Volume LXV, No. 4 Third Quarter–2001 Baptist Educators from 38 Schools Explore Methods to ‘Assure the Future’ By Marc C. Whitt tions, but were impressed by the quality of take back to their campuses,” said Agee. pproximately 200 educators from 38 our speakers and their topics. Chief development and chief financial ASouthern Baptist-related colleges, uni- “Such annual meetings, in my opinion, officers discussed the formation of formal versities, Bible colleges and academies came provide the leadership of our Southern auxiliary groups to ASBCS. Jay Orr, vice to Lexington, Ky., June 3-5, to attend the Baptist colleges and schools with great net- president for institutional advancement at annual meeting of the Association of working opportunities with their colleagues East Texas Baptist University, was appointed Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools as well as with creative ideas that they can (Continued on page 2) (ASBCS). Challenged to examine and discuss finan- cial and spiritual matters for assuring the future of their institutions, attendees heard from more than 40 Christian educators who called on them to cherish and to promote their relationships with Southern Baptist churches, state conventions and other Southern Baptist-related entities. Georgetown (Ky.) College and its presi- dent, William H. Crouch, hosted this year’s meeting that explored “Assure the Future.” E. Douglas Hodo, president of Houston Baptist University, served this year as presi- dent of ASBCS. George Marsden, professor of philosophy at Notre Dame University, and Ben Elrod, chancellor of Ouachita Baptist University, New Board officers of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools for 2001-2002 delivered this year’s H.I. Hester Lectures. elected at the June Board meeting are from left: Stanley G. Lott, president, Chowan College, “The Hester Lectures, endowed in 1971 chair; R. Alton, Lacey, president of Missouri Baptist College, vice-chair; Mike Arrington, provost, by Dr. and Mrs. H.I. Hester of Liberty, Mo., Carson-Newman College; secretary; and Bob R. Agee, ASBCS executive director, treasurer. are intended to bring outstanding Christian scholars to the annual meeting who, ASBCS Bylaw Change Opens Membership to Non-U.S. Schools through the lectures, will contribute to an understanding of the role of church-related embers of the Association of Southern The change removes the underlined higher education and to the mission of the MBaptist Colleges and Schools (ASBCS) words from the former purpose: Baptist-related institutions,” said Bob Agee, approved a proposed change in the associa- ARTICLE 2: Purpose executive director of ASBCS. tion’s bylaws during its annual business 2.1. The purpose of this Association Marsden, a nationally respected Christian luncheon Monday, June 4, at Marriott’s shall be: To provide and maintain an orga- scholar, spoke on “An Evangelical Case for Griffin Gate in Lexington, Ky. nization through which educational insti- Christian Scholarship” (see page 3) and “The The change removes the limitation for a tutions located in the territory of the Opportunity and the Need for Academic school to be located in the United States in United States and currently or historically Leadership.” Elrod, retired president of order to be a member of the association. cooperating with Southern Baptists may Ouachita Baptist University and noted fund Doug Hodo, ASBCS board chair for work together in promoting the interests of raiser, spoke on “Meeting the Challenges in 2000-2001, said the proposed change Christian Education. Fund Raising for Christian Institutions.” enables the association to expand its mem- Voting members of the association who “I believe this has been one of our associ- bership to schools in Canada and in other approved the change include the president ation’s strongest annual meetings yet,” said countries that have expressed an interest in and the chief academic officer from each of Agee. “We not only were pleased by the joining the association. the 54 ASBCS member schools. ■ strong attendance from our Baptist institu- ‘Assure the Future’... Strategies,” “Using External Investors to CONTENTS Meet Student Housing Needs” and “Issues 1 Baptist Educators Explore Methods (Continued from page 1) Facing Academic Leaders for the Immediate Future.” to “Assure the Future’ to lead the development group and Richard Additional topics discussed included 1 Members Approve Bylaw Change Stipe, chief financial officer at Ouachita “Developing a Culture of Honor,” “The Role 2 ASBCS Board Sets Priorities Baptist University, was named to lead finan- of Faculty in Retention and Student cial officers. 3 H. I. Hester Lecture: An Evangelical Success,” “Maximizing the Impact of Faculty “I don’t know a lot of people who do the Case for Christian Scholarship in Christian Higher Education” and various things I do,” Stipe said. “Organizing auxiliary sessions pertaining to current education 7 Nine Commandments for Fund Raisers groups not only will help me do my job bet- legal issues. 8 Legal Notes ter, but will do the same for other Baptist ASBCS will conduct its 2002 annual Center Insert: CGE News Bulletin education administrators.” meeting for its 54 member schools in Topics presented during the three-day Panama City, Fla., June 1-4. The meeting, 9 Campus Report meeting included “Effective Budget Planning according to Agee, will be hosted by the 9 September 15 Deadline for Doctoral Loans and Monitoring Processes,” “Building an Baptist College of Florida. ■ 10 Names and Faces Effective Fund-Raising Program,” “Special Event Fund Raising,” “Electronic Tuition ______10 People Management,” “Leveraging Trends in Marc Whitt is vice president for communi- 12 Transitions Financial Services to Enhance Your Campus cations and marketing at Campbellsville 13 Gifts and Grants Environment,” “Avoiding the Seven Deadly University, Cambellsville, Ky. 13 Development Sins in Fund Raising,” “Investment 15 Comment:

Vol. LXV, No. 4 ASBCS Board Sets Priorities Third Quarter 2001 Publisher: Bob R. Agee, executive for 2001-02, Elects Officers director, treasurer by Tim Fields • improve public relations strategies Managing Editor: Tim Fields, director oard members of the Association of designed to advance the cause of Baptist of communications, ASBCS BSouthern Baptist Colleges and Schools education; Editorial Assistant: Tammy Drolsum, (ASBCS) approved a strategic plan that sets • develop a database of consultants to assist administrative assistant, ASBCS program priorities through 2004; recom- member schools with strategic needs; and mended a budget for 2001-2002; and elect- • continue to improve the annual meeting The Southern Baptist Educator (ISSN 0038- ed officers. program and improve the appearance and 3848) is a news magazine published quarterly Doug Hodo, president of Houston for administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and functionality of the ASBCS web site, Baptist University and Board chair for 2000- friends of member schools by the Association www.baptistschools.org. of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. 2001, presided. The board recommended a budget of During the business session June 3 at $230,025.05, a 7 percent increase over last POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Marriott’s Griffin Gate, Lexington, Ky., year. Member presidents and chief academic ASBCS Operations & Communications Office members approved strategic plans for pub- officers approved the budget during the 917 Harpeth Valley Place lishing several new books, including a annual business luncheon June 4. Nashville, TN 37221-1141 handbook on non-profit trusteeship; a 200- Board members elected the following To contact the publisher write: page book of selected Hester lectures on officers for 2001-2002: Stanley G. Lott, Bob Agee, executive director ASBCS higher education and “how to” manuals on president, Chowan College, chair; R. Alton, Executive Offices topics such as long-range planning, fund- Lacey, president, Missouri Baptist College, P. O. Box 11655 Jackson, TN 38308-0127 raising, budget planning and student vice-chair; Mike Arrington, provost, E-mail: [email protected] recruitment. Carson-Newman College, secretary; and Members approved, in theory, a proposal Send news items to: Bob R. Agee, ASBCS executive director, The Educator by the staff to establish a Baptist Education treasurer. E-mail: [email protected] Press for publishing books and other mate- Board members nominated the following 917 Harpeth Valley Place rials helpful to Christian education. They new board members who were approved by Nashville, TN 37221-1141 requested further study of the proposal, and the full ASBCS membership: Fax: (615) 662-1396 board member Carla Sanderson, provost at Terms Expiring 2004: Jerol Swaim, presi- Phone: (615) 673-1896 Union University, was appointed to work dent, Williams Baptist College; Bettye with staff and to assist in preparing a more Coward, president, Blue Mountain College; “Legal Notes” is designed to provide accurate and detailed proposal for the December board Bill Crouch, president, Georgetown College; authoritative information on legal issues facing meeting in New Orleans. Southern Baptist-related higher education. It is Frank Cheatham, VPAA, Campbellsville provided with the understanding that the pub- Other strategic plans call for ASBCS to: University; and Carlisle Driggers, executive lisher and editors are not engaged in rendering • seek foundation support for a faculty director, South Carolina Baptist Convention; legal counsel. “Legal Notes” is not intended as a development emphasis on faith and disci- Term Expiring 2003: Bill Pinson, executive substitute for the services of a legal professional. plines and on faith and learning; director emeritus, Baptist General If your institution needs legal counsel, a compe- • increase revenues from corporate spon- Convention of Texas; and tent attorney should be consulted. sors by $10,000 per year and revenues from Term Expiring 2002: Craig Turner, presi- Annual subscription is $8.00. state conventions by $5,000 per year; dent, Hardin-Simmons University. ■

