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Since my graduation from MVNC in Through the 2001, I have worked as editor of a magazine, years, the holistic a sales rep at a large corporation, in two education that I received veterinary clinics, and started my own business. at MVNU, has been essential God ultimately led me back to MVNU and I have been to my success. Not just in my working here for three years. career, but in my life as a whole. This education shaped my entire person with the critical I am passionate. thinking, adaptation, creativity, and empathy that keep I am strong. one hungry to learn and grow as an individual and lifelong I am weak. learner. We are always being called to expand, and a I am aware. holistic education is essential to this expansion. I am a child of Abba. As the new Coordinator of Communications/PR, I am a writer. I am excited about creating compelling messaging and diving head first into the social media sphere. There is For my first edition of theNow, I wanted to much that I believe I can offer to the school in this new explore the idea of the value we place on a liberal arts role – keeping us relevant to the world around us and education. I think our understanding of this, coupled showing the unique culture we have at MVNU. with our ability to explain this value, is essential to the flourishing of this institution in which we work.

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01. I am a perfectionist. 07. I could live in Italy quite happily. 02. I am a PK - my dad is a Nazarene pastor. 08. I love working in my flower beds & have a particular affinity 03. I love to travel. for garden roses. 04. I have five rescue cats that actually rescued me. 09. I firmly believe I should have lived during the Renaissance Era. 05. I love period films with great costuming & tragic love stories. 10. I have competitively ridden horses since I was 11-years-old & it 06. I love baking cakes! is my passion. (Most recently, I have taken up Dressage & am leasing a horse named Murray for this show season!)

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Grapevine During the month of April MVNU faculty and staff were given an opportunity to contribute toward student scholarships. Throughout the month, we enjoyed

Calendar hearing the stories of appreciation from our students, participated in social media communications, and thought MARC CHAGALL EXHIBITION about various ways in which we can help our students. This Annual Annual Report year we also invited alumni and friends to join us in this The Schnormeier Gallery, in Mount Vernon effort. Nazarene University's Buchwald Center is pleased to Through gifts and pledges a total of $24,115 was present the original artwork of Marc Chagall. This donated through “30 Days of Giving.” Of that total, faculty exhibition will be on display August 15 to November 15, Worthy Worthy Investment and staff came together in a big way giving $19,040. This with the opening reception taking place on September fiscal year 50% of our faculty and staff have supported 5 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Additionally, a panel MVNU giving initiatives. discussion led by MVNU faculty will be held on These contributions will be used to support our

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Highlight SYMPOSIUM FOR RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK Trevor Rhodes, senior Philosophy major, was

Feature Alumni MVNU held its first annual Symposium for selected as the first-ever recipient of the sURC Excellence Undergraduate Research and Creative Work (sURC) this Award. His presentation was entitled, "The Roman spring in the Jetter School of Business. The symposium, Military's Evolution of Unit Formation in the 2nd featured more than 20 MVNU students from ten different Punic War.” This award acknowledges the significance majors who presented their research or creative work to the of completed research, the strength of the application Comparison Comparison campus community in a conference-style event. Sponsored submitted, and the quality of the presentation. The faculty by the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the also awarded a runner-up prize to Priscilla Radcliffe, Honors Program, and the university's schools and deans, senior English major. Her presentation was titled, "Reading Feature MVNU Cost showcased the wide range of research and creative projects Towards Love: The Transformative Potential of Reading in being completed on campus each year. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.” Congratulations to the winners and to all students who submitted work. News & Notes Editor's Note GENERAL / occurred throughout the day with Stock Journal, a national publication ADMINISTRATION attendees having the opportunity to covering rural and farm issues. The essay The following faculty members were select from one of four presentations is a humorous reflection on being married granted emeritus status: Dr. Candace occurring simultaneously. to an avid gardener. The magazine is Fox, Dr. Bruce Petersen, Mrs. Donna available at local retailers around the Shiverdecker, and Dr. Alex Varughese. The conference was highlighted by a country. Dean also had another essay keynote address by Dr. David Myers published at EcoTheoReview.org, an Dr. Henry Spaulding spoke at the of Hope College in Michigan. A social online journal devoted to connecting Nazarene Theological Seminary psychologist and prolific textbook environmental concerns and faith Commencement. author, Dr. Myers presented research on communities. This essay is a reflection on “The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness.” videos produced by designer and farmer The Mount Vernon City Council MVNU’s psychology department was P. Allen Smith. approved the easement requested for proud of its many student volunteers, the Curtis Inn on Monday, May 12. The attendees, and presenters. Dr. Yvonne Schultz, Dean of Arts and University has resumed demolition and Humanities, has had a poem, "Creations we are prepared for construction of the NURSING & (Take Two--They're Small)," accepted new hotel. HEALTH SCIENCES for publication in the next volume of MVNU was well-represented at a recent Windhover: A Journal of Christian The building that adjoins Hunter Hall series of community conversations about Literature, to be released in (Nursing and Health Sciences) in eliminating hunger in Knox County. The February 2015. downtown Mount Vernon was recently conversations highlighted the reality of donated to the University. It currently hunger in the county, discussed what Professor John Donnelly, Chair of the houses Paragraphs Bookstore, Science could be done about it, and explored Art Department, was featured at Café Play-Space Initiative (SPI), and the how to build on existing programs in 304 Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pa. His solo medical offices of a Nurse Practitioner. the county like “Food for the Hungry.” exhibition was titled “Layers.” John These businesses will provide income Participants also developed a vision presented an artist talk and helped create for the University as we make plans for statement to end hunger. a dialogue related to his art and faith in how to best use this generous gift. The MVNU attendees included Dr. Carol the cultural context of the arts district of Engineering department may be Dorough and Professor Judy Gregg Pittsburgh. A total of 37 pieces were located in this building, but no plans from Nursing, plus student Audra Cubie; on display. have been finalized. Marcy and Joe Rinehart represented WNZR and Food For Hungry, ‘07 Dr. Christopher Devine, Assistant NATURAL & alumnus Aaron Behr (Salvation Army), Professor of Political Science, along with SOCIAL SCIENCES ’99 alumnus Emily Boggs (Knox co-author Kyle Kopko (Elizabethtown Professor David Winyard has been Community Hospital) and Sandy College), has accepted a contract from hired as the new Associate Professor Rhoton (Food For The Hungry). Bloomsbury Publishing to publish their of Engineering. in-progress book manuscript, tentatively ARTS AND HUMANITIES titled “The Vice Presidential Home State Dr. Randy Cronk assumed the role Jim Puckett (’91), music adjunct, will Advantage: How, When, and Why Vice of Department Chair for Psychology, be one of the featured composers at Presidential Candidates Influence Home Sociology, and Criminal Justice effective the Christian Fellowship of Art Music State Voting in Presidential Elections.” fall 2014. Composers (CFMAC) National The book is scheduled to be published in Conference this coming October. His December 2015. MVNU's psychology percussion quartet, “Three 4 Hand department hosted Drums,” will be performed by the Dr. JoAnn Koh-Baker, Professor of 05 the 26th annual percussion ensemble of Biola University Music, was invited to serve on a panel of Ohio Undergraduate in La Mirada, California. The three three judges for the 2014 Central East N OW2014 Fall Psychology Research movement work explores the primary District Buckeye Auditions for all the Conference and secondary sounds of various hand piano divisions. All contestants in the (OUPRC). The drums individually and together with competition are classified by instrument conference, sponsored an emphasis on African and Cuban and age: Elementary, Junior, and Senior by a consortium of influenced rhythmic patterns. Divisions. The panel of judges selected a Ohio colleges and universities, provides Winner, an Alternate and an Honorable a platform for undergraduate psychology Dr. Dean Abbott, Assistant Professor Mention in each category. Each category majors to present their original research of Communication, has had an essay winner will represent the district to in a public forum. Student presentations published in Countryside and Small compete in the State auditions in June.

