KENDALLVILLE, Ind. - The HU women's golf team headed into Easter break by hosting its own invitational at Cobblestone Golf Course where they shot a 378 to finish fifth overall.Alexandria Maris finished tied for 13th with an 88 to pace Huntington. Rachel Blauert turned in a 92. Megan Higgins posted a 98 while Alayna Steely carded a 100. Other scores for HU included Sara Scott with 107 and Katie Springer's 109.
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The #RV Forester baseball team opened up its three-game series against Saint Francis (13-33, 7-16) with a pair of wins, 11-0, 4-2, Friday afternoon at Forest Glen. HU's quest for a conference championship continues as they improve to 23-11 overall, 17-6 in league play. Hitting came easily for the Foresters in the opener. Frame's crew collected 18 base pokes, four for extra bases. It's the third time this season HU has logged at least 15 hits in a contest.
UPLAND, Ind. - After dropping a 3-2 decision to the Trojans in the opener, the Huntington softball team stormed back with a 9-3 win over #RV Taylor University to split with their hosts on Friday afternoon at Gudakunst Field. Game one saw the two teams combine for 13 hits with HU posting six of them, three of which they collected in the fourth when they plated both their runs. Denaia Rice opened up the frame with single into shallow right and eventually found her way home on Taylor's only botched play of the day. It wasn't long after that that Sophia Beachy, who picked up her team's second hit of the inning, came around to score on Joelle Beal's RBI-single.
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The Forester baseball team is partnering with Go4theGoal on Saturday to help in the fight against pediatric cancer. Coach Frame and crew are scheduled to host Saint Francis for a doubleheader at Forest Glen with opening pitch slated for 2:00 p.m.Both teams will be sporting gold shoe laces as part of Lace UP 4 Pediatric Cancer to show their commitment and support to the fight against this devastating disease. In addition to raising awareness, HU will also be taking donations for Go4theGoal at the concession stand.
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The Crossroads League released its athletes of the week and among the list was Huntington University junior Adrien Gentie as the CL Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.Running on his home turf over the weekend, Gentie broke the school record in the 1500 meters by posting a time of 3:58.03, good for first place on Saturday among the field of 16 runners.
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The #RV Huntington baseball team split a doubleheader with Marian Tuesday afternoon to claim their sixth regular season series win in CL action. Game one saw the Knights tee off in the ninth to plate six runs on the way to an 8-2 decision before HU regrouped for a 5-0 W in the nightcap.The two teams met for the first time back on April 9 where the Foresters got the best of MU, 3-2, in a ten-inning affair. Frame's crew now boasts a 21-11 overall record which includes holding a 15-6 in CL play. HU is sitting atop the Crossroads League standings, a half-game ahead of Mount Vernon.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Forester women's golf team was back in action on Monday to compete in the Taylor-hosted Ackerman-Allen Shootout where they claimed eighth with a 699.Betsy Schroeder had a solid outing by firing a 12-over-par 156 (79-77) to finish tenth out of 39 golfers. Over the course of two rounds, she sank three birdies and tallied 18 pars. Alexandria Maris turned in 173 by posting an 87 and 86.
On Wednesday, April 17, the Huntington University Student Government Association will once again host its annual Academic Research Forum for undergraduate students.
Nineteen presentations will take place within a span of two hours, with sessions running concurrently from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in three rooms in Dowden Science Hall. Both individual presenters and small groups of students will have twelve minutes apiece to share their research projects and answer questions from the audience about their work.
Topics for this year’s Forum include such varied subjects as Parkinson’s disease, technology and libraries, vigilante justice, Indiana House Bill 1277, Kung Fu Panda,voodoo, aphids, fundamental religiosity, women in ministry and more. Presentations come from in-depth, faculty-reviewed coursework and represent some of the very best scholarship from Huntington University undergraduate students.
The Academic Research Forum is free and open to the public.
The evening of April 8 was even better than expected for the Huntington University faculty and students from Indiana and Arizona who attended the Broadcast Educators Association Festival of Media Arts award presentation at the annual convention in Las Vegas.
“For those of you who teach or coach, you know how special it is when your students receive special recognition for their hard work,” said Dr. Lance Clark, associate dean of the arts and professor of digital media arts, shortly after the event. “Last night was a very special night of recognition for our DMA film, animation and broadcast media students.”
