2023 President's Dinner Program

THE PRESIDENT’S DINNER for FACULTY, STAFF and RETIREES

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023

OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

Tammy and I welcome work colleagues and their spouses to this 73rd President’s Dinner! That’s a long time. Our professional forefathers and mothers attended the original Dinner in the late 1940s, having just been introduced to the Polaroid camera and the 33 rpm vinyl record. Today, we awe over Artificial Intelligence. My, how things have changed.

What remains constant, however, is a called, competent, caring workforce for this University community! Not all universities are communities — of sufficient unity around common belief and practice.

Our theme tonight is that we are “A Sent and Scented People” — sent by God as a remedy for our time and place, and doing this scented by the aroma of Christ (II Cor. 2:15–17).

Our special thanks to our wonderful Director of Shalom Projects Esther Tueck, who hosts our program, to our Resident Assistants for serving the meal, and our special guests, especially with thanks to spouses who support their loved one’s valuable service to our great cause at Olivet. ___

Gregg and Tammy Chenoweth

THE PRESIDENT’S DINNER

For Faculty, Staff and Retirees

Dr. Gregg Chenoweth and Tammy Chenoweth President and First Lady

RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW FACULTY AND NEW STAFF Esther Tueck

Shalom Project Director

PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITIONS

Tom Ascher

Years of Service Awards Director of Human Resources

Staff Member of the Year

Faculty Member of the Year

SPECIAL MUSIC

“The Commission”

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

“Sent and Scented,” II Cor. 2:15–17

AN OLIVET HYMN

Dr. Gregg Chenoweth

“The Narrow,” an ONU Ministry Team

Drew Cornell, Carter Ford, Kent Gieselman

Alyssa Hancock, Justine Kauffman, Edie Lauer, Kyle Neuber

Dr. Gregg Chenoweth

Dr. Neal Woodruff

Dean and Professor, School of Music

Dr. Don Reddick, Accompanying

Adjunct Professor, School of Music BENEDICTION

HORS D’OEUVRES

Strolling Salad Buffet

ENTRÉE

Grilled Beef Tenderloin Wellington presented in a Vol au Avent Pastry Shell served with Roasted Carrots and Asparagus

VEGETARIAN/GLUTEN-FREE/ DAIRY-FREE ENTRÉE

Balsamic Roasted Ratatouille served over an Herbed Potato Pancake

Warm Bread served with a Honey-Infused Butter

DESSERT

Strawberry Mousse served in a Chocolate Tulip cup with a Macaroon Garnish

Your servers this evening are the Resident Hall Assistants.

An

Olivet Hymn

Edmond P. Nash ___

God of grace and God of glory, source of our redeeming love. Humbled hearts we bow before Thee brought to Sonship by the Dove. For Thy Christ we do exhalt Thee; for His Cross, His Church, and yet: Praise we too for higher learning Alma Mater Olivet.

We would pray for her safe keeping, for her calling and her cause, That she’d teach with understanding, ever Christlike without pause. Oh, may we, her sons and daughters, in a world of sin and strife, Ever cherish what she stands for, Living Truth, Eternal Life.

Give us courage, give us wisdom for the challenge of this hour. Being salt and light and healing serving by Thy Spirit’s pow’r. Then when life’s short day is ended, and we ponder sacred debt, We will praise the Christ our Savior and Alma Mater Olivet.

2023 FACULTY MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Lance Kilpatrick ’02, Ed.D.

Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Education

THE FIELD OF EDUCATION is hard perhaps more difficult than ever before,” says Dr. Lance Kilpatrick ’02, professor and associate dean of the School of Education. “My goal is to help teachers see how noble their profession is. There is no better feeling than when an entire classroom learns together in perfect harmony. Of course, that doesn’t happen every day, but we strive for it as educators.”

At Olivet, Lance played football and studied elementary education. After graduation, he returned home to the West Coast to teach middle school science. But, his commitment to investing in the lives of children didn’t stop at the end of the school day. Every afternoon, he coached at least one junior high sport and, in the evenings, he volunteered as a youth pastor.

In 2011, Lance returned to Olivet as an assistant professor in the School of Education and began an Ed.D. program through Liberty University. Switching from teaching young students to instructing future educators was an adjustment, but Lance was confident in the potential of his new position.

“As an elementary education major, you don’t ever consider that you might end up as a faculty member one day,” Lance reflects. “My career just evolved in a way in which God gifted me with both relatable experiences and the disposition to connect with young students and adult educators.”

That sentiment has proven true through Lance’s steadfast leadership within the School of Education. Over the past 12 years, he has served on a variety of committees and taskforces, overseen

teacher education portfolio reviews, implemented new technologies to help Olivet students stay at the forefront of modern classroom initiatives, co-authored an article in the International Journal of Emotional Education and presented with colleagues and students during Olivet’s annual Scholar Week.

“When I got into higher education, I knew the potential of my work was exponential,” he says of his work in a collegiate setting. “In the classroom, I could influence the students. In higher education I can help influence the influencers.”

As the associate dean for the School of Education, Lance provides direction to all three of Olivet’s education degree program levels. He has also been instrumental in gaining access to two unique milliondollar grants for Olivet. One grant supports the mission of Olivet’s new Center of Faith and Family, to empower parents to pass their faith on to their children. The other grant provided 145 future educators full coverage of tuition and book fees during the 2022–23 academic year, with more students eligible to receive funding this upcoming year.

“My continued hope for the School of Education is to have a program that is strong enough that future educators are interested in coming to learn, but that they also grow as Christian educators,” Lance says of his call to integrate faith and learning. “The classroom can be a dark place, so shining the light of Christ can be hugely impactful on the lives of students.”

Lance and his wife, Amy, live in Bourbonnais with their children, Owen, Callie and Lanae.

Lance, for your investment in generations of educators, passion for ministry, commitment to Olivet’s mission and faithful service to our Lord, we salute you as the 2023 Faculty Member of the Year.

PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2023 STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Stacey Moore ’09/’18 MBA

Associate Dean of Academic Systems and Communication

THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT of success in the workplace is the ability to build positive relationships,” says Stacey Moore ’09/’18 MBA, associate dean of academic systems and communication. “Learning trust is invaluable in work. You can’t get around the importance of trust in what you do day-to-day.”

Stacey is speaking from personal experience. As an undergraduate student, it was her relationships with professors and staff members that positively influenced her college years and set her up for a successful career managing change in the workplace.

“I fell in love with professors and staff at Olivet. They really kept me hooked during what wasn’t the easiest time in my life. Everyone’s care for students — from the people in the registrar to the financial aid office — was deeply impactful on my time.”

After completing her degree in psychology, Stacey worked locally for Youth for Christ. Combining a love of event planning with a passion for serving at-risk kids eventually shifted her focus to work in fundraising. Stacey learned to understand organizational systems and when a position in the graduate school at Olivet opened up, she took the role.

Over the past 9 years, Stacey worked in a variety of roles in Olivet’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (GCS), almost all of which focused on using processes and programs to support and improve the lives of more than 500 graduate faculty and staff. Her current role has been a complicated and strategic venture to smoothly integrate some GCS systems into those of traditional undergraduate operations.

“I’ve learned it’s beneficial if we just jump in with a positive attitude and figure it out,” she says. “Technology will never replace in-person relationships, but there are so many wonderful things that can come out of using technology well. It has taken a lot of work to integrate GCS back into traditional operations and there have been many people involved in the transition. The project has been as rewarding as it has been challenging.”

There has been a period of adjustment and learning as Stacey and others have navigated the implementation of a more unified set of processes for the University so that everyone can look forward to more an efficient future. In addition to managing change in the transition, she’s also lent her expertise to a variety of committees over the years including GCS Task Force, Implementation Committee, Diversity Task Force, Academic Council, President’s Advisory Group, Higher Learning Commission subcommittee and the Student Persistence Committee.

“The best part of my job is when I can help make other people’s lives easier,” Stacey says. “I love when I find a duplication in a process that wouldn’t have been found without the merger. I hope we’ve decreased silos in the organization and increased efficiency. But, everything I do is based on the relationships I get to build with wonderful people. Relationships should always come before the changes, and I really try to prioritize that.”

Stacey and her husband, Mark ’96/’12 M.Ed., are the parents of Ella and Easton. The Moore family lives in Bourbonnais.

Stacey, for your strategic leadership, relational competency, commitment to organizational excellence in furthering Olivet’s mission, and faithful service to our Lord, we salute you as the 2023 Staff Member of the Year.

