Fall 2019 Volume 2 Issue 1 BURMAN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Playing for a future free of cancer! Study Tour Goes to Kenya 10 | School of Business News 13 | Homecoming 2019: The Stories They Tell 14 Parkview Adventist Academy News 18 & Parkview Adventist BURMAN Academy News UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 FALL 2019 EDITOR Renate Krause WRITERS Bruce Booth Pekka Määttänen Barbara Chipeur John McDowell 2 President’s Message Jr Ferrer Kevin McKay Denise Herr Louicius Michel Campus News Larry Herr Brent Saik 8 Burman’s Scholars Tour Klaus Irrgang Jenelle (Trenchuk) Saik Adam Kiš Kimberly (Sankey) Senechal 9 Meet the Board of Trustees Paul Llewellyn Patti Smedley 10 10 Study Tour to Kenya PHOTOGRAPHERS In May a small group of students received Christian Lintan 11 Grant Support for specialized on-site training in monitoring Rosanna Trenchuk (cover) Archeological Publications and evaluation (M&E) of humanitarian DESIGNER AND PHOTO EDITOR 12 New Research on Prebiotics David J. Kinsey, Alexander & Sydney, UBA projects in Kenya. Dr. Adam Kiš of the and Cardiovascular Disease Burman University International Studies Fall 2019 Volume 2 Issue 1 BURMAN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 13 School of Business News program led the team. The 2019 SCHOLARS tour visited both Greece • Summer 2019 Continuing and Italy, learning how early ideals of beauty Education Courses and art developed, and how these ideals are • Small Business Centre continuing to be a poweful influence today. Launched and more... Servus Scholarship 14 Grant Advances Research 11 New Faculty Playing for a Probiotic research “will future free Feature Stories of cancer! significantly advance the 18 Parkview Adventist Academy Near Amman, Study Tour Goes to Kenya 10 | School of Business News 13 | Homecoming 2019: The Stories They Tell 14 Jordan, an Parkview Adventist Academy News 18 3 “Shaping the World” career of an early stage News archeological dig ABOUT THE COVER Campaign career scientist in terms of • What’s New at PAA led by Dr. Larry Herr Jenelle (Trenchuk) and Brent Saik raised more than $5 million President announces largest project management.” It will • Looking Ahead to the to defeat cancer through the World’s Longest Games. World capital campaign in Burman’s Future of PAA discovered important records were set from 2003 through 2019 in hockey and also “significantly advance remains from the time of history at Homecoming 2019. baseball. the research environment 20 Ask a Professor the biblical judges and Library transformation, student TO MAKE A GIFT and capabilities” at Burman the ancient nation of success initiatives and faculty 21 Gifts in support of Burman University may be made at www. University. Alumni Profiles the Ammonites. burmanu.ca or phone 403.782.3381 x 4161 development and program • Share Your Light enhancement total $10 million. • Profiles VISIT US ONLINE AT 16 World’s Longest Baseball www.burmanu.ca Game In Memoriam Facebook: Burman University 8 Burman’s Scholars Tour Instagram: @burmanuniversity Guiness World Record set with (inside back cover) SCHOLARS is a Burman Twitter: @burmanuniv 85-hour game to raise funds University alternative core © Copyright 2019 Burman University for cancer research and patient BEST Parkview alumnus option that is open to students Burman University Magazine is published two times yearly by support. wins an Oscar as lead from all disciplines. It requires the Burman University, Office of the President, 6730 University animator on Sony’s Drive, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 2E5. students to think about matters Brent Saik: “Our job is to cure Spiderman: Into the Letters to the editor are welcome and may be considered for that pertain to how one chooses cancer. Every time we do one of publication. They may be edited. Email messages to Renate to live one’s life. these events, that is our motto.” Spider-Verse! Krause, editor, may be sent to [email protected]. 2019 (inside back cover) Shaping the World President’s Message “Changes are coming for Whenever I take time to sort through some of the memories I have of this campus, I experience a deep sense of gratitude. First as student, then as students and faculty alike to faculty member and now as president, I have observed the blossoming of a university. What a unique experience! I feel truly privileged. step into a vibrant future of Our Board of Trustees and administrators have grappled over the past knowledge, student success and few years with accommodating this growth. We decided that serving our students best would require transforming the library, helping more faculty excellence— students financially and physically, supporting faculty and enhancing a future that will help State-of-the-art library resources programs. So I unveiled the $10 million campaign—the largest in Burman’s history—at Homecoming 2019. change the world.” But even as we engage in these various enterprises, we realize that the true value of a university lies in producing lives that matter. Burman has with these electrifying words, stories of many such