The Banner, Vol. 39 No. 5 - November 15, 1994

              The
nner
Volume XXXIX, Number 5
A Publication of the Students of California Baptist College
November 15, 1994
Trustees have a renewed spirit
By Mary Payne
Staff Writer
California Baptist College is undergoing a major transition. The trustees met on Nov. 4-5 to
discuss the goals of the
new president and two expansions of school programs.
Many changes are on
the way for students and
administration, changes
that will improve the
school for current students
and help promote the
school and increase enrollment.
Among the changes in
administration was the appointment of Dr. Bonnie
Metcalf as the vice president  for Academic  Af
fairs. The trustees have
great faith in her ability
to serve the student body
in this position.
Students will soon
have more opportunities
to participate in athletics.
The board voted to add
three new sports to next
year's program. For those
who enjoy running there
will be a cross country
team, along with a track
and field program. Many
prospective students have
been interested in those
programs and this addition
will increase recruitment
for the school. Soon Cal
Baptist students will also
have a golf team. Golf is
growing in popularity
among college students
and Cal Baptist will be
represented in competition
next year.
In the past fifteen
years 100 percent of Cal
Baptist's education graduates have been employed
within the first six months
after graduation, according to the admissions department. Now the
college's potential for post
graduate job recruitment
will be much higher for
education majors.
Next year Cal Baptist
plans to offer a Master of
Arts in Teaching and a
Master of Arts in Education. These programs still
need to be approved by
WASC, the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges which accredits
Cal Baptist's programs.
The new president is
committed to education
and the trustees are committed to cooperation with
him. Dr. Tom Jones said,
"The trustees demonstrated enthusiasm and respect for Dr. Ellis's leadership." Matt Brown,
ASCBC president said, "I
thought the trustee meeting was inspirational and
Dr. Ellis has been brought
here for a reason. We
need to get behind him
100 percent. The trustees
were incredibly supportive and had a renewed
spirit about the college."
In other action, the
trustees voted to defer the
third year of the Five Year
Salary Plan for yet a second full year. This year
the tuition was raised in
order to give the faculty
higher salaries; however,
the extra money has not
been seen by the faculty.
Little mention was made
of phase two of the proposed plan to cut faculty
and combine programs.
Phase one was accomplished earlier this year as
staff cuts were made, decreasing the budget by
about $325,000.
Additional actions
taken by the trustees included naming Dr. Russell
Tuck president emeritus,
and granting tenure to
education professor Dr.
Mary Crist. Professor Dr.
Jim Seeber and Mack
Brandon were granted
sabbatical leave for the
next academic year.
Georgia Hill was approved as an assistant professor of social sciences.
Ellis envisions "Great Commission" university
By Troy Lamberth
Staff Writer
"When the story is
told...about the golden age
that is beginning at California Baptist College,"
said President Ellis, "you
can proudly say and fondly
remember that you were
there and part of this new
era."
On Nov. 2, Dr. Ellis
spoke during chapel and
presented his desire for a
new Cal Baptist. Quoting
futurist Carol Childers,
Ellis said "if the horse is
dead, dismount". While
building on the firm foundation that has been laid,
we must realize that paradigms have shifted and we
must adapt new methods
to meet the new realities.
Without elaborating on
ways to enhance a college
poised for change, Ellis fo
cused on the vision of a
college leading the way in
spreading the gospel.
Struck by the possibilities
offered by California's location to the world and
population, Ellis sees the
opportunity for Cal Baptist to become the center
of Baptist higher education. He pondered the
thought, "What if we were
the spark that started the
next Great Awakening?"
He stated several times in
his address that he hoped
Cal Baptist would become
the "Great Commission"
university. His dreams include "record numbers of
students" serving in missions.
Dr. Ellis' focus on a
school leading in missions
goes back to his childhood
days of growing up in the
booming city of Las Vegas.     There, he said, he
'was grounded in the importance of bold missions"
and learned that "we need
to be bold in our Christianity."
Ellis comes to this
school as an experienced
man. From a pastor to a
teacher to a vice
presidence at Campbel-
lsville College in Kentucky where a free hand
was granted to initiate
needed changes, he asserted himself as a "can-
do" Christian. Though his
qualifications and dreams
appear sufficient for a
president, he is the first to
say that "it is not enough
to just believe [in his vision.] We must demonstrate our faith with our
works."
President Ron Ellis
brings to Cal Baptist a
"dreamdeferred." Though
the exact details of how he
plans to bring about much
needed change are not specific, he does bring with
him a long needed enthusiasm. Ellis knows that he
can't do the job alone. He
invited faculty and stu-
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By Mary Payne
Staff Writer
Imagine that you are sitting at a desk, staring at a
page filled with numbers.
These numbers are the keys
to unraveling all the mysteries of the world and you are
on a quest for understanding.
Such a quest for an answer to a question can plague
many college students. For
example, if everything equals
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dents in to do "their part in
creating a positive change.
We are building a university for the future. I invite
you to join the team..."
Ellis hopes to create for
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X, then why does it take a
whole page to prove it? Why
bother when the student
knows what the answer is going to be ~ X. Of course no
Cal Baptist students ever feel
that way.
How about this one; have
you ever conjugated a verb
in some foreign language and
created a new language all
your own? Have you acci-
dently discovered the secret
to time travel while doing
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