North Park University Academic Affairs Annual Report Office of the Provost 2019-2020
Academic Affairs Annual Report
It is my honor to be serving as Provost at North Park – I began my term of service in January, 2020, after Provost Michael Emerson left the institution to accept a faculty position at University of Illinois at Chicago. I had retired from North Park in June, 2019, after serving as Dean of the School of Music, Art, and Theatre, and Professor of Music for eight years – and I had also served as Interim Provost in 2014-2015 after Provost Joseph Jones and before Provost Emerson's appointment. The current plan is for me to serve in this role until the end of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Blessings, Craig Johnson Provost North Park University
Our Students
In the fall of 2019 North Park University’s total enrollment was 2950. 1826 were undergraduate students, 151 Adult Completion Students, 640 Graduate students and 310 Seminary Students.
Undergraduate enrollment remained steady from 2015 to 2018 however, 2019 saw a significant drop in enrollment. The number of Hispanic students has continued to increase resulting in NPU being recognized as an HIS institution in 2019. The distribution of students by gender has remained consistently at around 67% female with 33% male
2019 Enrollment Distribution by Race and Ethnicity
students.
Five year enrollment trends and distribution by race and ethnicity
2019 Student distribution by gender
Our Students
Enrollment in graduate programs has remained steady around 640 students over the past 3 years. BS Nursing remains the most popular program at NPU. Seminary enrollment continues to grow with a 36% increase in over three years.
2019 Enrollment Distribution by Academic Program
2019 Student Distribution by Status
2019 First-Year Undergraduate Students Distribution by Race and Ethnicity
2019 First Year Undergraduate Students
In the Fall of 2019, North Park University’s total enrollment was 2950 which included, 1826 were undergraduate students, 151 Adult Completion students, 640 Graduate students, and 310 Seminary Students.
Undergraduate enrollment remained steady from 2015 to 2018 however, 2019 saw a significant drop in enrollment. The number of Hispanic students has continued to increase resulting in NPU being recognized as an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HIS) in 2019.
The distribution of students by gender has remained consistently at around 67% female with 33% male students.
Catalyst 606__ 2019-2020 Academic Year
North Park’s Catalyst program is headed by Rich Kohng, Director of Civic Engagement – his staff includes a North Park staff member, and Vista -volunteers. The Catalyst program successfully pivoted to virtual operation, along with the rest of the campus, in March – and will operate in a similar fashion in throughout the 2019-2020 Academic Year.
Highlights for the 2019-2020 Academic Year include:
Even with programming interruptions due to the COVID pandemic, the Catalyst Hub provided support for 109 Catalyst Courses with 2,135 students enrolled. Catalyst Courses program
129 courses incorporated or were scheduled to incorporate Catalyst sessions 2,571 students enrolled in those courses, a projected 20% increase for Catalyst Courses from last year. With shelter-in-place restrictions, 109 courses with 2,135 students enrolled were still able to utilize
staff continued to encourage faculty to integrate civic engagement outcomes into their Catalyst sessions. Of the Catalyst sessions
their sessions. 78 students participated in the Catalyst Semester, a 24% increase, and 13
facilitated in the past academic year, 48% included a civic
departments or offices hosted 16 Catalyst on Campus events with 701 attendees
engagement component. For the 2019-2020 academic year, Catalyst on Campus hosted 16 events with 701 attendees. Events
In addition, Rich Kong and Catalyst Faculty Lead Rachelle Ankney authored the institution’s Quality Initiative project report that was submitted to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) focusing on the Catalyst program. The report was very favorably received by HLC.
facilitated dialogue about a wide variety of civic engagement topics, such as gentrification and housing inequity, the role of race in faith, as well as community building and leadership
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Catalyst Hub demonstrated continued growth of the
opportunities. The robust efforts of program staff meaningfully
Catalyst 606_ _ initiative. Catalyst Semester experienced a 24% increase in participants, with
advanced the mission of the Catalyst Hub.
78 students participating in the program during the 2019-2020 academic year. Students served in practicum assignments with 33 different community-based organizations. Catalyst Courses continued to expand the scope and breadth of its programming with 129 courses and 2,571 students enrolled across various academic departments scheduled to participate in Catalyst
Program Objectives: 2019-2020 Academic Year
sessions, which would have been a 20% increase from the previous academic year. Even with programming interruptions due to the COVID pandemic, the Catalyst Hub provided support for 109 Catalyst Courses with 2,135 students enrolled. Catalyst Courses program staff continued to encourage faculty to integrate civic engagement outcomes. The report was very favorably received by HLC.
After a program review of the 2018-2019 academic year, the Catalyst Hub staff identified several areas for improvement that corresponded with key objectives. Each of these program objectives were linked to the capstone competencies of the Association of American Colleges &
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Catalyst Hub demonstrated continued growth of the Catalyst 606_ _ initiative. Catalyst Semester experienced a 24% increase in participants, with 78 students participating in the program during the 2019-2020 academic year. Students served in practicum assignments with 33 different community-based organizations. Catalyst Courses continued to expand the scope and breadth of its programming with 129 courses and 2,571 students enrolled across various academic departments scheduled to participate in Catalyst sessions, which would have been a 20% increase from the previous academic year.
Universities (AAC&U) Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric. According to the AAC&U, each of these competencies are based on Erlich’s definition of civic engagement as "working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes."2 The following program objectives were designed to institutionalize and operationalize this definition into Catalyst programming: Continue to deepen and support institutional commitment to civic engagement.
The Catalyst Hub staff continued to embed civic engagement outcomes into the fabric of the office’s core programs. Program staff for Catalyst Courses encouraged faculty utilizing Catalyst sessions to consider implementing sessions that had a civic engagement focus, and/or explore topics that would promote civic learning and reflection. Up to 43 professors responded to these efforts and reconfigured their sessions as a result. Catalyst Semester and Catalyst on Campus staff also resolved to implement civic engagement-related outcomes based on the AAC&U Civic Values Rubric.
Catalyst 606__ 2019-2020 Academic Year
Beyond Catalyst Hub campus programming, the Director sought other avenues of increasing the institution’s commitment to civic engagement. The Catalyst Hub partnered with the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor and Together Chicago, a community-based organization, to expand the Building Blocks of Peace initiative. During the past academic year, the Catalyst Hub cofacilitated or supported 5 trainings with over 400 community leaders in attendance. Each training highlighted best practices in positive loitering, to equip participants to mobilize their own block clubs or congregations to effect positive presence in hot spots identified by the Chicago Police Department. Trainers included key leaders from the public sector as well as clergy or representatives from faith-based organizations across the city including some of the following:
Vance Henry, Chief of Faith-based Initiatives, City of Chicago Office of the Mayor
David Brown, Superintendent, Chicago Police Department
Glen Brooks, Director, Office of Community Policing, Chicago Police Department
Ciera Walker-Chamberlain, Executive Director, Live Free Chicago
Yolanda Fields, Chief Program Officer, Breakthrough Urban Ministries Ed Peecher, Chief Operating Officer, Together Chicago
John Fuder, Director, Chicagoland United in Prayer
The Director of Civic Engagement also explored funding possibilities and drafted proposals with key constituents. The office hopes to secure funding for the initiative in the future with the support of the Government, Corporate, and Foundation Relations Manager of the Office of Advancement.
