Summer camps kicked off June 18 with Junior University. About 55 students grades 2 through 8 learned about science, math and technology with hands-on classes designed to be engaging and fun. This year, 10 kids received a Karen Crozier full scholarship through the AIMS Foundation. Watch the video for an inside look. More information about FPU summer camps at fresno.edu/summercamps

A pair of faculty have articles in the latest edition of Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum. In the Spring 2012 issue, Mark Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of mission and theology, published “Which Courtroom and Which Narrative Shapes Your Atonement Theology?” Ryan Schellenberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of biblical studies, published “Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: A ‘Redaction-critical’ Reflection.”

Matt Gehrett, M.A., executive director of online and continuing education, spoke at the Kern County K-12 Administrator Technology Symposium June 8, 2012, in Bakersfield. Around 50 administrators attended, mostly school site and district leaders from around the county. Gehrett’s session was "Personalized Learning with Technology." More at storify.com/gehrett/personalized-learning  

During its regular meetings June 8-9, 2012, the FPU Board of Trustees granted continuing status to Terence Yi, Ph.D., mathematics; Steve Pauls, Ph.D., chemistry; Don Diboll, Ph.D., kinesiology; and W. Marshall Johnston. Jr., Ph.D., history and classics. Pauls and Johnston were also promoted to associate professor.

Breck Harris, Ed.D., associate professor of business, presented “Dealing with Plagiarism: Teacher Approaches for Effective Integration of Turnitin Into an Online Graduate Class” at the 2012 Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching at Cal State Pomona on March 16, 2012.

Merrill and Priscilla Ewert were honored June 5 by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for their contribtuions to FPU and the community.

The full text of the proclamation:

WHEREAS
D. Merrill Ewert, who became President of Fresno Pacific University in June 2002 after a career at Wheaton College, the University of Maryland, and Cornell University, will retire July 31, 2012; and

Duane Ruth-Heffelbower, J.D., M.Div., associate professor of peacemaking and conflict studies, published "I'm a ___________ mediator: How mediators' profession of origin affects their practice" in the winter 2012 edition of ACResolution, the magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the largest professional organization in the field.