Jenny Adams

Walker School of Engineering

Jeremy Ahlden

Department of Physical Plant

Jill Allen

Office of Student Financial Services

Brittany Armstrong Office of Career Development

Jordan Armstrong

Department of Athletics – Football

Kristin Arwood

Office of Center for Academic Excellence

Riley Basick

Shine.FM

Abby Bennett

Shine.FM

Emily Benson

Office of Counseling and Health Services

Skyler Blanton

Office of Marketing and Engagement

Ashley Boykin

Department of Biology

Kati Cann

Office of Admissions

Camille Church

Office of Student Financial Services

Britton Cox

Department of Public Safety

Hannah Davis

Department of Information Technology

Chase DeMott

Department of Media and Technical Support

Devlin Devore

Office of Accounting

Mitchel DeYoung

Department of Information Technology

Jill English

Department of Information Technology

New Staff

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Gabrielle Fightmaster

Office of Center for Academic Excellence

Shemara Fontes

Office of Multiethnic Student Services

Kathy Freeman

Office of Admissions

Ben Hansen

Department of Student Development

Meghann Hardiman

Office of Admissions

David Hathaway Benner Library

Geneo Johnson

Department of Physical Plant

Zontavius Johnson

Department of Athletics –Assistant Coach of Track & Field

Chris Koerner

Office of Accounting

Colton Kurtz

Office of Admissions

Kyle Lamb

Office of Counseling and Health Services

Miranda Lamb

Office of Advising

Zachariah Larsen

Department of Building Services

Autumn Lolkema

Office of Advancement Services

Ryan Manes

Department of Computer Science

Anna Maxwell

Office of Admissions

Ashtyn McBurnie

School of Music

Philip Mikesell

Department of Information Technology

Ethan Moore

Department of Information Technology

Kathleen Morrical

Department of Student Development

Jacob Ostema

Department of Athletics –Interim Head Women’s Volleyball Coach

Ann Smith

Office of the Registrar

Ryan Smith

Department of Athletics – Football

Maddison Spacht

Office of Admissions

Felicia St. John

Department of Athletics –Administrative Assistant

Austin Stafford

Graduate and Continuing Studies

Abigail Stegenga

Department of Student Development

Jill Switzer

Office of Admissions

Marko Tun

Department of Athletics –Men’s Soccer

Andree Veydt

Office of Admissions

Beth White

Department of Building Services

Leslie Ruszkowski

Department of Online Learning

Hosanna Smith

Department of Online Learning

Patricia Valencia

Department of Communication

FOR 2023–2024

New Faculty

Brandon Arbuckle

Behavioral Sciences – Psychology

B.S., Olivet Nazarene University, 1994

M.A. Marriage & Family – Trevecca Nazarene University, 2000

M.A. Religion – Trevecca Nazarene University, 2007

Ph.D., Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2023

Jeremy Croy

Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice

B.S., Western Illinois University, 1998

M.S., Michigan State University, 2011

Ed.D., Concordia University Chicago, 2018

Kelsie Davis

Communications, Director of ONU Theatre

B.S., Olivet Nazarene University, 2019

M.B.A., Olivet Nazarene University, 2022

Nicole DeWalt

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

B.S., Bradley University, 2000

M.S., Eastern Illinois University, 2002

Amy Flynn

School of Education

B.A., Millikin University, 2004

M.A., St. Xavier University, 2007

Lucas Henderson

Department of Chemistry & Geosciences

B.S., Purdue University, 2017

Ph.D., Indiana University, 2023

Joshua Riley

Department of General Studies

B.A., Northern Illinois University, 2009

M.A., Northern Seminary, 2014

M.A., Governor’s State University, 2019

Lauren Rouse

Department of Exercise Science

B.S., Olivet Nazarene University, 2018

M.E., American College of Education, 2022

M.E., American College of Education, 2023

Madeline Shepley

Department of Chemistry and Geosciences

B.S., Indiana University, 2020

M.S., Ball State University, 2023

Years of Service Recognitions

5 YEARS Faculty

Aram Agajanian

Joy Ogden

Jon Seals

Jeff Doolittle

Matt Adams Staff

Myrna King

Holland McCoy

Alicia Mikulski

Emily Sauer

Cynthia Taylor

Justin VonAlven

10 YEARS Faculty

Debra Kimberlin

Mary Nehls

Shelly Stroud

DeAnna VanKuren

Mark Reddy

Amber Residori Staff

Tom Ascher

Chris Francoeur

Luke Franklin

Bryan Giesige

Kristen Henderson

Tiffany Holohan

Mike Lingle

Matt Marcukaitis

Andy Mize

Erinn Proehl

Jana Shear

Chelsea Speas

Chris Tudor

Lynne Utter

Ken Wu

15 YEARS Faculty

Mark Frisius

Yvette Rose

Beth Schurman

Kristy Ingram

Rob Lalumendre

Staff

Anna Benoit

Nick Birkey

Darren Blair

Thomas Fasano

Kirsten Lathrop

Matt Smith

Darlene Swanson

Jean Martin

20 YEARS Faculty

Leon Blanchette

Jasmine Cieszynski Staff

Teri Blanchette

Bary Cruz-Reyes

Gary Dearth

Sandy Harris

Kathleen Gremar

Roy Quanstrom

25 YEARS Faculty

Lynda Allen

Lisa Gassin Staff

Darla Jensen

Meda Long

30 YEARS Faculty

Dan Green

Glen Rewerts

David Van Heemst

Stephen Lowe

Jay Martinson Staff

Brent Long

Arlene Reel

35 YEARS Staff

Gregory Bruner

Tony Fightmaster

40 YEARS Faculty

Brian Allen Staff

Dan Farr

Marsha Smith

Staff Recognitions

Jonathan Bacon

• Earned degree, M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from American College of Education, 2023.

Nick Birkey

• CCAC Coach of the Year.

• IBCA NAIA Coach of the Year.

Jorge Bonilla

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Mackenzie Brown

• Earned degree, Master of Business Administration, Olivet Nazarene University, 2023.

Emily Case

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Braxsten Cook

• Earned degree, Master of Business Administration, Olivet Nazarene University, 2023.

Rob Forster

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Justin Glenn

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Tony Grimm

• Conference Eligibility Chair, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC)

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Jason Johnson

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Brianna Koch

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Scot Kraemer

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Ashley Luft

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Justin Marshall

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Erika Moeschke

• Achieved CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive) credential, 2022.

• Presenter at the 2023 CASE Social Media and Community Conference, “Championing Your Best Day of Giving: Your Guide to Social Media Success,” 2023.

• Presenter in a webinar hosted by our online fundraising vendor, Community Funded, “Champions: How to build a strong Champion program and lead your giving day to success,” 2022.

Stacey Moore

• Co-presenting with Dr. Shelley Webb, Chair of the Division of Business, Indiana Wesleyan University at the 16th Annual Global Studies Conference at Oxford Brooks University, in Oxford, England, “The Institution’s Responsibility for a Systems Approach to the Effective Management & Support of Adjunct Faculty.”

Chris O’Brien

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Adam Ollervidez

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Mary Peeken

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Hannah Priest

• Presenter at the 2023 CASE Social Media and Community Conference, “Championing Your Best Day of Giving: Your Guide to Social Media Success,” 2023.

Erinn Proehl

• Commissioner, CCCU Commission for Alumni Affairs.

• Board Member, Footsteps Missions.

• Circle of Excellence Lead Judge: The Council for Advancement and Support of Education –Annual Giving Category.

Warren Rogers

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Ann Smith

• Earned second degree, Master of Arts in English, Governor’s State University, 2022.

Scott Smith

• Adult CPR/AED, Pediatric CPR and First Aid, American Red Cross, November 2022.

• Earned degree, Master of Computer Science, University of Illinois, 2022.

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Deb Stafford

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Kimberly Strickland

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Zachary Tamez

• Earned degree, Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Olivet Nazarene University, 2023.

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Cynthia Taylor

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Houston Thompson

• Church of the Nazarene International Board of Education – Grant Professionals.

• The Source of Faith, Southwest Indiana District Church of the Nazarene 2023 Lent Devotional, March 22, 2023.

• Presentation: Understanding Diversity in a Multigenerational Workforce: Strengths and Challenges for Cultural Competence, Olivet Nazarene University Social Work Program Regional Continuing Education Workshop, Bourbonnais, Illinois.

• Presentation: The DiSC Profile: Know Yourself and Understand Others [Six-week Training], Southwest Church of the Nazarene, Indianapolis, Indiana.

• Presentation: Deconstructing the Paradigm Shift of Social Outreach in Congregations, Association of Christians in Health and Human Services Annual Conference, Erlanger, Kentucky.

Jackson Thornhill

• Earned Social Media Certification, HubSpot Academy, 2023.

Brian Utter

• Participation at the Christian Music Broadcasters Programming Summit, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 24–26, 2022.

• Participation at the Christian Music Broadcasters University conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 11–13, 2022.

• Led a Spark session at the Createur Conference & Pitch Competition, “Innovation & Disruption in Media & Communication,” Bourbonnais, April 14, 2023.

• Panel presenter at the Broadcast Educators Association Annual Conference, “Pow vs. Wow — Your College Radio Stations Lowest Lows and Highest Highs,” Las Vegas, Nevada, April 15–16, 2023.

• Led the Shalom Project media team to conduct the National Paraguay Media Camp, Asuncion, Paraguay, May 8–19, 2023.

• Participation at the Christian Music Broadcasters Annual Momentum Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 3–June 2, 2023.

• Led a workshop at the General Assembly Church of the Nazarene, “Media That Connects,” Indianapolis, Indiana, June 10, 2023.

Amy Zabel

• Olivet representative for the United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, 2023.

Faculty Recognitions

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Recent Scholarship Grant Recipients

Aram Agajanian

• Recipient of a grant that supported six engineering students who attended the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 4 NEXUS Conference in Chicago, March 2023.

Charles Carrigan

• Recipient of the 2023 Olivet Catalyst grant to support students attending a summer Hawaii Geology Field Course. $6,000.

Stephen Case

• Recipient of 2022 Hippenhammer grant (in collaboration with art professor Scott Dombrowski) to study and photograph the history of windmills in Golden, Illinois, and at the Mid-America Windmill Museum in Kendallville, Indiana.

Karen Knudson

• Recipient of the 2022 Hippenhammer Grant to develop an article on the Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament.

Elizabeth Lamszus

• Recipient of the 2022 Samuel L. Mayhugh student-faculty scholarship to fund six students who attended the Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society) International Convention in Denver, Colorado, March 2023. $4,200.

Karen Leonard

• Recipient of 2022 Hippenhammer grant for a project entitled, “Misunderstandings in second language listening: An analysis of paused transcription data.” $450.

Seok Lew

• Recipient of McGraw STEM Student Engagement Grant: Design and Construction of a Tiny House for Universal Application to Urgent Housing Needs, co-investigated with Quentin Ragan. $7,500.

Derek Rosenberger

• Recipient of Elbert Pence and Fanny Boyce Undergraduate Summer Research Experience. Olivet, 2023. Pollinator Communities at the ONU Biological Sanctuary Relative to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Richness, Distinctiveness and

Species of Conservation Concern. $8,120.

• Recipient of USDA Forest Service Research CHALLENGE Cost Share Agreement. Summer 2023. Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Survey. $13,100.

• Recipient of the Illinois Nature Conservancy Research Grant. Spring 2023. Ornate box turtle tracking. $3,000.

Nicole Vander Schaaf

• Recipient of a Pence-Boyce research fellowship for research with student Lozetta Davis. Project title: “The use of silver nanoparticles synthesized with Aloe vera extract as a possible treatment for contaminated water.” Research completed, summer 2022. Presentation made during Olivet’s Scholar Week, April 2023. $1,400.

Kristian Veit

• Recipient and lead researcher on Lilly Endowment Grant to Olivet (under the direction of Leon Blanchette) to support a Christian Parenting and Caregiving Program. $1.3 million awarded as of June 2023.

Scholarship Projects (Completed)

John Adams

• Presentations: Collaborated with Kristina Veit in researching the relationship between exam overconfidence, student characteristics, and academic

performance. Presented at the annual conventions of the Midwestern Psychological Association (April 2023) and the American Psychological Association (August 2023).

• Presentation: Collaborated with Rush University Medical Center on studying the relationship between school start times and student sleep. Presented to the Chicago Public School Board.

Aram Agajanian

• Advisor for Senior Design engineering projects that became published reports and posters.

Daniel Allen

• Article Published: Allen, Daniel M., Sean Strehlow, Audrey Chisum, Kevin D. Dougherty, Perry L. Glanzer, and Sarah A. Schnitker. 2022. “Student-Athletes’ Religious Beliefs, Religious Behaviors, and Religious Identity at a Christian University.” Journal of College & Character 23(4): 333–348.

• Presentation: Allen, Daniel M. 2022. “Digital Religion among Christian College Students.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland.

• Presentation: Allen, Daniel M, Perry L. Glanzer, and Kevin D. Dougherty. 2022. “Organized Religion and the Religiously Unorganized: Chapel and Student Religious Beliefs at a Christian University.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland.

• Presentation: Allen, Daniel M. 2022. “The Company of Listeners.” Ranke Lecture given for Phi Alpha Theta (honor society for history), Olivet Nazarene University.

Jeff Bell

• Composition Project: Love Divine, 21 hymn texts by Charles Wesley set to new music.

• Musical Performance: a series of piano/organ and voice/organ duets with Dr. Josh Ring for the Ovid Young Memorial Organ Recital Series, October 2022.

• Conducted: the Orpheus Choir Reunion Choir at the ONU Homecoming Concert, October 2022.

• Conducted: co-conductor of the annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah, December 2022.

• Served as a clinician for Hoopeston area schools Choir Festival, April 2023.

Nancy Bonilla

• Article Published: Karen Leonard & Nancy Bonilla (2022). “Teacher’s oral proficiency: What happens after they graduate?” Foreign Language Annals, 55(4), 1152–1168.

Stephen Case

• Article Published: “The Invention of Heaven” in the online magazine AEON, December 2022.

• Article Published: “John Herschel’s Reform of Science,” feature article for the magazine Physics Today.

