boasting a 305-192 (.614) overall record.

The Lancers also have a 40-30 combined record against their future conference mates.

 

Volunteers return from ISP experiences motivated to continue the work

The first wave of California Baptist University volunteers participating in 2013 International Service Project (ISP) trips returned with broken hearts for work left unfinished and changed lives as they saw God move in people’s lives.

“I have had many emotional moments,” said an ISP Russia team member while working with children and youths in a transit center, “but I know the Lord is really breaking my heart for what breaks His.”

Kristi*, one of the team leaders for a second ISP team in Russia, said the heartbreak from working in the transit center was simply more motivation to work harder.

“It burdens our hearts to labor even harder in order to share and plant seeds of the Gospel,” she said. “So many of these children and teenagers come from unfathomable backgrounds.”

During the trip, team members asked for prayer for their work.

“We want them to be able to see and hear what love should look like,” the request said. “Please pray for boldness as we will speak against cultural norms, their own abusive relationships and how to change the way they express love to one another. We will follow with forgiveness and love that endures.”

Many of the children and teens had been abused physically, verbally and sexually, ISP team members learned. They began building relationships through crafts, games, outings and other activities. Their work began slowly. The children, who mistrusted them at first, accepted them more easily than teenagers.

“When we first arrived, we were met with outright animosity and some ridicule,” Kerri said. “On many occasions, our students were overwhelmed and even intimidated. Thus, they have become a team dedicated to the power of prayer. When all we could do was call out to the Lord for help, He chased away the darkness and oppression, and slowly began to melt hearts of stone.”

She expressed sadness at having to leave once relationships were built.

“Saying goodbye was not an easy thing,” she said. “The teens kept asking if we would be coming back, and it was heartbreaking to know the answer. We left gifts for the children and teens, and many of us compiled our personal things to leave as a memory with each of them. They taught us so much in a short amount of time. We leave Russia with our hearts broken, and our lives changed.”

Students with other teams learned to share their testimony and to encourage believers who befriended them.

“God has grown me so much on this team,” said Erin, who served on the ISP Spain team. “He has helped me to not be afraid to share my story with others and has used me to encourage fellow believers.”

Jennifer, another ISP Spain team member, learned that her testimony could impact lives.

“For the longest time, I have felt my testimony is not worthy since I have not had a hard life or any crazy or bad life-changing events occur to me,” she said. “But when I shared my testimony, people came up and shared that they had had similar experiences to mine, and it was wonderful to know that I was not alone.”

The ISP Southeast Asia team went to their field of service to build relationships through basketball—and found friendships built years before.

“As we were warming up it was so much fun to meet people many of us had heard about and even seen pictures of from previous teams,” Carson said. “One person who came to watch the game actually played against our first team several years ago and was able to get reconnected with our fieldworker. It’s been truly incredible to witness years of seed planting and watering in progress from so many previous CBU teams and, of course, tremendous time invested by our awesome fieldworker.”

Carson explained that the team learned God can still work through them, even when they lose.

“It has been a growing experience for many on our team to see how He works through us even when we are not winning,” he said. “For a team with as many competitive individuals as we have, there is a lot of desire to win, but it has been awesome to see how the focus is still shifted to what is most important, the Good News.”

The ISP Thailand team built relationships through mobile medical clinics, which allowed them to share the Gospel. For example, about 40 people came to receive medical care in one town the team visited, but those people also received information for their spiritual health.

“Fourteen people asked for more information, and this is incredible, given there are only three believers in the town,” said one of the team members. “The town was primarily older people, which displayed the urgency of sharing the gospel since many of them have gone 70-plus years without ever hearing the Father’s name before.”

Team leader Erin from the ‘ISP South Asia: Global Studies’ team said their experience over the three-week term of service had motivated them to continue their service when they got home.

“Mitch (one of the team members) expressed that he cannot wait to go home,” she said, “but his reasons were not those of complaint, frustration, homesickness, or a tiring of our surroundings and culture. Rather, he is excited to go home and share what the Lord has taught him through all of our experiences. What is profound in this is that everyone on the team is in full agreement.”

Rebecca, who led the ISP South Asia: Nursing team, expressed a similar sentiment:

“We hope to not become complacent when we return,” she said, “but to continue to bring glory to His name.”

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*Some team members preferred not to use their names, while others preferred using only their first names to protect the ministry still ongoing in their countries.

 

CBU’s Esquerra named NCAA Division II National Player of the Year

Zach Esquerra’s dream season reached a new level Wednesday when the California Baptist University slugger was named the 2013 Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.

Esquerra has also been named PacWest Conference Player of the Year, Rawlings/ABCA and National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA) West Region Player of the Year and National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Player of the Year.

In addition to being named Player of the Year today, Esquerra was also named to the Rawlings/ABCA and the NCBWA Division II All-American first team.

“What a fantastic finish to an outstanding season for Zach,” said CBU Head Coach Gary Adcock, a member of the ABCA. “This is a culmination of a lot of things but particularly his hard work and desire. He truly found a way to get it done with no excuses. When you think of all the great athletes playing Division II baseball and you had a chance to coach what was considered the best this year, it’s a very special feeling—one that as a coaching staff, program and university we are extremely proud of.”

Esquerra’s twin brother, Luke Esquerra, was named to the Rawlings/ABCA NCAA Division II All-American third team and received NCBWA All-American honorable mention. Jon Bengard was named to the NCBWA All-American third team. Blair Moore also received NCBWA received honorable mention.

Prior to the postseason (the honor is based on regular season only), Esquerra hit .382 with a PacWest-leading 17 home runs. In fact, Esquerra not only led the PacWest and West Region and was second in the nation in Division II, but he had the third highest home run total in all of college baseball. He also ranked in the top five in the PacWest in hits (3^rd-65), runs (1^st-51), doubles (3^rd-15) and RBI (3^rd-47).

Luke Esquerra hit .380 with 62 hits, 42 runs and eight home runs, ranking in the top six of the PacWest in each of those categories. Bengard went 11-1 with a 2.21 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 102 innings pitched.

CBU finished the season winning its second straight PacWest title in the most dramatic way imaginable with two walk-off wins in the final two games of the regular season at home. It was the Lancers’ fourth straight conference championship. The Lancers went on to win the NCCAA World Series for the second straight year.

 

Family Updates

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president, spoke to participants at the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities on the topic Building a university committed to the Great Commission during their annual meeting June 2-4 on the CBU campus. More than 100 college presidents, provosts and others attended the three-day meeting. Click here to read the whole story.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff Cate, professor of New Testament, was a recipient of the 2012-2013 Mayor’s Outstanding Service Award for his “outstanding leadership in the Riverside-Sendai sister city relationship.” Other recipients for the award were Yoko Boucher, William Tarpai, Jeff Cate and Theresa Hoag. The award was presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Riverside International Relations Council meeting June 5 at CBU.

 

 

 

 

 

Walk to Wellness. Bring your co-workers and start creating the healthy habit of walking every Monday through Thursday from June 17 through August 8.  Available time slots include: 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.  A personal trainer will be on the roof to track mileage and provide tips to improve your health with every step. Pedometers and an information sheet will be provided upon sign up at the Recreation Center.

 

Barry Parker, librarian, introduced and read from his novel, Resolutions, at a book signing June 6 at Cellar Door Books in Riverside. In addition, his article ‘Works of the Law’ and the Jewish Settlement in Asia Minor, has been published in the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism. It is currently available online http://www.jgrchj.net/volume9/?page=volume9

 

 

 

Dr. Mark Roberson, dean of the College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design, was interviewed on the Explore Riverside Weekly Radio Show hosted by Greg Lee on June 8.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Matthew Y. Emerson, assistant professor of Christian studies in Online and Professional Studies, and Jason B. Hood wrote an article titled Summaries of Israel’s Story: Reviewing a Compositional Category, which was published recently in Currents in Biblical Research.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands attended the 60^th annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis, Ind. May 28-June 1. Also, Dr. Russell Baker and Dr. Trevor Gillum made presentations at the meeting. Baker’s poster was titled Sudden Death in Young Competitive Athletes: Analysis of Deaths in the United States, 2008-2011. Gillum’s poster was titled Sleep, Stress, and Sickness in Collegiate Cross Country Runners While in Season.

 

 

Pam Pryfogle, adjunct faculty member in early childhood studies for Online and Professional Studies, was selected as a consultant for the Middle Eastern Children’s Institute (MECI) and traveled to Amman, Jordan and the West Bank May 31-June 8. She worked closely with UNICEF and the MECI team to review and establish an early childhood program for Palestinian and underserved children. For more information about MECI visit http://www.mecinstitute.org/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three faculty members from the department of natural and mathematical sciences led International Service Project teams this summer. Dr. Thomas Ferko, professor of chemistry, is currently leading a community development team in East Asia where they are using their skills of water treatment to serve a community in need in hopes of building relationships with the local people they encounter. Dr. Bruce Prins, associate professor of biology, led a healthcare team to Thailand where they were able to utilize their experience in health care to minister to the local people while aiding needs. Dr. Lisa Hernandez, chair of the department of natural and mathematical sciences, led a team in Spain where they spent time engaging in relationships with local university students.

 

Dr. Franco Gandolfi, dean of the School of Business, had two chapters included in the book Strategic Management in the 21^st Century, volumes 1 and 3, published by Praeger Publications. The chapter in volume 1 was titled Strategy and entrepreneurship: A discussion of strategic entrepreneurs and the chapter in volume 3 was Marshaling firm resources in order to be a successful competitor.

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands presented An Update on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare) to spouses of top college administrators participating in the annual meeting of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities on CBU’s campus June 2-4.

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
6/1/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker/On-Call	Kenneth Widney	New Hire
6/3/2013	Global Initiatives	Director of International Admissions	Bryant Kong	New Hire
6/3/2013	Accounting	Assistant Director of Accounting	Sandra Haupert	New Hire
6/3/2013	Student Accounts	Student Accounts Counselor	Rosaria Lawrie	New Hire
5/16/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Director of Guest Relations/Marketing	Michael Jewell	Change
5/29/2013	Department of Communication Arts	Assistant Professor	Cynthia Boes Formerly: Cervantes	Name Change
6/1/2013	Online and Professional Studies	Admissions Support Coordinator	Teresa Sheets	Change
6/1/2013	Financial Aid	Financial Aid Loan Counselor/Debt Management	Audrey Meekins	Change
5/29/2013	Athletics	Head Men/Women’s Golf Coach	Joseph Lane Pace	No Longer Employed
5/31/2013	Enrollment Services	Enrollment Services Computer Specialist	Ronald Fox	No Longer Employed

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

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Happening today

UCO performance to be webcast from Houston

The University Choir and Orchestra will perform at First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas on May 15. The full 90-minute concert will be available by webcast at 5 p.m. PDT. The link is http://houstonsfirst.org/media/webcast/.

 

 

 

 

Current News

CBU sends season’s first wave of volunteers to fields of service

California Baptist University sent its first 16 teams to their respective fields of service May 8-10 in the 2013 season’s first wave of volunteers participating in International Service Projects (ISP), United States Projects (USP) and Summer of Service (SOS).

Forty-one teams will serve in 19 countries this summer, with more than 370 participants involved. Groups departed May 8 and 10 for Spain, Russia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, France, East Africa and Japan.

As they leave the campus, each team gathers to pray at the Kugel, a 10-ton granite globe inscribed with the Great Commission. This year’s theme for the programs is “Awaken.”

“Biblically, we are called to the idea of awakening to what’s going on in the world,” Jared Dobbins, assistant director of mobilization, explained to parents and friends at the send-off on May 10. Dobbins said that it wasn’t that anyone in the group was special for contributing their time and energy but that they were willing to follow God’s leadership to various regions of the world.

CBU contributed nearly 35,000 service hours in 2012 through ISP/USP/SOS, administered through the Office of Mobilization. The flagship programs, which celebrated its 15^th year in 2012, sent a record 422 volunteers to 20 countries.

 

 

CBU ranks #10 in best online programs for veterans

California Baptist University (CBU) has earned the no. 10 spot in the 2013 Best Online Programs for Veterans rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 

The rankings are the first by U.S. News to help veterans choose a quality online program. Ranked programs have taken steps to improve the higher education experience for veterans, and all are certified for the G.I. Bill and participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, two federal initiatives that help veterans reduce college costs. The institutions have also pledged to consider granting academic credit for military training and offer flexibility for distance learners taking courses at several schools.

CBU entered the online education market in the spring of 2010 with programs offered by the university’s Division of Online and Professional Studies. CBU now serves more than 2,500 students online throughout the United States and offers 29 online undergraduate majors, nine master’s degrees and two certificate programs.

“We are all thrilled to be recognized again by U.S. News & World Report,” said Dr. David Poole, vice president for CBU’s Online and Professional Studies. “This news, coming on the heels of our 25^th in the nation ranking for online undergraduate programs back in January confirms our dedication to delivering quality programs that serve the needs of  veterans is being recognized nationwide. We are committed to assisting active duty troops and our veterans complete their educational goals.”

Also named by G.I. Jobs magazine as a 2013 Military Friendly School, CBU offers accelerated degree completion programs, with classes accessible fully online or in a hybrid format (virtual and synchronous) at educational service centers near some of California’s largest military bases.  Courses begin every eight weeks and faculty is committed to student academic, professional and spiritual success.

More information on the U.S. News Top Online Programs for Veterans rankings is available at http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education.

 

CBU graduates 1,117 at spring commencement ceremonies

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, president of California Baptist University, congratulated 1,117 graduating students May 3 and 4 during commencement ceremonies at California Baptist University (CBU). The graduates included 308 candidates for master’s degrees and 210 undergraduates completing degrees in Online and Professional Studies programs during May 3 exercises. Another 599 traditional undergraduates received diplomas on May 4.

“Remember that the path you take largely will be determined by the choices you make,” Ellis said in his commencement address. “Not just directional choices, but spiritual choices, relationship choices, occupational choices and even recreational choices. The key is to make sure you demonstrate integrity in those choices as a fundamental expression of your character.”

Ellis reminded graduates that they needed to live the purpose for which God intended them.

“The challenge that confronts all of us in life offers limitless possibilities that are as unique as each individual member of the Class of 2013,” he said. “It involves continually determining what it means to ‘Live Your Purpose.’… Whatever you determine that to be, the challenge is to use who you are — your unique character — and what you have — your talents and gifts — to serve others.”

Awards for student achievement were presented at both ceremonies. Donald Stolan, a nationally recognized loan officer, was honored as the Outstanding Online and Professional Studies Student. Leyi Ling, a music education major from Hangzhou, China received the Min Sung Kim International Student Award, and Gabriel Muhire Gihana, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Kigali, Rwanda, received CBU’s Outstanding Senior Award.

Combined with the 285 students who graduated last December, the Class of 2013 included 1,402 degree applications, the largest number of candidates for graduation for a single year in CBU’s history. It is the fifth consecutive year that the annual total exceeded 1,000.

 

CBU honors faculty and staff at annual awards banquet

California Baptist University honored faculty and staff achievements May 2 at the Annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet, held in the Alumni Dining Commons. The event was sponsored by CBU’s Board of Trustees.

Dr. Susan Studer, professor of education, received the Trustees’ Distinguished Professor Award. She joined the CBU faculty in 1995 and “has championed a culture of research and high expectations among education faculty and students,” according to Dr. John Shoup, dean of the Dr. Bonnie G. Metcalf School of Education.

In nominating Studer, Shoup wrote about her crucial role as research coordinator for the School of Education: “Dr. Studer works with all of the graduate students completing a research thesis or project. She consistently goes to great lengths to provide detailed feedback to multiple iterations of the students’ research.”

Dr. Angela Butler, associate professor of music, was awarded the Trustees’ Distinguished Scholar Award for her research proposal to identify composers contemporary to Shakespeare and some that have connections to his plays.

“Finding dance music of the 16^th century is not very difficult, but assigning any music to specifically Shakespeare or to a play is indeed troublesome,” Butler wrote in her proposal. “Since recently playing for a Romeo and Juliet production, I have continued to have interest in this field, even though the research (at least in the instrumental genre) seems to be complete.”

Lupe Solano, administrative assistant in the Office of Institutional Advancement, received the Employee of the Year Award. Solano, who began working at CBU in 2000, began as evening college secretary, then served as data/research technician in the Dr. Bonnie G. Metcalf School of Education, department secretary in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and administrative secretary in the School of Christian Ministries. She was Employee of the Month in October 2012.

Solano “excels in her customer service,” wrote  former supervisors Dr. Anthony Chute and Dr. Chris Morgan in their recommendation. “She does not rest until others have been served, and she clearly demonstrates a compassionate attitude toward all who come her way.”

Awards also were presented to employees with significant periods of service.

Dr. Beverly Howard, professor of music, and Dr. Dave King, professor of education, were both honored for 35 years of service, while Dr. Alan Fossett, professor of chemistry, and Dr. Scott Key, professor of philosophy, received recognition for 25 years of service.

In addition, Dr. Toni Dingman, assistant professor of English; Dr. Andy Herrity, professor of business; Dr. Pat Kircher, professor of political science in Online and Professional Studies; Dr. Frank Pankowski, professor of mathematics, and Michele Vasquez, athletic trainer, received awards for 20 years of service.

Forty-eight employees received pins for five years of service, 22 with 10 years and 17 for 15 years of service.

 

Family Updates

Dr. Guy Holliday, director of bands, recently completed the doctor of musical arts degree in conducting at Claremont Graduate University. His dissertation was titled Steven Bryant’s ‘Concerto for Wind Ensemble:’ Musical Analysis and Considerations for Conductors.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dan Wilson, professor of biblical studies, was elected vice-chairman of the board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Wilson, who has been on the board for six years, also serves on the executive committee and instruction committee.

 

 

 

Robert Shields, online learning systems administrator for the Online and Professional Studies Division, was a presenter at the California Blackboard Users’ Group (CaliBUG) Spring Learning Day in Los Angeles on April 5. His session was titled “Access Online Learning Anywhere with Blackboard Mobile.”

 

 

 

 

Dr. Richard Mobley, professor of New Testament studies, was the speaker for an annual conference of “desert churches” on Sunday, May 5. The conference was sponsored by Palms Baptist Church in 29 Palms.  His presentation was “The Times  Between,” a consideration of the significant events which form the period between the Old and New Testaments.  He also preached in both services that morning at Palms Baptist, where David Squyres, a CBU alumus, is pastor.

 

 

 

Dr. Matthew Rickard, associate professor in mechanical engineering, and Joseph Nelly Sugu Sugira ’13 presented a poster at ARVO (the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2013 in Seattle on May 8. The poster was titled An Engineering Model for Predicting the Aqueous Humor Flow Rate through the Natural Pathway Following Glaucoma Surgeries.

Their engineering model predicts that the aqueous humor outflow through the natural pathway can be significant for common conditions following Glaucoma surgery. The conclusion is of interest because it helps in understanding patient-to-patient variation in success following glaucoma surgery, as well as provide new scientific insight to understanding the eye’s response to such surgeries. Approximately 12,000 eye researchers attended the conference.

 

 

 

Dr. Matthew Barrett, assistant professor of Christian studies in Online and Professional Studies, recent published an article titled ‘We Believe in the Holy Spirit’: Revisiting the Deity of the Spirit in Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 16, no. 4 (2013): 32-53. He is also author of a book, The Grace of Godliness: An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort, published in April by Joshua Press. Click here for more information about the book.

 

 

 

Dr. Andrew Herrity, professor of business administration, was a coach and mentor at the Inland Empire’s first-ever Startup Weekend, held May 3-5 in downtown Riverside. About 100 current and aspiring entrepreneurs came together from across Southern California for an entire weekend of learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures.  California Baptist University School of Business was a silver sponsor of the event.

Herrity also made a presentation to the Riverside Technology CEOs Forum on May 7 titled The Three Causes of Entrepreneurial Success. The presentation revealed preliminary findings from his fall 2012 research project that involved interviewing 30 successful Inland Empire business founders.

 

 

 

LTC Evan Wollen, professor of military science, administered the oath of office to second lieutenants Jacob Wilkins ’13 and Jonathan Cook ’13. 2LT Cook commissioned as an active duty ordnance corps officer. He will report for the Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Lee, Va., with his first assignment at Fort Stewart, Ga. 2LT Wilkins commissioned as an active duty military police officer. He will report for the Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo, followed by his first assignment at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

The Claremont McKenna College Army ROTC held its annual awards ceremony April 30. CBU cadets received the following awards:

• Kyle Feldman: Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Pistol & Box (Top Cadets in the program
• Marcellino Valdez: AUSA Omar Bradley Award for a MS IV that exhibited the traits and attributes of General Omar Bradley
• Jonathan Cook: United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Spirit Award
• Christina Downing: Daughters of the War of 1812
• Nathan Shimabukuro: Veterans of Foreign Wars

CBU President Awards:

• Lorelyn Lucas: Top MS IV
• Stephen Rolle: Top MS III
• Kevin Valenzuela: Top MS II
• Darnell Mauricio: Top MS I

 

The College of Allied Health hosted the Chick-fil-A ® Leadercast ® on campus May 10. About 150 participants attended the one-day leadership event broadcast LIVE from Atlanta, Ga. to hundreds of locations around the world. Speakers included Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric; Andy Stanley, best-selling leadership author; Mike Krzyzewski, head basketball coach for Duke University and Team USA; John C. Maxwell, best-selling author and leadership expert; and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state.

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Bailey, graduate nursing admission specialist, presented The Business of Recruitment: Building Relationships that get Results at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Graduate Nursing Admissions Professional Conference in Charlotte, N.C. in April.

 

 

 

 

R. Lucas Stamps, assistant professor of Christian studies in Online and Professional Studies, presented a paper titled By the Finger of God: The Biblical and Theological Limits of Spirit Christology at the Far West Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society held at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa on April 19.  The theme of the meeting was The Spirit and the People of God: Evangelical Perspectives.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Frederick Pontius, associate professor of civil engineering, recently received an award plaque recognizing his service as past president of the New England Water Works Association, a non-profit organization to educate people about drinking water. The plaque referenced his “excellence in professional writing”—and was dated 1999.

 

 

 

 

Jeff Lewis, assistant professor of intercultural studies, taught a perspectives course in Nairobi, Kenya April 22-26 to 58 participants. The course included 15 sessions that promoted a biblical awareness of global missions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Alzen, adjunct professor in English for Online and Professional Studies, presented two papers recently. Evaluating the Effect of the Online Course Format on Collegiate Student Learning, co-written with Derek Briggs from the University of Colorado, Boulder, was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco on May 1. A Characteristic of Sorting and Implications for Value-Added Estimates, co-authored with Ben Domingue from the University of Colorado, Boulder, was presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education in San Francisco, April 28.

 

Dr. Daniel Prather, professor of aviation science, taught a four-day Airport Certified Employee-Airfield Operations course for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in Manhattan April 29- May 2. He also conducted a two-day Advanced Airport Safety and Operations Specialist (ASOS) School in Buffalo, N.Y. on April 20-21 during the International Aviation Snow Symposium.  Prather conducted both training courses on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives.

 

 

 

The Department of Natural & Mathematical Sciences honored Gabriel Muhire Gihana with their Outstanding Senior award. Gihana, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Kigali, Rwanda, also received CBU’s Outstanding Senior Award during commencement ceremonies May 4.

 

 

 

 

 

CBU students were honored April 19 for their work at the Riverside International Film Festival. Kevin Sorbo, best known for his acting roles as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda and Kull in Kull the Conqueror, presented certificates to the winners. The Riverside International Film Festival recognized Sorbo with a lifetime achievement award. The student winners included:

Best Film-Fiction

• 1. Lucy, directed by Trever Merrill
• 2. Heart Beats, directed by James Christian Dose

Best Film-Non-Fiction

• 1. Making of a Mural, directed by Jacob Armstrong

Best Actor

• 1. A.J. Paulin, Playback
• 2. Taylor Bujr, Heart Beats

Best Actress

• 1. Jessica Massey, Playback
• 2. Jessie Douglas, Expectancy
• 3. Kelsie Knight, Heart Beats

Best Music/Soundtrack

• 1. Desmond Clark, Lucy

Best Special/Visual Effects

• 1. Going Under, Alexis Whitlock and Joshua Reichert

 

Five new CBU alumni—all biology majors from the Department of Natural & Mathematical Sciences—have been admitted to professional schools for the fall 2013 semester:

• Hannah MacDonald will attend the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the number two ranked veterinary school in the country. MacDonald hopes to treat animals in the United States and in other parts of the world.
• Alexandria Taylor will attend the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy. She hopes to work in the area of neuropsychopharmacology in rehab settings.
• Trevor Graifman has been accepted to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has spent the past year working as a teaching assistant for CBU human anatomy and physiology labs, as well as working as a medical scribe in a health care facility.
• Matthew Johnson has been accepted to the Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine.
• Samantha (Kasi) Stalnacker has been accepted to the Loma Linda School of Medicine.  Stalnecker,  a December graduate, has served as a lab teaching assistant, as a medical scribe, and in medical mission opportunities in Thailand and elsewhere.  She hopes to serve overseas as a physician upon graduation.

The Department of Natural & Mathematical Sciences hosted the annual Forensic Science Day for North High School’s Law Academy on May 7. About 60 students investigated a mock crime scene. The event included an admissions tour and a student panel, led by CBU students Victoria Offerman and Jenna Mattice.

Misty Ward, OPS admission counselor, won the $50 Alumni Dining Commons/Wanda’s gift card. Ward was selected from among 224 faculty and staff who participated in the recent electronic Commuter Transportation Survey.

 

Cesar Menjivar, undergraduate admissions counselor, and his wife Dayna welcomed a baby girl on April 28. Her name is Mya Joy Menjivar, and she weighed 6 lbs.13 ozs. The couple also has a son named Josiah.