2 The Educator H. I. HESTER LECTURE An Evangelical Case for Christian Scholarship

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the Hester Lecture intellect. That is, so I’ve been told by your fellow church peo- delivered at the annual meeting of the Association of Southern ple, that Southern Baptists put at lot of emphasis on faith and Baptist Colleges and Schools in Lexington, Ky., June 3, 2001. not much on intellect. It’s not that there are not a lot of by George Marsden Southern Baptists who are well-educated and well-informed. ost of the little I know about Southern Baptists comes Rather, intellectual achievement has rarely been a high priority Mfrom having spent six years, from 1986-1992 on the facul- in the Southern Baptist constituency. I realize that there are ty of the Divinity School of Duke University and living in exceptions to this priority, but I am assured by quite a number Durham, North Carolina, if that counts as the South. During of Southern Baptists that this is the case. the first years I was at Duke our faculty Southern Baptists, of course, are not alone in their suspi- met yearly with the faculty of cions of intellect. A few years ago my good friend Mark Noll, a Southeastern Theological Seminary, a former speaker to this group I believe, published a very influ- custom that came to an end with the ential book called The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. In it, fundamentalist or conservative takeover he argued, in essence, that the scandal of the evangelical mind of Southeastern. After that, Duke became is that there is no evangelical mind. Evangelical Americans are a haven for some SBC refugees. extremely pragmatic. They do what works. But they seldom Around that time I offered a course on take the time to build good theory or good theology for what “Religion in the American South,” which they are doing. As one evangelical leader said to me, their oper- was the most tension-filled course I ever ating procedure tends to be “Load, fire, aim.” taught in my life. When we came to a There is, it should be acknowledged, a good bit to be said discussion about the controversies in the for such anti-intellectual attitudes. Southern Baptists and Southern Baptist Convention, people George Marsden their northern evangelical counterparts have been thriving were nearly coming to blows. One young for the past generation, unlike, some other religious groups. man, who was not even a Baptist, was in tears as to how the More would be lost than would be gained if they became like, controversy had broken up part of his family. At one point I let’s say, had to interrupt the class and say, “Listen, this is my course Episcopalians or I want to ask if it is either and I ought to be allowed to say something.” Presbyterians, From these and from quite a few other encounters with the who have pro- necessary or proper that a SBC and from visiting at a few of your schools, I think I have duced many dis- denomination that empha- learned a couple of things about the SBC, although I am far tinguished intel- from an expert. I think the thing that has impressed me most, lectuals, but sizes evangelism should not is how much like an ethno-religious group the denomination often seem to be also engaged in a first- is. Before I made my sojourn in the South I had spent twenty remain in the rate intellectual mission to years teaching at Calvin College, a college of the Christian doldrums spiri- Reformed Church. The Christian Reformed Church is a very tually. My own the culture it hopes to reach? cohesive ethno-religious community—much like Missouri denomination, Synod Lutherans—that has maintained a distinctive identity the Christian Reformed—which is essentially Dutch for the past century and a half. Presbyterian—has one of the strongest intellectual heritages One trait of truly Christian Reformed people is that they are among conservative evangelical American groups. Yet—while it not much interested in what other denominations are doing. has grown in recent decades—its growth has paled beside that That is how they have maintained their distinct identity. At of Southern Baptists. some point after spending some time around Southern The emphasis on evangelism among the Southern Baptists Baptists, I realized that they are much the same way. Southern and other evangelical denominations is intimately related both Baptists are intensely interested in what other Southern to their growth and to their distrust of intellect. Proclaiming Baptists are doing, but are not especially concerned about the the Gospel, they have rightly insisted, has been their top priori- views of those outside the denomination. They are like a huge ty. For such a task there is an advantage in keeping the mes- family or clan. sage simple. Far too often faithful believers have seen their The lesson I draw from this observation is that you may be a sons and daughters who turn to intellectual life turn away tough audience. In such a community it is difficult for an out- from the simple truths of the Gospel. sider to come in and have an impact—I’ll come back to that I want to ask if it is either necessary or proper that a issue in a minute. denomination that emphasizes evangelism should not be also The other observation I have about Southern Baptists is one engaged in a first-rate intellectual mission to the culture it that quite a few Southern Baptists have impressed upon me hopes to reach? Of course, you might respond, that the SBC when I have talked about religion and higher education and the need to strengthen the relationship between faith and (continued on page 4)

Third Quarter–2001 3 ing under the curse of the law; while we are settling the date of Christian Scholarship... Jesus’s birth, the world is doing without its Christmas mes- (continued from page 3) sage.(1) Machen responds to such criticisms by challenging the already has some fine colleges and universities including your assumption of evangelical Americans that scholarship is own and who am I, as an outsider, to suggest that you should impractical and irrelevant to the urgent task of evangelism. On do more. Nonetheless, recognizing the limits of my expertise as the contrary the intellectual task is an essential component of to how much impact your schools are having on the intellectual evangelism. That is because God works through means to life of the surrounding culture, let me challenge you as to bring people to himself and these means include cultural con- whether your schools might do better in the area of intellectual ditions that may dispose people to give the gospel a hearing. In leadership, particularly in the area of relating faith to learning. the twentieth century, Machen observes, the intellectual obsta- As I have said, I am keenly aware that I speak as an outsider, cles to the faith seem insurmountable for many people. This is and hence without a lot of authority in this setting. Further, true not only for the intellectuals, but also for masses of people the specific rationale for developing more of an intellectual who are shaped by prevailing cultural fashion. Christian schol- mission is drawn frankly from my own Presbyterian tradition. arship is not only making good use of God’s creation—another But I believe firmly that different traditions in the church need good rationale— it also can provide a vital component of evan- to learn from each other. Since Protestant churches as a whole gelism. have no central headquarters, we need to We may preach with all the fervor of be open to looking for and adopting a reformer [Machen proclaims] and yet strengths of other traditions without los- Christian scholarship is succeed only in winning a straggler here ing the strengths of our own. It is an not only making good use and there, if we permit the whole collec- application of the principle of recognizing of God’s creation—another tive thought of the nation or of the that various parts of the body of Christ world to be controlled by ideas which, need each other. good rationale— it also can by the resistless force of logic, prevent So how should the evangelistic provide a vital component Christianity from being regarded as any- strengths of the Protestant tradition be thing more than a harmless delusion. linked to its intellectual strengths? of evangelism. This brings us to the key statement The answer that has inspired me most of what I would like you to consider. comes, as I say, out of my own tradition. I Machen’s view of the potential importance of Christian scholar- discovered it early in my career when I was teaching at Calvin ship is built on a more general view about the relation of ideas College in the 1960s. During that time I visited L’Abri to history. Fellowship in Switzerland conducted by Francis Schaeffer. What is today a matter of academic speculation [he declares] Schaeffer, as I’m sure you know, was a widely influential evan- begins tomorrow to move armies and pull down empires. In gelist who spoke much of the relationship of Christian faith to that second stage, it has gone too far to be combated; the time contemporary culture and intellect. When I visited L’Abri I to stop it was when it was still a matter of impassionate debate. found that he had reprinted as a little pamphlet an address, I would like you to reflect on that statement in thinking titled “Christianity and Culture,” that had been especially what might be the intellectual task of Southern Baptist influential on him in shaping his own sense of mission. It was schools. If it is true that “what is a matter of academic specula- a lecture by one of Schaeffer’s teachers, J. Gresham Machen. tion in one era begin to move armies and pull down empires in Machen, who became a great New Testament scholar at the next” what does that mean for us? Princeton Theological Seminary, had delivered this address I think there is no doubt that this basic thesis is true. The when he was a young teacher at a convocation of that semi- Reformation was, among other things the outgrowth of schol- nary in 1912. ars’ insights. The American Revolution also was in part the The early twentieth century was a time of church growth result of ideas that could be found on scholar’s drawing boards and enthusiasm for evangelism and missions in Northern a century earlier. Some of the best examples of the influence of churches and young men who had chosen such a conservative ideas occurred after Machen spoke. Karl Marx’s theories of the seminary were likely to have done so not so much for intellec- mid-19th century moved countless armies and pulled down tual reasons as because of enthusiasm for evangelism that empires in our century. Turn-of-the-century speculations on they saw as lacking at the more liberal seminaries. Their ten- racial evolution as popularized by a demonic Führer led direct- dency, Machen knew well, was to question why they had to ly to the devastating havoc of the holocaust. take so much time for rigorous learning when there was so Of course, lot’s of other factors,—such as economic, politi- much practical Gospel work to be done, when untold numbers cal, and ethnic factors—account for the rise and fall of empires were perishing in their sins every day. Machen well describes or for why people adopt particular ideas. Yet there’s no denying them as saying: that among those factors that steer world history is the force of The gospel is the sole means of escape [from the crisis of ideas themselves. modern civilization] let us preach it to the world while yet we So I think there is a good case for Machen’s primary asser- may. So desperate is the need that we have no time to engage tion that God works through the influential ideas in a culture in vain babblings and old wives’ fables. While we are discussing and not just through individuals, or families, or even just the exact location of the churches of Galatia, men are perish- through churches. Cultural conditions help dispose people to

