North Park University Academic Affairs Annual Report Office of the Provost 2018-2019
Academic Affairs Annual Report The academic enterprise is a high calling. God designed us to learn, and for us at North Park to be part of formal learning for thousands of students is both a vocation and an honor. Our students go on to impact our region and our world. Contained in this report is but a sketch of the academic work and success achieved by talented and dedicated faculty and staff, and the students who are the reason North Park exists. The 2018-19 year was the first under President Mary Surridge, and it was a year of growth and increased focus on our academic priorities. You will find in this report highlights from each of our academic units, fascinating graphs and graphics about our academic enterprise, a summary of our guiding vision points, and a focus on the achievement of our people, the backbone of North Park. I wish to extend a special thank you to Emma Coyne and Associate Provost Lisa Ncube, who went above and beyond to create this highly informative, visually attractive annual report. For more than 125 years, God has been good to North Park. We look forward to the next 125 years, and hope you find this current year’s report both fascinating and useful. With Respect
Michael O. Emerson Provost
Our Students In the fall of 2018 North Park University’s total enrollment was 2927. This number consisted of 1826 Undergraduate Students, 151 Adult Completion Students, 640 Graduate students and 310 Seminary Students. We continue to make progress towards our goal of increasing graduation and retention rates across our college and schools. North Park’s student body is racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse with more than 50% of the undergraduate population being students of color and 7% being international students.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DISTRIBUTION BY RACE Two or More races, 4%
AfricanAmerican/Black, 7%
Unknown , 3% Asian, 9%
White, 39%
Hispanic, 30%
Pacific Islander, 1%
International , 7%
Fall 2018 Declared Traditional Undergraduate Majors Humanities
18%
Sciences
26%
School of Business and Nonprofit Management
12%
School of Education
6%
School of Music, Art, and Theatre
5%
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
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Percentage of Majors by College & School
The School of Nursing and Health Sciences continues to be our largest draw for undergraduate students followed by our Sciences. With the implementation of the 3/2 Physics and Engineering program the department has experienced drastic increases and has more than doubled its majors since the Spring of 2016.
Fall 2018 Declared Graduate Majors School of Business and Nonprofit Management
24%
School of Education
14%
School of Music, Art, and Theatre
1%
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
16%
School of Professional Studies
17%
North Park Theological Seminary
27% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Percentage of Students by School & College Enrollment in graduate programs has remained steady at around 640 students over the past 3 years. Seminary enrollment continues to grow with a 36% increase since 2015. The School of Business and Nonprofit Management’s online Master of Nonprofit Management program was ranked number 1 in the nation and continues to attract undergraduate and graduate students to our business programs.
First Year Fall to Fall Retention 80% 78%
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70% 68% 66% 2014
2015 Fall Cohort
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North Park’s retention rate, the percentage of a North Park’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at North Park the following year, experienced an increase coming into the fall with a 75% overall retention rate. Our student success programs such as Lighthouse, Pre-Health Professions Boot Camp, and Supplemental Instruction strengthen our retention and graduation rates and are specifically designed to support and encourage our students through their time at North Park.
Traditional Undergraduate Graduation Rates 70% 53%
53% 47%
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4 Year Graduation Rate
2017
6 Year Graduation Rate
2018
FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DISTRIBUTION BY RACE Two or More races, 2% Unknown, 3%
AfricanAmerican/Black, 7% Asian, 8%
White, 38%
Hispanic , 38%
Pacific Islander, 4% International , 3%
2018 First Year Undergraduate Students We were thrilled to welcome an outstanding class of students to Campus and are thankful for the ways that they have added to our North Park Community. Experiencing an increase from the previous year, North Park enrolled 421 first-year undergraduate students representing 34 States and 42 Countries. Females accounted for 55% of students. Academic characteristics of these students include an average ACT Composite Score of 22.5, an average SAT Composite Score of 1065, and an average high school GPA of 3.24, with 29% of students entering with a high school GPA of 3.5 and above. All of these characteristics represent an increase from the previous incoming class. We look forward to our continued work with these students as we prepare them to lead lives of significance and service.
Academic Vision 1. Mission & Vision: Start Educational Programs that are directly related to our core mission and values. 2. Catalyst: Continue to develop and improve our Catalyst Program. 3. Professional Schools: Continually interact with both their accrediting bodies and shifting student and industry demands. 4. Graduate & Adult Programs: Develop an academic vision for our graduate and adult degree programs. 5. Professional Development: Empower Faculty and staff with clear and incentivized paths to creativity, resources generation, and continuous teaching and programmatic improvement. 6. Thought Leaders: Be known as thought-leaders in areas that further the peace, health, prosperity, and just flourishing of the world’s people and their cities.
Create and Enhance Programs
Increase Academic Excellence
Develop Distinctives
Building on Our Academic Vision North Park’s Division of Academic Affairs helps prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology. The Division of Academic Affairs promotes an inclusive, global, creative, and intellectually stimulating academic environment by supporting the university’s distinctives of Christianity, Diversity, and City-centeredness. The Provost is the Chief Academic Officer. As shown in the Academic Affairs organizational chart (see Appendix A), the Provost reports directly to President Mary Surridge and is responsible for overseeing the University’s Academic Colleges and Schools, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, and the Office of the Dean of Faculty. In the Fall of 2018, we established six points of academic vision that guided us through the year and elevated our sights for continuous quality improvement. We are grateful for the way that our Faculty, Staff, and Administration worked in the 2018-2019 academic year to build on our academic vision to set North Park apart from other Universities. From our academic vision we developed three goals: Create and Enhance Programs, Increase Academic Excellence, and Develop Distinctives. As we reflect on this past year, we are filled with gratitude to see the way that our vision and goals have been weaved through all the work that is being accomplished at North Park University.
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The College of Arts and Science (CAS) With 672 Majors our College of Arts and Science (CAS) Faculty and Staff have worked hard this year to advance North Park’s Mission and Vision in the lives of our students. North Park’s thirteen CAS Department Chairs, Associate Deans, and the Dean revised the Mission and Vision Statements for the College of Arts and Science. The new statements read: Mission “The Mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to prepare students for successful lives and careers through rigorous and life-changing Christian liberal arts education, intentionally set in Chicago as context.” Vision “The Vision of the College of Arts and Sciences is to become the leading city-centered, Christian learningcommunity by translating knowledge illumined by revelation into service to God and neighbor and care for creation.” The revision of these statements has sharpened the focus of the College of Arts and Sciences and sets the foundation for innovative strategic planning in the upcoming years.
Members of the CAS Alumni Advisory Board In September 2018, the newly established CAS Alumni Advisory Board convened for the first time at NPU. The ten members met with the Department Chairs and the Associate Deans to discuss the College’s goals, opportunities, and challenges. We look forward to this partnership to better develop the College’s relationship with its alumni and to advance the mission of our College
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY SET TO HOST THE ACCA North Park will be hosting the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) Student Symposium from 2020-2022. This is the first time in ACCA’s 53-year history that North Park will be hosting the Student Symposium which will feature research presentations and poster sessions of around 400 students attending ACCA institutions. This will help showcase our own students’ achievements and it will bring hundreds of students and their professors to our campus.
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The Christian Studies Organization (CSO) group saw substantial progress in its mission statement, organizational structure and responsibilities. The CSO put together a semester long, campuswide event titled, “Exploring God” that was open to all students, faculty and staff (Christians and non-Christians alike).
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The Christian Ministries program received all the necessary approvals for the Christian Ministries major.
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The Communication Arts Department received approval for the Gender Studies Minor.
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In May, the Conflict Transformation program offered a trip to IsraelPalestine partnering with Sabeel, an ecumenical Christian organization in Jerusalem.
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The English Department produced a GIS-based literary map of Chicago through the Literature Senior Seminar. The department also sponsored the student magazine, VISTA and published the annual student run literary magazine, The North Branch.
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The Philosophy Department and English Department Co-Sponsored a Writing Retreat at Covenant Point.
