Alumni - retirement of Dr. A. Michael Goff - reception and commemorative book

Special Announcement – Dr. A. Michael Goff

 

Dr. A. Michael Goff, Professor of Biology at IWU since 1977, will be retiring at the end of this semester.  The Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics requests the honor of your presence at a reception to recognize Dr. Goff and wish him well. 

 

We will be hosting this reception today, Thursday, April 16, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in the Student Center Piazza.

 

We have sent invitations to several of our alumni regarding a special Division reception that we are having next Thursday, April 23, 7:00-9:00 p.m., on the BHSN Rooftop Plaza.  We plan a special "SURPRISE" recognition time between 7:30-8:30 p.m.

 

We have also sent information to alumni regarding a book that is being put together by Stan McVay and Shirley Gates.  That information is as follows:

 

After well over thirty years as Professor of Biology at Indian Wesleyan University, Dr. A. Michael Goff is retiring this spring. As his student or colleague you are invited to write a letter of memories and congratulations to Dr. Goff. You may include references to a classroom incident or one that occurred on one of his many IWU trips with students, or of some other positive influence he has had on your life. Feel free to include photos. These letters will be placed in a three-ring binder and given to Dr. Goff at his retirement reception on April 23, 2009. If snail mailing your letter, please mail to Stan K. McVay: 12104 North Meridian Road, Logansport IN 46947. Or e-mail to Shirley Vogel Gates at shirleymgates@hotmail.com. Please mail your letter no later than April 15, 2009. This is to be a surprise for Dr. Goff. 

 

Published by the IWU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

New portraits at the Alumni House

Eric Helvie ('06) painted these portraits and have loaned them for display at the Alumni House. Picture includes members of the the class of 1981 as well as Dr. Byron Tippey, beloved retired faculty.

NIADC Easter Basket pictures

Here are a few images we took. It shows all the team members and the
enthusiasm for the kids at SCAN.

Charlene B. Thornton Named Special Agent in Charge of FBI Honolulu Division

Charlene B. Thornton has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Honolulu Division. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed her to this position to replace SAC Janet Kammerman, who was recently appointed Associate Executive Assistant Director of the Human Resources Branch at FBI Headquarters. Most recently, Ms. Thornton served as SAC of the San Francisco Division.

Ms. Thornton entered on duty as an FBI special agent in 1979. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, she conducted a variety of criminal, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism investigations at the Indianapolis and Los Angeles Divisions. In 1985, she was promoted to a supervisory position in the Legal Counsel Division at FBI Headquarters, where she assisted in the defense of the FBI and FBI employees. In 1989, she became Chief of the Legal Research Unit, responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to FBI executives and field offices.

Mrs. Thornton left FBI Headquarters in 1991 to return to the field. After three years supervising applicant, civil rights, white collar crime, and violent crime squads in the Baltimore Division, she was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Honolulu Division in 1995. While there, she managed all investigative programs and had primary responsibility for administrative management. She also oversaw the FBI's extraterritorial investigations throughout Asia and the Pacific.

In 1997, Ms. Thornton returned to FBI Headquarters as Deputy General Counsel, overseeing the FBI's legal training, forfeiture, and legal advice programs. She served in that role until 1999, when she moved to the FBI’s Inspection Division. As an Inspector, she was responsible for overseeing comprehensive audits of the FBI's investigative and administrative operations.

Ms. Thornton was named SAC of the Birmingham Division in 2000. In that capacity, she directed all FBI operations in the Northern District of Alabama. In 2002, she assumed the duties of SAC Phoenix, responsible for all FBI operations in the state of Arizona. She served in Phoenix until 2004, when she was appointed Assistant Director of the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters. In that role she was responsible for the oversight of internal investigations of employee misconduct, as well as for evaluating the FBI’s investigative, financial, and administrative programs. In 2006, she was named SAC of the San Francisco Division.