lives. You’ve read about them in past issues of this President Loren Agrey invited magazine and will find more again in this issue: Jenelle (Trenchuk) Saik and her husband, Brent, in the audience at the Alumni their fight against cancer; Kim (Sankey) Senechal in her determination to “burn brightly”; the Chipeurs in honoring their parents; Professor Pekka Määttänen in his research; Professor Adam Kiš in teaching Homecoming banquet students to support community development with meaningful on-site monitoring and evaluation, and on Friday, June 7, 2019, more. Burman University will never run out of these stories because, ever since its inception, it has to participate in Burman Campus-wide accessibility taught and modeled service—not in addition to, but as an integral part of, one’s life. University’s $10 million capital I think of generous donors that have seen the work of the university in the lives of their loved ones. campaign, “Shaping the World: They have given close to $5 million already, taking us to almost half of our goal. I also think of the Lives of Service Begin Here.” Committee of 100, Burman’s first concerted effort to bring organization to fundraising for needed projects. Thanks to their work, we have a physical education centre and other facilities that serve the university as well as the wider central Alberta community. Agrey continued, “As you know, for more than 100 years, I also think of the faculty and staff that donate monthly through voluntary payroll deductions to the Burman has shaped the lives of needs they see on campus. Over the years, the Campus Family Circle contributed almost $89,000. thousands of students. We have Among other things, we can thank them for turning the smokestack into a bell tower at the new wheelchair-accessible entrance to the administration building and the carillon that rings out into the a responsibility to students of Expanded research opportunities clear Alberta air. And then there are those of our faculty who sacrifice many hours of their evenings, the future who deserve the weekends and even their vacations to do research and write funding proposals. best learning environment, John C. Maxwell writes, “If you are successful, it becomes possible for you to leave an inheritance for transformative education and others. But if you desire to create a legacy, then you need to leave something in others.” The legacy from experiences that will motivate the founders of Burman University is alive and well in those who live lives that matter. and enable them to serve others.” continued overleaf— Faculty growth and development 2 3 In addition to accessing information, evaluating sources Comparing the Current Library and collaborating for research, students should also be and Plans for the Transformed Library Library Transformation able to apply knowledge by creating multi-media projects Current Transformed from resources shared by all disciplines. A “makerspace” Library Library Shaping the World Because a building project requires much advance planning that is centrally located in a university library can provide Total Area* 10,112 17,395 and coordination, the library transformation is the current the necessary tools and technology to foster a collaborative 4,482 the campaign for Burman University focus of fundraising. learning environment. Lower Level Commons 2,106 (Individual Study) 1,600 Head librarian Sheila Clark envisions the library as “an Upper Level: 2,800 The goal is $5 million. More than $3.5 million have been raised Fireplace Hearth: 82 so far, so the building committee can begin to address some of intellectual centre, a place where learning, scholarship and Classroom/Makerspace -nil- 945 the very specific requirements for a university library. technology meet. It’s a place where people learn to find, evaluate and use real world information.” Group Study Rooms 121 770 (5 rooms) Virtual Reality/Audio Faculty and President Agrey explained, “In today’s increasingly -nil- 165 Visual Programs accessible and digital world, renovations are needed not to remodel but rather to transform the campus Reception/Circulation 315 215 $2 Million The opportunity to develop library into an even more relevant place to work, Writing Centre 65 130 personal creativity and pursue new Library live and learn.” Special Collections 160 170 interests is important to human Transformation 5,700 development. To achieve this, 2,640 $5 Million Half Stacks: 2,000 Burman’s existing library was originally built in Print Material Stacks Regular people need access to knowledge Compact Shelving: Student Success 1950 to serve as a cafeteria and college store. In Stacks and works of the imagination. The 3,700 $3 Million 1964, the building was repurposed for a library. library provides access, in a variety 380 Librarians’ Offices 268 Reference: 245 Today, with a carefully selected print collection and of different media, to a rich and Assistant: 135 electronic access to the resources of a multitude of varied store of knowledge and Technical Services 820 500 academic libraries, students can access a wealth of creative achievement that cannot be information.