• Article Submitted: The Herschel manuscript was submitted to Cambridge University Press, to be included in a volume on John Herschel co-edited by Dr. Stephen Case and Dr. Lukas Verburgt. The work includes other entries by Dr. Case as well.

• Interview: Dr. Stephen Case was interviewed for FoxWeather and The Why (Scripps News) as an expert on the history of the calendar. Both interviews resulted in online videos and news articles.

• Publication: A science fiction novella, “Daughters of the Lattice,” was printed in the July/August edition of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.

Sonya Comer

• Provided piano accompaniment for several performers for NATS, student recitals, juries, and the Hale/ Wilder Scholarship auditions.

Scott Dombrowski

• Photography Project: “Sleeping With The Windmills,” 2022–present, in collaboration with Stephen Case.

Freddie Franken

• Lecture: on South/Central American and Caribbean music, St. Xavier University, Chicago.

• Recordings: a promotional video for a jazz ensemble and a jazz duet featuring piano and guitar.

• Performances: more than a dozen concerts with a variety of musicians, bands, and venues that include the Joliet Junior College big band, a Brazilian group, classical guitar

concerts at the Kankakee Museum Gardens, Latin music with a band at the Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Olivet’s Homecoming concert, Olivet faculty jazz recital, Willow Creek Church, performance with French/Gypsy band “Paris La Nuit” in Chicago, at Moody Bible Institute, and more.

• Performances: with former students at a variety of events.

Lisa Gassin

• Poster Presentation: “Closing the lid on the dumpster fire: Understanding positive outcomes in online conflict.” Presented with colleagues at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2022.

Bruce Heyen

• Mentored student Maddie Zagajowski who presented her research at the national American Chemical Society meeting in Indianapolis, March 2023.

Ryan Himes

• Mentored Honors student, Alyssa Black, who presented a joint faculty-student project, “Identifying the Optimal Pedagogy for Preparing Undergraduates for the MCAT Exam,” at the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, held at North Park University.

Andrew Hoag

• Collaborated with Jon Seals to oversee and coordinate the TYGR Student Art and Literary Magazine release party during Olivet’s Scholar Week, April 2023.

David Hoekman

• Article Published: Hoekman, D., B. Cummings, H. Arango, N. Back, R. Welles, N. Pelletier, K. Helwig, C. Escritt, K. Thomas, H. Fellers, C. Campbell, A. Wheeler, R. Iglesias, H. Jacobs, M. Lively, C. M. B. Franca. “Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma.” Pathogens, 2022.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ___

Scholarship Projects (Completed)

• Presentation: Hoekman, D., C. Franca. “Spatial and seasonal patterns of the mosquito community in central Oklahoma. Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology: Vector Ecology and Surveillance.” 70th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, British Columbia, 2022.

Matthew Jacklin

• Completed numerous musical arrangements and five original compositions for various ensembles. Most of the arrangements and compositions will be submitted for publication.

• Led students in a variety of school outreach musical performances: Jazz Combo performed at Bishop McNamara High School; steel band performed at Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School.

• The steel band performed for the winter meeting of the Zonta women’s organization, receiving recognition in The Daily Journal.

Paul Kenyon

• Musical Performances: solo piano faculty recital, fall 2022; accompanied Robert Evans in his faculty clarinet recital; accompanied Matt Stratton in his faculty tuba recital, spring 2023.

• Curator and performer at concert series hosted at College Church, presenting six concerts per year for the community.

• Completed an online course called “Performance Psychology Essentials with Professor Noa Kageyama,” from the Juilliard School of Music.

Karen Knudson

• Presentation: “Audience Appeal Through Poetic Devices in a Medieval Poetic Old Testament Narrative.” Hippenhammer grant research presented at Olivet’s Scholar Week, April 2023.

Mary Beth Koszut

• Completed six 5" x 7" paintings depicting the messes of motherhood, toddler popular culture, nightmares and alliteration.

• Juried art exhibitions: 2023, The Limited Palette, an online show, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; 2022, Small Matters, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Karen Leonard

• Article Published: Karen Leonard & Nancy Bonilla (2022). “Teacher’s oral proficiency: What happens after they graduate?” Foreign Language Annals, 55(4), 1152–1168.

Jeremy Lyle

• Article Published: Gallegos, K. and Lyle, J. “Graphs with small Italian domatic number,” Discrete Applied Mathematics (Elsevier), July 2023.

• Presentation: “The Birthday Problem meets Graph Theory,” Olivet’s Scholar Week, April 2023.

Jose Manjarres

• Advised a team of senior engineering students working with a non-profit in Guatemala. The team designed a solar power system and an aerator for a tilapia farm.

• Restructured and relaunched Olivet’s robotics club.

Kent Olney

• Book Published: Sixty-Six: A Sociologist Reflects on Scripture, Its Themes, and Their Relevance, Wilmore, Kentucky: Francis Asbury Press, 2023.

Jeff Rice

• Presentation and Paper: Rice, J., Sambasivam, S. “Exploring the Desired Strategies of Collegiate Cybersecurity Instructors that Maximize Student Engagement

as Identified by Generation Z Cybersecurity Learners.” Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference, Clearwater, Florida, 2002.

• Presentation: “Generation Z cybersecurity learners: The identification of cybersecurity instructor strategies and attributes that maximize student engagement.” Olivet’s Scholar Week, 2023.

Kyle Robinson

• Presentation: “Tongues of Faith: Locke, Wesley, and the Enlightenment Language of Eighteenth-Century Methodism.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 2022.

• Presentation: “Industrialisation, Reproducibility, and Religious Class Consciousness in Nineteenth Century British Methodist Objects.” Presented at Olivet’s Victorian House Gallery during Scholar Week, April 2023.

• Museum Exhibit: “Materialist Methodists: Ceramic Highlights from Olivet’s Wesleyana Collection,” Olivet’s Victorian House Gallery, April 2023.

Derek Rosenberger

• Report: Rosenberger, D. & B. Johnson. 2022. “The use of savannas by bees at Kankakee Sands with special focus on Bombus pensylvanicus.” Report submitted to The Illinois Nature Conservancy, Hopkins Park, Illinois.

• Report: Rosenberger, D., Christopherson, R.., & Witham., Seth. 2022. “Surveys of bees at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie with special focus on bumble bees of conservation concern.” Report submitted to USDA Forest Service. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington, Illinois.

• Presentation: Rosenberger. D., 2022. “Dancing with the devil: Artificial intelligence and social media in field biology.” Invited talk. Au Sable Academic Council, Mancelona, Michigan.

• Poster Presentation: Christopherson, R., Witham, S., & D. Rosenberger. 2023. “Using radiotelemetry to track the dispersal of the ornate box turtle.” Poster. The Wild Things Community, Chicago, Illinois.

• Poster Presentation: Johnson, B., Christopherson, R., Witham, S., & D. Rosenberger. 2022. “The use of endangered Midwestern prairie and savanna ecosystems by bumble bees of conservation concern.” Poster. National Meeting of the Entomological Soc. of Am., Vancouver, Canada. Also presented at Chicago’s Wild Things Conference.

• Presentation: Finney, N., D. Rosenberger, 2023. “The Biology and Ecology of Bostrichid Beetles in Endangered Savanna Ecosystems of the Midwestern United States.” Olivet’s Scholar Week.

• Presentation: Johnson, B., Christopherson, R., & D. Rosenberger. 2023. “The Use of Endangered Midwestern Prairie and Savanna Ecosystems by Bumble Bees of Conservation Concern.” Olivet’s Scholar Week.

Keith Schimmel

• Article Published: Jasper, M., Shahbazi, A., Li, F., Schimmel, K., Wang, L., “Aspen Plus Simulation of Chemical Looping Combustion of Syngas and Methane in Fluidized Beds,” Discover Chemical Engineering, 2023.

• Presentations: “Literature Review of Practical Insights into the Use of Brain Science and Learning Technology to Enhance STEM Student Learning” and “School of STEM” (poster), at Olivet’s Scholar Week, April 2023.

• Taught Introduction to Engineering Design (a high school short course), at Gaston Day School, Shanghai Shangde, August 20–30, 2022.

Jon Seals

• Solo Art Exhibition: 2023, Sand, Silt & Other Sorrows, South Suburban College, Photo Four Gallery, South Holland, Illinois.

• Group Exhibitions: 2023, INT’L PAPERWORKS 2023, Walter Piehl Gallery, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota.

• Group Exhibitions: 2022, Fragile, Curated by Carmen Flores, Catapult Gallery, Richmond, Texas. Participating Artists: Peter Broz, Amelia Bisbardis, Daniel Esquivel, Jennifer Greenwell, Kevin Lopez, Tudor Mitroi, Venessa Monokian, Jon Seals, Carmen Flores.

• Visiting Guest Critic for three MFA students at James Madison University (via Zoom) completing their MFA Thesis Exhibition.

Matthew Stratton

• Marching Band Director: Five Saturday home football games and Herscher Labor Day Parade.

• Musical Performances: tuba recital, March 2023; two wind ensemble concerts; playing tuba and conducting chamber group performances.

• Director, band performances at 14 Olivet basketball home games.

Nicholas Troendle

• Mentored three Honors students, one of whom conducted a facultystudent Pence Boyce summer research project. Presented at Chicago’s Wild Things Conference.

Nicole Vander Schaaf

• Article Published: Zhou W, Hinoue T, Barnes B, Mitchell O, Iqbal W, Lee SM, Foy KK, Lee KH, Moyer EJ, VanderArk A, Koeman JM, Ding W, Kalkat M, Spix NJ, Eagleson B, Pospisilik JA, Szabó PE, Bartolomei MS, Vander Schaaf NA, Kang L, Wiseman AK, Jones PA, Krawczyk CM, Adams M, Porecha R, Chen BH, Shen H, Laird PW. “DNA methylation dynamics and dysregulation delineated by highthroughput profiling in the mouse.” Cell Genom. July 2022.

David Van Heemst

• Article published: “Deep Faith and the Finest Scholarship,” in ONU Parent Guide for Olivet the Magazine, fall 2022.

• Interview: Conducted interview of Olivet’s Maggie Sloan Crawford Award recipient, Karen Pence, at a luncheon in her honor, April 2023.

Kristian Veit

• Mentoring: Four students completed quantitative research projects and successfully presented them at the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, April 2023.

• Mentoring: a student presented his research project at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 2023.

• Presentations: Three research projects presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., August 2023; three distinct research projects were also presented at the APA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2022.

• Presentation: research project at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 2023.

Neal Woodruff

• Musical Performance: Soloist with the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, July 4.

• Musical Performance: Soloist for Handel’s Messiah, December 2022.

• Conducted: Orchestra and Concert Singers in 12 different concerts.

• Conducted: Workshop for three choirs at Clifton High School.

• Hosted: IMEC All-state Choral prep day, hosted the Day of Strings, and conducted the Real Men Sing! program.

• Served: Adjudicator for the NATS auditions, and for the Classical Singer national auditions.

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Advanced Degrees Earned and Professional Development

Daniel Allen, Ph.D., Sociology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, August, 2022.

Darl Rassi, completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Michael Wade, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, summer 2022.

Professional Leadership

John Adams

• Newly appointed Chair of Olivet’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Aram Agajanian

• Advisor for Olivet’s IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) student club.

Mark Bishop

• Served as an RD (residential director) mentor this past year.