Ms. Thornton graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, with a degree in Political Science and Economics. She earned a Juris Doctorate, with honors, from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, and a Masters of Law in Taxation from the University of San Diego Law School. She is a graduate of the National Executive Institute and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. In 2005, Mrs. Thornton was awarded the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive in recognition of her sustained high level of achievement in managing demanding and multifaceted FBI operations.

 

Indiana Wesleyan University - Partners with area Colleges and Universities - NIADC

Area schools collect Easter baskets for SCAN

http://www.fwdailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=
2646:Area-schools-collect-Easter-baskets-for-SCAN&catid=61:times-online2
&Itemid=6

fwdailynews.com - Kendallville,IN,USA
... University of St. Francis, Indiana Wesleyan, Huntington University,
... The project is sponsored by the Northeast Indiana Alumni Directors
Consortium. ...

New Wesleyan Seminary at IWU - Marion Campus

MARION — Indiana Wesleyan University plans to open a seminary for the Wesleyan Church next September on its Marion campus.

The school says the seminary will include about 200 students currently enrolled in master's programs and 75 other master of divinity students entering over the course of its first year.

Only about 15 percent of Wesleyan pastors hold seminary degrees, but leaders of the Fishers, Ind.-based denomination say they hope the seminary will double that number.

Indiana Wesleyan says all of the seminary's students will be required to have full-time ministries in local churches while they pursue their degrees.

The Wesleyan Church has 400,000 members in 80 countries.

 

More News - http://www.indwes.edu/news/ArchiveNews/2009/Seminary-to-Open-At-Indiana-Wesleyan-University.htm

 

Text Version:

 

Seminary to Open At Indiana Wesleyan University

The first seminary in the history of The Wesleyan Church will open in September on the Marion campus of Indiana Wesleyan University. The IWU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the historic proposal on April 3.

The seminary format will be similar to IWU’s successful adult education programs, which allow students to further their education while maintaining family and professional responsibilities.

"We have taken the very best of the future and the very best of the past to create a new model," IWU President Henry Smith said. "Our purpose was to make a seminary education more practical, more accessible and more affordable."

Although seminary training is encouraged, only about 15 percent of Wesleyan pastors have seminary degrees. Denominational leaders are hoping the new IWU seminary will double that number.

While Wesleyan pastors are seen as key candidates, the seminary is expected to draw ministerial students from other evangelical Christian denominations.

A seminary task force, consisting of officials from IWU and The Wesleyan Church, met for two years to consider creating a seminary in Marion. Dr. Ken Schenck and Rev. Russ Gunsalus, IWU religion professors, guided the task force.

The idea gained momentum in December when the Higher Learning Commission extended IWU’s accreditation to include the Master of Divinity (M Div.) degree. The M. Div. is the foundational degree for a seminary.

The seminary will open this fall with an expected 200 students who currently are enrolled in master’s programs plus 75 M.Div. students over the course of the first year.

A $6 million building, that would include classrooms, offices and lodging for students, already is on the drawing board, but no date has been set for the start of construction. The building is planned for the 4400 block of South Landess Street.

All students will be required to have – and to maintain – full-time ministries in local churches while they pursue a seminary degree. "We do not want to take seminary students away from their local churches and their ministries," Smith said.

Many students, who do not live close to campus, can take two-thirds of their classes online and come to campus for intense one-week classes. Students within driving distance of Marion can take all of their classes on campus.

The 75-hour M. Div. degree will take four years to complete. As many as four professors will teach each class to better integrate various components – such as Bible, theology, church history and practical applications – into each course.

"I firmly believe this will be the most practical seminary in the world," said Dr. Kerry Kind, General Director of Education and the Ministry for The Wesleyan Church.

The IWU Board of trustees will govern the seminary and will appoint a seminary board. The seminary, which does not yet have a name, will have a chief operating officer, an academic dean and its own faculty.

