2007 News
New Programs:
PHED 300 -
Fundamentals of Coaching
Learn Spanish
Community Chorus
Family Business
Managing Public,
Non-Profit and Voluntary Organizations
Globe & Mail Gives King's an A+
David Long on blogging for sex
Should've performs in Turin, Italy
King’s Present at City Hall
Dr. David Long on “Nicknames”
Congratulations to Claire Paterson CCAA Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year
Dr. David Long on ACCESS TV
Steve Bell on Campus
Professor Bob Goudzwaard visits campus
New Director of Athletics
New Head Coach Women's Volleyball
Inclusive Post-Secondary Coordinator Appointed
Jan Taylor at the Fringe
International Students can work off campus
New Food Services
Dr. Spaling meets the Dutch Prime Minister
Dr. Hank Bestman appointed Chair of Natural Sciences Division
Dr. John Wood extends term as Chair of Director of Environmental Studies
Dr. John Sneep appointed interim Chair of Social Sciences Division
Dr. Brian Martin launches new textbook for high school students: Physics
The Globe and Mail released the findings of their 2007 University Report Card
and a collective cheer went up from the campus of The King's University College in Edmonton. This is the first year King's has participated in the survey and the results were very encouraging.
The survey tracks student opinion on campuses that range from 4,000 and under to schools with an enrolment of over 22,000. Going head to head in a survey against very large institutions was a bit of a risk but the results were splendid.
King's was the only university in Canada - of any size - that received an A+ rating for "Overall Student Satisfaction."
Here is a brief summary of King's other A+ results:
- Overall satisfaction with your university
- Overall quality of education received
- Quality of Teaching
- Faculty members' knowledge of subjects
- Level of interaction between faculty members and students
- Availability of faculty outside classroom hours
- Class sizes
- Service provided by library staff
- Sense of personal safety/security
Twenty-seven percent of the survey results were at least an A minus or higher with a full 71% at least a B minus or higher. To read more, click here.
King's is excited to offer PHED 300 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING
in the 2007/08 Winter academic term taught by Craig Wilsman (Director of Athletics)."Introduction to the multi-faceted field of coaching sports and physical activities. Topics include motivation and communication, skilly analysis, training, ethics and sport management."
The course is schedule for Tuesday and Thursdays @ 11:00 - 12:20 pm.
Prerequisites: 3 credits of PHED 205, 210, 211, 221, 216, 236. Students who do not have the prerequisites can talk to the professor about getting the prerequisite waived.
Students who want to register for the course can do so on-line or by coming to the Registry during the Winter Registration Adjustment period, November 13-30.
Learn Spanish
King´s University College is proud to announce the creation of "SPAN 200 - Introduction to Spanish." This winter University course will teach you the basics of Spanish - invaluable if you are planning a mission’s trip to central America. The course is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 - 9 pm. Starts January 4th. For more information or to enrol contact Hilda Buisman at 465-3500 or toll free at 1-800-661- 8582.
Community Chorus
King's is pleased to announce the start of a Community Chorus. Everyone is welcome to join! The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, January 9th from 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
Family Business
Are you involved in a family business? Do you ever wonder what you are going to do to manage succession? What about generational differences, taxes, and family values versus business values?
King's University College is offering a course on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 that runs for 14 weeks starting January 4, 2007. Participants can receive full university credit or audit the course for half price! For more information contact the Enrolment Services Department at 780-465-8334, toll free at 1-800-661- 8582 or admissions@kingsu.ca
Managing Public, Non-Profit and Voluntary Organizations
If you sit on the board of a not-for-profit organization you’ve probably asked yourself some tough questions. Do you have the right strategy? Is there a better way to raise funds? What’s my personal liability if something goes awry? How can I best recruit and train volunteers?
Beginning January 2, 2007 King’s will be offering a course on “Management of Non-Profit Organizations.” This 14 week course runs Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Participants can take the course for full university credit or audit the course for half price! For more information contact the Enrolment Services Department at 780-465-8334, toll free at 1-800-661- 8582 or admissions@kingsu.ca
David Long
Associate Professor of Sociology at King's was recently quoted by the Canwest Media Service on the subject of blogging and its connection to sex. (more)
Should've
Performed in Turin, Italy - Daniel van Heyst, Associate Professor of Art & Drama at King’s was in Turin, Italy as part of the presentation of Should've, a play about the ethics of decisions made in both science and art. Serving as Production Manager & Designer for Should've, Daniel was accompanied by Dr. Peter Mahaffy, Professor of Chemistry at King's, who will be addressing the Congress. (more)
King’s Present at City Hall
- About 250 people attended the announcement and reception at City Hall on April 26th as Edmonton received the designation of “Cultural Capital of Canada.” Daniel van Heyst, Associate Professor of Art & Drama at King’s was there along with representatives from the political, business and arts community. Part of the announcement featured King’s and its partnership in the presentation of “Should’ve,” a play by Professor Roald Hoffmann. Dr. Hoffmann is the winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and an international leader in forging friendlier relations between scientists, artists, and the public. As a writer, Hoffmann has carved out a land between science, poetry, and philosophy through many essays and books. “Should've” had its initial workshop production in Edmonton in March of 2006. It featured a staged public reading prepared by the same team of artists now working to bring the play to full production and to the world.