During the past academic year, program staff actively pursued opportunities to help students “[demonstrate] evidence of adjustment in [their] own attitudes and beliefs because of working within and learning from a diversity of communities and cultures,” in alignment with the AAC&U Diversity of Communities and Cultures competency.3 For example, the Director explored a potential partnership with University Ministries (UMin), CRUX, and the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Learning (ODIL) to create a new faith-based program focused on intercultural discourse.
Catalyst 606__ 2019-2020 Academic Year
Strengthen community partnerships through Catalyst Semester practicum The program was designed to take place after Catalyst on Campus
placements (Civic Identity and Commitment) Students in the Catalyst Semester
programming from 2:30-4:10pm to fill the rest of the Catalyst block. On October 16, 2019, Catalyst on Campus hosted a 1969 retrospective inviting
participate in Catalyst sessions throughout Chicago every other week. Each
Rev. Al Sampson who was ordained by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
session is designed to expose students to issues and conversations relevant to
Bishop Ed Peecher of Together Chicago. After the event, Rev. Sampson and
specific communities. Catalyst sessions are curated by community leaders who
Bishop Peecher joined UMin, ODIL, CRUX, and Catalyst staff to pilot a faith-based conversation on the intersections of race and faith. Unfortunately, due to a number of factors, the departments involved were unable to sustain
are deeply invested in the issues at hand and actively involved at the grassroots level. This learning is integrated with a first-year writing seminar required for
the initiative beyond the pilot. The Catalyst Hub hopes to revisit the
participants in the Cornerstone program, which explores human identity.
possibility of launching this program once the campus is fully open to in-
Linking Catalyst sessions with Cornerstone classes enhances students’ civic
person interactions.
Throughout the year, in partnership with other campus offices, Catalyst on
identity, a capstone competency defined by the AAC&U as “evidence of experience in civic engagement activities and describes what she/he has
Campus programming intentionally focused on increasing intercultural
learned about her or himself as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of
dialogue and competencies by inviting various experts and activists in the
civic identity and continued commitment to public action.” For the 2019-2020
field such as Jahmal Cole of My Block, My Hood, My City, Michelle Morales of Mikva Challenge, and Sandee Kastrul of i.c. stars. Catalyst on Campus also hosted a capstone event with Rev. Bryan Murphy of the Evangelical Covenant
academic year, students were placed with community-based organizations that challenged their worldviews and enhanced their commitment to community
Church (ECC), who highlighted the denomination’s commitment to the Six-
flourishing. For example, one student was placed at StreetWise, a nonprofit
fold Test as a means of ensuring that denominational affiliates such as North
that empowers stability and job opportunities for men and women experiencing
Park comply with the Church’s stated priority for more robust intercultural discourse and actions that promote racial righteousness.
homelessness. The student interviewed these men and women, learned from their stories and published an article in their November edition magazine. From this experience, the student learned more about herself through others and recognized the call for civic responsibility within herself. She had to look outward to reflect inward.
The 2019-2020 academic year has seen an advance in the scope of Catalyst’s impact beyond the campus, representing the university’s city-centered distinctive (Civic Action and Reflection, Analysis of Knowledge). The Catalyst Hub continued to expand on partnerships with civic institutions including the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor, the Chicago Police Department Office of Community Policing, and the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC). The deepening of these partnerships were instrumental in expanding North Park’s reach in contributing to the common good, and created pathways for other departments, faculty, staff, and students to leverage their knowledge, skills, and abilities. The Building Blocks of Peace initiative was built upon the Director’s interactions with the Office of the Mayor’s Chief of Faith Initiatives. Trainings implemented in concert with other community partners expanded North Park’s interaction with multiple community networks.
The Director also planned to teach a pilot section of Cornerstone at the Cook County Department of Corrections during the spring 2020 semester. Unfortunately, the pandemic shut down public access to the facilities and the class was postponed. Although the class did not take place, the office developed a stronger relationship with CCDOC that could culminate in future programming.
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Mission “The Mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to prepare students for successful lives and careers through rigorous and life-changing Christian liberal arts education, intentionally set in Chicago as context.”
Vision “The Vision of the College of Arts and Sciences is to become the leading city-centered, Christian learningcommunity by translating knowledge illumined by revelation into service to God and neighbor and care for creation.”
At of the end of the 2019-2020 academic year, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Gregor Thuswaldner, moved on to a position at another institution, and the two Division Directors/Associate Deans, Susan Rabe and Matthew Schau, were appointed Interim Co-Deans of CAS, and each provided the Annual Report for their respective Divisions.
Division of Science The primary goal of the Division of Science for the 2019-2020 year was enhancing academic programs This included: integration of the tiny Earth program into the Microbiology course, the development of a 3+1 B.A./ M.A. program with the School of Education leading to teacher certification, development of the big data certificate as a collaboration between the Math department and the School of Business and Nonprofit management and the initial offering of the May Urban Ecology program in concert with the AuSable Institute. The initial offering of Tiny Earth happened during the fall semester and was a success. Tiny Earth did not take place in the spring semester due to Drew Rholl’s sabbatical. Drew did a remote version of Tiny Earth in the June summer term. Progress was made in the development of both the big data certificate as well as the 3 + 1 program but that progress was stalled by the Coronavirus in the second half of second semester. Finally, the AuSable program was set to run this past May but had to be cancelled again do to the Coronavirus. The hope is to be able to hold the first AuSable May semester in May of 2021.
Highlights from the Humanities College of Arts and Science
Mission: The Mission of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division is to prepare students for vocations and lives of significance and service through a rigorous and life-changing liberal arts education.
Vision: The Vision of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division is to create, in our Christian university and global city, a learning community for the 21st century that illuminates God’s work in the natural world and human cultures.
• The Humanities and Social Sciences Division is comprised of eight Departments, with 13 BA degree programs, and the following non-degree
• Brad Nassif continues to garner national and international recognition for his work on Orthodox/Evangelical churches.
programs: CORE, CRUX, Modern Languages (the non-degree language options), and the Writing Center. Beyond Susan Rabe becoming Interim
• The Global Studies program returned to Modern Languages
Co-Dean, HASS has no new full-time faculty members in this academic year. Strengths identified in the Annual Report included the quality of the faculty, and their significant scholarly output – challenges included low faculty morale, which was reportedly due to unfilled faculty lines, heavy advising loads, and a sense that the Humanities may not be valued by the administration. The History and Philosophy
• The Writing Center expanded its offerings and conferencing for graduate students
• HaSS contributed significantly both in teaching (Mary Veeneman, Melissa Pavlik) and through the Writing Center to the Stateville initiative. The Writing Center established the Stateville Writing Partners Project.
Departments also submitted Annual Reports. • Jennifer Ingersoll and the Writing Center spearheaded the Chicagoland Writing Center
• Sarah Doherty was appointed to the Illinois Museum Commission by Governor Pritzker in
Association Peer Tutors Day and laid plans for the 2021 Tutors Day.
recognition of her distinguished curatorial and public history accomplishments
• HaSS contributed significantly to Compass
School of Business and Non-Profit Management
The School of Business and Nonprofit Management is a large academic unit with six undergraduate degree offerings, four graduate degrees, and 16 graduate Certificate programs.