"Several faculty members already are teaching in our graduate religion programs, and we are in an active search to build a new faculty of ministry scholars," said IWU Provost David Wright.

The Wesleyan Church was formed in1968 through the mergers of several like-minded denominations, dating as far back as 1843. The denomination has 400,000 constituents in 4,000 churches and missions in 80 countries.

In addition to IWU, the denomination operates colleges in Houghton, New York; Central, South Carolina, and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. There also is a Wesleyan Bible college in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.

Indiana Wesleyan University is an evangelical Christian comprehensive university of The Wesleyan Church, which has its world headquarters in Fishers, Indiana. IWU was founded in 1920 and is committed to liberal arts and professional education.

More than 3,200 students are enrolled in traditional programs on the University’s main campus in Marion. Another 12,200 adult learners attend classes at regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio and online.

 

Retirement event: Jerry Showalter Open House / also information about the retirement of Dr. Mike Goff

Jerry Showalter, Professor of Business at IWU, will be retiring at the
end of this semester. The Division of Business will be hosting an open
house to honor Prof. Showalter' many years of dedicated service to the
Division of Business and to wish him well in his retirement.

The reception will be this Wednesday, April 15 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in
the Division of Business office, Maxwell 206.

Please plan to attend to greet and honor Professor Showalter. If you
cannot attend, please pass your regards via email to Sharon Blankenship,
Secretary.

Sharon Blankenship
Division of Business Secretary
Indiana Wesleyan University
765-677-2289
sharon.blankenship@indwes.edu

Related news article from the Chronicle-Tribune (also includes
information about retirement of Dr. Mike Goff)

Story:
IWU losing longtime profs
Goff, Showalter have decades of teaching time between them, and they'll
leave behind a legacy at Marion campus

Two Indiana Wesleyan University professors who have made an impact on
the college are saying farewell to full-time teaching.

Mike Goff and Jerry Showalter, who have more than 70 years combined
experience teaching, are retiring at the end of the school year.

For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:

http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/articles/2009/04/14/news/doc49e3fd3e0cc
89469995884.txt

Dr. Keith Newman next VP University Relations

Dr. Keith Newman to Join IWU as Vice President for University Relations

I am pleased to share the good news that Dr. Keith Newman has accepted our invitation to become IWU's next Vice President for University Relations. He has held the same position at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio since January 2003.

Dr. Newman will join IWU on July 1, 2009, and will be a member of the President's Cabinet.

Before joining Mount Vernon Nazarene, Dr. Newman was a pastor for 18 years in the Nazarene Church. He served as the senior pastor of large Nazarene churches in Arkansas, Texas and California. Dr. Newman is an exceptional mission fit. Although he has served the Nazarene Church for several years, he is committed to joining The Wesleyan Church.

I have known Keith since he joined Mount Vernon Nazarene seven years ago and feel we can work together effectively. The chemistry between a University president and the Vice President of University Relations is so important because of the need for the two of us to travel together extensively.

Dr. David Blanchard, who chairs the University Relations Committee of the IWU Board of Trustees, interviewed Dr. Newman and said he was very

favorably impressed with Dr. Newman's breadth of experience and credentials and his commitment to furthering Christ's Kingdom through Higher Education.

Dr. Newman has a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Houston Baptist University and a Master of Ministry degree from Southern Nazarene University. He earned his Ed.D. degree in Leadership Education from Spalding University. He also has a Certificate in Fundraising Management from The Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University in Indianapolis.

Before beginning his ministry in the Nazarene Church, Dr. Newman served for nine years as a police officer and detective sergeant on the Houston (Texas) Police Department. Dr. Newman has taken an active role in the Mount Vernon, Ohio, community since he joined the Mount Vernon Nazarene University six years ago. He has served on the board of directors of the American Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce and the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

For three decades, Dr. Newman has been a speaker at youth camps, conventions, retreats, capital stewardship banquets, parent-teacher organizations and civic associations. He was a founding trustee of a Christian high school in Houston.