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
5/6/2013	Global Initiatives	Associate Director of International Admissions	Nathan Stucky	New Hire
5/6/2013	Athletics	Athletic Academic Counselor	Rachel Keys	Change

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU unveils portrait of S.E. Boyd Smith, founding music faculty

Four generations of family members were among those gathered at California Baptist University May 1 for a ceremony to unveil a portrait honoring S. E. Boyd Smith, founding music faculty member who served from 1950-1957.

Dr. Judd Bonner, dean of the Collinsworth School of Music, welcomed the guests and stated that the legacy Smith established helped to create the foundation upon which the music school has grown through the years.

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president, observed that Smith’s sisters and numerous descendents present for the ceremony literally represented the concept of family reflected at institutions like CBU from one generation to the next.

Attending the ceremony along with Smith’s three surviving sisters were four children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Sue Johnson of Riverside recalled being a child when her father decided to remain at what was then California Baptist College during its early years, rather than return to the college where he had previously taught in Texas. Johnson voiced appreciation for the event recognizing her father’s contribution.

Smith’s vision of excellence in education and passion for music were credited for initiating the university’s practice of musical performance, presenting concerts at Southern Baptist meetings and churches. That tradition continues today as the Collinsworth School of Music sends musical groups across the nation and abroad, performing more than 400 times per year to combined audiences of a quarter million people.

Smith’s legacy also includes a collection of hymnals he donated in honor of his father, P. Boyd Smith, who helped establish CBU and became its first president. Featuring hymnals from the 12^th century to modern times, the collection represents 40 denominations in more than 20 languages. The collection is indexed on the Library of Congress OCLC data bases and housed in the Annie Gabriel Library on the CBU campus.

Emeritus business professor Dr. Robert K. Jabs, who recalled carpooling to work with Smith, and Dr. L. Dean Lowe, Smith’s student and the first music graduate of CBU, both offered personal remembrances of Smith.  Lowe then led the gathering in singing the CBU Alma Mater, which was written and composed by Smith.

 

“Change Is Good” forum focused on organizational change

California Baptist University’s Master of Business Administration program hosted the “Change Is Good … if you know how to lead” forum April 29, featuring a panel of business leaders that included Dr. Ronald Ellis, CBU president, and Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey.

The panel also included Ching Liu, executive vice president of Solarmax Technology Inc.; Steve Bretches, executive client technical architect at IBM; and Leigh Hutchins, president and chief operating officer of North American Medical Management.

The forum centered on the topic of leading organizational change within an industry, the government, healthcare or non-profit sectors.

“The most basic condition for successful change is a wide-spread acceptance and commitment that change is necessary, that the time for change is now and that we want to be a part of the solutions leading into the future…instead of holding onto the threatened practices of the past,” Ellis said.

Liu, one of two original employees of what is now a multi-million dollar company, focused on the importance of knowing the industry in which a person is working and being able to apply knowledge and skills effectively.

“Willingness is not enough,” Liu said. “You have to roll up your sleeves and do it.”

Bailey emphasized the importance of including people at all levels in discussions about change within a business.

Hutchins warned the audience about the dangers of pushing change.

“Do not force it,” Hutchins said. “You cannot make change happen by brute strength.”

CBU’s Jabs MBA program was designed to prepare ethical and effective leaders to create and shape organizations. For more information, call 951.343-4574.

 

CBU’s recreational sports awards honor intramural participants

California Baptist University’s Office of Community Life held the annual Recreational Excellence in Collegiate Sports Yearly awards April 26.

“We started the RECSPY’s last year as a way to close out the recreation sports year and to honor our top recreational sports athletes,” said Taylor Neece, director of recreation programs.

Over the course of the year, CBU recreational sports featured 2,426 total participants on 311 different teams that played 857 games and matches.

Students and staff members had a chance to walk the red carpet while celebrating their success during the 2012-2013 recreation sports including dodge ball, basketball, quidditch, soccer, volleyball and football.

RECSPY winners were selected by a peer vote held through Facebook. The 2013 award recipients include:

Best Breakthrough Athlete – Rachel Miya

Best Female Football Player – Katy Knutson

Best Male Football Player – Jordan Kloosterman

Best Dodge Ball Player – Riley Pitts

Best Official – Caleb Mott

Best Female Volleyball Player – Kaylea Ott

Best Male Volleyball Player – David Rodriguez

Best International Athlete – Faruk Gasasira

Best Female Basketball Player – Tsz Yan Chung

Best Male Basketball Player – Josh Siemens

Best Female Soccer Player – Fabiola DaSilva

Best Male Soccer Player – Osiris Vincent Ntarugera

Best Female Athlete – Katy Knutson

Best Male Athlete – Will Cunningham

Best Championship Performance – MyKale Hall

Ms. RECSPY- Nicole Saar

Mr. RECSPY- Brandon Fries

Best Team – Bus Drivers

The awards also recognized the founder of the Bus Drivers intramural football team, Allyson Wilhite. The team began 10 years ago during the fall of 2003. Their success has continued in recent years, with a win at the Fortuna Bowl in November 2012.

“Allyson’s contribution to CBU recreational sports is extensive,” Mott said. “She began a tradition that has been thriving for 10 years and that likely will be around for many years to come.”

 

Riverside City Council candidates debate recorded at CBU

Candidates for the Riverside City Council in Wards 3 and 6 participated in The Raincross Group Debates April 25 on the campus of California Baptist University. The event was taped and will be carried on Charter cable at a later date.

The candidates discussed several topics including Measure A that would continue to transfer a fixed percentage of water fund revenues into the City’s general fund; improving transparency in city government; and qualifications for governing a city the size of Riverside.

Brad Pomerance, Charter California Edition news anchor, moderated the debates that were sponsored by the Press-Enterprise, La Prensa, Charter Communications and California Baptist University.  Pomerance also interviewed Ward 2 Councilman Andy Melendrez and Ward 4 councilman Paul Davis, who are running unopposed.

The city council election is scheduled for June 4, with all voting occurring by mail.

 

Graphic design student submits winning concept for Boeing 727

It was a huge challenge, literally.

Earlier this year, faculty from the College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design at California Baptist University encouraged students to submit concepts for a new exterior paint scheme for the university’s Boeing 727-200 aircraft. The plane that FedEx donated to CBU’s new aviation science program in January needs to be repainted to reflect the change in ownership.

Taylor Griner, a sophomore graphic design major from Idyllwild, Calif., accepted the challenge. She said it took a lot of drafts to come up with the winning design

“I wanted to do something simple to reflect who we are as a university,” Griner explained. “I knew I wanted to use CBU colors, and I thought the world map above the wing would be a nice touch.”

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president, and other university officials agreed. They selected Griner’s design over several other submissions. On April 23, Ellis awarded Griner a $500 prize for her winning design.

The aircraft will serve as a teaching laboratory for students in CBU’s aviation science program beginning this fall. Because the plane is no longer certified for flight, plans call for it to be painted in its permanent location at the Riverside Municipal Airport.

“It will definitely be the largest design in my portfolio,” Griner commented.

 

Sutherlin wins President’s Award for Excellence in Writing

Michael J. Sutherlin, a California Baptist University senior, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 President’s Award for Excellence in Writing. Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU president, presented the award at a luncheon April 15.

Sutherlin’s paper, The Word and Words, compared J.R.R. Tolkien’s Mythopoeia and Justin Martyr’s Apology.

“This 25-page argumentative paper exemplifies what a substantial research paper should be,” said Dr. James Lu, professor and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature. “Written in fluid language and supported by references and citations literary as well as theoretical, this paper serves as a good sample of excellence in writing.”

Sutherlin, who is an English major, received a certificate and a check for $300.

Ellis also honored Tawnee J. Ortiz, a graduate student in English, as first runner-up for her paper, Dr. Jeckyll’s Shadow Is Reborn: In a Game of Hyde and Seek. Dr. Amy Stumpf, associate professor of society and religion, said the paper was “a delightful mix of academic rigor, enjoyable narrative and social commentary.” Ortiz received a certificate and a check for $200.

Andrew D. Winegarner, a senior biology and philosophy major, was recognized as second runner-up for Wittgenstein’s Veneration of Value Devoid of Vacant Logic. Stumpf said the paper was ambitious, demonstrating fluency with Wittgenstein’s theories as well as mastery of language and writing. Winegarner received a certificate.

The three entries were chosen by a faculty selection committee using a formal voting process. Lu said the papers did not include the students’ identities during judging.

 

Lance the Lancer goes to area elementary and middle schools

CBU’s mascot Lance and student ambassadors visited area schools recently to encourage elementary and middle school students to stay in school and live the purpose God has for their lives. The group distributed CBU t-shirts, pencils, pennants and sunglasses—and had a lot of fun in the process.

Click here to watch Lance and the ambassadors interact with the students at Dorothy Grant Elementary, Arroyo Verde Elementary, Foothill Elementary, Arlanza Elementary, Highgrove Elementary School, Wells Middle School and Covenant Christian School.

 

 

 

 ASCE student chapter tri-hosts Pacific SouthWest Conference

CBU’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter tri-hosted the Pacific SouthWest Conference this year with the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University. CBU ASCE was responsible for planning, coordinating and operating events at the conference. Most of the events took place on the USC campus from April 4 to 6. A total of 44 CBU students competed against 17 other schools in 14 events including steel bridge competition, concrete bowling, and numerous sport activities. CBU teams placed first in Volleyball, second in Soccer, and third in Kan-jam and Basketball.

 

 

 

 

Family Updates

Dr. Tran Hong, associate vice president of technology, was a presenter at the Campus Technology Forum in San Diego on April 30. His session was titled Pervasive Video Pushes Infrastructure to New Levels.”

 

 

 

 

Sarah Sommers, special events and volunteer coordinator for Institutional Advancement, was honored as Employee of the Month for May. Her nomination form included the following statements: “Sarah is appreciated by the entire staff for her great work ethic, her ideas, her positive attitude and her attention to detail. Her goal is and has been to create excellent events that engage our potential supporters and show CBU in a positive light… all of which she has done very well.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chris Morgan, professor of theology and dean of the School of Christian Ministries, lectured on the topic Theological Education and the Church to the faculty at Trinity International University (including Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) in Deerfield, Ill. on April 24.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health,

• hosted this semester’s final Dine & Dash on April 10 with the Dean Lunch. Dine & Dash was an opportunity for students within the College of Allied Health to have a free lunch with Dr. Sands and discuss topics related to academics, graduate school, healthcare, and current events.
• presented a College of Allied Health update to the College of Allied Health Dean’s Executive Council at their quarterly meeting April 18. Members of the current Dean’s Executive Council include Dan Anderson, D.Min.; Harki Dhillon, M.D.; Vincent Daniels; Marion Hammarlund, D.V.M.; Don Ecker; Ellen Granado; Gregory Heinen, M.D.; Francisca Hernandez; George Kanaly, Ph.D.; Christi MacNee; Megan McCann, M.A., CCC-SLP; Brent Lee, M.B.A.; Rick Miller, Ph.D.; Rob Mohn, D.D.S.; Kevin Rawls; Carin Shuler, P.T., D.P.T., M.S. (Chair); and Gilbert Zimmerman, M.D.
• presented to numerous classes at Southridge Middle School in Rancho Cucamonga on April 19. He encouraged the students to consider their studies, a college degree, California Baptist University, the health professions and opportunities within the College of Allied Health.

 

The College of Allied Health will be hosting the Chick-fil-A ® Leadercast ® on campus Friday, May 10. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the all day event focusing on leadership development. Tickets can be purchased at www.calbaptist.edu/chick-fil-aleadercast. Tickets include conference materials, breakfast, lunch, and more!

 

 

Daniel Norton, facilities locksmith/data entry, and his wife welcomed a baby boy on April 9, 2012. His name is Luke Perry Norton and weighed 8 lbs.,10 oz.  The baby is the couple’s third child and first son.

 

 

 

 

 

The College of Allied Health graduated the first three students from the Leadership Allied Health program on April 30: Scott McLeod, Rebekah Miller and Laura Roe. Leadership Allied Health is a leadership program for students who have demonstrated academic excellence and servant leadership qualities, and who are interested in further developing their leadership skills and community connections. The 2013-2014 Leadership Allied Health team has been selected and will begin in the fall 2013. For more information about Leadership Allied Health, please visit http://www.calbaptist.edu/explore-cbu/schools-colleges/college-allied-health/student-leadership-program/

 

Nearly 700 participants attended the Stop the Pain, a Teen Summit on Dating Violence, Sex Trafficking, and Bully Prevention on April 20. The educational conference was hosted by CBU’s sociology program. Attendees included area at-risk youth and their parents, the Riverside County Deputy District Attorneys Association (RCDDAA), the Riverside District Attorney’s Office, the Family Justice Center, the Riverside Board of Supervisors, Riverside County Health Foundation, Prevent Child Abuse Riverside County and the Rape Crisis Center, as well as more than 70 student volunteers and 25 vendor booths. The keynote speaker was Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called It and a number of other books chronicling his story of survival from one of the worst cases of child abuse ever recorded in California. Pelzer shared survival strategies, and hope with the audience. The connection made with the Riverside District Attorney’s office and their Write for Life girls mentoring program has resulted in 15 CBU students having the opportunity to have a hands-on experience, working in the local community and applying real world efforts to academic learning. One student, Raymond Hernandez has accepted an invitation to become a co-founder of Write for Life, working with several members of the Riverside District Attorney’s office to create a similar program for middle and high school boys.