Ann Hicks was appointed Dean in 2019-2020 and had been a faculty member previously. The School had two open faculty positions in 2019-2020, one in Accounting, and one in Marketing – the Marketing position was filled by Nour Al-Naber; and although an offer was made to the finalist for the Accounting position, she did not accept the position, choosing instead to stay in her current position.
Strengths identified in the Annual Report included the quality of the faculty – challenges included facilities, and staff transitions, resulting in disproportionate workloads for the remaining staff members.
The Church Leadership Academy
The Academy of Church Leadership at North Park University is an SBNM program that provides training and professional development to seminarians, pastors, and church staff. The program offers a workshop series, an annual conference, an annual retreat, and a graduate-level Certificate in Church Administration. The $750,000 Lilly grant program to assist pastors with finance and leadership issues held their first conference with over 50 people this past January 2018. The Academy also offered a workshop series from June-September covering: financial management, meeting management, conflict resolution, QuickBooks for churches, policy development and alignment, theological and scriptural reflection on money, and church fundraising. Additionally, custom workshops were provided for a variety of churches in Chicago and for an ECC Church in Elim, Illinois. The fall professional development efforts culminated in a 3-day Church Leadership Retreat. Most of the workshops were recorded and will be developed into programs that can be shared with churches.
Six leaders/staff from NPU attended a Lilly Conference in January 2019 in Indianapolis which consisted of institutions that have been granted funds. This includes a variety of organizations,
The School of Education
SThe School of Education is a well-established and growing program, under the leadership of Dean Becky Nelson. On the undergraduate level, the unit offers the BA with five licensure areas, and 16 different endorsements – as well as two non-licensure areas.
On the graduate level, there are three degrees, with a wide variety of areas of emphases.
Strengths identified in the Annual Report include high pass rates on the state-wide edTPA test, and a 100% pass rate for licensure in the past year; and a committed faculty and staff, with a defined committee structure within the School, and strong participation by faculty and staff across campus.
Articulated challenges include facilities, and the stated need for more marketing of the program.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
After a long tenure, School of Nursing and Health Sciences Dean Linda Duncan has returned to the classroom, and we welcome Dean Cynthia Hudson, who will lead this very large School going forward. In addition, there are three new faculty members in SNHS: Mary Shehan in Nursing, and Jong-Hoon Yu and Chelsea Wooding in Health Sciences.
The School offers two BSN three MSN degree options, as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), in addition to two graduate Certificates. In the Health Sciences, there are three BS degree programs, and the MSAT, with two entry options.
The Annual Report identifies faculty and leadership as strengths, as well as the accreditation of several programs, articulated high student satisfaction, and successful employment placements. Challenges at this particular juncture include those associated with the pandemic, and two unfilled positions in Nursing. The Annual Report also cites a wide range of future opportunities.
• Successful approval by HLC to offer the MSAT
• The School of Nursing and Health Sciences supports three Global Mission Trips: Zambia, India, and Oaxaca Mexico. Nursing
• Successful reaccreditation for the Athletic Training Program and approval to offer the
faculty have led these trips for over several years.
MSAT program through CaATE • All students in the SHNS participate in • Successful launch of the first cohort group of the fully online DNP program.
practicum experiences throughout the city. Partners such as Northwestern Memorial, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Shirley Ryan
• 100% pass rate for the licensure exams for the nurse practitioner programs.
Ability Lab, Lawndale Christian Health Center, Atletico, Galter Life Center, and numerous other agencies provide our
• Both the MSAT and DNP programs are part of a CAS system. These systems are commonly used by professional programs. (Nursing CAS and AT CAS). Their usefulness has not be realized due to late starts in the systems both for the DNP and MSAT. We will need a full recruitment cycle to be able to determine benefit to the programs.
students outstanding experiences and job opportunities. Our work among the citizens of the city provide the students with culturally rich opportunities.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
City-Centered Nursing
The Student Nurses Association continues to be very active both on and off campus. They support 30+ activities such as: Feed My Hungry Children, Vacationing with the seniors with Little Brothers, Chicago Marathon, Shamrock Shuffle, Blood drives, Health education activities on campus in cooperation with the Health Center Lobby Day in Springfield
School of Music, Art, & Theatre • The music program presented 50 on-campus • The School of Music, Art, and Theatre is
evening and weekend events during 2018-19,
currently under the leadership of Interim Dean
as well as numerous other offerings during the
Rebecca Ryan, who moved into the position after
school day, and off campus, including a
the departure of Dean Natalie Williams at the end
University Choir/Chamber Singers tour to
of the fall semester. Music offers four
Nebraska in October.
undergraduate degrees, including a BA with three concentrations, and a Certificate in Music for
• Productions in the fall semester: Project 24 –
Social Change and Human Values, as well as two
12th Anniversary; North Star.
graduate degrees; Art offers a BA with three concentrations, as well as K-12 Art Education and
• Productions in the spring semester: Winter
Pre-Art Therapy; and Theatre offers a BA.
One Acts; Tender Rough Rough Tender.
SMAT also offers a Certificate in Arts
• Big Bridge, a consortium of schools
Management, which is significant as one of only a
supporting inter-faith play development, just
few cross-unit curricular options across campus.
awarded four schools, including North Park, grants to bring the playwright of The Shakers of Mount Lebanon Will Hold a Peace
The Annual Report identifies faculty and creativity as strengths across all three departments. In Music, strengths also include the newly renovated Hanson Hall, a strong tradition, and active performance schedule; Art cites service learning and a strong assessment program as strengths; and Theatre is centered on an innovative Storefront model, which is unique in the region. Challenges for SMAT include recruitment, and for Art and Theatre, facilities – particularly Theatre.
Conference This Month for performances of the work on campus next spring semester.
School of Professional Studies Mission: Our mission is to prepare diverse students for lives of significance and service through theoretical, practical, and professional learning experiences. We create a caring, inclusive community of learners, welcoming students from any faith tradition seeking personalized, flexible approaches to higher education and professional development.
The School of Professional Studies offers educational opportunities for adult students and is led by Dean Lori Scrementi. The School offers BA degree options in Business Administration, Counseling Psychology, Criminal Justice, Digital Marketing, Location Intelligence, Nonprofit Management, and Organizational Leadership and Management. The unit also offers an MA in Counseling Psychology, a degree option that was just expanded from 48 to 60 credit hours, in support of preparation to apply for CACREP accreditation.
