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Greg Allen (Adult Degree Programs) was invited to be panelist speaking about leadership at the Premier CIO Forum in Portland on Oct. 13. More than 4,000 CIOs and IT managers attended the event, which brought together some of the region’s top visionaries and professionals from the IT industry to discuss and share experiences related to technology and business structure.

Howard Macy (Professor Emeritus, College of Christian Studies) published a new book, Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer’s Guide, through Cascade Books (a division of Wipf and Stock Publishers). In it, he examines humor in the Bible – why it’s there, why it matters, what it looks like, how to look for it, and what to do with it when you find it.

Richard Shaw (Counseling) was recently the invited Cessna Lecturer at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. The Cessna Lectures include a three-hour presentation to the Healing Academy of the Seminary, a presentation in chapel and a talk-back session with students and faculty. Richard’s chapel service presentation was entitled “Shame No More.” Richard graduated with a master’s degree in counseling from Asbury Seminary 25 years ago.

He was also recently in Addison, Texas, invited by Dr. Jim Sells, assistant dean of the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University, as one of 20 key higher education leaders in Christian counseling. Among those present were representatives from other Christian counselor education programs, the president of the American Association of Christian Counseling (Dr. Tim Clinton), Christian Association of Psychological Studies counselor education representative Dr. Todd Frye of Nazarene Seminary, and board representatives of CACREP accreditation. The gathering was designed to share ideas and build strategies for assisting Christ-based counselor education programs to work successfully with the CACREP accreditation organization around diversity, discrimination and sexuality issues in counselor education.

Kenn Willson (Music) just returned from Huntsville, Texas, where he performed his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at Sam Houston State University. The concert is one Kenn has developed over the years and includes humor, pathos, cartoons, slides, and sometimes rock and roll. In short, Kenn says, “It’s not your typical piano recital.”

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