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Summer 2009 | Volume 67, No. 4
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Southwestern Seminary Trustees Approve Budget, New Degree Concentration and Faculty
by Keith Collier
Trustees at Southwestern approved a Christian School Education concentration in the Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) degree program, elected a faculty member, and promoted another at their spring meeting, April 8.
Christian School Education Concentration
Trustees approved a 15-hour Christian School Education concentration within the MACE, which provides students with a focus on skills and knowledge related to creating and managing Christian school education. Courses for the concentration include Philosophy of Christian School Education, Christian School Curriculum, Methods and Instructional Strategies, Christian School Administration, and Christian School Legal Issues and Finance.
Faculty elected and promoted
Trustees elected Karen Kennemur as assistant professor of children’s ministry in the School of Educational Ministries, effective August 1, 2009. Kennemur earned both her Ph.D. in Childhood Education (2008) and MACE (2003) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1983. She served as director of the curriculum center for the School of Educational Ministries from 2003 to 2006 and as a graduate assistant and instructor of children’s ministry at Southwestern from 2002 to 2006. Prior to her service at Southwestern, she served as children’s minister at two North Texas churches and director of the pre-Kindergarten program at Spring Baptist Church in Spring, Texas.
Trustees also promoted William Colson to distinguished professor of music theory and composition in the School of Church Music, effective immediately. Colson has served at Southwestern since 1971 and holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music in composition degrees from the University of Illinois. He also earned a music degree in composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He serves on the Commission on Academic Activities and Standards of the Texas Association of Music Schools. He is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute for Schenkerian Studies of the University of North Texas.
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