 

 

 

Dr. Franco Gandolfi, dean of the Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business, spoke at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Abu Dhabi April 16. The title of his presentation was The future of the business school. The audience included senior administrators from the university, its school of business, as well as MBA and DBA students.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Kathie Chute

Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, associate professor of communication studies in the Online and Professional Studies Division, and Dr. Kathie Chute, director of communications, participated in a panel presentation on Taking it to the next level in public relations. The panel was part of the April 24 Public Relations Society of America Inland Empire luncheon designed to provide information on the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) designation, master’s degrees and Internships. More than 30 public relations practitioners were in attendance. Christopher Perez served as moderator as the panel answered questions about theircareer paths, education and experience.

 

CBU faculty and staff should report on-the-job injuries immediately to their supervisor and human resources “no matter how minor an injury seems,” according to Julie Fresquez, director of human resources. According to Fresquez, prompt reporting:

• identifies potential safety hazards;
• initiates the process for workers’ compensation benefits; and
• allows CBU to provide employees with a safe working environment.

For more information, contact Julie at 951.343.4302.

 

Dr. Hyun-Woo Park, associate professor of biology, attended the 38^th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego on April 20. One of Park’s students, Brent Pino, gave a presentation titled Cyt1Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis enhances mosquitocidal activity of B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 against Aedes aegypti but not Culex quinquefasciatus.

 

 

 

 

Ben Gall, head men’s and women’s cross country coach, received his doctor of education degree in leadership and management from Capella University on April 30.

 

 

 

The Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences held their awards banquet on April 19. The newest Kappa Mu Epsilon members were presented. They were: Jeanine Rioux, Pedro Piqueras, Jacqueline Hernandez, and Alexandria Taylor. Dr. Bruce Prins, associate professor of biology, was honored as the department’s Faculty of the Year.

 

 

 

 

 

Lauri Hauck, lecturer of kinesiology, and students from the KIN 332 Lifelong Motor Development class recently worked with senior citizens at Magnolia Village Senior Independent Living. CBU students interviewed residents about motor development throughout their life and learned how physically active the residents were from a young age, compared with how active they are now. Students also learned about life from a different era and perspective.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony Chute, associate dean of the School of Christian Ministries, taught a course titled How to Study and Interpret the Bible at the Equipped for Excellence Conference on CBU’s campus April 13. The conference focused on Sunday school and leadership training.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony Chute, associate dean of the School of Christian Ministries; Dr. Adam Co, associate professor of theology; and Dr. Chris Morgan, dean of the School of Christian Ministries, attended the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Far West Region on April 19 at Vanguard University. Chute was elected secretary/treasurer, a position which will enable CBU to host the Evangelical Theological Society’s Regional conference in 2015.

 

Dr. Joshua Knabb, assistant professor of psychology in the Online and Professional Studies Division, and Dr. Joseph Pelletier, assistant professor of psychology, published an article titled The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, God Attachment, and Psychological Functioning Among Adults at a Christian University in the journal, Mental Health, Religion & Culture.

 

 

 

Dr. Torria Bond, instructional designer for Online and Professional Studies, published a book review on Essentials Teachers of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide in the academic journal College Record, The Voice of Scholarship in Education, published by Routledge.

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
4/16/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker/On-Call	Jeremy Juarez	New Hire
4/16/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker/On-Call	Sonya Dravenstatt	New Hire
4/26/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker-Lifeguard/On-Call	Breanna Jewell	New Hire
4/26/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Camp Worker/On-Call	Branding Selkirk	New Hire
4/22/2013	Institutional Advancement	Development Assistant	Amy Leonard	Change
4/16/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Assistant Food Service Manager	Lori Juarez	Change
5/1/2013	Athletics	Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach	Jessica Case	Change

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU cheer team captures national championship

California Baptist University’s Cheer team finished their season on the perfect note April 12, winning the National Cheerleaders Association title for All-Girls Division II.

The Lancers ended up scoring a 94.18 in the final round of the NCA Cheer and Dance Championships and brought the title back to CBU.

CBU started off strong in the preliminary round and managed to score a (92.75). Their score in the preliminaries was also the best out of their division, putting them in first place right off the bat. After their solid start, the team continued to ride out the momentum they have had all season and dominated the competition.

The Lancers defeated the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, Lewis University, Assumption College, Lindenwood University, Saginaw Valley State University and Grand Valley State University, who were all a part of the women’s division II division.

Lindenwood University took second place (92.75), Grand Valley University took third (87.60) and Lewis University took fourth place and finished with a score of (83.55).

“Today our lady Lancers represented CBU with pride and honor,” said CBU Head Coach Tami Fleming. “God truly shone through our performance and we give all glory to him.”

On top of their perfect ending, CBU Cheer also went undefeated throughout the entire season. The Lancers strived for excellence and wouldn’t accept defeat.

“Winning this national title is the most exciting thing to ever happen to CBU Cheer, and I am immensely proud of this team,” said Fleming.

Watch the team’s winning performance at http://www.varsity.com/event/1725/2013_NCA_NDA_College.

 

CBU’s “Little Women the Musical” continues this weekend

California Baptist University’s performances of “Little Women the Musical” opened April 12 and will continue this weekend, April 19 and 20, in the Wallace Theater.

Set in post-civil war 1866, the musical depicts the exploits of Jo March, a 19-year-old aspiring writer as she experiences death, love and the achievement of her dreams. The performance will feature a cast of six women and four men.

“The music is dramatic and soaring, and the emotional connections between characters and audience are very strong,” said Lee Lyons, professor of theater. “The staging of the melodramatic tragedy is a particular highlight of the show.”

The performance on Friday, April 19, will begin at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 20.

General admission tickets are $15; discounted tickets are $12 for the Saturday matinees, senior citizens, CBU students, faculty, staff and alumni. For more information, call 951.343.4319.

 

 

Chef Giuseppe Pitruzzello wins inaugural CBU Grill Wars event

Executive Chef Giuseppe Pitruzzello won the vote for crowd favorite with his Grilled Prime Rib entrée April 10 in the Grill Wars competition at California Baptist University’s Alumni Dining Commons. Students, faculty and staff cast ballots to choose the winning entry in the event hosted by Provider food service.

The event was designed to create a unique and enjoyable experience for the students, according to Kip Dougherty, director of food services. It also served to showcase Provider’s talented group of chefs and build personal interaction between the students and the chefs who prepare their daily meals.

“Often our chefs are the ‘magic behind the curtain’ preparing 30,000+ meals a week,” Dougherty said. “With so much happening in the kitchen, they sometimes miss the opportunity to interact directly with the students. We all had a great time cooking outdoors for the students, and everyone appeared to be enjoying the nice weather, along with the special dishes served.”

Raine Paul won a $25 gift card in the CBU Student Drawing as part of the Grill Wars event.

Provider will sponsor two more chef-featured events this spring:

• Master Sushi Chef Travis Kamiyama,  Guest Chef and Provider Partner, on Tuesday April 16, 2013 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the ADC
• Corporate Guest Chef for Market Broiler Restaurants (sister company of Provider) on April 24, 2013 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the ADC

 

 

Grandparents, students interact during CBU Grandparents’ Day

California Baptist University welcomed 140 grandparents of students to campus April 5 for Grandparents’ Day.

Grandparents enjoyed a full day of activities as they interacted with their grandchildren, beginning with breakfast and a campus tour. They accompanied students to chapel services and chose from ceramics or a social media seminar in the morning, followed by a luncheon. In the afternoon, they had the opportunity to visit student housing, attend a women’s choir performance, watch the Lancer baseball team defeat Azusa Pacific University or participate in an estate planning seminar.

The inaugural Grandparents’ Day was an opportunity for students to show appreciation for their grandparents’ support and love, according to Dr. Arthur Cleveland, vice president of Institutional Advancement.

“Grandparents took away a better idea of where their grandchildren were receiving their education and a day of interaction and pride,” Cleveland said. “We are looking forward to next year’s event.”

 

CBU speech and debate team ranked 14^th in the nation

California Baptist University’s speech and debate team is ranked 14th in the nation and 5th in the western U.S. region following the Pi Kappa Delta National Convention and Tournament.

“This is the best CBU has ever done in national-level competition,” said Michael Marse, assistant professor of communication arts and coach of the speech and debate team. “With some of the best competitors returning for the 2013-14 (academic year), we stand a great chance at having an even greater season next year.”

The competition involved three sweepstakes awards. In the debate events sweepstakes, CBU’s team received 21st out of 86 schools. In the speech events sweepstakes, the team was awarded 19th out of the 86 schools.

While many schools specialize in one or the other, CBU’s team received 14th overall by participating in both sweepstakes.

The team competed against schools such as Boise State University, William Carey University and Southwest Baptist University.

Matt Phillips, sophomore political science major, was named superior in extemporaneous speaking, superior in group discussion, superior in broadcast journalism, excellent and a quarterfinalist in the Lincoln and Douglas debate.

Adriena Young, freshman communication studies major, received a superior in prose interpretation, two excellent awards in duo interpretation and was chosen to be part of the prose interpretation showcase that demonstrates the top performances in the nation.

Ashley Hawley, senior communication studies major, received an excellent in impromptu speaking and an excellent in group discussion.

Chris Jamison, senior communication studies major, received a superior in group discussion.

Brianna Nelson, senior communication studies and public relations double major, was awarded excellent in duo interpretation.

Arturo Cabrera, junior communication studies major, received an excellent in duo interpretation and an excellent in dramatic interpretation.

David Tibbitts, senior political science and communication studies major, was awarded a superior in persuasive speaking, an excellent in informative speaking, an excellent in communication analysis, an excellent in group discussion and was chosen to perform in the persuasive speaking showcase.

The Pi Kappa Delta event, the nation’s largest speech and debate tournament, was held March 13-16 at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., with national rankings released in early April.

 

Aaron Christopher wins ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award

The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs named J. Aaron Christopher as its recipient for the 2013 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award for the Western Council for Business Schools and Programs. Christopher is assistant dean of graduate business programs at California Baptist University.

“I am excited and humbled by this award,” Christopher said. “It has been made possible through the outstanding support I have received from the administration and the hard work of my colleagues in the School of Business.”

Christopher received the award for Region 7 of the ACBSP’s 10 regions.

He, as well as other regional recipients, will be honored at the 2013 ACBSP Annual Conference June 21-24 in Salt Lake City, Utah and will receive a medallion and a $100 check.

Two International Teaching Excellence Award recipients also will be announced at a “Salute to Regions” luncheon during the conference. As a regional recipient, Christopher is now a candidate for the international award.

“Aaron has been an outstanding faculty member in our school and has made a significant impact on the teaching and learning of our undergraduate and graduate students,” said Dr. Franco Gandolfi, dean of the School of Business at California Baptist University.

The Associate Degree Commission of ACBSP established the International Teaching Excellence Award in 1995. It seeks to recognize outstanding classroom teachers. The Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Commission created a similar award in 2002 to recognize excellence in teaching at the higher education level. ACBSP is the only accrediting body for business schools that presents an award to recognize excellence in teaching.

“It is more important than ever for business programs to produce graduates who are ready to enter the global marketplace,” said Douglas Viehland, ACBSP executive director. “ACBSP has a mission to develop, promote and recognize best practices that contribute to continuous improvement of business education. Recognition of teaching excellence is one way we achieve this goal.”

ACBSP has more than 1,171 member campuses across 52 countries and 10 regions.

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Family Updates

Duncan Simcoe, professor of visual art, exhibited work in a collaborative show titled On the Line, at La Sierra University in March. The foundation of the exhibit was a series of paintings by a UCR Prof., Susan Sussman, based on clotheslines/laundry. Sussman invited graduate students from UCR and other artists to ‘intervene’ by adding, moving her work. Simcoe’s contribution was a circular Blackdrawing titled Rock and Roll. The exhibit will travel to Chicago next November as a feature of the annual American Archeological Associations convention.

 

 

 

CBU’s Physician Assistant Society hosted Dr. Stephanie Bowlin, dean of the College of Allied Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences, on April 10. Bowlin shared with students about the PA profession and the necessary steps to apply for a PA graduate program.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Geneva Oaks, dean of the School of Nursing, attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing annual spring meeting in Washington D.C.  March 24-27. Oaks presented a paper titled A Philosophers Quest: The Unity of the Trinity.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Susan Drummond, associate dean of the School of Nursing, has been selected to participate in the  Faculty Development Program in Ethnogeriatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine.  Only seven applicants in five disciplines were selected nationwide. The program is an intensive 12-month,  160 hour educational experience that employs a train-the-trainer approach for interprofessional/multidisciplinary geriatric health care faculty.