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The History Department has added courses to the curriculum on World History and Pre-Modern History. The department inducted four new members to Phi Alpha Theta and partnered with alumni to host career events.
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The Politics and Government Department inducted seven students into Pi Sigma Alpha and hosted a presentation by visiting Nepalese scholar, BP Khanal on Politics as Mission.
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The Sociology and Criminal Justice Department inducted twelve students into Pi Gamma Iota. The department participated in the first annual Taste of Criminal Justice event to introduce Criminal Justice majors and others to various professions in the field of Criminal Justice.
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In November 2018, eighteen students participated in the 2018 Illinois Sociological Association Meeting and participated in nine academic presentations that outlined their research ideas.
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The Criminal Justice Club, the Urban Peace Lab, and the School of Professional Studies hosted fourteen students from the Olive Harvey College Criminal Justice Program to participate in the Ethics in Criminal Justice and Social Services course at North Park.
CRUX North Park’s core values – Christian, city-centered, and intercultural – come together in this urban discipleship living and learning program. For a full school year, while earning college credit, CRUX students live and learn on campus in a cohort. Directed by Rev. Dr. Bret Widman, he and committed faculty members, as well as seminary counselors work with CRUX students to deepen their formation as followers of Jesus Christ, broaden an understanding of community, and engage the city of Chicago. We are grateful for the Crux Faculty and Staff and their engagement with North Park students in such a distinct program and are already celebrating increased enrollment for 2019-2020.
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The Biology Department led a pilot Undergraduate Learning Assistant course in the spring of 2019. Students were assigned to courses to serve as Supplemental Instruction (SI) leaders, but also go beyond to create projects and interact more with professors. The department maintains connections with multiple alum at local labs and hospitals and have provided several graduates with full-time positions right after graduation. The Chemistry Department developed the new 3+3 B.S./Pharm.D. program with Roosevelt University School of Pharmacy. The department secured a Tech Grant to procure one copy of ChemDraw 18.0 for use by students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, an Individual Professional Development Grant was awarded towards the construction of high-resolution CzernyTurner spectrograph for use in North Park’s laser lab.
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The Mathematics Department instituted a major programmatic review with associated curricular changes of the B.A. program in mathematics to coincide with the School of Education’s renewal of licensure by the Illinois State Board of Education. In a joint project with SBNM and SPS the department helped secure a Tech Grant to bring in an R programming specialist for a 1time-in-service.
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The Physics and Engineering Department has experienced significant growth and secured a $20,000 grant through the Max Goldenberg Foundation for additional research and teaching equipment.
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The Psychology Department hosted two Psychology Fairs, celebrated Mental Illness Awareness Week on campus, held a faculty Q&A evening and an alumni panel, and sponsored student attendance and presentations at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference.
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY AWARDED $650,000 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT
Through the collaborative efforts of Dr. Stephen Ray, Dr. Eric Brown, Dr. Betsy Grey, Dr. Sunshine Silver, and Dr. George Quainoo North Park University has secured the National Science Foundation Award of $650,000. This grant will provide scholarships to students studying in the STEM fields in a unique way. This project will fund 20 scholarships for two groups of 10 students who are pursuing degrees in physics/engineering or biology.
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SBNM’s Online Master of Nonprofit Management program was ranked number 1 in the nation. https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/top/masters-nonprofitmanagement-online-degree-programs/
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Senior Students earned a Global Top 100 ranking for their company's GLO-BUS business simulation performance during the week of 8-Apr-19 through 14-Apr-19. One of the North Park teams was tied for the top national spot.
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Abound, a college guidance system for degree-seeking adults commends North Park University for providing a path to an MBA that addresses the issues most important to professional students. North Park University places among the inaugural cohort of Abound with its testament to the program’s flexible scheduling and delivery options, personal access to professors, academic and career support services, and overall preparation for managerial success in the world of business.
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North Park’s SBNM Grad Program has received further important national recognition. Its online MBA in Nonprofit Management has been ranked 6th nationally, and the nation’s best for its advanced study components. https://www.onlinemasters.com/best-degreeprograms/mba/nonprofit-management/.
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SBNM’s Master’s Degree Program in Nonprofit Management was recently ranked as the 9th best in the nation by College Choice.
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SBNM has been granted re-accreditation from IACBE for another seven-year term. Our site visit was in September 2018 and we were officially approved in early 2019.
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SBNM broke all records at the Annual Networking dinner in February with over 200 in attendance. Funding for the program was provided by the Baker family, Alexander Macnab & Co., SBNM Advisory Board members, and several faculty.
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The Freedom Forum Grows: For the 2018–19 academic year, the Freedom Forum once again raised $45,000 and set the stage to garner a $70,000 grant for the 2019–20 academic year. This expansion was fostered by results which included sending 25 students to academic conferences and immersion experiences in New York City, twice to Washington DC, and Silicon Valley. Students were able to expand their understanding of the benefits of liberty through speakers including the President United States, executives from Google and LinkedIn, and networking with entrepreneurial North Park alums.
The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management programming successes included 7 workshops held in the spring with a total of 180 registrants (48% were first time registrants); the average attendance per session was 31. The annual conference, “The Arc of Innovation: Lessons from Thriving Nonprofits” was held on May 2nd at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. This was the 20th anniversary symposium, which was presented to a sold-out crowd of 400 attendees. A new element, “20 years/20 leaders” was introduced and featured awards to 20 outstanding Chicago area nonprofit leaders, nominated through a community-survey process earlier in the year.
The Church Leadership Academy The Academy of Church Leadership at North Park University is a School of Business and Nonprofit Management program that provides training and professional development to seminarians, pastors, and church staff. The program offers a workshop series, an annual conference, an annual retreat, and a graduate-level Certificate in Church Administration. This year’s annual conference, Mastering Church Finances, was successfully hosted in June. The $750,000 Lilly grant program to assist pastors with finance and leadership issues held their first conference with over 50 people this past January 2018. The Academy also offered a workshop series from June-September covering: financial management, meeting management, conflict resolution, QuickBooks for churches, policy development and alignment, theological and scriptural reflection on money, and church fundraising. Additionally, custom workshops were provided for a variety of churches in Chicago and for an ECC Church in Elim, Illinois. The fall professional development efforts culminated in a 3day Church Leadership Retreat. Most of the workshops were recorded and will be developed into programs that can be shared with churches. Six leaders/staff from NPU attended a Lilly Conference in January 2019 in Indianapolis which consisted of institutions that have been granted funds. This includes a variety of organizations, including North Park Theological Seminary. There were over 800 attendees This past year the certificate courses were redesigned, and each course was offered at least once by the end of December 2019. The certificate is an online, 10 semester-hour, program with a 50% reduction in tuition made possible by the Lilly Endowment.
School of Education • This past year the School of Education graduated an increase of 9% from its five-year average. There has been a 44% enrollment increase in the graduate program over the past three years. • All licensure programs have been granted the full approval of the Illinois State Board of Education, and with this approval, the School of Education is able to grant license through entitlement. • The North Park chapter of Kappa Delta Pi had an active year, including a Literacy Extravaganza for local first and second graders. Kappa Delta Pi welcomed 11 new members at the spring initiation.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences •
Successful approval by HLC to offer the Master’s in Athletic Training program.
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Achieved reaccreditation for the Athletic Training Program and approval to offer the MSAT program through CaATE.
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Launched the first cohort group of the fully online DNP program.
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100% pass rate for the licensure exams for the nurse practitioner programs.
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Both the MSAT and DNP programs are part of a CAS system. These systems are commonly used by professional programs. (Nursing CAS and AT CAS).
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The School of Nursing and Health Sciences supports three Global Mission Trips: Zambia, India, and Oaxaca Mexico. Nursing faculty have led these trips for several years.
• Held the third symposium on faith and health in November 2018.
