About Our People
Melanie Springer Mock (English) was honored last month with an award by the Associated Church Press. Her review of the book Shaken in the Water appeared in Mennonite World Review and won third place (honorable mention) in the category “Critical Review, All Media†in the ACP’s annual contest. The results were announced at the Best of the Christian Press Awards Banquet in Toronto on May 1.
In May, Melissa Thomas (Registrar) was elected by the Oregon Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers to serve on its executive committee in a three-year term as president-elect, president and past president.
Isabelle Corneaux (French) was selected as a 2015 honor roll recipient by the Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching organization. The honor is reserved for teachers or language professionals who have made significant accomplishments or contributions to both the teaching of language and the field of language acquisition and instruction. Honor roll members are submitted as candidates for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Darryl Brown (Marketing Communications) earned recognition for his design work on Geez magazine of Canada. His work on the Winter 2014 issue won a first-place Award of Excellence in the “Art/Design/Graphics: Magazine/Journal Design: Entire Issue†category from the Associated Church Press. In addition, Darryl and Creative Director Aiden Enns won first place for the same Winter 2014 issue in the Canadian Church Press’ “Edition Layout & Design, Magazine, Circulation up to 9,999†category. Geez also received first place for general excellence from the Canadian Church Press and second place for general excellence from the Associated Church Press.
Karen Bowdoin (Art & Design) was among a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges to participate in a week-long seminar on “Teaching European Art in Context.†She will be attending the seminar on “The Art of Storytelling in French Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1850†at the Portland Art Museum July 20-24. Karen was one of 23 faculty members chosen to participate in the event, designed to strengthen the teaching of art history at smaller colleges and universities.
Ed Higgins’ (English) flash fiction story, “Haying,†was published in the April 30, 2015, edition of Thrice Fiction Magazine.
Paul Anderson (Christian Studies) published an article, “Second Criticality – An Interdisciplinary Approach to the New Testament and its Contexts,†on the website The Bible and Interpretation, a site dedicated to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars.