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Eighty-four students received awards in twenty-six categories during our 2008 Awards Chapel. The printed program includes names of 225 students who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 during the fall semester. Go on line to jbc.edu and see a listing of names.
Principal Guo Qinxue, his translator Amy Guai, and JBC alumnus and teacher Ryan Moulden made up a three-member delegation to our campus from No. 47 School in Zhengzhou, China. Annually our students travel to Zhengzhou and teach English to ethnic Chinese middle school and high school students. This is the school with whom a sister school agreement was made in 2005. The agreement facilitates JBC students and alumni teaching at No. 47, and provides opportunity for their teachers to come to our campus for extended stays. Duan Hua just returned to China after spending nearly three months with us. Youxin Ding visited last year.
Members of the Class of 1958 were inducted into the 50th Anniversary Club during a three-day reunion on campus last week. Thirty-nine members of the Classes of 1940, '43, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '57, '58, and '63 returned to reunite, reminisce, and rejoice. Dennis Helsabeck ('34), our oldest known living alumnus, returned for our Founder's Day Chapel service.
On March 15th, the JBC faculty unveiled ChurchLink, a web-zine compiled to inform, equip, and inspire ministers, church leaders, and other church workers. ChurchLink is published three times each year. The next issue will be posted on July 15, 2008. You may read the introductory issue at jbc.edu/churchlink.
I was privileged to confer degrees on 158 students during 2008 Commencement: 46 Masters, 94 Bachelors, and 18 Associates degrees. My good friend, Wayne E. Shaw, delivered the commencement address. He is Dean Emeritus at Lincoln Christian Seminary. |
