About Our People
Daniel Brunner (Seminary) was named a GreenFaith Fellow in September and will join the 2008 class of the GreenFaith Fellowship Program. The program is the first comprehensive education and training program in the country to prepare lay and ordained leaders from interfaith religious traditions for religiously based environmental leadership.
Debbie Cash (Financial Affairs) is the university’s first “Employee of the Month†recipient. Debbie was honored for her work with the PeopleSoft implementation. Winners of the award are honored with a reserved parking space.
Al Zimmerman (Planned Giving) was presented the 2008 Distinguished Service Award by the Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable during its annual Planned Giving Conference Sept. 23. He was honored for his demonstrated leadership and service to the public and the planned giving community, and in recognition of his mentoring members of the profession of planned giving.
Jim Steele (Management) conducted a concurrent workshop, “Change Resistance: Turning a Liability into an Asset,†at the Northwest Human Resource Management Association’s 70th annual conference and tradeshow in Kennewick, Wash., Sept. 16-18.
Ginny Birky’s (Education) research on high school reform, Spotlight on Success: What’s Working in Oregon High Schools?, was recently posted on the Oregon Department of Education website. The 10 documents highlight successful models and practices in Oregon high schools that are in the midst of change and innovation. The documents include an introduction to the project, scholarly summary of the research, and stories of what’s working in eight high schools.
Matt Meyer (Cinema and Media Communication) made two presentations in August at the University Film and Video Association conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. Matt presented “Your Students’ Films Sound Awful: Top Ten Ways to Improve Film Sound†and “Teaching Film Techniques to the Video Generation.†He also is editing and mixing sound for the feature film Magic Man this term.
Ed Higgins’ (Writing/Literature) poem “Daylight Savings†was published in a recent issue of the Christian literary journal relief (vol. 2, issue 3), a publication that features fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction pieces. Ed also had a tanka piece, “the big bang ever,†published in the August issue of scifakuest, an online literary quarterly.
Bruce Strom (School of Professional Studies) wrote a column, “Your small business is now profitable; what next?,†for the Sept. 23 issue of the Idaho Press-Tribune.