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The following faculty members will be on sabbatical in the next academic year. Bryan Boyd (Spring 2009) will complete a fully developed scene design for Artist’s Repertory Theatre of Portland Center Stage. Tom Head (Fall 2008) will conduct a one-semester project, “Biblical Perspectives on Economic Justice.†Gary Kilburg (Fall 2008) will continue work on a research proposal, “The Good Shepherds: Addressing Resistance in a K-12 Mentoring Program for All Teachers.†Mike Magill (Fall 2008) will pursue work on “Serving Christ as a Design Engineer for Engineering Ministries International (EMI)†and will use his structural engineering background to design facilities for Christian organizations around the world. Roger Newell (2008-2009) will work on a project titled “From Resistance to Revolution: Political Theology in Germany from Barmen (1933) to Leipzig (1989).†Paul Otto (2008-2009) will conduct research on “Beads of Power: Wampum and the Making of Early America.†Kent Yinger (2008-2009) will research, write, and initiate publication of a book for a general Christian audience tentatively titled A New Perspective on Christian Salvation.
Joel Perez (Student Life) presented “Act Six Leadership Initiative: A Practical Strategy for Campus Change and Urban Transformation†at the inaugural Christian in Diversity Conference in Pomona, Calif., on April 23.
Brent Weaver’s (Performing Arts) musical work Snapshots for piano and winds will be performed in concert by the Alder Street Sextet, a Portland ensemble, at First Presbyterian Church of Portland June 1 at 3 p.m. Also, his work Devotional for cello and piano will be presented this summer at the Music08 Festival at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music June 15-22 in Cincinnati. He will also be participating in the festival, which features contemporary composers Steve Reich and Frederick Rzewski and the ensemble Eighth Blackbird.
Bruce Strom (School of Professional Studies) wrote an article, “Business professionalism: Are you measuring up to your goals?,†for the May/June issue of BizVoice, the magazine for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.