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around the green – faculty and staff
– Accepted– Appointed
– Attended
– Participated
– Performed
– Preached
– Presented
– Published
– Served
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Accepted
Dwight Krehbiel ’69, professor of psychology, had “Acoustic Recognition of the Lamb by its Mother,” a student handout and teacher notes, accepted for the APS Archive of Teaching Resources.
Appointed
Gary Flory, director of KIPCOR, was named an outside reviewer for the Case Foundation’s “Make It Your Own” grant program, which challenges people to connect with others in their community to form solutions to community problems. Flory reviewed 125 of the more than 3,000 applications received by the foundation.
Francisca Mendez-Harclerode, assistant professor of biology. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology with minors in psychology and chemistry from East Texas Baptist University, an M.S. in biology from Central Missouri State University and a Ph.D. in biology from Texas Tech University. She recently served in a research faculty position in the department of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Jason Moore, head men’s and women’s soccer coach. He is a 1999 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., with a B.S. in recreation and sports leadership with a concentration in movement sciences.
Gail Stucky ’81, co-director of libraries, was appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius to the State Library of Kansas Board as the private academic library representative. She was appointed to the South Central Kansas Library System’s Executive Committee as an at-large member.
Attended
Andi Schmidt Andres ’84, Kauffman Museum curator of education, attended the National Interpreters Workshop Nov. 7-10 in Wichita, 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.
Christine Crouse-Dick, assistant professor of communication arts, attended the Symposium on Brand Identity at Hesston College with six students from her Media Analysis class Oct. 22.
Christopher Earles, assistant professor of mathematics, attended a Liberty Fund colloquium, “Persons, Property and the State in Locke, Rousseau and Kant,” Feb. 21-24 in Houston.
Rodney Frey ’67, registrar, and Kay Schmidt ’88, associate registrar, attended the annual Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (KACRAO) conference Sept. 26-28 in Pittsburg.
Dave Linscheid ’75, 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.
Chuck Regier ’81, Kauffman Museum curator of exhibits, attended the Mountain-Plains Museums Association conference Sept. 11-14 in Fargo, N.D.
Lisa Scott ’84, assistant professor of education and mathematics, attended the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics regional convention Oct. 26 in Kansas City.
Kirsten Zerger ’73, KIPCOR director of education and training, attended an all-day workshop Sept. 21 in Wichita titled “Domestic Violence and Child Welfare: Engaging Families & Working Together to Make Every Home a Safe Home.”
Participated
Allen Jantz ’84, associate professor of education and president of the Kansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, presided over the KACTE/ATE-K fall meeting Oct. 19 at Benedictine College.
Patty Shelly ’76, professor of Bible and religion, participated in a public meeting with People of Peace group Oct. 18 at First Mennonite Church in McPherson. She also attended Executive Board meetings for Mennonite Church USA Sept. 28-30 in Newton. She took part in an interfaith dialogue with 120 other Christian leaders with Iraq President Ahmadinejad Sept. 26 in New York, sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee.
Tracy Tuttle, assistant professor of physics, and Don Lemons, professor of physics, participated in a meeting of the newly formed ACCK and Wichita State University Physics Alliance at Wichita State University Feb. 20.
Performed
Jim Pisano, assistant professor of music, performed with the Harry James Orchestra in Liberal; was guest artist/clinician with the Hutchinson Community College Jazz Ensembles; performed Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera with the Wichita Grand Opera; and traveled to Cleveland in December to perform with the Jazz Heritage Orchestra and guest artist, jazz trumpet icon Clark Terry.
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
Brett Dewey, assistant professor of Bible and religion, gave the chapel sermon, “God is Love, God is Trinity,” Feb. 4 at Hesston College.
Mark Jantzen ’85, associate professor of history, preached the Peace Sunday sermon on Nov. 4 at Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, Neb.
Presented
Amy Barker, campus pastor and assistant professor of youth ministry, spoke in chapel Oct. 25 at Western Mennonite School in Salem, Ore., and served as a Bethel admissions rep Oct. 25-26 during the school’s Mennonite College Days.
Jennifer Chappell Deckert ’96, assistant professor of education and social work, spoke Feb. 28 and 29 at a Parenting Workshop at Sunset Elementary School in Newton on “Protecting our children from sexual abuse: Encouraging safe communities and healthy families.” She collaborated with Bethel College social work graduate Karla Guardiola ‘08 to present the program in English and in Spanish.
Joel Gaeddert ’06, Kauffman Museum assistant curator of exhibits, presented the development of Kauffman Museum’s new audio programs with “iCame, iListened, iLearned” at the annual meeting of the Kansas Museums Association Nov. 8 in Emporia. Chuck Regier ’81, 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 ’80, who chairs the KMA Institutional Project Grants Committee, announced the recipients of the 2007 awards.
Gary Histand, associate professor of chemistry, presented “Green Chemistry” on campus Oct. 22 as part of the Bethel College Faculty Seminar Series and gave the same presentation to Bethel students, faculty and staff Nov. 16 during convocation. On Dec. 14, Histand and two chemistry education students, sophomore Dana Daugharthy and freshman Monica Schmidt, presented entertaining chemical demonstration shows to Goddard High School Alternative School. On Dec. 18, Histand gave a presentation to fifth-grade Extended Learning Program students at Cooper Education Center in Newton.
Jim Pisano, assistant professor of music, presented clinics to students at the Cleveland School of the Arts and Cleveland State University in December.
Dwight Platt ’52, 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 and for Dyck Arboretum’s winter lecture series Feb. 26 in Hesston. The illustrated lecture is based on a 2007 presentation to the Kansas Ornithological Society.
Tracy Tuttle, assistant professor of physics, presented “A Spectroscopic Study of the Beta Lyrae System and Other Emission Stars,” Feb. 29 at Fort Hays State University’s Physics Society Seminar. He presented “A Progress Report on the Stellar Spectroscopy of Emission Stars,” Feb. 13 at Kansas State University’s High Energy Physics (HEP) and Physics Education and Research (PER) seminar, and “Wind Energy Analysis of North Newton Area” Jan. 16 to a meeting of city officials from Newton, North Newton, Hesston and Walton.
Published
Mark Jantzen ’85, 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 in Germany.
Don Lemons, professor of physics, and Margaret Penner ’06 published the article “Sadi Carnot’s Contribution to the Second Law of Thermodynamics” in the January 2007 issue of The American Journal of Physics.
Penelope Adams Moon, associate professor of history, published “Loyal sons and daughters of God?: American Catholics debate Catholic antiwar protest” in the January issue of Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research. She also published “Broken and Blessed: A Response to Darrin W. Snyder Belousek” in the fall 2007 issue of Mennonite Life.
Robert Yutzy, KIPCOR coordinator of congregational ministries, was a guest speaker in the conflict resolution class at Hesston College Nov. 13. Robert writes “Everyday Peacebuilding,” a monthly column in Mennonite Weekly Review.
Served
Kulsum Kapacee ’98, associate professor of nursing, and Naomi Berends, assistant professor of nursing, along with Bethel nursing students, provided flu shots to residents of Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton. Kapacee also took students to a health fair at the Newton Recreation Center where students checked blood pressures and gave flu shots.
Jim Pisano, assistant professor of music, served as director for the South Central District 5-6A Jazz Band in November at Andover Central High School.
Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, professor of music, served as an adjudicator for the Kansas High School Activities Association Regional Piano Contest at Southwestern College Feb. 2.