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The competition took place at Otterbein Greater Homeschool Convention University in Ohio. in Cincinnati on “Gamifying your Curriculum.” Dr. Dorothea Hawthorne, English, was promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Sharon Metcalfe, Assistant Professor of Education, presented a JETTER SCHOOL paper she co-authored with Dr. Arfe OF BUSINESS Ozcan at the Chicago International Heather Bush, (’99) earned her Ph.D. Conference on Education on May from the University of Kentucky, where 22-23, 2014. The paper was titled she also currently teaches. She has “Experiences of First Generation written a textbook titled, “Biostatistics: Immigrant Turkish Mothers with the An Applied Introduction for the Public American Public Educational System.” MVNU will host the Wesleyan Health Practitioner.” Theological Society's annual meeting Dr. Damon Osborne, Dean of School of March 6-7, 2015. This is the 50th EDUCATION AND Education and Professional Studies, was Anniversary meeting with the theme: The PROFESSIONAL STUDIES promoted to Professor. Past and Future of Wesleyan-Holiness Dr. Ardyth Stull, Assistant Professor Identity. of Family and Consumer Sciences, was Dr. Pam Owen, Professor of Education, presented the Outstanding Dissertation presented a paper at “The World Dr. Lincoln Stevens, Chair of the Award at the Ohio Association of Family Conference of Learning, Teaching, and Philosophy Program, has been appointed and Consumer Sciences Annual Meeting, Educational Leadership” in Barcelona, Director of General Education. April 11. She presented a session entitled, Spain on October 28, 2013. The paper “Lessons Learned from Parents During discussed “The effects of tutoring an adult Congratulations to Dr. Hunter Dale the Great Depression.” The information with child-incurred brain injuries in order Cummings on his successful defense of presented highlighted Dr. Stull’s to develop reading skills.” his doctoral dissertation at the University dissertation research findings. She is of Manchester. His dissertation was in beginning the second year of her term as the area of Wesleyan studies. Hunter is the Treasurer of the state association. THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY an MVNU adjunct teaching Christian Heritage 1 and 2 courses and he is a Dr. Amy Biggs, Director of Graduate Dr. Alexander Varughese, Emeritus youth pastor at Mount Vernon First Education, was announced as the winner Professor of Biblical Literature, was Church of the Nazarene. of the Teaching Excellence Award for the announced as the winner of the GPS program. Teaching Excellence Award for the Traditional program. Dr. Rick Williamson presented “Ecological Echoes in the Apocalypse?” Dr. Dean Goon, Assistant Professor of for the Bible and Justice Conference at Education, presented at the Convergence Saint Ambrose University Learning Symposium in Raleigh, (Davenport, IA). North Carolina. His paper was titled “Creating Multi-Sensory Learning with VoiceThread Technologies. In addition, Dr. Goon presented at the Midwest

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Author of a number of Beacon Dictionary of Theology articles, Cubie also penned a series of Sunday School lessons on the Gospel of Luke. On multiple occasions he presented scholarly papers at a number of theological conferences. Cubie held various ofﬁces in the Wesleyan Theological Society including president. He was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in teaching from MVNU in 1979 and again in 1991.

DR. DAVID L. CUBIE Born in Perth, Scotland, to the family of a Nazarene minister, Cubie earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Nazarene College in 1951, the Bachelor Dr. David L. Cubie (age 86), Professor President John A. Knight, Cubie was of Divinity (now M. Div.) degree from Emeritus of Religion at MVNU, a chief architect of the Adult Studies Nazarene Theological Seminary in died on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at program (now known as the Certiﬁcate 1954, and the Ph.D. degree from Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in of Ministry Preparation Program), a Boston University in 1965. Dr. Cubie Westerville, Ohio. program to help bi-vocational pastors was also awarded the honorary Doctor in the region complete the educational of Divinity degree from MVNU in 2006. Dr. Cubie was much loved by our requirements for ordination. Even Prior to his teaching assignments at 07 community, his church family, and a host after his retirement, he continued to

Eastern Nazarene College, Canadian N of former students all over the globe. teach courses in the undergraduate Nazarene College and MVNU, he held OW2014 Fall His gentle manner, teacher's heart, and and Certiﬁcate of Ministry Preparation pastoral positions in West Newberry love for Jesus will be greatly missed. programs. Cubie was a consummate and Malden, Mass., and in Erlanger and churchman, active in Lakeholm Church Corbin, Ky. He married Dr. Genevieve Cubie began teaching at MVNU in 1971 of the Nazarene as Sunday School Cubie, who taught English at MVNU and continued until his retirement in teacher, and a consultant to the North from 1971 until 1990. Their four grown 2002. He served as chairperson of the Central District Church of the Nazarene children are all graduates of Nazarene Division of Religion and Philosophy and its Ministerial Studies Board. institutions. from 1971 to 1994. Working with then- A liberal arts degree is more than just a specialization in a specific field or discipline – it is a commitment to a lifestyle of critical thinking, adaptation, empathy, and lifelong learning. It is a skill set that grows and becomes more refined with each added experience, long after graduation. A liberal arts degree does not only provide adequate preparation to work in one specific job, but instead constructs the mindset and abilities necessary to succeed in an ever-changing job market and to thrive in an ever-changing world.

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I was privileged to grow up surrounded by books. liberal arts are the essence of what it means to be an educated The family room looked like a section of the library. My person. When the courses have been taken, the education must mother decided to go back to college when I was in second be worth the effort. Therein, we locate the deepest value of an grade. She shelved all of her books in the family room. After education and its enduring contribution to the good life. the love of God and family, my parents sought to instill a love of learning in me. It worked! A thousand or more times during the early years of my life the message was WE CALL IT GENERAL communicated to me – get an education! There was never EDUCATION AT MVNU, BUT THE any doubt in our home that an education was priceless. The first philosophy book I ever read was taken from the LIBERAL ARTS ARE THE ESSENCE bookshelf in the family room. An entire constellation of OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN meaning opened up to me through reading some of those books. It has been my privilege to walk the halls of educa- EDUCATED PERSON. tion for more than thirty years, but the journey began in my family room. Every fall a group of students arrive on campus with A liberal arts education contributes to the formation of the bright hope of graduating. A core conviction of the Uni- character. All learning calls students to understand that char- versity is to offer “a quality holistic education, guided by the acter is not simply delivered. Rather, it emerges in the midst of liberal arts tradition and professional excellence.” Somewhere the labors associated with a liberal arts education. Since knowl- 1711

