CAMPUS PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STUDENT NEWS Fulbright Scholarship Awarded Elizabeth Hall, a senior Spanish and Education major has been named a 2007 Fulbright Scholar. Hall plans to spend eight months teaching and studying in Uruguay funded by the Fulbright's English Teaching Assistantship award. She will be assisting with English classes in a public school as well as working with Uruguayan teachers who are studying to become English teachers. Additionally, she will do volunteer work at Defensa de Los Ninos International, a children's rights organization in Montevideo. "It is overwhelming, exciting and such an honor to be named a Fulbright Scholar," Hall said. "The opportunity to live, study and teach abroad has been a dream of mine since I finished my study-abroad year in Salamanca, Spain. What a privilege it will be to represent my country and my college in Uruguay." Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Jennifer Elkins, junior business administration major, was selected as the 2007 U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen at the National Conference of State Societies Cherry Blossom Ball in Washington, D.C. This is the first time a queen has been chosen from Missouri since the program started in 1948. The women qualify based on background, academic performance, leadership skills and ambitions. Elkins, a business major who plans to go to law school, has been an intern in U.S. Sen. Kit Bond's office in Washington. She has been invited to visit Japan in May by the Japan Cherry Blossom Association and will travel to various events there with her counterpart, Michiru Hirabayski, the Japan Cherry Blossom Queen. Spring Break Mission Trips Emphasize Student Service By Rebekah Bouas Over 40 students spent Spring Break serving on mission trips to various locations. "When I came I was putting together one trip a break," Jeff Buscher, campus minister, said. "What seems to be happening now is students are coming up with places to go and identifying needs that they want to help meet." The original trip planned for spring break was to New York City. Eleven students, along with Dr. Andy Pratt, campus chaplain, and Buscher flew to New York City to work five days of ministry, working with Mosaic Church, an intentionally multicultural church in the inner city. They worked with the church's Friendly Touch ministry, handing out treats on the street along with friendly smiles; they also worked with World Vision where they sorted pharmaceutical product donations to be dispersed to different providers. The group also partnered with East 7th Street Baptist Church in the graffiti center of the city to help out with the church's parents' day out by providing free childcare. While these students are spent their nights in the New York School of Urban Ministry, another group slept in large FEMA tents in Pass Christian, Miss. Hannah Smith, junior, decided to head up another mission trip to the Gulf region. "I've spent close to 100 hours in the Gulf region. My passion is combating homelessness and this is doing that," Smith said. Dr. Patrick Bunton, professor of physics and mathematics, Cathleen Sullivan, a William Jewell alumna, and 24 William Jewell students drove two vans to Mississippi. Once there, they worked repairing gutted houses or rebuilding houses ruined by hurricanes. The third student mission trip was held at Forest Avenue Family Shelter in Kansas City's inner city. Students worked on cleaning the church and shelter, including stripping and waxing the floors and cleaning the windows. Five faculty and staff members traveled to Guatemala to assess the possibility of a service trip for March of 2008. The group was headed by Donette Alonzo, director of multicultural administration, who has been affiliated for the past ten years with Proyecto de Salud Sangre de Cristo, a health project in Guatemala. They hoped to find opportunities for students to work with the health project in clinics and health education outreach as well as working to build ecological latrines and work with schools. "It's a good experience for the students to have," Alonzo said. The plan of the service trip is to "help them realize they can be agents for change and that they are global students." Others in the group included Ruth Kauffman, Steve Harris Robbie Jo Hughes, and Lori Wetmore. The team members hoped to return with pictures, stories, and projects to encourage student participation in the years to come. Service during Spring Break: Pass Christian, Mississippi Hannah Smith (Student Organizer) Patrick Bunton (Faculty/Staff) Cathleen Sullivan (Alumna '91) Amanda Novak Amy Shoemyer Anna Norberg-Eskilson Betsy Bramon Brett Mach Anna Perko Cali Harms Cameron Jackson Dane Engquist Daniel North Danielle Gray Erin McGonigle Heather Stewart Jonathon Entzminger Josh Brettmann Lea Hogsett Megan Copeland Nicholas Levine Rachel DeVilbiss Rachel Sheffield Ryan Gentzler Tyler B. Folan New York, New York Andrew Wideman (Student Organizer) Andrew Pratt (Faculty/Staff) Jeff Buscher (Faculty/Staff) Jordan Wiarda Chris Stratton Barrett Wooten Stephen Summit Alexa Broyles Dena Hayes Alicia Pavkov Nikki Pollman Debra Bowman Jacquie Essary Forest Avenue Family Shelter, Kansas City, Missouri Sarah Taylor (Student Organizer) Dr. Blane Baker (Faculty/Staff) Summer Boehne (Student & Staff @ Forest Ave) Jamie Richmiller Jamin Quilla Stephanie Gonzales Cattie Price Mortar Board Members Selected for 2007-08 Twenty-four William Jewell College juniors were recently tapped for Mortar Board, a highly-selective and prestigious national honor society. Rising seniors are selected by consensus of the graduating Mortar Board class, with careful scrutiny given to the applicant's