What's News - 12/3
What's News—a collection of updates from the media and our own news website
12/3/20
News
The December 1 Selma Enterprise has an article about alumna Marilyn Shepherd being selected interim superintendent of Selma Unified School District hanfordsentinel.com/community/selma_enterprise/shepherd-selected-as-interim-superintendent-for-susd/article_f02f6c0d-57db-566e-8f0f-3504415c7514.html
An article on a photography exhibit by Dennis Johnston, adjunct instructor, was published in the December 1 Porterville Recorder recorderonline.com/news/dennis-johnston-featured-paa-artist/article_ff8fc1ce-33fb-11eb-a9b9-93eb026315b6.html
The selection of alumna Kristina Chamberlin as director of the City of Fairfield (CA) Parks and Recreation Department was announced in that city’s Daily Republic November 30 dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/community/community-news-and-views/city-alert-city-of-fairfield-hires-new-parks-and-recreation-director/
Two Fresno TV stations reported on “Lessons and Carols” November 27:
- KGPE (CBS 47) mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1290&DateTime=11%2F27%2F2020+5%3A39%3A08+AM&Term=Fresno+Pacific&PlayClip=TRUE
- KFSN (ABC 30) mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1285&DateTime=11%2F27%2F2020+5%3A24%3A47+PM&Term=Fresno+Pacific&PlayClip=TRUE
Alumna Julie Wright and her work in Kenya were the subject of an article in ExBulletin.com November 25 exbulletin.com/world/577140/
FPU’s decision to stay online for spring 2021 was covered November 24:
- The Fresno Bee fresnobee.com/news/coronavirus/article247387005.html
- KFSN (ABC 30) (also announced drive-through commencement) abc30.com/education/fpu-to-continue-virtual-learning-for-spring-semester/8226067/
- The Hanford Sentinel November 24 hanfordsentinel.com/features/fresno-pacific-to-stay-online-for-spring/article_1c274b63-e3cc-5058-8053-95e8a4012d3b.html
Alumnus Bobby Ramirez was appointed to the board of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival, according to a November 23 Patch.com post patch.com/california/livermore/lanza-ramirez-join-livermore-shakespeare-festival-board
FPU’s receipt of a Thriving Congregations Initiative Grant from the Lilly Endowment was noted in the November 24 Advance, a publication of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities cccu.org/news-updates/cccu-institutions-receive-nearly-11-million-lilly-endowment/
Alumnus Doug Noll was the subject of an interview on emotional intelligence, an area on which he has spoken and written, posted November 24 by Authority Magazine medium.com/authority-magazine/author-douglas-e-noll-emotional-intelligence-what-it-is-why-it-is-so-essential-and-how-we-can-i-cc2348d99c7b
On the FPU news website are items on FPU’s Advent Devotional, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Culture and Arts Center and the decision to maintain virtual instruction through the spring 2021 semester. More at fresno.edu/news/all
- Campus Notes