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Summer/Fall 2003 Newsbriefs

Awards, Honors, Degrees, and Promotions

Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Craig Boyd has become one of 35 participants chosen for the John Templeton Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity. The purpose of the seminars is to encourage young faculty members in scholarly research in the fields of science and religion, creating opportunity for dialogue.

“Most research takes an important scientific development and considers the implications for Christian belief,” said Boyd. “My research is an attempt to incorporate the insights of sociobiology, the application of evolutionary theory to human behavior, into a Christian understanding of natural law morality.”

Assistant Professor Brian Hartley attended an NEH Summer Institute at the prestigious Folger Library in Washington, D.C. The title of the seminar was, “Cultural Stress from Reformation to Revolution in Tudor and Stuart England.” This is Professor Hartley’s second NEH award in three years.

The National Science Teachers Association has named GC Math/Science Education Coordinator Karlene Johnson, a “Key Leader” in the “Building a Presence for Science Program.” According to the Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA), this recognition places Karlene as one of the “elite teachers of science” in the state.

The Associated Colleges of Illinois recognized GC senior Nathan Holbert with a $2,500 scholarship as one of four winners of the Associated College’s of Illinois’ 2003 Liberal Arts for Leadership Essay Contest.

Mark Niemuth, a senior physics major who did research last summer at the University of Chicago, will spend this summer studying materials science with a professor in civil engineering at Purdue.

Beau Meridith, junior physics major, has accepted a summer National Science Foundation research appointment at Cornell.

Luke Hall, who just graduated this May, distinguished himself and GC with his admittance to Washington University Medical School. Even more significantly, Hall has become one of a very select few to win a full tuition award, a total of over $145,000 in value.

David Hoag, vice president for college advancement, received his Ph.D. in higher education from St. Louis University this spring. Hoag’s dissertation examined the presidential assessment
process.

G.C. has promoted Dr. Norm Hall to associate vice president of student development and appointed him to the President’s cabinet. Hall earned his Ed.D. from Pepperdine University in April.

Last updated: September 24, 2003