High enrollment in SPS business majors continues providing an engaging curriculum that challenges
There is also a new full-time faculty member in
students and produces solid graduates, many who are
Counseling Psychology, Martha Mason. Strengths
accepted into MBA programs. The SPS Master’s
identified in the Annual Report include course
program in Counseling Psychology also continues to
flexibility, including accelerated options – and
improve and mature since its premiere in 2015. With
areas within the School that have experienced
the administration’s commitment toward CACREP
enrollment increases.
accreditation, MACP will become more of a competitor in the marketplace especially as the need
Challenges include competitiveness for new
for mental health professionals increases.
students in a rigorous market, and a perceived need for more knowledge of, and access to, SPS program
Having participated in the Gray & Associates
options for on-campus students.
workshops this year revolving around program evaluation, data was revealed to substantiate the
• The School of Professional Studies offers eight
importance of SPS programs at North Park University
undergraduate majors and one masters program:
and the significant contribution of SPS programs to
• Bachelor of Arts degrees:
North Park University’s bottom line. The School of
• Business Administration (BADM)
Professional Studies is the most flexible and agile unit
• Counseling Psychology (CPSY)
at North Park University. The opportunity for growth
• Criminal Justice (CJ)
in existing programs as well as opportunities and
• Digital Marketing (DM)
collaborations to create new majors and/or certificate
• Location Intelligence (LOCI)
programs was evident in this data.
• Nonprofit Management (NPM) • Organizational Management and Leadership
The COVID pandemic has thrusted online learning
(ORG)
upon institutions of higher education that may not have fully embraced online learning in the past. With SPS’s
Master of Arts degree:
already solidified place in online learning, and with the
• Counseling Psychology (MACP)
expertise of online learning from the dean, faculty, and staff in SPS, the potential to capitalize on this “newfound” need for online learning should be at the forefront of North Park’s strategic plan. As part of North Park University, the School of Professional Studies continues to embrace their significant role in the North Park University vision to become an outstanding Christian, City-centered and Intercultural learning community.
200+ professional coaching sessions for graduate students.
3,905 undergraduate course conferences
1131 Drop-in conferences
The Writing Center
Melissa Pavlik is the Director of the Writing Center, and Jenny Ingersoll serves as the Assistant Director. The Writing Center has a very robust program, serving both undergraduate and graduate students, and students in the School of Restorative Arts at Stateville as well. On campus, the Center had 34 Writing Advisors in the fall, and 32 in the spring, and 14 in the fall and 30 in the spring at Stateville. In total, there were 3905 undergraduate course conferences, as well as a wide array of other services and events throughout the year – including a pivot to online instruction last March. This is a program that truly enhances the educational experience for many of North Park’s students. • Graduate Student Drop-in Hours were maintained at 10 hours weekly (two evenings a week from 5-10pm) until March 19 when we moved to an appointment-only basis. These drop-in hours were hosted by a professional writing coach with experience working with our SoN graduate students in the former WRIT5000 “Writing for the Professions” program. • Graduate Coaching was expanded to match students not only from residential students from SoN and SBNM with professional writing coaches, but also students enrolled in SMAT, SPS, and Seminary distancelearning programs. The forced move to 100% online writing conferences due to Covid-19 positively pushed our writing center to provide more training to writing coaches and student advisees regarding how to use MS Teams and other platforms effectively in a distance writing conference situation. • Synchronous Online Conferencing was offered to graduate students seeking support on a case by case basis in fall semester and the beginning of spring semester, and then offered to all graduate students starting March 19, 2020 when we moved into pandemic mode. Training was provided, to maintain flexibility of platforms with an emphasis on using MS Teams, in the form of email updates, shared electronic resources, options for practice conferences, and troubleshooting in virtual staff meetings. • D. A List of Professional Writing Coaches who worked with NPU graduate students in the past was again made available. In this case, interested graduate students could contact these coaches, agree on a fee, and set up appointments that fit their schedules. • E. Writing Center Virtual Visits were made available upon request in the form of PowerPoint slides, Big Blue Button recordings, MS Teams, and Zoom.
The Writing Center
Stateville Drop-in Hours were held by 14 Writing Advisors enrolled in the NPTS MA in Christian Ministry program for peers in their cohort on Thursdays in fall semester from 6:30-9:30am and 10:30am-1:30pm, and by 29 WAs (including the new cohort) in spring semester on Thursdays from 10:30-1:30 until the school building was shut down due to Covid-19 after March 12th. Stateville WAs continued to use creative methods to hold writing conferences in their cell houses under lockdown in quarantine for the remainder of the semester, and they also provided writing support to incarcerated students enrolled in programs outside of North Park’s.
A. Stateville Writing Partners Project Spearheaded by undergraduate Writing Advisor Darby Agovino, this project involved training Writing Advisors to become letter partners with 20 inside (incarcerated) students taking Michelle Armida Belmonte-Stephens’ “Theology,” Will Andrews’ “Old Testament” and “New Testament,” and Ken Sawyer’s “Church History” courses at Stateville Correctional Center. Writing partners exchanged essays and handwritten letters of critique up to four times throughout the semester with inside students. An additional WRIT/CORE adjunct instructor and professor in the English department were trained to be writing partners and mentors, and they exchanged feedback on written assignments with 16 Stateville students enrolled in my spring WRIT2100 “Tutoring Writing” class. Darby offered a 2-hour training at the beginning of both fall and spring semesters, and she facilitated letter exchanges as well as created and collected project assessment materials. B. Stateville Writing Advisors In spring 2020, I trained 15 inside students (minus our 16th student that we lost mid-semester to Covid-19) currently enrolled in NPTS’s MA in Christian Ministry program at Stateville Correctional Center to be Writing Advisors for their peers by offering a section of WRIT2100 “Tutoring Writing” at our Stateville campus. I also helped organize Stateville writing center drop-in hours during “study hall Thursdays” facilitated by our 14 returning Stateville WAs fall semester from 6:30-9:30am and 10:30am-1:30pm and facilitated by new WAs spring semester on Thursdays from 6:30-9:30am. The Stateville WA team held monthly staff meetings during study halls and continued to offer writing support to their peers even after the Covid-19 quarantine/lockdown. One Stateville WA’s essay was published in April in Axis: The Praxis Blog and another’s was accepted for outside publication in September 2020 for WLN: Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. Our Stateville WA team is currently in conversation about running a weekly basic writing/correspondence course and a weekly creative writing course. I am also in conversation with directors of other educational programs outside of North Park’s regarding how North Park Stateville WAs can expand support to assist students in other programs at Stateville.
C. Chicagoland Writing Center Association Peer Tutors Day Jenny Ingersoll spearheaded the organization and execution of a Chicagoland area peer tutors day hosted by DePaul University. North Park’s writing center offered to host a directors’ lunch in fall 2020 to plan a follow up spring 2021 tutors day.
University Dean
Liza Ann Acosta is the University Dean, as part of the Office of the Provost. Her duties focus on Faculty Development – including several different initiatives, including the Teaching and Learning Cooperative (TLC); Faculty of Color; and Plagiarism and other student academic processes. In addition, she coordinates faculty personnel processes with the Faculty Personnel Committee, and supports accreditation processes. The Annual Report identifies the Dean’s creativity, desire to serve and learn, and her love of faculty, as strengths. Challenges include the need for clarification of her duties.
Office of Institutional Effectiveness Mission: The mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness is to collect, synthesize and analyze program-level data in order to provide reports that will facilitate planning, assessment, policy analysis, and decision making.
Vision: The vision of OIE is to develop a culture of assessment of inter-related functions, that includes evidence of learning with feedback throughout the system that result in accountability and quality improvement.