4 The Educator belief or disbelief. Intellectual beliefs, underlying cultural have said, “I don’t know any more about theology than a jack- assumptions, and the like, are crucial parts of those cultural rabbit knows about ping-pong, but I’m on my way to glory!” conditions. So Christian scholarship can have an integral role Many converts of such evangelists have later become well edu- to play in evangelism by witnessing to the intellectual viability cated and have made powerful contributions to evangelical of Christianity in an era of intellectual skepticism and by chal- intellectual life. lenging widely-held assumptions that are antagonistic to the A related factor is that not all of twentieth-century evange- faith. That point also seems to me to be irrefutable and as cru- lism has been anti-intellectual. The “evangelical mind” has cially important today as it was at the beginning of the twenti- been far from what it might be, but it has not been entirely eth century. missing in action either. Evangelicals have maintained some If it were the case, as it has become the case in Great Britain fine colleges and seminaries—including some Southern and Western Europe, that the overwhelming majority of the Baptist examples. Today many of these have fine faculty and educated classes felt that they could simply dismiss traditional students and are beginning to gain recognition as competitive Christian claims as hopelessly out of date fairy tales, the impact with some of the better secular schools. Evangelical scholars on the rest of our culture would be incalculable. can also be found at many leading universities. Defective as It is interesting to reflect on how the situation has devel- evangelical intellectual life may be, evangelicals in the United oped quite differently in the United States. Here the dominant States have been able to point to scholars whose belief and aca- voices in the educated classes have also turned against tradi- demic witness helps validate their own belief. tional Christianity and that has had a tremendous impact in So the situation today for evangelical scholarship is not the media and the arts as well as in mainstream academia nearly as bleak as Machen might have predicted. Even though itself. So something of what Machen predicted has happened. the secular debacle in the intellectual mainstream has gone on Yet the situation here is not nearly as bad as it might be. The pretty much unchecked, the whole culture has not followed. turn against traditional Christianity at the center of the culture Not even the whole intellectual culture has followed. For that has not dragged everything with it—at least not yet. The situa- we need to thank—among other people—the evangelists. tion is more like that described in Peter Berger’s memorable That does not lessen the point that evangelists need schol- image that the United States is like a nation where the popula- ars. If anything, that is more true today than at the beginning tion is as religious as that of India but is ruled by an elite who of the twentieth are as secular as Swedes. century. Much It is worth reflecting on why the United States is different more than then, we . . . evangelicals in the from Great Britain and Western Europe on this score and how live in a culture United States have been that difference should relate to our agenda as Christian educa- where we constant- tors. There are a number of cultural factors that help account ly have to depend able to point to scholars for this difference and I will not attempt to go into all of them on the authority of whose belief and academic here. An important factor that does relate to our topic, howev- experts. Most witness helps validate er, is the role of ethnicity and regionalism in preserving tradi- Christians, even tional religious identities. Religion has played a vital role as a well-educated ones, their own belief. centrifugal force that resists the centripetal force of the more are not in a position secularized cultural center. Southern whites, African to evaluate the Americans, and many ethnic groups maintained ethno-reli- plausibility of belief in the historicity of the Gospels in the gious identities that were out of sync with the mainstream cul- light of higher criticism. Nor can they demonstrate that the ture. In America the spokes of the culture do not necessarily intellectual warrant for traditional Christian belief is as solid as turn with the hub. is the warrant for many of the most important things that This cultural situation has had an educational counterpart. rational people believe. Nor would they have the time to mar- In the United States the system of higher education has been shal historical evidence against the claim that Christianity has far more decentralized than that of Western Europe. Most of been, on the whole, a source of oppression in history. Nor are this decentralized college system has been church related and they in a position to sort out popular claims such as that much of it still is. So there always have been pockets where America has until recently always been a Christian nation. And Christianity has survived even within higher education—the so forth. For most such questions we need people in our com- Southern Baptist colleges are an important case in point. munities who are expert on the subject and on whom we can Another major factor that academics sometimes need to rely. appreciate more is the impact of popular evangelism in sus- Furthermore, if America is a culture where the people are as taining the faith at all levels, including the intellectual. The pious as in India but the cultural leaders are as secular as flourishing of populist, free-enterprise, “democratic” evange- Swedes, one wonders how long such a balance can be main- lism has long been a characteristic of North American life that tained without the Swedes winning out. If—to take just one has distinguished it from most of its European counterparts. area of modern culture—the media are overwhelmingly con- It is important for scholars to remember that this popular trolled by the Swedes, one wonders how long we can continue evangelism helps builds a culture that makes Christian schol- to win the hearts and minds of upcoming generations. (For arship viable as well as the reverse. Countless people have been example, there was an article in the paper that Harper-Collins originally brought to Christianity through strongly anti-intel- is planning to publish a new version of the Narnia tales with lectual evangelists. Billy Sunday, for instance, is supposed to (continued on page 6)

Third Quarter–2001 5 As deplorable as this state of affairs may be, the positive side Christian Scholarship... of it is that we face a cultural and intellectual situation that (continued from page 5) appears to be going to be pluralistic for the foreseeable future. This pluralistic situation provides a new moment for Christian colleges and universities of which we should be talking advan- the Christian elements removed. Who among Christians is tage. We should be taking advantage of a moment that has doing an adequate job to train thoughtful people who can step opened the door for Christian and other religious perspectives into positions of cultural leadership? to be recognized as legitimate players in the mainstream dia- Populist and fundamentalist protestantism tends to logue. We need to be challenging the vestigial claims to univer- respond to such problems with demagogues and intellectual salism of non-theistic and naturalistic schools of thought. patent medi- The crucial point is that Christians today—no more than at cines. So it is the beginning of the 20th century—cannot allow the domi- particularly nant thought of the nation to be controlled by ideas that are important for Finally, I think that at the alien to Christianity. In the pluralistic setting that we find the thoughtful beginning of the 21st century ourselves in today, we are on the verge of effectively making parts of the this point. We are on the verge of gaining wide recognition Protestant we (as Christian educational that it is inconsistent to claim that the best intellectual life communities institutions) have a wonder- must be uniform in its commitment to exclusively naturalistic to build strong ful opportunity to present to views of things. On similar grounds we should also challenge centers of the other widespread assumption of both modern and post- learning that the secular community an modern thought, that humans are the creators of their own can provide alternative to the hollowness reality. For such challenges to be effectively made, however, counter-bal- Christian communities will have to build first-rate intellectual ances without of its mainstream education. centers where Christian scholars can work on such issues. losing enthusi- The important point to underscore is that the cultural frag- asm for the mentation of today is not simply intellectual, it is also commu- essentials of the faith. nal and institutional. This institutional fragmentation provides Our basic model—as I said earlier— should be the image some of the most significant opportunities that should be shap- of the Body of Christ as in 1 Corinthians 12 and 13, where we ing the agendas of those who head Christian education institu- recognize our dependence on each others’ gifts and that the tions. We should be taking advantage of this golden opportuni- highest gift is charity. We must see the mutuality of the need ty. In this pluralistic environment we should build strong com- of Christian communities for expert scholars and the need of munities that support first-rate Christian scholarship. expert scholars for their spiritual communities. So Christian colleges have an important role to play as cen- Finally, I think that at the beginning of the 21st century ters to support among faculty and inspire among students alter- we (as Christian educational institutions) have a wonderful native models for shaping American cultural ideals. I’ll say a lit- opportunity to present to the secular community an alterna- tle in my second lecture as to what those alternatives should be. tive to the hollowness of its mainstream education. For now though I can say this. For such alternatives to One of the major differences between the academic situa- develop, schools will have to include true intellectual centers. tion at the beginning of the 21st century and that at the Even at schools like Notre Dame and Duke, people complain beginning of the 20th is fragmentation of the dominant cul- about the anti-intellectualism among the students. So this is ture and hence of the communities and institutions that con- not simply a Southern Baptist problem. To cultivate alterna- trol scholarship. American culture in 1912 was as diverse as it tives, it will take leadership with great vision and willingness to is today, but that diversity was not reflected in its leading commit resources to that vision. For one thing, it seems to me, educational institutions. In that setting it made sense to talk faculty are greatly overworked at most schools and need more about “the whole collective thought of the nation” which time and opportunity to develop vital Christian visions on their seemed to Machen to be controlled by the ideas that prevailed disciplines. To change that would take real vision and resources. in northeastern universities such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, I realize that there are a pressures in a hundred other Princeton, and Johns Hopkins and a few satellites in the west. directions to take your resources. Nonetheless I think your If these centers became hostile to Christianity, or simply Christian academic mission is a matter of high calling. We are ignored it, there seemed little hope for the nation. in a cultural situation today in which there is a great need for Today, while there are still the same dominant institutions alternative education from Christian perspectives that are aca- there is little intellectual coherence at those cultural centers. demically competitive with the best schools in the nation. For Part of the problem is that the system of academic specializa- that to happen, some group with a large constituency and tion, combined with faddish post-modernism, has ensured resources will have to take advantage of the opportunity. Why that ninety-five percent of academic activity, even in the not the Southern Baptists? ■ humanities, is unintelligible to anyone but other academic specialists in one’s own field or sub-field. Furthermore, since ______the 1960’s the idea of the dominance of any one school of George Marsden is professor of philosophy at Notre Dame thought has been under severe attack. University, South Bend, In.

6 The Educator The NineNine CommandmentsCommandments for FundFund RaisersRaisers

by Ben Elrod

Do begin asking on your own campus. If your own institutional family doesn’t think 11 enough of the institution to give, prepare the order of service for the funeral.

Do prepare a positive, simple case statement including your strengths, plans and strategy 22 for securing resources.

Do ask boldly. My vice president for development and I have a clear job description for him. 33 It is in the form of one sentence. Here it is: “Get the money.” I have no problem understand- ing that job description, and evaluation requires a fairly simple framework! We never have apologized for taking the time of busy men, and we never have failed to tell them the purpose of our visit. If fellowship is what you want, stay at home and visit with your spouse. If money is what you are after, tell your prospect that is what you want.

Do relate meaningfully your donor’s participation with the larger programmatic objectives 44 of your institution. That is where the heart of his strongest motivation lies.

Don’t look for your institutional salvation to fall miraculously from some distant sky. Take 55 your shovel in hand and start digging your own gold mine.

Don’t expect large fund-raising victories to come from the performance of second- and 66 third-string quarterbacks. Important people want to talk to the president.

Don’t fear the possibility of asking too much or too often. The ones you “turn off” ordinar- 77 ily never were “on.”

Don’t prepare your speeches and materials for other educators. I don’t expect to get a sin- 88 gle pledge from you. Prepare statements that tell your lay constituency what you are doing and how they can relate, and say it in terms they can understand.

Don’t get discouraged. The law of averages is on your side. If one out of every five 99 responds positively, thank heaven for the fourth negative response. You are on the threshold of success.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Why nine “commandments”? I’m not Moses, and I didn’t get these on a mountain.

Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from the Hester Lecture delivered at the annual meeting of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools,Lexington, Ky., June 3-5, 2001. Ben Elrod is chancellor, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark.

Third Quarter–2001 7 Legal Notes by James Guenther

Admissions Decisions and Standardized Tests

y educator wife has a healthy suspi- prohibit discrimination against persons that or the state law prohibits it. Mcion about the efficacy of tests. Our with disabilities. When the institution So how is the flap over standardized son’s experience with a standardized tests, the regulations issued by the U.S. testing going to affect admissions stan- kindergarten admissions test did not help Department of Education require the insti- dards? Some schools will probably aban- her attitude. “He did quite well at recog- tution to provide the disabled student, don the SAT in favor of a test they believe nizing and naming all the things in the upon request, appropriate accommoda- to be less discriminatory. Some will reduce pictures,” the examiner had reported. Then tions so that the student may demonstrate the extent of reliance on test scores, espe- she paused, looking at the results more his or her aptitude and achievement, not cially using the scores as the singular cri- carefully, and mumbled, “But for some the effect of the disability. terion for admission. Some will make no reason he doesn’t seem to know what an The law does not oblige the institution, changes. iron is.” however, to fundamentally alter the insti- While admissions tests are high stakes, Masculinists might say that quizzing a tution’s program or to change, lower, boy about an iron is gender discrimina- waive or eliminate academic requirements tion. In our case, we recognized that the that can be demonstrated to be essential to While admissions question discriminated against children, its program. male or female, whose mothers spent more One court has gone further and said tests are high stakes, time reading to them than letting them that a test score may be “flagged”to indi- they are also high watch ironing. That kind of discrimination cate the applicant had received extra time is not illegal. because of his disability unless the student politics. The SAT, the 500 pound gorilla of stan- can show that the additional time had no dardized admissions tests, continues to be effect on the validity of his score. under attack by those who say the test is • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act pro- they are also high politics. biased against women and members of hibits race and national origin discrimina- Currently it appears the regulators are some minority groups. In May the tion; the Age Discrimination Act, protects lightening up about tests. At the same University of Minnesota released the against age discrimination. time, affirmative action plans that some results of an analysis of 1700 studies • Title IX of the Education schools have used to “fix” the test results involving more than a million students. Amendments prohibits sex discrimination. are in disfavor with the courts. The conclusion: SAT is doing a good job at But Title IX prohibitions do not apply to While it is impossible to predict, dis- predicting college success. However, the private undergraduate admissions. So, ability discrimination may be the most liti- president of the University of California is whether the SAT is biased against women gated issue in the near future, at least for among those who think the SAT test is legally irrelevant if the test score is private undergraduate admissions. results are overvalued in the admissions being used to determine undergraduate Current counsel: admissions policies process. He suspects the test truly is dis- admission. However, sex discrimination in and practices should be derived from and criminatory. For SAT, burden would shift undergraduate admissions may be illegal clearly linked to the institution’s overarch- to the kindergarten to show the test is under state law, and colleges and universi- ing educational goals, and the use of tests “educationally justified.” The school must ties with nursing programs will not be eli- in the admissions process should serve show there is a manifest relationship gible for grants from Health and Human those institutional goals. between the use of the test and an impor- Services if the school discriminates on the Admissions decisions should take into tant educational purpose. basis of sex in its admission to the nursing consideration information other than test Even if the school can carry that bur- program. scores if that information will enhance the den, the discrimination claimant might Further, private institutions are not overall validity of the decision. Be sensitive still win if he could show that there exists burdened with rules emanating from the to criteria which, though not intended to an equally effective alternative which constitution’s equal protection require- be illegally discriminatory, will have that meets the institution’s goals but results in ments that prohibit state schools from pernicious effect. less disparity between the sexes. discriminating against residents of other Follow your criteria. Don’t ask questions Forgetting kindergarten, precisely what states or citizens of other countries on subjects irrelevant to your criteria. ■ discrimination is illegal when it comes to residing in the U.S. Also, significantly, admissions in higher education? private schools may discriminate on the James Guenther is a partner in the law • The Americans With Disabilities Act basis of religion in admissions unless firm of Guenther, Jordan & Price, P.C. in and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act they have promised that they will not do Nashville, Tennessee, (615) 329-2100.