• All students in the SHNS participate in practicum experiences throughout the city. Partners such as Northwestern Memorial, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Lawndale Christian Health Center, Atletico, Galter Life Center, and numerous other agencies provide our students outstanding experiences and job opportunities.
NPU Nursing Class of May 2018
The Student Nurses Association The Student Nurses Association continues to be very active both on and off campus. They support 30+ activities such as: • • • • •
Feed My Hungry Children, Vacationing with the seniors with Little Brothers, Chicago Marathon, Shamrock Shuffle, Blood drives, Health education activities on campus in cooperation with the Health Center • Lobby Day in Springfield.
School of Music, Art, & Theatre Music Department The music program presented 50 on-campus evening and weekend events during 2018-19, as well as numerous other offerings during the school day, and off campus, including a University Choir/Chamber Singers tour to Nebraska in October. In addition to the tour, other highlights of the year included guest artists from Uppsala University in Sweden; the Festival of Lessons & Carols at St. Hilary Church; music participation in events surrounding the inauguration of President Mary Surridge, including the Showcase of the Arts; a special oratorio presentation presented at Oakdale Covenant Church as a reflection on the victims of gun violence, featuring a piece composed by guest artist Hannibal Lokumbe; and the Bach Week Festival concert, that included our Chamber Singers.
School of Music, Art, & Theatre Art Department The Art Department exhibited a rich series of works by North Park University students, alumni and guest artists. The 2018-19 Fall Schedule for the Carlson Tower Gallery and the Brandel Library included: •
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September 6, 2018 – An open studio preview of NPU Artist-in-Residence Tim Lowly’s new work for his upcoming exhibition Radiator at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Seattle September 13 - October 5, 2018 – Judith Raphael, an exhibition of recent work by this long-time, esteemed Chicago artist October 12 - November 2, 2018 – Image and Word, a group exhibition of NPU Alumni whose work incorporates image and text. Participants include: Tatum Hendrickson, Katie Schofield, Emily Lindskoog, Rachel Brown and Corrie Anderson November 7 - 28, 2018 – INDIGO / the color of whiteness – Maggie Hubbard, an exhibition regarding race in America December 4 - 14, 2018 – The Junior Show, an exhibition of art by Junior art majors
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Two-person “En Route” Exhibition (exhibition of Chicago-based artists curated by the Senior Seminar). Eleven Senior Art Major Exhibitions
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Art Faculty Exhibition Student Scholarship Exhibition - 12 students
Theatre Department The Theatre Department produced two plays by women playwrights. In Fall 2018 we invited Georgette Kelly to workshop her play, North Star. In Spring 2019 we invited Sarah Saltwick to work with our students on her play, TENDER ROUGH ROUGH TENDER. In addition, North Park is part of the Big Bridge Consortium, a group of schools supporting inter-faith play development. We were one of four schools awarded a grant to bring Arlene Hutton, the playwright of The Shakers of Mount Lebanon Will Hold a Peace Conference This Month, for a one-week residency Spring 2020 for our production.
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The School of Professional Studies offers seven majors: 1. Business Administration 2. Counseling Psychology 3. Criminal Justice 4. Digital Marketing 5. Location Intelligence 6. Nonprofit Management 7. Organizational Management & Leadership
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Faculty and Staff developed a new student survey to be administered every semester to receive assessment data to help improve support services for SPS students.
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In February of 2019 the Criminal Justice Club at North Park University joined the students in the Law Enforcement Administration course at the University Campus Center in Grayslake. Nine students from Chicago joined the class of eight students in Law Enforcement Administration. Two officers from the Round Lake Beach Police Department shared their experiences in law enforcement with students interested in the field.
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A total of forty-seven individuals participated in the first ever Peaceology Album release. In collaboration with Dr. St. Jean, Criminal Justice students volunteering through the Urban Peace Lab designed an album cover, and printed t-shirts and buttons for the event.
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The Master of Counseling Psychology offered three continuing education workshops in the Spring of 2019 including two workshops by Faculty Members.
Location Intelligence On November 14th, 2018, we celebrated the first GIS Day at North Park University. On GIS day, organizations and businesses around the globe celebrate the technological advancements in the Geographic Information System (GIS) industry that help with solving complex spatial problems that our society is either facing already or is projected to be exposed to in the future. On GIS day North Park University held an information session for faculty and staff to explain what GIS is and how these systems are applied. As our partner, the GIS software developer ESRI sponsored the event. As a follow up to the GIS Day, the Location Intelligence program partnered with Catalyst to present “Community Engagement through Location Intelligence�, centered around the various possibilities to engage with communities around the globe and solve community problems on the local and global scale by applying GIS technology
3,946 undergraduate course conferences
986 Drop-in conferences
200+ professional coaching sessions for graduate students.
The Writing Center •
In addition to the Writing Center Director, this year’s Writing Center was comprised of undergraduate Writing Advisors (34 in fall and 30 in spring), Stateville Writing Advisors (14 in spring) an Assistant Director who served as both an administrator and a Cornerstone and WRIT1000 instructor, 5 adjunct instructors who taught 7 (of 9 total) sections of WRIT1000: “Fundamentals of Composition” (6 in fall and 1 in spring) and 10 professional coaches for graduate students.
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The 5-member student leadership team met with the director and assistant director weekly to plan monthly center-wide meetings that included training sessions on tips for applying Myers-Briggs personality indicators to maximize collaboration, using handouts in drop-in sessions, understanding consequences of plagiarism from a student who was dismissed from their university for academic dishonesty, and facilitating in-class workshops. Sub-teams of WA’s headed the following projects: a weekly Grammar Challenge, a CPS Service Project, a Stateville Writing Partners Project, Statistics, Social Media, Class Visits, English Department/Cornerstone Liaison, Cell Bio Liaison, and Hospitality.
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Graduate Student Drop-in Hours were expanded to 10 hours weekly. These drop-in hours were hosted by a professional writing coach with experience working with our SoN graduate students in the former WRIT5000 “Writing for the Professions” program.
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Graduate Coaching was expanded to match 9 students in summer, 15 students in fall, and 10 students in spring with professional coaches for a series of up to 8 one-hour sessions in fall/spring and 5 sessions in summer. Synchronous Online Conferencing was offered on a limited basis; a specific graduate coach was hired to be made available for students enrolled in the SoN’s DNP program.
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A List of Professional Writing Coaches who have worked with NPU graduate students in the past was again made available. In this case, interested graduate students could contact these coaches, agree on a fee, and set up appointments that fit their schedules.
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Writing Center Virtual Visits were made available upon request in the form of PowerPoint slides and Big Blue Button recordings; SPS and SoN especially took advantage of these resources.
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CPS Service Project: In fall semester, a team of Writing Advisors and I visited two local neighborhood high school senior-level English classes to conference with students on their “Common App” personal essays and to field questions about the college application process. In spring, our team invited 44 dual-credit English 101 students from Roosevelt and Mather High Schools to attend an April 12 CPS visit day where seniors from neighborhood schools attended workshops, received one-on-one conferencing on portfolio essays.
The Stateville Writing Center This project involved training 13 Writing Advisors to become letter partners with inside (incarcerated) students taking Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom’s “Heroes, Saints, and Heretics” course at Stateville Correctional Center. Writing partners exchanged essays and handwritten letters of critique up to four times throughout the semester with inside students. An additional 3 WRIT/CORE adjunct instructors were trained to be writing partners and exchanged feedback on written assignments with Stateville students enrolled in spring WRIT2100 “Tutoring Writing” class. Training was offered at the beginning of both fall and spring semesters. In spring 2019, 14 inside students currently enrolled in NPTS’s MA in Christian Ministry program at Stateville Correctional Center were trained to be Writing Advisors for their peers and held drop-in hours during “study hall Tuesdays”. We are excited for the growth of the writing center for both of our inside and outside students.
210 Instruction Sessions
395 Library Consulatations
2,439 Students visited the Library
Brandel Library This year the Library created a user experience department to improve services and ensure that Brandel remains a welcoming place for North Park students to engage in academic work. The Media Studio hosted Art and Communications classes and continued to develop as a space that enables students to create compelling, contemporary media. Following national best practices, the archives implemented a new content management system to empower researchers by making finding aids available online.
