new church life: march/april 2015
• The Rev. James Cooper – Retiring as Pastor of Toronto but will
continue to help out with uses in Canada and perhaps elsewhere
• The Rev. Brian Smith – Assistant to the Pastor, Washington New
Church in Mitchellville, Maryland, and Principal of the Washington
New Church School
• The Rev. John Jin – Stepping down as Pastor of the Korean Philadelphia
Church, but will offer them part-time assistance in addition to
remaining Regional Pastor of Asia and working on Korean translations
And upon successful completion of Theological School in May of this
year:
• Brett Buick – Assistant to the Pastor, Kempton, Pennsylvania, and
teaching a few courses in Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
• Jared Buss – Assistant to the Pastor, Toronto
• Thomas Floyd – Part-time assistance in Norway, Denmark and
Stockholm
• Joel Glenn – Assistant to the Pastor, Oak Arbor, Michigan
new college programs
Bryn Athyn College has announced four new programs – a nursing
partnership with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, a partnership
with Rosemont College in Counseling Psychology, plus pre-law and pre-med
tracks in the College.
The agreement with Jefferson allows Bryn Athyn students to continue
taking liberal arts courses at the College while also earning a bachelor of
science in nursing, beginning in the fall of this year.
Dr. Allen Bedford, Dean of Academics at Bryn Athyn, said: “We are
excited to be partners with Jefferson in providing students with a strong liberal
arts foundation and excellent technical training.”
Students will have a choice of dual admission – attending both schools
simultaneously – or attending Bryn Athyn for the first two years and then
transferring to Jefferson to complete the program in their final two years.
Beth Ann Swan, Dean of the Jefferson School of Nursing, said: “The
nursing profession has increasing demands for nurses with a strong liberal
arts foundation and we realize that Bryn Athyn students have what it takes. It
really is a wonderful opportunity for both of our institutions to work together
to prepare critical-thinking, successful nurses.”
The agreement with Rosemont College guarantees graduates of Bryn
Athyn, who have earned a bachelor of science in psychology, interdisciplinary
psychology or religion, admission into the Master of Arts Program in
Counseling Psychology at Rosemont.
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