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General Conference 2004
Rocky Mountain Conference News and Resources
Day 10
Four people elected to University Senate
May 4, 2004
By Suanne Whorl*
PITTSBURGH (UMNS) — General Conference delegates elected
four people to serve on the 25-member University Senate, a body
of professionals in higher education that determines which academic
institutions meet the criteria to be affiliated with the United
Methodist Church.
The Rev. David Maldonado, Jr., president of Iliff School of
Theology in Denver, and Dr. Socorro Brito de Anda, president
of Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, were elected
in the category of chief executive officers of United Methodist
higher education institutions.
The Rev. Rebekah Miles, professor of ethics and United Methodist
doctrine at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, and the Rev.
L. Gregory Jones, vice-president of the Association of United
Methodist Theological Schools, were elected in the category of
persons holding positions relevant to academic or financial affairs
or church relationships.
The four elected by General Conference were chosen from a slate
of 13 nominees. The remaining 21 members of the senate are selected
by other groups: nine by the National Association of Schools
and Colleges of the United Methodist Church, four by the United
Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, four
by the Council of Bishops, and four by the senate itself.
The senate was established by the Methodist General Conference
of 1892 and is an affiliate of the Board of Higher Education
and Ministry. It monitors, evaluates and approves the 123 colleges,
universities, preparatory and theological schools related to
the denomination. Most of the senate’s members are professional
educators and administrators at United Methodist educational
institutions.
*Whorl is a correspondent for the United Methodist News Service.
News media contact: (412) 325-6080 during General Conference,
April 27-May 7. After May 10: (615) 742-5470.
United Methodist News
Service
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General Conference links:
If the main General Conference site is slow or busy, you can
also try some of the General Church agency web sites below, or
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listed
on
the main RMCUMC GC2004 page.
Please keep the Rocky Mountain Conference Delegates in
prayer: Janet Forbes, Youngsook Kang, Olon Lindemood,
Chuck Schuster, Aaron Gray, Judy Hill, Brad Laurvick, Dan O'Neill,
Liwliwa Robledo, and Peggy Sewell.
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