The 70-minute play will have its first performance at The World Chemistry Congress, the bi-annual meeting of The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), in Torino Italy on August 5, 2007 in the Lingotto Conference Centre’s 2000-seat concert hall. Dr. Hoffmann will launch the Congress with his plenary address on research ethics in science which will then be followed by the play.
King’s University College has committed its production facilities and its financial administration services, as well as Daniel vanHeyst’s time while on sabbatical from teaching responsibilities, to the development of the production. The Edmonton Arts Council has committed $10,000 to make “Should’ve” a key element of a Connections Between Arts and Science, a symposium co-sponsored by and hosted by The University of Alberta. The EAC has made the symposium an important element of its program of events celebrating Edmonton’s new status as a Cultural Capital of Canada. Presentations of the play will take place at various public theatres and on university campuses.
Dr. David Long on “Nicknames”
King’s Professor David Long was recently quoted in the Edmonton Journal by Scott McKeen in his article on male nicknames. Dr. Long noted that, "Male nicknaming strikes me as one of the ways that boys and men are able to connect with one another at a deeper personal level in their everyday lives. In countless ways, our society still cultivates the view that males aren't supposed to develop intimate relationships with one another. But deep down, we all know that boys and men aren't only interested in being independent, emotionally detached role players whose only concern is to be powerful and successful. We know as boys and men that we're in this together and that we need one another. So we quickly learn that one acceptable way of showing another male that we like them and that we want them to like us is to give them a nickname.” Dr. Long commented that nicknames are like a group's membership card signaling friendship and that they can act as rites of passage into manhood.
Steve Bell on Campus
Singer/songwriter Steve Bell spent time on the King's campus on Monday November 19th for a hunger awareness event co-sponsored by the Canada Foodgrains Bank and the Micah Centre. He gave a mini-concert at noon and the same evening gave a concert in conjunction with a hunger event.
Professor Bob Goudzwaard
(PhD, Erasmus University) - spoke at King's University College on October 18 and 19. The subject of his public lecture was, "Hope in Troubled Times: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises." Professor Goudzwaard is professor emeritus of economics and social philosophy at the Free University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Dutch Parliament. His many books include Globalization and the Kingdom of God.
Panel of Respondents:
* Hon. Doug Roche, O.C., former Conservative MP and Canada's Ambassador for Disarmament.
* Dr. Jan Wesselius, Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus
Topic Description: “Daring to Hope: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises"
News reports, and reports from scientific and other experts, suggest that we live in catastrophic times. Species destruction, climate change, heightened military and terrorist devastation, economic crises and global poverty threaten to shut down the future. Fierce ideologies of identity, unending material progress and guaranteed security interact and seem designed to extinguish hope. What is the meaning of hope today? Is hope merely a cheap flight into the supernatural, a form of escape? We’ll explore whether genuine hope, deeply rooted in reality itself, can generate realistic alternatives to the present darkness.
Do the Gospel and global climate change have anything to do with each other? How do we respond when dynamic economic processes are at work which deeply threaten the viability of God’s earth? In this session we’ll explore the global climate change crisis. We’ll assess the solutions now being implemented, asking whether they offer hope or merely exacerbate the problem. And we’ll explore possible economic alternatives, at both policy and personal levels, that flow from a posture of repentance.
Biographical Information
Bob Goudzwaard, a former member of the Dutch Parliament, is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Social Philosophy at the Free University of Amsterdam. Both within and outside of his extensive political career, Goudzwaard has been deeply involved in international development issues. He is past chair of the Dutch Royal Society for Political Economics and former co-President of the European Ecumenical Commission, operating in Brussels. Recently he chaired a two-year consultation between the World Council of Churches, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Goudzwaard is the author of, among other publications, Capitalism and Progress (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979), Idols of Our Time (Intervarsity Press, 1984) and Beyond Poverty and Affluence: Toward A Canadian Economy of Care (with Harry de Lange; Foreword by Maurice F. Strong) (University of Toronto Press, 1994). Goudzwaard is a frequent public speaker in North America. He serves as a consultant to the Center for Public Justice in Washington D.C. and Citizens for Public Justice in Toronto, and as an Associate of the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto.
His latest book is co-authored with Mark Vander Vennen, and David Van Heemst, Hope in Troubled Times: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises and is receiving excellent reviews. Bishop Desmond Tutu writes the Foreward.
New Director of Athletics
King's is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Wilsman as Director of Athletics. "We are thrilled with the vision, experience and qualifications that Craig brings to our Athletics program," says Dr. Harry Spaling, Vice President Academic. "Craig brings enthusiasm, creativity and a servant-leader approach that will benefit not only King's program but the ACAC and CCAA as well". Craig will also be Head Coach for Men's Basketball. He has a MSc in Recreation & Park Management and a BA in Physical Education. From 2005 - 07, Craig was Head Coach of Women's Basketball at Warner Southern College in South Lake Wales, Florida and was AD and Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Prairie Bible College, Three Hills, Alberta from 2000-05.