scholarship, leadership and service. Applicants' GPA must be in the top 30% of their class, and they must demonstrate excellence in all three pillars of Mortar Board's standards. In addition to continuing their already-demonstrated participation in scholarship, leadership and service, Mortar Board members must also commit to an additional service project that embraces the organization's national theme "Reading is Leading". The Mortar Board class of 2007 recently completed two service projects: The Lion and the Unicorn Reading Program, which brought second graders from Liberty Public Schools to the historic Garrison School of Liberty; and ChessMates, which involved a weekly commitment to an after-school program that used the game of chess as a vehicle to develop fifth graders' analytical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Mortar Board partnered with another campus organization, SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) to develop ChessMates, and planned a Saturday morning chess tournament for all participants. Mortar Board, Class of 2008: Ashley Billinger Kansas City, Mo. Rebekah Bouas   Ferguson, Mo. Anne Brown-Pollard   Liberty, Mo. Philip Cantwell St. Charles, Mo. Krystle Chase Marshall, Mo. Julie Duncan Springfield, Mo. Emily Fine Higginsville, Mo. Allyson Fry Omaha, Neb. Melissa Herschlag O'Fallon, Mo. Melissa Hill Greenwood, Mo. Erin McGonigle Wichita, Kan. Jessica Nichols Lawrence, Kan. Courtney Noll Prairie Village, Kan. Merritt Poole St. Charles, Ill. Katherine Prather Liberty, Mo. Christina Pryor Wichita, Kan. Morgan Romine Branson, Mo. Margaret Street Mahomet, Ill. Thomas Suter Waynesville, N.C. Rachel Vig Bloomington, Minn. Lindsey Voss Arnold, Mo. Nathan Weinert Winfield, Kan. David Wiegert Liberty, Mo. Alexander Williams Liberty, Mo.       Women's Basketball Team Member Achievements Members of the women's basketball team have been recognized for their achievements. First-year guard Hillary Adams was named to the Heart of America Athletic Conference All-Conference first team. First-year forward Erica Ferguson was named to the All-Conference second team. In addition, Ferguson was named as the Heart of America Conference Freshman of the Year. Sophomore guard Jessica Stewart and senior forward Roxi Davitt were named to the All-Conference Honorable Mention team. Adams was also named an Honorable Mention NAIA All-American. Humanitarian Service Award Winners Announced William Jewell College has announced the recipients of the John and Mary Pritchard Humanitarian Service Award. This year's award winners are Julie Bramon and Lauren Hale. Bramon is a junior art major; she plans work for six weeks this summer with the Peace Rehabilitation Center (PRC) in Kathmandu, Nepal. PRC is Nepal's first official AIDS hospice and a leading anti-trafficking organization. While at PRC, she will conduct art therapy sessions for the women at the rehabilitation home and will use her experience as a nurse's aid in the AIDS hospice. She will also serve as an English teacher, helping the women and girls develop writing and speaking skills. Hale is a first-year student pursuing a major in International Relations with a double minor in Spanish and Non-Profit Leadership. She plans to live in Antigua, Guatemala, for two months this summer working with Escuela Integrada de Los Ninos Trabajodores, teaching English to children in grades one through four. She will also teach art classes to fourth-grade children. Escuela Integrada provides education to children who cannot afford to attend school. The school also provides children with daily nutrition, free medical attention, medicine and counseling. The Pritchard Humanitarian Service Award is provided by and named for the founders and nurturers of Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City, a provider of affordable housing for low-income families. For more than two decades, the Pritchards sought strong and effective ways to interact with people in need. The award goes annually to William Jewell students who commit to engaging with people in need, developing relationships with people different from themselves in all fundamental aspects while learning about their own unique gifts and calling. SIFE Team Named A Regional Champion; Advances to National Competiton The WJC SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) team has been named a SIFE USA Regional Champion following their participation in the SIFE USA Regional Competition held March 30 in Rogers, Ark. The event was one of 17 SIFE USA Regional Competitions being held across the United States in March and April. The team advanced to the national competition in Dallas. SIFE is an international non-profit organization active on more than 1,400 university campuses in 48 countries. SIFE teams create economic opportunities in their communities by organizing outreach projects that focuses on market economics, entrepreneurship, personal financial success skills and business ethics. "Our 'Cash Cow Financial Project' was a great success," said project manager Steven Ritter, senior business and marketing major. "Through four educational lessons on the basics of finance, we were able to provide 3rd- and 4th-graders at St. James School in Liberty the knowledge and means to manage their own money responsibly. The students completing the course were able to open up their own $20 savings account provided by project partner M&I Bank. Students even donated part of their money to Heifer International, a charity providing farm animals to villages that are in need." Other Student News Alexander Williams , senior political science, psychology and history major, will be presenting research he conducted with his father Robert