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Art: Priority placed on
The strength of Ih ACU ort depart'
ment Is a direct result of the priority
placed on both teaching and
professional involvement of Its faculty.
ACU art faculty members are very
active in creative work and research.
d several have received recognition
the form of exhibitions awards or
commissions for their work.
Mel Ristnu (graphic design) is
developing computer graphic ap-
plications for future use in graphic?
design curriculum He is researching
the visual display of quantitative in-
formation and abstract processes and'
is progressing on a text to be titled j
"Typographic Structurings: A Source
Manual for Graphic Designers." Ristnu ;;
is actively engaged in trademark and
publication design. y
Arthur Williams (sculpture)
iirrcntly has an exhibition of his work
theShidoni Gallery In Santa Fc N.M.
he exhibition . which opened with a
reception Sept 25 feutures n large
bronze sculpture cast in the ACU art
department The 750-pound work was
constructed by welding together 32
Bible awards
WACU provides scholarships for majors
phe Women for ACU have un-
dertaken a major f undralslng projectto
provide Bible scholarships for students
majoring in Bible at ACU Led by Jana
Thornton arid Kay McGtothlln. WACU
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Ken Cukrowskl senior Bible major from Whlttlor Calif was a recent recipient of a Women for ACU scholarship.
WACU representatives are from left Mrs. Jana Thornton Mrs. Cocile McDonald and Mrs. Kay McGlothlin. Ten
freshman and uppor-divslon Bible students have recipients of the scholarships this year. '
Professor
Dr. John Willis professor of Bible
is the general editor of The Living
Word Commentary on the Old
Testament. Conceived by Sweet
Publishing Company In 1971 the
Living Word series will be the first
serious multi-volume Old Testament
commentary authored by various
members of the churches of Christ.
Willi's received his training In Old
Testament studies at ACU and
VanderbHt University and has been
a member of the ACU Bible faculty
since 1971 He previously taught at
David Lipscomb College.
Willis Is a busy and popular
.teacher in addition to his work as
general editor of ue uia i csiamcni
commentaries. He was honored as
AQU's 'Teacher of the Year" in
1874. This semester he is teaching
twograduate Old Testament courses
in on extension program in Houston
in addition to his on-campus classes.
He teaches a section of sophomore
Colle
ge of Liberal and Fine Arts
separate cast bronze; pieces.
Ted Rose (painting) exhibited works
at the Texas National Competition at
Lnguna Gloria Museum In Austin. He
also was included in the art division in
the Metroplcx Competition at Texas
Christian University. The Metroplcx
show was juried by nationally-recognized-
art critic Barbara Rose.
Rose' painting wds one of 80 chosen out
of 1260 entries for the show. He has
rccerrty competed commissions for the
First State Bank of Monahaas and the
Allied Bank Building in Houston. He Is
scheduled for one-man shows at the
Nimbus Gallery in Dallas and San
ArtfteloState University
Jeff Tabor (painting) has received
several honors and awards resulting
from his participation In juried and
invitational exhibitions. He was
awarded first place ana juror's pur-
chase prize In the Seventh Biennial
Five State Art Exhibition for his
painting "Artcsla Dusk." Jane
Livingston assistant director of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington
D C juried the show. His painting
h3 set a goal of $500oOo for an endowed
scholarship fund. Trust funds of more
than $100000 already have been
pledged toward this goat.
' VACU scholarships of 11500 each
edits Old Testament commentary
Old Testament survey each
semester that fills Roberson Chapel
in the Administration Building.
When complete The Living Word
Commentary on the Old Testament
will have 14 volumes Five already
have been published. The in-
troductory volume Jhe World and
Literature of the Old Testament
appeared in 1979 and includes essays
from four ACU Bible professors r
Willis Everett Ferguson Nell
Lightfoot and Furman Kearley.
Willis also has written the volumes
on Genesis 1 and 2 Samuel and
Isaiah The volume on Psalms WM
co-authored by Dr Tony Ash and Dr
Clyde Miller.
The next two volumes to appear
will he on 1 and 2 Kings by Miller
and Jeremiah and Lamentations by
Ash. Miller teaches. at David Lip-
scomb College and Ash at the In-
stitute for Christian Studies in
Austin.
faculty involvement
titled "Overlooking Green Glory II"
received a purchase prize in the 34th
Annual Watcrcolor Exhibition at the
McNay Institute In San Antonio An
exhibition of Tabor's paintings was
conducted at Midland College in Sep-
tember. Department studio faculty Ristnu
Rose Tabor Williams Brent Grcctl
(painting) and Virginia Sadler
(jewelrymetals) exhibited works in
the Abilene Fine Arts Museum Art
Faculty Show April 3 through May 2.
