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An Intellectual Feast a Christian Scholar Speaks Dusting Off Memories EAST E R N N AZAR E N E C O L L E G E • Volume 66 • N umber 3 • Fall 2007 ENC students set aside time in their academic schedules twice a week to attend chapel. Photo by Paul Haynes (08) An Intellectual Feast Dusting Off Memories A Christian Scholar Speaks Senior History major Anne Reilly reflects Fred Wenger (57), Dick Pritchard (67), Astronomer/historian Owen Gingerich on a semester at Oxford University Alan Scott (77), Keith Hevenor (87), and discusses his perspectives on science and on the Christian’s pursuit Lara (Rines, 97) Whitt share their ENC stories and religion with Stephanie Capen (10) of academic excellence – and their yearbook photos! and Paul Nyce (77). For related stories see page 7. See pages 8 and 9. See page 11. The Christian Scholar EASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE 23 East Elm Avenue Quincy, MA 02170 EAST E R N N AZAR E N E C O L L E G E EDITORIAL STAFF E. Lea Plante Editor Thomas Newell Sports Editor Ruth Cameron Copy Editor Susan Ramey Production LK Case Paul Haynes Photographers ADMINISTRATION Corlis McGee President Nancy Ross Vice President • Giving Shape to the Island Academic Affairs Vernon Wesley page 3 Vice President Student Development • Sports News Jeffrey A. Wells Vice President page 4 Enrollment and Communications M. Peter Carey, III • News Briefs Vice President pages 5 Finance Kendall Whittington In June Carla Lovett and a group of ENC students visited the Old Vice President • The DifferENCe Town Square in Warsaw while travelling Europe. Institutional Advancement pages 6, 7 Richard Wilson Director Development • Celebrate the ExperiENCe: Homecoming 2007 Nancy Ross Interim Director pages 8, 9 Adult and Graduate Studies • Development News The Christian Scholar page 10 USPS 109-140 is published quarterly by Eastern Nazarene College • The Handiwork of God Office of Constituency Relations for Alumni Association members page 11 and friends of the college. Direct address corrections to the Alumni Office at 617-745-384 • Alum News or email [email protected]. Send other correspondence to page 12, 13 The Christian Scholar Eastern Nazarene College 3 East Elm Avenue • Still a Good Man, Charlie Brown Quincy, MA 0170-999 or page 14 email to [email protected]. Second Class Postage PAID • Pillars of ExcellENCe: José Delgado (96) Matt Woodley (09), Beth Jackson (09), and Drew Krause (09) Boston, MA spent the spring semester studying and taking part in service Periodical page 15 learning in Africa. Easter weekend 2007 found them on safari at Mt. Kilimanjaro. WHERE IN THE W ORLD CAN YOU GO? Beijing, China • March 11-19, 2008 Join ENC Sociology professor Wayne Griffin for a nine-day tour of Beijing, one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Highlights include a visit to the Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Valley of the Ming Tombs, the Peking Opera, Beijing Zoo, Chinese and Western meals, and personal time to explore the city. Several other excursions are optional. Double rate: $1,799 per person, Belize and Guatemala • January 3 to 15, 2008 single rate: $1,999. A deposite The Department of Biology is pleased to announce that the course BI343, “The of $250 (plus $120 for travel Natural History of Belize and Guatemala,” will be offered to alumni and friends of insurance), is required ASAP ENC. The course includes a field trip to those countries led by Dr. J. Philip McLaren. to reserve a place on the trip. McLaren has worked in Belize and Guatemala since 1980 leading study groups and For more information, please work-and-witness teams. Students will visit the Northern Lagoon for rare birds, the contact Richard A. Fish at Belize Zoo, including a tour after dark, the Maya Mountains and Footprint Cave, 781-749-6187 or fishclemens@ Tikal National Park, and the village of Uxachactun in northern Guatemala. The trip verizon.net is open to non-students at a cost of $2,295. For more information, please contact Dr. McLaren at 617-145-3554 or [email protected]. F a l l 0 0 7 The Christian Scholar 3 Giving Shape to the Island By Corlis McGee s students on Phil McLaren’s J-Term trip to Hawaii this system in preparation for careers in areas such as year witnessed, islands are in a sense, “alive,” emerging law enforcement, the courts, and the correctional A ��efrom streams of �owerlava that, for the most o� part, veryJnterde�endenc� gradually system. Criminal Justice is quickly becoming a expand the boundaries of the island. From time to time, of course, popular track for ENC students, and our location spectacular eruptions occur, bringing more conspicuous change to in Quincy is ideal for providing practical volunteer the island. While eruptions of this nature don’t happen every day, the opportunities and internships in an area known island continues to grow. for its progressive approach to