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Past Events 2002–2003 Academic Year

Curricular Component

First-Year Student Reading Assignment

Readings sent to all incoming freshman included Courage and Calling by Gordon Smith and Doing the Truth in Love by Michael Himes, Summer 2002

International Program Retreat

International Programs retreat, “Image is Everything: A Search for Identity” led by Ezra and Emily Plank, Fall 2002

Vocation-related grants awarded to Pepperdine faculty members

  • Juanie Walker of the Communication Division: $24,393 for speaker series and student-led focus groups concerning vocational calling
  • Michael Murrie of the Communication Division: $25,000 for two conferences on relating Christian faith and vocations in the media
  • Roger Alford, Robert Cochran, and Timothy Perrin of the School of Law: $66,300 for three conferences- “Vocation and the Legal Profession,” “The Lawyer and the Poor,” and “The Lawyer as Peacemaker.”
  • Jane Ganske of the Natural Science Division: $10,000 for a senior-level community service project to education school children on environmental issues.

Co-Curricular Component

Service and Social Action Grants awarded

National Hunger and Homelessness Week: Faculty advisor was Ashley Nolan and student coordinator was Lee Diaz

  • Inner-City Ministry in Belfast, Ireland: Faculty advisor was Daniel Rodriguez and students involved were Jonathan Bakewitz, Rich McPherson, Robbie Sagers, and Andrew Brumme.
  • Project Serve in Panama: Faculty advisor was Ashley Nolan and student coordinator was Andrea Krug
  • True North Scripture Distribution Project: Faculty advisor was Greg Daum and student coordinator was Sara Dobler.
  • Two projects with Standing on Stone ministry:
    • Drug education and feeding the homeless: Faculty advisor was Michael Folkerts.
    • Business services for SOS: Faculty advisor was Juanie Walker.

Faculty Component

National Conference

“Sharing Stories of Vocation: How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind, Enhance Our Scholarship and Invigorate Our Classroom Teaching": National conference featuring plenary speakers, Parker Palmer, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Richard Mouw, October 3-5, 2002

New Faculty Retreat

New faculty retreat/seminar in Florence, Italy, December 5-14, 2002

International Program Faculty Seminar

International Programs visiting faculty “Faith, Learning, and Vocation” seminar in Santa Barbara, CA led by Richard Hughes and D’Esta Love, March 28-30, 2003

Virtue and Vocation Seminar

“Virtue and Vocation” faculty/staff seminar led by Paul Contino, May 5-9, 2003

Faith, Learning and Vocation Seminar

“Faith, Learning, and Vocation” faculty/staff seminar led by Richard Hughes and D’Esta Love, June 2-6, 2003

Ministry Component

Residence Director Assistants for 2002-03 year

Exavious Farley, Josh Fleer, Benjamin Gensic, and Sarah Pierce

Ministry Interns

  • Cliff Barbarick- Camarillo Church of Christ, Camarillo, CA
  • Mark Barnache- inner city work in Tulsa, OK
  • Kelly Carpenter- inner city work in Tulsa, OK
  • Damon McCaskill- downtown LA hospital
  • Katherine Phipps- hospital chaplaincy in Houston, TX
  • Lara Sando- AGAPE Child and Family Services in Memphis, TN
  • Marisa Sessions- hospital chaplaincy in Houston, TX
  • Holly Tallon- Conejo Valley Church of Christ, Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Luke Tallon- Conejo Valley Church of Christ
  • Edwin Cahill- inner city church planting project
  • Ryan Uhles- University Church of Christ, Fresno, CA

Ministry Retreats

  • Ministry-as-Vocation Retreat featuring speaker Gary Holloway, May, 2003
  • Urban plunge spiritual discernment retreat led by Daniel Rodriguez, March 28-30, 2003