Keith's wife, Carolyn and their high school daughter, Alana, will join the IWU family later this summer.

Dr. Newman will succeed Dr. Brian Simmons, who recently resigned earlier to become President of the Association of Christian Schools International. Dr. Simmons has served IWU very capably for the last three years and we all pray the very best for the next steps for the Brian and Bonnie in Colorado Springs.

Henry Smith
President
Indiana Wesleyan University

Joni at IWU ~ Society of World Changers

Brooksville luncheon

Rick Carder, Alumni Director ~ CAS
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 So. Washington Street
Marion, Indiana 46953

rick.carder@indwes.edu
765-677-2110 W
765-618-2129 C

Dr. Simmons and Bonnie Biggs take lead

Rick Carder, Alumni Director ~ CAS
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 So. Washington Street
Marion, Indiana 46953

rick.carder@indwes.edu
765-677-2110 W
765-618-2129 C

IWU Alumni Event at Brooksville

Dr. Henry Smith visits Brooksville Wesleyan Village and drew over 125 attendees.

Rick Carder, Alumni Director ~ CAS
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 So. Washington Street
Marion, Indiana 46953

rick.carder@indwes.edu
765-677-2110 W
765-618-2129 C

NATIONAL AWARD TO ISANG JACOBS

INDY.COM

March 14, 2009

Pike Youth Soccer Club coach earns national honor

National award takes Isang Jacob by surprise

By Nat Newell
nat.newell@indystar.com

Isang Jacob has played soccer in front of more than 40,000 people, but he's never been as nervous as he was waiting for the announcement of the U.S. Youth Soccer Competitive Coach of the Year Award on March 6.

The Pike Youth Soccer Club coach, who was so sure he wouldn't be named the organization's state coach of the year that he took his shoes off at the banquet to be more comfortable, was chosen from four regional winners by the U.S. Youth Soccer board of directors at the Youth Soccer Workshop in San Jose, Calif. The award is based on sportsmanship, player development, personal coaching development and community involvement.

"I was truly humbled and surprised when I won the state award," said Jacob. He has led the Indy Burn 90 Premier Eagles to seven consecutive state championships and has had all of his players earn scholarships, 17 of them to Division I programs. "Getting the regional (award) blew me away. I opened the letter and started shaking, then I called everyone I knew. I've never been more nervous in my life (when the national award was announced). I don't deserve it. There are so many great coaches across the country."

Jacob was an assistant coach at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis after playing at Indiana Wesleyan, but while recruiting, he decided players in the Indianapolis area needed to develop better fundamentals. He quit IUPUI and started working as a volunteer coach with younger players.

"I wanted to give them practical knowledge, the right technique and help them be fine young men and citizens," Jacob said. "I've been with this group since they were 11 and have retained 75 percent of them. I had everyone tell me it would not work. But I sit back and see these kids going to Harvard, Cornell, Butler, IUPUI, West Virginia. . . . I'm truly honored and humbled."

Jacob, who also was named Indiana's coach of the year in 2004, serves as the head of Indiana's U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. He was a two-time NCCAA All-American and was invited to play on the Nigerian Senior National Team in 1991.

"I believe many of us at the Pike Soccer Club are still a bit unbelieving of this award," Pike Youth Soccer Club Executive Director Tom Geisse said in an e-mail. "Oft times we don't think many folks outside Indianapolis recognize the long hours and hard work of the Pike Soccer Club coaches for the past 30 years. Today, the families of Pike Youth Soccer Club are very proud of Isang Jacob's accomplishments on and off the field during his decade of service to Indianapolis youth."

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IWU has new University Registrar

On behalf of the Office of the Provost, we are pleased to announce
that Indiana Wesleyan University has a new University Registrar, Mrs.
Kim Nicholson.