advocacy and law enforcement. On top of that, our professors offer a Much like an island, there have been times of rapid growth at solid Christian perspective on the ethical issues that ENC, such as the college saw under the vision of President surround many aspects of this field. Emeritus Edward S. Mann. During his 22 years in office, he saw the construction of 10 new buildings on the ENC campus, earning The arts have always been a vital part of ENC’s the title by which James Cameron refers to him in his book, The academic offerings. The Music department no Spirit Makes the Difference – the “master builder.” Dr. Mann’s longer simply offers tracks in education and leadership and vision, backed by the commitment of many others, performance. The department has now found ways moved ENC from its infancy to the established institution it is to integrate music with degrees in Communication today. While building up campus facilities, he also pushed for the Arts, Religion, Computer Science, and Business. high standards of academic departments, the expansion of faculty, These multidisciplinary majors offer today’s and the accreditation of programs. He also respected the opinions musically gifted student opportunities to combine of students, and often took immediate measures to address their their interests and abilities with a wide variety concerns, particularly during the tumultuous 1960s. Dr. Cameron of contemporary career opportunities. The says, too, that he was a strong man of faith, committed to his church Communication Arts department’s newest major is and to the spiritual life of the college. Business Communications, or “BIZCOM,” which combines strength with the Business department Clearly, ENC has much for which to thank Edward S. Mann, a to offer courses in marketing, advertising, mass powerful impetus in many areas of the college’s development. media, communication law and theories, consumer However, the changes Dr. Mann made to ENC were not made single- behavior and promotion – equipping ENC students handedly; they required the commitment and collaboration of many to work in a field that holds powerful influence more individuals who built upon his foundational leadership. over our culture. Two excellent examples of how Our history as a college is a powerful indication of how the combined efforts of academic departments interdependent we are, both to our forebears, as well as to our preparing students “to lead and to serve” within our contemporaries. Proverbs 27:17 comes to mind: “As iron sharpens culture. The result is graduates who can use their iron, so one man sharpens another (NIV).” gifts to pursue excellence not only in the classroom That type of sharpening, in an intellectual and spiritual sense, is or on stage, but also in a broader marketplace. cultured at ENC through the interdisciplinary studies of our faculty At the very core of these new opportunities is our members. Thanks to the sharing of ideas among colleagues across faculty, finding creative ways to interact beyond disciplines that takes place at this institution, ENC is a place of the bounds of their own department. The direct intellectual vitality. Many of our faculty are finding new ways result of their interaction is a faculty that is sharper, to collaborate, enriching their own scholarship, as well as their more in-tune with each other, and producing more students.’ innovative work. Likewise, it is the collegial nature Our professors have led the way in one very “hot” area of study — that that boosts our students to a level of scholarship of science and religion. For several years, Karl Giberson, Don Yerxa, that explains why they so often find professional and others have brought this national discussion to our college through and graduate school success. science and religion courses — which, in turn, have been modeled Within our small community, it is not uncommon by other schools — as well as through forums and lecture series. As to see professors from the performing arts, natural our students prepare to face the world, they are challenged to know sciences, and social sciences share a meal in the what and why they hold certain religious beliefs about issues related ENC cafeteria. The fact that ENC students can to science. As a result of having explored issues related to ethics, witness that discourse between academics from altruism, gender, the environment, and the convergence of faith and such varied fields is of great value. The collegial reason, it is my opinion that ENC students are engaging in an essential atmosphere allows individuals to sharpen each college experience. They are being sharpened, tested and challenged to other – and the institution as a whole. It is a solidify their positions on issues that will undoubtedly confront them testament to the fact that we can benefit from our in their professional and personal lives.
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