Office of International Affairs North Park’s Office of International Affairs celebrated International Education week by hosting and engaging students in the following events: • Catalyst on Campus Event (student led panel discussions involving both international and study abroad students, with audience Q&A) • International Trivia, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity • Global Vibes Dance Party, in collaboration with the Writing Center and COMPASS
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The University Dean North Park’s University Dean, Dr. Liza Ann Acosta, worked to advance faculty development and support, facilitated engagement in the Teaching & Learning Cooperative, and coordinated the Campus Common Read. The office of the University Dean worked alongside the Catalyst Hub to bring Campus Common Read speaker and alumni, Austin Channing Brown, to discuss her work, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Dean Acosta Coordinated and Maintained Wednesday Fikas for Faculty and Staff and oversaw the new faculty mentorship program. The Teaching & Learning Cooperative (TLC) has a committed group of faculty who regularly engage in the professional development opportunities. There is excitement in coming together to discuss teaching and share ideas. The TLC held book groups and summer professional development workshops in 2018-19: •
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August 16, 2018, TLC Summer Workshop: Cheating Lessons (16 attendees) Fall Faculty Book Group: Hitting Pause (14 participants) Spring Faculty Book Group: Creating Engaging Discussions (8 participants) May 16, 2019, TLC Summer Workshop: Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (11 attendees)
Dean Acosta Teaching at COMPASS
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness Dr. Lisa Ncube was hired in the fall of 2018 as the Associate Provost and Accreditation Liaison Officer to oversee the crucial functions of accountability and quality improvement in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE). The mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness is to oversee institutional research, analysis, and reporting that supports and facilitates strategic planning, policy analysis, and decision making with a focus on continuously improving student learning outcomes. In collaboration with other offices across campus the OIE functions to anticipate and effectively respond to NPU data and information needs as they relate to accreditation, planning and quality improvement, assessment, and institutional research and reporting.
Dr. Lisa Ncube
Data Management Accreditation Gap Analysis Evidence Repository Federal Compliance Institutional & Programmatic Data
Assessment Unit Assessment Plans – Outcomes & Measures Monitoring Universal Participation Coordination “Closing the Loop” - Action
Planning & Quality Improvement Strategic Planning Environmental Scanning Benchmarking – Peer Institutions SWOT Analysis
Institutional Research & Reporting Report Calendar & Automation Balanced KPIs Progress Reports & Trends Communication
Assessment Assessment is a set of processes designed to improve, demonstrate, and inquire about student learning. It involves systematic collection and analysis of educational programs for the purposes of improving student learning and outcomes. In Fall 2018, North Park University revised its Intuitional Student Learning Outcomes. Christian Frame •Gain a general understanding of Christian faith and practice
Ethical Reasoning •Apply ethical principles in decision making & civic engagement
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving •Apply critical thinking & argumentation to contemporary problems
Quantitative Reasoning •Draw conclusions through application of quantitative reasoning to analysis of complex quantitative problems
Well-being •Demonstrate an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of wellness and its impact on individuals and communities
Information Literacy •Employ appropriate information sources, systems, and networks for knowledge acquisition and content creation
Communication •Demonstrate effective communication in both oral & written formats across a variety of professional & cultural settings
North Park University Institutional Student Learning Outcomes
Accreditation September -December 2018
January 2019
February 2019-January 2021
April 26-27, 2021
Reconstitution of HLC Steering Committee
HLC Steering Committee Retreat
Assurance Argument Drafts
HLC Comprehensive Evaluation Visit
The Higher Education Learning Commission (HLC) will conduct its Comprehensive Evaluation Visit at North Park University on April 26th & 27th, 2021. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the HLC Steering Committee has been hard at work developing strategies to best prepare North Park and contribute to the culture of continuous quality improvement on Campus. This year’s main areas of focus included assessment through the creation of Institutional Student Learning Outcomes, improvements to the program review process, and a gap analysis conducted by the HLC Steering Committee. HLC Steering Committee Members: Co-Chair – Lisa Ncube, Associate Provost & Professor, Co-Chair – Sumie Song, Director of Global Education Project Manager – Emma Coyne Sub-committee Criterion 1: Mission
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Team Member(s) Ellen Almer, Snr Content Manager
Criterion 2: Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct
Ann Hicks, Incoming Dean & Professor, SBNM. Julie Westerman, Academic Advisor & Course Schedule Coordinator, SPS
Criterion 3: Teaching & Learning: Quality, Resources, & Support
Lori Scrementi, Dean, School of Professional Studies Dwight Perry, Dean Seminary Faculty/ Professor of Homiletics & Leadership Ted Zervas, Professor of Education / Coordinator of MATC
Criterion 4: Teaching & Learning: Evaluation and Improvement
Gregor Thuswaldner, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Criterion 5: Resources, Planning, & Institutional Effectiveness
Scott Stenmark, Vice President, Finance & Admin./ CFO Trevor James. Assoc Dean of SPS, Assoc Prof and Dir of Bus Program/Biblic
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Aaron Schoof, Senior Director of Data and Administrative Services Matt Ostercamp, Director, Brandel Library Liza Ann Acosta, University Dean, Professor, English/ Comparative Literature Sumie Song, Director of Global Education
Evidence Collection and Cataloging Campus Outreach and Education
Quality Initiative
Executive Sponsor Michael Emerson, Provost Ingrid Tenglin, Assistant Vice President, HR
Carolyn Poterek, Asst. Professor & Coordinator, K-12 Programs, SOE Alexandria Macias, Dir., Academic Programming, Seminary Susan Rabe, Professor, History Emily Wagner, Asst. Dir., Seminary Student Services
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Amy Governale, Visiting Asst. Prof., Psych Donielle Alicea, Mktg Mgr., Grad. & Adult Programs Lee Sundholm, Prof., Economics, SBNM Rob Anderson, Asst Dir., Fin./ Snr Accountant Anne McCullah, Dir Fin/Comptroller Rob Anderson, Asst Dir Fin/Snr Accountant Marielle McNeal, Asst. Prof. Info Literacy
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Lisa Ncube Sumie Song Melissa Pavlik, Dir, Writing Center & Asst. Prof., English Rich Kohng, Director, Civic Engagement, Catalyst Hub
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Becky Nelson, Dean School of Education
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Student Government Association North Park’s Student Government approved five new Registered Student Organizations: African Cultural Club, Sociology Club, the English Honors Society: Alpha Rho Omega, Film Club, and Social Dance Club. In October they co-hosted the regional American Student Government Association Conference (ASGA). In April they proposed and received approval for the Tautua Student Scholarship. Tautua is a Samoan word that means “service”, and the scholarship will recognize and financially support student leaders to allow them to continue their service and contribution to our North Park community. We are grateful for the way that North Park’s Student Government supports the voice of the undergraduate student body and is committed to advocating for the progression of the North Park experience, by providing students with an actively engaged community.
President: Rakiiba Vaalele
Vice President: Daniel Strom
Distinguished Student Awards Katerina Dague Biochemistry Katerina graduated with a degree in Biochemistry, was the recognized senior for academic excellence in Chemistry, and was an active member in the honors society. In December 2018, she had the opportunity to represent North Park while presenting her research to the American Chemistry Society. She is a six-time Academic All-Conference athlete in cross country and track. She hopes to pursue an MD or PhD and eventually help address health disparities between urban and rural populations.
Katerina Dague C’18
Anosh Wasker Math & Physics Anosh graduated with degrees in Physics and Math and was the recognized senior for academic excellence in Mathematics. During his time at North Park, he served as a teacher’s assistant and helped run labs in the sciences. Anosh was also an active leader of Global partnerships taking mission trips to Appalachia, Nepal, and India.
