School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Co-Director and Presenter: Leadership Development Institutes, June 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998 - Sumas, WA

Conference on Building a Strengths-Based Campus: Best Practices in Maximizing Student Performance, June 2006, The Gallup Organization, Omaha, NE Title: "Creating a Strengths-Friendly Campus Climate: Three Approaches" (co-presenter)

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) "Project Directors" Meeting, November 2000, San Diego, CA Title: "New Directions for Comprehensive Program Guidelines" (panelist)

Azusa Pacific University, Department of Higher Education and Organizational Leadership - Women's Leadership Retreat, July 2006, Azusa, CA

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities - Co-Director: Leadership Development Institutes, June 2006, Sumas, WA Title: "Leading from Your Strengths" (panelist) Title: "Courage and Calling" (co-presenter) Title: "Leading Through Conflict" (co-presenter) Title: "Self-Care: Sustaining Body, Mind and Soul" Title: "The Future of Christian Higher Education" (panelist)

Azusa Pacific University, Department of Higher Education and Organizational Leadership - Women's Leadership Retreat, July 2005, Azusa, CA

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities - Executive Leadership Development Institute for Chief Academic Officers, June 2005, Sumas, WA Title: "Creating Racial, Ethnic and Gender Harmony" (panelist) Title: "Downsizing, Restructuring and Transitioning" (co-presenter)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities %u2013 Reunions of Previous Leadership Development Institute Groups, June 2005, Sumas, W Title: "Creative Exercise: Visualizing God's Intended Design for Senior Leadership" Title: "When the Ceiling Falls In" (co-presenter)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities - Chief Academic Officers Conference, March 2005, Atlanta, Title: "Responding to the Challenges" (panelist)

Conference on Building a Strengths-Based Campus: Best Practices in Maximizing Student Performance, January 2005, The Gallup Organization, Omaha, NE Title: "A Strengths-Based Approach to Empowering At-Risk Students" (co-presenter)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Co-Director: Leadership Development Institutes, June 2004, Sumas, WA Title: "Building a Leadership Team" (co-presenter) Title: "What I Would I Do Differently If I Were Starting Over" (co-presenter) Title: "Leading From Your Strengths" Title: "What I Wish I had Known When I Became a Chief Academic Officer" (panelist)

Conference on Building a Strengths-Based Campus: Best Practices in Maximizing Student Performance, January 2004, The Gallup Organization, Omaha, NE Title: "Highlights from Four Successful StrengthsQuest Programs"

Urbana '03 Conference (Sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship), December 2003, Champaign-Urbana, IL Title: "The Christian Mind"

Association of Southern Baptist Colleges & Schools - Annual Conference of Chief Academic Officers, June 2003, Branson, MO Title: "Developing Academic Leaders on Campus"

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Co-Director: Reunions of Previous Leadership Development Institute Groups, June 2003, Sumas, WA Title: "Leading with Your Strengths" Title: "Building a Leadership Team" (co-presenter) Title: "Working in a Command Culture: How to Survive and Thrive" (co-presenter) Title: "Life Lessons from our Shadowing Experiences & Current Mentors"

Sixth Annual Symposium on the Recruitment & Retention of Students of Color, April 2003, Kansas City, MO Title: "Building on Strengths to Enhance Student Success"

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Co-Director: Leadership Development Institutes, June 2002, Sumas, WA Title: “Fostering Spiritual Leadership” (co-presenter) Title: “Administration?? What I Love about My Work” (panelist) Title: “Leadership: Internal/External Constituencies” (panelist) Title: “Understanding the Diversity of Strengths” (co-presenter) Title: “Women’s Ways of Leading” (co-presenter) Title: “Out of the Skillet & Into the Fire: Transitioning Through the First Six Months” (panelist)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Critical Issues for Christian Higher Education, March 2002, San Antonio, TX Title: “Becoming a Strengths-Based Campus” (co-presenter) Title: “Closing the Gender Gap” (moderator) Title: “Christian Higher Education and Gender Issues” (moderator)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities - Chief Academic Officers Conference, March 2002, San Antonio, TX Title: Models for General Education (panelist)

National Conference for Independent College and University Chief Academic Officers and Chief Student Affairs Officers, November 2001, Palm Springs, CA CAOs & CSAOs Talk: “First-Year Experience Programs”

Eastern University, October 2001, St. Davids, PA National Conference: Step by Step: A Campus-Wide Approach to Enhancing Students Strengths Title: Becoming a Strengths-Based Campus: Practical Approaches to Making It Work (co-presenter)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities –Executive Leadership Development Institute for Chief Academic Officers, June 2001, Sumas, WA Title: “What I Wish I Had Known When I Became a CAO” (panelist) Title: “Handling Downsizing and Restructuring” (panelist)

International CCCU Forum on Christian Higher Education, February 2001, Orlando, FL Title: “Spiritual Formation: Whose Task Is It?” (Respondent to Dr. James Fowler

Daystar University Faculty Development Seminar, January 2001, Nairobi, Kenya Title: “Faith/Learning Integration” (panelist)

National Conference for Independent College and University Chief Academic Officers, November 2000, Tampa, FL Title: “What Would I Do Differently If I Could Start Over” (New CAOs Panel)

CCCU National Assessment Conference, October 2000, Cedarville, OH Title: “Assessment as Intervention: The Fowler Faith Interview in Small Groups” (co-presenter)

14th National Conference on Student Retention, July 2000, Washington, D.C. Title: “Successfully Implementing a First-Year Course: Programs, Politics, and Persistence” (panelist)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Co-Director: Leadership Development Institutes, June 2000, Sumas, WA Title: “Strategies for Institutional Renewal & Changing Your Culture” (co-presenter) Title: “The Value of Diversity of Ideas & People” (panelist) Title: “Handling the Challenges of Leadership” (panelist)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Reunions of CAOs’ Institute, June 2000, Sumas, WA Title: “Five Things I Learned This Year” (chair) Title: “The Most Challenging/Most Gratifying Times” (panelist)

Institute on College Student Values, February 2000, Tallassee, FL Title: “Taking Values Seriously” (panelist)

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – Co-Director: Leadership Development Institutes, June 1998, Sumas, WA Title: “Spiritual Formation” (panelist) Title: “The Value of Diversity of Ideas & People” (panelist) Title: “Denominational Traditions” (moderator)

“Gender Issues Highlighted by the Comprehensive Assessment Project Findings” in Towards Excellence: Assessment and Retention in the CCCU, February 2002 Newsletter of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.

Christian Scholar’s Review (Winter, 2001): Review of Academic Freedom & Christian Scholarship, by Anthony J. Diekema (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000.

“Dreaming Big Dreams Together” in The Future of Christian Higher Education, edited by David Dockery and David Gushee (Broadman and Holman, 1999).

Christian Scholar’s Review (Spring 1998): Review of Models for Christian Higher Education: Strategies for Success in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Richard Hughes and William Adrian (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997).

Research on Christian Higher Education (Fall 1997): Taking Values Seriously: Assessing the Mission of Church-Related Higher Education.