ARC SPARK Session C6 | Two (or More) Birds With One Stone It was such a privilege to co-present during the 2019 ARC WSCUC conference on “It’s all about the Data-Student-Led Environmental Scans To Kill Two (or More) Birds With One Stone”. The presentation reflected the student-led research that was graciously supported through the Gary…Read More
2019 Summer Reads (Recommended by Vanguard Faculty)
I invited some members of the Vanguard faculty to share their 2019 recommended reads. Thanks to each of you for these great ideas for what to read this summer. I’m not even sure where to start, as they all look like such superb books. The Accidental Creative: How to be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice by…Read More
6 Tips to Networking at a Conference
Conferences are wonderful opportunities to learn from and connect with amazing industry leaders. It is often said that in today’s world, it is not what you know, but who you know that really counts. This seems to be the case regardless of the field or profession. So a professional conference truly does provide us with…Read More
California Association of Colleges of Nursing Conference
The California Association of Colleges of Nursing Spring Conference occurred the week of March 7-8, 2019, at the Embassy Suites in Sacramento. The Spring Conference is designed to assist both emerging academic leaders and seasoned deans to find the power of their collective voices in planning and creating a new future for nursing education and…Read More
From Discovery to Translation
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference Jan. 17-19, 2019 in San Diego, California In addition to a plethora of poster and podium presentations on the latest doctoral nursing research, the conference offered current data on the trajectory of Doctoral Education in Nursing regarding the goals, challenges, and opportunities in preparing doctoral graduates…Read More
Vanguard Shares HSI Research at the AHSIE Conference
A group of us faculty and staff presented at the annual conference for the Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE). From the AHSIE Conference website: “The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE) exists to support the work of the nation’s Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) as they seek to provide quality, relevant educational opportunities to…Read More
Vanguard Faculty Selected for Yale Summer Institute
I would like to congratulate the following individuals (both resident and adjunct faculty) for being selected to participate in the Summer Institute on Teaching sponsored by Yale’s Center of Teaching Excellence. A team from Vanguard also attended last year’s institute and found it so beneficial in improving our teaching. Each individual who was accepted…Read More
Celebrating 50 Years as the Voice of Academic Nursing
Dr. Annette Callis, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS attended The American Association of Colleges of Nursing Master’s of Science in Nursing Education Conference: The Future is Now! in Tampa, Florida Spring, 2019 There is a nursing shortage, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA), which was articulated at this annual meeting. They estimate that by 2022: More…Read More
Seeing the Spirit at Work Through Stories
A few weeks ago, I read an academic paper on the theological foundations of social concern as the Keynote address at the ChildHope Leadership Conference in Dallas. ChildHope (formerly Latin America ChildCare) provides food, medical care, education, and the good news of the Gospel to 100,000 children in 300 different projects throughout Latin America. The…Read More
CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference
I attended at the 2019 Annual CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference & Expo t as a presenter and a Board member. The conference was held at the Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA from April 12 to April 14, 2019. My workshop, titled Renewing Accreditation, was geared for directors and…Read More
Reception History Theme at the Society for Pentecostal Studies Conference
In February I had the privilege of attending the annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) held in Washington D.C. This year’s theme was “Reception History: Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions.” Unlike traditional Biblical hermeneutics which seeks to understand what the text meant in its original form and setting so…Read More
Meeting the Unique Needs of Mid-Career College Students
This past Spring, I was fortunate to once again present at the annual conference of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, sponsored by the University of Nevada Las Vegas, College of Liberal Arts; as well as at the concurrent conference sponsored by UNLV’s College of Education, Conference in Academic Research in Education (CARE).…Read More
26th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference
This year’s annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference was in beautiful San Francisco. This year marked the 26th annual meeting. In his keynote address, Dr. Matthew Walker, from the University of California, Berkeley, talked about the cognitive and health effects of not getting enough sleep. He spoke about his research findings which link a lack of sleep…Read More
Sharing Ideas and Hearts at the Society for Pentecostal Studies Conference
I just returned from the 48th Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) conference in Hyattsville, MD, just outside of DC. Even though I didn’t have the opportunity to spend much time in our nation’s capital, just driving by the monuments in my Lyft rides to and from the airport felt surreal, considering all the momentous…Read More
Paul’s “Armor of God” Discussion: A Pentecostal Take
I recently had the privilege of representing Vanguard University at the 48th annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (February 28–March 2), held this year in College Park, Maryland, a suburb of our nation’s capital. At this academic conference, I put forward a fresh reading of a famous but rarely actualized biblical passage: Paul’s…Read More