Kim received both her BS and MA degrees from IWU. She is currently
serving as Director of Records, and has also had experience in the
College of Adult and Professional Studies. She brings an
understanding of the diversity of the programs and students served by
IWU.

Kim is a gifted administrator, a skilled counselor, and a Christ-like
leader. Her gifts and abilities, and her heart for the Lord and
members of the IWU community make her a perfect fit for the position
of University Registrar.

Please join us in welcoming Kim to her new position, and prayerfully
support her during the transition and extra load she will carry until
a new Director of Records is hired. We would covet your prayers that
God will send just the right person for that position.

Chorale California Tour Pics

Images of the Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale - tour 2009
Shadow Mountain Church in San Diego, California.
Thank you Adam!

UNIVERSITY CHORALE ON TOUR

Chorale sings in Southern California....
Crystal Cathedral and Shadow Mountain Valley Church

Dr. Brian Simmons Resigns as IWU Vice President

It is with mixed emotions that I announce to the IWU family that Dr. Brian Simmons, Vice President for University Relations, submitted his resignation this week.

Dr. Simmons has accepted a position as President of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), which has 5,300 member schools in 100 countries. ACSI has its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has 18 regional offices around the world. The details of his departure have yet to be finalized but he will be concluding his work at IWU sometime this summer.

I appreciate Dr. Simmons' many contributions to Indiana Wesleyan University over the past three years. Although his departure is a great loss to IWU, the presidency of ACSI is an exceptionally good fit for Dr. Simmons since before coming to IWU in 2006, he served for 10 years as Superintendent of Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis, and he is very connected to the Christian school movement.

I value the fact that Dr. Simmons will be serving as president of ASCI, one of the largest Christian school organizations in the world. Many students from ASCI member institutions have attended IWU, and I'm looking forward to continuing a positive relationship with the President of the organization. I know Brian will be a friend of IWU.

"I so very much enjoy serving the Lord with you here at IWU," Dr. Simmons said. "I believe in IWU, its mission and our emerging vision to change the world!" He also noted in his letter of resignation that IWU wouldn't be seeing the end of the Simmons family as his youngest daughter has just been accepted in the IWU freshman class of 2009.

Henry Smith
President

A Life of Service - Gladys Maxine Wilson

A life of service begins with a single step. For each person that step is at a different place and time, but it is the beginning of a rewarding life in service of others.

 

Gladys Maxine Wilson was born on March 21, 1923 in Faulkton, S.D., to Ed and Mabel Sime – salt of the earth farmers. She loved school from an early age and eagerly looked forward to her time in the one-room school house. To attend high school she had to board in town and only see her family on weekends, but it was a small sacrifice for this eager student. Post-high school she spent 2 years at Miltonville Wesleyan and then transferred to Indiana Wesleyan where she received a BA in religion.

 

It was during her time in college that she met Beverly Frank Wilson. Although she was sure this was the right match, she had to wait for Bev to finish his Army assignment before they could wed. Then she settled into a life of service as a minister's wife. Their first assignment was in a very small country church in one of the poorest parts of Kentucky. The assignment was a challenging one for the newlyweds, but they made a great team. This was followed by 8 years in Canandaigua, New York, 8 years at the Wesley Methodist Church in Mitchell, South Dakota and 9 year at the Lincoln Oaks Wesleyan Methodist Church in Fair Oaks, California. Each assignment came with its own unique challenges. The move to California was especially difficult for the mid-west farm girl, but she trusted that the Lord was taking her where she would best serve.

 

The last move Bev and Gladys made was to Arrow Highway Wesleyan Methodist Church in Azusa, California. It was during this time that Bev developed cancer and passed away in his mid-fifties. What followed was a time of turmoil for Gladys as her commitment to service was part of her husband's ministry. She faced not only the loss of a spouse, but the loss of her identity. A door at Azusa Pacific University opened working in the office, but over time she began to develop the Heart to Heart Ministry which became her passion. For the last 20 years she focused on this program exclusively. The program filled her need to help others and was a blessing for those who participated – a match made in heaven.

