Friday Memo: September 14, 2018
Women in Leadership Breakfast
The Women in Leadership Breakfast was held Friday, September 14. Below is a picture of Dr. Tammy Cox and Dr. Amber Henry with several of our education students.
President's Chapel
New faculty were commissioned into the MBU family on Thursday, September 13 at the President's Chapel. We welcome Justin Cook, Counselor Education; Jason Jordan, Counselor Education, and Bridgett Niedringhaus, Education.
Drs. Cleveland and Davis attending conference
Lakesha Davis and Patrick Cleveland are attending the CenterPointe Hospital Conference today titled "Addiction is a Family Disease."
Doctoral Orientation/Reception
On Thursday, September 13 the orientation and reception was held for the new doctoral cohort. A huge shout out to Dr. Shelton Smith, Dr. Amy Brinkley, Heather Goodin, and Julie Moore for hosting a wonderful event.
Way to go Pablo! 2017-2018 Male Scholar-Athlete Award Winner
The 2017-18 Male Scholar-Athlete Award winner is basketball standout Pablo Hernandez. Pablo will be honored at this year’s Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet on Oct. 25 along with four Hall of Fame inductees and several other individuals, teams and achievements from this past academic year.
The Scholar-Athlete Award is voted on annually by the MBU athletics coaching staff and administration and given to a male and female student-athlete who succeed at the highest level of both academics and his or her respective sport.
Heading into his senior season, Hernandez holds a 3.60 GPA as a Physical Education (K-12) major. Throughout his career, the Ames, Spain native has accumulated several AMC Academic All-Conference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards. Additionally, he is now a two-time winner of the Emil S. Liston Award for the American Midwest Conference. The prestigious Emil S. Liston Award annually recognizes a male and female basketball student-athlete of at least junior status, who excels in all three areas of athletic achievement, academic excellence and character. As the winner at the conference level, Hernandez is the AMC representative on the ballot for the NAIA’s National Liston Award, which will be announced by the NAIA National Office in less than a week.
Hernandez’s work in the classroom has also helped the men’s basketball team receive the NABC Team Excellence Award and NAIA Scholar-Team Award, both of which recognize teams with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better.
On the hardwood, the 6-7 forward has become one of the top players in the league and had his best season yet in 2017-18. After averaging 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and ranking among the top 30 in the NAIA in field goal percentage (0.532), Hernandez was named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and All-AMC Second Team selection. With 779 career points heading into his final season, the Spartans' captain is on pace to eclipse the 1,000-point milestone.
Upcoming Meetings:
School of Education: September 25 at 10:15 am in FLD 115
It is important that all of you be in attendance at this meeting as Alicia Noddings will take the lead as we collaborate on our strategic plan.
Closing Thoughts:
Earlier this week I read a motivating blog post from Laura Smith, Christian writer who blogs about reflective questions to help us fulfill God's calling on our lives. Her blog on Monday was about engaging in conversations. In a digital world where many of our conversations are through a screen, I was encouraged by the leadership of Jesus as he modeled how we should engage with others in conversation. Perhaps you can be blessed and encouraged by her words below as you consider conversations that you can have and ways you can engage with others..
Here is an excerpt from her blog post:
The Women in Leadership Breakfast was held Friday, September 14. Below is a picture of Dr. Tammy Cox and Dr. Amber Henry with several of our education students.
President's Chapel
New faculty were commissioned into the MBU family on Thursday, September 13 at the President's Chapel. We welcome Justin Cook, Counselor Education; Jason Jordan, Counselor Education, and Bridgett Niedringhaus, Education.
Lakesha Davis and Patrick Cleveland are attending the CenterPointe Hospital Conference today titled "Addiction is a Family Disease."
Doctoral Orientation/Reception
On Thursday, September 13 the orientation and reception was held for the new doctoral cohort. A huge shout out to Dr. Shelton Smith, Dr. Amy Brinkley, Heather Goodin, and Julie Moore for hosting a wonderful event.
Way to go Pablo! 2017-2018 Male Scholar-Athlete Award Winner
The 2017-18 Male Scholar-Athlete Award winner is basketball standout Pablo Hernandez. Pablo will be honored at this year’s Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet on Oct. 25 along with four Hall of Fame inductees and several other individuals, teams and achievements from this past academic year.
The Scholar-Athlete Award is voted on annually by the MBU athletics coaching staff and administration and given to a male and female student-athlete who succeed at the highest level of both academics and his or her respective sport.
Heading into his senior season, Hernandez holds a 3.60 GPA as a Physical Education (K-12) major. Throughout his career, the Ames, Spain native has accumulated several AMC Academic All-Conference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards. Additionally, he is now a two-time winner of the Emil S. Liston Award for the American Midwest Conference. The prestigious Emil S. Liston Award annually recognizes a male and female basketball student-athlete of at least junior status, who excels in all three areas of athletic achievement, academic excellence and character. As the winner at the conference level, Hernandez is the AMC representative on the ballot for the NAIA’s National Liston Award, which will be announced by the NAIA National Office in less than a week.
Hernandez’s work in the classroom has also helped the men’s basketball team receive the NABC Team Excellence Award and NAIA Scholar-Team Award, both of which recognize teams with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better.
