FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
All of our faculty have accomplishments worth mentioning. The profiles on this page will rotate on a monthly basis.
Dr. Patricia Herman served as a representative to the Higher Education Collaborative on reading and language arts. Four other Wayland professors were involved in the collaborative other professors in the collaborative. These included Dr. Kerri James and Dr. Allan Mc Near of the San Antonio Campus, Dr. Peggy Morris of the Albuquerque Campus, and Dr. Colleen Golightly of the Lubbock Campus.
Dr. Candace Keller designed and directed the completion of a new Graphic Art IMAC Design Lab, now in use for three classes in Harral Art Center. Dr. Keller also presented an Exhibition of Southwest Art in conjunction with Dr. Sandra Mosteller’s Faculty Recital, and designed the poster and program art and large-scale production art for the Wayland Theatre production, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” Dr. Keller, who continues to secure outstanding art exhibitions as Curator for Wayland’s Abraham Art Gallery, also coordinated the Heritage Chapel Visual Arts Faculty and Student Exhibition. She was Wayland’s representative to the TASA University Conference, a delegate to the Judy Chicago Symposium in Santa Fe, and a juror for West Texas A&M University’s Tri-State Art Exhibition. In addition, Dr. Keller gave a presentation to the Tulia Lions Club regarding the Abraham Art Gallery, Exhibitions and History. She also provided a program and demonstration on acrylic portraiture for the Plains Art Association and was a selected artist for the Diocese of Lubbock’s Silver Jubilee: Celebrating Religious Art.
Dr. Adam Reinhart completed the traveling portion of a summer sabbatical while teaching Chemistry 1403 at the Kenya Campus. The research involved the identification and use of anti-inflammatory medicinal plants to treat prostrate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. This research is ongoing and involves three students currently. While in Kenya, Dr. Reinhart furthered the process of developing mission opportunities for WBU’s pre-health students to work in Kenya.
A renewal application for a $75,000 grant from the Welch Foundation was submitted by Dr. Reinhart and Dr. Joel Boyd in Chemistry. If successful, this will be the second three-year grant term.
Research students presented their research in the following papers:
Peck, M., Carey, V., Reinhart, A. Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Sanguinaria condenses, Zingiber officinali and Serenoa repens on the H295R adrenal cortical tumor cell line. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 2006.
Carey, V., Peck, M., Reinhart, A. Apoptotic effects of Sanguinari candensis (Blood root) extract in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 2006.
Peck, M., Carey, V., Reinhart, A. Cytotixic and apoptotic effects of Sanguinaria candensis, Zingiber officinali and Serenoa repens on the H295R adrenal cortical tumor cell line. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Student Research Day, 2007.
Carey, V., Peck, M., Wyatt, M., Pretzer, L., Raines, K., and Reinhart, A. Apoptotic effects of Sanguinari candensis (Blood root) extract in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Student Research Day, 2007. (Awarded 1st prize for category.)
Peck, M., Carey, V., Reinhart, A. Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Sanguinaria candensis, Zingiber officinali and Serenoa repens on the H295R adrenal cortical tumor cell line. 110th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, 2007. (Oral presentation)
Carey, V., Peck, M., Wyatt, M., Pretzer, L., Raines, K., and Reinhart, A. Apoptotic effects of Sanguinari candensis (Blood root) extract in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells. 110th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, 2007.
Dr. David Howle joined the School faculty for the fall term as a full-time Religion instructor in the Virtual Campus. This has been a great benefit to Wayland’s online degree programs. In addition to his full teaching load, Dr. Howle has structured a course rotation that allows graduate students to complete degree requirements for a Master of Christian Ministry degree completely online in a period of eighteen months. He also has enlisted and trained a large number of highly qualified faculty members for all the online courses. The number of students in the MCM program continues to grow due to the greater availability of courses. The Division also offers many undergraduate courses online. With the fall term, the Division has completed preparation for offering an undergraduate religion major fully online. Many active-duty military students are able to continue working on degrees in spite of deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan, or other forward areas. All students are able to complete degrees in a more timely fashion due to the availability of online courses.