WINTER 2023-2024 20 NEWS&NOTES DR. JODI GRIMES PIPER OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR The DBU Faculty Council voted for Dr. Jodi Grimes to receive the 2023 Piper Outstanding Professor Award. Dr. Grimes serves as the English department Chair and as a co-sponsor for Alpha Eta Xi, DBU’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, and the International English Honor Society. Dr. Grimes teaches undergraduate courses on composition and rhetoric, World Literature I, British Literature surveys, Viking Saga and Romance, Nature Poetry, and Prodigal Son Narratives. She is also active in DBU’s creative writing group and supervises DBU’s DOXA Literary and Arts Magazine editorial internship. Dr. Grimes is very active inside and outside of the classroom as a devoted mentor to students. An accomplished medievalist, Dr. Grimes has presented papers and published scholarly articles, primarily focusing on how medieval representations of the natural world reflect and shape medieval theology, politics, and culture. Dr. Grimes holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Texas. She and her husband, Phillip, have two sons, Andrew and Wesley (a current student at DBU). DR. JULIO GUARNERI SPEAKS IN DBU CHAPEL Dr. Julio Guarneri, who was recently installed as the new Executive Director of The Baptist General Convention of Texas, spoke to students during the DBU Chapel service in November. In his message, Guarneri urged students to remember the people of faith who have gone before us as they walked by faith in the face of their challenges and uncertainties. Guarneri directed students to Hebrews 11, a gallery of historical biblical figures who lived by faith and waited for what was promised to them. In particular, what can the lives of Noah, Abel, and Abraham teach us today who are called to believe in what may not yet be seen? Though circumstances and contexts change, the same God is faithful in every generation. Dr. Guarneri holds a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with a ministry concentration from Dallas Baptist University. He has more than 40 years of pastoral experience. He has preached around the globe and served as a moderator for the Tarrant Baptist Association and as Chair of the Board of Buckner International.
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