New Head Coach Women's Volleyball
- Jon Heinen has been appointed Head Coach, Women's Volleyball. A former King's student (B.Mus.) and Eagles player (ACAC All Conference player for 3 years), Jon also served as assistant coach under Greg Barthel, played professional volleyball in Sweden and led the Senior Volleyball Team from Edmonton Christian High to their first-ever provincial championship. Jon is currently pursuing his secondary BEd degree at U. of A.
Inclusive Post-Secondary Coordinator Appointed
Jen Roberts (King's alum) has been appointed as the Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Coordinator to enable the inclusion of students with developmental disabilities into our academic programs and student life. This appointment is a joint initiative between King's and the Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL). Jen is employed by AACL but secunded to our campus to work with the two students admitted under this program.
Jan Taylor
A newly appointed drama instructor at King’s and an active member of the Edmonton theatre community, directed two productions during Edmonton’s Fringe Festival in August 2007. “Woof: A Heartwarming Tail,” is the story of seven year-old Abigail and her silly dog Woof. It’s a fun filled adventure of love and acceptance. Jan also directed, “The Diary Project,” a play about the inner secrets of real people as they collide in mysterious ways.
A Memorandum of Agreement between King's and the Province of Alberta was received today (August 13/07) which allows international students (in good standing) to obtain permits for off-campus work.
This Agreement, which was negotiated between the Provincial and Federal Governments, has been a long time coming. The Agreement opens up employment opportunities for our international students, and will make it much easier for them, for example, to arrange internships. Our international students have been eagerly awaiting this development. Our hope is that these new possibilities will also enable us to recruit more international students. We are thankful that this issue has now been resolved.
New Food Services
King's is pleased to report that our food services on campus will be "under new management" effective August 1st. Our new chef, Michel Lamontagne is a familiar face to many at King´s since he worked as a chef in our cafeteria for 2 years about 4-5 years ago. He has since taken further training at NAIT in food and nutrition management. Michel who comes from Quebec, has many years of experience as a fine-dining restaurant chef in the Edmonton area.
When Michel met with the Food Services Task Force this spring, he indicated that he values high quality, excellent service, flexibility and responsiveness, environmental stewardship and a willingness to think outside the box. He is eager to develop a recycling and composting program and to reduce non-reusable items used in the cafeteria. Michel and his wife look forward to the opportunity to participate in the King´s community again.
Chartwell's (and its predecessor Beaver Foods) has provided food services for King´s over the past 14 years, ever since King´s relocated to this campus in 1993. They have very likely met and fed more people over that time period than we can imagine. We would like to thank them for the contribution they have made to our campus life and wish them God´s blessings in the days ahead.
Dr. Harry Spaling Meets with Dutch Prime Minister
June 11, 2007
Dr. Spaling represented King's at a reception for the Dutch Prime Minister Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende. Dr. Spaling reports that “In our discussion about King's, I emphasized our connection to the Dutch-Kuperian tradition, named after Abraham Kuyper, theologian and Dutch Prime Minister (1901-05).” Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende was the 2004 recipient of the Abraham Kuyper Prize of Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life awarded by Princeton Theological Seminary.
Prior to entering politics, Dr. Balkenende was professor (part-time) of Christian social thought on society and economics at the Free University of Amsterdam from 1993-2002. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende was in Canada to meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephan Harper to discuss Afghanistan and global climate change, as well as lead a trade mission on environmental technology for the oil sands in Alberta.
APPOINTMENTS
Dr. Hank Bestman Appointed - has been appointed Chair of the Natural Sciences Division
following Dr. Brian Martin's six-year term. The appointment begins July 1, 2007. Hank also served previously as Chair. Many thanks to Brian and welcome back Hank
Dr. John Wood Extends Term - Dr. John Wood has graciously agreed to extend his six-year term into a seventh as Director of Environmental Studies. The appointment/extension begins July 1, 2007.
Dr. John Sneep Appointed - Dr. John Sneep has been appointed as interim Chair of the Social Sciences Division for 2007-08 (while John Hiemstra is on sabbatical). Dr. Sneep is returning fresh after his own sabbatical and ready to serve in this capacity.
Province Boosts Student Loan System - More than 2,000 students will benefit from changes to the province's student loan system. This spring and summer, the Alberta government will introduce increased financial support for medical residents, post-secondary students with families, those studying part-time and students with disabilities. (read more)
The Alberta Government announced a new $25M Student Assistance Program to help students with everything from accomodations, to annual student loan limits. For complete details click here or for a .pdf click here.
Dr. Brian Martin Launches New Book
Dr. Brian Martin, one of King's very own, is one of the main authors for a Pearson Educational Publishers book entitled "Physics." The book will be used by all high school students in the Province of Alberta who take physics. That is, roughly 18,000 students. The book will also, in other editions, be marketed in other regions of Canada. Congratulations Dr. Martin!