8 The Educator Belmont University: Belmont now offers a Hannibal-LaGrange College: The college com- from the Pillsbury Foundations, a $1 million doctorate degree in physical therapy, the uni- pleted its $7.6 million “Season for Growth” grant from the L.E. and J.E. Mabee versity’s first doctorate degree program. campaign to raise funds for a new fine arts Foundation and a $1 million anonymous gift. Brewton-Parker College: A groundbreaking center. The 52,000-square-foot facility will fea- The funds will finance construction of a new celebration initiated plans to build the new ture a theatre and an art gallery and will chapel fine arts building and endowment. Student Activities Center, a 45,000-square-foot house classrooms, practice and studio space, Mississippi College: The Mississippi College facility that includes gaming, concession and faculty offices and other space for visual and chapter of the American Chemical Society relaxation areas for students, a Hall of Fame performing arts. received the 2000 Outstanding Chapter Award room, and conference and meeting room Hardin-Simmons University: The Texas State at the 221st American Chemical Society areas. Board of Social Worker Examiners reported National Meeting and Exposition. Campbell University: The university’s Society that 100 percent of Hardin-Simmons social The Council for the Accreditation for for the Advancement of Management (SAM) work graduates who took the examination for Counseling and Related Educational Programs student business club was named “Club of the Licensed Social Worker in 2000 passed the (CACREP) awarded accredited status to the Year” for the fifth straight year at the annual examination. This marks the 6th year in a row graduate level counseling and therapy pro- SAM Club International Case Management that 100 percent of Hardin-Simmons grams offered by the department of psycholo- Competition. Three of the club’s officers University graduates passed the exam on the gy and counseling. received “Outstanding Student” awards, and first effort. The pass rate for first time candi- Southwest Baptist University: The Southwest club advisor and professor Ellen Sikes was dates was 100 percent for 13 of the 14 years in Baptist University Students in Free Enterprise named “Advisor of the Year” for the second which students took the license exam. (SIFE) team was selected as regional champi- year in a row. Houston Baptist University: The Houston on at the 2001 SIFE Regional Exposition and Campbellsville University: The school estab- Baptist University undergraduate recruiting Career Opportunity Fair. lished The Kentucky Heartland Institute on video, produced by students enrolled in the William Carey College: The college’s theatre Public Policy, which focuses on facilitating Department of Communications’ Production production of “And David Danced” was select- public policy study and issues debate, while II class, received the Special Award in ed to appear in the 2001 American College encouraging the involvement of Christian Audiovisual Communications—Film or Theatre Festival at the John F. Kennedy leaders in the public and civic arenas. Videotape from the Council for Advancement Center for the Performing Arts in East Texas Baptist University: A ground- and Support of Education. Washington, D.C. breaking ceremony marked preparations to Mercer University: Mercer is launching the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor: The build a 200-bed residence hall, which should Center for Baptist Studies to foster better Alumni Association exceeded its goal of $3.5 be completed by fall 2002. understanding of Baptist identity, to promote million by raising $3,648,000 toward the uni- Georgetown College: The Georgetown College scholarly study of Baptist history and to pro- versity's capital and endowment campaign, Academic Team claimed first place in the vide a resource for interpreting contemporary Challenge Beyond 2000. The campaign will Kentucky Collegiate Quick Recall League for Baptist issues. fund three new building projects: a new acad- the 2000-01 academic year, marking the Missouri Baptist College: The Spirit of emic center for the schools of business and fourth time in the last eight years that Excellence Campaign exceeded its goal by $1.8 education, a new wellness and athletic center, Georgetown has been league champion, along million, marking the most successful fund- and a band hall. The campaign also focuses with three second place awards and one third raising effort in the college’s 35-year history. on increasing the university endowment by place award. Gifts included a $2 million challenge grant $4.5 million. ■ September 15 Next Deadline for Doctoral Loan Program eptember 15 is the next deadline for the The degrees must be earned from accredit- attain doctoral degrees. Also serving on the Sscholarship/loan program for faculty and ed graduate institutions. Loan applicants loan review committee are Doug Hodo, pres- administrators of Southern Baptist-related must be full-time employees of the faculty or ident of Houston Baptist University and Tom colleges, and seminaries. administration of the six Southern Baptist Kinchen, president of The Baptist College of The program provided $92,538 in awards seminaries or Southern Baptist-related educa- Florida. to 35 individuals at 17 educational institu- tional institutions that receive financial sup- After completion of the doctorate, loan tions during 2000. port from their state Baptist Convention recipients must agree to repay the loan in The Southern Baptist Foundation (SBF) of through Cooperative Program funds for oper- kind through service in a qualifying Southern the Southern Baptist Convention administers ations, are promoted by their state Baptist Baptist Educational institution. Recipients are the program, which awards the loan funds Conventions as part of the convention’s pro- given $2,000 credit toward repayment of the twice each year to faculty and administrators grams and ministries, and whose governing loan for each academic year of service com- of eligible institutions. The September 15 boards are elected by the state convention. pleted. Recipients who cease to be employed deadline is for spring and following terms. Bob Agee, executive director of the by qualifying institutions must begin immedi- According to Margaret Cammuse, loan Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and ately to repay the loan with interest. administrator for the SBF, the program assists Schools (ASBCS) and a member of the loan To request an application form, con- full-time faculty and administrators at qualify- review committee, said the program has tact the Southern Baptist Foundation, ing Southern Baptist Educational institutions been vital in helping hundreds of faculty and 901 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN in attaining doctoral degrees. administrators at ASBCS member schools to 37203, 1-800-245-8183. ■

Fourth Quarter–2000 9 Averett President Announces Retirement Plans rank R. Campbell announced to Averett Averett continued to update its academic offerings to meet the FUniversity’s board of trustees his intention changing demands of students. The college’s athletic program also to retire as the school’s president effective expanded in the past 16 years to include baseball, football, women’s June 30, 2002. soccer, and women’s lacrosse. The board of trustees accepted Campbell's During his administration, fund-raising efforts resulted in retirement with regret and expressed apprecia- almost $50 million worth of gifts to the college. The college’s bud- tion for the contributions he has made to the get has also grown from less than $5 million when Campbell college and to the surrounding community for became president to more than $20 million. the past 16 years. Incoming board chairman “I have enjoyed my 16 years of service as president of Averett Charles Majors will appoint a search committee Frank R. Campbell College,” Campbell said. “I am proud of the strides made by this to select Campbell’s successor. institution and would like to publicly thank all of those who have Campbell became Averett’s 22nd president in July 1985. Under been partners in our success. It has been a pleasure to work with Campbell’s 16 years of leadership, Averett’s campus expanded from the board, the faculty, the staff and especially the students of Averett 19 acres to more than 200 acres. The expansion included construc- College. I will miss my contact with the students and my col- tion of the Emily Swain Grousbeck Music Center, the Equestrian leagues, but am looking forward to retirement and to following Center, the Grant Center and North Campus and the Averett Averett’s continued progress.” As a result of the growth the institu- Commons Apartments. tion experienced under Campbell’s leadership, Averett College In addition to its physical growth during Campbell’s tenure, became Averett University on July 1. ■