Williams, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in Portland, Ore., in July. Eight William Jewell College students recently attended the Missouri Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (MO-ASM) meeting at the University of Missouri- Columbia. Chase Engel, sophomore biology major, took second place in the undergraduate division platform presentation. William Jewell was the only liberal arts college represented in a field of five state universities. Members of the HILLTOP MONITOR student newspaper staff received 15 awards from the Missouri College Media Association. Emily Wales, editor-in-chief, and Danielle Mills, associate editor, brought home staff awards in such categories as Investigative Reporting, in-depth reporting, column writing, editorial writing, photography, entertainment column, photography, and sports writing. Kevin Garner and Luke Landry are the winners of the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence. In only their fourth tournament together, the team easily defeated top-seeded University of California-Berkeley in finals on the issue of whether France should send election monitors to Algeria. Garner was top speaker for the tournament and Landry was second. They qualified for the elimination round bracket with an 11-1 record. Garner, is a senior communication major; Landry, is a senior philosophy major. The National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence was held March 17-18 at the University of Wyoming. The tournament brings together the top 56 parliamentary debate teams in the nation to compete at this elite event. Jewell's second team, consisting of James Luce, junior, and Jake Williams, sophomore, qualified for the elimination round bracket with a 7-5 record before losing to UC-Berkeley and Southern Illinois University. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Dr. Blane Baker has an article accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Physics Education. The pedagogical contribution is entitled "Using a Household Device to Show Application of Capacitors." Baker is Professor of Physics. Curry Library is pleased to announce that Dianne Sires and Dee Day completed KCMLIN certification for library paraprofessionals in December and March respectively. Certification courses included Customer Service, Basic Reference, Computer Troubleshooting, Emerging Library Trends, Internet & Electronic Resources, Search Engines and Searching Skills. Dr. Bradley Chance, Professor of Religion and Departmental Chair, offered a paper at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in Washington, D. C. in November of 2006. His paper was entitled "Faith and the Discipline in the Classroom: A Crucial Dialectical Relationship." In the paper Chance reviewed how at William Jewell College faith intersects with the discipline of the critical study of the Bible, surveying how he employs the textbook that he co-authored with his Jewell colleague Milton Horne, Reading the Bible: An Introduction to the Biblical Story, to encourage students to become critical readers of the Bible while, at the same time, intersecting critical scholarship with their own faith. A revised version of the paper was published in the SBL Forum, March 2007, and is available on-line at http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=642. Chance also delivered a paper at the Central States regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in St. Louis in March, entitled "The Beginning or the End? The End of Acts and the Beginning of Isaiah." Dr. Scott Falke, Assistant Professor of Biology, gave two platform presentations-one on a faculty-directed research project and one on his approach to bringing original research projects into coursework at the college at the Missouri Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (MO-ASM) meeting at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Dr. Falke was elected to MO-ASM's leadership council and agreed to an eight-year commitment, including two years as treasurer, two years as secretary, two years as vice president, then two years as president. Jill Cress was named HAAC women's basketball coach of the year for the first time in her 11 years as a coach at Jewell. "I feel more like this is a team award rather than an individual award," said Cress. Four student athletes were also named to the All-Conference team. The Cardinals finished the season as Co-HAAC Champions with a record of 27-7. They were upended in the second round of the NAIA Division II National Tournament by Hastings College (Neb.) 57-46. Nursing Department faculty recently have been recognized - • Instructor Kim Cornwell has received the Outstanding Service Award from the Research Foundation of Kansas City, Mo. • Associate Professor Nancy Crigger, PhD, APRN, BC, MA, has been appointed to Adjunct Professor in the Department of Bioethics, at Kansas City University Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Mo. ALUMNI NEWS Ron '69 and Marsha Davis host Sigma Nu alumni and friends at St. Albans Golf Club in St. Louis WJC theatre alumni from the 70s and 80s got together recently in Liberty to reminisce and recall theatre productions and events. Standing (left to right): Elizabeth Taylor '81, Byron Motley '81, Karen Beard McKernan '79, Douglas Enderle '78, Bob Petty '76, Patricia Zwiebel Petty '77. Seated (left to right): Kenna Bratcher Lewis '79, Marybeth Smith Sorrell '79, former WJC Communication Professor Jan Glover, Karen Gill Stewart '80, Karen Kerr Garrison '78 Bob Motley and son Byron Motley '81 at Borders Books in Kansas City during a booksigning event promoting their book Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants and Stars - Umpiring in the Negro Leagues and Beyond