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Stuart Dorsey was named the 15th president of Texas Lutheran Univer- sity, Seguin. A former economics pro- fessor, Dorsey served as president of the University of Redlands (Calif.) from 2005 to 2010. Robin A. Melvin, chair of the TLU Board of Regents, said Dorsey has the “experience, energy and vision to lead TLU into a new era of growth and recognition.” Richard N. Fisher, chair of the Uni- versity of Redlands Board of Trust- ees, said Dorsey was “a dedicated and very able president ... leading the U of R through completion of its success- ful centennial campaign, the devel- opment and adoption of its strategic plan, and the development of its suc- cessful fiscal stabilization plan.”


Two ELCA pastors are joining the cam- pus ministry staff at Valparaiso [Ind.] University. Charlene R. Cox will suc- ceed Darlene E. Grega, who died in April 2010, as university pastor. Phyl- lis N. Kersten, a retired ELCA min- ister living in Forest Park, Ill., served as interim pastor during the 2010-11 academic year. Brian T. Johnson will serve as executive director of campus ministries. The two will work with James Wetzstein, the university pastor from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, and the staff of the Chapel of the Resurrection. Cox recently served as campus pastor of Grand View Uni- versity, Des Moines, Iowa. Johnson comes from serving as campus chap-


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lain and artistic director of “Christ- mas in Christ Chapel” at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.


Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D., now offers an online master’s degree in education designed for teach- ers in rural areas (www.augie.edu/ graduate). The 19-month, non-thesis program offers three concentration areas: using technology in student learning; instructional strategies; and how to support and teach at-risk stu- dents, with an emphasis on Response to Intervention (RTI) for autism and emotional/behavioral issues.


Senior Lauren Bailey, a creative writ- ing major at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., won the 2010 Ben- nington Writing Prize in nonfiction for her essay “Convalescence,” published in the national anthology plain china: Best Undergraduate Writing 2010 (http://plainchina.bennington.edu/ vol2). Two other Susquehanna alumni also won recent prizes from plain china: 2010 graduate Holly Moncav- age for her poem titled “addicts,” and 2009 graduate Sarah Turcotte for her short fiction piece called “Scars.” Tur- cotte’s piece will appear in an upcom- ing issue of The Atlantic. Gary Fincke, professor of English and director of the Writers Institute at Susquehanna, said their awards are a “credit to all the genres and the faculty who teach them in our program.”


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Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., added a network marketing major through its new Center for Servant Leadership. Founded on Robert Greenleaf’s characteristics of a ser- vant leader, the center promotes integ- rity, trust and transparency in network marketing, an emerging business model. “Many [are] using unethical, unsustainable and nonproductive net- work marketing business models,” said Robert Carlson, Bethany profes- sor and business chair. “We want to fill the education gap and teach stu- dents how to use the foundations of servant leadership to successfully and honorably operate a network market- ing business.”


The Lutheran Music Program selected Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, to host its Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival through 2014. Calling it an “exciting partnership,” Richard Torgerson, college president, said: “Luther and LSM share a com- mon mission—to nurture and cel- ebrate two hallmarks of the Lutheran faith, that of education and music.” Luther; Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa; and Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash., each offer scholarships to LSM alumni (see www.lutheranmusicprogram.org).


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Should the federal government legal- ize marijuana for recreational use? At a national tournament March 18-19 at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., varsity debaters from Capital Univer- sity, Columbus, Ohio, emphasized the social costs of legalization, as well as the violence perpetuated by interna- tional drug cartels. The National Edu- cational Debate Association named Capital’s debaters, Jake Nickell and Patricia Morrison, 2011 national champions in a 3-0 decision over the University of Dayton (Ohio). