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Acclaimed choral professor at MNU
expand to University Office
Dr. John Leavitt is a visiting guest professor and
choral director this semester. Leavitt, a Kansas native,
Park building
is a composer and conductor who has taught at Friends
University in Wichita.
The Department of Innovative Adult Education and the
His music for choir, or-
Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN)
chestra and keyboard
and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programs have
is performed through-
expanded into new
out the country and
territory—literally.
has been heard in 30
countries across the
The University Park
globe.
Building, which is owned
by and houses the Eby
Leavitt holds a
Corporation, is across Mur-
bachelor’s degree
Len Road from the MNU
from Emporia State University, a master’s degree from
campus and is home to
Wichita State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts
several businesses, includ-
from the Conservatory of Music at the University of
ing the Nazarene Foun-
Missouri-Kansas City.
dation. The second floor of “Eby,” as it is known on campus,
became available recently, allowing MNU to relocate some of its
growing programs.
Biology professor published
The recent addition of the School of Education’s new Pre-
paring Educators for Rural Kansas (PERK) Program – funded
Dr. W. Matthew Sattley, assistant professor of biology in the
through a five-year Teacher Quality Partnership grant allocated
Department of Science and Mathematics, recently had a research
by the U.S. Department of Education – necessitated additional
paper accepted for publication in the peer-review journal Photo-
space for the school and helped provide the resources to expand.
synthesis Research.
MNU now occupies the entire second floor of the building,
The title of the paper is “Insights
in addition to one half of the first floor. Eby has been home to
Into Heliobacterial Photosynthesis and
Graduate Studies in Management since 2004.
Physiology from the Genome of He-
liobacterium Modesticaldum.” Sattley
coauthored the paper with Dr. Robert
Fine, Cole celebrate 40 years at MNU
E. Blankenship of the Departments of
Biology and Chemistry at Washington
University in St. Louis, Mo.
The paper, which is already online,
describes physiological characteristics
of a photosynthetic species of bac-
teria. The conclusions are based on an analysis of the genome
sequence of the organism. Because the bacterium is photosyn-
thetic, it can use light as a source of energy.
In addition, the species is adapted to life at high temperatures
since it was originally found in volcanic soils surrounding hot
springs. The organism grows best at 52 degrees Celsius (about
127 degrees Fahrenheit).
Interested in this topic? E-mail Dr. Sattley at wmsattley@
mnu.edu, or read the paper at www.springerlink.com/content/
Dr. Larry Fine, professor of practical theology, and Dr. Steve Cole, profes-
y750464526110448.
sor of biology, were recognized by the faculty at a September reception
honoring their 40 years of teaching at MNU.
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