On the hardwood, the 6-7 forward has become one of the top players in the league and had his best season yet in 2017-18. After averaging 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and ranking among the top 30 in the NAIA in field goal percentage (0.532), Hernandez was named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and All-AMC Second Team selection. With 779 career points heading into his final season, the Spartans' captain is on pace to eclipse the 1,000-point milestone.
Congratulations Pablo!!
To purchase tickets for the Hall of Fame Banquet, please visit the Hall of Fame & tickets website. For more information regarding the banquet, contact Chelsea Gammon at (314) 392-2279 or chelsea.gammon@mobap.edu.
Upcoming Meetings:
School of Education: September 25 at 10:15 am in FLD 115
It is important that all of you be in attendance at this meeting as Alicia Noddings will take the lead as we collaborate on our strategic plan.
Closing Thoughts:
Earlier this week I read a motivating blog post from Laura Smith, Christian writer who blogs about reflective questions to help us fulfill God's calling on our lives. Her blog on Monday was about engaging in conversations. In a digital world where many of our conversations are through a screen, I was encouraged by the leadership of Jesus as he modeled how we should engage with others in conversation. Perhaps you can be blessed and encouraged by her words below as you consider conversations that you can have and ways you can engage with others..
Here is an excerpt from her blog post:
JESUS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS
Sep 10, 2018 09:22 am |
But here’s the deal. Everyone wants to be seen, to be noticed, to be acknowledged, honestly, to be loved. Every one. So when I duck my head or stick in earbuds, I may be protecting myself from a socially awkward moment, but I’m robbing someone else of being heard, of being seen. Do you ever avoid conversations? Why? How do you go about doing it?
The Bible doesn’t talk about Jesus being an extrovert or an introvert. I’m guessing, because He’s perfect at everything else, that He’s the perfect balance between the two. We see Jesus both speaking to thousands of people and intentionally getting away from crowds to pray and rest. You know what else we see as we follow Jesus’ days on earth by reading the Bible? Him talking to people. Him looking folks in the eye. All people. The ones who were in his face vying for his attention AND those who were trying to be invisible.
Jesus spoke to the obnoxious Pharisees who thought they had all the answers about religion, even though Jesus is clearly the only one who has ever had a corner on that market. Jesus called out to Zacchaeus, the rich, corrupt tax collector hiding in a tree, because He was too ashamed to face Jesus. Jesus initiated a conversation with the woman at the well who intentionally went to the well when no one else would be there, so she wouldn’t have to talk to anyone. Jesus started a conversation with the woman caught in adultery who had been thrown on the street. Jesus wants to talk to you, too. No matter what your mood, or what you think you do or don’t know about a certain topic, or where you’ve been, or what you look like, or how busy you are, or what you’re ashamed of.
And Jesus calls us to do the same to the people around us.
I’m not saying we have to engage in super long conversations with every person we run into today. But I’m challenging us—both the extroverts who would prefer to be at the center of attention, to tell theirstories and jokes AND the introverts who would prefer to remain silent—to look someone in the eye, congratulate them on a win or a good grade or a promotion or an anniversary. Ask a couple of questions, dig deeper than saying (or singing), “How are you today, sir?” before you ‘run and hide’ behind your comfortable group of friends, your sarcasm, your work, your to-do list, or your sunglasses.
Jesus spoke to the obnoxious Pharisees who thought they had all the answers about religion, even though Jesus is clearly the only one who has ever had a corner on that market. Jesus called out to Zacchaeus, the rich, corrupt tax collector hiding in a tree, because He was too ashamed to face Jesus. Jesus initiated a conversation with the woman at the well who intentionally went to the well when no one else would be there, so she wouldn’t have to talk to anyone. Jesus started a conversation with the woman caught in adultery who had been thrown on the street. Jesus wants to talk to you, too. No matter what your mood, or what you think you do or don’t know about a certain topic, or where you’ve been, or what you look like, or how busy you are, or what you’re ashamed of.
And Jesus calls us to do the same to the people around us.
I’m not saying we have to engage in super long conversations with every person we run into today. But I’m challenging us—both the extroverts who would prefer to be at the center of attention, to tell theirstories and jokes AND the introverts who would prefer to remain silent—to look someone in the eye, congratulate them on a win or a good grade or a promotion or an anniversary. Ask a couple of questions, dig deeper than saying (or singing), “How are you today, sir?” before you ‘run and hide’ behind your comfortable group of friends, your sarcasm, your work, your to-do list, or your sunglasses.
What if each of us reached out to one additional person today in a genuine way? This could be via text or email or sending a card or yes, actually going up to someone and asking what their favorite song from the show or service was, or how their family is adjusting to the new school year, or what they thought of the guest speaker, or maybe even as simple as, “I haven’t met you yet. What’s your name?” What if we each helped one more person be known, heard, seen, understood, even in the smallest of ways. What if we all took a lesson from Jesus and helped someone else realize that they are loved, that they are accepted, that God is good? Because we are all loved. Us, too. Introverts and extroverts. We are all accepted. You, me, and the garbage man. And God is so very good. Let’s spread the word. Let’s engage.
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