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The 2011-2013 UB Discipline is available for download. However, no changes were made at the recent US National Conference. So if you already have the 2009-2011 version, that will suffice for another two years. The only change is the date on the cover.
The Eighth Annual Animation Block Party festival in Brooklyn, N.Y., accepted Huntington University animation graduate Brett Swanson’s short animated film, “Flora,” into the festival, which is to take place July 29-31 at Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek.
The Animation Block Party is the largest animation film festival on the East Coast. It is dedicated to screening the world’s best professional, student and independent work of all genres. “Flora” was selected as one of the top 100 films to be featured during the festival out of more than 650 other submitted films.
The film is about a young girl who sets out to decorate her bedroom with origami flowers. However, she is in for a surprise when the room begins to take on a life of its own and transforms into a beautiful garden.
“It is exciting to have my film in a festival and crazy to think about how many people will get to see it,” Swanson said. “I put so much of my time and energy into this project, and getting it into a festival is a reminder that all of the stress and long hours were worth it.”
Swanson, of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a 2011 animation graduate of the digital media arts program.
The first annual Fandana Festival is coming to the Huntington University campus on Aug. 11, 12 and 13.
More than 30 bands will perform on multiple stages around campus, including Switchfoot, Sidewalk Prophets, Photoside Cafe, BarlowGirl, Stellar Kart, Josh Wilson, SevenGlory, Hyland, Red Umbrella, Attaboy and Me in Motion. The festival will also feature an indie band competition, seminars, an indie film component and kid-friendly activities including inflatable games.
“Huntington University is very enthused about hosting the only multi-day Christian music and arts festival in the state of Indiana. The Fandana Festival is also one of the only music and arts events in the nation to be held completely on a college campus,” said Jeff Berggren, HU’s senior vice president for enrollment management and marketing. “This is an opportunity to welcome our regional friends for a fantastic family and teen group experience.”
The fun will begin on Thursday afternoon with the biggest festival day on Friday. Fandana will run through Saturday with a smaller workshop component for independent bands as well as a praise and worship service that morning. Overnight lodging is also available in residence halls for individuals or groups. Meal plans and individual meals are also available.
Tickets are $19 in advance or $25 at the gate for all three days. HU students are $5, children ages 6-10 are $5 and children 5 and younger are free. Groups of 15 or more are $15. Special rates are available for HU faculty and staff.
“The Fandana Festival is a great ministry opportunity for HU and we look forward to watching the event grow over the next several years,” Berggren said.
Neville Tomlinson, pastor of International UB church in Allentown, Pa., writes:
“I am one of the members of the board of directors for “Teams For Medical Missions” that provides spiritual and medical services for the poor in St. Mary, Jamaica. We are presently seeking an Executive and Associate directors to lead from our office in Macungie, Pa., due to the retirement of our present director effective February 2012. Could you please announce this in our UB family for me? For additional information about this ministry interested persons may visit t4mm.org.
Al Carter has been appointed senior pastor at First UB Church in Columbus, Ohio, effective August 1, 2011.
Amy Bretz, Lancaster UB (Lancaster, Ohio)
It was a nice cool morning for the St. Jude bike-a-thon at Lancaster UB church. We got the grills ready for hot dogs, put out balloons, and got ready for our big event to help children with childhood diseases. We raised $1,080 in 4 hours. The kids had a blast. We had a bike race, played with bubbles and chalk, had good conversations and eating, and most of all, knew that we can make a difference.
Other churches working with the Bishop to appoint a senior pastor:
Huntington University’s online degree in business administration as ranked 9th in the nation in the Top 10 Online Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Programs of 2011.
The rankings, available online, were compiled by The Best Colleges, a publication that reviews publicly available data and produces rankings based on reputation, accreditation, student satisfaction, and cost.
Huntington offers online degree programs through its EXCEL Adult Degree Programs and the graduate school. In March, The Best Colleges ranked Huntington University sixth in the nation for Online Christian Colleges & Universities for 2011.
EXCEL offers online programs in Christian ministry, organizational management, business administration, not-for-profit leadership, and human resource management. Those programs are also offered onsite, along with additional programs in marketing, accounting, and nursing.
First place (Fonda Cassidy): Fonda Cassidy, volunteering with Samaritan's Purse in Haiti in the fall of 2010. (click photo to enlarge)
Second place (Fonda Cassidy): Photo of children being helped by Samaritan's Purse in Haiti. Fonda Cassidy volunteered short-term with Samaritan's Purse last fall. (click photo to enlarge)
Third place (Aileen Jacobs): The pastor and elders from Lancaster UB (Lancaster, Ohio) pray over relief supplies gathered by the congregation to assist tornado victims in Alabama. (click photo to enlarge)
Winners of the National Conference photo contest were announced during the Friday evening service. The contest tied into the camera-oriented “Focus” theme.
The submitted photos were printed large and mounted in frames. Attendees voted on their selections throughout the conference.
As it turned out, Fonda Cassidy won both first and second place. Both photos were taken during a recent mission trip to Haiti with Samaritan’s Purse. Fonda is from Mount Olivet UB church in Mt. Solon, Va. Fonda, a nurse, co-leads (with husband Robert) the Honduras medical mission trip each year.
Third place went to Aileen Jacobs of Lancaster UB in Lancaster, Ohio.
Huntington University’s EXCEL business students placed in the Top 25 worldwide in the Global Business Simulation Strategy Game.
Competing against teams from around the world, four teams from the EXCEL business administration, human resource management, and not-for-profit leadership degrees competed in mid-December in a business simulation competition hosted by GLO-BUS. The GLO-BUS competition helps students learn how to make decisions faced by everyday companies by placing them in circumstances that parallel real-world conditions.
This is the first year that the university has participated in this competition.