Associate Provost Lisa Ncube leads the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, with assistance from staff member Seanna Wong, and others on the various committees associated with the Office. OIE is focused on the upcoming Re-Affirmation visit by the Higher Learning Commission in April 2021, and all of the processes leading up to it. Lisa has also increased the activities associated with Assessment, and is working to systematize all of the various components.
The Higher Education Learning Commission (HLC) will conduct its Comprehensive Evaluation Visit at North Park University in April 2021. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness has been hard at work developing strategies to best prepare North Park and contribute the culture of continuous quality improvement on Campus. This year’s main areas of focus included the creation of Institutional Student Learning Outcomes, the development of assessment plans, the implementation of the Programmatic and Regulatory Committee, and a gap analysis developed by the HLC Steering Committee. OIE saw major breakthroughs in 2019-20. Arguably, at the top of the list was Assessment. Being able to finally implement Outcomes in Campus Labs was very gratifying. Although the stipend the HLC Steering Committee had been promised have not been forthcoming, the committee has continued to support the reaffirmation efforts by consistently and diligently working on the Assurance Argument. The approval of the QI report was a major milestone toward out reaffirmation efforts. Also, the successful institutional change application by SPS was a welcome outcome. We have also made significant progress toward program review.
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
HLC Steering Committee Co-Chair – Lisa Ncube, Associate Provost & Professor Co-Chair – Sumie Song, Director of Global Education Project Manager – Seanna Wong-Nyaku
Center for Online Education
The Center for Online Education (COE) is supervised by Katie Maier-O’Shea, Dean of the Library and Academic Technology. COE offers many services to the academic program and to faculty members across campus, carried out by the very capable staff. The work of COE has been particularly important as the institution pivoted to online instruction last March, and then is proceeding through this academic year with a much larger percentage of online and hybrid classes than in the past, due to the pandemic. The Annual Report identifies the COE staff as a particular strength, and also mentions the Quality Matters process, as well as partnership with the Academic Technology Committee. Challenges include the small number of staff members, and the modest budget, especially in light of the aspirations for more online and hybrid courses in the future.
Brandel Library
Brandel Library is administered by Dean of the Library and Academic Technology Katie Maier O’Shea, and Director of the Library Matt Ostercamp. The Library also houses the NPU and ECC Archives, administered by Andy Meyer, who also submitted an Annual Report, in two parts. The Library employee roster is comprised of both faculty and staff members, who have experienced significant turnover over the past few years; the Library welcomed new faculty member Evan Kuehn at the beginning of this academic year. The Annual Report identifies leadership in the profession, and in the region, as important strengths – this observation would include involvements in professional organizations and various consortia. Another strength would be the resiliency demonstrated during significant staffing changes, and the pandemic, which has forced a move to a reliance on many more online resources. The Library identifies adequate resources as a major challenge
Student Government Association
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION North Park’s Student Government Association (SGA) the supporting voice of the undergraduate student body, committed to advocating for the progression of the North Park experience, by providing students with an actively engaged community. We are filled with gratitude for the
Daniel Strom, SGA President
way that Student Government seeks to serve our student body and work alongside our Faculty, Staff, and Administration to ensure that student needs are a priority at every level of the Institution.
DISTINGUISHED SENIOR AWARDS Gabby Rigg, SGA Vice President
Michael Freeze was selected to receive the Distinguished Senior Award based on his achievement in athletics and extracurricular activities, rigorous academic pursuits, and commitment to relationship building within the campus community. When reflecting on his initial campus tour, Michael said that North Park felt like home immediately. This theme was repeated when he spoke about his residents, classmates, co-workers, and teammates: North Park is a family and Michael is an integral part of it. Michael took advantage of the academic, athletic, and cultural opportunities available to him at North Park and consistently went above and beyond to the benefit of those around him, while also earning a 3.88 GPA in Exercise Science. Whether it was as an RA in Burgh Hall for two years, 4-year letter winner on the North Park Baseball team, women’s softball strength coach, an Michael Freeze
intern, umpire, or a mentor to classmates, he developed community intentionally and invested his time and gifts in relationships.
Without studying physics in high school, Hannah Nelson has completed a rigorous major in Physics, participated in research projects at Duke University, Louisiana State University, and was one of four U.S. students to conduct research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland last year. To work a different part of her brain and expand her community, Hannah plays cello in the orchestra. Hannah counts her two Global Partnership trips to India as a rewarding part of her North Park experience. She participated once as a group member and then again as a leader to allow other students to have the cultural, service oriented experience that she had. Hannah expressed appreciation for what North Park had to offer academically, culturally, and spiritually. She saw the value in the supportive, collaborative and close learning environment that North Park has to offer - “I really know fellow classmates. Community within science is rare, but in our department everyone is in it and supportive". Hannah Nelson
Student Achievements 2019 - 2020 2019 Academic Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences Graduating Students
Nyssa Krull Biology Elena Lawando Chemistry Jillian Gomez Physics & Engineering Kensei Maeda Psychology
Academic Excellence in Schools
Caroline Patterson Art Caroline Ost Music Mara Franzen Theatre
Service / Leadership Awards
Justize Gottman Music Performance Award
Caroline Ost The Servant Leadership Award
Matthew Voss Elom and Vera Nelson Prize
Lydia Vander Stelt The Student Laureate Award
AmyLynn Nelson Communication Arts
Kajsa Meyer School of Education
Mara Franzen Diversity Award
Mara Franzen English
Michael Freeze Exercise & Sport
Mi Ran Choi Music Service Award
Daniel Strom History
Maria Mantice Health Sciences
Jack Rogalla Modern Languages
Michael Freeze & Hannah Nelson Distinguished Senior Award
Dawn Laveau Delores Johnson Award
Rebecca Conner Philosophy Lindahl Prize for Excellence
Aisha Abdallah Dr. Ralph Erickson Award
Hannah Nelson Math Nathan Werling Christian Studies
Bailey Myrin Politics and Government J. Scott Wade Memorial Award
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Alexander, Lindsey Conference Presentation
Bergman, Chad Eric
Drew Rholl, Lindsey Alexander, and Yoojin Choi. “A
Scenic Design. Apples in Winter, J. Fawcett.
Team-Taught Bioethics Class Increases Student
Urbanite Theatre, Sarasota, Florida. January–
Responsibility, Analytical Skills, and Empathy” Paper
February 2019.
presented at Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Midwest and Great Plains Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2018. Balodimas-Bartolomei, Angelyn Book: Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn. The Plaster Migration: From Italy to the USA -- Unearthing Stories of the Italian Plaster Statue Maker. Chicago: Casa Italia Library, May 23, 2019.
Conference Presentation: Carter, David. “‘It’s Just Too Much’: Hypervirtuosity and Genre in the Music of Conlon Nancarrow, Art Tatum, and Black MIDI.” Nief-Norf Summer Festival, Genre Lines Weekend Summit, Knoxville, Tenn. June 15, 2019. Lunar Reflections performed by Alexander Carter at
Journals:
the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Ill.
Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn. “Empowering Youth
September 22, 2018.
