Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 10

news WHEATON faculty N E W S Welcome, New Faculty Eastern European scholars, summer 2014 Row 1 (l to r): James Gordon, philosophy; Dr. Tammy Schultz, psychology; Rebecca Toly ’99, foreign languages; Dr. Angela McKoy, chemistry; Dr. James Huff, anthropology and Human Needs and Global Resources; Dr. Risa Toha, politics and international relations. Row 2: Dr. Michael McKoy, politics and international relations; Michael Kibbe, biblical and theological studies; Dr. IL-Hee Kim, education; Capt. David Iglesias ’80, director, Hastert Center; Dr. Andrew Abernethy, biblical and theological studies; Christa Strickler, library science; Dr. Theon Hill, communication. Not pictured: Dr. Christopher Armstrong, director, OPUS: The Art of Work; Sean Devine, military science; Enoch Hill, Business and Economics; MSG James Kelley, military science. Hopper Wins Award for Choral Direction Dr. Mary Hopper ’73, director of performance studies and professor of choral music and conducting, received the 2014 Harold Decker Award at the Illinois American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) summer conference. This award recognizes conductors who have made a significant contribution to the lives of “innumerable choral singers, conductors, and audiences.” President-elect of the national ACDA, Dr. Hopper conducts both the Women’s Chorale and the Men’s Glee Club at Wheaton. Dean of Wheaton’s Conservatory Dr. Michael Wilder says, “Mary’s programming, outreach, and many musical contributions result in a legacy at Wheaton College that is formidable and will pay dividends for generations to come.” 8    Graduate School Hosts Central and Eastern European Scholars Wheaton hosted graduate students and professionals from Central and Eastern Europe for the 20th summer this year. Launched in 1995 by Don Church, Dr. Walter Elwell, and Dr. Dave Sveen, the Central and Eastern European Scholars Program has hosted over 250 participants from 23 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Participants include senior administrative leadership and faculty from nearly every evangelical seminary in the region, as well as many denominational presidents, pastors, and lay leaders. “The primary purpose of the program is academic, but it’s also relational and recreational,” program coordinator Kurt Tillman ’78 says. “If you have any leadership gifts in Central and Eastern Europe, you’re doing a number of things all at once: pastoring a church, leading a seminary, W I N T ER   2015 publishing a book, counseling, and raising a family. We notice these people show up exhausted because there is no space in their regular lives to breathe. So we also make space for them to spend time alone with God . . . to do whatever recreational work needs to be done.” Attendees study wit