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SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE 2012 | 2013 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY contents 6 Dr. Angela Butler: Trustees’ Scholar of the Year 8 Community engagement at CBU 12 Dr. Kyle Stewart: researching theoretical galaxy formation 14 Flagship programs send volunteers for global service 18 Dr. Daniel Skubik: legal issues of U.S. drone use 20 Compassion Ministries 22 Dr. Grace Ni: robotics 24 Engineering: enhancing humanity, benefitting community 26 Dr. Hyun-Woo Park & Dr. Dennis Bideshi: working to reduce threats by infected mosquitoes 28 Collinsworth School of Music challenges students to perform 30 Dr. Amy Stumpf: combining research and service 32 Dr. Jeff McNair: integrating people with disabilities 34 Dr. Trevor Gillum: understanding exercise at a cellular level 36 Kinesiology students study motor skill development with the elderly 2 38 Dr. Andy Herrity: entrepreneurship as service to the community SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES | 2012-2013 Scholarship & Service California Baptist University 2012-2013 Editor: Dr. Mark A. Wyatt 3 Managing Editor: Dr. Kathie Chute Art Director: Edgar Garcia Photography: Tom Householder Contributing Writers: Kathie Chute, Grace Ferrel CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY RONALD L. ELLIS, PH.D. 4 SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES | 2012-2013 welcome FRIENDS As an institution of higher learning, the icon included with Dr. Angela academically prepared, (2) biblically California Baptist University goes Butler’s story, and you’ll hear her play rooted, (3) globally minded and (4) beyond classrooms and campus some of the music she’s researching equipped to serve. Behind each of activities. Encouraging students to on the harpsichord. Dr. Grace Ni’s those student outcomes stands people “live your purpose” requires a deep video will demonstrate some of the who demonstrate those qualities commitment to excellence and to human characteristics in the robots she themselves. They are mentors and service by both faculty and staff. programs. friends who challenge students to Scholarship and Service allows a become individuals who will glorify glimpse at just a few of the people on You’ll also find articles about the God and distinguish themselves in the CBU’s campus who exemplify what service opportunities offered on CBU’s workplace and in the world. I invite it’s like to live your faith and do it campus, led by dedicated faculty you to meet some of them in this issue with distinction. and staff. The flagship programs of Scholarship and Service. International Service Projects/United It was challenging to narrow the States Projects and Summer of Service May the Lord continue to bless! publication to 40 pages. The list are designed to give students an of faculty achievement is long, and outlet to practice professional skills Scholarship and Service offers just in the U.S. and overseas. Compassion Ronald L. Ellis, Ph.D. a taste. You’ll find a much more Ministries has a similar purpose in the President comprehensive list of research, later in inland Southern California area. this publication. The stories about service learning in In addition, this publication contains music, engineering and kinesiology added value by including video of are just a few of the ways that CBU faculty profiled inScholarship and engages the community while giving Service. When you read the article students the opportunity to practice about Dr. Kyle Stewart’s research in what they’re learning. theoretical galaxy formation, you can click the icon included at the end As a university committed to the of the story and hear Dr. Stewart Great Commission, CBU’s mission describe his findings to you. Click is to produce students who are (1) 5 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY DR. ANGELA BRAND BUTLER Involving students in the Dr. Angela Brand Butler was preparing those notations have been made to perform for a Manitoba production somewhere.” Riverside community of Romeo and Juliet in 2012 when the director of the play asked for authentic Butler will use a sabbatical in the fall music for the Montague ball scene. 2013 to study theater records at the Butler found the request wasn’t an Globe Theatre in London, the Oxford easy one to fulfill. libraries and in Verona, Italy. “Finding dance music of the 16th Additionally, she has been accepted as century is not very difficult, but a scholar at the Getty Museum in Los assigning any music specifically to Angeles to examine private documents Shakespeare or to a play is indeed there. Butler hopes to culminate her troublesome,” she said. research with a repertoire list of instrumental works performed during That idea challenged her to begin Shakespearean plays. research in 16th century instrumental music used in the performance of “I feel so fortunate to have the Shakespearean plays in the 16th and support of the university,” she said. early 17th centuries. Her research “They’ve given me a sabbatical to proposal earned the California Baptist