Justin Brown

• Served as chair for the Mathematics Division of ACCA. This included hosting the spring ACCA Math Lectures at Olivet, April 2023, and organizing the spring ACCA Calculus Competition.

• Served as a Ph.D. thesis examiner for a candidate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, fall 2022.

Stephen Case

• Member of the organizing committee, Notre Dame Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop.

• Co-editor, Cambridge Companion to John Herschel, Cambridge University Press.

Sonya Comer

• Vice President, Kankakee Valley Music Teachers Association.

Ryan Himes

• Spoke to a local Nazarene youth group on creation, faith and science.

David Hoekman

• Serves as chair of the ground beetle Technical Working Group (TWG) for the National Ecological Observatory Network.

• Taught various field courses in different field settings, including the following: Tropical Ecosystem Studies (TES) at the Quetzal Education Research Center, a station of Southern Nazarene University; Insect Ecology class at the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies; and Field Ecology class at the Wheaton College Science Station in the Black Hills (South Dakota).

• Serves on the Academic Programs Committee for the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies.

Daniel Kender

• Completed the AWS Cloud Architect certification, summer 2022.

Mary Beth Koszut

• Coordinated the Fall Art Symposium at Olivet Nazarene University, 2022.

Elizabeth Lamszus

• Outside reader for senior English projects at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, May 2023.

Karen Leonard

• Served as a reviewer for several journals: Educational Psychology, International Review of Applied Linguistics, and the Journal of Second Language Studies.

Heather McLaughlin

• Liaison to the L.A. Film Studies Program, a semester study opportunity that serves universities throughout America.

Derek Rosenberger

• Member of the Illinois State Pest Assessment of Risk Committee.

Keith Schimmel

• ABET Chemical Engineering Program Evaluator, accreditation visit in fall 2022.

• Proposal review panel member for DHS, DoD, and DoEd.

Jon Seals

• Galleries Director: Sims Main Gallery, Strickler Planetarium Gallery, Victorian House Gallery, Library Gallery, and Weber Gallery.

• Curated four guest artist exhibitions at Victorian House Gallery: 2022, Habitat: Jessica Peterson; 2022, Revival: Brittany Gregory; 2023, Quiet Garden: Natalija Mijatovic; 2023, Materialist Methodists: Ceramic Highlights from Olivet’s Wesleyana Collection.

Dan Sharda

• Served as a reviewer for two different publications this past year.

Matthew Stratton

• Took Olivet Marching Band to London, for the New Year’s Parade, 2023.

• Brass, Guard, and Visual Caption Manager, for the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, 2023.

• Member, UDB Educational Team, focused on drill team performances.

• Artist clinician for Yamaha musical instruments.

Nicole Vander Schaaf

• Co-leader of Summer 2023 Papua New Guinea missions trip with six Olivet biology students.

Neal Woodruff

• Served on the Central Region Council for the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Community Engagement and Recognition

John Adams

• Co-founder and vice-president of “Let’s Ketchup,” a nonprofit established in 2022 to raise funds for school lunches for low-income families in Bourbonnais.

Aram Agajanian

• Coordinated communication between engineering students and Robotics Software Engineer, James Williams, from Peddinghaus Corp. The result was several classes offered on Printed Circuit Boards (PCB).

• Serves as a knight of the Knights of Vartan (KOV) organization which provides student scholarships and responds to various needs within the Armenian community.

• Assists the Armenian Mekhitaryan Catholic High School in supporting hospitals, schools, nursing homes, and scholarship initiatives for advanced studies.

Jeff Bell

• Weekly volunteer at Center of Hope food pantry, Kankakee, Illinois.

Mark Bishop

• Volunteer for the Shine.FM Gaither Vocal Band concert at Olivet, November 2022.

Nancy Bonilla

• School volunteer as needed: academics, social events, and sports teams.

Nick Boros

• Lead the garden ministry at Manteno Church of the Nazarene, providing produce to local food banks.

• Host to a foreign exchange student from the warzone in Kyiv, Ukraine. Helped get him admitted to Olivet, and now working with him on some challenging visa issues.

• Judged for the Beecher Math Competition, November 2022.

• Judged for the River Valley Conference Math Contest, March 2023.

Justin Brown

• Participated in the garden ministry at Manteno Church of the Nazarene, providing produce to local food banks.

Wilfredo Canalas

• Serves as an editor for Synergy Ministries, a Spanish-English translation and publishing service company for evangelical churches in the U.S. and Canada.

• Serves as Associate Pastor for Hispanic Ministries at Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene.

• Coordinates (on a voluntary basis) Olivet’s Master of Hispanic Ministry Program in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry.

• Serves as a visiting professor and consultant to Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri.

• Teaches occasional courses for Nazarene Mexican Seminary.

Charles Carrigan

• Organizer, Olivet’s 64 student participants in the annual Kankakee River Clean Up event, done in cooperation with the Illinois Anglers Association and Reed’s Canoe Trips.

Stephen Case

• Addressed the local Tuesday Book Review meeting at Bradley’s Quality Inn, speaking on my book, Making Stars Physical: John Herschel’s Astronomy. November 2022.

Lynn Dill

• Supported fundraising efforts on behalf of Guitars for Vets.

Freddie Franken

• Performed jazz at Wilmington Library to promote fine arts in the community, July 2022.

• Performed for the Samaritan Society Event in Kankakee, sponsored by the Riverside Healthcare Foundation.

Lisa Gassin

• Speaker at the Teen Mental Health Summit, May 2023.

• Serves community as a mental health counselor.

Willa Harper

• Affiliated with a group of Catholic sisters who do an annual community service project, such as this year’s project of collecting paper products for the local food pantries.

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Community Engagement and Recognition

Dale Hathaway

• Competed in World Vision’s half-ironman triathlon for clean water, August 2023.

Bruce Heyen

• Involved in three distinct productions with the Kankakee Valley Community Theater.

• Participated in Family Reading Night at Shabbona Elementary School, Bourbonnais, and provided a chemical demonstration.

Andrew Hoag

• Participated with a local church in assembling meal kits for refugee families in Ukraine.

David Hoekman

• Participated in an Earth Day clean up at Olivet’s Swanberg property, April 2023.

• Participated in the Kankakee River clean-up day, fall 2022.

Matthew Jacklin

• Performed with the Heartland Festival Orchestra, Washington, Illinois.

David Johnson

• Assists in children’s quizzing through a local church.

• Active support in the local pregnancy resource center.

Marvin Jones

• Led Proclamation Gospel Choir on their spring break Florida tour, with performances at Moore Haven Middle/Senior High School and Disney World’s Imagination Station, March 2023.

Paul Kenyon

• Adjudicated music festivals in Iroquois and Cook counties.

• Played the piano frequently for community groups and area churches.

Mary Beth Koszut

• Hosted Grace Christian Academy art teacher and students at The Sims.

• Adjudicated art submissions for Nazarene Regional Celebrate Life, at Olivet, May 2023.

Elizabeth Lamszus

• Completed the Chicago Marathon with Team World Vision, raising over $10,000 for their clean water projects, October 2022.

Seok Lew

• Supported a Chicago-based homeless ministry, HOPAN (House of Prayer for All Nations) by connecting a senior engineering project to the ministry, with hopes of further collaboration.

Jeremy Lyle

• Participated in the garden ministry at Manteno Church of the Nazarene, providing produce to local food banks.

Jose Manjarres

• Oversees the website of his local church.

Heather McLaughlin

• Regular vendor (with her husband) at the Kankakee Farmer’s Market and at local school events, providing smoothies.

Darl Rassi

• Chair of the denomination’s Sunday School Curriculum Project.

Kyle Robinson

• Serves as a board member, Kankakee County Museum.

Derek Rosenberger

• Provides leadership to Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

Beth Schurman

• Serves as an education committee member, Kankakee Trinity Academy.

Jon Seals

• Adjudicated the visual art submissions for Nazarene Regional Celebrate Life at Olivet, May 2023.

Dan Sharda

• Participated in an Earth Day clean up at Olivet’s Swanberg property, April 2023.

• Participated in the garden ministry at Manteno Church of the Nazarene, providing produce to local food banks.

Matthew Stratton

• Band director, Olivet Marching Band, Herscher Labor Day Parade, September 2022.

Nicholas Troendle

• Serves as a member of the Kankakee River Basin Commission.

Nicole Vander Schaaf

• Therapeutic mentor for a foster teen through Hephzibah Children’s Association.

David Van Heemst

• Oversees student internships and job placement with several local and national political offices.

Kristian Veit

• External evaluator for a Federal Drug Court Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant for Kankakee County.

• Consultant for the Chicago Central District Church of the Nazarene, GatheringPoint Church of the Nazarene, and Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

• Consultant for projects needing methodological/statistical expertise, PlasticityBoom, LLC.

FOR 2022–2023 COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Lynda Allen

Faculty Recognitions

Recent Scholarship Grant Recipients

• Received a $500 grant from the Sodexo Foundation for Enactus’ work with the Food Recovery Network.

• Received a $1,000 grant from Standard Charter for Enactus’ work with the women of the Birchwood Apartments on campus.

Amanda Chorak

• With Dr. Dawn Schwarzkopf and the School of Education, received additional ECACE Grant funds of approximately $1 million for Child Development and Early Childhood programs for 2022–2024.

Tiffany Greer

• Received $7,000 during Olivet’s Day of Giving to help purchase new birthing manikin for the Virtual Learning Center.

Lynda Allen

Laurie Hofman

• In collaboration with Dr. Kathi Meleskie-Lippert, received Hippenhammer Faculty Scholarship grant funds to conduct research surveying online adjunct faculty.

Lance Kilpatrick

• Received Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Grant totaling $1,140,381.

• With the School of Theology & Christian Ministry, received Lilly Endowment Grant, Faith, and Family project for $1 million.

Kathi Meleskie-Lippert

• With Dr. Laurie Hofman, received Hippenhammer Faculty Scholarship grant funds to conduct research surveying online adjunct faculty.

Brooke Piper

• Recipient of the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program for Nurse Faculty administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Bureau of Health Workforce.

Dawn Schwarzkopf

• Recipient of the PNC Grow Up Great Grant for $10,000.

• In collaboration with Amanda Chorak and the School of Education, received additional ECACE Grant funds of approximately $1 million for Child Development and Early Childhood programs for 2022–2024.

Scholarship Projects (Completed)

• Presentation: Scholar Week highlighting the work of Enactus and their Scholarship of Engagement in our community.

Cathy Anstrom

• Research advisor and second author for the following student research project: The Association of Stress on College Students’ Food Choices, by Jaici Wright.

• Research advisor and second author for the following student research project: The Relationship Between Breakfast Consumption and GPA Among University Students, by Sarah Baxter.

• Research advisor and second author for the following student research project: Introducing Various Foods During Infancy and the Development of Food Allergies During Toddler/ Preschooler Years, by Sara Digrazia.

• Research advisor and second author for the following student research project: Social Media’s Influence on College Students’ Recognition of Inaccurate Nutrition Information, by Meghan Olthoff.

Kelly Brown

• Helped plan the Illinois Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Conferences in 2022 and 2023.

• Revised and edited the 2022 Ed.D.

Handbook, reorganized Ed.D. chair/ reader process, and created a series of eight PowerPoints that outline the dissertation process.

