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This past week I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the CCCU Diversity Conference at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. This was my first time attending a conference that wasn’t discipline-specific, and I very much enjoyed being able to hear from speakers who work in a variety of disciplines and roles in…Read More

In mid-October, fall colors abounded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. And there were lots of Constructivist educators – students, classroom teachers, administrators, higher education faculty and administrators, researchers – in all grade levels traveling from all over the US to enjoy action-research presentations in various topics at the annual conference…Read More

This past summer, I was privileged to attend the American Psychological Associations’ annual Convention in Chicago. I presented my research paper at the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology poster session. Attendees were eager to share how the work environment impacted their home life. While they largely shared the negative impact that work had on their homes,…Read More

I recently attended Costume College, a 3-day event for costumers.  Costume College is comprised of lectures open to everyone and hands-on limited attendance classes. I attended 7 lectures, 3 limited attendance classes, and was the presenter for 2 limited attendance sessions.  People come from all over the world to attend Costume College.  Marion Boyce, the…Read More

During the week of September 7-10th 2019, I was blessed to be selected and participate in a National Science Foundation for new and young principal investigators across the country! The workshop was held at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria, VA. Per the website: The goal of the workshop is to provide young investigators…Read More

What a wonderful season it has been experiencing all the beginning-of-the-year events. This year, we held our annual faculty gathering – and also added some new events to the mix to support our new and emerging faculty members. FACULTY GATHERING Our annual faculty gathering was held on August 20-21. The event kicked off with addresses…Read More

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

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

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

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

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

  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

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

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