Campbell University: Wayne Ballard, assis- Georgetown College: Buck Baker, senior tant professor of Old Testament theology associate athletic director, was selected to PeoplePeople and biblical Hebrew, was named “Professor participate in the annual Sports of the Year” by the student body. Dan Management Institute, an exclusive seven- Averett University: Reference librarian Clara Ensley, director of the department of mass month program that provides specialized Fountain published “A History of Danville in communication, received a certificate of executive management programs for sports Postcards.” achievement from Governor Mike Easley management professionals. Baylor University: Marketing professor and a congressional tribute from U.S. Hannibal-LaGrange College: Assistant Marjorie J. Cooper, associate Spanish pro- Congressman Bobby Etheridge for outstand- English professor Katherine Burt received fessor Guillermo Garcia-Corales and theolo- ing service to North Carolina. Steve the Missouri Governor’s Award for gy professor Roger E. Olson each received Harmon, assistant divinity school professor, Excellence in teaching. Business professor the Scholarship Award from the university. presented a paper entitled “The Critical Use John Schafer published an article, Law professor Melissa A. Essary and of Instrumenta for the Retrieval of Patristic “Electronic Retailing” in the book Great Spanish professor Phillip Johnson each Biblical Exegesis” at the Society of Biblical Ideas in Teaching Marketing. Assistant his- received a Tenured Teaching Award from Literature meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Lloyd tory professor Sam Swisher received the Baylor. Senior economics lecturer Karen R. Johnson, associate professor in the depart- Parkway Baptist Church Distinguished Johnson received the Non-Tenured Lecturer ment of government, history, and justice, Professor award. Teaching Award. Physics professor and mas- was appointed to serve on the 2003 Hardin-Simmons University: The work of ter teacher Robert G. Packard received the Membership Committee of the Southern Virginia Armstrong, senior professor of legal 2001 Collins Outstanding Professor Award. Historical Association. studies and political science, is cited in the Thomas J. Proctor, professor and chair of Campbellsville University: Three professors current issue of “The CQ Weekly,” a current educational psychology, was given the award were elected as representatives to the gov- events report published by the for Significant Contributions to the erning board for the Kentucky Academy of Congressional Quarterly Service. Robert Academic Community in ways other than Science: assistant sociology professor Fink, Bond professor of English, wrote an teaching or research. Kenneth W. Van Patrick Bamwine was elected as a social and article, “Called to Poetry, Abilene” that was Treuren, associate professor of engineering, behavioral science representative, assistant published in the Houston Chronicle. He also received the Non-Tenured Tenure-Track biology professor Brent Summers was read his literary nonfiction essay, “How I Teaching Award. School of education dean appointed editor of the newsletter, and Found Religion at a Baseball Game” and Robert Yinger was elected to the board of chemistry instructor Elizabeth Sutton was some of his poetry at the sixth annual directors of the American Association of appointed state director of the Kentucky Conference on Baseball in Literature and Colleges for Teacher Education. Junior Academy. Culture. Travis Frampton, visiting assistant Brewton-Parker College: Associate history East Texas Baptist University: President professor of biblical studies for the Logsdon professor Larry Toll received the Bob Riley received the Community Builders School of Theology, received a Fulbright Outstanding Teacher Award, and music pro- Award from the local Marshall Chapter of Scholarship for study in the Netherlands for fessor T. N. Retif received the Jordan the Masonic Lodge, the highest award that the 2001–2002 school year. Robert Hamner, Teaching Excellence Award at the college’s can be given to a non-mason. senior professor of English and humanities, Honors Day chapel service.

10 The Educator published an article about the use of visual arts in Derek Southwest Baptist University: colleges. Robert Glasgow, assistant Walcott’s epic poem Omeros in the delayed July 2000 Michelle Dose, assistant chemistry professor of mathematics at issue of the Canadian journal Ariel. Physical education professor and head of the department Southwest Baptist University, had his professor Merlin Morrow was named “Faculty Member of of chemistry and physics, and Kent paper “Doctoral Programs in the Year” at the annual alumni association-sponsored Chambers, chemistry and physics Mathematics Education in the United Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner. Assistant mathe- instructor, have been accepted as States: A Status Report,” published matics professor Frances Renfroe received the Texas participants in the 2001-2002 field in the book One Field, Many Paths: Department of Human Services’ 2000 Outstanding test of the American Chemical U.S. Doctoral Programs in Volunteer Service Award. Charles R. Richardson, direc- Society (ACS) GenChem Project to Mathematics Education. Assistant tor of media relations, received a 25-year recognition develop a new one-year general religion professor Carol Crawford certificate from the Council for Advancement and chemistry course for science majors. Holcomb received the 2001 Norman Support of Education. Virginia Intermont College: Cynthia W. Cox Award for Writing the Best Mississippi College: The Student Government Ward, assistant professor of psychol- Article Published by the Southern Association presented its annual Outstanding Faculty ogy and program coordinator of the Baptist Historical Society for her Award to assistant mathematics professor Melinda Gann. psychology department, made a pre- article, “The Kingdom at Hand: The Associate education professor Tom Williams was named sentation, entitled “Using Social Gospel and the Personal Distinguished Professor of the Year for 2001 in recogni- Multisensory Information: Infants Service Department of Woman’s tion of his outstanding service to the school of education Show Preferences for Mother, but Missionary Union, Auxiliary to the and to the university community. not Father, at Four-Months Age” at Southern Baptist Convention,” pub- Missouri Baptist College: Education professor H. J. the Society for Research on Child lished in the Spring 2000 Baptist Bliggenstorfer presented a concept entitled “Looping” at Development Conference. History and Heritage. Holcomb was the National Middle School Association’s Annual University of Mary-Hardin Baylor: elected as secretary of the Southern Conference. English professor John Han received the Michael Fabritius, professor for the Baptist Historical Society that met 2001 Parkway Distinguished Teaching Award from school of business, received the recently in Pensacola, Florida, where Parkway Baptist Church in St. Louis. University Trustee Award as “Teacher they changed their name to the Oklahoma Baptist University: Chris Bade, assistant pro- of the Year” for 2001. Baptist History and Heritage Society. fessor of music, was an adjudicator at the 2001 Alamo Brent Gibson was named to a three- Diane Howard, professor of perfor- Tournament of Music, and he played with Solisti New year appointment as executive secre- mance studies, published her article, York at the Oklahoma Mozart Festival. Oteka Ball, asso- tary/treasurer of the Conference of “Writing and Performing ciate professor of sociology and child care administra- College Teachers of English (CCTE), Autobiography, On-Site and Long tion, was named president of the Oklahoma Council of a statewide organization of English Distance,” in the national Family Relations. Art instructor Julie Marks Blackston teachers in Texas senior and junior Christianity and Theatre journal. ■ submitted two pieces to the annual “Fiberworks” show at the Kirkpatrick Galleries, which were accepted in the juried show, and one, “Dragonfly Ghosts” was presented with the Handweavers Guild of America award. Darla Eshelman, associate professor of music education, pub- lished her article “Portrait of an Exemplary Elementary Music Educator” in the spring issue of the Kodaly Envoy, national journal for the Organization of American Kodaly Educators. Chris Estes, assistant professor of psychology, was inducted into Kappa Omicron Nu, the build a better site! national honor society for Family Sciences. Assistant Spanish professor Richard Hartman was named resident director of the University of Oklahoma Summer in Pick a tool. Pick attributes. Paste the code. France, a program that allows students to earn under- Post the page. Go home early. graduate credit by attending courses and lectures offered by the Sorbonne. Anthropology lecturer Timothy SiteMason hosts website software - applications such as custom McCollum was presented with the Leslie White Award for forms, online polls, news publishers and more. the outstanding graduate student in anthropology for his master’s work at the University of Tulsa. Education pro- You can develop, maintain and host these tools on our hardware, fessor Jimmie Russell received the Oklahoma Education and at our facilities, removing the technical burden from webmas- Association “Friend of Education” award for her work with area teachers and with the America Reads program. ters. Charles Swadley, English and Spanish instructor, won SiteMason clients set up and maintain the applications entirely the Roy and Florena Hadsell Award from the University of Oklahoma English department for his seminar paper, through our web page interface, which gives fast, powerful control “Rhetorical and Electronic Memory: Intersections of the over the programs’ features, layout and web output. Fourth Canon and Word Processing Technology.” Craig Walker, associate economics professor, presented two SiteMason Moses.com papers, “Economic and Community Development: What [email protected] [email protected] Is the Role of the Regional University?” and “The www.sitemason.com www.moses.com Mississippi Budget Crisis of 2001: Causes and visit http://sitemason.com/signup visit http://moses.com/hosting Explanations,” at the Society of Business, Industry, and for a free webtool For more information on Economics annual meetings. your code is: DBS1BZB hosting services.

