New dean of the School of Business John Kilroy (right) and new professor of biblical and religious studies Ryan Shellenberg (left) joined Fresno Pacific University in January.

Kilroy, Ph.D., takes over from interim dean Richard Kriegbaum. “To be a part of the leadership team involved in advancing the academic excellence of FPU is both exciting and humbling. I am looking forward to the opportunities and challenges we at the School of Business will encounter as we continue to build a bridge between the university and the communities we serve,” Kilroy said.

Two FPU students won awards in a research poster competition at the California Weed Science Society.

Dee Ann Kroeker won first place for her poster, Development of a Method to Evaluate Mortality of Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) Seeds Exposed to Volatile Compounds from Composted Greenwaste. Kate Hernandez took third place for A Field Trial to Evaluate Deleterious Effects of Composted Municipal Greenwaste and Soil Solarization on Black Mustard Seeds.

The North Fresno Regional Center is wrapping up an exciting expansion to the facilities near Woodward Park which will add more classrooms, offices, and conference rooms. This much needed development will ensure that the center will be able to keep up with the growth that we are experiencing.

The courage of two freshman Fresno Pacific University soccer players does not surprise their coach. “They actions they took speak to who they are,” Jaime Ramirez said of Eric Velarde and Edilberto “Eddie” Cabral.

The two freshmen were running on the FPU track March 1 when Velarde saw smoke coming from a senior citizens apartment center on Willow Avenue south of campus. Both jumped the fence between FPU and the center and Velarde went to get help from a utilities employee working nearby while Cabral went to the apartment that was on fire.

Pete Menjares, Ph.D., will be the 11th president of Fresno Pacific University. The FPU Board of Trustees voted to appoint Menjares during regular board meetings March 2-3.

Francis Chan believes in just trying things—in life, in ministry and in front of 1,300 pastors, lay church leaders and nonprofit agency staff members.

 

“I look back at my life and all the great things that happened were things that just happened. I was just trying things,” the author of Crazy Love, founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, CA, and co-founder of Eternity Bible College said at the 2012 Central Valley Ministry Forum February 16.

A pair of FPU students won $18,500 awards from the MFT (Marriage and Family Therapy) Consortium of California. Two others were selected as first- and second-runner-up.

The consortium gives 10 awards each year, funded through the Mental Health Services Act (2005) and administered by the consortium Phillips Graduate Institute and the MFT Consortium of California. FPU winners were Kimberly Becker and David Tan. Mary Schmidt and Monica Cabrera-Pulley were the runners-up.

The Women of FPU went to the coast the second weekend of February for a time of growth, community, cupcakes and the beach.

The title for the Deeply Rooted Women’s Retreat 2012 was “Strengthening Your Core.” Women students, staff and faculty spent the weekend discussing the principles and disciplines needed to maintain a strong foundation for life. Conversations centered around 1 Corinthians 9:24-27: 

Two very different camps were hosted by Fresno Pacific University. 

First came the fifth annual Summer Camp Fair the afternoon of January 26. Representatives from seven camps from all over California set up booths in the Steinert Campus Center lobby to offer the FPU students summer jobs. Included were: Camp Oakhurst, Sugar Pine Christian Camps, Jenness Park Christian Camp, Mount Herman Christian Camp and Conference Center, Mission Springs Camp, Olizu Camp and Silver Spur Christian Camp.

FPU's partnership with Immanuel Schools has benefitted students and teachers at the Reedley school.
 

By Ahsley Testa-Burke
The Reedley Exponent
Published January 18, 2012