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Several members of the university’s undergraduate and graduate psychology programs, and graduate counseling program, participated in the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) international conference held in Portland April 4-6. A number of professors presented in workshops and breakout sessions, including Winston Seegobin, Nancy Thurston, Richard Shaw, Mark McMinn, Mary Peterson, Rodger Bufford, Daniel Sweeney, Kris Kays, Joel Gregor, Carlos Taloyo, Kelly Chang and Bill Buhrow. Several faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students also presented posters.
Seth Sikkema (School of Business) has been selected as a 2013 Portland Police Bureau Award recipient for his work with the Justice for Fraud Victims Program. He received an Achievement Medal award on Tuesday, April 13, in a ceremony at the David Douglas Horner Performing Arts Center. Seth was instrumental in establishing the Justice for Fraud Victims Program on the George Fox campus, where accounting students review Portland Police case files on fraud to help them in their prosecution efforts.
Paul Otto (History) has been awarded a one-month Anthony N. B. and Beatrice W. B. Garvan Fellowship in American Material Culture at the Library Company of Philadelphia. He will be conducting research for an article with the working title, “Trading in Wampum: Manufacturers and Merchants in the Eighteenth Century.â€
Two of Ed Higgins’ (English) haiku poems, “tonight’s moon†and “ghosts enter,†are in the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of the haiku journal Dark Pens. Ed also had his poem “Alternate Tale†republished in the April 2013 issue of Contemporary Haibun Online.