Third Quarter–2001 11 Bluefield College: Alumna and former vol- new director of the Baptist Student Ministry leyball player Cynthia Huff was appointed program. He succeeds Palmer McCown, who TTransitionsransitions women’s volleyball coach. has retired from the position. Campbell University: F. Christian Zinkhan, Mississippi College: The board of trustees co-founder of the Forestland Group, LLC, appointed Lloyd Roberts, current vice presi- Averett University: Vicki Richmond was was named dean of the Lundy-Fetterman dent for business affairs, to serve as interim named dean of admissions. School of Business president upon the retirement of Howell Baylor University: Associate vice president Campbellsville University: Alan G. Medders, Todd. for communications Larry D. Brumley was former president and chief executive officer North Greenville College: Robert L. Bradley, named associate vice president for external for the Woman's Missionary Union sports editor of the Easley Progress newspa- relations. Acting director J. David Holcomb Foundation in Birmingham, Ala., was named per, was named sports information director. was appointed director of the Baylor vice president for development. Samford University: John L. Carroll, chief University Press. David Lyle Jeffrey, distin- East Texas Baptist University: Dane U.S. magistrate judge for the middle district guished professor of literature and humani- Fowlkes, former ETBU director of alumni of Alabama, was named dean of the ties, was appointed associate provost. René for ETBU, was appointed university chap- Cumberland School of Law. Maciel, director of student services at lain. Alumnus Paul Tapp was appointed University of Mary Hardin-Baylor: Ben Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological director of alumni relations. Shipp was promoted to assistant vice presi- Seminary, was promoted to assistant dean Hannibal-LaGrange College: C. W. Stewart dent and director of athletics. Rob Strong for administration and academic services at was named vice president for institutional was promoted to dean of learning resources. the seminary. Diana M. Ramey, vice presi- advancement. Steve Theodore was named vice president dent and director of admission services, was Hardin-Simmons University: Gary Stanlake, for enrollment management. named vice president for enrollment man- biology professor and director of the Virginia Intermont College: Phillip D. agement. Patricia Tolbert, director of stu- Environmental Science Center, was named Crowder was named the program coordina- dent support services at Louisiana State dean of graduate studies. He succeeds Dan tor and assistant professor for the college’s University, was appointed assistant vice pres- McAlexander, who was named provost at new computer information management ident for academic development. Belmont University. Chris Sammons is the program, effective fall 2001. ■

BELMONT UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY MINISTER POSITION Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Belmont seeks a university minister who can lead the university’s student ministries Cumberland College programs and fulfill the role of minister to the university community of students, facul- Cumberland College invites nomina- Affairs are the registrar’s office, library ser- ty and staff. tions and applications for the position of vices and institutional research. The successful candidate will: possess at Vice President for Academic Affairs and Applicants and nominees should have a least a master’s degree (seminary or divinity Dean. history of active church membership in the school graduate education preferred); pos- Cumberland College is located in south- Baptist church, responsible administrative sess a minimum of three to five years expe- eastern Kentucky on Interstate 75. The col- experience including academic policy rience in student ministry and have a clear lege, organized in 1889, is an agency of the development, academic personnel manage- call to minister, especially in a collegiate Kentucky Baptist Convention with an enroll- ment and budget administration. Applicants setting; be a balanced, growing Christian ment of approximately 1,700 students. and nominees should possess an earned and an active member of a Southern Baptist Cumberland is a liberal arts residential cam- doctorate and demonstrate a level of acade- church; demonstrate a Christlike respect for pus with a strong commitment to nurturing mic scholarship that would merit appoint- individuals’ unique spiritual journeys; students academically, spiritually, and physi- ment to the faculty. demonstrate a genuine love for people, cally. The college is committed to quality in Nominations of candidates are encour- especially university students; and possess all areas including a strong athletic and aged and should be sent to the Director of strong written and oral communication intramural program. Cumberland is associat- Human Resources. Applicants should submit skills. It is also desired that the candidate be ed with the NAIA through 22 varsity athletic a curriculum vita, the names of three refer- mission-minded, enjoy mentoring students teams, several of which compete on a ences, and a cover letter describing their and ministry associates, and have superior national level each year. interests in and qualifications for the posi- speaking/preaching ability. The Vice President for Academic Affairs tion. Submit nominations and resumes to: Interested persons should submit a letter is the senior academic officer of the col- of interest and resume. The university will lege, reporting directly to the president. The Mr. Steve Allen receive and review applications until the Vice President advises the president on Director of Human Resources position is filled. Send nominations, letters matters of educational policy and repre- Cumberland College and accompanying materials to: University sents the campus at the state, regional and 6170 College Station Drive Minister Search Team; c/o Mack Hannah, national levels on academic matters. This Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769 Vice President for Spiritual Development; officer is responsible for 38 academic Belmont University; 1900 Belmont majors, 33 academic minors and a graduate Other information about Cumberland Boulevard; Nashville, TN 37212-3757. program in teacher education, all of which College may be found at www.cumber.edu eoe/aa employer under all applicable civil are organized by departments. Also report- rights laws ing to the Vice President for Academic

12 The Educator Samford Receives $11 Million Beaman Family Gives $9 Million Hannibal-LaGrange Receives in Bequests for Scholarships to Fund Student Life Center $1.25 Million in Grants Lucille Stewart Beeson posthumously Sally Beaman donated $9 million as a The Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., donated $10 million to Samford University naming gift for Belmont University’s new contributed a $1 million challenge grant student life center. The Beaman Student to Hannibal-LaGrange College to fund a to fund the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Life Center will include a fitness center, an new fine arts center. The Anderson Exceptional Scholars Program, designed to aerobics and dance area, racquetball and Foundation of Bayport, Minn., donated assist outstanding Alabama high school squash courts, an intramural gymnasium, a $250,000 to the college. graduates. Another $1 million bequest will rock-climbing wall, and locker rooms. The endow scholarships in the Ida V. Moffett center also will house the administrative Hillcrest Foundation Donates School of Nursing. offices of Belmont’s dean of students and the $500,000 to Dallas Baptist office of student affairs. The facility is sched- The Hillcrest Foundation, founded by uled for completion by August of 2003. Mellinger Estate Contributes Mrs. W. W. Caruth, Sr., donated $500,000 to Dallas Baptist University to help fund $4.5 Million to Houston Baptist McEachern Pledges $2 Million construction of the Tom and Alicia Landry Gwen Avenell Mellinger and Michele Toward HPU Campaign Welcome Center. Mellinger allocated $3,825,000 from their Businessman and Howard Payne estate to establish endowed scholarships in University trustee and alumnus Jim UMHB Receives $250,000 McEachern pledged $2 million toward the The estates of John and Etolia Saringer vocal music and in nursing at Houston school’s “Sharing the Vision” campaign to donated $250,000 to establish the John and Baptist University. An additional $759,750 fund endowments, scholarships and capital Etolia (Toby) Saringer Tomorrow’s Leaders was donated as an unrestricted gift. improvements, as well as other projects. Endowed Scholarship. ■

