Dr. Juliann Perdue

Dr. Juliann Perdue, professor of nursing, has been awarded the Song Brown Program grant by the Department of Health Care Access (HCAI) for $900,000, marking the second year of funding. This year, the maximum award amount was received. The primary goal of this program is to educate registered nurses to serve in underserved communities. The College of Nursing will continue to utilize this funding to sustain the operation of the mobile health clinic.

Dr. Trevor Gillum

Dr. Trevor Gillum, professor of kinesiology, and former graduate students Felipe Gorini Pereira and Andrew Greenfield: Exercise induced plasma volume expansion lowers cardiovascular demand during 15-km cycling time-trial in acute normobaric hypoxia. PLoS One (Feb. 2, 2024).

Dr. Sean Sullivan, professor of kinesiology, and Jonathan Barnes, assistant professor of physician assistant studies: Inspired anatomy education: Might God be relevant? Anatomical Sciences Education (March 22).

Dr. Dennis K. Bideshi, professor of biology, Dr. Hyun-Woo (Andy) Park, professor of biology, Leticia Silva Miranda, biomedical sciences graduate student, Sarah Renee Rudd, adjunct professor of biology, Oscar Mena and Piper Eden Hudspeth, both biomedical sciences undergraduates: The Perpetual Vector Mosquito Threat and Its Eco-Friendly Nemeses. Biology (March 12, 2024).

Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Nursing

Dr. Dayna Herrera, professor of nursing, and Dr. Sarah Pearce, assistant professor of nursing: authored a chapter Leading a Multidisciplinary Team to Develop and Implement Interprofessional Education (IPE) Simulation in the textbook Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Nursing (Springer Feb. 28, 2024).

Dr. Thomas Frederick, Dr. Yvonne Thai and Dr. Scott Dunbar

Dr. Thomas Frederick, professor of psychology, Dr. Yvonne Thai, professor of sociology, and Dr. Scott Dunbar, associate professor of business: Caring for Our Shepherds: Understanding and Coping with Burnout as a Pastor. (Cascade Books, April 10, 2024).

Dr. Krystal Hays

Dr. Krystal Hays, associate professor of social work: Dechurched and Deconstructing: How Christian Higher Education Can Prepare for Revival. A two-part blog series in Christian Scholars Review.

Dr. Mary Ann Pearson, professor of communication, and Dr. Gaynell Vanderslice, assistant professor of business management, and Dr. Monica O’Rourke, professor of kinesiology: a virtual workshop series for Sound Transit in Seattle on March 12 and 14. The workshop included information from research on shared leadership, deconstruction and reconstruction of communication practice and authenticity training.

Dr. Wayne Fletcher and Grace Brown

Grace Brown, director of academic advising, and Dr. Wayne Fletcher, associate provost for Academic Services: A Seismic Shift: Academic Advising to Student Success Coaching. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on April 9. 

Dr. Brian Bovee, associate professor of computer information technology, Dr. James Zapata, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, and Dr. Benjamin Sanders, assistant professor of computing science and data science: Healthcare Innovation Development: Exploring the Impact of AI Prompt Engineering on Idea Generation. Southern Association of Information Systems Conference at Gulf Shores, Alabama, on March 15. They also presented Idea Generation: Comparing ChatGPT vs. Humans for Healthcare Services. Western Decision Sciences International Conference in Santa Rosa, California, on April 3.

Michael Berger

Michael Berger, professor of graphic design, presented his book Comedic Models for Creative Thinkers (Martyr Ink) at CBU on April 2.

Dr. Philip Breitenbucher, assistant professor of social work, and Dr. Anthony Corso, professor of computer information systems: Nine Years of Social Media Analysis Prevents Overdoses in the Fourth Wave of the Illicit Drug Crisis in America and a poster presentation Entitled Innovative Data Surveillance Techniques to Inform Public Policy Health Programs. Prescription and Illicit Drug Summit in Atlanta on April 2.

Dr. Ed Garrett

Dr. Ed Garrett, professor of sport and performance psychology: Under Pressure: Competitive Sports, Mental Health, and Resilience. A workshop at the NextGen Conference on Youth Mental Health sponsored by the American Association of Christian Counselors in Atlanta on April 12-13.

Dr. Brian Bovee, associate professor of computer information technology, and Dr. Thomas Jernejcic, professor of computer information technology: Gamifying Collaborative Systems: Team vs. Traditional Leaderboards In Improving Online Discussions. Western Decision Sciences International Conference in Santa Rosa, California, on April 3.

Dr. Joshua Knabb

Dr. Joshua Knabb, professor of psychology, co-authored and co-recorded an eight-session video series on marriage for Sandals Church. The video series, Marriage Essentials, includes teaching and interactive exercises and combines research with biblical truths to help Christian couples cultivate passion, commitment and intimacy with God and their spouse.

Students at NSA Family Fun Day

Students in the communication sciences and disorders program participated in the NSA (National Stuttering Association) Family Fun Day held at CBU on March 2. Undergraduate students Hannah Cooper, Margaret “Maggie” Aguilar, Alicia Stanton, Maya Muendler and Colleen Mullane helped lead games and hands-on activities. Graduate student Maria Gonzalez assisted in leading the teen breakout session and providing interpretation in Spanish for families. More than 60 people attended the event.

Josiah Grant Photo

CBU photography students Austin Elliott and Josiah Grant were selected for the American Photography 40 winning collection. From over 7,000 entries, the jury selected 317 images to appear in the book. Additionally, images by CBU students Grant, Juliette Doan, Crystal Lewis and Kayla Yogi were among the 230 images chosen to appear online.

Juliette Doan Photo

Photography sophomore Juliette Doan was selected as one of the 25 to win the Getty’s Unshuttered open call. Getty received more than 2,800 submissions from teenagers throughout California. Doan’s entry was called Nighttime Grocery.

Emmy Louise Simnjanovski

Dr. Riste Simnjanovski, professor of public administration, and his wife, Lauren Gutenberg, welcomed a daughter on March 12. Emmy Louise Simnjanovski weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 inches. She joins Uriah, 4, and Elle, 3.

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