conduct the research, as well as the University Trustees’ Distinguished Distinguished Scholar Award and Scholar Award for 2013. faculty development funds to help with expenses.” “We know the repertoire used in that time period,” she said. “We know In February 2014, Butler will the dance music and the vocal music participate in a lecture series and from the 16th century but not the perform a recital that demonstrates her instrumental music that might have findings. been used. The plays indicate where 6 the musicians were supposed to play, and we know they paid musicians because we have listings of those people who were present. I want to Click play to experience additional find specifically what instrumental content about this article. music they played. Hopefully, SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES | 2012-2013 “... assigning any music specifically to Shakespeare or to a play is indeed troublesome.” 7 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY CBU CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 681,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY service 8 SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES | 2012-2013 California Baptist University students, cultural experience requirement in all faculty and staff contributed more of its major areas. than 681,000 hours of community service during 2012, with a monetary Many of the community services “Our desire is to be Jesus’ value of more than $16.8 million•, hours were a result of CBU’s flagship according to Independent Sector, a programs, administered through the hands and feet in this Washington, D.C.-based advocacy Mobilization Office. International group. Service areas included the Service Projects, United States Projects community and to love Inland Empire area and the state of and Summer of Service sent 422 California, as well as across the nation volunteers to 20 countries last year. the people around us as and around the globe. “Under Dr. Ellis’ leadership, we best we can.” “Service is an integral part of the commissioned our first teams in experience at CBU,” said Dr. Ronald 1997,” said Kristen White, CBU L. Ellis, president of California director of global mobilization. “Our --Melody Henderson Baptist University. “The commitment faculty and staff leaders seek to of students, faculty and staff to be connect with and invest in students to involved in service activities represents challenge them to take their next step a very practical application of one of in engaging the world.” the university’s core values: equipped to serve.” Compassion Ministries, with oversight from the Office of Spiritual Life, also Most of the service hours were a contributed service hours during the result of service learning in academic year through local ministries with areas, where students applied what the elderly, teens, children and the they are learning in their major homeless. areas. The Collinsworth School of Music accounted for a large One group of students working with share of the service learning hours the homeless said they want to be a through more than 400 concerts and stepping stone between area churches 9 vocal performances by about 400 and various homeless programs. students. The College of Engineering contributed the second largest number “Our hope is to build relationships of service hours through a cross- (Continued on pg. 10) CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY “OUR faculty AND staff LEADERS SEEK to CONNECT WITH AND invest IN students to CHALLENGE THEM to take THEIR NEXT step IN engaging THE world.” (Continued from pg. 9) cheer team won the competition by a group of freshmen picked up trash with the people we encounter, with the raising 1,866 cans, which averaged at the city’s Don Derr Park as part goal of meeting their physical needs 50.43 per athlete. Men’s golf raised of their FOCUS orientation group’s and eventually being able to share 487 cans, or 37.46 per athlete, the activities last fall. the gospel with them,” said Melody highest total of any men’s team. Henderson, a CBU student involved in Some of the community service hours the ministry. “Our desire is to be Jesus’ “It was fun to see our teams talk about came from service learning projects hands and feet in this community and who was going to give more this year,” that enable students to use professional to love the people around us as best Parker said. “It is great to see them skills. Freshmen engineering majors we can.” give back.” worked on projects sponsored by the College of Engineering, and The combined efforts of 18 California The 5,640 cans were donated by CBU students from the School of Business Baptist University athletic teams athletics to Set Free Ministries. contributed approximately 500 hours helped raise 5,640 canned food items In addition, the teams volunteered in free tax preparation for low income to be donated to charity. time at the local YMCA, worked with taxpayers and seniors in the Riverside a food pantry, a toy drive and various community. “I am really proud of our athletes,” sports clinics. Dr. Micah Parker, director of athletics, said.