Through Civic and Citizenship Education: The Case of Italy.” Pixel: 9th International Conference. The Future of
Bricault, Dennis
Education, Florence Italy, June 27-28, 2019. Bologna, Italy: Filo Diritto Editore. 598-602.
Presentations:
Presentations:
Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills:
Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn. “Empowering Youth
Assessment in USAL Courses Taught in English.
through Civic and Citizenship Education: The Case of
Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Italy.” Pixel: 9th International Conference. The Future of Education, Florence Italy, June 27-28, 2019. Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn. “How Second, Third, & Third Plus Generations of Greek Americans View Their Greek Identity.” The American Hellenic Institute Foundation, The Future of Hellenism in America-17th Annual Conference, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. Saturday, November 10, 2018. (Invited guest speaker). Basney, Nyela
Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills: Classroom Management of USAL Courses Taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills: Course Planning and Syllabi for USAL Courses Taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Recital tour with violinist Alessandro Cervo, guest concertmaster of La Scala. September, 2018.
Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills:
Conductor of Madama Butterfly and La Cenerentola with
Giving Feedback in USAL Courses Taught in
Operafestival di Roma. June 2019.
English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires,
Trusted Alliance Master Classes in New York City and
Argentina.
Colorado. March 2019.
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De Neui, Paul Book: De Neui, Paul H., editor. Sacred Moments: Reflections on Buddhist Rites and Christian Rituals. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2019. Governale, Amy Presentation: Governale, Amy and Chechowitz, Lydia. “Impacts of a socio-emotional program for orphaned children in India.” The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, 12 April 2019, Palmer House, Chicago, IL. Poster presentation. Chapters: Garbarino, James, Governale, Amy, and Kostleny, Kathleen. “Parenting and Public Policy.” Handbook of Parenting: Volume 5: The Practice of Parenting. 3rd edition. Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, Routledge, 2019. Governale, Amy and Garbarino, James. “Ecological Models of Adolescent Development. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development: Volume 7: History, Theory, and Culture in Adolescence. Edited by Daniel T. L. Shek and Janet T. Y. Leung, Wiley, 2019.
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Gray, Elizabeth Presentation: O’Toole, Kathryn J. & Gray, Elizabeth K. “Purposeful pausing: Utilizing intermittent “thinking breaks” to foster learning.” Paper Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, February 2019. Handley, Sam Bass-Baritone Soloist. Hugo Wolf’s Michelangelo Lieder and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach with members of Eighth Blackbird presented by Chamber Music at Bethany, Bethany United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL. October 5, 2018. __________________. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Faculty Showcase, North Park University, Chicago, IL. October 11, 2018. _________________. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Mozart Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with St. John Cantius Church, Chicago, IL. November 2, 2018. _________________. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven with University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. November 8-10, 2018. _________________. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Mass of the Children by John Rutter with Northwest Indiana Symphony. March 5-8, 2019. _________________. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Verdi Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi (Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín) with Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. April 25-28, 2019. _________________. Bass-Baritone. Sang the role of Frank in Die Fledermaus with DuPage Opera Theatre, Glen Ellyn, IL. January 327, 2019. _________________. Sang the role of Erode in San Giovanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella with Ars Lyrica Houston, Houston, TX. March 26-30, 2019. _________________. Sang the role of Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte with the Rochester Philharmonic, Rochester, NY. May 5-11, 2019. _________________. Taught masterclasses and gave presentations at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, DeKalb High School, and the University of Houston, Stevens Point, WI, DeKalb, IL and Houston, TX. 2019. ___________________. Voice Instructor. Musica nelle Marche, Urbino, Italy. June 2019.
A Culture of Excellence Hurley, Patricia Presentations: “Research Ramping: Implementing an online, self-paced seminar to teach information research skills for graduate and undergraduate students” - Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2019. Boulder, Colorado, April 2019. “Online reasoning skills of adult, non-traditional students: assumptions, reality, and options for creating really meaningful information literacy instruction” – The Innovative Library Classroom Conference 2019. William and Mary University, June 7-8, 2019. Iliff, Alan Book: Iliff, Alan J. Charles S. Peirce’s Mathematical Logic and Philosophy. Boston: Docent Press, 2019. Johnson, Rajkumar Boaz Boaz Johnson, The Bible: the Original #MeToo Movement, Wipf and Stock, 2018 Rajkumar Boaz Johnson, " Shudra and Ati-Shudra (Dalit) Theologies of India.” Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice. Edited by Mae Elise Cannon and Andrea Smith. Downer’s Grove: IVP Academic, 2019 Rajkumar Boaz Johnson, “The Book of Jonah.” The T&T Clark Handbook to Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. “ Edited by Uriah Kim and Seung Ai Yang, Bloomsbury: T & T Clark, 2019. Boaz Johnson, “The Book of Ruth and the Slums of India,” in Wisdom Commentary: Ruth, editors, Alice Laffey and A.J. Levine, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018) Kosower, Paula Performances: Cellist. Playing the 2019-2020 concert season with contemporary music ensemble, Picosa. Chicago, IL 2019-2020. _____________. Substitute Cellist. The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Chicago, IL 2019-2020. _____________. Substitute Cellist. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chicago, IL 2018-2019.
A Culture of Excellence Laukaitis, John Book: Laukaitis, John J., ed. Denominational Higher Education During World War II. Cham:Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Chapters: Laukaitis, John J. “Service, Faith, and Race: North Park College During World War II.” Denominational Higher Education During World War II. Edited by John J. Laukaitis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Presentations: Laukaitis, John J. “Indigenous Chicago: Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Urban Context.” Panelist Presentation at National Council for the Social Studies 98th Annual Conference, Chicago, December 2018. Laukaitis, John J. “For Religious Liberty: The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities in Historical Perspective.” Paper presented at 31st Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Calvin College, Chicago, October 2018. Lill, Joseph Recording: Doctors of Dixie, Hear the Rolling Thunder; MJL100. CD recording released in May 2018. Lowly, Timothy Solo Exhibitions Lowly, Tim. re. Rainbow Girl, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2018 _________. Radiator, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2018 _________. Radiator, The Fort Gallery, Langley, British Colombia, Canada. 2019 _________. Without Moving (after Guy Chase), Christians and the Visual Art Conference Bethel University, Minneapolis, MN. 2019
A Culture of Excellence Group Exhibitions Lowly, Tim. Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL _________. Recent Acquisitions, (including three work by Tim Lowly: At 25, Mom | Mountain and Dad / Bed), The Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2019 McBride, Michael Music Director. Violet. Loyola University, Chicago, IL. October 2018. ________. Music Director. The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia!, and Man of La Mancha. Timber Lake Playhouse, Mount Carroll, IL. May-August 2019. ________. Music Director. Big Fish. BoHo Theatre, Chicago, IL. August-November 2019. Nassif, Bradley Articles: “Integrating Christian Faith in a Religiously Diverse Classroom.” Didaktikos: Jpournal of Theological Education. July 2018. "The Gospel in Acts 15 and the Ecumenical Councils (325-787 CE)," The Book of Acts: Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical Readings. Edited by Charles Raith II. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2019. “Athanasius: A C.S. Lewis of the Early Church" The Christian Research Journal. April 2019. Presentation: "St. Makarios of Egypt: Flesh-Bearer of the Spirit." Lecture at University of Alexandria (Egypt) Patristics Symposium, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, Burr Ridge, IL, March 7 2019. Ostercamp, Matthew Conference Presentation Matt Ostercamp and Kelly Campbell, "Redemption and the Library Administrator." Atla Annual Conference, June 2019. O’Toole, Kathryn Presentations: O’Toole, Kathryn. "An Examination of College Students’ Smartphone Use and Relations Between Use and Positive and Negative Feelings in Varied Settings." Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May 2019. Beaty, Marie and O'Toole, Kathryn. "Distracted Learning: The Effects of Cell Phone Presence and Trait Anxiety on Test Performance." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, Lisle, IL, April 2019. Kannass, Kathleen and O'Toole, Kathryn. "Laboratory and Standardized Measures of Attention in Preschoolers." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 2019. Weldler, Karen, O’Toole, Kathryn, and Shirkey, Kezia. "The Effects of Music on Emotion Regulation Following a Cognitive Challenge." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 2019. O’Toole, Kathryn and Gray, Elizabeth. "Purposeful Pausing: Utilizing Intermittent “Thinking Breaks” to Foster Learning." Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology, Glen Ellyn, IL, February 2019.