along the way the question of the return on investment will edge intends to free a person to participate meaningfully with N N OW2014 Fall emerge. Will I get a job after graduation? One of the first others in cooperative endeavors, it opens one’s life toward the OW2013 Fall questions that we ask a student is about his/her major. This future. The student is rendered greater by the material aspects query tends to diminish the significance of the liberal arts of a liberal arts education. Character is worth the time it takes that undergirds the major. Every student will take a second to achieve because it can enrich one’s entire life. major in the liberal arts before graduating. The purpose of The liberal arts enjoy a rich history dating back to ancient the liberal arts speaks to the enduring significance of such an Greece. The medieval period combined the sciences (geometry, education. We call it general education at MVNU, but the astronomy, arithmetic, and music) with the humanities (logic, rhetoric, and grammar) to form the quadrivium. Some knowl- A liberal arts education increases the capacity to edge of the sciences and the arts enhances the major taken by a face change. The pace of change in our world boggles student. Such an education renders the opportunity to envision the mind. Technology makes it possible to locate our whatever is good and noble. Proverbs 4:7 reads, “The beginning vehicle and give reliable directions to another destina- of wisdom is this; Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get tion. The cell phone is a phone, camera, calendar, Bible, insight.” The importance of a liberal arts education is expressed dictionary, and the door to the worldwide web. If we in the vision it engenders. have a question, it is possible to go to “Ask.com” and Beyond character formation the liberal arts promote the get the information we need. Such a world may seem to ability to write and speak clearly. Clear writing must be under- close the door on careful reading or attention to the his- girded by the capacity to think. Learning to think critically is tory of something. In fact, we know how to do things, essential for the capacity to find and promote understanding. but rarely know why it is important to do so. The worth Informed and clear-headed thinking contributes to character of a liberal arts education is that it locates the ground formation and as such to freedom and meaningful relationships upon which to stand in the face of massive change. This with others. An educated person is also able to engage, con- does not mean that all change is bad, or good, for that struct, and analyze arguments. An education shaped by the lib- matter, but it does mean that the logic of discernment is eral arts refuses to engage in emotionally driven interaction. The in place to determine the difference. value of a liberal arts education rests in the capacity to engage in We are most apt to remember our mentors years reasoned discourse with others. The world needs our graduates, after graduation. These men and women armed with a if for no other reason than to point the way out of unreflective quality education served as our guides. Another type and unhelpful chatter. of mentor can be found in another place as well – great A liberal arts education requires patience. The shelves of books and ideas. The liberal arts open the doors for bookstores are populated by resources that give easy “how-to” those who dare to invest in the tough work of getting instructions to do anything. Undoubtedly, the message of our an education worth the effort. The writer of Proverbs time is that almost anything can be solved quickly. There is no sums this up: “For the wise the path of life leads up- need for analysis or consultation, just present an outline and the ward . . .” (15:24a). This constitutes the value of a liberal problem is solved. Add to this the steady diet of thirty-minute arts education. programs filled with snippets of information and most anyone could reasonably believe that we are just a simple formula away from the answer. Yet, a careful reading of history reveals that understanding belongs to those who risk patience through a conviction that truth endures. Central to the importance of the liberal arts is the capacity it has for engendering patience in an impatient world.

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"For this very reason, make A liberal arts education recognizes a whole person, a person every effort to supplement your whose life is textured and many-layered, and because of this, faith with virtue, and virtue with mastery of an academic discipline is not an end in itself. The knowledge, and knowledge with study of fine art, for example, does not find its end in arcane self-control, and self-control with musings that are divorced from the concerns and joys of day- steadfastness, and steadfastness with to-day life. My classes are about learning to draw and create godliness, and godliness with brotherly evocative form and use color in compelling ways, but, ultimately affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 these tools are learned so that they may be at the service of questions of being and of navigating the world. When I first moved to DC, I relied on the metro for my daily commute until I had every stop on the blue line memorized. The Having worked at both a research university and now a liberal arts university, metro was, without a question, the most efficient way for me I understand the value of having four years with students. The model at most to get where I needed to go, and as a directionally challenged research universities is to hand freshman and sophomores off to graduate individual, I was grateful that my only task was to hop on the students and not engage them until they are juniors and seniors. This can only correct line. All was well and good in my world until the day the truncate the relationship between students and faculty, and the model of the metro broke down, and passengers were asked to either walk or liberal arts university is a welcome counterpoint, one that more intentionally take a bus to their destinations. I surfaced from my subterranean facilitates this relationship. safe-haven and blinked into the sunlight, realizing I had no idea where I was, or how to find my way to my quickly approaching ANDREW HENDRIXSON appointment. In reality, I was only a ten-minute walk from where Assistant Professor of Art I needed to be, but in my dedication to a predetermined route, I never oriented myself to the city. If you know anything about our family, it's pretty obvious how highly we value a liberal arts education, and more From where I stand, this experience characterizes the specifically, a Christian liberal arts education. My husband value of a liberal arts education. Diversification of subject and I are both MVNU alumni. One of our daughters is an matter, much like diversification of a daily commute, builds alumna, one is an MVNU senior, and one is an incoming new pathways of understanding for both where we are and freshman. where we want to be. With this information, we have a more comprehensive picture of the world around us and are equipped College shouldn't just be about the academics, it should be the “whole to serve it in a holistic way. Biology tells the same story: A package.” Our children had and still have opportunities we never dreamed of. multifaceted approach to education aids in constructing complex MVNU grads are changing the world. It's been exciting to hear our daughters neural connections, expanding our capacity to problem solve. talk about the “extra” things they are getting outside the classroom: small By pushing ourselves beyond our proficiencies and into less- groups, mission trips, community outreach, etc. They have the opportunity to 1713 chartered territory, we are brought into a mindset of learning,

participate in classes and activities that are not just in their majors, but in areas N N a mindset of humility, and an orientation towards the bigger OW2014 Fall they may have never considered otherwise. They surprise themselves. OW2013 Fall picture. Sure, it’s a challenge to get off the metro and walk, but by the time we reach our destination, we are richer for having A liberal arts education isn't just about academics. It's about being open to new experienced both. experiences, people, and ideas. It's trying something different; it’s being open to new possibilities.

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Calendar Embracing the Fully Annual Annual Report Inhabited Life Worthy Worthy Investment John Ballenger, MFA Director of Student Success No Brainer No Alumni Highlight Feature Comparison Comparison Feature MVNU Cost News & Notes Editor's Note Christian Wiman, a poet and an instructor at Yale we are hitting the target of more fully inhabited lives. It is an Divinity School, is one of my favorite contemporary authors. aspirational project to be sure. Wiman has a rare and incurable form of blood cancer that often In addition to my day job as Director of Student Success leaves him hospitalized and in agony. He’s had a bone marrow here at MVNU, I also teach creative writing. In the spring of transplant and lives, constantly, inside the shadow of death. His 2014, Brent Schnipke, our outgoing Student Body President, writings are filled with the binary streams of suffering and faith. took my Introduction to Creative Writing This is why his words hit me so forcefully when he says, course. Brent was in his final semester as a Pre-Med major and took the course “Let us remember...that in the end we go to poetry for out of curiosity. It turns out that one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the there is a long tradition of poetry world in which we live them, and that if we more fully inhabit and fiction writing in the medical these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” field. Anton Chekhov, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Carlos Wiman’s contention is that poetry can help us live. In Williams (always wins for best fact, I think he is implying that it is poetry’s responsibility to name), and Robert Coles are just a foster a more lived-in life. By holding poetry to this kind of few in a long and distinguished line. The standard Wiman is also forcing us to consider all human effort, point is that we didn’t know until we started thought, and communication in the same light. Implicit too, in looking into it. Who knows what help their writing and solidar- Wiman’s statement is a sense of the great underlying complexity ity in the medical field might bring to Brent down the line? of life and of the world. Who knows if Brent might become a better doctor due in part One of the central goals, as I see it, of a Christian liberal to their words? And Brent is just one student in one class. arts education is to bring about more fully inhabited lives in Education is almost universally valued but a liberal arts our students. Obviously attending MVNU isn’t the only way education has come under some fire of late. We live in a time to accomplish this goal, but those of us here feel a great weight and a culture that seems to value the formation of the whole of responsibility to get it right for the students who enter our person less and less. Specialization is the buzzword and it only community each year. The wide-ranging core of courses that our takes a cursory glance around the internet to find ranked lists* students take offer them a complex and richly textured experi- of “useless college majors.” In this climate, it would be easy to ence that mirrors the kind of thoughts and actions and commu- abandon our core values, to abandon the commitment to the nication that a complex and richly textured world requires. kind of crosspollination in education that Brent and I found. Taking history or literature or philosophy alongside biol- In a recent interview, Wendell Berry, the writer and Ken- ogy or calculus provides opportunity to grasp the connectedness tucky farmer, expressed what I think is an appropriate stance in creation and to think critically about how these fields work for us: together. The challenges that our students will face in the coming years (political/ideological divides, bankrupt cities, declining “We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed churches, soaring prison populations, to name a few) will require or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right 17 a kind of rigor and enthusiasm that MVNU attempts to instill. N thing to do? “** OW2014 Fall The hope is that a broad curriculum (including the Chapel curriculum and the Residence Life co-curricular pieces) offers I said above that this Christian liberal arts idea is an creative solutions to problems in communities across the globe. aspirational project. Sometimes, of course, we will fail. But I am If our students tell better stories, if they consider real world convinced that it is our responsibility to offer our students an applications to ethical models in science and economics and education that fosters more fully inhabited lives. It is the right nursing, if they challenge injustice in our school systems, then thing to do.

