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HU
enrolls a record-breaking 1,211 students
At the annual
Huntington University Foundation dinner
Thursday evening, university President G. Blair Dowden
announced record-breaking enrollment numbers. Huntington
University achieved an overall enrollment of 1,211 students for
the fall 2008 semester, a 5 percent increase over the fall of
2007. This total includes 978 traditional undergraduates—a new
record—plus 130 students in the
EXCEL Adult Degree Programs and a record 103 students
enrolled in the Huntington University
Graduate School. This is the first year HU's graduate
programs have exceeded the 100-student mark.
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Huntington faculty conduct
teacher training
 While
China busied itself preparing for the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing, a group of 15 volunteers from Huntington, Ind.,
participated in a three-week teacher training project approximately
2,000 miles south in Zhuhai City. “We’re assisting China with its
goal to train teachers to improve their teaching of oral English,”
explained Dr. Luke Fetters, project coordinator and Huntington
University professor. The team, comprised of teacher trainers and
native English speakers, worked with 120 Chinese teachers and 140
children from the middle of July to the beginning of August. The
first week of the trip, only the teachers were involved, and they
were given the theoretical and practical framework for teaching oral
English.
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Parkview awards grant to nursing program
 In
a presentation Sept. 2, Parkview Huntington Hospital awarded a
$75,000 grant to Huntington University’s
nursing program. “We greatly value our partnership with Parkview
Huntington Hospital and are so pleased that Parkview has chosen to
invest significantly in our new nursing program,” said Dr. G. Blair
Dowden, president of Huntington University. “We appreciate not only
the hospital’s financial support but also Parkview’s desire to
impact the lives of our students. We know the hospital will play an
integral role in helping us train the next generation of nurses.” Details >>
Goetz named coordinator of online
programs
 Huntington
University’s Julie Goetz has transitioned to a full-time position as
the coordinator of online programs. For the past three years, she
has worked part-time at the university with the online Master of
Arts in youth ministry leadership program. “I believe HU can create
courses online giving students the opportunity to use technology,
form community groups and be challenged to learn and grow just as we
do in the traditional classroom,” said Goetz. “We have a chance to
reach students where they live, work and play.”
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Monsma to
address 2008 election issues
 Steve
Monsma will give the Walter and Georgina Ball Lecture as part of
Huntington University’s
Forester Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the Zurcher
Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts. His presentation
will address issues in the 2008 presidential election. Steve Monsma
is professor emeritus in
political science at Pepperdine University and senior research
fellow at the Henry Institute at Calvin College. He served in the
Michigan House of Representatives and Senate, and has written
numerous books on the relationship between faith and public policy.
His recent book, “Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspectives
on Public Policy,” received praise from Charles Colson, Ronald Sider
and many other Christian leaders.
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Huntington to
present 'As It Is in Heaven'
 The
Huntington University Theatre Company will present “As It Is in
Heaven” at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 18-19 and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Sept.
20 in the Studio Theatre of the Merillat Centre for the Arts. “As It
Is in Heaven” is “a moving portrayal of upheaval caused when the
utopian existence of the 1830s Shaker community in Kentucky is
threatened by the arrival of ‘newcomers’ claiming to see angels...
powerful and insightful... a thought-provoking piece, the message
being that often we need not look as far as heaven to see angels
here on earth...,” says the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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Burman exhibits
sculptures in Wilson Gallery
 Michael
D. Burman, Huntington University adjunct faculty member, is
exhibiting in the university’s
Robert E. Wilson Gallery through Oct. 4. The exhibit features
mixed-media sculptures from Burman’s 2007 Master of Fine Arts thesis
work for Bowling Green State University. An artist’s reception will
be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 12.
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Steury to speak
at auxiliary's fall breakfast
The Huntington
University Women’s Auxiliary fall semester breakfast will be held at
9 a.m. on Sept. 20 in the upper level of the university’s Habecker
Dining Commons. Dr. Cindy Steury, associate professor of
education at Huntington University, will speak on “Teaching
Hearts, Minds and Wills through Literature.”
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What does it mean
to be Christ-centered?
Peace elected ATE president
Dr.
Terrell Peace, professor of education, recently was
elected to a three-year term of leadership in the
Association of Teacher Educators. He will take office as
president-elect at ATE’s annual meeting in February 2009
in Dallas, Texas, and will begin serving as a voting
member of the board of directors. In February 2010, he
will take office as president at the annual meeting in
Chicago. As president, it will be Peace’s responsibility
to lead the board of directors, to establish a theme and
coordinate planning for two national conferences, to
appoint commissions to research issues important to the
field of teacher education, and to work with the ATE
executive director in maintaining the vitality and
health of the organization.
Jones
serves in Ayorou, Niger
Dr. Karen Jones,
associate professor of ministry and missions, served as the project
coordinator and worship speaker for a two-week International World
Changers project in Ayorou, Niger, in June 2008. Niger is currently
designated as the poorest country in the world, and it is also one
of the hottest, with temperatures topping 135 degrees each day of
the project. Despite the primitive conditions, 33 college and high
school students from eight states served with Jones and her husband,
Dennis, leading children’s camps, participating in door-to-door
surveys and Bible teaching, distributing Bible story tapes in four
tribal languages, and conducting nightly drama performances on the
life of Joseph. Their project supported the ministry of Emily
Elliott, a single, “20-something” missionary with the International
Mission Board who lives alone in Ayorou.
Miller contributes to media
book
Michael D. Burman Art Exhibit
Sept. 8-Oct. 4, Wilson Gallery, MCA
"Fresh Faces"
Sept. 12, 7:30
p.m., Zurcher, MCA
"As It Is in Heaven"
Sept.
18-19, 7:30
p.m., Zurcher, MCA
Sept. 20, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Zurcher, MCA
This Week in
Forester Action:
Cross Country
Hanover College Invitational
Men, 4 of 13; Women, 9 of 11
Golf
IWU Collegiate
Invitational
3rd of 10, 18-6
Men's
Soccer (1-2-1)
Lost to
Indiana Tech, 0-1
Beat Bluffton, 3-2 OT
Tied with Manchester, 0-0 2OT
Women's
Soccer (2-3)
Defeated
by Alma, 0-4
Won against Bluffton, 3-2
Beat Davenport, 5-3
Men's Tennis
(0-5, 0-3)
Lost to
Bethel, 3-6
Defeated by Spring Arbor, 4-5
Women's Tennis (4-2, 2-1)
Beat
Bethel, 6-3
Defeated Spring Arbor, 7-2
Volleyball (4-3, 0-1)
Beat
Siena Heights in 3 matches
Lost to St. Francis in 4 matches
Athletes of the Week:
Bethany McGraw (soccer)
Nick Johnson (cross country)
Athletics
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