 

After 30 years at Azusa Pacific, Gladys Maxine Wilson passed away 1 month before her 86th birthday. She worked up until the day before her stroke with the full support of the University. The students, mentors and staff she dealt with were her second family. She is survived by many family members: sister Lucille, brothers Wes and Arv; children Ron, Marilyn and Wes and her cherished grandchildren Aaron, Danielle, Evan, Breanna, Nathan, Lauren, Melissa and Johnathan. We will all dearly miss her.

 

Rest in Peace.

Gladys Maxine Wilson

1923 - 2009

New Media Exposure for Indiana Wesleyan University

I am pleased to announce that Indiana Wesleyan University student
BRAD NEEDLER is one of six students in the 2009 Top Bods On Campus
feature in /FAITH & FITNESS MAGAZINE/.  This is the second season
that our magazine has profiled successful college students throughout
the nation. Students must demonstrate strong academic, physical and
spiritual commitment.

To read about Brad simply go to Faith & Fitness Magazine at
HTTP://WWW.FAITHANDFITNESS.NET and look for the 2009 Top Bods On
Campus article.

Brad certainly reflects very positively for your university.  I'm
confident that this article will deliver some good publicity for
Indiana Wesleyan University. It is my hope that you will share with
alumni and all students, faculty and staff about this exciting
article. Please consider posting a link to the article on your
university website or contact me for gratis permission to reprint the
article.

We are looking for students for our 2010 season.  So, please invite
faculty and staff to nominate another student. If you have questions
or need anything further please reply to this email or call me at
812-890-6234.

-Brad Bloom
Publisher, Faith & Fitness Magazine
http://www.faithandfitness.net
brad@faithandfitness.net

DON BRAY APPOINTED TO ITEAMS USA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DON BRAY APPOINTED TO ITEAMS USA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

http://iteams.org/email/pr/2009-feb19.html

ITEAMS <http://www.iteams.org/>
Press Release
February 19, 2009

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
Contact: Margaret Guzzaldo
Tel: 847 | 429.0900 / Fax: 847 | 429.0800

*DON BRAY APPOINTED TO INTERNATIONAL TEAMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS*

*Don BrayElgin, Illinois* -- International Teams (ITeams) USA is pleased
to announce the appointment of Dr. Don Bray as its newest board member.
Don brings extensive experience in missiology, organizational
development, and board governance to the ITeams USA Board of Directors
<http://www.iteams.org/about/board.shtml>.

Since entering full-time ministry in 1965, Don has served as a pastor in
two states, lived in Papua New Guinea as a tribal evangelist and church
planting missionary, and held multiple leadership positions within The
Wesleyan Church, including 15 years as general director of Global
Partners, The Wesleyan Church's mission arm. Under his leadership Global
Partners experienced rapid growth in hard-to-reach areas such as Sri
Lanka, Mongolia, Burma, Pakistan, and Eastern European nations.

At present Don serves as Garden Campus Pastor at Christ Fellowship in
West Palm Beach, Florida. He also serves on the boards of directors for
World Relief and World Hope International. Don earned bachelor's and
master's degrees in religion from Marion College and Olivet Nazarene
University, respectively. Don is married to Joy and has three children
and nine grandchildren.

/ITeams USA <http://www.iteams.org> is an interdenominational,
evangelical Christian ministry that works closely with ITeams partner
organizations in Australia <http://www.iteams.org.au/>, Canada
<http://www.iteams.ca/>, the Philippines
<http://www.itphilippines.org/>, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom
<http://www.internationalteams.org.uk/>. Several other
missionary-sending countries are in the process of joining the global
ITeams partnership. Globally, ITeams sends over 1200 missionaries from
52 nations to minister in 66 different countries on 200 multi-cultural
teams. Visit *www.iteams.org <http://www.iteams.org/>* for more
information./