* A deeper look into hiring trends reveals that liberal arts students are more than holding their own in the job market. Perception, it turns out, isn’t always reality. ** Yes, there is probably some irony involved in this statement given my title. Being the Director of The Right Thing To Do would be fine with me. Chaplain's Corner From the From Archives Cougar Pride

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Worthy Worthy Investment Before attending MVNU, I had the opportunity to experi- Recently, I had the experience of reviewing job applications ence and appraise two other institutions of higher learning—both of from graduates who had attended prestigious art and design institu- which were decidedly vocational. I had a clear vision of what I wanted tions in the area. Although their portfolios were conceptually and to study and naively believed that other subjects would depreciate the technically strong, I was struck by their inability to express themselves

No Brainer No value of my education and somehow make me a less relevant graphic in a professional, thoughtful manner. The ability to articulate oneself in designer. Like most students anticipating life after college, I wanted to a meaningful way is one of the many practical skills that are reinforced ensure that what I gained from those four years was applicable and that by a broadly-based, general education. Had I stayed in one of my other every class cultivated the development of marketable skills. With such vocational programs, my degree track would not have accommodated

Alumni Highlight a specific occupation in mind, it was easy to assume that a foundation courses in history, literature, or philosophy, and I would have graduated in liberal arts would be superfluous. Six years and three colleges later, in a somewhat deficient state. Looking back, these are the subjects that however, I have an entirely different perspective. helped me foster disciplined creative habits that have been invaluable

Feature Being the resident graphic designer for a full-service agency ne- to my career. cessitates that I am skilled in my craft as well as professionally versatile. While a narrow, design-centric curriculum would have certainly If my knowledge was limited to the specifics of my vocation, I would prepared me for success in my chosen field, a well-rounded degree struggle with half of my responsibilities as an art director. When I am has provided me with a wealth of resources that I can draw from in a not behind the computer, I am meeting internally with our marketing variety of situations. MVNU gave me the space to focus on my passion Comparison Comparison team to discuss potential strategies or meeting externally with clients while still encouraging me to be flexible, and this is a balancing act to present and defend our ideas. Participating in a liberal arts educa- that plays out daily in agency life. At the start of my college career, I tion has made other subjects more accessible and given me the means was convinced that a diverse learning experience could not better equip Feature MVNU Cost to collaborate more fluidly with those outside my discipline. I owe my me for the future. Now that I am applying all that I have learned, I no ability to think critically and communicate effectively—two skills that longer underestimate the enduring relevance of a liberal arts education. will never become obsolete—to many areas of study, not just one. News & Notes Editor's Note MYTHS VS FACTS ABOUT HOW TO PAY OFF YOUR SCHOOL LOAN

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FACT: There are many student loan payment options offered and you FACT: There are many resources that allow you track your loans are not required to settle for the standard repayment plan. throughout your education and estimate what your monthly payments Options other than standard repayment include Graduated Repayment, may be when repayment begins. One of the best resources for Extended Repayment, Income-Based Repayment, Income-Contingent tracking your loans through your education is through the National Repayment, Pay as you Earn Repayment, and Income-Sensitive Student Loan Data System nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA. You may also Repayment. To learn more about repayment options, view loan information and use repayment calculators by logging in to visit studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/understand/plans. studentloans.gov or studentaid.ed.gov.

MYTH: THERE ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR STUDENT LOAN MYTH: MISSING OR LATE STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS WILL FORGIVENESS. NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON MY CREDIT SCORE OR ABILITY TO BORROW ANOTHER TYPE OF LOAN (HOME, CAR, ETC.). FACT: You may qualify for student loan forgiveness under one of the student loan forgiveness programs offered. Public Service Loan FACT: Missing or late student loan payments may affect your Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness are two loan forgiveness credit score along with your ability to borrow other loans. To gain a programs offered by the US Department of Education. For more better understanding of how to avoid student loan default and the information on loan forgiveness, go to consequences of student loan default, please visit studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation. studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/default.

MYTH: I CAN’T AFFORD TO GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AND MYTH: THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BEGIN REPAYMENT ON MY LOANS. COLLECT ON A STUDENT LOAN IF IT GOES INTO DEFAULT.

FACT: As long as you are enrolled at least half-time in an accredited FACT: The government has the ability to garnish wages and/or withhold program, your student loan payments are not required to begin until tax refunds for loans that have gone into default. you ﬁnish your graduate program.

MYTH: UPON GRADUATION, THE MVNU STUDENT FINANCIAL MYTH: MY EARNINGS CANNOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SERVICES OFFICE CANNOT ASSIST ME REGARDING MY STUDENT 19 WHEN DETERMINING MY LOAN PAYMENTS. LOANS. N OW2014 2014 Spring Fall FACT: Many of the repayment plans outside of the standard repayment FACT: Please contact the MVNU Student Financial Services Ofﬁce with plan take into account your earnings to calculate your loan payments. any questions that you have regarding your loans and repayment at 740-397-9000, ext. 4520 or ﬁ[email protected].

MYTH: IF I DON’T FIND A JOB AFTER GRADUATION, I DON’T HAVE TO BEGIN REPAYMENT UNTIL I AM ABLE TO FIND A JOB.

FACT: You must begin repayment regardless of your employment status; however, you may qualify for an income based repayment plan.

Helpful Student Loan Resources: studentloans.gov nslds.ed.gov studentaid.ed.gov It’s a no-brainer: Communication skills developed in a liberal arts education are essential Chaplain's Corner

Dr. Yvonne R. Schultz From the From Archives Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities Associate Professor of English Cougar Pride

Grapevine The sequence occurs so frequently, may choose, students who pursue their major The council defines liberal education for the it’s almost clichéd: During the new student’s within the context of a broad liberal education twenty-first century as a comprehensive set registration process with the adviser, he or she substantially increase their likelihood of of aims and outcomes …that are essential 2 Calendar says something like, “Let’s schedule some more achieving long-term professional success." for all students because they are important general education. I’d like to get them over How a college student achieves to all fields of endeavor. [These outcomes] with.” Then somewhere between the junior “long-term professional success” is influenced are the foundations for American success in

Annual Annual Report and senior year, he or she says something like, by diverse choices and providences, but all fields—from technology and the sciences “Wow, Dr. Interpersonal Communication, prevailing principles emerge. As the Rev. Dr. to communications and the creative arts.”4 active listening really works! I can’t believe how Roberta Hestenes, former president of Eastern Among the “Essential Learning Outcomes”: much difference it makes!” As Virginia Satir, University, says, “Leadership is about people— “Intellectual and Practical Skills, including…

Worthy Worthy Investment family therapy pioneer, says, “Communication influencing people, listening to people, Inquiry and analysis; Critical and creative is to a relationship what breathing is to understanding what makes them tick, forming thinking; Written and oral communication.”5 maintaining life.” 1 networks, relationships, and alliances.”3 In “So pay attention to people, where they But communication in relationships other words, leadership is about effective are, what’s happening to them, both men and extends far more widely than social communication skills. women,” Hestenes goes on to say. “You can be No Brainer No interactions. In fact, “Communication skills However, the communication skills the most effective person in the room if you (listening, verbal, written)” are by far, the one developed by students in their general pay attention…and then master the skills of set of skills “mentioned most often” as “critical education courses—the University Core— learning how to ride the wave of relationships

Highlight employability skills that employers demand of are not just housed in the Communication in those interactions and decision-making job-seekers,” according to career educators Dr. Department. The list of choices for students kinds of processes.”6 Randall Hansen and Dr. Katharine Hansen. to meet their core requirements is extensive, These are essential communication

