Volume LXXXIII, No. 3 • 3rd Trimester 2019 Robertson/Farmer/Hester 2Educational Funds 3Lessons Learned 5Annual Meeting EDUCATIONAL FUNDS 6NOBTS 8 Hawkins Speech 14 Call for Papers 15 Legal Update Available to 16 BCU Scholars 18 BSIR Update 19 IABCU Officers/Board IABCU FACULTY AND 20 Drowning in Red 24 Revenue Enhancing Opportunities ADMINISTRATORS To pursue Doctoral Degrees Vol. LXXXIII, No. 3 3rd Trimester 2019 Publisher: Ron Ellis, President and Board Chair, IABCU Managing Editor Ashley Hill, Executive Secretary, IABCU The Baptist Educator (ISSN 0038-3848) is a news magazine published three times a year for administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and obertson/Farmer/Hester mer term. friends of member schools by the REducational Loan funds International Association of Baptist Colleges designed to assist full-time fac- The loans are to be paid back in and Universities. service at a qualifying Southern POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: ulty or administrators at quali- International Association of Baptist Colleges fying Southern Baptist-related Baptist school at the rate of and Universities (IABCU) $2,000 per academic year. 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If your the next academic year. institution needs legal counsel, a competent semester and $1,500 per sum- attorney should be consulted. 2 The Baptist Educator COMMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT: Lessons Learned During 40-plus Years with IABCU Related Institutions Dr. Ron Ellis IABCU Board Chair/President and President, California Baptist University consider it an honor and sin- a freeway in the growth path of a quality pre-med, music, educa- Icere responsibility to serve as dynamic and diverse major city. tion, business, Christian studies IABCU Chair of the Board and The outstanding faculty and high and art programs at HBU, as well President for the current as an attention to detail term. The vast majority and strong customer ser- of my adult years have vice, combined to set an been spent studying or impressive standard for me serving at Baptist institu- to measure against going tions of higher education, forward. Also of note, HBU dating back to 1974. had an exceptionally high- Since November of that ranked NCAA Division I year, with the exception men’s gymnastics team of just about 58 months that served as a rallying to study or work else- point for campus culture where, the remaining 40- and a marketing tool for plus years have been the institution. I graduated spent with IABCU institu- in 1977, having learned tional members. numerous lessons at HBU. As I reflect on well-spent In 1980-81, I earned a years in Baptist higher Master’s Degree in education, several notable Educational Administration people and observations with a minor in Church stand out. State Studies at Baylor University. During this 12- In 1974, I transferred month period I was from a Louisiana public Dr. Ronald. L. Ellis, President exposed to a larger campus university located in a of California Baptist University and research oriented graduate rural town to Houston Baptist and Board Chair/President of program and in my second University. Its young, ambitious, IABCU semester I interned. The intern- vibrant campus was located along 3rd Trimester 2019 3 ship primarily consisted of shad- also was responsible for supply- increase from $11.3M to $351M. owing various offices on cam- ing enrollment/graduation The campus has expanded from pus: fundraising, financial aid, information to the SBC 59.5 acres to 160 acres. Added admissions, physical plant, etc. Education Commission, which academic programs during this produced a very useful annual period include: applied theology, After a few weeks, I met with Dr. report of comparative informa- nursing, engineering, aviation, Wilson Manning, the internship tion for IABCU members. architecture, physician assistant, supervisor, to report on my graphic design, film, biomedical experience. When he asked how I returned to Baylor University science, speech-language pathol- it was going, I replied, “I have in 1987-88 to serve as Associate ogy as well as five doctoral found my calling in life, to be Director of Institutional degrees. In intercollegiate ath- president of a struggling Baptist Research and Testing. The most letics, CBU has transitioned college and lead a turn-around.” notable lesson I learned in this from NAIA to NCAA Division II The internship provided direct role dealt with use of data to aid and now is in year two of a four- observation of organizational in decision-making. Our office year transition to NCAA Division functions and complemented provided research to assist I. Also, we are in the 23rd year my research on church-related Baylor leadership in making of our signature Great colleges. These experiences led decisions about the institution Commission program: me to develop a deeper under- and to better understand stu- International Service Projects standing about making provi- dent profiles, academic program (ISP). This global outreach pro- sion for future growth, timing, competitiveness and markets. gram has grown and expanded and vision, as well as competi- WOW! Powerful tools! to include multiple options, and tiveness as an improvement From 1989-94, I served as recently surpassed 5,000 total motivator. More fantastic participants since its inception. lessons learned! Executive Vice President at then Campbellsville College, now Each of my previous steps at In 1983-87, I served as Registrar University. This was a turn- IABCU-related institutions of and Coordinator of Church around opportunity and during higher education have provided Relations at Louisiana College those five years the enrollment valuable lessons learned that in Pineville, Louisiana. Notably, grew from 765 to 1,235. I gained continue to inform and pay divi- our office was transitioning valuable experience working dends at California Baptist from paper to computers and with 13 direct reports to solve University, which is committed recently had acquired off-the- problems and move nimbly. Our to the Great Commission and shelf software, which frequently team proved very adept at mov- helping our students LIVE required modifying to fit our ing the needle with very little THEIR PURPOSE. policies. This didn’t go so well, new funding. Lesson learned: but the experience prepared me turn-around theory implement- to lead future initiatives to ed on a receptive institution can attempt to better understand have a high impact on enroll- May the Lord continue to bless! the potential trade-offs between ment, quality and job satisfac- existing policies/practices and tion. new software, especially when Ronald Ellis, Ph.D. converting a paper-based opera- 1994 to present: President of tion to a computer-based sys- California Baptist College, now Board Chair/President University. At CBC/CBU we have tem. During this time I wrote IABCU my dissertation. As Registrar, I seen enrollment grow from 808 to 11,045 and the budget 4 The Baptist Educator THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2020 3 IABCU ANNUAL MEETING llllllll May 31-June 2, 2020 lllllll Registration Open Now lllllll Our host for Our Hester lec- The conference the 2020 IABCU turer will be Dr. hotel is the his- Annual Meeting Timothy George, toric Battle will be Dr. founding dean of House Hotel. Lonnie Burnett, Beeson Divinity Built in 1908, president of the School at the Battle House University of Samford is one of the Mobile in University in Historic Hotels Mobile, Birmingham, of America. Alabama. Alabama. 3rd Trimester 2019 5 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Elects Jamie Dew as Ninth President Everything we do as an institution from this day forward will be guided by this statement: NOBTS and Leavell College prepares servants to walk with Christ, proclaim His truth, and fulfill His mission. I am convinced that the NOBTS and Leavell College family are ready to meet the challenges and opportunities before us to be the servants God has called us to be. n June 5, 2019, the board of Louisburg, North Carolina, a non-duplicating headcount rose Odirector of New Orleans Bachelor of Arts in biblical stud- from 547 to 1,357. Along with Baptist Theological Seminary ies from Toccoa Falls College in increases in enrollment, the com- elected Dr. James “Jamie” Dew as Toccoa Falls, Georgia, and a munity has grown significantly the institution’s ninth president. Master of Divinity in pastoral through the implementation of Dew previously served as the Vice ministry from SEBTS.