The strength of the art program Is In
part' reflected in the number of art
graduates gaining admittance to strong
graduate schools. Several recent ACU
art graduates who are working on or
have recently completed Master of
Fine Arts degrees now have works on
display in the ACU Shore Art Gallery.
Exes In the show are Chris Powell
Bradley University; Jeff Broderick
University of Southern Illinois; Kevin
Lyles Bradley University; Robert
Green University of Nebraska; Jack
Maxwell University of Tennessee; and
have been awarded to 10 Bible major
for the 1983-84 school year. The
scholarships have been divided bet-
ween freshmen and upper-division
students.
All 14 volumes of The Living Word
Commentary will be written by
members of the churches of Christ
and all volumes will have a strong
conservative emphasis The authors
teach at several colleges and
universities and all believe in the
Inspiration of the Scripture and in
the unity of the Old and New
Testaments as the inspired Word of
God. the authors all have graduate
training in Old Testament studies
and work in the original Hebrew
text.
The comsLentajy series is
designed to help pre&clters church
leaders teachers and other serious
students of the Bible. The com-
mentaries already are being widely
used among members of the
churches of Christ as well as in
wider religious circles. Work is
underway on other volumes and It Is
hoped that the series will be com-
pleted by 1887 or 1998
David Brigman North Texas State
University.
In September three more art
graduates entered graduate programs
Jo White is majoring In sculpture with a
minor in painting at Sam Houston State
University where she is an' assistant
instructor teaching design. Bobbie Ann
Howell received a teaching assistant-
ship at Stephen F Austin where she is
majoring in sculpture with a minor In
painting or ceramics Kenny Jones has
entered the University of Tennessee
where he is studying in a multi-media
program.
An exhibition of ACU student work is
being prepared to go on tour during the
spring semester The exhibition is the
result of requests by Odessa College
and other Institutions. Although ACU
art students have individually exhibited
off-campus in the past this will be the
first show of student work to be
organized specifically for off-campus
exhibition. Similar shows are expected
to be made aavailable to Interested
groups in the future.
Tod Brown of Midland is one of the
freshman recipients. Brown's parents
Mr and Mrs. Dale Brown were
missionaries in Latin America and he
grew Up in Sao Paulo Brazil. Since
returning to the United States Brown
aMhls family have been members of
the Golf Course Road Church of Christ
In Midland where he has been active in
youth activities. Brown attended Lee
High School and was a member of the
National Honor Society. He scored at
the highest possible level on the ACU
college entrance exams His goal is to
be a gospel preacher.
Matthew Jackson is a senior who was
awarded a WACU scholarship. He
graduated from high school In
Evergreen Colo. and attended York
Collcgo and the Universite Laval in
Canada before enrolling In ACU to
study missions in the Bible department.
After graduation Jackson and his wife
Pamclla plan to spend at least three
years with a mission team in Nairobi
Kenya in East Africa. The Jacksons
have a 1 -year-old daughter Amber.
Ken Cukrowskl i3 another WACU
scholar with an interest in preaching
outside the United States. Cukrowskl
who is majoring in Bible and French
was able to put his French to work when
he spent last summer In mission work
in Belgium. The University Church of
Christ gave him some financial help in
his summer's work A graduate of La
Serna High School in Whittier Calif. he
plans to do graduate work in Bible at
ACU then become a gospel preacher
cither in the United States or in some
French-speaking country.
Thanks to the support of WACU the
Bible Department has more un-
dergraduate scholarships available for
Bible majors tlian it has ever had
before. Prospective students who would
like more information about these
scholarships may write Dr. B.J.
Humble chairman of the department
at ACU.
John Wlills: editor
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Mel Ristau works on his typography
Foreign languages department
opens 'window on the world' .
The department of foreign languages
is ACU's window on the world Because
more than 90 percent of the world's
population has a language and culture
different from our own and technology
is causing the world to grow smaller
and smaller bilinguals in almost any
field will have far broader career op
portunities than monolingual!. But
language study confers other more
intangible benefits. It heightens the
pleasure of travel and the arts it
fosters a sense of shared humanity and
it prepares people for Christian service
throughout the world
The language department has a
talented experienced faculty that is
eager to grow develop and leach. Oiw
of these men is Dn David Ddwdey
Dowdey received his B.A from DaVid
Lipscomb College In 1967 and his Ph.D
from VanderbHt University in 197(i Ho
has spent a number of years in Ger-
many first as a serviceman in 1961kand
then as a missionary for five year$. He
and his wife. Pat have two children
Ruth. 5. and Daniel 2
The highlight of Dowdey's summer of
1983 was his trip to Brussels. Belgium
He spent one week in Frankfurt.
