NEWS & NOTES

Fairbanks Shares Reflections On Leadership Character In New Book

E. LeBron Fairbanks, president emeritus of MVNU, seeks to share his wisdom to future generations of leaders with his latest boo k, “Mentoring and Modeling Leadership Char acter.” The book reflects on leadership c haracter themes the author shared with emerging leaders in various settings. Chapters in the book attempt to capture his intense desire to entrust or pass on to a younger g eneration of leaders what has been so bountiful ly given to him through education, ministry assignments, relationships, reading,

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Dr. Jennifer Jacobsen, Assistant Professor of Social Work, successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation from Northcentral University on September 30, 2022, with a focus on health psychology. She worked with MVNU student athletes to explore how coach communication can positively influence body image.

Dr. Nicci Lambright, Assistant Professor of Education, was selected as an Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Clinical Fellow for 2023. Clinical Fellows are part of a national collaborative of higher education faculty, doctoral students, mentor teachers, principals, and teacher leaders focused on improving clinical practice and building school-university partnerships to strengthen and life experiences. The book is an attempt to fulfill what he understands as a key mentoring verse in Scripture: teacher education. Dr. Lambright attended the ATE Clinical Practice Fellows Symposium in March 2023 to participate in the collaborative work of the group.

“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others” (2 Timothy 2:2). Each chapter concludes with questions for personal and/or group reflection designed to engage the reader to consider and to apply what was read.

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MVNU was awarded a $1,985 grant through the Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health at Northeast Ohio Medical University. This grant provided training for three faculty members in the Social Work Department to become QRP trainers so they can train students, faculty, and staff in suicide prevention/ intervention. The grant was written by Dr. Jenni Jacobsen.

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Dr. Florence Hardjono, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, earned her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Baonhe Sob, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has published the following manuscript: Pita, M & Sob, B (2022), Investigating the effect of A1-1050-H4 sample position on grain size and mechanical properties during accumulative roll bonding process, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 12 (10).

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Eric Vail, Associate Professor of Theology, released his book, Creation, part of the Wesleyan Theology Series from The Foundry Publishing, on Sept. 1, 2022.

Dr. Mike VanZant, Professor of Biblical Literature, contributed to a new book, The Old Testament in 12 Verses, from The Foundry Publishing, it was released in Fall 2022.

Tim Radcliffe, Director of the Library, Assistant Professor of Theology earned his Master of Library Information Science degree (MLIS) from Kent State University.