A Culture of Excellence Peterson, Sharon Scandinavian Organ Recital at Loyola University’s Madonna della Strada Chapel, Chicago, IL. March, 2019. ______________________. Judge for Steinway Junior Piano Competition, Hinsdale, IL. April, 2019. ____________________. Accompanist, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago, IL. 1976present. ____________________. Accompanist, North Shore Choral Society, Evanston, IL. 1979present. ____________________. Staff Accompanist, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Evanston, IL. 2005-present. ____________________. Accompanist for DePaul University’s School of Music studios (saxophone, clarinet, oboe, trumpet,) Chicago, IL. 2018-June, 2019. _____________________. Pianist for Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. _____________________. Pianist for Faculty Concerts with saxophonists Nathan Nabb, William Street, and Masahito Sugihara, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2019. ____________________. Pianist for Memorial Concert honoring Frederick L. Hemke, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2019. Potteiger, Kelly Book Chapter: Potteiger K. (2018). Chapter 19- Implementing environmental sustainability in athletic training operations. In McCullough BP and Kellison TB (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment, 1st Edition, Routledge. Journal Articles Sandvik J, Potteiger K, Merlo AR, Brody LT. Celiac disease: university accommodations and support for student-athletes. [published online ahead of print June 13, 2019]. Athl Train Sports Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.3928/19425864-20190514-01 Huxel-Bliven KC, Potteiger K, Baker RT, Pitney WA. Part II: Examining stakeholder perceptions of the post professional clinical doctoral degree in athletic training. J Athl Train Educ. 2018;13(3): 205-2018. Doherty-Restrepo J, Odai M, Harris M, Yam T, Potteiger K, Montalvo A. Students’ perception of peer and faculty debriefing facilitators following simulation-based education. J Allied Health.2018; (47)2:107-112. Purifoye, Gwendolyn Publications: Langman, Lauren and Gwendolyn Purifoye. “Simmel, Georg.” The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, ed. Anthony Orum. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. April 2019.
A Culture of Excellence Invited Presentations: 2018. “Spatial Injustices: Racial Segregation & the Ironic Mobile Barriers of Public Transportation.” The Sociology Research Colloquium & ODI 3D Series. Illinois Wesleyan University. November 2018. 2018. "Wildin' Out and the Privilege of Whiteness: Social Freedoms, Public Spaces, and Mobilities." Center for Urban Research and Learning. Friday Morning Seminar. Loyola University Chicago. October 2018. Conference Presentations: “Social Promises of Education: Parents, Schools, and the Geographies of Success” with Richard Lofton, Jr., Johns Hopkins University). Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York City, NY. 2019. “The Obduracy of Mobile Boundaries: Maintaining Racial Residential Segregation Through Transit” with Michael O. Emerson. Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA. 2019. “Visualizing Racial Residential Segregation Through Public Transportation” with Johannes Buerger and Michael O. Emerson. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2019. Rah, Soong-Chan Soong-Chan Rah, “Richard Twiss: A Native American Witness to the American Church.” Can I Get a Witness: Thirteen Peacemakers, Community-Builder, and Agitators for Faith and Justice. Edited by Charles Marsh, Daniel Rhodes, and Shea Tuttle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2019. Rholl, Drew Conference Presentation Drew Rholl, Lindsey Alexander, and Yoojin Choi. “A Team-Taught Bioethics Class Increases Student Responsibility, Analytical Skills, and Empathy.” Presentation at Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Midwest and Great Plains Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2018. Seversen, Elizabeth Chapter: Beth Seversen, "Churches Reaching Emerging Adult 'Nones' and 'Dones'” in Secularizing North America." Against the Tide: Mission amidst the Global Currents of Secularization. edited by W. Jay Moon and Craig Ott. Littleton: William Carey Publishing, 2019. 83-105 Conference Presentations and Recording: “’Against the Tide’: Churches Reaching Emerging Adult ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ in Secularizing North America.” Evangelical Missiological Society National Conference, Dallas, TX, October 2018. "Connecting Evangelism, Discipleship and Mission in How We Reach and Retain Emerging Adults." Mission and Ministry Conference, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, April 2019. “Local and Global Partnerships: Trip Wires and Safeguards,” Urbana '18 Student Missions Conference. Missions and Ministry Track,” St. Louis, MO, December 30, 2018. "Reaching the 'Dones' and 'Nones' of Unchurched Millennials." Urbana '18 Student Missions Conference, St. Louis, MO, December 2018. Urbana Recording: https://urbana.org/seminar/reaching-dones-nones-unchurched-millennials
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Shirkey, Kezia Shirkey, K. C. & Wagner, S. “Health Promotion in Young Adults: Does Primary Prevention via College Courses have an Impact?” Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. April, 2018. Silver, Sunshine Presentations: Katerina Dague, Rachel Weaver, Peter Voss, and Sunshine C. Silver, “Biomimetic systems for generation of H2.” Paper presented at The Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lisle, IL May 2019. Silver, Sunshine C. “Development of photocatalytic biohybrid systems for H2 evolution.” Paper presented at The Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lisle, IL May 2019. Silver, Sunshine C. “Strategies to promote engaged learning in the allied-health chemistry classroom.” Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL April 2019. Silver, Sunshine C., Kyle A. Grice, and Sheila R. Smith. “Bonding with Nicolai and Henry in the D(earborn): A VIPEr content building workshop on molecular orbital theory and bonding.” Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL March 2019. Katerina Dague, Sunshine C. Silver, “Synthesis and characterization of diiron complexes: Structural mimics of [FeFe]-hydrogenase.” Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL March 2019. Song, Sumie Exhibition: "E-racing the Colonial Subject: Facial Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea. "Brandel Library September 2018-August 2019. This summer she was invited to speak at Girls Who Code, an organization working to close the gender gap in technology by increasing the number of women in computer science. Thuswaldner, Gregor Publications: “Jeremias, die dritte Taube und Rahel als Friedensbringer: Zu Stefan Zweigs gewagten biblischen (Um) Deutungen,“ Journal of Austrian Studies, Vol. 51 (4), Winter 2018, 2538. “Skandale und Erregungen,” Thomas Bernhard-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung. Edited by Martin Huber and Manfred Mittermayer. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2018, 470-477.