 

 

 

The School of Education’s Leadership Development Council met recently to identify initiatives consistent with the mission of the School of Education and assist in the development and implementation of initiatives. Members in attendance included Ron Burgess, CEO of RedFusion Media Principal of Burgess Management Consulting; Dr. Frank Dickerson, president of Narrative Fund Raising; Kevin Fleming, associate dean of Career & Technical Education, Norco Community College; Dr. Gregory Gray, chancellor, Riverside Community College; Dr. Irving Hendrick, dean emeritus, University of California, Riverside; Dr. Michael Lin, superintendent, Corona-Norco Unified School District; Michael Meyer, assistant vice president of CBU’s Institutional Advancement; Dr. Kathryn Norwood, associate dean of CBU’s School of Education; Jay Orr, county executive  officer, Riverside County;  Dr. John Shoup, dean, CBU School of Education; Dr. Susan Studer, CBU professor of education; Dr. Carry Tillery, Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment induction coordinator, Corona-Norco Unified School District; Dr. Heather Williams, director of human resources, Chino Valley Unified School District and Kenneth Young, superintendent, Riverside County Office of Education.

 

CBU faculty made several presentations in conjunction with Imagining the Good Life:  Apologetics and Human Flourishing, a conference held on campus April 5-6. The event was sponsored by CBU’s Department of Philosophy in partnership with Apologetics.com and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Todd Bates, associate professor of philosophy (along with the co-partners), provided the principle leadership for the planning committee. The presentations included:

• Dr. Scott B. Key, professor of philosophy, presented a paper titled The Moral Aesthetic of Perelandra.  
• Berniece Bruinius, assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled  Steven’s Hope for a Future:  Imagining the Good Life in Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day.’
• Dr. Jeff Mooney, associate professor of Christian Studies, presented a paper titled Jazz and Human Flourishing:  Richard Weaver’s Ideas Do Have Consequences.
• David Isaacs, assistant professor of English; Erika Travis, assistant professor of English, and Jennifer Tronti, assistant professor of English presented a panel presentation, Profitable Inventions:  Dystopian Visions, the Zombie Apocalypse, and the Good Life.
• Dr. Matthew Emerson, assistant professor of Christian Studies, presented a paper titled Human Flourishing Through Re-Imagining Communion in Revelation 19:  Confronting Evil by Incorporating Christ’s Victory.

Dr. Matthew Emerson’s book Christ and the New Creation: A Canonical Approach to the Theology of the New Testament was published April 10 by Wipf and Stock Publishers.

 

 

 

 

CBU’s School of Behavioral Sciences and the Sociology Club is hosting the Stop the Pain:A Teen Summit on Dating Violence, Sex Trafficking, and Bully Prevention on April 20. The keynote speaker will be David Pelzer, author of A Child Called It. About 80 student volunteers will work as liaisons for the 400 at-risk youth and their parents who will attend this free community education conference. Organizations represented at the event will include the Riverside County Deputy District Attorneys Association (RCDDAA), Riverside District Attorney’s Office, The Family Justice Center, Riverside Board of Supervisors, Riverside County Health Foundation, Prevent Child Abuse Riverside County and Rape Crisis Center.

 

Dr. Daniel Prather, professor of aviation science, presented a presentation titled Recovery of Disabled Aircraft during the Airport Emergency Management Conference April 3-5. The conference was hosted by the American Association of Airport Executives and Los Angeles World Airports in Redondo Beach, Calif.

 

 

 

 

 

The Alpha Tau Sigma Chapter of the International English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta held its first New Member Induction Ceremony on April 4. Inductees included: Trace Auville-Parks, Denise Bokman, Joseph Chan, Angelina Charley, Ruth Flores, Caleb Garcia, Anna Hart, Jeffrey Haut, Jennifer King, Christopher Kyle, Jessica Leavenworth, Dakota Mattson, Kayley Nuzum, Jeanette Rivera, Vanessa Roman, Chelsea Sherwood, Michael Sutherlin, Laura Waterbury, Lisa Weeks, Amanda White and Sarah Wing. The Alpha Tau Sigma Chapter was founded this Spring by sophomore Joseph Chan who was eager to offer the CBU student body the numerous opportunities available through Sigma Tau Delta.

 

The College of Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series concluded April 8 with a presentation from Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Bolton spoke on the role of health professionals in a culture of healthcare. The College of Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series will continue next fall with the kick-off speaker, Steven Larson, MD, CEO of Riverside Medical Center.

 

 

 

Dr. Jennifer Newton, associate professor of English, presented at paper at the George Herbert Society’s conference in Charleston, S.C., on March 8. Her paper was titled The Divine Wisdom Narrative from Proverbs Seen in Three Poems from Herbert’s Temple.

 

 

 

 

 

The Department of Modern Languages & Literature  will host an English Open House on Monday, April 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Copenbarger Room. The event will feature select capstone presentations and the announcement of creative writing contest winners.

The English Department will host Study Break on Wednesday, April 24, 3-5 p.m. in the A.J. Staples Room. Study Break will include speed-editing with professors, advising, games, snacks, prizes and fellowship.

The CBU film students and the Riverside International Film Festival invite you to Creation: CBU Day at the Riverside Film Festival. Short films by CBU film students will be shown April 19, 3-5 p.m. at the Regal Cinemas at Riverside Plaza. CBU students, faculty, staff and family will be admitted free of charge.

Chris and Amy Hofschroer (nee Dutcher) ’04 welcomed a new baby girl, Colbie Ryan Hofschroer, on April 7th. Colbie came in at 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 20 inches long. Chris Hofschroer is  assistant dean of students-community life.

 

 

 

 

Andrea Armstrong, adjunct professor in the School of Education, and David McDonald were married on Feb. 16, 2013.

 

 

 

 

CBU leadership minor students put their leadership knowledge into practice in a booth event on April 3. The students invited passersby to play a game to win a “Keep Calm and Lead On” t-shirt by answering questions like “Are leaders born or made?” and “Is the leader always the one with the highest position?” The students used these questions to share how the leadership program has helped them grow and refine their leadership skills from the unique qualities God has given them. People had the opportunity to win a free t-shirt and gain the knowledge that they could lead from any chair, not just the chair at the top.

 

 

 

 

The Mobilization Office will be holding its Nations Chapel on Friday, April 19, in the Van Dyne Gym during both Chapel hours (10 & 11 p.m.). Come and pray for more than 370 students, alumni, faculty and staff who will be serving on an ISP, USP or SOS team this summer.

 

Finals Week is on the horizon! Encourage your student by purchasing a Final Exams Care Package. The proceeds help send students around the world to share the Gospel. Purchase them online at www.calbaptist.edu/go/pay and click on the “care package” link.

 

Is your student graduating? If so, help them celebrate by purchasing a double orchard lei or rose bouquet! Pre-order them online at www.calbaptist.edu/go/pay and click on the “graduation flowers” link.

 

Faculty and students from the master of science degree program in athletic training attended and presented papers at the Far West Athletic Trainers’ Association (FWATA) annual meeting April 4-7. They also participated in lobbying efforts for athletic trainers at Hit the Hill. Students Jilian Christian and Kelsie Gartner presented The Development Process and Implementation of a Return to Play Protocol for an Athlete With a Seizure Disorder. Adjunct professor Mark Van Riper presented An Osteopathic Approach to Sacroiliac Joint Evaluation and Treatment; Russell Baker, clinical director of the athletic training program, presented Specialization in Athletic Training: Where Are We Going and How Do We Get There? and Dr. Nicole MacDonald made a poster presentation.Student Isabel Archuleta won the FWATA Hall of Fame Scholarship, and students Igor Nosovitskiy, Naclaysia McGee and Jacqueline Davidson were honored as the Winning Quiz Bowl team.

 

The College of Allied Health will be hosting the Chick-fil-A ® Leadercast ® on campus Friday, May 10. Tickets for the all-day event on leadership development can be purchased at www.calbaptist.edu/chick-fil-aleadercast. The cost includes conference materials, breakfast, lunch, and more!

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
4/8/2013	Career Services	Assistant Director	Michael Bishop	New Hire
4/8/2013	Athletics	Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach	Hardy Asprilla	New Hire
4/8/2013	Athletics	Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach	Joshua Dunaj	New Hire
4/8/2013	Athletics	Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach	John Masi	New Hire
4/8/2013	Enrollment Advising	Academic Advising	Kristina Gibeault	Change
4/8/2013	Enrollment Advising	Director of Academic Advising	Jeffrey Tennis	Change
4/1/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	Department Secretary-Capital/Projects Management	Chrystal Alegria	No Longer Employed
4/3/2013	Athletics	Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach	Julious Coleman	No Longer Employed

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

Croy named new basketball head coach

 

California Baptist University Director of Athletics Micah Parker announced Rick Croy as the Lancers’ new men’s basketball head coach at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Croy, who becomes the 12^th coach in program history, spent the past three years as the lead assistant coach at NCAA Division I St. Mary’s College. During his time working under Head Coach Randy Bennett, the Gaels went 80-22 overall, winning two regular-season West Coast Conference championships and making two NCAA Tournament appearances.

“I’m thrilled to announce Rick Croy as our new men’s basketball coach,” said Parker. “We had a tremendous pool of quality applicants, but Rick fit everything we were looking for in fit to the university: head coaching experience, NCAA experience and Southern California ties. I’m confident he will help us continue to honor Christ through excellence in athletics.”

Prior to moving to St. Mary’s, Croy spent five years as the head coach at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif. During his stint there, he quickly staked his claim as one of the state’s best junior college coaches, compiling a 130-35 record that included the program’s first-ever state championship in 2008.

He led the Fighting Owls to three straight Western State Conference titles (2008-09-10) and an appearance in the 2010 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Final Four. Croy was a three-time WSC Coach of the Year, going 92-9 in conference games in that span. Citrus was 35-1 in 2008, 28-5 in 2009 and 29-3 in 2010, the best three-year run in the state.

During Croy’s time at Citrus, 13 players moved on to the NCAA Division I level, and 97 percent (36 of 37) of his players went on to four-year schools.

“This is a unique opportunity to coach and mentor at a place that I truly believe has unlimited potential,” said Croy. “There are so many great things happening on this campus, and my goal is to build a program that reflects all the other great things going on. I want to build one that everyone can be proud of, and I wouldn’t be leaving St. Mary’s if I didn’t undeniably believe in the vision at CBU.”

Croy’s ties to Riverside run deep. His first ever coaching job was a two-year stint at UC Riverside, working under Head Coach John Masi in 2000 and 2001. He worked the 2002 season as the associate head coach at Concordia University in Irvine under Head Coach Ken Ammann, recruiting the class that went on to win the NAIA National Championship in 2003.

In 2002-03, Croy returned to UC Riverside as the top assistant to Masi for three years before taking the Citrus job. While at UCR, Croy recruited the Big West Freshman of the Year (Nate Carter), the Big West Defensive Player of the Year (Vili Morton) and UCR’s all-time leading scorer (Larry Cunningham).

“I’m extremely grateful to Dr. Ellis, Kent Dacus and Dr. Parker for the opportunity to coach at a special place,” said Croy. “For me, coaching and competing has never been about which level I’m in. It’s about being at places that can be successful. The potential here and the people that are already on campus make this a perfect opportunity for my family to settle in and become part of a great place.”

Croy played collegiately at San Francisco State, ranking among the program leaders in five categories, including holding the school record for 3-pointers (167). He is second in games played, third in assists and steals and eighth in scoring. Croy was a three-time All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) selection and led SFSU in scoring three straight years.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration in 1999 and a master’s in education/physical education in 2001 from Azusa Pacific University. He and his wife, Jamie, who played basketball and volleyball at St. Mary’s, have a daughter, Kayden, and a son, James.

What They Are Saying About Rick Croy:

Randy Bennett – St. Mary’s Head Coach

Rick is a tremendous leader. He does a great job getting everyone around his program to feel included and feel like they are equally important. He has an ability to get his players to buy in, be unselfish and make them realize the team is more important than themselves. He left fingerprints on our program that will stay for years to come. He came in three years ago and didn’t just get comfortable. He kept building and adding to this program. I don’t want to see him go but he’s really excited about this opportunity. We’re excited for him, we are going to cheer him on and we are going to be big CBU fans now. CBU could not have hired a better guy for the job.

John Masi – former UC Riverside Head Coach

California Baptist University is getting what I call a complete coach. Rick is energetic and knowledgeable of the game. He is a good recruiter, great off the floor and will be great with the kids. He is a family man and a guy who understands the situation he’ll be getting into at CBU.

Ken Ammann – Concordia University—Irvine Head Coach

Rick Croy is the best basketball coach and person I know. He is an inspiring and passionate leader, and CBU will play a special brand of basketball.

 

CBU students, faculty win ADDY awards in local advertising competition

Six students and faculty members of California Baptist University’s Department of Design and Photography brought home awards from the 2013 American Advertising Federation-Inland Empire ADDY Awards Gala.

The event marked the first time the department has entered a competition.

“It gives the program a new visibility we have not had before in the design community,” said Michael Berger, assistant professor of graphic design.

Posters designed for CBU’s Fundamental Typography class were entered for the event held March 15. Every piece submitted won.

