FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY | VOL. 28, NO. 1
Teammates in Life
TOP 10 P. 4 PASTORAL STEM SUPPORT P. 6 SUCCESS P. 11 president’s message
RICHARD KRIEGBAUM, PH.D.
THE FOOD, OR THE ULTIMATE CONDITION
very successful national restaurant chain studied How will the world and the church be different if Fresno its entire operation for ways to improve total per- Pacific University succeeds at the business God has called us A formance. It is what successful organizations do to to do in his kingdom on earth? remain successful over long periods of time in constantly changing conditions. One action was to adopt a different This is our present response: ultimate measure of success. The company wanted to see - happy people leaving the restaurant. ent in the world they will be recognized for consistently Wherever Fresno Pacific University graduates are pres Not just people with full tummies, but people who were demonstrating wise and effective ethical leadership through feeling happy. Ultimately, it was not about the menu, the generous and compassionate service and professional excel- taste of the food, the training of the staff or any of a hun- lence that embodies the kingdom of Christ on earth. dred other factors. It was not even Like every aspect of an effective about whether the customers felt planning process, this spacious they got what they expected. It Every Wednesday, President statement of our desired reality was about how happy people felt Rich Kriegbaum and Provost/ - when someone at the door said Senior Vice President Steve dom. To make that bold vision a re- will be modified as we gain wis “goodbye” as they left. They were Varvis share their leadership ality, we must make countless oth- a restaurant selling food, but their perspective through a short er conditions happen by constantly indicator of success was the feeling video and blog. Subscribe for implementing the best available at the farewell. free at fpu.edu/cp-signup strategies. The strategies are all the After many months of labor, the different ways we get that job done. FPU Board of Trustees approved a The strategies include great facili- revised strategic plan for the university. The trustees did ties, large endowments, generous donors, excellent faculty, not approve a huge set of wonderful things that everyone staff, students and board members and especially faithful wants to do. Instead they approved a set of desired con- prayer supporters. ditions that describe the future reality they believe God The ultimate desired condition is FPU alumni who are We do not want to just feed students a fine education. and the world we are called to serve and change by God’s empowered by their education and by the Gospel of Jesus wants for Fresno Pacific University and Biblical Seminary, grace. At this level of planning there is one controlling to transform relationships, families, communities, profes- issue: sions, organizations and churches. Fresno Pacific University develops students for FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY leadership and service through excellence in Christian higher education. Volume 28, Number 1 PRESIDENT MAY 2015 Richard Kriegbaum, Ph.D. contents PROVOST / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FEATURES Stephen Varvis, Ph.D. 4 TAKING ON THE WORLD VICE PRESIDENT FOR Business students make international Top 10 MARKETING AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS 6 MORE THAN A PIECE OF PAPER Diana Bates Mock Training pastors to transform communities EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Wayne Steffen 8 HITTING THE BOOKS [email protected] Faculty authors take scholarship beyond campus
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2 fresno pacific university alifornia Health Sciences University comes from the Assemi family, owners of Granville Homes, which since 1977 has built working together to bring the future of more than 5,000 houses in the Central Valley. Cand Fresno Pacific University are pharmacy to the Central Valley. A $75,000 gift from Walgreens has allowed for To those who remember, the past is a kindly business owner found at the soda sterile and compounding labs. Throughout, a pharmacy practice lab with five exam rooms, fountain as often as at the pharmacy counter. the décor resembles a high-end medical The “People called him Doc,” says CHSU professor specialty practice or professional venue with Robert Clegg, Ph.D. walls, art and carpet in muted tones. partnership The present is a man or woman juggling lines The curriculum is as forward-looking as builds on of customers at the drive-in and walk-in areas the facilities, built on “team-based learning.” of a chain store. If the pharmacist of the present “We don’t lecture to our students, because FPU’s strong looks tired, it’s because he or she is likely putting students don’t learn in a lecture; they science in extra hours to keep up with increasing memorize. I want to get them involved,” program demand. “There’s something of a shortage of says Hawkins, who has spent 40 years as a " pharmacists in the Central Valley,” says David professor and administrator in pharmacy and general Hawkins, Pharm.D., vice president for academic and medical schools in Texas, North Carolina, affairs and dean of pharmacy at CHSU. Georgia and California. education Karen Cianci, Ph.D., dean of the FPU School Team-based learning was invented more courses in of Natural Sciences, agrees. “Most pharmacists than 30 years ago by a business professor are working double overtime,” she says. at the University of Oklahoma. Hawkins the arts, Very soon, pharmacists will be members of used it in his previous position as dean of professions the primary care team, working directly with the California Northstate University College physicians. “It’s not just dispensing medications; of Pharmacy, and has edited a book, Team- and social it’s taking care of patients, which is a much more Based Learning Guide for Faculty in the Health sciences. rewarding career,” Hawkins says. Professions, as well as a student guide. Among The universities have entered into a the attributes of team-based learning are class partnership where FPU pre-pharmacy discussion and assignments and examinations undergraduates transfer to CHSU after three given to teams as well as individuals that years and complete their four-year doctorate engage students more than traditional classes. of pharmacy program, saving one year of study and resulting in degrees from both Professionals for the Valley institutions. “We would reserve seats for CHSU plans to increase enrollment to those students,” Hawkins says. 320 in the next four years (and double the faculty)—that’s where FPU comes in. " Building a university Hawkins has already visited FPU and met That future is taking shape at 120 N. Clovis with students. He was impressed. “They Ave., Clovis, where CHSU—founded in 2012 asked great questions and had great and the only pharmacy school in the region— comments,” he says. has one building of 32,000 square feet and Like FPU, CHSU is in the Central plans for a second. But enter the lobby and Valley to transform lives and see the dream: a painting of Millerton Lake, communities in this region. While many new where CHSU plans a 179-acre campus that pharmacy graduates gather experience here, would ultimately include a medical school and then move somewhere else, CHSU hopes to a school of allied health producing physician’s prepare local students for careers in local assistants, occupational and physical communities. The partnership builds on FPU’s therapists and nurse practitioners. strong science program and general education Current facilities include two seminar courses in the arts, professions and social classrooms, a library with both books and sciences. Another boost for FPU students is a computer terminals, a student lounge, study gift from the Isnardi Foundation, founded by Vince Isnardi, himself a Fresno pharmacist, 15 faculty teach 72 students. Major funding to fund two paid summer internships. “We’re rooms, research lab and faculty offices where Continued on page 21 fpu.edu • pacific magazine 3 2015 CME GROUP TRADING CHALLENGE
Teams Per Country
Sweden 1
Belgium 1 Netherlands Estonia United Kingdom 12 2 1 Poland Canada 16 Ireland 3 1 3 Germany Switzerland France 6 5 1 Romania 1 3 1 7 United States 322 Spain 7 Turkey 503 Italy 4 2 Japan Monaco 17 China TEAMS 1 Pakistan SLAM: Albania Greece 2 StudentMexico 4 Scores in Futures Trading World Series12 India 1 Thailand 226 1 Philippines
UNIVERSITIES 13 Colombia 16 Malaysia 1 Kenya Singapore 28 team led by senior John Koretoff (BA ‘15, 37 1 Brazil advised by Jim Bryan, Ed.D., associate 2 Zimbabwe COUNTRIES A business administration - finance) and professor of business administration, placed 3 Australia ninth in the 12th annual CME Group Trading 1 Argentina Challenge. Chile 1 South Africa 1 1 Uruguay 2,019 FPU didn’t just place in the top 10, they did STUDENTS so alongside such schools as the University of Alabama (Birmingham), Boston University and Carnegie Mellon as well as universities from China, Japan, Germany and Zimbabwe. The challenge is a four-week competition where HOSTED BY undergraduate and graduate teams trade CME TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR Group futures. “This is the only competition available for students to trade on a real-time
