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Spotlight on faculty achievement MNU faculty exhibit outstanding achievements in their fields of expertise


Jim Edlin, Ph.D., professor of Biblical literature and languages,


wrote an article in the January/February issue of Holiness Today titled “3 Ways to Stop Feeling Invisible.”


Todd Frye, Ph.D., professor of counseling and chair of the depart-


ment of counselor education, was named president of the National Christian Counselor Educators interest group through the Christian Association of Psychological Studies. This is the first association that has ever served Christian Counselor Educators. Frye had a hand in the formation of the interest group along with other Christian counselor educators.


He also spoke at “Healing Relational Hurts” a couples retreat for the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families in February.


Mark Hayse, Ph.D., professor of Christian education and chair of the department of graduate studies in practical theology, has writ- ten and published a chapter in the book Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God. He also published an article in the spring issue of Common Ground Journal titled “Toward a Theological Under- standing of the Religious Significance of Videogames.”


To see the article visit: www.commongroundjournal.org/vol- num/v07n02.pdf.


MNU’s Mock Trial Team, advised by Todd Hiestand, J.D., associate professor of criminal justice, tied for 10th place out of 24 teams at the Great Plains Regional Tournament at Washburn Uni- versity School of Law in February. Team member Jeff Johnson also received an award for All-Region Outstanding Witness.


Claudia McVicker, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, will


present a paper at the World Congress on Reading in Auckland, New Zealand this summer. The paper, titled “Universal Response to Chil- dren’s Literature! Spontaneous Response of Birth to Five-Year-Old Children as a Precursor for Comprehension,” discusses development of future reading comprehension in children as observed in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Scotland, and Ireland.


W. Matthew Sattley, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, served as a scientific contributor and consultant for the fifth edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, due to be pub- lished by Houghton-Mifflin Company in 2010. He reviewed and re- vised a large number of existing definitions and contributed several


The first of many summer conferences at MNU this year was the Kansas As- sociation of Play Therapy Conference with guest speaker Scott Riviere, M.S., L.P.C., R.P.T.-S. Riviere, the director of K.I.D.Z., Inc., Louisiana’s first Play Therapy Institute, spoke to an audience of more than 50 therapists and counselors on grief, trauma and other issues children encounter. He is pictured here (left) with Todd Frye (center), professor of counseling and chair of the department of counselor education, and Rebecca Chow, play therapy program coordinator.


new ones pertaining to the science of microbiology. He is also authoring an Instructor’s Manual for the 13th edition


of Brock Biology of Microorganisms, the textbook he used teaching microbiology courses at MNU. Publication by Pearson Benjamin Cummings is scheduled for early 2011.


C. Barth Smith, Ed.D., professor of practical theology, writes Barth’s Booknotes for use by the Sullivan Center for Innovative Ministry. The weekly electronic communication features one of Dr. Smith’s many reading recommendations or a short sermon note and is sent to more than 600 ministers on the MNU region and across the U.S.


Coaching Achievement Softball Coach Steve Babinski became the most successful head


softball coach in MNU history on March 19. Babinski’s reached 153 wins, surpassing the record of Coacfh Krystal Kennard. (See “Soft- ball Goes to National Tourney,” page 18.)


Bruce Oldham Named Dean of of Christian Ministry and Formation


In April, MNU named Dr. Bruce Oldham as Dean of the new School of Christian Ministry and Formation. Oldham will begin his responsibilities at MNU this summer.


Dr. Oldham previously served as Vice President for Enrollment Management at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, where he was a professor in MVNU’s School of Theology and Philosophy. He also has served as a faculty member and department chair for Christian Education.


He holds degrees from Trevecca Nazarene University and


Vanderbilt University. He also engaged in graduate studies at Nazarene Theological Seminary and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene.


Oldham and his wife, Peggy, have two adult children, Scott, in Nashville, and Lindsay, in Mount Vernon.


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