Emily Poulin walked away with a silver award. Austin Leonard won a bronze award, and Nathan McCoy won two bronze awards.

Kyle Ready won a gold award for a poster designed for an on-campus event featuring Hank Blank, a marketing specialist. Trever Hoehne, assistant professor of photography, won two gold photography awards. Ready’s and Hoehne’s work will move on automatically to compete in the district competition.

Berger won a silver award for a brochure design and a bronze for his work on a TV commercial.

“We look forward to a continued relationship with the Inland Empire Ad Club,” Berger said. “We also look forward to further engaging the local design community in the form of hosting events and placing interns into the agencies.”

The design and photography program at CBU is an accredited four-year program with majors in graphic design and photography. Students’ studies can feature concentrations in design, photography, video/animation, web design and mobile app design.

 

‘Champion or chump, you make the difference,’ says Indianapolis Colts chaplain

California Baptist University partnered with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Inland Empire for the inaugural Night of Champions March 23 in the Van Dyne Gym.

The event brought together Southern California teenagers, pastors, coaches, teachers and parents for a night of worship, games and speeches from three-time U.S. softball Olympic gold medalist Leah O’Brien and Ken Johnson, speaker and chaplain of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.

O’Brien spoke to audience members on the importance of using the God-given passions of their lives.

“I’ve got some talent,” O’Brien said of her years playing softball. “But I’m going to tell you that it was a whole lot of other things that got me to those (Olympian) podiums. It was the passion that God had placed inside of me for the sport to be my very best as I was out there and to give everything that I had (during the game).”

Johnson took to the stage with a message of becoming an inspiring athlete by “not getting stuck on stupid.”

“Champion or chump, you make the difference,” Johnson said. “Champions have courage and conviction in the midst of challenges. Champions hold onto God’s unchanging hand. Champions have an attitude to take action in the midst of adversity. Champions have mountain-moving faith that moves them past mediocrity.”

“Our athletic department’s mission is to honor Christ through excellence in athletics, and we are excited to partner with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes on this exciting event,” said Dr. Micah Parker, CBU director of athletics. “Our goal is to reach as many junior high and high school students with the Gospel through this evening.”

Attendees also enjoyed live music, dinner provided by Chick-fil-A and received an FCA athletes’ Bible.

 

Horse whisperer relates training to struggles with Christian faith

Dr. Lew Sterret galloped across the campus of California Baptist University March 18, 19 and 20, combining a message of the Christian faith with his work as a horse trainer.

Students, faculty and staff of CBU had the opportunity to watch as Sterret broke a wild mare, relating its undisciplined ways to the lives of people struggling with the message and requirements of the Christian faith.

“We have a Father who loves us, a Father who chastens us and a Father who is going to drive us in,” Sterret said during a chapel service Wednesday.

The trainer led the horse through different movements, calls and tricks, illustrating how having the horse’s trust enabled him to guide it as God could do for those who give Him their hearts.

“God wants to get a hold of our hearts, because He wants to be the love of our lives,” Sterret said. “If God is going to build hope, the first thing He must have is our hearts. When we know our hearts are His and the love of Christ is shed upon us, we have a hope that the world knows nothing about.”

Sterret is a founder of the Sermon on the Mount Inc, an organization giving “lessons of life and leadership from the language of the horse” across the country and different countries. Sterret’s trip to CBU marks his third time speaking on campus.

 

Cheer team wins west coast championship

California Baptist University’s Cheer team managed to win back-to-back Championships March 18 at the USA Collegiate Cheer Championships in Anaheim, Calif.

After taking the west coast crown in 2012, the Lancers weren’t satisfied just yet.

CBU competed once again in the west coast All Girl four-year college division, defeating Long Beach State, Humboldt State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Arizona State, UC San Diego and Columbia University.

This Championship was also represented by a number of schools from Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Minnesota, Washington, New York, Alaska and Montana.

The Lancers impressed the judges and were able to put together a remarkable point total of 90.72, which was enough to take home the championship.

CBU competes in the CBU Cheer Showcase on April 4 in Riverside.

 

Lancer wrestling team wins national title

Victory would not be denied as California Baptist University took the title of National Collegiate Wrestling Association champions March 16.

CBU outlasted all other division I schools in the tournament earning 145.5 team points. These team points gave the Lancers their second national title in three years.

Zach Merrill and Bradford Gerl played a huge role in attaining this championship as they both were individual national champions at their weight class.

Merrill entered the tournament heavily favored to win at 285-pounds, and he proved why by earning the national championship with a 3-0 decision over Ross Janney from McKendree.

Merrill went 5-0 at the national tournament, earning three pins, a major decision and the decision that gave him the championship. This is Merrill’s second consecutive NCWA title.

Gerl was not favored at 141-pounds, he actually entered the tournament not even seeded. He proved the doubters wrong with his impressive run to a national title.He was also 5-0 with two wins by fall, two wins by decision and an overtime win that put him into the finals.

In the finals Gerl faced the No. 1 seeded Craig Chiles from Lindenwood-St. Charles. Chiles was favored in the tournament and finished in second place one year ago.Gerl pinned him just 1:44 in to send Chiles to his second straight year of finishing in second place. This is Gerl’s first individual national championship.

Seven other Lancers finished in the top eight of their class and earned All-American honors.

Taylor Hall finished fourth at 125-pounds following a 4-2 tournament. Dakota Thayer finished third in the country at 133-pounds, going 6-1 this weekend. Miguel Gallegos finished 3-3 at the tournament, and placed eighth at 141-pounds. Anthony Ballinger ended the year on a high note, wrapping up seventh place at 165-pounds. Kenneth Tribble also wrapped up a strong year by going 4-2 and finishing seventh at 174-pounds. Paul Head finished seventh at 184-pounds and David Dill finished fifth at 197-pounds to round out the top finishers and All-Americans for the Lancers.

CBU had a great year in tournaments, finishing with 18 individual champions. However, they did struggle a bit in duals, only posting a 6-11 mark. All that falls by the wayside though, because on the final day of the season, the Lancers were crowned champions in Texas.

 

Family Updates

Dr. Linn Carothers, professor and program director of math and physics, delivered a paper at the 38th American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Fla. titled Out of the Salt Shaker: Using the Salinon to Teach Calculus Modeling.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Deron Walker, associate professor of English, delivered a presentation titled Practical Ways to Use Intercultural Rhetoric with East-Asian Writers as an invited speaker during a colloquium at the International TESOL Conference held in Dallas, Texas March 20-23.  Two days after this presentation, Walker bowled his first United States Bowling Congress (USBC) league-sanctioned perfect 300 game at Brunswick Moreno Valley Bowl. He used a 15 lb. Columbia 300 Enigma ball he received as a birthday present from his wife last month.

 

 

 

Paul Cassel, FedEx senior vice president of flight operations, presented Dr. Daniel Prather, chair of the Department of Aviation Science, with the 60^th aircraft donation photo book at the Women in Aviation International Conference in Nashville, Tenn. March 15. Chocolate coins that commemorated the 60^th aircraft donation were at each place setting during the conference luncheon, honoring FedEx’s donation of a Boeing 727 to CBU.

 

 

 

 

Senior mechanical engineering students Roger Bond and Marcellino Valdez presented a paper titled Performance Measurements and Design Optimization of a Cooling Fin Array at the Measurement Science Conference in Anaheim on March 22. Bond and Valdez co-authored the article with Kelly Bray, also a mechanical engineering student, and Dr. Matthew Rickard, associate professor of mechanical engineering. The paper was awarded Best Student Paper for the conference and will appear later this year in Cal Lab Magazine, the International Journal of Metrology. Other CBU papers presented at the conference (presenting authors are marked with *) were Development of a Radiation Experiment for Undergraduate Laboratory Use by Andrea Eyre*, Rachelle Fox, Nathan Graham*, Joshua Pittman and Matthew Rickard; Velocity and Temperature Boundary Layer Measurements for an Educational Laboratory Experiment by Stephanie Dennis*, Christopher Vanjoff*, Kevin McLaughlin*, Joshua Dean* and Matthew Rickard; and The Design, Construction, and Experimental Testing of a Geo-Thermal Heat Sink by William Le Fevre*, Ryan Sibley*, Jonathan Cook* and Matthew Rickard.

 

Prof. Duncan Simcoe, program director for the visual art program, participated in an interactive exhibit titled Lines at La Sierra University’s Brandstader Art Gallery March 1-22. The exhibit consisted of paintings by Susan Ossman, director of graduate studies in anthropology at UCR, as well as work by her students and other area artists. Simcoe’s piece was a round, floor-mounted brush drawing on tar paper titled Rock and Roll.

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, presented his vision for the Health Science Center to the CBU Board of Visitors March 21. He also attended the spring meeting of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions in San Diego March 21-22.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Charles Sands III, PharmD, dean of the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University (and father of Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health) was featured as the fifth speaker in the 2013-2014 Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series on March 18. His presentation was titled The Evolving Role of the Pharmacist in the Healthcare System. He also spoke to the graduate students in the athletic training program and met with various university faculty regarding research. (Photo attached). Dr. Linda Burnes Bolton, vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, will be on campus April 8 as the final speaker of the year. For more information, visit: http://www.calbaptist.edu/explore-cbu/schools-colleges/college-allied-health/speaker-series/

 

Dr. Ronald L. Ellis recognized Kendra Johnson, academic evaluations coordinator/ administrative assistant, as Employee of the Month for April. The employee of the month nomination form included the following statement: “Kendra has outstanding customer service. She understands ‘service.’ She’s an excellent team player within OIRPA and she has led the numerous efforts needed to establish and begin using CBU’s new online course evaluation system.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Chuck Sands, dean of the College of Allied Health, and Michael Meyer, assistant vice president of institutional advancement, visited with CBU alumni, friends and parents in the Fresno/Clovis area on March 23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brittany Mammano, junior biology major, attended the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) national conference in Washington D.C. over spring break. She participated in AMSA’s Advocacy Day, meeting with congressional staff members for Sen. Barbara Boxer and U.S. representatives Jared Huffman and Tom McClintock to lobby in favor of H.R. Bill 6400: Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012. The bill was designed to address the upcoming primary care doctor shortage by awarding scholarships to medical students who agreed to work in primary care.

 

Janelle and Darren Meisel, associate director of undergraduate admissions, welcomed their third child, Aubrey Jane Meisel, on March 1 at 5:55 p.m. The baby weighed at 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and was 20 inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Erin I. Smith, assistant professor of psychology, announced the birth of her daughter, Evelyn Grace, on Feb. 17. She weighed 10 lbs. 4 ozs. and measured 22 inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

The College of Allied Health will host the Chick-fil-A ® Leadercast ® on Friday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $39 for CBU staff and faculty. For more information, visit www.calbaptist.edu/chick-fil-aleadercast

 

 

J. Aaron Christopher, CPA, CFE, assistant dean of graduate business programs, taught a two-day course titled Tracing and Recovering Fraud Losses to 52 certified fraud examiners at the American Management Association Center at Times Square in New York City on March 4-5.

 

 

 

 

 

Provider Contract Foodservice will host several special events in the Alumni Dining Commons during the month of April:

• Grill Wars during dinner on Wednesday, April 10, will feature Provider chefs Kipp Dougherty, Giuseppe Pitruzzello, Ismael Gomez, Sergio Santamaria, Brad Martin and Lisa Cabrera. Attendees will help select the Grill Warrior.
• Guest Chef Spotlight during lunch Tuesday, April 16, will feature Travis Kamiyama of Kamiyama Sushi, Inc.  Chef Travis will be offering a traditional ramen bowl and a variety of sushi rolls.
• Guest Chef Spotlight during lunch Wednesday, April 24, will feature Chef Robin Higa, corporate chef for Market Broiler Restaurants Inc. Chef Robin will be presenting the flavors of his native Hawaii with Almond Crusted Sea Bass & Udon Noodles with Pineapple Thai Curry Sauce and Haupia.

 

Allan Vince, men’s volleyball first assistant coach, and his wife Solveiga welcomed a baby girl March 13. Sabrina Margot Vince weighed 8 lbs. and measured 21 inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Joshua Knabb, director of the graduate program in counseling, and Dr. Joseph Pelletier, assistant professor of psychology, published an article titled Effects of Parental Divorce on God Image Among Young Adults at a Christian University in Marriage & Family Review.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jennifer Newton, associate professor of English, has had an article published in volume 33 of Literature and Belief  by Brigham Young University. Her article is entitled The Providential Detective in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret.