Huntington University digital media arts faculty and students were already aware that they would be claiming 15 awards throughout the evening, the second highest number of awards per school in this year’s competition. Student projects “Motions,” “Pig Tails,” and “The Concourse” earned three of the 11 possible Best of Festival Awards for students.
In addition to the three Best of Festival awards, Huntington University students garnered two first-place awards, three second-place awards, one third-place award, and six Awards of Excellence. Adam Widener, assistant professor of digital media arts/broadcast media, received an Award of Excellence for his documentary film “The Promise.”
What neither faculty nor students knew as the awards presentation began, however, was that they were soon to win a 16th award. “The Concourse,” the work of recent HU alums Jonathon Kane and James Ehle, received the “Best of Best of Fest” award, taking home the top prize given to any student entry.
“We did not know that was coming, so it topped off an awesome evening,” said Jeff Berggren, director of Arizona operations.
“‘The Concourse’ has become more than I ever hoped and dreamed it would be,” said Kane. “Thank you to everyone who helped make this film possible!”
The Broadcast Educators Association Festival of Media Arts is a competitive festival open to BEA individual faculty and student members. Competition ranges from dramatic narratives to non-fiction documentary and news to the frontiers of interactive multimedia. This year’s competition included over 1,500 student entries from over 300 universities around the world.
For the full list of BEA Festival of Media Arts awards, please go online.
Spring break may traditionally be a time for relaxation and beach life for many college students, but film majors from Huntington University Arizona used part of their recent spring break to gather footage for a junior film project.
The film shoot was just one of three junior film projects that were in production in March. Two narrative films, “Be There” and “Mended,” entered the principal photography phase. A documentary film project on pit bulls and their owners has been conducting interviews and acquiring b-roll footage.
“While many might think of a day on set as ‘fun,’” said Phil Wilson, Arizona digital media arts program director, “our student crews put in full 12-14 hour days on these projects – moving heavy equipment like stands, dollies, lights, and even furniture – with these shoots lasting three full days.”
Film shoots are truly a collaborative community event, with approximately 10 film production majors involved in the process. Other students help on the crew of each film. In addition to university support, the junior films rely on coordination with the West Valley community for actors, locations and financial support for gear rentals and crew meals. Through this experience, film producers and team leads are learning the value of community engagement.
“Overall standout moments were our crew working tirelessly and our actors nailing their performances and having to get emotional and cry for several scenes,” said Stephen Davis, HU Arizona student and director of “Be There.” “It was all a truly great experience.”
Projects began when students pitched ideas to their classmates and the HU Arizona film faculty. After receiving the green light, the director of each film wrote and revised scripts with the oversight of screenwriting faculty. All three projects had been in pre-production since February.
With principal photography wrapped, the films have entered the post-production phase, which will include meticulous shot-by-shot editing.
For film production students, film shoots are the perfect opportunity to learn how to manage a team, communicate vision and leave room for stellar performances.
“Our Junior Film students are at a high level,” said Wilson. “This group in particular is talented, hardworking, and in it for the right reasons.”
Three students from the Huntington University Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy recently earned regional and national attention for their high achievements in their field and as individuals of integrity.
Kayla Deaton, a second-year occupational therapy student, will accept a Better Business Bureau 2019 University Student of Integrity Award on April 24 at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation in Fort Wayne. The Student of Integrity Award recognizes current university students who show strong leadership ability and ethics and a dedication to positively impacting others. Students who receive this award also receive a scholarship for the following academic year.
“Kayla exhibits the highest level of ethical and moral soundness through her Christian education at Huntington University,” said Dr. Ruth Ford, associate dean of health science and occupational therapy doctorate director.
Ali Lannom, a second-year occupational therapy student, was selected as one of thirty research occupational therapy students in the United States to attend the American Occupational Therapy Association’s three-day Scientific Institute. This scholarship award recognizes and promotes future researchers in occupational therapy and includes an all-expenses paid trip to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation awarded a scholarship to Ethan Fahrney, a third-year Huntington University occupational therapy student, for his research efforts. Fahrney was also one of thirty Scientific Institute Award recipients in 2017 and has co-authored three publications in national journals in the past three years at HU. Fahrney will graduate with his doctoral degree in May 2019.
On Wednesday, April 17, U.S. agriculture experts will gather at Huntington University for a timely discussion on global food security, hosted by the Farm Journal Foundation.
Senator Todd Young (R-IN), U.S. Ambassador Designate to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Kip Tom, and Kassi Tom Rowland of Tom Farms and Farm Journal Foundationwill discuss the important role of U.S. leadership in advancing global food security and international agricultural research.