Feature Alumni So you’ve landed the job because including offerings from nearly every discipline skills for professional success—organizational, you have demonstrated during the interview in the University. In fact, the University small group, interpersonal, management skills; process that you have the “ability to listen, Core model initiated in fall 2012 sounds oral, written, listening skills. And they’re write, and speak effectively." Now what? much like the “liberal arts” as defined by learned, developed, practiced in the context According to the most recent the LEAP National Leadership Council of of a Christian liberal arts education at Mount Comparison Comparison research, that liberal arts education, where you the Association of American Colleges and Vernon Nazarene University. learned many of those communication skills, Universities, which “disputes the idea that will serve you well. In “How Liberal Arts liberal education is achieved only through Feature MVNU Cost and Sciences Majors Fare in Employment,” studies in arts and sciences disciplines. It also authors Debra Humphreys and Patrick Kelly challenges the conventional view that liberal argue that "whatever undergraduate major they education is, by definition, ‘nonvocational.’ News & Notes

1(qtd. in Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond 1.). 4(“The LEAP” 8-9). 2(qtd. in “New Report”) 5(13) 3(qtd. in Longman 24) 6(qtd. in Longman 25) Editor's Note CONSIDER MVNU’S NEW COMPUTER- SCIENCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WANT TO GET PROGRAM! A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN TWO SHORT YEARS? With a New Albany campus that combines online and classroom-based courses for busy adults, this program is tailored for your ease and success. WANT TO GET Graduates from MVNU’s computer science programs INVOLVED IN A RAPIDLY have successful jobs in the following fields: DEVELOPING FIELD Software Engineering WITH TONS OF JOB System Administration and Management OPPORTUNITIES? Software Development and much more

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What can you do with a degree from MVNU’s school of Arts and Humanities?

Become a 21 N OW2014 Fall graphic writer lawyer broadcaster musician designer

artist teacher translator The choice is yours.

MVNU offers degrees in Art/Design, Communication, English, History, Political Science, Modern Languages, and Music.

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Chaplain's Corner A worthy investment

consider other areas they may not have

From the From Archives otherwise considered,…maybe even Laura Short forcing them to think outside their comfort Managing Director of University Advancement zone and, therefore, have less limitations in the job market.” Their support is reaching, Cougar Pride teaching, and changing lives in a world in In 1964 during the course of develops, nurtures, and prepares students need of the love of Christ. the sixteenth General Assembly of the for the future, regardless of their career “Graduates are exposed to a Godly Church of the Nazarene, this University plans.” For them, it was, and still is, an environment consistently,” shared Patrick

Grapevine became more than a hope and a dream. ideal setting for that crucial step between and Sharon. “Even if they did not become Since then, thousands of people have home and career. grounded in this environment at home, considered an MVNU education to be Dave Merki commented, “My dad their exposure to it at MVNU leads us to a worthy investment. Decades earlier, was a Nazarene pastor in Ohio and served believe that individuals will have a life

Calendar one of the founders of the Church of the on the MVNU Board of Trustees during my changing experience that is priceless.” Nazarene, J.B. Chapman, stated: high school years. Through his work and As with most MVNU alumni and friends, We must make our schools campus visits, I knew MVNU was where both the Merkis and Dodds know that strong in scholarship and adequate in I belonged. MVNU was a place where young adults attending MVNU will be Annual Annual Report equipment and must turn out educated I grew spiritually, strengthened lifelong exposed to a Godly environment while people who are not only spiritually right, friendships, and prepared academically becoming equipped through a liberal arts but intellectually correct and scholastically for the business world where I now work perspective to impact and inﬂuence the strong. Here, as everywhere in our work, alongside graduates of universities world around them. Because of their own

Worthy Worthy Investment the emphasis is on quality… both large and small. I married my high MVNU experience, they want others to The emphasis on a co-educational school sweetheart, MVNU graduate, have the same opportunity. liberal arts university with a solid Annette. My two younger sisters and three evangelical Christian foundation and cousins attended MVNU, and in 2008 mission is not something new. It’s been at our daughter, Kristen (Merki) Potter,

No Brainer No the forefront of our purpose since before graduated.” the ﬁrst bricks were laid in Founder’s Patrick and Sharon Dodds also Hall. Generations of founders, alumni, feel that investing in MVNU students and friends have deemed an education is a worthy legacy, believing their at MVNU one of quality and excellence investment will go beyond anything Highlight where curiosity is fueled, critical thinking is they could imagine. Six of their eight celebrated, spiritual growth is encouraged, children are MVNU alumni. The and the liberal arts core is integrated into other two both attended liberal arts

Feature Alumni the aspects of campus life. institutions, and their ﬁrst grandchild, The Merki Family Alumni and friends give because currently attending MVNU, will be a they want to partner in the University sophomore this fall. They place a high priorities, mission, and vision. Alumni value on the liberal arts education David Merki (’80) works for a company offered, as it helps students expand

Comparison Comparison that provides matching funds and has their focus to other disciplines outside provided an extra incentive to support a speciﬁc area of study, creating a the University. Dave and his wife, Annette well-rounded individual. When asked (Tilmant ’80), believe “scholarships why they are advocates for a liberal

Feature MVNU Cost are vital in enabling most of today’s arts education, they commented that high school graduates to continue their “A liberal arts education can give more education.” They believe that “MVNU options and possibly help students The Dodds Family News & Notes

To make a personal commitment $ to MVNU students, please go to mvnu.edu/iwill Editor's Note ALUMNI SPEAK ABOUT THE VALUE OF A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION

KATE WALSH Fine Arts ('o1)

Careers tend to change and unfold these days more than they did in the past, and a liberal arts education prepared BRITTANY L. EATON, M.S me for those changes as I Visual Communication/Design ('o4) find myself in a career I never A liberal arts education imagined when I graduated. developed in me critical Today, as a small business thinking skills and the capacity owner, problem solving is STEPHANIE (DOENGES) DARRIN ADAMS ('14) DIEHLMANN to put tough issues into a larger something I do all day long. MBA, Organizational Management Biology/Pre-Med ('o7) context. I am well equipped My education has better equipped me to walk into any to develop and implement Obtaining a liberal arts degree My liberal arts education at situation and know a solution solutions instead of just making has altered the way that I view, MVNU gave me a holistic, can be found. arguments — at work, at home, consider, and react to personal balanced, and Christ-centered at church, and in life. The or professional challenges in perspective for life and ministry. ethical thought processes and my life. The greatest impact In my science classes, I learned intentionally Christian worldview is that my intellectual field of about the beauty of God's I embraced at MVNU instilled vision is wider, and I diligently creation. This helped to develop a service-leadership mentality work to employ learned my love for medicine. that has served me well in both abilities to make better long I took classes in music, theology, faith-based and secular term decisions. The liberal arts BRITTNEY MILTIMORE history, and business where I professional circles. degree develops important life Journalism and Sociology ('10) saw the Lord's presence across skills such as critical thinking, the disciplines. I participated leadership confidence, Obtaining a liberal arts in a discipleship group that objective evaluation of education from MVNU enabled taught me the value of the multiple perspectives, effective me to develop a comprehensive Bible, prayer, and community. communication and problem- knowledge base that will help I was also involved in campus solving, the ability to work in me succeed in whatever area ministries. Trips to the inner city diverse teams, effective use of work I choose. It prepared and out of the country helped 23 of research and technological me to enter the workforce and

me to put the things I learned N

tools, and the ability to employ start full-time employment more together so that I could share OW2014 Fall ethical reasoning in decision- quickly than many of my peers the love of Jesus with others making, to name a few. These -- and in an industry I didn't across cultures. And so the are the demonstrated skills necessarily expect. I believe foundations for my future as a that are critical to all employers a liberal arts background missionary doctor were laid. as we compete in an ever- made me a well-rounded and The photo is me with one of changing global economy. appealing job candidate with the patients on pediatrics ward the skills required to get an at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in early start on my career. Papua New Guinea. The Chaplain's Corner MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY From the From Archives ANNUAL REPORT Cougar Pride

TRADITIONAL ADMISSIONS Grapevine

ESTIMATED FIRST-TIME

Calendar FRESHMANHMA ENROLLED THIS FALL

Annual Annual Report 45 311 TRANSFERT STUDENTS STUDENTS Worthy Worthy Investment INQUIRED ABOUT WENT ON TO 16,000 ENROLLING. 1,000 APPLY. No Brainer No

GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Highlight

LAUNCHED A NEW GPS PROGRAM IN THE FALL OF 2014:

Feature Alumni Bachelor of Science in Computer Science-Software Development at our New Albany site. GRAND LAUNCHED AN MBA 4+1 PROGRAM OPENING for traditional age students to complete a bachelor’s degree and MBA in 5 years.