Anosh Wasker C'18
Student Achievements • Ricardo Delgado The Student Laureate Award • Aseel Hussein Ahnfeldt Medallion • Dawson Vosburg Ahnfeldt Medallion North Park’s first Lilly Fellow • Katie Truex Ahnfeldt Medallion • Sidney Smith IV The Servant Leadership Award • Betty Godinez-Rodriguez Diversity Award • Joseph Clifton Music Service Award • Brandon Giacomino Elom and Vera Nelson Prize • Hannah Sahyouni Delores Johnson Award • Lucy Hamamoto Dr. Ralph Erickson Award
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Emily McIntyre Communication Arts
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Kaylyn Sweitzer English
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Dariel Chaidez History
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Stephanie Munoz Modern Languages
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Aseel Hussein Politics and Government J. Scott Wade Memorial Award
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Dariel Chaidez (HIST) won a Fulbright Award to teach in Spain and he received the Hawkinson Prize Paper Award.
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Brianna Santiago (CHEM) named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholar for 2019-2020.
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Peter Voss, Samantha Jahjah and McKenzie Harrison (CHEM) presented two posters at the 2019 ACS GLRM in Lisle, Illinois (May 2019).
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Mark Smithivas (LOCI) will assist with the location-based data analysis for the Chicago local escooter pilot project.
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Truex, K. & Shirkey, K. C.* (2019, April). Menstrual attitudes, behaviors, and pain: Differences between Latinas and Caucasian Females. Presentation to be submitted to the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL in April 2019.
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North Park Appoints Two New Academic Deans Dr. Natalie Williams School of Music, Art, and Theatre Dr. Natalie Williams has been appointed Dean of the School of Music, Art, and Theatre. She comes to North Park from the Australian National University - School of Music where she served as Associate Professor of Music - teaching music theory, composition, and orchestration – and as the Chair of Composition for three years. Prior to her position at the Australian National University, she was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia - Hugh Hodgson School of Music, as well as at Indiana University - Jacobs School of Music and Melbourne University - Conservatorium of Music.
Dr. Natalie Williams
Dr. Ann Ownby Hicks School of Business and Nonprofit Management Dr. Ann Ownby Hicks has been appointed the New Dean of the School of Business and Nonprofit Management. She has served as a professor of accounting at North Park University since the early 2000s, and successfully served as the Acting Dean of SBNM throughout the fall semester of 2018. Prior to joining North Park’s faculty, Dr. Hicks spent nearly 20 years in senior-level accounting and finance positions in real estate and education.
Dr. Ann Ownby Hicks
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Teaching, Dedication & Service Awards • Katheryn Cook, School of Professional Studies, Outstanding Teaching Award • Julie Westerman, School of Professional Studies, The Katheryn Cook Outstanding Teaching Award • Ann Ownby Hicks, School of Business & Nonprofit Management, Dedication and Service Excellence Award
Brian Vollmert, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Dedication and Service Excellence Award Mark Flatley, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Lisa Ncube, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Alison Crino, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Paul Foszcz, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Helen Hicks, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Alan Lane-Murcia, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Allison Valentine, School of Business and Nonprofit Management, Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching Samantha Widemon School of Business and Nonprofit Management Outstanding Dedication & Service for Teaching
President Mary Surridge and Dr. Linda Duncan at presentation of Nyval Medallion Award
A Culture of Excellence Sabbaticals Awarded Dr. Nancy Arnesen English Awarded a full year sabbatical to study applied literature as it relates to the common good and human flourishing. Dr. Mary Chase-Ziolek Nursing and Health Sciences Awarded a semester sabbatical to study the role of congregations in promoting health. Dr. Karl Clifton-Soderstrom Philosophy Awarded a semester sabbatical to develop a philosophy and photography project focused on the nature of work in Chicago. Dr. Julia Davids Music Awarded a semester sabbatical to write a second edition of her book on vocal performance which has been widely adopted as a textbook at institutions across the country. Dr. Margaret Haefner Communication Arts Awarded a semester sabbatical to develop curriculum that highlights commitment to diversity and social justice. Dr. Isabel Larraza Chemistry and Biochemistry Awarded a semester sabbatical for completion of scholarly projects along with course development and updates. Dr. Ted Zervas Education Awarded semester sabbatical as distinguished visiting professor at the American University in Cairo, Egypt teaching comparative and international education.
A Culture of Excellence Faculty Publications Balodimas-Bartolomei, Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn. (2019). The Plaster Migration: From Italy to the USA— Unearthing Stories of the Italian Plaster Statue Maker. Chicago: Casa Italia Library. De Neui, Paul De Neui, Paul H. (Ed.). (2019). Sacred Moments: Reflections on Buddhist Rites and Christian Rituals. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints. Governale, Amy Governale, Amy, Garbarino, James, and Kostleny, Kathleen. (2019). Parenting and Public Policy. In M.H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Volume 5: The practice of parenting (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Governale, Amy and Garbarino, James. (2019). Ecological Models of Adolescent Development. In D.T.L. Shek & J.T.Y. Leung (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development: Volume 7: History, Theory, And Culture in Adolescence. Wiley. Iliff, Alan Iliff, Alan J. (2019). Charles S. Peirce’s Mathematical Logic and Philosophy. Boston: Docent Press. Johnson, Rajkumar Boaz Johnson, Rajkumar Boaz. (2018). The Bible: The Original #MeToo Movement. Eugene: Wipf and Stock. Johnson, Rajkumar Boaz. (2019). Shudra and Ati-Shudra (Dalit) Theologies of India. In M.E. Cannon & A. Smith (Eds.), Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice. Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP Academic. Johnson, Rajkumar Boaz. (2019). The Book of Jonah. In U. Kim & S.A. Yang (Eds.), The T&T Clark Handbook to Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. Bloomsbury: T & T Clark. Laukaitis, John Laukaitis, John J. (Eds.). (2018). Denominational Higher Education During World War II. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Laukaitis, John J. (2018). Service, Faith, A\and Race: North Park College During World War II. In J.J. Laukaitis (Ed.), Denominational Higher Education During World War II. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Nassif, Bradley Nassif, Bradley. (2018). Integrating Christian Faith in a Religiously Diverse Classroom. Didaktikos: Journal of Theological Education. Nassif, Bradley. (2019). The Gospel in Acts 15 and The Ecumenical Councils (325-787 CE). In C. Raith II (Ed.), The Book of Acts: Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical Readings. Washington, DC: Catholic University of American Press. Nassif, Bradley. (2019). Athanasius: A C.S. Lewis of the Early Church. The Christian Research Journal. O’Toole, Kathryn O’Toole, K. J., & Kannass, K. N. (2018). Emergent literacy skills in print and electronic contexts: The influence of book type, narration source, and attention. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 173, 100-115. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2018.03.013
Potteiger Kelly Potteiger K. (2018). Implementing Environmental Sustainability in Athletic Training Operations. In McCullough BP and Kellison TB (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment (1st. ed.). Routledge. Sandvik J, Potteiger K, Merlo AR, Brody LT. (2019). Celiac Disease: University Accommodations and Support for Student-Athletes. [published online ahead of print June 13, 2019]. Athletic Training & Sports Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.3928/19425864- 20190514-01 Huxel-Bliven KC, Potteiger K, Baker RT, Pitney WA. (2018). Part II: Examining Stakeholder Perceptions of the Post Professional Clinical Doctoral Degree in Athletic Training. Journal of Athletic Training Education, 13(3). Doherty-Restrepo J, Odai M, Harris M, Yam T, Potteiger K, Montalvo A. Students’ Perception of Peer and Faculty Debriefing Facilitators Following Simulation-Based Education. Journal of Allied Health, 47(2), 107112. Purifoye, Gwendolyn Langman, Lauren and Gwendolyn Purifoye. (2019). Simmel, Georg. In A. O. Malden The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies. Wiley- Blackwell. Soong-Chan Rah Soong-Chan Rah (2019). Richard Twiss: A Native American Witness to The American Church. In C. Marsh, D. Rhodes, and S. Tuttle (Eds.), Can I Get a Witness: Thirteen Peacemakers, Community-Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Severson, Beth Seversen, Beth. (2019). Churches Reaching Emerging Adult 'Nones' And 'Dones'” in Secularizing North America. In W. J. Moon & C.O. Littleton (Eds.), Against the Tide: Mission Amidst The Global Currents Of Secularization (pp.83-105). William Carey Publishing. Thuswaldner, Gregor Thuswaldner, Gregor. (2018). Jeremias, die dritte Taube und Rahel als Friedensbringer: Zu Stefan Zweigs gewagten biblischen (Um) Deutungen. Journal of Austrian Studies, Vol. 51 (4), 25-38. Thuswaldner, Gregor. (2018) Skandale und Erregungen. In M. Huber & M. Mittermayer (Eds.), Thomas BernhardHandbuch: Leben – Werk –Wirkung (pp 470-477). Stuttgart: Metzler. Walker, Michael Walker, Michael A. (2019). Caring and covenant: Notes on A Sacramental Ecclesiology of Disability. Journal of Religion and Disability, 23(2). Walker, Mike. (2019). Poured Upon All Flesh: Pentecost and the Welcoming Love of God.” Covenant Companion CIX. White-Hodge, Daniel Harris, Travis, and White-Hodge, Daniel. (2019). They schools: Hip Hop as a Pedagogical Process for Youth in Juvenile Detention Centers. In D.W. Hodge, D.C. Sayer III, A.J. Nocella, and A.R. Washington (Eds), Hip Hop and Dismantling the School To Prison Pipeline. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. White-Hodge, Daniel. (2018). Amerikkka's Most Wanted: Hip Hop Culture and Hip-Hop Theology as Challenges to Oppression. Journal of Popular Music Education 2(1 & 2), 13-28.
