To support my collegiality, I share a representative sample of letters and notes from faculty and students\u00a0with whom I have shared various relationships and experiences.\u00a0 They form a variety of responses\u00a0that represent my time here as colleague, instructor, mentor, counselor, tutor, navigator\/guide, and friend.<\/p>\n
I believe the greatest blessing\u00a0we can experience\u00a0is to make a difference in someone’s life. \u00a0 The difference between the years prior to becoming an associate professor and those prior to full professorship is that an associate professor looks to their own development. \u00a0By contrast, growth towards full professorship looks to support the advancement of others.<\/p>\n
As a teacher, I want students to\u00a0understand how to\u00a0make a difference in whatever role they serve, and that the opportunity to help someone can happen at any time, in many unanticipated ways. \u00a0As a mentor, I consider the talents of new faculty and look for opportunities to help them grow in their professional development.<\/p>\n
In this list, I\u00a0begin with\u00a0a letter that came to me by email in 2010 from a peer during\u00a0my undergraduate years as an engineering student at the University of Arkansas. \u00a0I end the list with the letter from a colleague who I chose to work with in recent years during the trials of life that come with working and trying to complete a PhD program. \u00a0My prayer is that many\u00a0people will be impacted in similar ways as\u00a0we\u00a0serve Christ in our respective ministries\u00a0at ACU.<\/p>\n
2010 Unsolicited Letter from Kerry Smith; relationship – served as\u00a0his tutor in U of A engineering program<\/a><\/p>\n 2011 Unsolicited Letter from Jeanene Reese – CORE co-teacher, VS co-advisor<\/a><\/p>\n 2011 Solicited Letter from Jozell Brister – co-author and researcher<\/a><\/p>\n 2012 Solicited Letter from Ryan Goodwin – minister, Wylie Church of Christ<\/a><\/p>\n 2012 Solicited Letter from Jess Weeden – undergraduate research assistant<\/a><\/p>\n 2018 Dr. Mary Finney<\/a>,\u00a0Distinguished Emeritus Professor,\u00a0Ohio University,\u00a0Worthington, OH 43085-346, 2017-2018 MSR Chair<\/p>\n 2015 Dr. Lee Robbins<\/a>, retired professor, Harvard University; founding member of the Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) interest group, Academy of Management (AOM)<\/p>\n 2015 Dr.\u00a0Kathryn Pavlovich<\/a>, Professor of Strategy and HCM, University of Waikato, New Zealand, 2015-2016 MSR Chai<\/p>\n 2015 Richard Major<\/a>, Exemplarity, Professor of Strategy and Transformation, Institut de Gestion Sociale, Paris, France, International Rep at Large, MSR<\/p>\n 2015 Dr. John Weaver<\/a>, Dean of Library Services, ACU<\/p>\n 2015 Dr. Don Pope<\/a>, Associate Professor of Management, COBA, ACU<\/p>\n 2015 Dr. Doug Foster<\/a>, Professor of Biblical Studies, CBS, ACU<\/p>\n Unsolicited Letter from Phil Boone – Financial Support<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – anonymous thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – financial support<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – financial support<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – dinner<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – financial thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited Note from Student – speaker thanks<\/a><\/p>\n Recruitment Calls – this year I saw one of the first students I spoke to\u00a0through recruitment calls graduate!<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited note from tenants\/students – thanks and more<\/a><\/p>\n Unsolicited note from tenants\/students – thanks<\/a><\/p>\n