Opening Academic Convocation Speakers
Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2008
Dr. Michael McCambridge
Keynote Address
Introduced by President Chris Kimball
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Christin Farrell '00
2008 Young Alumna Award
Introduced by President Chris Kimball and Jeremy Hofer '98
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Dr. Michael McCambridge
Associate Professor in the School of Education
Director of the Liberal Studies Program
With 36 years of teaching and administration experience at the elementary, middle school, secondary, and higher education levels, Dr. McCambridge maintains a deep interest in the growth and development of children and adolescents as they mature physically, cognitively, socially and morally.
As a university professor, he creates opportunities for teachers and teachers in training to explore how teaching and learning theory informs good practices that result in academic, personal, social, and moral growth and development of K-12 students.
Christin Farrell '00
2008 Young Alumna Award Recipient
The CLU Alumni Association Board of Directors is proud to recognize Christin Farrell '00 as the 2008 Young Alumna. As a mental health specialist with the Oregon Department of Corrections at Oregon State Penitentiary, Farrell provides counseling for more than 150 inmates including those who are in hospice and on Death Row.
Additionally, she has a small private practice counseling youth and families in a church setting. As a student at CLU, Farrell served as an R.A., played the cello, and participated in Lord of Life. After graduation, she served as Interim Executive Director at Camp Lutherwood in Cheshire, Oregon, and also found time to volunteer as a firefighter with Lane Rural Fire and Rescue.
In 2001, she accepted a position as the Director of Family Life Ministries with Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Salem, Oregon During her six years there, she worked with children of all ages and became a member of the Oregon Synod Youth and Family Committee, a position she still holds today. The young alumna earned a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from George Fox University in 2007.