Hillary Cole

• Interviewed for and featured in a magazine article, “Faculty in Focus,” Olivet the Magazine, fall 2022.

• Provided oversight for writing and structuring of the Criminal Justice Program Review.

• Served on Olivet’s Salary Matrix Review.

• Reviewed book chapter in faculty peer’s publication on work and rest.

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Scholarship Projects (Completed)

Cathy Dillinger

• Published Dissertation: Repeating accelerated baccalaureate nursing courses: A qualitative study of stories of persistence, August 2022.

Jeff Doolittle

• Doolittle, J. (2023). Life-changing leadership habits: 10 Proven principles to elevate people, profit, and purpose. Organizational Talent Consulting.

• Doolittle, J. (2023). Creating psychological safety: Principles and tools that work. RLPSA Annual Conference.

• Doolittle, J. (2022). Virtual coaching is inevitable and effective. 2022 Regent Research Roundtables Proceedings. 24–31.

Tom Edwards

• Featured speaker at Olivet Diakonia Spring Banquet.

Anne Figus

• Departmental Program Review for Interior Design, Hospitality and Dietetics programs.

Tiffany Greer

• Presentation: With Dr. Jonathan Pickering and Dr. Mark Frisius, presented Olivet’s Academic Program Analysis Committee Work at the Higher Learning Annual Conference, March 2023.

Rachel Guimond

• Presentation for Scholar Week: Best Practices for a Comprehensive College Transition Program, April 2023.

• Presentation for Scholar Week: Strategies for Supporting College Students Experiencing Grief, April 2023.

Dave Horton

• Presentation at Olivet’s Supervisor Luncheon, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, March 20, 2023.

• Presentation at Olivet’s Leadership Institute, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, March 28, 2023.

Kristy Ingram

• Presentation at Faculty Plenary Meeting: Gratitude-themed Persistence Update for Faculty, November 2022.

• Presentation at Faculty Plenary Meeting: Center for Academic Excellence Update on Persistence Initiatives, January 2023.

Lance Kilpatrick

• Administration of the ECACE project and grant.

• Completed Parts I and II of the Title II Federal Education Report for the United States Department of Education.

• Completed the Illinois Annual Program Report for the Illinois State Board of Education.

• Completed Christian Parenting and Care-Giving Task List and Curriculum Map for Christian Parenting and Care-Giving for the Lilly Endowment Grant Proposal.

Paul Koch

• Presentation for Scholar Week: It May Work in Practice, But Does It Work in Theory? Explaining the Trend Towards DIY Economics, April 2023.

Kimberly Lynch

• Completed manuscript accepted for 2023 publication: Obesity in adults: Pharmacological options for successful management. Peer-reviewed. American Nurse Today.

• Reviewed manuscripts: Obesity-related hypertension: implications for advanced nursing practice, December 30, 2022.

• Reviewed manuscript: Direct Oral Anticoagulant Drugs for the Management of Venous Thromboembolism, January 24, 2023.

Kristin Mathews

• Co-hosted a presentation on culturally responsive teaching ideas to Golden Apple scholars in the fall Golden Apple Scholars meeting.

Kathi Meleskie-Lippert

• Presentation for Scholar Week: Virtual Presentation: Building Culture and Community with Online Adjuncts, April 2023.

Mary Nehls

• Presentation for Scholar Week: with Dr. DeAnna VanKuren and Dr. Shelly Stroud, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Teaching/Learning Session for Criminology and Nursing: Working on Disaster Management and Planning with Nursing and Criminal Justice Students, April 2023.

• Presentation for Scholar Week: with Dr. Brooke Piper and Dr. DeAnna VanKuren, Panel discussion about a research study entitled, Can Exam Anxiety Be Reduced Through Targeting Nursing Students Learning Styles? in April 2023.

Tonya Peterson

• Accepted research proposal to the National Academic Advising Association to co-author Academic Advising: A Tool to Promote Social Justice for College Students with Disabilities.

Suzanne Phipps

• Illinois APRN Preceptor Tax Initiative survey was developed, and sent to the Illinois Society of Advanced Practice Nursing (ISAPN) to distribute to Illinois APRN Program Directors/Deans, and the survey was completed in February 2023. This is in collaboration with ISAPN and Program Directors and Deans from the following universities as well as Olivet’s MSN/FNP students: Illinois State, Rush, University

of Illinois at Chicago, Southern Illinois, and St. Xavier.

Brooke Piper

• Presentation for Scholar Week: with Dr. Mary Nehls and Dr. DeAnna VanKuren, Panel discussion about a research study entitled, Can Exam Anxiety Be Reduced Through Targeting Nursing Students Learning Styles? in April 2023.

Todd Reid

• Completed Research Project: The Impact of Coach-Directed Team Building Activities on the Student-Athlete Experience of Collegiate Baseball Players, April 2023.

Amber Residori

• Presentation: for Illinois American Association of Colleges of Nursing Deans & Directors, At the Heart of Professionalism, June 2023.

• Presentation: for Zonta of Kankakee, Benefits of Leading, June 2023.

• Presentation: for Olivet Orientation, Welcome to Our Family, June 2023.

• Presentation: for Riverside Medical Center’s Residency Program Fellows, Residents, and Students, Being in Charge Doesn’t Mean You’re in Control: Professional Boundaries for Medical Residents and Fellows, April 2023.

• Presentation: for Olivet’s Leadership Institute: The Importance of Relational Leadership, February 2023.

• Presentation: for Olivet’s President’s Gathering Fundraising Event, Preparing Students for Professional Readiness, October 2022.

• Presentation: for The North American Association of Christians in Social Work, Online Video Presentation offered nationally online, Ethics and the Office: Swimming in Deep Waters.

Glen Rewerts

• With the School of Business, developed the Entrepreneurship degree and Associate of Arts in Business degree.

Yvette Rose

• Presentation: for NAACP of Kankakee County in Partnership with KCCSI Health Seminar and Food, Rethink Your Drink.

• Presentation: for the 2023 Healthy Start Fatherhood Summit, Barbershop Talk: Grief and Bereavement in Black Fathers After the Loss of a Spouse/Partner, March 2023.

• Presentation: for the Spring Training Institute, Barbershop Talk: Grief and Bereavement in Black Fathers After the Loss of a Spouse/Partner, May 2023.

Paige Salomone

• Interactive Q&A with Community Commission to End Domestic Violence, How Do I Best Help Someone in Crisis? In January 2022.

• Panel Discussion member on transitions and change for Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit hosted by Pledge for Life Partnership, Kankakee County Health Department, IroquoisKankakee Regional Office of Education, and Project Sun, May 2023.

Dawn Schwarzkopf

• For the ONU Leadership Institute, explored and presented findings related to the possibility of having a childcare center at Olivet.

• Presentation for Scholar Week: Hosted a teacher panel, principal panel, and student-teacher panel, in April 2023.

• Hosted eight-week, fall and spring semester PNC Parent-Child Interactive Workshops.

Shelly Stroud

• Research advisor for honors student, Jill English, Police Officers’ Perceptions Regarding their Interactions with the Disabled in Kankakee County, student presented findings at Olivet’s Scholar Week and Supervisor Luncheon with local police chiefs.

• Presentation for Scholar Week: with Dr. DeAnna VanKuren and Dr. Mary Nehls, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Teaching/Learning Session for Criminology and Nursing: Working on Disaster Management and Planning

with Nursing and Criminal Justice Students, April 2023.

• Research advisor for student, Zach Gray, Safety Act and the Illinois Supreme Court Case Rowe V. Raoul, student presented findings at the Supervisory Luncheon with local police chiefs and the Kankakee State’s Attorney, Jim Rowe.

• Worked with Social Work & Criminal Justice Department to write the Criminal Justice Program Review.

Brad Thomas

• Publication: for The Daily Journal, What is all the noise about Quiet Quitting? in December 14, 2022.

• Presentation: for the CAP meeting at DuPont in Wilmington, Illinois, on Emerging Technology, April 2023.

DeAnna VanKuren

• Presentation for Scholar Week: with Dr. Mary Nehls and Dr. Brooke Piper, Panel discussion about a research study entitled, Can Exam Anxiety Be Reduced Through Targeting Nursing Students Learning Styles? In April 2023.

• Along with Dr. Brooke Piper and Dr. Mary Nehls, research advisor for honors student, Katherine Knutte: The Effect of Masks on Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms Related to Ragweed and its Influence on College Students.

• Presentation: for Uplifted Care, Sense of Self, summer 2022.

• Presentation: for United Way Women’s United Seminar, Sense of Self, March 2023.

• Presentation: for Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Strength, May 2023.

• Presentation: for Sigma Induction Ceremony, Sense of Self, May 2023.

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Professional Leadership

Matt Adamson

• Advisory Board for the Kankakee Community College Criminal Justice Program.

• Pledge for Life Executive Board Member.

• Eastern Illinois Law Enforcement Association Board Member.

• Conviction Integrity Unit for Kankakee County at the request of the States Attorney.

• Administer the Paragon Award, a joint award between KCC and ONU criminal justice programs, recognizing local police officers who exemplify scholastic endeavors, community involvement, and integrity.

• Asked to re-write and administer a detective promotional exam.

• Asked to address potential police candidates in initial testing orientations in Kankakee County and proctor two exams.

Cathy Anstrom

• Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Educational Contract Liaison.

Kelly Brown

• Treasurer for Illinois Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

• Olivet’s Ed.D. Director.

Amanda Chorak

• ECACE Scholarship & Grant Program Development Team Member.

• Engaged in the Gateways to Pathways Higher Education Conference.

• Birth to Five Illinois Action Council Member.

• Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessment Contributor.

• Child Development Program Director & Internship Coordinator.

• In collaboration with Dr. Deb Kimberlin as a co-chair of the Kappa Omnicron Nu National Honor Society for Human Services local Olivet Chapter Kappa Delta Rho.

Jasmine Cieszynski

• President, Kankakee Area Library Association (KALA).

Hillary Cole

• IGNITE Club Faculty Sponsor, fall 2022.

• BPD – Nominations Committee.

Cathy Dillinger

• Treasurer and President, Kappa Sigma.

• Organized Nurse Panel for Sigma.

Susie Enfield

• Faculty Counselor for Kappa Sigma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

• Nurse Leader International Review Committee member for Sigma.

John Fightmaster

• Served as a member of the National Organization for Student Success.

Anne Figus

• Academic Program Analysis Committee Co-Chair.

• SUFACS Club Advisor.

• ASID Student Chapter Advisor.

Tiffany Greer

• Secretary for the Illinois Association of Colleges of Nursing.

• Awards committee for ANA-IL.

Kimberly Lynch

• Governance Committee Member –Kappa Sigma.

• Editor in Chief, STATPEARLS Specialty: NP-Advanced Health Assessment.

• Peer Reviewer: The Nurse Practitioner Journal.

Mary Nehls

• Sigma Board Leadership Succession Member.

Doug Neilson

• Oversees School of Business Investment Club.

Patti Neilson

• Oversees the Governance Committee for Sigma Theta Tau.

Chris Perez

• American Advertising Federation’s college chapter faculty advisor and member.

• Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization college chapter faculty advisor and member.

Tonya Peterson

• Olivet Leadership Institute participant.

Suzanne Phipps

• Awards Committee, Illinois Society of Advanced Practice Nursing.

• Program Director Special Interest Group, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.