White-Hodge, Daniel. (2019). Enigma Embodied: The Curious Complexity of Kanye West. The Journal of Hip Hop Studies 6(1). White-Hodge, Daniel. (2019). Hol’ Up: Post-Civil Rights Black Theology within Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80 Album. In M.R. Miller, C.M. Driscoll, & A.B. Pinn (Eds.), Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning. Routledge Studies in Hip Hop and Religion. New York, NY: Routledge. White-Hodge, Daniel. (2018). Make Youth Ministry Great Again: Disrupting White Supremacy in The Age of Trump & Michael Brown. In D.M. Csinos (Ed.) Faith Forward: Launching a Revolution through Ministry with Children, Youth, and Families. Kelowna, BC: Woodlake Publishing. White-Hodge, Daniel. (2019). No Church in The Wild: Missiological Education in A Post-Civil Rights Era. First Fruits Press Association of Professors of Mission, 49. White-Hodge, Daniel. (2019). Yeezus is Jesuz: Examining the Socio- Hermeneutical Transmediated Images of Jesus Employed by Kanye West. Journal of Hip Hop Studies 6(1), 1-31. White-Hodge, Daniel and Boston, Joseph. (2018). The Racism Awakens. In K. Derry & J.C. Lyden (Eds.), The Myth Awakens: Canon, Conservatism, and the Fan Reception of Star Wars (pp. 47-91). Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. Williams, Natalie Williams, Natalie. (2019). Mapping Symmetry and Form in George Crumb's Prophecy of Nostradamus. In L.VanHandel (Ed.) Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy. New York: Routledge. Zelle, Tom Zelle, Tom. (2019). Allegro Dolce - The Violinist and His 5 Best Friends. Chicago: Happiness Publishing International. Zervas, Theodore G. Zervas, Theodore G (2018). The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living: Why the Liberal Arts Matter. Journal for Liberal Arts and Sciences. (22)2, 43-61.
Faculty Creative Works and Performing Arts Bergman, Chad Eric Scenic Design. Apples in Winter, J. Fawcett. Urbanite Theatre, Sarasota, Florida. January–February 2019. Carter, David. Carter, D. It’s Just Too Much: Hypervirtuosity and Genre in the Music of Conlon Nancarrow, Art Tatum, and Black MIDI. Nief-Norf Summer Festival, Genre Lines Weekend Summit, Knoxville, Tenn. June 15, 2019. Carter, D. Lunar Reflections performed by Alexander Carter at the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Ill. September 22, 2018. Doherty, Sarah Curated exhibit, “Open House,” about Oak Park’s complicated story of fending off white flight, was featured in the Arts and Entertainment section of the Chicago Tribune.
Handley, Sam Bass-Baritone Soloist. Hugo Wolf’s Michelangelo Lieder and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach with members of Eighth Blackbird presented by Chamber Music at Bethany, Bethany United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL. October 5, 2018. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Faculty Showcase, North Park University, Chicago, IL. October 11, 2018. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Mozart Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with St. John Cantius Church, Chicago, IL. November 2, 2018. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven with University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. November 8-10, 2018. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Mass of the Children by John Rutter with Northwest Indiana Symphony. March 5-8, 2019. Bass-Baritone Soloist. Verdi Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi (Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín) with Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. April 25-28, 2019. Bass-Baritone. Sang the role of Frank in Die Fledermaus with DuPage Opera Theatre, Glen Ellyn, IL. January 3-27, 2019. Sang the role of Erode in San Giovanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella with Ars Lyrica Houston, Houston, TX. March 26-30, 2019. Sang the role of Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte with the Rochester Philharmonic, Rochester, NY. May 5-11, 2019.
Heidbreder, Eric Performance of Orson Rehearsed at Studebaker Theater, Chicago, IL. September 2018. Performance of Luna de Cuernos at the Latino Music Festival, Chicago, IL. October 2018. Recording with Henhouse Prowlers at Shure corporate headquarters, Niles, IL. November 2018. Performances of Journey Live with workshops and presentations at Harris Center, Folsom, CA, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. October 2018, January 2019, February 2019. Performance of Luna de Cuernos and a day of workshops and presentations at University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. February 2019. Arranger and performer on Sonic Meditations collaboration between Fifth House Ensemble and Alash. March 2019. Kosower, Paula Cellist. Playing the 2019-2020 concert season with contemporary music ensemble, Picosa. Chicago, IL 2019-2020. Substitute Cellist. The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Chicago, IL 2019-2020. Substitute Cellist. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chicago, IL 2018- 2019. Lowly, Timothy Lowly, Tim. re. Rainbow Girl, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2018.
Radiator, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2018. Radiator, The Fort Gallery, Langley, British Colombia, Canada. 2019. Without Moving (after Guy Chase), Christians and the Visual Art Conference Bethel University, Minneapolis, MN. 2019 Lowly, Tim. Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL Recent Acquisitions, (including three work by Tim Lowly: At 25, Mom | Mountain and Dad / Bed), The Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2019. McBride, Michael Music Director. Violet. Loyola University, Chicago, IL. October 2018. Music Director. The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia!, and Man of La Mancha. Timber Lake Playhouse, Mount Carroll, IL. May-August 2019. Music Director. Big Fish. BoHo Theatre, Chicago, IL. August-November 2019. Peterson, Sharon Scandinavian Organ Recital at Loyola University’s Madonna della Strada Chapel, Chicago, IL. March, 2019. Accompanist, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago, IL. 1976-present. Accompanist, North Shore Choral Society, Evanston, IL. 1979-present. Staff Accompanist, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Evanston, IL. 2005-present. Accompanist for DePaul University’s School of Music studios (saxophone, clarinet, oboe, trumpet,) Chicago, IL. 2018-June, 2019. Pianist for Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Pianist for Faculty Concerts with saxophonists Nathan Nabb, William Street, and Masahito Sugihara, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2019. Pianist for Memorial Concert honoring Frederick L. Hemke, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sydney, ME. June, 2019. Song, Sumie "E-racing the Colonial Subject: Facial Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea. "Brandel Library September 2018-August 2019. VanderBrug, Kelly Parallax Labs. “Making as Habit in the Making.” Chicago, IL, July 2019.