 

 

 

 

Academic Services staff participated in the Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House “Cook for Kids”, Tuesday, March 12, where they prepared and served dinner to the families of children hospitalized at Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. “Cooks for Kids” is one of many ways the community can volunteer time and service to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Currently there are more than 305 Ronald McDonald Houses around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
3/18/2013	School of Christian Ministries	Administrative Secretary	Christina Sanders	New Hire
3/18/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	Irrigation Technician/Grounds Assistant	Lewis James Scheer	New Hire
4/1/2013	Enrollment Services	Graduate Admissions Counselor/Recruiter	Stephanie Fluitt	New Hire
4/1/2013	Athletics	Head Men’s Basketball Coach	Richard Croy	New Hire
3/16/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	Supervisor of Construction/Tenant Improvement	Charles Vela	Change
3/25/2013	Registrar	Associate Registrar for Curriculum	Shelly Rupard	Change
3/8/2013	Athletics	Assistant Wrestling Coach-Part Time	Samuel Fragoza	No Longer Employed
3/18/2013	Athletics	Head Men’s Basketball Coach	Timothy Collins	No Longer Employed
3/28/2013	Office of Mobilization	Mobilization Coordinator	Courtney Watson	No Longer Employed
4/1/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	HVAC Supervisor	Eric Taylor	No Longer Employed

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU announces extended hours for student study groups

 

California Baptist University has announced extended hours for three additional on-campus facilities to accommodate student needs.

The extended hours are an administrative response to a student petition that garnered 300 signatures to extend library hours and to increase availability of classrooms for study groups.

“I actually wrote (the letter) late at night after being escorted out of one of the buildings by public safety,” said Brittany Mammano, a junior biology major. “I was frustrated because I was only trying to study, and I had no place to go on campus, as all the main buildings are locked up at night. I realized that it probably is this way because the administration is not aware that there is a student need for more study locations on campus.”

Mammano said she gathered the signatures as students studied for finals last December.

“I was able to obtain over 250 student signatures and 15 CBU faculty signatures in 48 hours,” she explained. Mammano met with administrators in early January.

The Alumni Dining Commons (ADC) and Building 36A and 36B will be open for student study groups beginning March 18 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Thursday. In addition, the Academic Resource Center (ARC) has extended its hours to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with tutoring available until 8 p.m. The ARC will close at 5 p.m. on Friday.

“I was so delighted when I found out that students were actually petitioning to have more time to study!” said Dr. Jonathan Parker, CBU provost. “It shows that our students are serious about their studies and committed to excellence.”

The Annie Gabriel Library extended its hours of operation on Feb. 25. It is now open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday; and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. During finals week, April 24-30, the library will remain open 24 hours a day.

“The administration actually addressed all aspects of my letter,” Mammano said. “I think that is one of the great things about California Baptist University. I was able to speak with administration and actually get somewhere!”

 

CBU campus newspaper claims first place in national competition

The Banner, campus newspaper of California Baptist University, took first place in the four-year, non-weekly newspaper category in the “Best of Show” awards at the National College Journalism Convention, April 28–May 3 in San Francisco, Calif.

Nineteen students from the CBU Journalism & Media and Public Relations program attended the annual convention hosted by Associated Collegiate Press.

“Receiving this award was very humbling,” said Sharayah Le Leux, senior journalism major and editor-in-chief of The Banner. “It proves all the hard work we’ve been striving towards is paying off. I’m proud of the staff and the work we’ve been putting in to make The Banner an award winning publication.”

While at the conference, the students attended sessions presented by keynote speakers, workshops conducted by professional journalists and had The Banner critiqued by journalism professionals and college journalism advisers.

During the same time, seven students from the CBU Journalism & Media and Public Relations program were attending the 20^th Annual Southwestern Photojournalism Conference to Fort Worth, Texas. They also heard keynote presentations from professional photojournalists, attended photography workshops, and had professional photojournalists critique their portfolios.

“We are very proud of our talented students, their dedication to the campus publications, and the outstanding work they do to provide CBU with these award-winning publications,” said Dr. Michael Chute, professor of journalism and director of the Journalism & Media and Public Relations program.

“CBU’s campus publications have won numerous awards over the past several years under the direction of Dr. Mary Ann Pearson. While we don’t produce these publications to win awards, they are validation of the outstanding work our students are doing and the skills they are mastering in our journalism education program.”

Grace Ferrell, senior journalism major with a photojournalism concentration, said of the Southwestern conference: “From sitting on a couch with (Sports Illustrated photographer) Dave Black as he critiqued my portfolio to listening as (National Geographic photographer) Joanna Pinneo described the people, relationships and stories behind her powerful images, the conference expanded my knowledge of not only how to be a photographer, but what it means to be a Christian photographer.

“I enjoyed getting to interact with professional photographers who were so open to speaking with students about their experiences. Many of the students like myself dream about traveling and capturing storytelling images; the opportunity to interact with professionals who have done just that was priceless,” Ferrell said.

The students who attended these events returned to CBU to put what they learned to good use in continuing to produce award-winner publications: the next issue of The Banner on newsstands March 8; the spring edition of Pursuit magazine, distributed on campus March 20; and the 2012-13 Angelos yearbook, available to students April 25.

 

CBU student explores her field through archaeological dig

From scorpions crawling out of dirt banks to carrying away buckets of soil in 120-degree heat, CBU student Cassandra Hanlin spent last summer digging for biblical history in Israel.

The sophomore anthropology and psychology major got the opportunity when her grandparents put her in contact with Dr. Sandra Richter, an Old Testament professor at Wesley Biblical Seminary. Richter leads archeology digs every couple of years.

The summer first took Hanlin on a CBU International Service Project (ISP) with a team to South Asia for three weeks. She had two weeks at home in California before boarding a plane for Israel.

Hanlin said the ISP training she received to prepare for different cultures helped her make the transition.

“God had just rocked my world in South Asia,” Hanlin said. “I had finally said ‘Oh my gosh, Lord. You lead my life.’ I got home and was still discovering what that looks like in routine. Then I get to Israel and had to get up at 4 a.m. to read my Bible.”

After Bible study at 4 a.m., Hanlin dug from 5 a.m. until noon near Tel Rehov, a site located north of Jerusalem believed to hold artifacts dating back to the David-Solomon period. The team of diggers ventured to a mound near the city believing it to be the biblical town of Rehob.

Over the course of the three-week dig, Hanlin and the team found artifacts including an Assyrian arrowheads, pottery pieces and a chair with the name “Elijah” inscribed on it, where people would have sat to be prayed over, she said.

“(Digging) was really cool because you could see it level by level, which would be time period by time period,” Hanlin said. “You could see how the town had been destroyed and rebuilt, destroyed and rebuilt, whether through fire or war.”

The dig confirmed Hanlin’s desire to pursue an education in anthropology at California Baptist University.

“It really gave me a more wholistic outlook on what my major consists of and how many routes it consists of,” Hanlin said.

Hanlin still claims to be a far cry from the movie character that she often gets compared to.

“People ask me, ‘Like Indiana Jones?’ And I’m just like. ‘I wish I had fought off bad men and met this cool, muscular man who saved me from the Nazis.’ But unfortunately you are just covered in dirt and there are scorpions coming out of the wall.”

 

Siblings share passion for CBU volleyball

Aaron McCalmont often gets asked who the tall girl is he hangs around with. That girl is his younger sister by 14 months, Kim McCalmont. Together the siblings have taken the men’s and women’s volleyball teams of California Baptist University by storm.

“We are not a brother and sister who are just on the teams,” said Aaron, a kinesiology major at CBU. “We are both making an impact on the teams. It is cool to know that we have both been given the ability to play at the college level, and we both are in a position on the team that we are helping the teams out.”

It all began in San Diego, Calif., where pick-up games of beach volleyball at South Mission Beach are a way of life for their parents, uncle and cousins.

“Everyone fears the McCalmonts,” Aaron said.

The pair went on to play volleyball for their high school. After graduation, they split up to attend different universities. However, following a game in San Diego, their father approached CBU’s former volleyball coach to ask about the university. That initial conversation would lead Aaron and eventually Kim to transfer to CBU.

“(CBU) didn’t find us,” Aaron said. “We found them.”

After making the two hour drives from San Diego just for open gym practices, senior players took Aaron under their wings and made him feel welcome, even when he had yet to become an official member — a normal practice for CBU athletics, he said.

The next year Kim followed her brother to the Riverside campus, making it feel even more like home for both of them and enabling them to support each other through the challenges of balancing life as a student athlete.

“I am like a guy version of her, and she is like a girl version of me,” Aaron said.

“Except that he is a lot better than me at the sport,” added Kim, with a glance at her brother.

Both siblings say they have never let the competitive nature of athletics become a part of their relationship.

“We try our best and that is all we can do,” Kim said.

Both players sport the same jersey number and position on their teams — #24, outside hitter.

Their connection and love for the sport continues off the court through Bible studies that both have started for members of their teams.

“God has definitely placed us here for a reason, and we want to use that to the best of our abilities to influence the girls and the guys on our team and help them out,” Kim said.

While slightly intimidating to get started, the pair said they are using the Bible to make volleyball an on-and-off the court ministry.

Graduation will mark the end of Aaron’s undergraduate experience and the pair’s time together at CBU.

“It is going to be weird without him next year because I only know CBU with him here,” Kim said.

Aaron hopes to continue playing volleyball internationally and use the sport as a platform to reach out to others and share his faith. Kim will finish her undergraduate degree at CBU and one day hopes to become a teacher.

No matter where life takes the siblings, though, both say one constant will remain — a passion for volleyball.

 

Family Updates

Leontine Armstrong, adjunct English professor in the Modern Languages and Literature Department, presented a paper Feb. 15 titled A Transformation of Gawain: A Human Experience at Natures 2013, the fifth annual interdisciplinary humanities conference to be hosted by La Sierra University.

 

Dr. Chris Morgan, dean and professor of theology, School of Christian Ministries, lectured Jan. 30-31 at two plenary sessions for Ph.D. students at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley. Morgan lectured on a biblical and systematic theology of the glory of God.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Daniel Prather, chair of the department of aviation science, taught a course titled Effective Leadership in Aviation to 49 attendees of the Helicopter Association International’s Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 4.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Meg Barth, professor of health sciences, has been invited to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Food Chemistry and Nutrition. She also served as an advisory panel member for the Wellness13 Conference held on Feb. 26-28 in Chicago.

 

 

 

 

 

Eighteen students in the College of Allied Health are participating this semester in a mentorship program for students of the Health & Medical Careers Academy at Temescal Canyon High School. Each allied health student engages once or twice a week with the high school student via email, sharing career goals and educational advice.

 

Night of Nations, the annual fundraiser hosted by the Mobilization Office and starring the 2013 ISP, USP and SOS teams will be held in the Van Dyne Gym on Friday, April 5, starting at 7 p.m. Each team will be competing for a scholarship by putting on a presentation, skit or video that will highlight what they will be doing this summer as they serve. Tickets are $10 for non-students and will be on sale in the Game Room or at the door on the night of the event. Come support the 2013 teams!

 

The College of Engineering hosted Randall S. Over, president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on March 1. Over spoke to students on the topic Leading the Way to a Better Future.

 

 

 

 

 

Russell Baker, assistant professor of kinesiology, and Jayme Baker, adjunct professor of kinesiology, along with Dr. Alan Nasypany and Dr. Jeff Seegmiller recently published three articles entitled, The Mulligan Concept: Mobilizations with Movement; Treatment of Acute Torticollis Using Positional Release Therapy: Part 1, and Treatment of Acute Torticollis Using Positional Release Therapy: Part 2 in the International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Gayne Anacker, professor of philosophy and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, delivered the paper C.S. Lewis and Leadership to the Southern California C.S. Lewis Society, meeting at Azusa Pacific University, on Wednesday, Feb. 20.  Anacker  is vice president for academic affairs of the C.S. Lewis Foundation.

 

 

 

 

Twenty students from the College of Allied Health joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce and adopted Liberty Elementary School and Madison Elementary School for Read Across America Day on March 1. The students joined teachers at the elementary schools to read Dr. Seuss books to students. Read Across America Day encourages literacy in the schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The College of Allied Health’s communication disorders program is now officially a California state board-approved Speech & Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) program. Students who earn a B.S. in communication disorders and complete the built-in 126 clinical hours are eligible to register as a SLPA in the state of California upon graduation. This allows graduates to work as a SLPA while waiting for entrance into graduate school to become a fully licensed SLP. For more information, contact Dr. Namhee Kim in the Department of Health Sciences.

 

Lisa Bursch, professor of nursing, was elected chairman of the board for UCAP, formerly Path of Life Ministries. UCAP provides health care to people who are homeless in Riverside County. The organization recently received Federally Qualified Health Center status and therefore will be expanding services in Riverside and the desert communities.

 

 

 

Dr. Jennifer Newton, associate professor of English, has had an article published in the George Herbert Journal, vol. 34. Her article is titled ‘Show that thy brests can not be dry:’ Unsatisfied Longing in George Herbert’s Nursing Mother and Child Imagery.

 

 

 

 

The College of Allied Health will host Dr. Charles Sands, dean of the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University, on March 18. In addition to speaking to a number of classes during the day, Sands will be featured in the College of Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series at 6 p.m. in the Innovator’s Auditorium.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff McNair, professor of education, visited Uganda Feb. 19-21. Partnering with Uganda Christian University and Africa Renewal University, he is working to develop programs for the training of disability advocates. In a  joint project with the Joni and Friends organization, the Disability Studies Institute also delivered a library of 250 books on disability/disability studies/theology and disability issues. McNair was told by university officials that the library may be the most comprehensive on the subject in Eastern Africa. Across the two weeks, trainings were provided for theology, child development and law students. McNair also provided an intensive version of the Joni and Friends, Beyond Suffering:A Christian View of Disability Ministry training to 54 students from Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya.