Brooke Piper

• Leadership Succession Committee Member – Kappa Sigma.

• Member of The National Society of Leadership and Success.

Amber Residori

• Provide weekly License Clinical Social Work supervision to a local social worker and Olivet alumni.

Yvette Rose

• Mu Zeta Sigma Alumnae Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Incorporated President.

• Mu Zeta Sigma Alumnae Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Incorporated Scholarship Committee Co-chair.

Dawn Schwarzkopf

• Director of the Early Childhood Education program.

• Chapter Counselor for the Nu Beta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society.

Karen Smith

• Led Selah: Olivet’s Nurses Christian Fellowship.

Advanced Degrees Earned and Professional Development

Matt Adamson

• FEMA ICS-100 training certificate.

• ICS-200 training certificate.

• ALICE training for churches.

Kelly Brown

• Red Cross “Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED” certificate.

• Completed Olivet’s Leadership Institute, December 2022.

Cathy Dillinger

• Ph.D. in Nursing Education, Capella University, August 2022.

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

Todd Reid

• Doctorate of Global Sport Leadership, Eastern Tennessee State University, May 2023.

Paige Salomone

• Passed the Association of Social Work Boards clinical examination and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, in August 2022.

Dawn Schwarzkopf

• Completed Olivet Nazarene University Leadership Institute, 2022.

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Cathy Anstrom

Shelly Stroud

• ALICE Certified, May 2022.

Brad Thomas

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification (MoreSteam).

DeAnna VanKuren

• Completed re-certification for BLS Instructor, January 2023.

Community Engagement and Recognitions

• Reviewing menus for nutritional adequacy for Catholic Charities.

Jackie Blomquist

• Volunteer with Feed My Starving Children.

• Religious education teacher.

• PTA Vice President and various committees within the PTA.

• Member of the Equity Committee at local school.

Kelly Brown

• Provide pet therapy services with dog, Riley, at a local nursing home, Clifton Central High School, and Anna McDonald Elementary School.

Amanda Chorak

• United Way Success by Six Steering Committee & Coalition Member: Farmer’s Market.

• United Way Strong Neighborhood House Program Event.

• Healthy Families of Illinois Advisory Board.

• Theraplay County Planning Committee Events.

• Trauma Informed Community Initiatives.

• Outcome Measures Subcommittee member Living Alternatives (Pregnancy Resource Center-PRC)

and ONU Child Development Initiative.

• Parent Cafe – Kankakee Downtown Halloween Kids Event: Coordination with Child Development Student Association for Trunk or Treat entry.

Jasmine Cieszynski

• Club Leader, Manteno Monarchs 4-H Club.

• Nursery volunteer, Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

• VBS volunteer, Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

April Clark

• Volunteer at the Night to Shine event.

Hillary Cole

• Community Needs Assessment conducted with social work students on behalf of the Pregnancy Resource Center.

• Volunteer at Bishop McNamara Catholic School.

• Life Story Project conducted with social work students in partnership with older adults at Riverside’s Senior Life Communities in Bourbonnais and Kankakee.

• Led social work students as they offered community service during Sweet Darren’s Easter Egg Hunt.

Cathy Dillinger

• Medical Team Lead at A Night to Shine event, February 2023.

Jeff Doolittle

• Celebrate Recovery ministry leader at High Pointe Community Church.

• Board member at High Pointe Community Church.

Anne Figus

• Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Maternity BVM Credit Union.

• Led interior design students who created blankets for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

• Created after-labor care packages for new moms at the Pregnancy Resource Center.

• Created book bags with school supplies for children in Kankakee County who are in need.

Tiffany Greer

• Recipient of Olivet’s Faculty Member of the Year award.

• Youth Director at Highland Church of the Nazarene.

• Led church teen volunteering at Sojourner Truth House and a homeless shelter for women and children.

• Member of the Nazarene Youth

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

___ International Council, served on the Fall Retreat committee, served as a delegate to the Nazarene General Assembly for NYI, and served on the District Budget Committee.

Community Engagement and Recognitions

Lance Kilpatrick

• Director of Games and Sports at Chicago Central District Kids Camp.

• Emcee and Host of Opening and Closing Ceremonies for VBS at Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

Rachel Guimond

• Journey Group Leader, Middle School Youth Sponsor, Children’s Volunteer, Sound Technician, NYI Council, Local Nomination Committee, Representative to District Assembly for Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

• Manteno Youth Baseball/ Softball League Equipment Exchange Coordinator.

• Manteno Rotary Club Presenter.

• Manteno Elementary School Volunteer.

• American Red Cross Blood Donor.

Laurie Hofman

• Bourbonnais Public Library Board of Trustees.

• Volunteer at Manteno Church of the Nazarene Easter Egg Hunt.

Dave Horton

• With Tricia Mills, led the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to those in need.

Brian Hyma

• Led Shalom Project mission trip to the Dominican Republic with Olivet students.

• Elder at River Valley Christian Fellowship.

Kristy Ingram

• Support Remember Nhu. Cambodia.

• Support and Volunteer at Fortitude Homeless Ministry.

• Support World Vision.

• Support Habitat for Humanity.

• Support and Volunteer at Salvation Army.

April Kamba

• Volunteer for River Valley Special Recreation Association.

• Manager/Coach of Manteno Nazarene Church Softball Team.

• Worship Team Member, Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

• Author and Director of Children’s Christmas Service, Manteno Church of the Nazarene.

Queen Kisoso

• Participated in a fundraising event for Kankakee students through the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.

• Helped international students file taxes.

• Partnered with Ascension St. Mary Hospital to administer flu, COVID-19, and pneumonia vaccines to members of the Pembroke community.

• Partnered with Lewis University College of Business to collect and deliver donations to Turkey and Syrian refugees.

Kimberly Lynch

• Hippocrates Clinic Volunteer.

• Feed My Starving Children Volunteer.

Kristin Mathews

• Children’s Church lead teacher at Life Compass Church in Kankakee, Illinois.

Kathi Meleskie-Lippert

• Recipient of the 2023 Snowbarger Award for Teaching Excellence.

• South Lake Church of the Nazarene VBS volunteer.

• School Supply Distribution Southwest Indiana Food Bank.

• Volunteer at Meals on Wheels in Northwest Indiana.

Tricia Mills

• With Dave Horton, led the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for those in need.

Mary Nehls

• Member of Uplifted Care Board of Directors.

• Uplifted Care Quality Assurance Program Improvement Sub-committee.

• Uplifted Care Diversity and Inclusion Sub-committee.

• Kankakee County Child & Adolescent Local Area Network #26.

• Kankakee County Mental Health Roundtable.

• Nursing Honor Guard.

Doug Neilson

• Board Member and Finance Committee Chair for College Church of the Nazarene University Avenue.

Patti Neilson

• Volunteer for Feed My Starving Children.

Joy Ogden

• Made handmade quilts for underprivileged and homeless children.

• Take blood pressures for the local senior center.

Chris Perez

• Faculty advisor for the Zenith Student-Run Marketing Agency practicum where students provided pro bono marketing services for campus and community partner clients.

Tonya Peterson

• Taught teen youth group at Christ First Baptist Church in Minooka, Illinois.

• Cancer Care Team ministry founder and leader at Christ First Baptist Church.

Suzanne Phipps

• Food packer volunteer for Feed My Starving Children, Schaumburg, Illinois.

• Hippocrates Medical Clinic –Kankakee, Illinois, Back to School Physicals – FNP volunteer.

• Willow – South Barrington, Illinois, Human Trafficking Ministry.

• Hispanic Scholarship Fund, The Gates Scholarship Interviewer.

Brooke Piper

• Secretary of the Colony Townhomes Association.

• Member of the Policy Committee at GatheringPoint.

• Volunteer for basketball games at Adventure Commons.

• Assistant Coach for the volleyball teams (men’s and women’s) at Celebrate Life.

• Attended NMI and District Assembly as GatheringPoint Church of the Nazarene representative.

• Volunteer at The Salvation Army.

• Volunteer with Feed My Starving Children.

Amber Residori

• Riverside Executive Board, Medical Center Board, Joint Conference Sub-Committee, and Ad Hoc Governance Board Member.

• Kankakee County Partnership for Healthy Communities Steering Committee Member and Education & Employment Sub-Committee Member.

• United Way Board Member and Community Impact Sub-Committee Member.

Glen Rewerts

• Pro bona legal work for various charitable organizations and individuals.

• Guest preacher for Cornerstone Church.

Yvette Rose

• Attended MLK Community Prayer Breakfast/Ecumenical Service/ Service Project.

• Partnered with Olivet’s Multiethnic Student Services to collect hygiene items for Fortitude Community Outreach.

• Assisted with bagging 100 food bags for NAACP Turkey Drive.

• Volunteer at First Ward Neighborhood 4th Annual Back to School Bash.

• Volunteer Ascension Saint Mary Rx Mobile Food Pantry.

• Volunteer at Kankakee Merchant Street Festival.

• Volunteer at Pregnancy Resource Center Curbside.

• Volunteer at Still I Rise.

• Blanket, To-Go-Dinner and Winter Accessory Giveaway Greeter at The Choices Winter Outerwear & Christmas Toy Giveaway.

• Organized/Attended Virtual Breast Cancer Event.

Paige Salomone

• Volunteer advisor on the Community Commission to End Domestic Violence with Harbor House.

• Served alongside Diakonia and Sweet Darren’s at an Easter egg hunt for children and adults with disabilities.

• Provide domestic violence counseling services for Harbor House.

Dawn Schwarzkopf

• Volunteer at A Night To Shine event.

• Advisory Board for Aunt Martha’s Healthy Families Program.

• Volunteer on the Community Theraplay Committee for Kankakee County through Project Sun.

• Volunteer in the Toddler’s Room, Small Group Leader, and Leadership Development Project at GatheringPoint Church of the Nazarene.

• Volunteer at the Center of Hope.

• Volunteer at Christmas Day, Inc.

Karen Smith

• Camp nurse at Compass Church of Naperville.

• With nursing students, taught self-care to youth at GatheringPoint Church of the Nazarene.

Shelly Stroud

• Coordinated criminal justice student volunteers to assist Child Network in a fundraiser during the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival.

• Met with the principals and guidance counselors from Manteno and BBCHS to discuss the process for the “ I Can Go to College” tours of Olivet and answer any questions they may have.

• Helped with Teen Court for Kankakee County.

• Coordinated student volunteers to assist Kankakee County Renewed Opportunities.

• Supervised Olivet students on a weekend mission trip to Shephard Community.

• Coordinated Olivet student volunteers to help with the Bradley Lighted Christmas Parade.

• Coordinated criminal justice student volunteers to role for law enforcement during their Rapid Deployment Drills and Active Shooter Training.

• Coordinated one student volunteer for the first-ever Blue Gala event.

• Coordinated three student volunteers to assist Child Network with their annual Dueling Pianos event.

• Coordinated criminal justice student volunteers to serve for the day with an at-risk youth center in Englewood.

• Coordinated criminal justice student volunteers to assist with the Blue Star Memorial Event.

• Coordinated criminal justice student volunteers to assist with the Community Task Force for Citizens for Mental Health.

Brad Thomas

• Nominated as “Supervisor of the Year” with Student Employment by Lindsey Shouse.

• Marketing Assistant for the Bourbonnais Township Park District.

DeAnna VanKuren

• Hospitality Minister at Maternity BVM Church.