hand understanding of how to trade futures and professional trading platform [and] gather a first- manage risk,” according to Genevieve Nyren of
CME Group. the Edelmen public relations firm, representing A worldwide derivatives marketplace, CME Group (cmegroup.com) offers a wide range of products, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CQG, Inc. (cqg.com) provides trade routing, global market data and advanced This was technical analysis. CQG partners with more than 100 futures exchanges around the world. real-world Real-world experience experience. “This was real-world experience,” says Bryan. - Jim Bryan “[Participants were doing] live trading on the exchange. The only thing that wasn’t real was the money being used. The commissions being ‘paid,’ and the volatility of the markets were real.” " The students—representing more than 500 teams from 226 colleges and universities in 37 4 fresno pacific university" 2015 CME GROUP TRADING CHALLENGE
Teams Per Country
Sweden 1
Belgium 1 Netherlands Estonia United Kingdom 12 The FPU team took 2 1 Poland Canada 16 Ireland 3 1 3 Germany Switzerland ninth out of 500 France 6 5 1 Romania 1 teams worldwide. 3 1 7 United States 322 Spain 7 Turkey 503 Italy 4 2 Japan Monaco 17 China TEAMS 1 Pakistan SLAM: Albania Greece 2 StudentMexico 4 Scores in Futures Trading World Series12 IndiaBy Katie Fries 1 Thailand 226 1 Philippines
UNIVERSITIES 13 Colombia 16 Malaysia 1 Kenya Singapore 28 countries—traded on a professional trading were given a virtual $100,000 with which to the awards ceremony April 8-10, 2015. While 37 1 Brazil platform provided by CQG and learned about trade on the commodities exchange. Koretoff there, Koretoff toured the Chicago Mercantile COUNTRIES market events by accessing professional 2choseZimbabwe to focus on crude oil futures, hoping resources like live Dow Jones newsfeeds and its volatility would allow him to do well. Exchange, went on the trading3 floorAustralia and 1 Argentina The Hightower Report. He had to stay on top of the markets and Bryan anticipates that those students networked with professionals in the field. Chile 1 South Africa 1 continually research the subject to make who placed highly in the competition will 1 Uruguay 2,019 baseball team, Koretoff developed an interest decisions about his trades. have an edge when looking for employment A catcher/infielder for the Sunbird STUDENTS “As the competition went on and I became didn’t seriously consider a career in the more comfortable with this particular asset can actually trade money.” in the financial industry in high school but because “firms are looking for people who commodities future market until recently. A class, I looked to combine fundamental That the team took ninth place out Clovis West High School classmate, Michael reports from the American Petroleum of more than 500 participants speaks to Brown, placed fourth in the 2012 competition Institute, Energy Information Administration the richness and depth of FPU’s business HOSTED BY as part of a team from Menlo College. His and Baker Hughes into my decision-making,” program. “I am extremely thankfulTECHNOLOGY for the SPONSOR encouragement and mentorship played a role Koretoff says. “Additionally, I stayed alert education I received here,” Koretoff says. in Koretoff’s decision to take on the 2015 “I loved being part of our academic and Challenge, Koretoff says. members Libya, Iran, Ukraine and Greece. athletic communities. The students and for news coming out of influential OPEC Bryan agreed to be faculty advisor, and Each of those sources possessed potential to faculty at this university are top-notch. two classmates and fellow baseball players, cause price movement.” The professors in the School of Business Wilson Ashford and Michael Tittle, rounded are exceptional. They do a spectacular job out the team to provide the requisite team in ninth place overall. As one of the at expanding our views of the world and After the first round, Koretoff found his number of participants. Then it was time to top 50 teams, he was invited to continue increasing our understanding.” get down to business literally. Koretoff sent to the second round, in which each team in the application and spent his Christmas started fresh in the standings, this time with graduation, Koretoff has an eye toward the — With this success in his field before break studying and strategizing. $250,000. Even with some setbacks, he was “We were approved for the competition future. “My goal is to work for a financial by early December and at that point I in energy sector analysis before pursing a able to again finish in the top 10. firm in Chicago or Manhattan and specialize ordered my study book for the National Coming from behind Futures Association Series 3 Exam,” Koretoff “My make or break moment came he says. “Eventually, I want to run a hedge master’s degree in financial engineering,” says. Though it was not a required text, two days before the conclusion of the fund.” Koretoff thought the exam would provide championship round when I made a bad call A tall goal, but a possible one, Bryan him with industry knowledge that would on a position I had been building for over a says. “A big part of the CME Group Challenge prove useful in the competition. “I would week,” Koretoff says. “I had to make a strategy involved using expertise from classes taken. need to take it before starting a career in adjustment in order to still place in the top The broad range of courses offered at FPU 10. I recovered, made the adjustment and [prepares students] to go down a career added. Passing the exam in early January, he entered the trade that recovered all the losses path of a Wall Street or commodities job,” the field following graduation [anyway],” he then familiarized himself with the software plus a little extra to give us a ninth-place he added. used in the challenge. In the initial round of competition, teams Koretoff and Bryan traveled to Chicago for finish. It was stressful, but a great lesson.” fpu.edu • pacific magazine 5 FOUND IN [trans • la • tion:] Certificate Helps Pastors Build the Church in Their Language By Jaime Strmiska
or Jose Armenta of Fresno, the small congregation have left little time for a church is also an issue. “Many smaller humble beginning of a homegrown Armenta to further his education. Armenta Latino churches don’t have the resources FBible study was the early segue to a is not alone. Statistics show that of the to hire an administrative pastor to handle career and calling in pastoral ministry. As roughly 500 churches in Fresno, more than Armenta’s small group swelled in size, so one-third are Spanish-speaking. Of those Rev. Jim Rodriguez, B.A., senior pastor, keeping books, payroll, state filings,” says did the demand for added space—and the churches, just 5 percent have pastors with United Faith Christian Fellowship. formal training. And like Armenta, many list of names was drawn up, placed in a work one or two jobs on top of their full- Getting started need for an official pastor. So after a small basket and prayed over, Armenta’s name time ministry. Local, informal Bible schools have arisen was chosen. And for the past 19 years, he “It’s a huge challenge for Spanish-speaking to help Villalobos, Rodriguez and other pastors who are bi-vocational. Do I pursue a Spanish-speaking church leaders, but none and women at Templo Apocalipsis, an all- master’s degree or feed my family?” says Rev. have been connected to an accredited has pastored this flock of nearly 100 men Spanish-speaking congregation in Central Jonathan Villalobos, M.A., senior pastor at institution. The desire for such an association Fresno. led several Latino pastors to partner with Armenta works two side jobs— a need for pastors in the area that have Bethany Inner-City Church. “There’s definitely playing music and tinting windows—to received the call from God but have never Community Transformation (CCT). the Fresno Pacific University Center for supplement his income. The complexities been able to receive a formal education.” of working multiple jobs and pastoring a Learning the ins and outs of running Biblical Seminary, began in 2012 with The CCT, part of the Fresno Pacific the mission to connect the strengths of FPU with the resources of the See how the Center for Community region to transform cities. CCT’s aim is Transformation is bringing faith to three-pronged: research community community development at GET transformation solutions, convene leaders transformcentralvalley.org around those solutions and train God’s INVOLVED! people in the skill sets necessary to achieve those solutions.