Germany visiting friends and then took
a train to Brussels where he delivered
a paper at the International Conference
on the Enlightenment July 24-:il His
paper. "Secularization tn Moses
Mendelssohn's Thinking Hurmom
Between the World o! Judaism and
Enlightenment?" ref'ects his long-
standing interest in iHlh-ccnlury
German Jewry
While in Brussels lhclcnnferces were
treated to numerous excursions in and
about the city. They enjoyed visiting
castles museums and other sfghtx thai
have been virtually untouched v the
wars that ravaged much of Europe in
the 19th and 20lh centuries Par-
ticularly memorable was u large
collection of ha ndsnmel -bound first
editions of IHth-centurv French.
English and German literature
Most of all. .however. Dowdey ap-
preciated the opportunity to meet
experts in his scholarly field From now
on. he wiys. both they and he will "no
longer be just names oh pages " An
abstract of Dowdey' paper has been
published by the Voltaire Society in Its
book. Transactions of the Sixth In
(emotional Congress on thv
Enlightenment.
lim:i-84 also was a good year for the
students of the foreign languages
Department Philip Donley recipient of
the 1984 Schug-Treat Scholarship won
a coveted teaching assistantship ut the
University of Texas UT is currents
ranked as the No 1 graduate school in
Campaigns provide outreach
John Baldwin a senior Bible-
missions major from Kingman Ariz. is
a ruther unique individual having
participated in every Latin American
campaign sponsored by Global Cam-
paigns. In 1961 he campaigned in
Santiago Chile and Buenos Aires and
Rosario Argentina helping teach some
of the more than 100 people converted.
In 1962 he served for two weeks in
Tegucigalpa Honduras where another
100 people were baptized.
This summer Baldwin participated in
two campaigns a two-week effort in
Mexico and a five-week campaign In
Brazil. His Spanish skills were very
useful in Mexico where 1000 people
appeared the first night of the cam-
paign and Spanish-speaking teachers
were in short supply to handle all the
people who wanted to study the Bible
privately. He helped teach some of the
SO seekers Immersed during the eight-
book.
Iho nation inSpanish.
Also winning a highly competitive
award was David Collins tin
Englishprc-law major who look
several advanced courses in French
His proficiency contributed
significantly to his winning a HoUin
Foundation 'Scholarship lo the
Cniversite Paul Valcfy in Montpellier.
France This September. Collins spent
time in Paris before heading south to
begin classwork in October
Paying the way for his sta in
Montpellier had been another ACl'
language major. Dina Salvucci She
spent the 1981-82 school vear in Mont
pellll'r OH a JUnihr-Ycfdr-Abroad
program. Returning to ACU to com
plcio her senior year she was uble to
advise Collins on what to expect from
life in Southern France Salvucci
herself won a scholarship to Much law
at Ppppcrdine University Another
recent graduate. Robert Reynolds
class of 1981. also won a Rotary
Scholarship for the 198.1-84 school year
He will be in Buenos Aires. Argentina
The department of foreign languages
has been blessed to leach main fine
students over the cars Here N a
representative list
Mary Williams. 'i.V public alfairs
assistant. Canadian Consulate General.
Dallas: Jan Austin. '7ii. administrative
assistant tnl)r John Little at the Sloan
.School of Management. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology . Rill (irasham.
"7t. preacher in Braunschweig. Vt
Germany. Janet Howl Rcinharill 'Til
housewife and part-time translator lor
the Berlin Court ol Justice Itmxl.i
Howen Sandilcr. 79. English teacher
and "Bold Gold" sponsor. Abilene I huh
School l
Also. Anna Waldrnp. 8o. reservations
manager for Chaparral Airlines. Pain
Ball. "HI bank employee in Ousseldorf.
West German.v . Jeff Harnett 'HI in
Mruclor ol .Spanish at Ad'. Jen
l-amlxlen Alpaugh. 'Hi. manager of a
group home for luindii'appcd womeif in
Columbia.SC
Whatever career they may have
chosen graduates of the department
have found that their language major
made them more understanding of
other people and of harriers to com-
munication it has made meeting
people from other countries more
enjoyable and traveling abroad more'
rewarding Over and over graduates
comment that their language
background has offered opportunities
lo share the gospel they would not have
had otherwise The department of
foreign language Ih happto Ih a
dynamic active pari ol universiti We
andlearningat ACl'
day campaign.
However Baldwin points to one of the
Brazil campaigns as the highlight of his
experiences. With the music skills of a
member of the ACU acapella chorus he
was asked to direct the Brazil choral
group. Blending his Spanish into a
strange mixture with Portuguese he
was able to communicate effectively
with the audiences which grew to
nearly 4CO in one of the campaigns.
More than 30 Brazilians were in-
fluenced by these campaigns to become
Christians.
Upon graduation Baldwin plans to
serve a two-year missionary ap-
prenticeship In Latin America through
the MARK program. His life is a
demonstration of using the op-
portunities available at ACU for ef-
fective outreach to people of other
countries.
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