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around the green – faculty and staff
– Appointed– Attended
– Awarded
– Exhibited
– Participated
– Performed
– Preached
– Presented
– Published
– Taught
– Translated
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Appointed
Margaret (Peggy) Hernandez, associate professor of nursing. She earned a B.S.N. from the University of Illinois and an M.S.N. in community mental health nursing from Loyola University, Chicago, and is a doctoral candidate at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.
Nicholas Krehbiel, assistant professor of history. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in history from Fort Hays State University and a Ph.D. in history from Kansas State University.
Don Lemons, professor of physics, is the new assistant editor of “Newsletter of the Forum on the History of Physics” of the American Physical Society.
Peter Miller ’08, resident director for Warkentin Court and international student advisor. He graduated from Bethel in 2008 with degrees in history and Bible and religion.
Megan Tyner, instructor of theater. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Wichita State University and is pursuing an M.A. in communication at WSU.
Liz Wine, resident director for Haury Hall. She is a graduate of Friends University and has a master’s degree in social work from Wichita State University.
Attended
Chad Childs ’99, vice president for student life, and Marla Krell ’97, director of career development, participated in the Mennonite Student Life Deans, Campus Counselors and Career Services Conference Feb. 28-March 2 on the Bethel College and Hesston College campuses.
Soyoun Chun, assistant professor of music, attended the 2010 Kansas chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Winter Workshop at Kansas State University in Manhattan with eight of her voice students Feb. 19-20. They took a master class with the nationally renowned clinician Shirlee Emmons from New York.
Mark Jantzen ’85, associate professor of history, attended the Kansas Association of Historians conference held at the National Archives in Kansas City April 16-17.
Dwight Krehbiel ’69, professor of psychology, attended Posters on the Hill April 12-14 in Washington, D.C., an annual event sponsored on Capitol Hill by the Council on Undergraduate Research and designed to showcase undergraduate research work to members of Congress and representatives of funding agencies.
John McCabe-Juhnke ’78, professor of communication arts, attended a development conference in Salina Feb. 18 for academic department chairs, sponsored by the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas.
Clark Oswald ’03, associate director of admissions, attended a planning meeting for the Mennonite Church USA Youth Convention May 13-15. He also presented the youth group from Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church their award from the 2009 MC USA convention. Clark was selected to be a part of the youth worship planning committee for the convention in Pittsburgh in July 2011, as well as part of a subcommittee that will develop a list of seminars for all age groups.
Patricia Shelly ’76, professor of Bible and religion, attended MC USA Executive Board meetings in Hampton, Va., Feb. 18-20, and Joint Executive Committee meetings for Mennonite Church Canada and MC USA in Winnipeg April 30-May 1.
Awarded
Rachel Epp Buller ’96, assistant professor of art, in addition to receiving a Fulbright Scholar grant (see take note), has also been awarded funds by the Düsseldorf-based Gerda Henkel Stiftung, all in support of her research on Alice Lex. Rachel also wrote the successful grant proposal to the Mid- America Arts Alliance for a community- based mural project. The Newton project was selected over 10 other applications from Kansas communities and will be designed and produced in late summer 2010.
William Eash, professor of music, received the Ralph P. Schrag Distinguished Teaching Award at commencement 2010, given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to teaching to a faculty member based on recommendations and evaluations from both peers and students.
Exhibited
David Kreider ’82, Kauffman Museum technician, moved the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit “Journey Stories” from the Prairie Art Museum in Colby to its final Kansas venue at the Atchison Historical Society, where it was on display through mid-April. This completes a contract Kauffman Museum had with the Kansas Humanities Council to provide shipping and installation services for “Journey Stories” at six Kansas museum and library locations. David also installed Kauffman Museum’s own traveling exhibit “K is for Kansas” for the Brown County Historical Society in Hiawatha, which was on display through June 7.
David Long, associate professor of art, participated in “Works of Faith,” an exhibit showcasing liturgical art by 16 Wichita-area artists at Karg Art Glass, Kechi, which ran through the end of May.
Chuck Regier ’81, Kauffman Museum curator of exhibits, installed the museum’s traveling exhibit “Reeds & Wool: Patterned Screens of Central Asia” at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton at the end of March. Chuck is negotiating with other Canada museums to host this exhibit, which features traditional furnishings for the yurt homes of Kyrgyz nomads. Chuck also collaborated with Flint Hills Design to complete the design and fabrication of the traveling exhibit “The Bison: American Icon” for ExhibitsUSA in Kansas City. The exhibit was at Fort Caspar in Casper, Wyo., April 6-May 25, and then traveled to Texas, before it comes to Kauffman Museum Sept. 1.
Participated
Dwight Krehbiel ’69, professor of psychology, was in Washington, D.C., March 2-4 as a panelist for the Division of Graduate Education of the National Science Foundation.
Rachel Pannabecker ’80, Kauffman Museum director, presented an illustrated program, “From Fibers to Fabrics: Clothing for Kansans, 1854- 1904,” to the Frederic Remington Area Historical Society in Whitewater March 1. The program included a segment where Rachel discussed antique clothing and textile items brought by society members.
Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, professor of music, was the adjudicator for the Stephen Imbler Piano Performance Scholarship, a competition for pianists enrolled at Wichita State University, held at WSU April 17.