6 fresno pacific university CCT’s Executive Director Randy White, First success where CPML has prepared her to better D.Min, an urban ministry veteran in Fresno, As of May 1, 2015, more than 60 interact with families. What started as a had long been involved in conversations students from 12 Valley communities have personal outreach has grown to include with local Latino leader friends about the registered for the program and 25 have many others from her congregation, Delft lack of educational access for Spanish- graduated, some driving an hour or more Church of God, to lead Bible studies, help speaking congregations. That made a one way to attend classes. One church is with fundraising and other activities. “It’s using CPML as its elder training program; opened the door for the whole congregation
natural fit to continue the dialogue through
By Jaime Strmiska
the newly formed CCT. And in January 2014, another is shifting its weekly Bible study to have that opportunity to get out of the to send another dozen leaders to training. four walls,” she says. Leadership (CPML) took shape. Students represent more than 20 churches Building on the CPML, the seminary is the Certificate in Pastoral and Ministry Comprised of six modules—biblical from a cross-section of denominations. increasing access to advanced education by training, leadership, pastoral care, “I love the fact that these are experienced Christian education, theology of a family pastors and lay leaders who want to grow,” to step into graduate study. Some students, creating an onramp for certificate graduates and community transformation—the White says. “Their life position hasn’t given even though they have not completed a CPML gives Spanish-speaking pastors and them an access point, but the minute one is bachelor’s degree, will be eligible to enter a lay leaders a higher level of training in provided they take it.” master’s program based on a combination leadership and community development. Norma Del Toro of Delft knows this well. of performance, ministry experience and Classes include guest lecturers and are Del Toro’s days are often busy managing a led by the same cluster of pastors who full-time day care that runs sometimes from undergraduate credits. the accumulation of a specified number of advocated for the CPML’s creation. as early as 4:30 a.m. into the late evening White credits CPML’s success to its hours as well as serving in her church and founding pastoral team. They’re the evening classes on the main FPU campus. spending time with her growing family. But men who created the initiative, designed Each module includes five weekly she hungers to learn how to better minister the curriculum and advocated for this completed in one year, or students can in her community. marginalized group of men and women. From start to finish, the program can be choose to pause and restart a new module A friend’s suggestion to consider “These leaders, by virtue of their as their schedule allows. Tuition is $675 for the CPML program led Del Toro to an partnership, have changed the landscape of the entire program. orientation night. One module turned into the city,” White says. “It’s an access point for very gifted people the next, and by December 2014, Del Toro to dig their well a little deeper and increase their tool belt, especially in the area of Del Toro insists her education is already earned her certificate. community transformation,” White says. paying off in her volunteer work at Open Gate Ministries, a family shelter in Dinuba,
fpu.edu • pacific magazine 7 good READS: Faculty books add to education By Wayne Steffen
been humming. In less than 18 months, omputers in FPU academic offices have Ceight faculty have published seven books. While these volumes are unlikely to top Amazon’s sales list, scholarly publishing is integral to education. “When our professors
own thinking and offer it to others,” says write, it requires that they refine their Stephen Varvis, Ph.D., provost/senior
discussion help them be better vice president. “That refinement and professors. They exercise their critical and creative abilities, and continue to develop.” Scholarship takes energy and courage, Varvis says “I ad- mire our professors who write, and I read what they write— I enjoy learning from them.”
8 fresno pacific university commentary on Galatians. Starting work in A book begun 1996, Baker admits the project was a process Beyond pop in childhood of “trudging” through the verses. Writing in psychology Freedom’s Delay: Spanish, not translating, slowed the work. Discovering America’s Struggle for Forgiveness: Emancipation, my writing that it’s my second language,” Pathways Through “I’m fluent in Spanish…but it’s evident in 1776-1865 he says. Latin American seminary students Injury, Apology, and University of Tennessee Press, July 2014, corrected the manuscript. Healing, volume 2 of the Theological Allen Carden, Ph.D., professor of liberal arts Of the many Galatians commentaries Postings Series and history/degree completion academic Cascadia Publishing House LLC, counselor Spanish by an evangelical Protestant for December 2014, Larry Dunn, Ph.D., in English and Spanish, this is the first in Visiting an aunt in Florida in 1957, a thirsty Latin Americans. Like all books in this series, associate professor of peacemaking and young Allen Carden drank from the nearest there is a section of pastoral applications. “It conflict studies fountain. His aunt picked Carden up and brings together serious biblical scholarship There are many books on forgiveness, but moved him away. “She said, Allen, that’s not and the life of the church,” Baker says. quantity does not equal quality. “There is our drinking fountain,” he recalled. His aunt just a plethora out there, mostly in the pop pointed at the sign above the fountain and psychology realm,” Larry Dunn says. asked her nephew if he could read it: “Colored.” Dunn saw the need for an accessible yet “I said, Aunt Fay, is it different water?” Christ serious exploration. A sabbatical provided Back in his native Illinois a few years above culture time, and Cascadia editor Michael King offered later, Carden’s father took him for a haircut. Ecclesial Identities in an opportunity. “He was not only interested, The barber motioned him ahead of a black a Multi-Faith Context but they were starting a new series where he customer. After the cut, the barber told American Society of Carden’s father: “He can sit in my shop all day Missiology Monograph Series As for the need to enter the crowded thought it might fit,” Dunn says. but I won’t cut his hair,” Carden says. “My dad Wipf & Stock Publishers, January 2015, Darren Duerksen, Ph.D., assistant professor who goes back to Plato’s notion of being led field, Dunn quotes theologian Ron Sider, of intercultural studies by the uninformed: “Somebody will write said, We’re going to find another barber.” a Christian historian. “This is an offering of The practices that bring one group of popularizing books ‘for the average person,’” For Carden, this book reflects his calling as the scholarship of justice to God. I’ve talked Christians closer to God can be labeled Sider says. “If those with scholarly training about the past, but making application to the irrelevant and even a barrier by opponents. will not do it, they should not complain In India Darren Duerksen was drawn to when those with little expertise do it badly...” the task.” write about innovative believers combining “If I’m honest I have to admit that I am one future,” he says. “We’re still not finished with their culture with the teachings of Christ. of those who disdains such writing. So I then “I became aware of a variety of took this as a challenge,” Dunn says. The Gospel expressions of church,” he says. “They have a that’s needed very clear understanding of the Bible and the Galatas, part centrality of Christ.” of the Iberian Western music, for example, is not The real American Biblical considered spiritual music by many in India. final frontier Commentaries Series Some Christians have adapted bhajan, a Death, Resurrection, Ediciones Kairos, October 2014 and Transporter Mark Barker, Ph.D., professor of mission and for worship. Coconuts and coconut milk can Beams form of song and poetry familiar and fitting theology, Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary replace bread and grape juice as sacraments. Wipf & Stock Publishers, August 2014, Silas In a squatter community in Honduras, Changes may be as simple as sitting on the Langley, Ph.D., adjunct faculty in philosophy Mark Baker saw God’s word being interpreted judgmentally, legalistically and The goal is sensitivity to family and frontier and saturating media from television floor during worship. In a half century of exploring the final without social justice. “Why in a place of community when practicing a religion too shows to movies, novels and comic books, such great need is the Gospel interpreted in easily seen as foreign. The result brings a Star Trek has never explained transporter such an individualistic way and not a holistic new and wonderful expression to the body beams. Captains Archer, Pike, Kirk, Picard one?” he asked. This was not the Good News and Janeway and their landing parties have these people needed. global South,” Duerksen says. beamed up and down from planets and other of Christ. “Christianity is flourishing in the Baker took up the question again in this locations without a word of how or why.