OF THE OFFERING A COMPLETE MENU OF ONLINE GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

Comparison Comparison COLUMBUS-NEW for GPS undergraduate students to complete degree requirements. ALBANY SITE IN THE SUMMER OF STRATEGIC REPACKAGING OF TUITION COSTS 2013. and textbook supply now makes all GPS programs the most affordable programs in Feature MVNU Cost Central Ohio and online. News & Notes

For the full report visit: mvnu.edu/annualreport Editor's Note CAMPUS MINISTRIES

COMMISSIONED STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO $ RAISED FOR OUR M2540 INITIATIVES IN BELIZE, HAITI, 83 SERVED IN CHICAGO, ORLANDO, BELIZE, HAITI AND 20K SWAZILAND AND KNOX COUNTY THROUGH VARIOUS SWAZILAND. STUDENT-LED FUNDRAISERS LIKE CONCERTS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS.

CAMPUS LIFE

COLLABORATED WITH THE CAMPUS HIRED TWO NEW RESIDENT COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS MINISTRIES DIRECTORS: TIM RADCLIFFE (’10) TO RAISE OVER $12,000 FOR KNOX AND AMY REEVES (’13). SGA NEEDS (FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY).

UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

% INCREASED ANNUAL GIVING BY 86.5 PROCESSING 5,506 GIFTS TOTALING ALMOST INCREASED DIRECT MAIL GIFTS BY 28.5%.

$ INCREASED THE 9.1 MILLION NUMBER OF GIFTS RECEIVED BY 5.5%.

ACQUIRED OVER 50% FACULTY AND STAFF RECOGNIZED OVER 170 ALUMNI AND N OW2014 Fall PARTICIPATION FRIENDS WHO CONTRIBUTED GIFTS in the 30 Days of Giving campaign with a total of $20,000 for individually or as families of $1,000 or more student scholarships. during the ﬁscal year and became members of the President’s Circle. ENROLLMENT The TRADITIONAL STUDENTS MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY 1,232 ANNUAL REPORT Post secondary FRESHMAN CLASS SOPHOMORES POST-SECONDARY (INCLUDES FIRST- 216 STUDENTS TIME FRESHMEN) Seniors Freshmen 50 347

JUNIORS SENIORS FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN 305 313 (included in Freshman 302 Class count)

Juniors Sophomores

NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS

UNDERGRADUATE 597 997 GRADUATE 400

TRADITIONAL STUDENT PROFILE

RESIDENTIAL 986 AVERAGE ACT SMALL GROUP 687 STUDENTS FOR INCOMING PARTICIPANTS FRESHMEN 22.9

FEMALE/MALE NAZARENES (DEGREE- 459 WEEKLY COSMO 255 GENDER RATIO 742/490 SEEKING STUDENTS) SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

STATES/COUNTRIES 29/12 ETHNIC/RACIAL 111 RETENTION RATE REPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS FOR FALL 2013 73%

For the full report visit: mvnu.edu/annualreport ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

NEW PROMOTIONS

RYAN LONG DAVID WINYARD TO DORA HAWTHORNE TO DAMON OSBORNE Drama Engineering ASSOCIATE English PROFESSOR Education

RETIRED

CANDACE FOX JANICE NIELSON BRUCE PETERSEN DONNA JEAN TAYLOR ALEX VARUGHESE Family and Education Christian Ministry SHIVERDECKER Education Biblical Literature Consumer Emeritus Education Emeritus Sciences Emeritus Emeritus

UNDERGRAD PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED

ENGINEERING (GENERAL FORENSIC ACCOUNTING 5TH YEAR MBA DEGREE COMPLETIONS: ENGINEERING DEGREE WITH (BEGINS FALL 2014) (BS AND MBA IN 5 YEARS) (EXPECTED TO BEGIN 2014-15) MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE- TRACKS) (BEGINS FALL 2014) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

FINANCIAL GIFTS FROM ALL SOURCES

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

7166 6284 7182 6530 5775 6238 4645 4458 4784 5115 5406 GIFTS $6,077,187 $4,132,611 $4,135,836 $3,791,612 $3,805,857 $4,292,839 $2,897,164 $5,146,233 $4,043,499 $4,863,500 $9,070,246 AMOUNT

COMMUNITY CHURCH SUPPORT FOUNDATIONS PARENTS & TRUSTEES $200 $1,465,170 & CONSORTIA $ $104,406 166,801 27 ALUMNI & BUSINESSES & EMPLOYEES CLUBS AND N FRIENDS CORPORATIONS $ ORGANIZATIONS OW2014 Fall $ $ 4,161 438,483 6,878,217 $12,804

UNIVERSITY- FUNDED $ SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS 9,070,246 $12,162,547 TOTAL MARC CHAGALL LITHOGRAPHS AND ETCHINGS EXHIBITION IN THE SCHNORMEIER GALLERY

Events Calendar SHOW OPEN UNTIL NOV 15TH

SEPTEMBER Chaplain's Corner

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES | SEPT 01 STEM VISIT DAY | SEPT 27 MVNYOU VISIT DAY | SEPT 29 From the From Archives CHAGALL FESTIVAL of JOY // LEAP SEMINAR with PANEL GRANDPARENTS’ DAY JOHN BURKE

Cougar Pride DISCUSSION SEPT 25 (MUD AND THE MASTERPIECE, SCHNORMEIER SEEING YOURSELF AND OTHERS THROUGH THE EYES OF JESUS) GALLERY Music Department Ensembles perform SEPT 24 R. R. HODGES CHAPEL SEPT 28 Grapevine OCTOBER

Calendar MVNYOU VISIT DAY JUNIORS AND SENIORS | OCT 13 LITTLE SIBS WEEKEND | OCT 31-NOV 01

FALL LECTURE Annual Annual Report 48-HOUR PLAY SONFEST ARTIST SERIES OCTOBER 4 / THE GROVE FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIP DR. JOANN KOH-BAKER PERFORMANCE OF RECITAL WORKS OCTOBER 11 PIANO LECTURE-RECITAL OCT 14 / 7:30PM @ 8:00PM IN THORNE R.R. HODGES CHAPEL LANCASTER ALUMNI TRIP THORNE RECITAL HALL Worthy Worthy Investment AUDITORIUM; OCTOBER 7-10 OCT 22 / 7:15PM

NOVEMBER No Brainer No

MVNYOU VISIT DAY JUNIORS AND SENIORS | NOV 10 TRI-STATE BIBLE QUIZ | NOV 21-22

OMEA HONORS

Highlight CHOIR CONCERT VARIOUS MUSIC HOMECOMING FALL PLAY NOV 15 / 3:00PM, DEPARTMENT NOV 7-9 Same Old Story R.R. HODGES CHAPEL ENSEMBLES TOUR THE AUDITORIUM NOV 7, 8, 13, 14 MVNU EDUCATIONAL Feature Alumni MUSIC DEPARTMENT 8PM IN THORNE GOLIARDS CHAMBER REGION HOMECOMING CONCERT CHOIR CONCERT NOV 8 / 1:00PM NOV 22-23 NOV 20 / 8:00PM

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STUDENT Messiah MESSIAH

Feature MVNU Cost JAZZ BAND OMEA HONORS R.R. HODGES CHOIR CONCERT CONCERT DEC 5 CHAPEL AUDITORIUM DEC 6 / 3:30PM, PRINCE STUDENT UNION, R.R. HODGES CHAPEL DEC 7 / 7:00PM DEC 4 / 7:30PM 10:20AM; R.R. HODGES AUDITORIUM News & Notes CHAPEL AUDITORIUM Editor's Note You're invited!