Performed
John McCabe-Juhnke ’78, professor of communication arts, performed the role of Dr. Harvey Kelekian in a staged reading of Wit, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, at Young Harris (Ga.) College. The performance was part of a symposium held Feb. 2, which included Edson together with performers, health-care professionals and communication scholars, to discuss palliative care. John also staged and directed two short plays with incarcerated men at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, The Philadelphia by David Ives and 40 Minute Finish by Jerome Hairston, featured at the Offender Victim Ministries Annual Banquet in Hutchinson Feb. 8.
Preached
Mark Jantzen ’85, associate professor of history, preached for Peace Sunday Feb. 14 on the topic of “The Beatitudes and the End of Communism in East Germany” at First Mennonite Church of Christian, Moundridge.
Patricia Shelly ’76, professor of Bible and religion, preached at the installation of Ervin Stutzman as executive director of Mennonite Church USA, in Harrisonburg, Va., March 7. On March 17, Patty spoke on “Miriam and Thecla in the Cloud of Witnesses” at Hesston College chapel.
Presented
Gary Flory, director of KIPCOR, and Ken Grotewiel, KIPCOR senior associate, presented an all-day workshop, “Resolving Disputes in a Neighborly Way,” March 30 at the Kansas Rural Water Association state convention in Wichita.
Don Lemons, professor of physics, presented a poster paper, “The isotropic random path: analysis, simulation and an experimental realization,” with Trevor Lipscombe and Blake Johnson ’09 at the joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13.
Francisca Méndez-Harclerode, assistant professor of biology, gave the annual Faculty Lecture at the Bethel College Women’s Association annual meeting June 3 on the topic “Biology – A Lifelong Love Affair.”
Rachel Pannabecker ’80, Kauffman Museum director, spoke to the Museums and Anthropology class and participated in a panel discussion on “Museums and Communities” for graduate and undergraduate students in museum studies April 15 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Ami Regier ’85, professor of literary studies, gave a Sunday-Afternoonat- the-Museum talk, “Consciousness, Living Art and Taxidermy in ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe,” in coordination with the National Endowment for the Arts initiative “The Big Read,” Nov. 8, 2009.
Barbara Schmidt ’65, Community Mediation Center manager at KIPCOR, and Jennifer Foster, chief court services officer of the Ninth Judicial District of the State of Kansas, presented at the Kansas Bar Association’s Family Law Seminar in Lawrence April 9 on the topic “There Can Be HOPE Even in the Midst of Parental High Conflict,” discussing KIPCOR’s joint program with the Ninth Judicial District on their HOPE (Healthy Opportunities for Parenting Effectively) series of classes for parents involved in an especially high conflict relationship.
Patricia Shelly ’76, professor of Bible and religion, presented “Music and the Bible” for the plenary Sunday school session at Grace Hill Mennonite Church in rural Newton April 18. She also presented “Building Bridges between Iran and the United States: Three Meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad” for the Topeka Center for Peace and Justice March 4.
Doug Siemens ’84, director of elementary education, and his Wichita State University doctorate field study research team presented their research, “Ecological Perspectives of Latino/Hispanic Families in a Rural School Community,” at the sixth annual university-wide Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) Symposium April 23 at WSU.
Robert Yutzy, KIPCOR coordinator of congregational ministries, and Kirsten Zerger ’73, KIPCOR director of education and training, were resource people for Faith Mennonite Church’s (Newton) Leadership Orientation Retreat Feb. 13 at Dyck Arboretum in Hesston. The training included tips for good meetings, healthy decision-making processes, goalsetting and role clarification among church decision-making bodies.
Kirsten Zerger ’73, KIPCOR director of education and training, gave a presentation on “Conflict in the Work Place” to the Young Professionals’ Lunch-N-Learn April 9 at Newton Medical Center.
Duane K. Friesen ’62, Edmund G. Kaufman professor emeritus of Bible and religion, presented a paper at the Interfaith Just Peacemaking Conference in New York Jan. 30-Feb. 1, a second meeting of 30 participants from Jewish, Muslim and Christian faith traditions to explore common ground around 10 practices of just peacemaking. The results will be published in a book that will include essays from each faith tradition.
Published
Rachel Epp Buller ’96, assistant professor of art, wrote a review of Paula Birnbaum and Anna Novakov’s book Essays on Women’s Cultural Contributions, 1919-1939 that appears in the latest issue of Woman’s Art Journal.
Mark Jantzen ’85, associate professor of history, published “Ursachen der Auswanderung der Mennoniten nach Alexandertal (Causes of the Mennonite Migration to Alexandertal),” a chapter in Vorrübergehende Heimat: 150 Jahre Beten und Arbeiten in Alt- Samara (Alexandertal und Konstantinow) [Temporary Homeland: 150 Years of Prayer and Work in Alt-Samara (Alexandertal and Konstantinow)], edited by Viktor Fast (Steinhagen: Samenkorn Verlag, 2009). Alexandertal was the fourth and final colony founded by Prussian Mennonites in Russia.
Francisca Méndez-Harclerode, assistant professor of biology, with C.M. Pinto, B.D. Baxter, J.D. Hanson, J.R. Suchecki, M.J. Grijalva, et al., recently published “Using museum collections to detect pathogens [letter]” in Emerging Infectious Diseases February 2010.
Taught
Ada Schmidt-Tieszen ’74, professor of social work, co-taught a threepart series on human sexuality for the youth at Bethel College Mennonite Church in February and March.
Translated
Mark Jantzen ’85, associate professor of history, translated “Es war Einmal (Once upon a Time)” by Otto Toews from German to English for Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva by Walter R. Ratliff (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010).