fpu.edu • pacific magazine 9 was the purpose piece: the why do we Ryan Schellenberg, Ph.D., assistant do this piece,” Lane says. professor of biblical and religious That piece fell into place when studies Lane came to FPU and met Quentin Paul was arguably second only to Christ in spreading the early Gospel— a class: Theology of Disability. “The but who was he? Kinnison. The duo first developed partnership was a natural one,” Traditional North American and Kinnison says. European scholarship paints Paul as “It’s an excellent metaphor for death and Kinnsion wrote the book’s “Purpose” an educated—therefore wealthy—man the afterlife,” says Silas Langley. “It seems to section, while Lane addressed the who gave up everything. A lynchpin me we Christians don’t always have a clear “Policy” and “Procedures” portions. of this view is that Paul was trained idea on death and the resurrection of the “There’s nothing like it in the world,” in oratory. “If Paul had a rhetorical body.” Lane says. education, he was a person of social Langley wants Christians to be able Christian schools face challenges in status,” Ryan Schellenberg says. But to give a consistent, biblical account of providing for special needs students. Schellenberg argues Paul’s rhetorical what happens to both soul and body While there are no legal requirements, capacity was acquired through after death. Neuroscience research seems there is no public aid. “If they do it, it’s experience and practice—something he to explain all we attribute to the soul because they feel called,” Lane adds. needed no wealth or status to access. to brain functions. “Many people are Dependent on donations and tuition, Schellenberg calls it telling that challenging an afterlife and the belief in some Christian schools concentrate researchers in richer societies insist Paul the soul,” Langley says. On the other hand, on college-prep programs attractive was no mere tradesman, despite what he Langley examines several consistent to well-to-do parents and supporters. calls meager evidence. “We want Paul to accounts that point toward a soul. “We Others try to be inclusive, but get in be a respectable person,” he says. Since can have rational beliefs regarding life over their heads. “They don’t know Paul articulates the heart of Christianity, after death,” he says. how to create the atmosphere to serve if he is of low status, for some Christians this kind of student,” Kinnison says. that calls into question the respectability The book bridges the gap between of Christian doctrine. “I think it’s ironic how and why. “It’s an academic work, since Jesus himself questioned these very but it’s also a practical work,” Kinnison assumptions about wealth and power,” A first for says. Schellenberg says. children, If Paul was always poor, it also educators and throws a different light on his life families after conversion. “Choosing poverty is Welcoming Respectable usually considered more respectable Children with Christianity? than being poor,” Schellenberg says. Special Needs Rethinking WestBow Press, Paul’s Rhetorical Editor’s note: FPU wishes Schellenberg well as he October 2014, Julie Education joins the faculty of Methodist Theological School, M. Lane, Ed.D., Society of Biblical Literature Delaware, OH. assistant professor of special education/ September 2013 Quentin P. Kinnison, Ph.D., associate professor of Christian ministries Julie Lane had an educational mission: help Christian schools establish programs for students with special needs. “We kept recreating the wheel. The missing piece
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10 fresno pacific university leading with our STRENGTHS: Relationships Lead to Success for STEM Students By Katie Fries
raditional values are helping President Obama launched Educate a new generation of science to Innovate, an initiative designed Tstudents succeed at Fresno to catapult the United States from Pacific University. what he called the “middle of the An FPU education has always pack” to the top in the fields of been about students building rela- math and science achievement by tionships with faculty and with one 2020. another that encourage learning. Reaching this goal means grad- The Fresno Pacific Idea calls the uating students from groups tra- university a “Community of Learn- ditionally not well represented in ers.” Techniques that have worked STEM-related majors and careers: for students in education, business, Hispanics, African Americans and psychology, ministry and other pro- women, as well as those with dis- fessions are being put to use in a abilities, from low-income families fresh way in an emerging field. and who are the first in their fam- Science, technology, engineer- ilies to pursue higher education. ing and mathematics—collectively In short, most students at FPU known as STEM—is driving job and in the Central Valley. “The creation throughout the nation. largest-growing work force [in the nation] is Hispanic,” says Karen Cianci, students remained in STEM majors between another shift, and if you put ethnicity onto it, Ph.D., dean of the School of Natural Scienc- 2010, when the program began, and 2013. it’s a three-way shift,” Cianci says. es. “We’re one of the pockets with a higher The cohort accepts 20 Valley students Hispanic population. We can’t ignore 52 per- community an alien environment with high Any new student will find the academic cent of our children.” $2.7 million dollar U.S. Department of Edu- expectations that many students, not just each year and was established by a five-year, But social and cultural issues can provide cation grant. The grant is a cooperative effort roadblocks to success for these students. between FPU and the College of the Sequoias to face. Students who did well in high school first-generation students, are not prepared Among science majors, says Cianci, only 47 community college. The two schools have without cracking the books are often unable percent were passing (with a C or higher) developed articulation agreements to move to cope. “We have kids walk in saying they’re the required introductory chemistry course. STEM students from two-year to four-year A-students but they don’t know anything The success rate among Hispanic students programs. Although most participants come about studying,” Cianci says. “These are stood at an even more dismal 24 percent, from Hispanic backgrounds, each cohort has bright young people who don’t know how to she adds. The goal became not just to recruit included participants from Hmong and other STEM students, but to keep them in the sys- groups. hours they will put in.” work. The first step is mentally expecting the tem all the way to graduation. Common roadblocks for low income, mi- Parents with no college experience are Since the cohort program began in 2010, unable to help. “As a girl coming from a His- results have been gratifying: the four-year include unfamiliarity with the academic cul- nority or first-generation college students ture and lack of parental or family support. to understand I couldn’t go home every panic family, it was difficult for my parents percent. Two students even graduated a - weekend, that I needed to stay to study. graduation rate for the first cohort was 91 - dents even begin classes, with a one-week They didn’t have that experience, they didn’t These issues are first addressed before stu eration STEM students are on track to grad- Summer Bridge program on the main FPU understand the intensity of that workload,” semester early, and 84 percent of first-gen uate in four years. Cohort students are also campus. twice as likely to pass the required chem- Everyone experiences a cultural shift STEM cohort, who graduated in the spring of says Yaneth Barreto, a member of the first istry course as similar students not in the from high school to college. “But for some- 2015 with a major in biology and a minor in program. In all, 75 percent of STEM cohort body from a blue collar background it is chemistry.
12 fresno pacific university To overcome negative family reaction,
Bridge activities as well as two other socials parents are invited to the first day of Summer during the school year where faculty and staff explain what is expected of students. These events, Cianci says, attempt to help parents see the university as part of their extended family. The STEM cohort combines the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU) When you come High Impact Educational Practices with FPU’s out with a science “best practices.” Students are placed in learn- degree from ing communities, take a first-semester course FPU…You know faculty and student mentor assistants. Cohort together and benefit from the mentorship of students also take 14 hours of their initial the material on a general education courses together. whole different Groups offer students a support system. “It " is believed that learning is in community. Half level. of the students are residential, and they are put in the same residence halls. They are liv- - Michael Smith ing and studying together and the commuters have a residential set of friends to hang out with,” Cianci says.