Wardell, Jessica Wardell, Jessica Kuehnau. Costume Design. Noises Off, Michael Frayn. Windy City Playhouse. Chicago. JanuaryMarch 2019. Wardell, Jessica Kuehnau. Scenic Design/Artist. Alternate Reality Game: 2049 Climate Change, Heidi Colman and
Patrick Jagoda. MADD at University of Chicago, Chicago. July-September 2019. Williams, Natalie Williams, Natalie. Euphonia; Suite for Orchestra. Melbourne Youth Orchestra, cond. Stephen Hillinger. Melbourne Town Hall, November 4, 2018. Williams, Natalie. The Dreaming Land; Suite for Cello and Piano. Natalie Clein and Katya Apekisheva, Australian tour, Feb 23–Mar 16, 2019. Williams, Natalie. "Mapping Symmetry and Form in George Crumb's Prophecy of Nostradamus." in Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy. Ed. Leigh VanHandel. New York: Routledge, 2019. Williams, Natalie. "Twentieth-Century Counterpoint." Paper presented at the Australian Musicological Society, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, Dec 8, 2018. Certificate in International Cultural Diplomacy in the Arts at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, Germany, Feb 2019. Fellowship Member of the Higher Education Academy, UK, February 2019. Zelle, Tom Music Director and Orchestra Conductor. Simposio de Organizaciones Musicosociales de Iberoamérica. Orchestra Concerts in Puntarenas, Monteverde and the University of Costa Rica Campus. 2019. Artistic and Music Director. Requiem In Memory of All Victims of Gun Violence. Collaboration with Hannibal Lokumbe and band. Performance of Mozart’s Requiem Mass and Lokumbe’s “Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling.” Oakdale Covenant Church, Chicago–Requiem 2019. Simposio de Organizaciones Musicosociales de Iberoamérica. Keynote Speaker “Educación en Valores Humanos” Costa Rica, 2019. “Arts Education in Human Values for the Public-School System of Costa Rica,” Ministry of Education, Asociación Nacional de Educadores, and the University of Costa Rica at Puntarenas, 2018.
Faculty Conference Proceedings and Presentations Alexander, Linsey Rholl, D., Alexander, L., & Choi, Y. (2018, August). A Team-Taught Bioethics Class Increases Student Responsibility, Analytical Skills, And Empathy. Paper Presented at Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (Pulse) Midwest And Great Plains Regional Conference, Chicago, IL. Balodimas-Bartolomei Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei, A. (2019, June). Empowering Youth Through Civic and Citizenship Education: The Case of Italy. Pixel: 9th International Conference. The Future of Education, Florence Italy. Balodimas-Bartolomei., A. (2018, November). How Second, Third, & Third Plus Generations of Greek Americans View Their Greek Identity. The American Hellenic Institute Foundation. The Future of Hellenism in America17th Annual Conference, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. Buerger, Johannes Buerger J., Emerson, M.O., & Purifoye, G. (2019). Visualizing Racial Residential Segregation through Public Transportation. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Choi, Yoojin Rholl, D., Alexander, L., & Choi, Y. (2018, August). A team-taught bioethics class increases student responsibility, analytical skills, and empathy. Paper presented at Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Midwest and Great Plains Regional Conference, Chicago, IL. Choi, Y. (2018, November) Putting Student in the Teacher’s Shoes: Learning by Teaching. ACCA Scholarship of Pedagogy Symposium. Clayton, J. Nathan Clayton, N.J. (2019, June). Hopeful Historiography: An Exegetical Analysis of The Literary Frame Of 1 Chronicles 22- 29. Paper Presented at The Tyndale House Old Testament Study Group Conference, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Clayton, N.J. (2019, May). Ésaïe 2 :1-5 : La Montagne Eschatologique de la Maison de Dieu et la Possibilité d’une Unité Présente des Groupes Ethniques Diversifiés. Paper presented at the Conférence Biblique sur le Clivage Ethnique, Université Protestante de l'Ubangi, Gemena, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Governale, Amy Governale, A. & Chechowitz, L. (2019, April). Impacts of a Socio-Emotional Program for Orphaned Children in India. The Annual Meeting of The Midwest Psychological Association, Palmer House, Chicago, IL. Gray, Elizabeth O’Toole, K. J. & Gray, E. K. (2019, February). Purposeful Pausing: Utilizing Intermittent “Thinking Breaks” to Foster Learning. Paper Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Bennett, D.J. & Gray, E.K. (2018). The Study Skills Psychology Students (Mostly) Know that Students in All Other Disciplines Should Also Know. Paper presentation at the 7th Annual Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, & Education Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. Hurley, Patricia Hurley, P. (2019, April). Research Ramping: Implementing an Online, Self-Paced Seminar to Teach Information Research Skills for Graduate and Undergraduate Students. Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2019. Boulder, Colorado. Hurley, P. (2019, June). Online Reasoning Skills of Adult, Non-Traditional Students: Assumptions, Reality, and Options for Creating Really Meaningful Information Literacy Instruction. The Innovative Library Classroom Conference 2019. Williamsburg, VA. James, Trevor Trevor, J. (2018, July). Why are We so Good at Running Bad Meetings? The Academy of Church Leadership, Chicago, IL. Laukaitis, John Laukaitis, J. J. (2018, December). Indigenous Chicago: Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Urban Context. Panelist Presentation at National Council for the Social Studies 98th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Laukaitis, J. J. (2018, October). For Religious Liberty: The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities in Historical Perspective. Paper presented at 31st Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Calvin College, Chicago, IL.
Larraza, Isabel Larraza, I. (2018, August). Microwave-Assisted Transesterification of Cooking Oils and The GC-MS Determination of their Fat Content: An Integrated Lab. Presented at 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. Nassif, Bradley Nassif, B. (2019, March). St. Makarios of Egypt: Flesh-Bearer of the Spirit. Lecture at University of Alexandria (Egypt) Patristics Symposium, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, Burr Ridge, IL. Ostercamp, Matt Campbell, K. & Ostercamp, M. (2019, June). Redemption and the Library Administrator." Atla Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC. O’Toole, Kathryn O’Toole, K. (2019, May). An Examination of College Students’ Smartphone Use and Relations Between Use and Positive and Negative Feelings in Varied Settings. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. Beaty, M. and O'Toole, K. (2019, April). Distracted Learning: The Effects of Cell Phone Presence and Trait Anxiety on Test Performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, Lisle, IL. Kannass, K. and O'Toole, K. (2019, April). Laboratory and Standardized Measures of Attention in Preschoolers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. O’Toole, K., and Shirkey, K., & Weldler, K. (2019, April). The Effects of Music on Emotion Regulation Following a Cognitive Challenge." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 2019. O’Toole, K. J. & Gray, E. K. (2019, February). Purposeful Pausing: Utilizing Intermittent “Thinking Breaks” to Foster Learning. Paper Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Pavlik, Melissa Pavlik, M. (2018, October). WoTE: Writing on the Edge. Crossing Boundaries and Shifting Horizons: Helping Students Navigate Changing Entry Points in College Writing, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Peterson, Jon Peterson, J. (2018, November). Chicago as Classroom: Lesson in Experiential Learning. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Illinois Political Science Association, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Purifoye, Gwendolyn Purifoye, G. (2018, November). Spatial Injustices: Racial Segregation & the Ironic Mobile Barriers of Public Transportation. The Sociology Research Colloquium & ODI 3D Series, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Lofton, R., & Purifoye, G. (2019). Social Promises of Education: Parents, Schools, and the Geographies of Success. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, NY. Emerson M.O., & Purifoye, G (2019). The Obduracy of Mobile Boundaries: Maintaining Racial Residential Segregation through Transit. Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Buerger J., Emerson, M.O., & Purifoye, G. (2019). Visualizing Racial Residential Segregation through Public