A Culture of Excellence Presentations: (Co-Presenter) “Keeping the Balance: Supporting the Inner Lives of Academic Leaders,” Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD), Atlanta, GA, January 2019. Panelist, Roundtable “Making the Leap: Transitioning from Faculty to Administrator,” Modern Languages Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, January 2019. “Experiential Learning in the City: North Park University’s ‘Catalyst 606_ _’ Program, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2018. Panelist, “Death and Thyme: Thomas Bernhard, Austria’s Enfant Terrible,” Center Austria, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, November 2018. “Contemplating Contemplation in Higher Education,” Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN, September 2018. “Stefan Zweig and the ‘Tragedy of European Thought,’” Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, September 2018. Van Duzor, Matthew Presentations: Matthew Van Duzor and Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe, “Classroom Technology to Support Inquiry-Based Small Group Discussions,” Presentation at ChemEd Conference, Naperville, IL, July 23, 2019. Matthew Van Duzor and Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe, “The Next-Generation Digital Learning Environment for Chemistry,” Presentation at American Chemical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Lisle, IL, May 4, 2019. Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe and Matthew Van Duzor, “Using OneNote for Teaching: In the Classroom and Lab”, Presentation at 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, South Bend, IN. July 30, 2018. VanderBrug, Kelly Group Exhibition: Parallax Labs. “Making as Habit in the Making.” Walker, Michael Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Walker, Michael A., “Caring and Covenant: Notes on a Sacramental Ecclesiology of Disability,” Journal of Religion and Disability 23.2 (March 2019) Articles: Walker, Mike. “Poured Upon All Flesh: Pentecost and the Welcoming Love of God.” Covenant Companion CIX.3 (May – June 2019), 51. Presentations: Walker, Mike. “Persistent Pain and Promised Perfection: The Significance of an Embodied Eschatology of Disability” (lecture, Religion and Disability Studies Unit, American Academy of Religion 2018 [Denver, Colorado, USA], November 20th, 2018).
A Culture of Excellence White-Hodge, Daniel Harris, Travis, and Daniel White Hodge. "They Schools: Hip Hop as a Pedagogical Process for Youth in Juvenile Detention Centers." In Hip hop and Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline, edited by Daniel White Hodge, Don C. Sawyer III, Anthony J. Nocella II and Ahmad R. Washington New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 2019. Hodge, Daniel White. "Amerikkka's Most Wanted: Hip Hop Culture and Hip Hop Theology as Challenges to Oppression." Journal of Popular Music Education 2, no. 1 & 2 (2018): 1328. ———. "Enigma Embodied: The Curious Complexity of Kanye West." The Journal of Hip Hop Studies 6, no. 1 (2019): 24. ———. "Hol’ Up: Post-Civil Rights Black Theology within Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80 Album." Chap. 4 In Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning, edited by Monica R Miller Christopher M. Driscoll, Anthony B. Pinn. Routledge Studies in Hip Hop and Religion. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. ———. "Make Youth Ministry Great Again: Disrupting White Supremacy in the Age of Trump & Michael Brown." In Faith Forward: Launching a Revolution through Ministry with Children, Youth, and Families, edited by David M Csinos. Kelowna, BC: Woodlake Publishing, 2018. ———. "No Church in the Wild: Missiological Education in a Post-Civil Rights Era." First Fruits Press Association of Professors of Mission 49 (2019). ———. "Yeezus Is Jesuz: Examining the Socio- Hermeneutical Transmediated Images of Jesus Employed by Kanye West." Journal of Hip Hop Studies 6, no. 1 (8/15/19 2019): 1-31. Hodge, Daniel White, and Joseph Boston. "The Racism Awakens." Chap. 5 In The Myth Awakens: Canon, Conservatism, and the Fan Reception of Star Wars, edited by Ken Derry and John C. Lyden, 47-91. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2018. Williams, Natalie Williams, Natalie. Euphonia; Suite for Orchestra. Melbourne Youth Orchestra, cond. Stephen Hillinger. Melbourne Town Hall, November 4, 2018. Williams, Natalie. The Dreaming Land; Suite for Cello and Piano. Natalie Clein and Katya Apekisheva, Australian tour, Feb 23 - Mar 16, 2019. Williams, Natalie. "Mapping Symmetry and Form in George Crumb's Prophecy of Nostradamus." in Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy. Ed. Leigh VanHandel. New York: Routledge, 2019. Williams, Natalie. "Twentieth-Century Counterpoint." Paper presented at the Australian Musicological Society, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, Dec 8, 2018. _____. Winner of the 2018 Albert H. Maggs Award for composition from the University of Melbourne, November 2018. _____. Certificate in International Cultural Diplomacy in the Arts at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, Germany, Feb 2019. _____. Fellowship Member of the Higher Education Academy, UK, February 2019.
A Culture of Excellence Zelle, Thomas Book: Book Publications Zelle, Tom. Allegro Dolce - The Violinist and His 5 Best Friends. Chicago: Happiness Publishing International, 2019. Concert Performances Simposio de Organizaciones Musicosociales de Iberoamérica 2019 Orchestra Concerts in Puntarenas, Monteverde and the University of Costa Rica Campus Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Oakdale Covenant Church, Chicago - Requiem 2019 Requiem In Memory of All Victims of Gun Violence. Collaboration with Hannibal Lokumbe and band. Performance of Mozart’s Requiem Mass and Lokumbe’s “Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling” Artistic and Music Director. Conference Presentations Simposio de Organizaciones Musicosociales de Iberoamérica 2019 Key Note Speaker “Educación en Valores Humanos” “Arts Education in Human Values for the Public-School System of Costa Rica” 2018 Ministry of Education, Asociación Nacional de Educadores, and the University of Costa Rica at Puntarenas Zervas, Theodore Journal Articles: Zervas, Theodore G. (2018). “The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living: Why the Liberal Arts Matter.” Journal for Liberal Arts and Sciences. (22)2, 43-61. Presentations: Zervas, Theodore G. “Chasing the Elusive Muse in the History of Education.” Presidential Address. Organization of Educational Historians Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. October 2018. Zervas, Theodore G. “National Development Through Education: Western, Egyptian and MiddleEastern Education and the Rise of Cross Cultural Practices.” The American University in Cairo. Cairo Governorate, Egypt. March 2019. Zervas, Theodore G. “Why Narcists and Sociopaths Make Bad Teachers: Critical Self-Expression in an Interconnected World.” Fifth Annual Academy of the Liberal Arts Symposium. Cairo Governorate, Egypt. April 2019. Zervas, Theodore G. “Coming to a Common Consensus on Who We Are? Comparing National Identity Formation in American, Greek and Egyptian Schools.” The American University in Cairo. Cairo Governorate, Egypt. April 2019.
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