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To make her master’s degree hooding ceremony even more special, social work graduate student Sue Anne Imhoff was surprised during the proceedings with the news that her paper, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Toward an Understanding of Loss and Mourning,” had won Outstanding Clinical Paper in a competition sponsored by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work. The paper looks at the reality of loss and what constitutes healthy mourning. Imhoff’s paper will be published in the society’s journal.

Two seniors recently placed first and second in an annual student paper competition sponsored by the Pacific Northwest region of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL). Will Frei, theology major, won first place in the biblical studies undergraduate section with his paper “Deborah’s Song: Active Friends and Passive Enemies.” Janelle Worthington, history major, won second place in the same section with her paper, “Judges 10:6-11:11 Parallels and Ironies.”

Greg Dodds, assistant professor of history, successfully defended his dissertation, “‘Curtains of Peace and Charity:’ The Humanist Theology of Desiderius Erasmus in England, c. 1550-1650,” completing his doctoral degree in history from Claremont Graduate University.

Paul Dybdahl, instructor in religion, successfully defended his dissertation “The Stairway to Heaven: A Critique of the Traditional Evangelical Gospel Presentation in North America,” completing his doctoral degree in missiology from Andrews University. W

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