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Faculty and Staff Achievements

December 2007

Attended

Andi Schmidt Andres, Kauffman Museum curator of education, attended the National Interpreters Workshop Nov. 7-10 in Wichita, which is the annual conference of the National Association for Interpretation, a professional organization for those involved in programming at parks, museums, nature centers and historic sites. Andi also hosted one of the NIW field trips that visited Kauffman Museum on Nov. 9 as part of its ethnic heritage tour.

Amy Barker, campus pastor and assistant professor of youth ministry, attended the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion meeting Nov. 16-21 in San Diego.

Dave Linscheid, director of alumni relations, and alumni personnel from eight other Kansas Independent College Association institutions held a day-long meeting Nov. 7 at Bethany College, Lindsborg, to exchange ideas for alumni relations programming and see the Bethany campus. Others attending came from Central Christian College, Friends University, Hesston College, Kansas Wesleyan University, McPherson College, Ottawa University and Tabor College.

Performed

Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, professor of music, performed with clarinetist Suzanne Tirk at Michigan State University, Lansing, at the Fourth Annual Clarinet Spectacular, in a concert performed as a tribute to long-time MSU clarinet faculty member Elsa Ludewig-Verhehr, Suzanne’s teacher. Suzanne and Karen performed Fantasy on a Theme by Ravel, written for Suzanne in 2004 by MSU composer Charles Ruggiero.

Preached

Mark Jantzen, associate professor of history, preached the Peace Sunday sermon on Nov. 4 at Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, Neb.

Presented

Joel Gaeddert, Kauffman Museum assistant curator of exhibits, presented the development of Kauffman Museum's new audio programs in "iCame, iListened, iLearned" at the annual meeting of the Kansas Museums Association Nov. 8 in Emporia. Chuck Regier, Kauffman Museum curator of exhibits, shared in the "Show & Tell: Exhibit Builders' Forum." Throughout the meeting Chuck and Joel interacted with KMA members at the Kauffman Museum booth, which featured the new iPod project and the award-winning "K is for Kansas" traveling exhibit. Museum director Rachel Pannabecker, who chairs the KMA Institutional Project Grants Committee, announced the recipients of the 2007 awards.

Dwight Platt, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Kauffman Museum prairie consultant, presented "Birding Adventures: The Ruths of Halstead, Kansas" at the Kauffman Museum Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum Nov. 11. Dwight’s illustrated lecture was based on a fall 2007 presentation to the Kansas Ornithological Society.

Published

Mark Jantzen, associate professor of history, has a chapter titled "Creating Proper Citizens: Prussian Taxation Policies Toward Mennonites, 1773-1927" in Taxation, State, and Civil Society in Germany and the United States from the 18th to the 20th Century, published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, Germany. The book grew out of a conference sponsored by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.

Robert Yutzy, KIPCOR coordinator of congregational ministries, began writing a monthly column in Mennonite Weekly Review titled "Everyday Peacebuilding." Robert was also a guest speaker in the conflict resolution class at Hesston College on Nov. 13.