Updates

Congratulations to the following individuals named Outstanding Adult and Graduate Studies Faculty Members at the Winter Commencement ceremony on Dec. 16, 2006.

Pictured, left to right:

• Phil Rickard, assistant professor of Accounting
• Dr. Kevin Hughes, associate professor of Management
• Dr. Joseph Akpan, assistant professor of Education
• Chris Neuenschwander, assistant professor of Accounting
• James Harriman, assistant professor of Accounting

 Not pictured:

• Kelly Rush, adjunct faculty
• Darrell Ranum, adjunct faculty (master’s)
• Dr. Rhoda Sommers, associate professor of Education

Dr. Ron Bolender has created a Web site and serves as Web master for the local Schnormeier Gardens. The site is located at www.schnormeiergardens.org. Ted and Ann Schnormeier began building the gardens in 1996. Over the years the gardens have grown to include 50 acres of manicured lawns, 10 lakes, a variety of discrete garden areas, several waterfalls and an ever-growing collection of unique sculpture. The focal point of the property is a spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home. Other structures on the property include a Japanese teahouse, garden house, Chinese pavilion and arched bridge.

Dr. Rich Huebner, assistant professor of business information systems, hosted special guest and wife RoseMary Huebner from shipping firm DHL in his classroom. As a project and implementation specialist, RoseMary spoke to 25 MVNU juniors and seniors in a Management Inforamtion Stystems class. She introduced DHL, explained how DHL develops and adopts solutions to meet customer needs and how the concepts students are being taught are put to use in the shipping industry and elsewhere.

Special Notes

World Vision selected two campuses nation-wide to highlight for World AIDS Day. MVNU was one of those campuses! See what they wrote. Thank you to Student Development staff and student Brittany Dissinger for their hard work in planning and executing events to bring AIDS awareness and action to campus. MVNU’s Acting on AIDS chapter continues to be involved in activities throughout the year.

Excellence In Service
 

If you see someone going above and beyond in their duties, why not recognize them? To nominate an individual for an Excellence in Service award, please fill out the online form. 
 

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