" fpu.edu • pacific magazine 13 Commuter students are notoriously foundational theories and laws, the more I unconnected to campus life wherever they felt my faith increase,” Barretto adds. are enrolled. Part of the grant money was For the future, Barreto plans to earn a used to convert the atrium of AIMS Hall of Ph.D. in soil science. Smith will spend the Mathematics & Science into a lounge where summer of 2015 doing an internship at MD these students can meet and study. The Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, work- message it conveys, Cianci says, “is that you ing with alumnus Dean Lee, M.D., then re- are a full-time student.” turn to FPU for his senior year. His ultimate Biology major Michael Smith credits the goal is to become a pediatrician. learning community with a huge role in his Both say the STEM cohort laid the success, and was one reason he applied to foundation for deeper studies. “When you The more I FPU. “I knew I was not good at initiating come out with a science degree from FPU, focused on my things on my own and I needed some sort you don’t come out with just a degree. You of accountability. It gave me a springboard come out with reasoning skills, critical area’s foundational to not be afraid to do things. I can lead thinking skills. You know the material on a theories and laws, study groups. I barely knew how to study whole different level,” Smith says. before,” says Smith, who became a mentor the more I felt my assistant. faith increase Education at FPU has also always been " about integrating knowledge and faith, - Yaneth Barretto which Smith and Barreto both appreciate. “The professors intertwine theory, ethics and morality into science in such a way that you feel what you’re learning is to learn to uncover God’s mystery,” Smith says. “The more I focused on my area’s " 20 Spreading the word students accepted of STEM success
ampus leaders are taking per Cthe story of FPU’s success at semester retaining STEM students on the road. Cindy Carter, Ph.D., associate provost for degree completion and institutional effectiveness, and Karen Cianci, Ph.D., dean of the School of Natural Sciences and undergraduate dean, traditional programs, gave a presentation at the 2014 Mentoring Conference at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. “Cultural Intelligence Elements in HSI STEM Learning Communities” examined FPU’s success at doubling the retention of Hispanic and first-generation students in science, technology, " engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Two students also 75% took part in the presentation. of FPU STEM cohort students remained in STEM majors 91% graduation rate for the first cohort
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ALUMNI staff; and providing financial support for FPU's mission. ‹ ‹ Tim Haston (MA ’14) has done educational Eric Self (BA ’13) was appointed evening technology presentations for Central operations manager at Fresno Pacific Valley Computer Using Educators (CVCUE) University North Fresno Center in October and the Association of California School 2014. Eric is a single parent who decided
GENERAL Administrators. He is technology coach/ to go back to school in 2007, and in athletic director for Earlimart School 2011 enrolled in the degree completion District. Tim and his wife, Amaris, have program, earning a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
been married since 2002, and together Upon graduating, Eric joined the LEAD
they have two children: Cadence, 4; and master’s program. He worked at NFC as an
Braedon 2. undergraduate. ANNOUNCEMENTS ‹ ‹ FPU President Richard Kriegbaum ran into Mallorie Getto (BA ’10) is working a familiar face—or at least a face familiar with children with special needs at an with FPU—on a January 28, 2015, visit elementary school in McCall, ID, where to Congressman Jeff Denham’s office in she is also the administrator of a home Washington, D.C. Anthony Duhon (BA ’13) facility for children and coaches high
is a staff assistant for Denham, who is the school softball and basketball. In addition, U.S. Representative for California’s 10th Mallorie is working toward a foster care
Congressional District. (From left: Duhon, license. Denham and Kriegbaum) ‹ ‹ Eldar Moraru (BA ’10) graduated with Evon Mendrin (BA ’13) is a financial honors in August 2014 from Western representative at Principal Financial Group. Seminary, Sacramento, with a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has Andy Haussler (BA ’01, MA ’13) was been an active member at Grace Church promoted to deputy city manager for the of Sacramento for three years, where he City of Clovis in February 2015. is receiving training in biblical languages
Caitlyn Alford (BA ’12, TC ’14) teaches Brian (BA ’97) and Kristen (FS) Ming Ron Adams (BA ’69) was featured in The English and AVID (Advancement Via turned tragedy into triumph with a top- Fresno Bee on January 22, 2015. Ron has Individual Determination) at Selma High selling book on Amazon and a song that been a basketball coach for the past 47 School and was featured in the Selma has been played on radio across the years for teams such as FPU; California Enterprise newspaper for winning second country. After helping others through the State University, Fresno; the Chicago place with her fourth-period sophomore Poinsettia Fire in May 2014 near their Bulls; and currently as an assistant coach class on a College Board contest. More at Carlsbad, CA, home, Brian, Kristen and for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA.
IN THE NEWS hanfordsentinel.com their three children lost their own house. Brian turned to his love of music, he Jerrod Bradley (MA ’13) published a majored in music education, and found a Valley Voices opinion piece in The Fresno new vocation in writing that has blessed Bee on February 12, 2015. The article is the family and others. Check out their on the Common Core math standards. Amazon page at amazon.com Jerrod teaches math at Sanger High School.
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17 18 fresno pacific university pacific fresno BIRTHS ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ long. inches 20.5 was and oz. 15 lbs., 8 weighed He 2014. announce the birth of son Ezra Dale on December 28, Mandi (BA ’15) Michaelides Adriana (Martinez-Vilanova BA ’08) Willey Jeremy husband ’08) BA (Martinez-Vilanova Adriana 19.5 was and oz. inches long.Shejoinssister Addysin, 2. 5 lbs., 7 weighed She 2014. 18, October on Felicity daughter of birth the announce Scott (BA ’08) 5; andbrother Donald,3. inches long. He joins sisters Elisabeth, 7; and Yulianna, on 23 was and lbs. 10 weighed Johnathan He 2013. 16, September Thomas son of birth the announce Ivan (BA ’09) 19.5 incheslong.Shejoinssister Makenna. December 22, 2014. She weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz. and was ’09) Nicolas (BA ’05,MA’07) Colten, 2. and 6; Nathan, brothers joins He 2014. 26, August Pursell Joey (BA ’07, TC ’10) February 5,2011. memory, we remember their sister Sartasia Monique, In oz. 10 lbs., 5 weighed Rachelle Zanabreadaughter 2014. Son Zacharia Reuben weighed 5 lbs., 8 oz., and 21, October on twins of birth the announce Oliver Felicia (Burrell BA ’05, MA ’12) Mitchell lbs., 5 oz. and19.5incheslong. daughter Allison June on January 18, 2014. She was 6 ’02, TC ’03, MA ’13) Stutzman Derek(BA ’02,TC’03, MA’12) 5, 2014. September on Elizabeth Claire daughter of birth the Dustin Johnson (MA ’14) and was 20inches long. Autumn daughter Leigh on October 31, 2014. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz. of birth the announce Andrew DeAnna (Romero BA ’04) Molinar brothers long. Matthias, 8; Thaddaeus, inches 5; and Nathanael, 2. 19.75 was and oz. 15 lbs. 6 2014. 1, August on Vera Loraine Faith BA ’01) Cockrum ’05) MA (TC’03, Matthew and 20incheslong. Jeremiah on November 18, 2014. He was 7 lbs., 13 oz.
Allen announce the birth of son Trentonon son Joseph of birth the announce announce the birth of daughter Sadie on Sadie daughter of birth the announce and and and
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Shawn announce the birth of daughter Alexis Louise
on August 6, 2014. She weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz. and was ‹ ‹ 19.25 inches long. She joins brother Tyler, 12; and ‹ ‹ sister Whitney, 10.
Eric Snook (BA ’99) and wife Tara announce the birth of son Corban Matthew on October 1, 2014. He joins his sisters Taylor, 7; and Michaela, 4. Eric works for Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab as a veterinary anatomic pathologist.
Linda (Pigg BA ’87) Buschman and husband James announce the birth of their first granddaughter, Madison Grace, in January 2013. She is the daughter of Daniel and Allie Buschman. The proud great-grandparents are ‹ ‹ Ken (PBI ’56) and Jodell (Owens PBI ’56) Buschman and
Clinton and Karon (Henry TC ’03) Pigg.
Allison (Steinert BA ’98) McNeely and husband Kevin announce the adoption of son Max Jacob, born ‹ ‹ March 28, 2010, and adopted from Shaanxi, China, on February 10, 2014. They have adopted three children and are raising two birth daughters; the youngest, January Joy, was born August 12, 2014. She was ‹ ‹ 8 lbs., 7 oz.
Jared (BA ’02) and Sara (BA ’02) Christensen announce the birth of daughter Willa MaryKay on June 13, 2013. She joins siblings Noah, 8; Lucy, 6; and Miles 4. In February 2014, Jared began serving as senior director of undergraduate enrollment at North Park University, Chicago, IL.
Ken Johnson (SM ’13, adjunct) and wife Tara announce the birth of son Hunter Raymond on August 26, 2014. He was 12.5 weeks premature, weighing only 2 lbs., 3 oz. Later he weighed 7 lbs.
Tina (Romero BA ’06, MA ’09) Gutierrezand husband Leo announce the birth of daughter Christianna on September 18, 2014. She weighed 6 lbs., 11 oz. and was 19 inches long. Tina is a degree completion academic advisor at the Fresno Pacific University JOIN TODAY! Visalia Campus. $35 lifetime membership FACULTY / STAFF FACULTY Jerrod (MA ’13) and Becky (Kruse BA ’06) Bradley Register online at announce the birth of daughter Hannah Grace on fresno.edu/theflock November 17, 2014. She joins sister Kendall. Jerrod is a math teacher at Sanger High School and Becky works The Flock is for children, ‹‹ in the Fresno Pacific University Communications and Marketing Office. grandchildren, nieces, nephews and young friends of FPU alumni.