• Harvest Sunday (collecting and stocking food bank).

Cynth Veronda

• Participation in the Success by Six Summer Event at the Kankakee Farmer’s Market.

• Participation in the Birth to Five grant program activities.

• Participation and contribution to St. George Catholic Church’s Special Projects.

Becky Vine

• Host Pacific Rim students over the Thanksgiving holiday.

• Donated to immigrants/asylum seekers who recently moved to Northern Illinois.

Faculty Recognitions FOR

SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

Recent Scholarship Grant Recipients

Leon Blanchette

• Recipient of a $1.3 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for the Christian Parenting and Caregiving project for the purpose of helping parents pass their faith on to their children. From this grant, the Center for Faith and Family has been established.

Simone Twibell

• Recipient of a 2022 Hippenhammer Grant to develop a book entitled, “Boundary-Breaking Mission: the Gospel in a Diverse and Fragmented World,” 2023.

Scholarship Projects (Completed)

Mark Frisius

• Presentation: Collaborated with Tiffany Greer and Jonathan Pickering, “Program Prioritization: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the Higher Learning Commission, March 25–28, 2023.

Chad Maxson

• Presentation: Paper at the Wesleyan Theological Society Annual Meeting at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, in March 2023.

• Presentation: Completed dissertation to Vanderbilt University in August 2022.

Kevin Mellish

• Article Published: Mellish, Kevin J., 2022. “King Ahaz.” Illustrated Bible Life.

• Book Chapter Published: Mellish, Kevin J., 2022. “Deuteronomy 6:5,” The Old Testament in 12 Verses (ed. by Brad E. Kelle and Stephanie Smith Matthews), pages 71–84.

Jeff Stark

• Publication: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “The News is Good: Evangelism as a Way of Life.” Foundry Publishing.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Reaching Your Community.” General Assembly.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Reading the Scriptures for Formation.” Bible League International.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Urban Missiology and Spiritual Formation: Living ‘in-between.’” Shepherd Community Church.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Changing the Paradigm: Missional Leadership in the 21st Century.” Eastern Michigan District.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Reading the Bible Missionally.” Bible League International.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Think Pathways: Trips for Traveling Well.” Indy District COTN.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. Evangelism Conference, Chandler, Arizona.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Creating a Culture of BLESS.” Exponential Orlando.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Ministry in the Inflection Point.” Grace Community Church.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Ministry in the Inflection Point.” Portland Church of the Nazarene.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Building a Reproducing Leadership Culture.” Evangelism, Summit, Raleigh, North Carolina.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. “Changing

the Paradigm: Missional Leadership in the 21st Century.” Indy District COTN Skill School.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. Revival, New Albany, Indiana.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2023. Revival, Sterling, Illinois.

• Presentation: Stark, Jeffery S., 2022. Chapel Speaker (December), Olivet Nazarene University.

Simone Twibell

• Publication (Book): Twibell, Simone M., 2023. “Intimacy with God: An Invitation of Prayer.” Kansas City: The Foundry.

• Publication (Book): Twibell, Simone M., 2023. “Boundary-Breaking Mission: The Gospel in a Diverse and Fragmented World.”

• Presentation: Twibell, Simone M., 2023. “Fellowshipping with the triune God.” Scholar Week.

• Presentation: Twibell, Simone M., 2023. Preaching at International Day Service. Resurrection Community, Kankakee, Illinois.

Laura Widstrom

Professional Leadership

Leon Blanchette

• Part-time children’s pastor at Kankakee (Illinois) First Church of the Nazarene.

• Journal of Youth Ministry, (20) 1, “Struggles Reported Integrating Intense Spiritual Experiences: Results from a Survey Using the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences Inventory,” by Marie Grace Brook. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. (2021); 464-481. Article Review. Spring 2022. ___ ___

Community Engagement and Recognition

Leon Blanchette

• Board of Ministry Executive Committee — Chicago Central District Board of Ministry Committee — Chicago Central District Church of the Nazarene.

Eddie Ellis

• Helped build beds for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds beds for children who have none, as part of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s “Be the Church” week, summer 2022.

Mark Frisius

• Taught a Sunday School class at Kankakee First Church.

• Directed a community garden at Kankakee First Church.

Chad Maxson

• Conducted volunteer work at Bishop McNamara Catholic School.

Laura Widstrom

• Vacation Bible School leader during the summer of 2022 for Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene.

• Participated with Live 1:17, a local group for foster and adoptive moms. The group originated from River Valley Fellowship Church. Helped to organize an “Open Closet” event in July 2022 that provided free clothing and children’s items to foster, adoptive and low-income families in the community.

2022

Dr. Tiffany Greer/

Mr. Drew Benson

2021

Dr. Dan Sharda/

Mr. Kyle Olney

2019

Mr. Gary Newsome/

Mr. Rob Lalumendre

2018

Dr. Joseph Schroeder/ Dr. Lisa Vander Veer

2017

Dr. Mike Pyle/

Mr. Jeremy Alderson

2016

Dr. David Van Heemst/ Miss Faith Newman

2015

Professor Jerry Cohagan/

Mr. Tony Fightmaster

2014

Dr. Glen Rewerts/ Mr. Marlin Wallace

2013

Professor David Wine/ Mrs. Marjorie Vinson

2012

Professor. Bill Bahr/ Mr. Thane Moore

2011

Dr. James Upchurch/ Mrs. Susan Wolff

2010

Dr. Don Daake/ Mr. Donnie Johnson

2009

All Faculty and Staff

2008

Dr. Jeff Bell/ Mrs. Dianne Schaafsma

2007

Dr. Bob Wright/ Mrs. Kathy Steinacker

2006

Dr. Don Reddick/

Mr. Greg Bruner

2005

Dr. Shirlee A. McGuire/ Mr. Brian Parker

2004

Dr. Carol Maxson/

Mr. Matt Whitis

FACULTY/STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARDS PAST RECIPENTS

2003

Dr. Diane Richardson/ Mr. Dan Ferris

2002

Dr. Sara Spruce/ Rev. Walter “Woody” Webb

2001

Professor Amy Golyshko/ Mrs. Mary Anderson

2000

Dr. Richard Colling/ Mr. Brian Allen

1999

Dr. Judith Whitis/ Mr. Wendy Parsons

1998

Mrs. Kathy Boyens/ Mrs. Phyllis Harris

1997

Mr. Larry Watson/ Mr. Gary Griffin

1996

Professor Mike LaReau/ Mrs. Betty Elliott

1995

Dr. Henry L. Smith/ Mr. David J. Pickering

1994

Dr. Randal D. Johnson/ Mr. Darrell W. Bellomy

1993

Rev. William Foote/ Mrs. Joyce Muhm

1992

Professor Charlotte Keck/ Mr. Donald Keck

1991

Dr. Harlow Hopkins/ Mrs. Mary Gates

1990

Mr. Allan Wiens/ Mrs. Thelma Collins

1989

Dr. Gerald Anderson/ Mrs. Connie Skinner

1988

Mr. Frank Garton/

Mr. Dennis Seymour

1987

Mr. Don Toland/ Mr. Jim Knight

1986

Dr. Gary Streit/ Mr. Doug Perry

1985

Dr. William Ellwanger/ Rev. John Mongerson

1984

Dr. Harry Westfall/ Mr. Phil Richardson

1983

Dr. Carolyn Sechrist/ Mr. Clifford Hayman and Mrs. June Hayman

1982

Dr. David Atkinson/ Rev. Gordon Wickersham

1981

Mrs. Gunnell Jorden/ Mr. Pat Duncan

1980

Dr. George Dunbar/ Mr. Richard Matheny

1979

Dr. Joseph Nielson/ Mr. James Tripp

1978

Dr. Harvey Collins/ Mr. Linford Marquart

1977

Mr. C.W. Ward and Dr. Richard Wirt/ Dr. William Hodges and Ms. Judy King

1976

Dr. Max Reams/ Dr. Ted Lee

1975

Dr. Harry Fulton/ Mr. Efton Elliott

1974

Dr. Joseph Nielson/ Mr. James Tripp

1973

Dr. William Bell/ Dr. L.A. Marquart

1972

Dr. Otho Jennings/

Rev. Norman Moore

1971

Dr. Ralph Perry/ Dr. Mervyn Goins

1970

Professor Naomi Larsen/ Mr. Roy Brown

1969

Dr. Mary Shaffer/ Ms. Esther Tripp

1968

Professor Elbert Pence/ Mr. Charles Beatty

1967

Dr. Vernal Carmichael/ Mr. William Bennett

1966

Dr. John Hanson/ Mrs. Ruth Lane

1965

Dr. Fordyce Bennett/ Dr. John Cotner

1964

Dr. David Jones/ Mr. Charles Henderson

1963

Dr. Vernon Groves/ Mrs. Gladys Corbett

1962

Dr. Billy Hobbs/ Mrs. Dorothy Swearengen

1961

Professor Gardner Walmsley/ Mr. Albert Bloom

1960

Professor Rockwell Brank/ Mr. Harlan Milby

1959

Dr. Coral Demaray/ Mrs. Emily Reeves

1958

Mr. Leonard Anderson/ Dr. Willis Snowbarger

1957

Dr. Walter Larsen/ Dr. R.L. Lunsford

1956

Dr. Clarence Grothaus/ Mr. Ed Brodien

1955

Professor Leo Slagg/ Dr. Paul Schwada

1954

Dr. D.J. Strickler/ Mr. Alyn Fletcher

Historical Markers at Olivet ___

Olivet Nazarene University’s origins can be traced to the first decade of the last century and to the resolve of several families in east central Illinois who were committed to providing a Christian education for their children.

In 1907 the prologue to the Olivet story began with elementary school classes taught by Miss Mary Nesbitt in a home in the community of Georgetown, Illinois. A year later, the founders of this small school acquired several acres of land in the nearby village called Olivet. There, they raised a modest building and added the secondary level of instruction. A College of Liberal Arts followed in 1909, along with the first name for this fledgling, but ambitious institution: “Illinois Holiness University.” The articles of incorporation established the school as a liberal arts institution which focused on the classics and included the study of the Bible based on the Wesleyan theological concept of entire sanctification. The first president, A.M. Hills, was appointed in 1909.

By 1912, the ambitions of Olivet’s founders outran their capacity. Nearing bankruptcy, the school was saved by 25 congregations of the Chicago District of the Church of the Nazarene, in a sum of modern equivalent to $3 million. This young denomination loved education, having established 10 schools in its first decade. In fact, the denomination was given its name by J.P. Widney, president of the University of Southern California, and a panel at Harvard on denominationally-affiliated universities concluded that the Church of the Nazarene cannot be conceived apart from its schools. That early church commitment is still being perpetuated by the more than 800 Nazarene congregations throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

The school grew slowly during the next decade. There were several acting and short-term presidents and the campus of 18 acres contained only a few small buildings. The first yearbook, the Aurora, was published in 1914. A new school name followed in 1915: “Olivet University,” and in 1923, the name was changed to “Olivet College.”

The 1920s were a defining decade for the school. The world was experiencing unprecedented societal liberation following the end of World War I. However, Olivet remained steadfast in its conservative fabric. As was the case with many small church colleges at the time, Olivet’s finances eroded significantly with just 75 cents in the bank and a debt of modern equivalent of $5 million, forcing the trustees to declare bankruptcy in 1926. The then-college treasurer and Nazarene pastor, Dr. T.W. Willingham, bought the school personally at a public auction, gifted it back to the trustees, and outlined a new plan for solvency. He was elected that night as president.