PARENTS' DAY | OCTOBER 11

Please join us for a day on campus with your MVNU student!

BREAK- Parents' Day exists to encourage parents, siblings, and grandparents FAST to spend a day on campus experiencing weekend student life here at MVNU.

We want to celebrate you! Please join us for breakfast at 9 a.m. in Foster Hall located in DIME-A- Ariel Arena. Network with other parents and receive some free give-a-ways while your student enjoys sleeping in on Saturday morning! DOG

The Student Government Association will be sponsoring Dime-a-Dog at the home soccer match. You will also be able to enjoy OAKtoberfest, a fall festival that includes a hog roast, pumpkin carving, hay rides, a few games, s'mores, caramel apples, and apple cider. OAK- TOBER- Questions? Contact Director of Student Life, $10/ Travis Keller at (740) 392-6868, ext. 4604, or e-mail [email protected]. FEST PARENT (INCLUDES BREAKFAST AND OAKTOBERFEST DINNER)

$15 Advance Tickets

LET THERE BE MUSIC.

GATES OPEN OCTOBER 4 / 1-10 PM AT NOON BANDS PERFORMING WILL INCLUDE GUNGOR / RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS / MIKE MAINS AND THE BRANCHES / THE ORPHAN, THE POET / MORE!*

Tickets are on sale now through iTickets.com or at the MVNU Cougar Corner Bookstore. $15 in advance, or $12 each for a group of 15 or more. VIP tickets will also be available for $40 online. $20 at the gate. The all-day event also includes inﬂatable games for all ages, food trucks, and a variety of giveaways! SonFest is held rain or shine. For more information, go to sonfest.mvnu.edu or call (740) 397-9000, ext.4551. *Bands subject to change. THE GR Chaplain's Corner From the From Archives Cougar Pride

Grapevine Scott Flemming (’80), formerly Head Men's Basketball Coach and Athletics Director at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, recently Medina High School Spanish teacher Sharon led the Indian National basketball team to Schorr (’90) was awarded the prestigious

Calendar a historic victory over China. On July 13, Crystal Apple Award. She was nominated the team achieved its ﬁrst ever win against by one of her students, Mackenzie Debnar, China with a 65-58 triumph in the FIBA Asia who stated,"There are not enough words Cup. India has also had a number of other in our diccionarios españoles, let alone an Annual Annual Report successes recently, including receiving the English dictionary, to thoroughly illustrate gold medal at the Lusofonia Games in Goa in how amazing of a teacher Mrs. Schorr is. January under the coaching of Flemming, who Not only have the beautiful aspects of the came to India in November of 2013. language inﬂuenced me, but her passion

Worthy Worthy Investment and love for what she does inspires me most of all. She is gallant, courageous and the most valuable teacher I have ever had." Only 12 award winners were chosen this school year. Mrs. Schorr was recognized

No Brainer No at a surprise presentation in her classroom where a representative from Northeast Ohio Darrell Holland (’78) is married to Media Group and Bryant & Stratton College Dianne (Gaston ’83), a Malone University personally congratulated her. Mrs. Schorr graduate, with three children: Emily (26) lives received her Crystal Apple at an awards Highlight in Chicago and just ﬁnished grad school, Kent Rinehart (’80) has accepted a 3-4 banquet held in May. Grant and Olivia are seniors in high school. year position as Exploration Coordinator for Darrell is practicing law in Canton, Ohio and Chevron’s China Energy Company. In this Steph Dianne has retired from teaching to care for Feature Alumni role, he will provide coordination between (Boord ’96) her father. Life is good with fond memories of Chevron’s exploration team in Houston, their and John MVNU! [email protected] drilling operations team in Shekou, and the Chandler’s China National Offshore Oil Company. He 4th daughter, and his wife, Kelli (Melton ’80), now reside Addison Grace

Comparison Comparison in Shekou, China. Kent joined Texaco in 1980 Elizabeth as geophysicist. Since 2009, he has worked Chandler, in Chevron’s Project Resources Company, was born on providing project management consulting to February 14, 2014.They now live in Redding, Feature MVNU Cost major capital projects worldwide. CA, and Steph is currently a homeschooling, [email protected] stay at home mom. [email protected] News & Notes 70s|80s 90s Editor's Note Please submit updates and photos for publication by email to RAPEVINE [email protected] or online at grapevine.mvnu.edu.

The Church of the Nazarene has selected Rev. Brooklyn Lindsey (’01) as Ben Radcliffe (’03) was the 2013-2014 its global justice Trisha Anne (Smith ’02) and Zain Latif’s recipient of both the General Surgery Patient advocate. Brooklyn first child, Mikail Zain Latif, was born January Choice Award and the General Surgery has a bachelor's 24, 2014. [email protected] Resident Teacher of the Year Award from degree in Christian Riverside Methodist Hospital in Ohio. Ben and Education. This Kendra (Sapp ’03) McVay’s husband, Katherine (Stevens) ('04) will be joining newly created Vince, accepted an amazing opportunity to the medical staff at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital position is embedded in Nazarene Youth put his stellar photography and videography in Papua New Guinea in 2015. International in partnership with Nazarene knowledge and experience to work at Making Compassionate Ministries. Brooklyn will work the Moment Photography in Westlake, OH. Brian (’04) and Kim to build partnerships with local Nazarene Through this opportunity, Kendra is now able (Miller ’06) Trexler, churches and youth ministries around issues to be a stay at home mom to their youngest welcomed their first of global poverty and justice. As the justice son, Braxton (19 months). They have two child on January 23, advocate, she will focus on developing older boys, Bailey (13) and Bryson (11). Until 2014, a son named educational resources, training, and speaking March 2014, she had been teaching middle Elijah Pearce Trexler. as ways to educate and engage youth in school language arts within Portage Public [email protected] issues surrounding global poverty, as well Schools in Portage, MI. as promoting discipleship in the Church of [email protected] Kimberly (Haflett ’05) and Paul the Nazarene. Grandinette’s son, Remington Burl Grandinette, Mike Crider (’03) was appointed principal joined their family on July 3, 2014. He joins Heather (Bell ‘01) League and her of Southwestern Randolph Middle School in big brother Paul, Jr. (2). Kim currently teaches husband, Theron, welcomed a daughter, Asheboro, NC, effective 7/1/14. Mike resides English Language Learners to children in K-6 Hollyn Elizabeth, on January 14, 2013. Hollyn in the Greater Greensboro area with his wife, for Springfield City Schools. Her husband runs weighed 6 lb, 9 oz and was 19 inches long. Holly, a 2004 graduate of Western Carolina the water plant at Wright State University, and She joins big brothers Parker and Grayson. University, and his twin girls Meredith and they reside in Enon, Ohio. [email protected] Natalie, who will turn three in July. [email protected] [email protected] Steve (’01) Rebekah Baker (’05) was married Sept. and Dana Schaal Amy (Dixon 19, 2009 to Neil Baker. They have 3 boys: announce the ’03) and Tony Micah, Jaret, and Derek. She is working 31 birth of their Stemen’s (’06) in Wooster, OH at Verizon Wireless as an N

second daughter, Daughter, Annabelle Assistant Manager. [email protected] OW2014 Fall Olivia Donna Elizabeth, was born Schaal, born on early in the morning Sara (Jones ’06) April 29th at 8:12 November 17, and Shaun Wilson am, weighing 7 2013 at home. Her (’05) welcomed pounds, 3 ounces. She is beautiful and joins brothers Will (7) and Ben (5) and sister Rosalie their ﬁrst child, Miles her sister Addison (3) were thrilled to wake up and meet her! Allan Wilson, on Kenna Schaal. [email protected] June 5, 2014.