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‹ Joy Lynn (Handwerker SEM ’05) Timothy Bergdahl (SEM ’87), 55, pastor ‹ Champion, 66, died February 12, 2015. of the Madera Avenue Bible Church, died She had suffered from metastatic breast January 8, 2015. He had battled cancer for cancer. Survivors include husband Darrell three years. Born in Castro Valley, CA, Tim
DEATHS F. Champion, two daughters, one son was a resident of Kingsburg, CA, from 1999 and four grandchildren. She taught in to 2007, and of Madera, CA, for the past the Lodi Unified and Modesto City school seven years. He was also a missionary in districts and was active in the Fellowship of Pakistan for five years and a member of the Christian Athletes. She earned a master’s FPU Board of Trustees. He is survived by his degree in Christian ministry from what is wife, Janine (SEM '87, TC '99), and their now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, and daughters, Kayleigh and Pradnya, all of a bi-vocational ministry license from the Madera; his parents, Robert and Beverley Evangelical Covenant Church. She attended Bergdahl, of Gilbert, AR; and his sister, and served at River Oak Grace Church, Deborah, and her husband, John Teats, also Oakdale; Modesto Covenant Church; of Gilbert. Remembrances may be made to and on the Southwest Conference of the Kroeker-Bergdahl Memorial Scholarship
Evangelical Covenant Churches Executive at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. More at
Board. Services were February 16 at usmb.org/departments/Christian-Leader/
Modesto Covenant Church. Contributions article/Bergdahl-remembered-as-mission- may be made to: the Joy Lynn Handwerker leader-pastor.html ‹ Champion Endowed Scholarship at Fresno ‹ Peter John Funk, 100, died January 11, 2015, Pacific Biblical Seminary, 1717 S. Chestnut in Dallas, TX. Born on September 25, 1914, Ave., Fresno, CA 93702; the Joy Champion in Russia, he emigrated with his parents Oakdale FCA Sports Camp Scholarship, to Reedley, CA. In 1937, Peter married 5724 N. Fresno St., Fresno, CA 93710; Martha Driedger, Reedley, and opened and the Modesto Covenant Church an insurance and real estate business. Building Renovation Fund, 913 Floyd His church service included financial Ave., Modesto, CA 95350. More at legacy. administrator of the missions program com/obituaries/ModestoBee/obituary. for the U.S. Mennonite Brethren Church aspx?pid=174140249#storylink=cpy Conference; board member of Pacific Bible Kandy (Barr BA ’90) Holt died of cancer Institute, Pacific College and Fresno Pacific on November 10, 2014. Kandy was a first College (all now Fresno Pacific University) grade teacher at Dunlap school and lived in and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary Miramonte, CA. (now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary); and assistant to the seminary president for are grandson Greg Sommers (BA ’89), his Charlotte (Martens BA ’79) Dyck died on fundraising/constituency relations. Martha wife, Susan, and sons, Christian, Peter and April 27, 2013. Charlotte and husband Bill passed away in 1989. Peter was married Philip; grandson Michael Funk, his wife, (BA ’78) both received their Master of Arts to Ruth Wiens for two years (until her Jennifer, and children, Taylor, Megan and in Marriage and Family Counseling from death) and Hilda Linda for more than 9 1/2 Nick; grandson John Funk, his wife, Sally, the seminary, then moved to Vancouver, years (until her death). Peter is survived and children, Hannah, Sam and Abby; and BC, Canada, and founded Pacific Family Life by daughter Miriam Sommers and son Jim grandson Matthew Funk. and New Image. Funk, and his wife, DeLores. Other survivors
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Rx for the Future of the Valley - Continued from page 3 recruiting for the Valley,” Cianci says. patients, delegating some tasks to Now is an exciting time to become a other medical professionals, including there’s a lot of opportunity,” Clegg says. development. “It’s a pretty broad field, pharmacist. The need is great, salaries pharmacists. At the same time, people are “We’re starting right now to change the face start at $128,000 in the area and California looking to pharmacists for more than just of pharmacy in California.” law has elevated pharmacists to provider medications. “They’re asking, What can I do Editor’s note: Shortly before this article went to status. “They can’t diagnose, but they can to lower my blood pressure?” Clegg says. press, David Hawkins announced his retirement from CSHU, effective in July 2015. Wendy Duncan, manage,” says Clegg, associate professor of Pharm.D. graduates are ready to work senior vice president for academic affairs and pro- administrative sciences at CHSU. in community and hospital pharmacies, vost, will serve as interim dean of pharmacy until a Recent trends, including Obamacare, prisons, the military and at pharmaceutical replacement is found. require each physician to oversee more companies in sales or research and IN TOUCH
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OBADIAH GUTIP " BA ’74
Friendship feeds career as educator, church leader By Katie Jerkovich
friendship developed over lawn So it was 40 years later that Nanwul tennis led to a trip halfway around missionaries to our town,” he says. my uncle was influential in bringing the the world and contributed to In December 1968 Gutip married A finally got to FPU, and Obadiah returned a career of more than 30 years for one Nanwul, his friend since childhood. That two enjoyed lunch October 24, 2014, in for the first time since graduation. The alumnus. same year he went to a teacher training Steinert Campus Center with Hofer, former Obadiah Gutip (BA ’74) was already a college in the community of Gindiri. Here trained teacher when Phil Hofer (BA ‘67) he met Hofer, who taught English. “We had Programs and Services; his wife, Joy, director of the FPU Office of International came to his native Nigeria in 1968. Gutip fun, and we played a lot of lawn tennis and former FPU director of communications; would become a teacher and leader in became friends,” Hofer says. Arnie Prieb, current IPSO director church and public schools. Growing up in Hofer returned to the United States a village in an area with few schools, Gutip in 1970. After he got a position at what was raised in a missionary family in and another Fresno Pacific friend who was fortunate to attend a small school run Congo, southeast of Nigeria; Emeritus by the Sudan United Missions. SUM was encouraged Gutip to apply for a scholarship Communication Professor Dalton Reimer, was then Fresno Pacific College, Hofer established by British missionaries from and come as a student. Gutip came alone to Ph.D.; and President Emeritus Edmund different denominations who together the U.S. and enrolled in 1972, working as Janzen, Ph.D. created the Church of Christ in Nations a college janitor to earn money. Two years Today, many people hear “Nigeria” and (cocin.org/). Today the denomination has later he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts think of Boko Haram, the violent Islamist more than 2 million members and belongs in Mathematics and Biblical Studies. While group that targets Christians. In 2014 to the World Council of Churches. the college offered Gutip money for Nanwul more than 7,000 people were killed in Education was already a family to attend the ceremony, she was involved in Nigeria, and so far in 2015 the death toll is tradition when Gutip went to school. her own coursework and couldn’t make the over 2,000. “We really didn’t have a strong “My parents sent us to school because trip. Muslim presence until recently with the Boko Haram incidents,” Gutip says.
