In my first few years at ACU, many of my service activities revolved around two of my passion areas: mentoring students and collaborating with others in support of sustainability. For example, I became a faculty advisor for the ACU Enactus Chapter because I believe in its mission focused on utilizing entrepreneurial skill sets to address societal challenges and I love developing relationships with students. As I have grown and become more accustomed to my role as a teacher and researcher, I have been asked to serve in more capacities, some of which have stretched me beyond my comfort level and/or skill sets. For instance, I was approached by the COBA Associate Dean, Dr. Andy Little, a number of years ago about serving on the university athletics committee as it relates to academics. I believe my initial response was to laugh and say something like “are you sure you want me to be on that committee?” as I am not someone who is very knowledgeable or passionate about sports. However, this particular service commitment, as well as others I have taken on, reminds me that God often asks us to serve in ways for which we feel ill prepared. I believe that God requires us to faithfully and cheerfully serve to the best of our ability even if we do not fully understand the reasoning behind it.
Below is a summary of my service activities within ACU:
University
Committees/Task Forces
- Business & Mission day as a part of Summit (2017, 2018)
- ACU Tedx Curation team (2018)
- Member of University Athletics Committee, Academics (Fall 2018 – Spring 2021)
- Committee member for three undergraduate student honors theses (in business, environmental science and global studies, 2018-2019)
- New faculty mentor for Ramonica Scott (2019 – 2020)
- Faculty Senate (Summer 2020 – present)
- Co-led community group with student, Phoebe Voss (Fall 2020)
Other Service Activities
- Participated in first Pecha Kucha event in the Adams Center (Fall 2017)
- Offered benediction at graduation ceremony (December 2017)
- Spoke at Missions Student Associations Chapel (January 2019)
- Presented co-authored research project focused on bridging the research-practice gap at Qualitative Research Lunch in Adams Center (November 2019)
- Presented hymn research project with ACU co-authors for Adams Center lunch (February 2020)
- Served as guest speaker and/or client in colleagues’ classes across campus including: Tim Kennedy (engineering – Spring 2018), Dr. Monty Lynn (business – Spring 2017), Dr. Ron Morgan (global studies – Fall 2016), and Professor Monique Marquardt (engineering – Spring 2020)
College and Department
Committees/Task Forces
- Serve as a faculty advisor for ACU Enactus Student Chapter (Spring 2017 – present)
- Ad Hoc committee to revamp the Management Departmental Goals/Objectives (Spring 2018)
- Faculty advisor for CEO mission trip to Mission Lazarus in Honduras (Spring 2018)
- Co-led weekly COBA women’s bible study at my house (Spring 2017 – Fall 2019)
- Member of COBA Faculty and Staff Professional Development Committee (2018 – present)
- Co-chair of COBA BBA Core Task Force (2018-2019)
Other Service Activities
- Participated in COBA Research Series, presentation (Spring 2018)
- Organized Management Department chapel: Navigating Relationships in a Ring by Spring Culture (Spring 2018)
- Presented hymn research project with ACU co-authors for COBA Research lunch (November 2019)