Transportation. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Rabe, Susan Rabe, S. (2018, May). Rethinking Hariulf: Memory and Identity at Saint-Riquier. 53rd International Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Rholl, Drew Rholl, D., Alexander, L., & Choi, Y. (2018, August). A Team-Taught Bioethics Class Increases Student Responsibility, Analytical Skills, and Empathy. Paper presented at Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Midwest and Great Plains Regional Conference, Chicago, IL. Seversen, Elizabeth Severson, E. (2018, October). Against the Tide’: Churches Reaching Emerging Adult ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ in Secularizing North America. Evangelical Missiological Society National Conference, Dallas, TX. Severson, E. (2019, April). Connecting Evangelism, Discipleship and Mission in How We Reach and Retain Emerging Adults. Mission and Ministry Conference, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. Severson, E. (2018, December). Local and Global Partnerships: Trip Wires and Safeguards. Urbana '18 Student Missions Conference. Missions and Ministry Track, St. Louis, MO. Severson, E. (2018, December). Reaching the 'Dones' and 'Nones' of Unchurched Millennials. Urbana '18 Student Missions Conference, St. Louis, MO. Urbana Recording: https:// urbana.org/seminar/reaching-dones-nonesunchurched-millennials Shirkey, Kezia Shirkey, K. C. & Wagner, S. (2018, April). Health Promotion in Young Adults: Does Primary Prevention Via College Courses Have an Impact? Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. Sunshine, Silver Dague, K., Weaver, R., Voss, P., & Silver, S.C. (2019, May). Biomimetic Systems for Generation of H2. Paper presented at The Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lisle, IL. Silver, S. C. (2019, May). Development of Photocatalytic Biohybrid Systems for H2 Evolution.” Paper presented at The Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lisle, IL May 2019. Silver, S. C. (2019, April). Strategies to Promote Engaged Learning in the Allied-Health Chemistry classroom. Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL April 2019. Silver, S. C., Grice, K. A., and Smith, S. R. (2019, March). Bonding with Nicolai and Henry in the D(earborn): A VIPEr Content Building Workshop on Molecular Orbital Theory and Bonding.” Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL. Dague, K., & Silver, S.C. (2019, March). Synthesis and Characterization of Diiron Complexes: Structural Mimics of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase. Paper presented at The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL. Thuswaldner, Gregor Thuswaldner, G. (2019, January). Keeping the Balance: Supporting the Inner Lives of Academic Leaders,” Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD), Atlanta, GA. Thuswaldner, G. (2018, November). Experiential Learning in the City: North Park University’s ‘Catalyst 606_ _’ Program. Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Thuswaldner, G. (2018, September). Stefan Zweig and the ‘Tragedy of European Thought. Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Van Duzor, Matthew Rienstra-Kiracofe, J., & Van Duzor, M. (2019, July). Classroom Technology to Support Inquiry-Based Small Group Discussions. Presentation at ChemEd Conference, Naperville, IL. Rienstra-Kiracofe, J., & Van Duzor, M. (2019, May). The Next-Generation Digital Learning Environment for Chemistry. Presentation at American Chemical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Lisle, IL. Rienstra-Kiracofe, J., & Van Duzor, M. (2018, July). Using OneNote for Teaching: In the Classroom and Lab. Presentation at 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, South Bend, IN. Walker, Michael Walker, M. (2018, November). Persistent Pain and Promised Perfection: The Significance of an Embodied Eschatology of Disability. American Academy of Religion 2018. Religion and Disability Studies Unit, Denver, CO. Williams, Natalie Williams, Natalie. (2018, December). Twentieth-Century Counterpoint. Paper presented at the Australian Musicological Society, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, Australia. Zervas, Theodore Zervas, T. (2018, October). Chasing the Elusive Muse in the History of Education. Presidential Address. Organization of Educational Historians Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. Zervas, T. (2019, April). Why Narcists and Sociopaths Make Bad Teachers: Critical Self-Expression in an Interconnected World. Fifth Annual Academy of the Liberal Arts Symposium. Cairo Governorate, Egypt.
See Appendix B for Additional Faculty Accomplishments
Reflecting on Our Academic Vision Setting our sights on the future, we are excited to advance and further establish our academic vision. Our deans and department chairs have been hard at work to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement throughout our academic programs. This year we will seek innovative collaborations and partnerships within the city of Chicago and beyond. We will develop strategic plans to actualize our academic vision of empowering faculty and staff with clear and incentivized paths to creativity, resources generation, and continuous teaching and programmatic improvement. With the Comprehensive Evaluation visit of the Higher Education Learning Commission (HLC) around the corner, academic affairs will be prioritizing the assessment of student learning to increase Academic Excellence at North Park. We look forward to the expansion of our Catalyst and Crux programs as they are uniquely developing our core distinctives and directly engaging students with North Park’s mission. North Park has made great strides in the 2018-2019 academic year and reflecting on all that was accomplished is a cause for celebration. We are grateful for our faculty and staff who daily invest in, support and serve our students. We are humbled by God’s faithfulness to us and trust in His guidance and goodness as we prepare students for lives of significance and service.
APPENDIX A: Academic Affairs Organizational Structure
APPENDIX B: A Culture of Excellence Faculty Accomplishments Acosta, Liza Ann Served as dramaturg for Urban Theatre Company in Humboldt Park for the play Not for Sale, by Guadalis del Carmen. Basney, Nyela Recital tour with violinist Alessandro Cervo, guest concertmaster of La Scala. September, 2018. Conductor of Madama Butterfly and La Cenerentola with Operafestival di Roma. June 2019. Trusted Alliance Master Classes in New York City and Colorado. March 2019. Bricault, Dennis Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering your teaching skills: Assessment in USAL courses taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering your teaching skills: Classroom management of USAL Courses Taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bricault, D. (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills: Course Planning and Syllabi for USAL Courses Taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bricault, D (2019). Mastering Your Teaching Skills: Giving Feedback in USAL Courses Taught in English. Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Davids, Julia Concert and Workshop Tours with the Canadian Chamber Choir of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. October 2018, March 2019. Conducted North Shore Choral Society for Season, Evanston, Ill. Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, Nov. 2018, The Music of Thomas Jefferson, March 2019. Handley, Sam Taught masterclasses and gave presentations at University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, DeKalb High School, and the University of Houston, Stevens Point, WI, DeKalb, IL and Houston, TX. 2019. Voice Instructor. Musica nelle Marche, Urbino, Italy. June 2019. Laukaitis, John Elected President of the Illinois affiliate of the National Association of Scholars (NAS): The Illinois Association of Scholars (IAS). Nelson, Becky Currently serving as President of the Illinois Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, organized and oversaw a successful annual meeting of the organization on April 9-10. The meeting’s theme: Preparing Exemplary Educators in Turbulent Times. Peterson, Shannon Judge for Steinway Junior Piano Competition, Hinsdale, IL. April, 2019.
St. Jean, Peter Elected President of the Illinois Sociological Association. Thuswaldner, Gregor Panelist, Roundtable “Making the Leap: Transitioning from Faculty to Administrator,” Modern Languages Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, January 2019. Panelist, “Death and Thyme: Thomas Bernhard, Austria’s Enfant Terrible,” Center Austria, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, November 2018. “Contemplating Contemplation in Higher Education,” Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN, September 2018. Elected as a Fellow Royal Historical Society Walker, Michael Walker, Mike. “Ableism and Jesus in Light of Disability,” MNST5125 Pastoral Care and Counselling (guest lecture, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois), March 18th, 2019. Walker, Mike. Moderated/chaired paper: Pierre, Elizabeth O., “Bear Witness: Faith, Black Women, and Sexual Violence,” Symposium on Human Violence, North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois), September 28th, 2018.
Zervas, Theodore “National Development Through Education: Western, Egyptian and Middle-Eastern Education and the Rise of Cross Cultural Practices.” The American University in Cairo. Cairo Governorate, Egypt. March 2019. “Coming to a Common Consensus on Who We Are? Comparing National Identity Formation in American, Greek and Egyptian Schools.” The American University in Cairo. Cairo Governorate, Egypt. April 2019.