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22 fresno pacific university Some Muslims are secretly } coming to FIRST the Christians ACCREDITATION because, they too, By Kevin Enns-Rempel, Director, Hiebert Library are upset about " TCollege. Classes met as usual, but both students and professors likely were Boko Haram. he morning of Monday, May 10, 1965, didn’t feel like a normal day at Pacific
—Obadiah Gutip inattentive. The reason for the distraction? This was the day Pacific College learned if it Arthur Wiebe and Dean Elias Wiebe were in Los Angeles to meet with accreditation had received accreditation for the first time as a four-year liberal arts college. President
officials, and would send word to the campus as soon as they got the news. everyone rushed out of classes to prepare for meeting the president and dean at When word arrived on campus that Pacific had indeed received its accreditation, the Fresno Air Terminal. Students converged on the airport for an impromptu “demonstration” in front of the terminal building, marching up and down the sidewalk while holding aloft signs to celebrate the event. Deadly church bombings have not As the president and dean descended the stairs from the plane, they were greeted kept people from worship. “They" still on the terminal pavement by members of the faculty and a crowd of cheering students. keep coming to learn,” Gutip says. This was, of course, a time long before airport security measures that today would As 9-11 brought Americans together, make such an event impossible. the terrorism of Boko Haram is actually The president, dean and two members of the board rode from the airport back to increasing unity among the faithful in the campus in a 1965 Chevrolet Impala station wagon provided for the event by a local Nigeria. “Some Muslims are secretly auto dealer. Their lead car was followed by a parade of cars driven by students and coming to the Christians because, they faculty members. too, are upset about Boko Haram. In our Back on campus, President Wiebe addressed the students, reporting on what they own country the different denominations had learned at the meetings and what this new status meant for the college. That night are coming together praying for each members of the college community met at Butler Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church to other, which would not have taken place offer thanks for their accreditation status, and to dedicate to God the new senior college. if not for Boko Haram,” Gutip says. It is hard to overstate the importance of this event in the development of FPU as Retired since 2009, the Gutips we know it today. The college had completed the transition from a Bible institute live in Jos, a city of about 900,000 in preparing workers for a narrow range of church vocations to a fully recognized central Nigeria. The couple has three daughters and one son, as well as four degrees as a springboard to graduate schools and professions in a way institution of higher education. Graduates of Pacific College now could use their that previously had not been possible. It truly was an Looking back, Gutip says Fresno granddaughters and five grandsons. accomplishment worthy of a parade.
diligence and hard work. I know without Pacific made him grow. “They taught me a higher education I wouldn’t have gotten the principal jobs. I learned a lot from FPU,” he says. “The Christian community I found here was very interesting. I found a large community, a concerned community that cared for other people.” From the Archives...
fpu.edu • pacific magazine 23 Emilio is like a younger brother to all of us on the team. " —Davy Vartanian "
By Michaela Parker
milio Gomez, age 11—on the roster as participate on the teams as much as possi- Ea 5’ 2”, 100-pound third baseman—was ble. In Emilio’s case FPU hosted a Draft Day diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in where he signed a letter and threw out the February 2014, but rather than dwell on his medical condition, the Fresnan turned his at- The team has embraced Emilio. “From the first pitch of the day’s game. This season tention to the larger cause of making people moment they were connected, the team has aware of childhood cancer. Starting with his consistently reached out through email and one Sunbird jersey number, 46, the number of children phone to let Emilio and his family know he is diagnosed with cancer each day. in their thoughts. Emilio will continue to sup- baseball player Emilio has been under treatment at Valley port the team in their quest to make it back Children’s Hospital, but ask him about hos- to the championships and they will support left an impact pitals and he’ll tell the story of his helicopter Emilio as he continues to battle his illness,” ride to Stanford, and how next time he wants Burke says. for his work off to ride up front. This leaves his mother, Tracy, Players had to go through training and commit to stay in touch with Emilio through- due to complications from chemotherapy. out the season. Five members were given the field. to fill in the fact that the ride was necessary Tracy and Emilio's father, Jaime, learned the responsibility to make sure that Emilio about Team IMPACT (goteamimpact.org/) felt welcome and was included. “The athletic through a friend of a friend on Facebook. Kelsey Burke, regional manager for the non- intentionally serving our community,” says department is focused on specifically and Leslie Schuemann, FPU director of athletics. together with the FPU baseball team, making profit Christian agency, helped bring Emilio the Sunbirds one of 600 collegiate squads Visalia, became the Team IMPACT student Davy Vartanian, a junior outfielder from across the nation that have added a member ambassador, sharing the bond that has with medical issues to their roster since formed between Emilio and the team. Games 2011. The idea is for players like Emilio to are now about more than wins and losses.
24 fresno pacific university “Emilio is like a younger brother to all pairing with the women’s volleyball of us on the team and we look forward team. Partnerships like this are an out- to guiding him as he grows older,” Var- growth of the culture of service in ath- tanian says. That guiding already ex- letics, where last year student-athletes completed more than 3,000 service the diamond. When Emilio posted to hours and were rewarded with the tends beyond the friendly confines of PAC West community service award. time, that same night four emails were “The partnership gives us something Facebook that he was having a difficult sent encouraging him. much bigger to play for,” Vartanian At the same time, Team IMPACT says. and Emilio have made an impression on FPU. Schuemann is working on a
The story of a Valley boy and FPU baseball
World Series The Sunbirds define “Champion.” More at CHAMPS! www.fresno.edu/emilio
fpu.edu • pacific magazine 25 LIVES transformed | JOHN BRINSON to FALL RiseBy Michaela Parker hen the pistol sounded John Brinson left Growing up, the Goldsboro, NC, native had Wthe starting blocks with 300 meters and little direction. Once at FPU, John found his his entire life before him. The Clovis East High faith and found his way. “I love how FPU is founded on Christ, and that has been big for me over the years. So big that I decided to accept School track and field star just had to finish be able to pick from the many colleges and Christ my freshman year,” he says. his senior year in the top five in California to universities courting him. In May John started another lap in life when The state meet was the last obstacle. But he graduates with a B.A. in Social Work. The John’s world crumbled when he clipped a struggles haven’t stopped, but now John has a reason to race. He remembers Romans 8:38-39, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, hurdle and fell in the final 100-meter stretch. “I moment, and began to cry—hard,” he says. neither angels nor demons, neither the present got up, realizing that my final race was in that Four years later, John sees a reason for that nor the future, nor any powers, neither height fall. “I do not know if I would have come to FPU nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that have caused me to miss out on all of the great, is in Christ Jesus our Lord." had I made top five,” he says, “and that would life-changing events that came about.” Skeptical when he heard about FPU
visited just to keep his options open. “I went from a Sunbird track and field athlete, John on a recruitment trip and checked out FPU, and loved it. All of the athletes on the team welcomed me like I was already on the team,” he says. Today John is thankful to be part of a team with coaches and teachers that mentor him in
coming to FPU, I could not understand why or life as well as on the track. “When I first started how people could be so compassionate,” he says. “I grew up having to learn and do things on my own, so it was a change of pace to see that people cared.”
Do you know a student who has been transformed at FPU? EDITOR'S Contact Wayne Steffen at NOTE! [email protected] For more information, contact Connie at [email protected] or 559-453-7139.
26 fresno pacific university Leaving a legacy: The Ross McNeely Memorial Annual Scholarship
Ross and Connie McNeely put the future of young people at the center of much of their 42 years of marriage, as college and career sponsors at North Fresno Church—Mennonite Brethren and in their work for the FPU Advancement Office and Foundation.
When Ross died in May 2012, Connie, as FPU scholarship coordinator, knew just how to honor him and support the students they both loved. The Ross McNeely Memorial Annual Scholarship "It just seemed provides help with books and other essentials and is supported by friends natural." and co-workers of Ross and Connie. -Connie McNeely Every gift benefits those who give as well as those who receive.
