Fall Enrollment up 40 percent at Southwest
Sep 09, 2009
Southwest celebrates significant surge in enrollment for 2009-10 academic year
Enrollment for the fall semester at Seminary of the Southwest has increased about 40 percent from Fall 2008 registration.
"We celebrate a significant surge in enrollment at Seminary of the Southwest," said the Very Rev. Douglas Travis, dean and president. "Director Jennielle Strother and assistant Beth Robertson - our new recruiting and admissions team - have done wonderful work for our seminary."
One hundred eleven seminarians have begun their 2009-10 academic year studies including 46 new students. Sixteen new seminarians from eight Episcopal dioceses are enrolled in the master of divinity degree program. The dioceses range from Olympia and Southern Virginia to Kansas and Central Gulf Coast. An additional six students are in a one-year diploma program that is open to persons with a varied background in theological study or lay ministerial experience.
Southwest's Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation (CCMV) has welcomed ten lay people into its new master's degree in spiritual formation program. Fourteen other new students have begun studies toward a counseling or chaplaincy master's degree. Three others have registered for the master of arts degree. Most CCMV students work during the day and attend evening and weekend classes at Southwest.