 

 

 

CBU’s Shelby and Ferne Collinsworth School of Music has announced its spring calendar. View the dates for concerts, performances and tours by clicking here.

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
3/1/2013	Facilities and Planning Services	HVAC Supervisor	Eric Taylor	Change
3/1/2013	Modern Languages and Literature	Adjunct	Rachel MeenanFormerly: Blackmon	Name Change
2/28/2013	Athletics	Director of Athletic Academic Services	Richard “Rick” York	No Longer Employed
3/7/2013	Institutional Advancement	Associate Director of Development	Kevin Royse	No Longer Employed

 

 

In this issue…

• Current News
• Family Updates
• Personnel Updates

Current News

CBU library extends hours in response to student petition

The Annie Gabriel Library at California Baptist University has extended its  hours of operation beginning Monday, Feb. 25, in response to a student petition.

The petition garnered 300 signatures to extend library hours and to increase availability of classrooms for study groups.

“I was so delighted when I found out that students were actually petitioning to have more time to study in the library!” said Dr. Jonathan Parker, CBU provost. “It shows that our students are serious about their studies and committed to excellence.”

The library is currently open from 7:45 to midnight Monday through Thursday; 7:45 to 5 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sundays.

The new hours are: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; no change to Saturday times; and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.  During finals week, April 24-30, the library will remain open 24 hours a day.

“The CBU library exists to help meet the research and information needs of our students, and we are pleased to be able to extend our hours of operation in response to their needs,” said Dr. Steve Emerson, director of the library.

 

Performances of You Can’t Take It With You to begin March 1

Performances of California Baptist University’s You Can’t Take It With You begin Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Wallace Theatre.

The play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman details the Vanderhof family scraping through some of life’s challenges.

“This is a comedy, so we have been focusing on the characters,” said Frank Mihelich, director of the play and assistant theater professor. “The characters in this play are a wild circus of a family that lives life for all it’s worth. Our hope is that this collection of zany characters will make the audience laugh and reflect on what is truly important in life.”

The larger cast of nine men and seven women provides CBU student actors with a greater challenge as they attempt to “balance the art of situation comedy,” said Lee Lyons, professor of theater.

“While the hours are long and the all-nighters become a regular occurrence, it has been an absolute joy to be a part of this show,” said Kayley Nuzum, senior English and theater major who will be performing the part of Alice Sycamore in the play. “Every night we get to play on stage, laugh a lot and learn from each other. I hope the audience enjoys our show; the finished product will be worth every penny.”

Performances will continue March 8 at 8 p.m. and March 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $15; discounted tickets are $12 for the Saturday matinees, senior citizens, CBU students, faculty, staff and alumni. For more information, call 951.343.4319.

To view the promotional video, click on this link http://vimeo.com/59949377

 

CBU student spends fall semester as intern in Croatia

While most California Baptist University students geared up for another semester in sunny Southern California, Ryan Sean Atkins spent the fall in Croatia as an intern for the U.S. Department of State.

During his internship, Atkins, junior political science major, worked in the political and economic departments for the U.S. Embassy. His duties included press briefings, writing trade reports and editing reports from Croatian workers to send to the U.S. ambassador for clearance.

The value of the work given to him shocked Atkins.

“I was surprised,” Atkins said. “I thought I’d be making coffee and tying people’s shoes.”

Classes he had taken in economics and political science at CBU gave him a foundation of knowledge to use during meetings and events and while working on projects, Atkins said.

Before coming to CBU, Atkins lived with his parents in Croatia for six years and in Bosnia for four.  His experience in Croatia and knowledge of the language enabled him to hit the ground running when he returned last fall.

“I can’t think of any other internship that would have suited my background better, considering where I have been and what I am studying right now,” Atkins said.

Hillary Clinton’s visit to the country as U.S. Secretary of State remains one of the highlights of Atkins’ internship. He had the opportunity to stay in the same hotel as Clinton and work with her staff.

“Even though I was mostly just making copies with them and talking, it was really interesting,” Atkins said.

Now back at CBU’s campus, Atkins is applying his internship experience in his current classes.

“It is easier to connect things that I learn in the classroom with ways that it would potentially be practical (outside of college),” Atkins said.

Atkins hopes to graduate next year and obtain a job that could allow him to travel and maybe even return to Croatia.

 

U.S. News ranks CBU #25 among online bachelor’s programs

California Baptist University (CBU) earned the number 25 spot among online bachelor’s programs in the 2013 Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 

CBU entered the online education market in the spring of 2010 with programs offered by the university’s Division of Online and Professional Studies. It is the first time those online programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report. CBU now serves more than 2,500 students online throughout the United States and offers 26 online undergraduate majors, eight master’s degrees and two certificate programs.

“It is gratifying to be ranked in the top 25 of best online bachelor’s programs after two short years,” said Dr. David Poole, vice president for Online and Professional Studies at CBU.  “We are all thrilled to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report. I am particularly pleased that CBU ranked number 2 overall in faculty credentials and training and number 15 in student services & technology. This validates that quality and experience of faculty; innovative, cutting edge technology and student support are at the heart of what we do.”

The rankings were created by U.S. News in response to today’s high demand for education provided in a flexible manner. While U.S. News has applied some of its rankings used for traditional schools, many new measures have been developed and were used to evaluate online programs. To be eligible for the rankings, online degree programs needed to have at least 80 percent of their course contact available online. U.S. News collected data from 237 for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.

Online bachelor’s degree programs were ranked by U.S. News & World Report according to weighted indicators in three different categories: student engagement and assessment, faculty credentials and training, and student services and technology. There was also separate indicator ranking for admissions selectivity.

Founded in 1950, CBU is a private comprehensive institution located in Riverside, Calif. and affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention. Fall 2012 enrollment at CBU totaled 6,031 students, studying 145 majors and 35 master’s degree programs. CBU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, and the Consortium for Global Education.

For more information on the U.S. News Top Online Education Program rankings, please visit http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education.

 

Family Updates

President Ronald Ellis (right) honored Jacob Robertson as Employee of the Month for the month of March. Robertson is a marketing specialist in the Division of Marketing and Communication. In addition to the certificate, he received a day off with pay, oil changes for one year and a $40 gift card good at Wanda’s and the Alumni Dining Commons. The employee of the month nomination form included the following statement: “Jacob is a second-miler who invests the time and effort necessary to complete his projects and achieve our marketing objectives. He exemplifies servant leadership and expresses genuine concern for the people he works with and enthusiasm for the projects he works on.”

 

 

Randall S. Over, president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers will be visiting the CBU College of Engineering on Friday, March 1^st. He will be speaking in the Innovator’s Auditorium (Room 132A) of the Business Building from 3-4 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Nita Morris, department secretary in Student Services, participated in The Crossings’ Church mission trip to the Fred Jordan Mission in Los Angeles,  Saturday, Feb. 23. Nineteen members of The Crossings Church/Eastvale prepared and served lunch, distributed tracts, cleaned the mission and led in a worship service for 125 homeless. One lady accepted Jesus as her Saviour and several asked for prayer.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sean Sullivan, chair and professor of kinesiology, presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest American Culture Association in February. The paper was titled Distinct but Integrated”: Judeo-Christian Faculty Tensions in Understanding the Body and Sport.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Matthew Barrett, assistant professor of OPS Christian studies, wrote articles recently published in various journals, including I will pour out my Spirit on all people.’ Are Acts 2 and 10 proof-texts for Inclusivism? in Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 17 (2012): 79-98; Does Regeneration Precede Faith in 1 John? in Mid-America Journal of Theology 23 (2012): 5-18; Should Evangelicals Believe in Purgatory? A Response to Recent Proposals, published in Credo Magazine 3, no. 1 (2013): 44-52; a review of Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, by Jerry L. Walls. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2013): 882-888; and a review of Corporal Punishment in the Bible: A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic for Troubling Texts, by William J. Webb. Criswell Theological Review 9, no. 2 (2012): 104-106.

 

John Nelson, head curator for the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, spoke to the Biology Club on Feb. 21 about biblical evidence that the earth is young.

 

Dr. Joshua Knabb, assistant professor of OPS psychology, and Dr. Matthew Emerson, assistant professor of OPS Christian studies, co-wrote I Will Be Your God and You Will Be My People: Attachment Theory and the Grand Biblical Narrative for  Pastoral Psychology. Emerson also wrote Arbitrary Allegory, Typical Typology, or Intertextual Interpretation? Paul’s Use of the Pentateuch in Galatians 4:21–31, which was published in Biblical Theology Bulletin 43.1 (2013): 14-22.

 

 

 

Jonathan Jarboe was honored Feb. 24 at Pathway Church in Redlands for 20 years of service.  He started at Pathway in 1993 as youth pastor and became the senior pastor in 1999.  The church honored him with a plaque and gift and held a celebration on the church’s patio between services. Jarboe is the husband of Tammy Jarboe, administrative assistant for financial services at California Baptist University.

Dr. Daniel Prather, chair of the department of aviation science, conducted a four-day airport operations training course Feb. 4-7 at San Francisco International Airport. Prather conducted the training on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives.  The 49 participants included operations personnel from airports in California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington.

 

Dr. Steven Hooker from Arizona State University presented Connections Between the Built Environment and Physical Activity: Crystal Clear or Clear as Mud on Monday, Feb.11 as part of the College of Allied Health Distinguished Speaker Series. About 170 people attended.

 

Dr. Daniel Blair, assistant professor of American sign language, just completed a six-week run of Snow White at LifeHouse Theater. He played Snow White’s father, the king, and his daughter, Krista Blair, played Rascal the Rabbit. He will play Samuel in The Rise of King David, which opens March 3, 7:30 p.m. Blair is pictured as the King with Rose Crider of Big Bear, who played the young Snow White.

 

 

 

 

Masters Electric and Communications of Riverside donated four photovoltaic panels and 11 flexible solar panels worth more than $3,000 to the College of Engineering for student design projects. Pictured with one of the panels (from left) are electrical and computer engineering majors Zach Taylor and Methode Maniraguha; Dr. Seunghyun Chun, assistant professor;  Philip Schaefer, CEO of Masters Electric, and Jonathan Nichols, also an electrical and computer engineering major. The students are interns at the local engineering firm.

 

 

Dr. James Lu, associate dean of College of Arts and Sciences and chair of modern languages and literature, presented a paper titled Migration, Writing, and Transnational Context: Newer Immigrants in Asian American Literature, at the 2012 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language and Literature Association Conference held in Seattle, Oct. 19-21. At that conference he also chaired a panel on college composition and rhetoric. Earlier, at University of California, Irvine, Lu gave a speech during a Round Table discussion on college writing at the inaugural Southern California Rhetoric and Composition Research Symposium, 2012.

 

 

Russell Baker, clinical director of the M.S. program in athletic training, and Dr. Nicole MacDonald, program director, presented a paper at the California Athletic Trainer Association State Symposium on Feb. 10 at the University of LaVerne. The presentation was titled, Utilizing an Action Research Philosophy to Improve Clinical Practice and Patient Outcomes. They were also part of the panel discussion of leaders in the athletic trainer profession at the California Athletic Trainers Association Student Conference.

 

 

Dr. Amy Stumpf, associate professor in the School of Christian Ministries,  promoted the intercultural studies and global justice programs, as well as social entrepreneurship and international health at The Justice Conference, Feb. 22-23, in Philadelphia. Four CBU students, Amy Alvarez, Glory Wilkins, Kylie Shackleford and Elizabeth Pontius, also attended. The Justice Conference is the largest of its kind, with 4,000+ attendees, well-known speakers and more than 300 exhibitors, representing relief and development agencies, human rights organizations, Christian ministries and non-profit organizations working in the field of global justice.

 

 

The Mobilization Office put on the annual Intensive Training Weekend Feb. 1-3. Nearly 400 students, staff and faculty participated in the 48-hour program that consisted of cross-cultural simulations, worship experiences, team bonding activities and events that focused on this year’s theme of Awaken. The MOB Squad described this year’s ITW as one of the most emotional events to date and expressed appreciation to more than 90 volunteers who made it a successful weekend!

Clarification: The photo displayed in the e-mail announcing the Feb. 12 issue of CBU Family stated that “more than 100 people attended the first Zumba class at the new Recreation Center.” The actual number of participants was 243.

Personnel Updates

DATE	DEPARTMENT	POSITION	NAME	STATUS
2/25/2013	Tahquitz Pines	Office Manager	Janet M. Clark	New Hire
2/25/2013	Library	Library Access Services Manager	Robert Diaz	New Hire
2/25/2013	Post and Copy Center	Post and Copy Center Technician	Matthew Lawson	New Hire
2/25/2013	Registrar	Data Technician for Course and Records Maintenance	Shelli Rappaport	Rehire
2/16/2013	Student Accounts	Student Accounts Assistant	Aimee Gomory	Change
2/1/9/2013	Campus Life	Receptionist	Jennifer Andrew	No Longer Employed