For more information, contact Connie at [email protected] or 559-453-7139.
fpu.edu • pacific magazine 27 THANK YOU! TO ALL WHO SUPPORT FPU 2014 DONOR HONOR ROLL
THIS IS A SPECIAL REPORT to the supporters Giving benchmark totals Lorraine Franz Marvin & Nadene* Steinert Larry & Patti Johanson of Fresno Pacific University, Foundation and and lifetime levels reflect Tim & Patty Franz Max & Charlotte Steinert Richard & Peggi Kriegbaum combined university, Bob & Carol Friesen Leon & Luella Stutzman Roberta Kroeker Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. We have made foundation and seminary every effort to ensure the accuracy of the giving. Peter J. Funk* Jack & Kelly Swertfager Dennis & Julia Langhofer Ray & Mary June Goossen Marylene Thiesen Dr. Nathan & Rosette Loewen information contained in this report. Please PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Virgil & Nancy Goossen Roy & Barbara Thiesen Wayne & Alvina Martin call to our attention any omissions or errors LIFETIME AND ANNUAL Dr. Donald & Karen Gregory James & Ruth Unruh Mary Nickel by contacting the Advancement Office at MEMBERS LeRoy & Dolores Guaglianone Willie Vogt Ted & Rosalie Nickel Alan & JoAnn Halverson Harold & Carol Voshage Cary & Roxanne Nikkel 559-453-2080. 428 Households Dr. Eric & Darlene Hanson Larry & Paula Warkentin Richard & Joyce Nuckles $2,424,079 Information in this report covers calendar year Delbert & Connie Hein Dr. Al & Dotty Warkentine Gregg & Deborah Palmer Ann Heinrichs Arthur J. Wiebe* Vern & Hedy Pletz 2014 for the university, foundation IN MEMORY Mary R. Avakian Arthur & Judy Herwaldt Bob & Mary* Wiens Phillip & Martha Pullman and seminary. Richard Berberian Bruce & Janet Hinman Delbert Wiens & Dr. Marjorie Franklin & Janice Reddig Peter J. Funk Jim & Shirley Holm Gerbrandt Arlene Riggin DONOR LEVELS Dr. Louis Janzen Dr. Louis* & Jean Janzen James & Joyce Young Henry & Kathryn Rogalsky
Maryann Kinsey Richard Johanson Rick & Necia Schuil CUMULATIVE GIVING LEVELS David & Carol Jost ROUND TABLE Elizabeth Silvani Ruthi Klaassen Randy & Ruth Ataide • $100,000 - Cornerstone Dr. Andrew Lin Lynn & Donna Jost Donald & Florene Thiesen • $50,000 - Round Table Peter & Nancy Klassen Leo Balakian Richard & Pat Unruh Edna Quiring Loren & Jane Balzer • $25,000 - Partners Nadene Steinert Robert and Patricia Krause Leonard & Joyce Warkentin Robert Kolbert Walter & June Bartel Richard & Gina Wathen § ANNUAL GIVING LEVELS Wilma Suderman Betty Bergman Arthur J. Wiebe Scott & Debbie Leonard Edward & Jane Wentzel • President’s Circle/Seminary Society - Dr. Andrew* & Annie Lin Gary & Kay Brown Ann Wiebe Mary Wiens Adrienne Chakerian $1,000 or more Dr. Bill & Joyce Loewen Dr. David & Lorma Wiebe Willard Winnie Arnold & Susan Chakerian • Dean’s Society contributed $500-$999 Boyd & Barbara McMurchie Richard & Billie Jean Wiebe CORNERSTONE Ed & Bonnie Nachtigall Jean M. Coke Dr. Edwin & Naomi Wiens • Steward’s Society contributed $100-$499 David & Marjorie Allen Ken Neufeld Rick Cottrell Stanley & Nancy Wilson • Friends of FPU contributed $1-$99 Jimmy & Juanita Allen Nancy Neufeld Willard & Margaret Dick Dave & Nancy Youngs Mary R. Avakian* Lela Nickell Harold & Pat Enns PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE/SEMINARY SOCIETY Kenneth & Lucille Barnett Eugene & Barbara Nord Jim & Donna Enns PARTNERS These special people: Nadine Bartsch Donald & Ruth Elaine Pauls Nick & Rosemary Enns Chuck & Karen Aeschbacher • promote FPU whenever possible John & Evelyn Bell Arthur & Donna Penner Robert & Ruth Enns James Aldredge Paul & Sherri Evert Dennis & Lynette Anderson • pray for its people and needs John & Esther Berg Dr. Herb & Ella Penner Arthur Block Alvin & Annie Peters Merrill & Priscilla Ewert Katherine Anderson • encourage students to attend David & Bonnie Bloemhof Kenneth & Regina Peters Jeanette Fast Jacob & Anita Andresen • offer advice, counsel and encouragement Glen & Helene Blue Greg & Valerie Quiring Ken & Carol Fransen Nancy Avakian Dale & Eleanor Boese Paul & Jane Quiring Kathy Frantz Gale & Arlene Bamford An estimated value is used for in-kind gifts, such as John & Maryann Buhler Samuel & Betsy Reeves Judy Franz Richard* & Barbara Berberian furnishings and equipment. Harlan & Violet Chandler Dalton & Beverly Reimer Dr. Jake & Ruth Friesen Ruby Berg Walt & Dolly Friesen Vivian Bergen Bold Type indicates continuous membership in the Mark & Judi Deffenbacher Wilbert & Luetta Reimer Marianna Gaede Josh & Michelle Bergman President’s Circle since its inception. Dr. Velma Dyck & Stanley King Richter Schrock Nancy Rowland Steve & Pamela Goossen Ted & Sandra Bloemhof Bold Type for organizations indicates donations of $1,000 William & Allison Dyck Loree Schlichting Anne Guenther Reg & Nancy Boothe or more. Eugene & Phyllis Enns Elvera Schmidt Dr. Gene & June Heinrichs Jacob Brandt Small Caps indicate an alumni family. Mike & Teresa Enns John & Mary Shehadey Jack & Lee Hiebert Roger & Susan Braun Ben & Agnes Hofer Wes & Boots Braun Italics indicates donations include gifts for the seminary. John & Ardell Fair Richard & Susan Shehadey Dr. Dennis Falk Frank Smith, Jr. Rodney & Alice Hoover Ian & Sharon Burnett § Indicates donations include gifts for the Center for Lillian Falls Ted & Joyce Smith Gary & Diane Huss Ellen Bush Community Transformation. William & Kattie Fletcher Chuck & Kay Spencer Judi Huss David & Marion Chesemore Names followed by an * are deceased since January 2014. Dr. Roger & LaWanda Franz Maria Spomer Edmund & Mary Janzen John & Sarah Chesemore Franklin & Judith Janzen Tom & Linda Collins Several donors have asked to remain anonymous.
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Barry & Jacquelyne Covert John Scudder Jim & Karen Fleming Barry & Annelie Lockton Roland & Lois Reimer ESTATE GIFTS Ron & Linda Decker Eric & Charlene Shenk Mark & Tracy Fletcher Frank T. Lusk Valerie Rempel 5 Donors Arthur & Leona DeFehr Frankie Siemens Marty & Ellen Fox Jim Lusk Les & Esther Riffel $92,120 Henry & Erica Dick Fred Smith Doug & Sandi Friesen Bill & Anne Lyles Kevin Roddy & Diane Clarke § Andrew & Cleora Ditommaso Gary Steinert Laurel A. Friesen Glenda Mabry Chris Roggenstein § Marian Adams Beth Dorough Barry Stillwell Myron & Rachel Friesen Arlene Mack John & Marcie Salles Selma Bergmann David & Hildy Dyck John & Anna Marie Thiesen Stan & Delores Friesen Jonathan & Lisa Maher Walter & Daphne Saul Henry & Linda DeRuiter Alma Elrich John & Arlene Toews Todd & Sarah Friesen Viola Martens Ken & Martha Sawatzky Katy Glanzer Calvin & Marjorie Elrich Jason & Mary Trego David & Susan Froese John & Susan Martin § Wes & Jan Schmidt Harold J. 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LIVE HERE GIVE HERE Brothers Rick, Michael and Marc Schuil have prospered in the Central Valley, and want to encourage a new generation. Partners in Schuil and Associates Diversified Real Estate, Rick lives in Kingsburg, Michael in Reedley and Marc in Visalia. The Schuil Family Endowed Scholarship helps community high school graduates to attend FPU and stay in the region.
“Our support is a way of developing good, educated, Christian young people in the Valley, and Fresno Pacific is the key to that.” Rick Schuil Partner in Schuil and Associates
Planned giving, such as endowed scholarships, combines tax and retirement advantages with a legacy of commitment to Christian higher education.
Mark Deffenbacher, CFRE Executive Director Fresno Pacific University Foundation 559-281-2374 | [email protected] fresno.edu/foundation