General and Mrs. Vernon B. Lewis Endowed Virginia Intermont College: The J. Henry Scholarship Fund donated $100,000 to Kegley Foundation pledged a two-year grant Development allow many full-time students to pursue a totaling $185,000 to fund upgrades, new Development lifetime career as a Christian minister or faculty computers, improvements for facul- missionary. Hispanic Baptist Theological ty salaries, technology, classroom conver- Bluefield College: The Jessie Ball duPont School: The school received $168,000 from sions and the renovation of an existing lec- Fund contributed $75,000 to help develop a the Elisabeth Blount Estate. ture hall to be named after the foundation. comprehensive strategic plan for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor: The Wayland Baptist University: The Ralph and school’s future. In addition, three Grogan Lord Foundation donated a $50,000 Elizabeth Shannon estate donated $206,000 Richmond, Virginia-based charitable foun- grant for the Ida Myrtle Roberts Manning for endowed scholarships. An anonymous dations—the Mary Morton Parsons Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship and alumnus contributed $200,000 to fund cap- Foundation, the Richard and Caroline T. $100,000 for the Parker Academic Center. ital projects on the Plainview campus. ■ Gwathmey Memorial Trust and the Massey Foundation—donated $70,000 to help fund the Harman Chapel and Performing Arts A TTENTION: Center improvement project. Campbell University: The Cannon Presidents Foundation of Concord, N.C., contributed a $150,000 grant toward renovation of the D. Chief Academic Officers Rich Memorial Building. The Burroughs Chief Admissions Officers Wellcome Fund awarded a grant of $109,800 to the school of pharmacy to Chief Student Development Officers, fund its community outreach program, STEP (Science and Technology Enrichment Chief Marketing and Public Relations Directors Program), designed to interest public mid- MARK YOUR CALENDARS dle school students in science and technol- ogy careers. Association of Southern Baptist Colleges & Schools Chowan College: The Cannon Foundation, Inc. granted $50,000 to help fund renovation Annual Meeting and Workshops of the John M. Jenkins Intramural Sports and Fitness Center. The George I. Alden June 1-4, 2002 • Panama City, Florida Trust donated $50,000 to fund upgrading of Host School: The Baptist College of Florida the campus computer network. East Texas Baptist University: Major

Third Quarter–2001 13 The School Company is helping educational institutions across the country view their real estate as a strategic asset. For colleges and universities, The School Company is focused on unique strategies to improve student housing. Whether your needs are renovating existing or building new residence halls, The School Company has the right option for your school. Each transaction is tailored with maximum flexibility and options to meet your college or university’s individual needs.

We are working, one school at a time, to assist colleges and universities with a growth solution. To learn more about how The School Company can assist your organization, please contact us at (615) 259-1446.

The School Company is an ASBCS corporate sponsor.

The School Company, Inc. 511 Union Street, Suite 507 Nashville, TN 37219 www.theschoolcompany.com

ALLIED IRISH BANK “A Leading Provider of Financial Services to the Not for Profit Sector”

for more information contact: Gerard J. Finn – Senior Vice President Allied Irish Bank – New York Branch 405 Park Avenue • New York, NY 10022 [email protected] • (212)-935-5011 or Graham Chadwick – Vice President Allied Irish Bank – Representative Office Atlanta Plaza • 950 East Paces Ferry Road Suite 3315 • Atlanta, GA 30326 [email protected]

14 The Educator of South n er io n t B OMMENT ia C OMMENT: Creating a Campus Culture a C : c p o t s i

s s t That’s Truly Christian A C o ls l o leg ho Bob R. Agee, Executive Director, ASBCS es and Sc

he annual meeting in Lexington able setting goals and with faculty who were champions of Twas an outstanding success accom- working on issues the cause. There were always those fac- panied by superb content in both ple- that have to do with ulty members who came to the profes- nary and workshop sessions and by a students and their sion with a strong sense of calling to great spirit among those who attended. experience. be both academically excellent and dis- The attendance was excellent with A faith and disci- tinctively Christian. Within the faculty almost 200 registered participants rep- plines emphasis, how- committees and within their disci- resenting 38 of our schools. If you ever, does not happen plines they kept faith and learning and weren’t able to attend this year, I hope Bob R. Agee as easily or readily. faith and disciplines issues on the you’ll make plans to attend the meet- Most faculty members earn their grad- agenda for conversation. They earned ing in 2002 in Panama City, Florida, uate degrees in secular settings and are the respect of the academy and the where The Baptist College of Florida seldom exposed to occasions where learned societies with the quality of will be our host institution. serious scholars in their chosen disci- their research and writing but they George Marsden, the 2001 Hester plines have the ability to discuss with never ignored the content of their faith Lecturer, reminded us of the need to be their students the content and implica- serious, thoughtful, and intentional in tions of the Christian faith to the pre- We should never take for creating a campus culture that is truly suppositions and conclusions within Christian. He challenged us to build a those disciplines. Those pursuits and granted that we are being climate on our campuses that nurtures discussions normally happen in set- seriously and intention- interest in research, writing, and dis- tings far removed from the actual pur- ally Christian in the way cussions about the implications of the suit of the graduate degree. Christian faith to the various academic It is important for a Christian col- education is offered disciplines. His lectures caused me to lege or university community to be on our campuses. reflect more intently on how you go engaged in both faith and learning and about building a strong emphasis on faith and disciplines conversations. The faith and disciplines. Let me offer some dialogue about both discipline content in the conclusions they reached or the suggestions. and the process of learning should way they approached their course con- never end and should never grow stale. tent. It is important for a We should never take for granted that Perhaps the most important compo- we are being seriously and intentional- nent in creating a campus culture that Christian college or ly Christian in the way education is is truly Christian is the faculty champi- university community offered on our campuses. on—those individuals on our campuses to be engaged in Once this distinction is made and who recognize the importance of being the importance of the effort is serious about excellence in scholarship both faith and learning acknowledged, the president and the while at the same time they are serious and faith and disci- chief academic officer play a critical about their Christian faith. role in creating a climate that values The true faculty champion for the plines conversations. and nurtures Christian scholarly pur- cause is one who has come to recog- suit by the faculty. When these two nize that his/her faith has something First of all, recognize that there is a leaders have convictions about the pri- to say to his/her discipline and the dis- difference between a faith and learning ority of the emphasis, resources will be cipline helps in broadening the under- emphasis and a faith and disciplines made available and creative ideas will standing of their faith. It’s when the emphasis. Faith and learning discus- flow about how to encourage both two dimensions of life and interest sions normally focus on what takes research, writing, learning and dia- begin to intersect and the content of place in the life of the student. We con- logue on both emphases. both begin to inform each other that struct educational outcomes goals and Presidents and chief academic offi- we are well on the way to influencing campus atmosphere goals to address cers, however, cannot create a culture our society and our culture for good. the content and climate of the educa- that emphasizes Christian scholarship My prayer is that our campuses will tional and student life programs of our and learning without the commitment be blessed with champions for the campuses. My observation has been and involvement of faculty. It has been cause in every academic discipline and that faculty and staff are very comfort- my privilege and joy to have worked in every facet of institutional life. ■

Third Quarter–2001 15 If the address on this label is wrong, please send it NonProfit along with your correct address to: Organization Association of Southern Baptist US POSTAGE Colleges and Schools PAID Attn: Southern Baptist Educator Permit No. 768 917 Harpeth Valley Place Nashville, TN Nashville, TN 37221-1141

We are pleased to serve families and students of member schools of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools.

Providing tuition management services for more than 2,000 schools nationwide.

PO Box 67037, Lincoln, NE 68506 800-624-7092 • fax: 402-466-1136 www.factsmgt.com • e-mail: [email protected]

16 The Educator