Considering the world’s population could reach almost 10 billion by 2050, the relationship between farming communities in Indiana and U.S. global food security efforts takes on even greater importance.
“Growing up in a multi-generational farming family in Indiana, I understand the importance of American agriculture to our own economy and to feeding the world,” said Mr. Tom, the U.S. Ambassador Designate to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, “Indiana is the eighth-largest agricultural exporter in the nation. The agricultural products that we export – that the nation exports – improve global food security, reduce poverty, and forge economic ties with new trade partners.”
American farmers continue to find innovative ways to grow more food, faster, with fewer resources, by developing new technologies to scale up global food production. This is the time to continue support for U.S. government programs such as Feed the Future which is advancing agricultural research and global food security.
“Huntington is honored to host Senator Young and the other panelists for this important discussion,” said Dr. Sherilyn Emberton, President of Huntington University. “Food security around the world is an important issue to us. Huntington’s Haupert Institute of Agricultural Studies collaborates with other Indiana universities to promote the growth and sustainability of producers at all levels, and lifting up those less fortunate is a central part of our mission.”
For more information, please visit www.huntington.edu/FarmJournalEvent.
About Huntington University
Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America’s Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution a “Best Midwestern College.” Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The non-profit university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).
About Farm Journal Foundation
Farm Journal Foundation (FJF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, founded in 2010, that works to sustain modern agriculture’s ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and advocacy. The organization works to advance this mission through key issues areas, including global food security, agricultural research and development, nutrition, and conservation agriculture. FJF employs an integrated advocacy framework comprised of three central programs: Farmers Feeding the World, HungerU and FJF Policy Dialogue. To learn more visit www.farmjournalfoundation.org.
The Department of History and Political Science at Huntington University is pleased to announce that undergraduate students Juliet Wilson and Trent Yentes are winners of the 2018 Jack P. Barlow, Sr., History Book Prize.
Wilson, now a two-time book prize winner, is pursuing a degree in political science and international and development studies. She hails from Goshen, Indiana, and intends to graduate in May of 2020. Yentes, from Fairland, Indiana, is working toward a degree in history education. He expects to graduate in May of 2021.
“Trent and Juliet are committed students who demonstrate leadership in the classroom,” said Dr. Jeffrey Webb, professor of history of Huntington University. “They take great pride in their work and consistently submit projects that reflect the best of their ability.”
Each year, the Department of History and Political Science presents the Jack P. Barlow, Sr., History Book Prize to an outstanding student or students in the department’s advanced research seminar. Webb’s seminar in early American history focused on the development of democratic institutions and practices in the colonial period. For their project, Wilson and Yentes researched the design and early modification of Pennsylvania’s schemes of provincial government.
Jack P. Barlow, Sr., served for over three decades as professor of American history at Huntington University. The history prize named in his honor carries a cash award funded by the Ron Frank Fund, which rewards academic achievement and student participation at professional academic conferences. The fund was established in 1973 in honor of Ron Frank, who passed away unexpectedly in the spring semester of his senior year at Huntington University.
Huntington University’s tradition of thought-provoking Forester Lectures continues on Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in Zurcher Auditorium in the Merillat Centre for the Arts. Dr. Jarvis Williams, associate professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will present a talk entitled “Christ Died for Our Sins.”
Williams has written extensively on race and Christianity, grace and identity. His work has appeared in scholarly journals and through The Witness, The Gospel Coalition and The Front Porch.
“Dr. Williams was asked to be a Forester Lecturer because his work on racial reconciliation seemed to me to be important, challenging, and God-glorifying,” said Dr. David Alexander, associate professor of philosophy at Huntington University. “I love how his constant refrain is for all of us to own up to our various sins, including race-related sins, and then to lay them at the feet of Jesus Christ, the only person able to atone for them and able to bring genuine unity to the world.”
As usual, the April 4 Forester Lecture is free and open to the public. Students and community members alike are invited to attend.
“These lectures provide students with opportunities to hear from insightful people from a variety of professions and disciplines,” said Dr. Rebekah Benjamin, associate professor of psychology at Huntington University. “We host speakers from an incredibly wide variety of backgrounds and expertise. Listening to and interacting with these lecturers challenges our students to reconsider their perspectives, worldviews, goals, and beliefs. Students who thoughtfully attend these lectures will come away from their time at HU with a more well-developed liberal arts education than if they hadn’t.”