A devastating fire destroyed the main campus building in November 1938, prompting the newly elected president, A.L. Parrott, and the trustees to consider locating a new campus as an alternative to rebuilding at their rural site. They found the present campus in Bourbonnais in 1939 which had been lost to bankruptcy by St. Viator’s College, who launched the 42-acre campus in 1868. Olivet made an offer that was accepted, but was short the modern equivalent of $2 million. Once again, Nazarene congregations made up the difference. Olivet moved in the summer of 1940, and “Nazarene” was added to the college’s name that same year. Four of the original 1868 buildings are still in use today: Burke Administration Building, Chapman Hall, Miller Business Center, and Birchard Gymnasium.

Receiving formal recognition and accreditation by the University of Illinois in 1939 was a major academic milestone for Olivet. The college catalogs of the 1940s reflected a School of Liberal Arts, a School of Music, a School of Religion, and a high school Academy.

Dr. Harold W. Reed, president from 1949–1975, led Olivet through a period of remarkable growth. As World War II ended, the GI Bill provided unprecedented financial support for a quickly-growing U.S. population to attend college. Olivet reaped the benefit, tripling in enrollment during the era. Dr. Reed was hugely influential in securing funding for the construction and renovation of 20 major buildings to keep pace with swelling enrollment. Intercollegiate athletic contests were added in the 1960s, beginning with men’s basketball in 1965, and expanding through the late 60s and early 70s with seven more sports including women’s basketball and volleyball.

Olivet purchased additional properties to expand the campus, some of which later became the Snowbarger Athletic Complex named for the academic dean

of the time. Also added were academic buildings including Reed Hall of Science, Wisner Hall of Nursing, Chalfant Hall and Strickler Planetarium. Notably, a destructive tornado in 1963 caused more than $1 million of damages and injured 40 students, but again, Olivet survived crisis.

Dr. Leslie Parrott continued a focus on campus expansion, development and beautification during his 16-year presidential tenure from 1975-1991, with a specific interest in the elevation of Olivet to university status. In 1986, the school’s name was changed to “Olivet Nazarene University” to reflect the diversity of academic programs and graduate studies. With a new name came other changes including the design of an official University seal, created by assistant art professor Donald Royal, and repainting the smokestack with a new acronym.

Dr. Parrott expanded intercollegiate athletics into football, led by C.W. “Butch” Ward, in 1976. He also oversaw the construction of Larsen Fine Arts Center, Hardy C. Powers President’s Home, Warming House, J.R. Tripp Maintenance Center and the Leslie Parrott Convocation Center. In 1982, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Olivet’s 75 years as a college, professor Harvey Collins was commissioned to paint a mural depicting the history of the school in the dining hall of Ludwig Center.

Dr. John C. Bowling became Olivet’s longest-serving and in many ways most significant president, 1991–2021. The macro-economic and cultural mores of the nation supported an average of 60% enrollment growth across the entire 115-member Council of Christian Colleges & Universities, Olivet included. The Bowling era was notable for doubling the size of the student body; fortifying Olivet’s academic offerings and reputation; expanding varsity athletics to include 22 teams; and producing many new facilities, such as Hopkins Alumni Center, Hammes bookstore, the Bowling Admissions Center, Weber Center, Fortin Villa ROTC building, the 3,000-seat Hawkins Centennial Chapel, the Perry Student Life and Recreation Center, a 20,000-square-foot addition to Reed Hall of Science, the Sims Education Center, and more.

Consequential programmatic features added value, such as establishing Olivet’s first professional fundraising program which today consistently provides 10% of annual revenues, including a remarkable $2 million annually from the Central Region of the Church of the Nazarene’s 800 congregations. There was also the creation of a Chaplaincy; the expansion of study abroad programs and local Christian mission projects; updating all IT and computer lab services; establishing the Center for Student Success and later the Center for Academic Excellence; an 18-year partnership beginning in 2002 with the Chicago Bears to

Historical Markers at Olivet – continued

host summer practices; Shine.fm (WONU) radio broadcasting grew to 200,000 listeners; digital sheet music and iPads contributed to the School of Music’s Apple Distinguished Program designation; the ONU Tigers Marching Band performed London and Washington, D.C. and Rome, Italy; and more. From 2000–2017, the University also experienced remarkable growth in academic programs and services to non-traditional students — peaking at nearly 2,500 enrolled students in Graduate and Continuing Studies programs.

By the mid-2010s, the “enrollment cliff” struck higher education with the challenging circumstances of decreased birth rates (drastically reducing available traditional-aged students), the lowest interest rates in 50 years, and lowest unemployment rate in 30 years (disincentivizing non-traditional student enrollment). Soon after, the worst pandemic in a century struck the world in late 2019. COVID shut down businesses, churches, and very briefly, Olivet’s campus, and imploded the economy for two years. All colleges across the state of Illinois, regardless of institution type, were impacted by significant decreases in enrollment. But God is faithful and Olivet was able to continue opening its doors to receive students who are interested in “Education With a Christian Purpose.”

In 2021, the Board of Trustees elected Gregg Chenoweth, Ph.D. as Olivet’s 13th president. Following a discernment phase with hundreds of constituents and nearly 30 faculty and staff leaders, Olivet now stewards five priorities through 2027: (1) helping students persist to record graduation rates, (2) making Olivet affordable for target populations of greatest need, (3) applying Olivet’s virtue to strengthen four moral issues of our time, (4) installing a series of operational efficiencies while raising an aspirational quantity of funds, and (5) stabilizing enrollment through niche recruitment domains.

For 17 consecutive years, U.S. News and World Report named Olivet as a top regional university in its “America’s Best Colleges” report and the Best Christian Workplaces Institute consistently qualifies Olivet among the top work cultures among its national participants. ■

OUR MISSION

Olivet Nazarene University, a denominational university in the Wesleyan tradition, exists to provide a university-level liberal arts “Education With a Christian Purpose.”

Our mission is to provide high-quality academic instruction for the purpose of personal development, career and professional readiness, and the preparation of individuals for lives of service to God and humanity.

“We seek the strongest scholarship and the deepest piety, knowing that they are compatible [and] … a Christian environment … where not only knowledge but character is sought.” (The quotation is taken from the Olivet Catalog, 1915.)

This mission provides the common ground for us as we blend our various gifts and interests together to impact each student. You will have many opportunities this year to live out this mission. Watch for those occasions, for they are moments of great possibility and reward. Through our mission, we transform lives for eternity.

OUR VALUES

Christ-Centered

Christ transforms people and the entire University.

Community Sharing life together is sacred.

Stewardship

God expects a return on His provision.

Innovation

We respond quickly to needs and opportunities.

Distinction

We make extraordinary impact.

Heritage

A legacy lives in heart and practice.

OUR PEOPLE

PRINCIPLES

Exhibit grace.

Seek to understand rather than be understood.

Assume good intentions.

Be transparent. Support, encourage and empower.

COLLEGES, SCHOOLS & MAJORS

Undergraduate Areas of Study

AND GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

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The University offers a wide variety of opportunities for students  traditional, transfer and advanced degree seekers  to grow personally, spiritually and professionally as they make the most of their college experience.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Art

Art – Drawing/Painting

Art – Graphic Design

Art – Media Arts

Art – Photography

Art Education

Communication Studies

Corporate Communication

English

English as a Second Language

English as a Second Language Education

English Education

Geography

History

Leadership Studies

Legal Studies

Literature

Multimedia Communication

Multimedia Communication –Film Studies

Multimedia Communication –

Journalism

Multimedia Communication –Live Event Media Management

Multimedia Communication –Ministry Media

Multimedia Communication –Radio/Audio Media

Multimedia Communication –TV/Video Production

Musical Theatre

Photography

Political Science

Political Science – Public Policy

Pre-Art Therapy

Pre-Law

Psychology

Public Relations & Strategic Communication

Social Science

Social Science Education

Sociology

Spanish

Spanish Education

Theatre Production & Performance

Writing

S chool of M u S ic

Music

Music – Composition

Music – Jazz Studies

Music – Performance

Music – Recording Arts

Music Education

Music Ministry

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Olivet.edu/Academics

W alker S chool of S cience , T echnology , e ngineering and  M aT he M aT ic S

Actuarial Science

Biology

Chemistry

Chemistry – Biochemistry

Chemistry – Earth/ Environmental Chemistry

Chemistry – Forensics

Computer Science –Networking & Data Communications

Computer Science –Software Development

Computer Science –

Software Entrepreneurship

Cybersecurity

Data Science

Earth & Space Science

Engineering – Architectural

Engineering – Chemical and Biochemical

Engineering – Civil

Engineering – Computer

Engineering – Electrical

Engineering – Mechanical

Environmental Science

Geological Science

Geological Science – Geochemistry

Geological Science – Geotechnical

Geological Science – Life Science

Mathematics

Mathematics Education

Pre-Dental

Pre-Medicine

Pre-Optometry

Pre-Pharmacy

Pre-Physician’s Assistant

Pre-Veterinary

Science Education – Biology

Science Education – Chemistry

Science Education –Earth/Space Science

Zoology

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice – Criminology

Criminal Justice – Law Enforcement

Dietetics

Family & Consumer Sciences –Hospitality

Interior Design

Kinesiology

Kinesiology – Exercise Physiology

Kinesiology – Pre-Athletic Training

Kinesiology – Pre-Occupational Therapy

Kinesiology – Pre-Physical Therapy

Military Affairs

Military Science

Physical Education/ Health Education

Recreation and Sport Studies –Recreation Management

Recreation and Sport Studies –Coaching & Human Performance

Social Work

Sport Management –Administration & Leadership

Sport Management – Sales & Marketing

S chool of e ducaT ion

Child Development

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

Special Education

Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction

Master of Arts in Education: Educational Leadership

Master of Arts in Education: Reading Specialist

Doctor of Education: Ethical Leadership

M c g raW S chool of  B u S ine SS

Accounting

Business

Business Administration –Human Resource Management

Business Administration – Management

Business Administration –Operations Management

Business Administration –Philanthropy/Not-for-Profit

Business Administration –Public Administration

Economics

Economics & Finance –Applied Economics

Economics & Finance –Certified Financial Planning

Economics & Finance –Corporate Finance

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Marketing – Commercial Graphics

Marketing – Corporate Relations

Marketing – International Marketing – Management

Master of Business Administration

Master of Organizational Leadership

S chool of n ur S ing

Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

Master of Science in Nursing: Education

Master of Science in Nursing: Transformational Leadership

SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

Biblical Languages

Biblical Studies

Children’s Ministry

Christian Education

Christian Ministry

Christian Studies

Greek

Hebrew

Intercultural Studies

Ministerial Missions

Pastoral Ministry

Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Pre-Seminary

Religious Studies

Theology

Youth Ministry

Master of Arts in Christian Ministry

Master of Arts in Family Ministry

Master of Arts in Ministerial Studies

Master of Arts in Missional Multiplication

Master of Arts in Pastoral Leadership

Master of Arts in Religion

Master of Arts in Urban Ministry

Master of Divinity

Master of Ministry

Master of Ministry: Spanish

general STudieS

General Studies

Multidisciplinary Studies