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Anne Bullock, art instructor at Walla Walla College, opened an art exhibit, “Spontaneity as Structure,” at the Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery in March. The show featured her paintings and pottery.

LuAnn Venden, assistant professor of English, presented a paper at a conference of the South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, in South Padre Island, Texas. The paper, “Taking a Risk on The Gamester: Staging Centlivre at Walla Walla College,” included some video clips from the fall quarter production of “The Gamester,” an eighteenth-century reform comedy.

Mark Haynal, assistant professor of education, was selected as the new dean of the School of Education and Psychology. Haynal has taught undergraduate and graduate education classes at WWC for the past two-and-a-half years and is instrumental in placing and supervising student teachers. Steve Pawluk, former dean, accepted the position of senior vice president for academic administration at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tenn.

Lana Martin, associate professor of social work, received the 2002 Outstanding Social Work Educator Award, presented by the Washington State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Martin has taught at WWC since 1993 and chairs the clinical practice segment of the WWC social work program.

Linda Nelson, associate professor of technology, is the new chair of the Technology Department. Her goals include enhancing the department’s image on and off campus and improving recruitment strategies. Nelson has taught at WWC since 1998. Chet Blake, former department chair, retired in August.

Roy Campbell, professor of physics, is the new chair of the Physics Department. Campbell received the nasa Summer Fellowship in 1988 and 1989, and most recently taught at Southwestern Adventist University.

This summer two theology professors taught in countries outside the United States as part of the Adventist Colleges Abroad program. Bruce Johanson, professor of New Testament and languages, taught intermediate Greek in Athens, Greece. Zdravko Stefanovic, professor of Old Testament studies, taught Hebrew in Amman, Jordan.

Jonathan Neidigh, assistant professor of chemistry, has been conducting research at the University of Washington along with another graduate student and their professor. The results, a “miniprotein” that folds as if it were a larger protein, were published in the April 29, 2002, issue of Chemical & Engineering News. W

 

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