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Stephanie (’07) and David (’06) Jenkins announce the birth of Drew Eugene

Cougar Pride Jenkins on February 17, 2014. He joins big Kristina Carver (’08) brother, Bryce (7). of Willowick, Ohio, has received the J. Joel Potter ('07) completed Ph.D. in Allen Oakum Memorial Philosophy at SUNY, Buffalo (2013). He Scholarship from Kent Grapevine joined the faculty at the University of Alaska State University's (Anchorage) Fall 2013. School of Library and Information Science Andy (’07) and (SLIS) where she is pursuing a Master of Calendar Jennifer (Oxley Library and Information Science specializing COACH OF ‘07) Newman would in school librarianship. like to announce the THE YEAR

Annual Annual Report birth of their daughter, Diana (Hochschild ’09) and Fabio Avery Rose, on 6/4/14. Gonzalez were married on December 14th, Congratulations to Coach Keith Andy received his MS 2013. [email protected] Veale who was named Crossroads in 2011 from Eastern Kentucky University and League “Coach of the Year” for is working for an environmental consulting ﬁrm John-Paul Kemmenoe, (’09) was 2014. Coach Veale led the Cougars Worthy Worthy Investment for the gas and oil industry. Jennifer received nominated as the recipient of Newark schools’ to a 29-5 Crossroads League her MBA in 2013 from Indiana Wesleyan Excellence in Education award. mark (44-12 overall) and the University and works in Human Resources Crossroads League Regular Season at a nonproﬁt organization. They live in Championship. The Cougars were Houston, Texas. Ben (’10) and Ashley nationally ranked in the NAIA for No Brainer No (Davis ’09) Kuhn most of the season as well and Jackelyn are proud to welcome won 20-straight games in the Vanessa Joshua Steven Kuhn, month of April. Burgos (’08) to the family. Josh was

Highlight was promoted born February 4th, 2014 to Sergeant at 2:18 p.m. in Marietta, Dr. Richard “Dick” Jones, Professor of of Police at Ohio. Big brother Boaz Chemistry at MVNC/U from 1972 to 1998, the Cuyahoga is so excited! passed away on April 17, 2014. Feature Alumni Metropolitan [email protected] Housing Deborah (Bryan ’81) Jones passed away Authority Police Kara (Miller ’12) and April 17 and had been residing in Texas. Department in Aaron Ballard’s (’10) May of 2014. son, Jacoby Aaron Ballard, Ron Steenbergen (’71) passed away on Comparison Comparison She is currently was born on March 24th, April 18 and had been living in the Trenton, the only female Sergeant at CMHAPD. She is 2014. OH area. also the ﬁrst and only Hispanic female to have

Feature MVNU Cost ever risen to the rank of Sergeant of Police in Sean Fleming (’14) has been hired by Roy Flowers (’79) passed away June 9. His the history of CMHAPD. To God be all the NFL's Miami Dolphins as a Membership wife, Nancy (Kean) Flowers, was also a the glory! Development Associate. part of the class of 1979. News & Notes 00 |10

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NEW SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR

Kirk McDonnell joined the athletic department as Sports Entertainment Management from Point Park Information Director in July after spending the last six years as the University in Pittsburgh, PA. Director of Athletics Communication at Belhaven University in Jackson, "We are thrilled that Kirk is returning Mississippi. McDonnell is a 1999 graduate of MVNU with a degree in to MVNU," said MVNU Director of Athletics Keith Communications Broadcasting. He has also completed his Masters of Veale. "He brings a tremendous amount of experience Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Sports, Arts, and in the ﬁeld of Sports Information back to our athletic department.”

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The Block M was a popular and active Pictured are the following alongside Mary June Colestock, Vickie Oiler, Cheryl Feature Alumni organization at athletic events that was ﬁrst Casey Cougar: Shinaberry, Joyce Walters, Gwen Clark, organized in the fall of 1970. Led by the Karen Lybarger, Judi Parks, Brenda Deskins, alternate cheerleaders, these women were Kneeling: Debbie Wright, Linda Shupe, Pam McNear. responsible for encouraging school spirit Linda DeVinney, Nancy Taylor, Tricy Hays, and good sportsmanship. The members sat Linda Fogarty, Rhonda Heﬂin. Serving as co-advisors were Becky Beam

Comparison Comparison in a square, and cheered for the Cougars and Tricy Hays. Co-captains for the group — along with the cheerleaders and the pep Standing: Kathy DePew, Phyllis Vanderpool, were Rhonda Heﬂin and Linda Fogarty. band. With a uniform of white gloves, blue Carole Moats, Sharon Nestor, Rose Burky, and white sweaters, and shakers, the Block Cathy Thurman, Kathy Allen, Pam Norris, Feature MVNU Cost M dutifully ﬁred up the crowd. Marlene Allen, Sue Camp, Sara Poe, News & Notes Editor's Note CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

Rev. Joe Noonen / University Chaplain

Much has been written about liberal arts who gaze in wonder at what is taking education. The impact of the liberal arts core curriculum place. Perhaps they were those too on those who experience it has been the focus of much scared to ask the question. Perhaps research as well. The amount of words allotted to this they were bound by preconceived column does not permit me to explore these findings, notions with little to no basis in truth. They so I will use my own anecdotal research from 19 years look and listen and learn and are richer because of this of service at MVNU. A common theme, whether in a process. traditional class setting or somewhere in the world, can be So what? The biblical account can be summarized summarized by this statement made by students: “I had in the following story: all of us are children of a single no idea.” family with membership in a single tribe and are heirs We shall know the truth and the truth shall set to a singular hope bearing a single destiny which is: us free. If engaged well, there is an element of freedom the care and management of all of God’s creation in a located within the process of the liberal arts. It is not manner consistent with the order and intent of creation. just exposure to and mastery of content that constitutes a That can be summarized in one word: shalom. Shalom liberally educated person. It is also inquiry and dialogue is understood as the flourishing and well-being of the where learning and understanding take place within a created order. learning community. To a certain extent, the thought of C.S. Lewis that For years, I taught a course required in and through Christ we are trying to retake territory for all first year traditional students at that has been captured by the enemy, can provide a MVNU “ITD 1101: Introduction framework for understanding why we ought to be to the Liberal Arts”. In one of committed to a liberal arts education. If we are the lectures for this course, I used to be faithfully present in a world we are called to Caravaggio’s Doubting Thomas painting change with the love of Christ, then it stands to to show what this process of inquiry reason that it will require a place to train and educate 35 centered in Christ looks like. those who will follow that call. N OW2014 Spring Thomas’ finger, quite dirty on detailed This is the beauty and wonder of what is happening examination, probes the wound of Christ as Christ pulls at Mount Vernon Nazarene University: by God’s grace back his robe and gently guides the hand of Thomas. This we are providing the requisite skills and knowledge for the inquiry is done in the context of a community of others sake of all creation. Listen to the stories and look at the lives of those who have gone from here and you will hear and see what God has been and continues to be up to in and through the MVNU experience.

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HOMECOMING | NOVEMBER 7-9, 2014

Please join us for Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s 2014 homecoming weekend! From exciting events like the Cougar basketball games and the 5K Run/Walk to the brand new Welcome Home Celebration and President’s Prayer Breakfast, it is sure to be a weekend you don’t want to miss!

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Homecoming Chapel 5K Run/Walk New! President’s Prayer Breakfast New! Welcome Class Reunion Brunches Home Celebration Affinity Groups Gatherings

Homecoming Queen There will be Coronation activities for children on Cougar Men’s and Saturday. Women’s Basketball Games w/ special half time entertainment You’re Dessert Theater invited to come home.

For details of all events, please go to mvnu.edu/homecoming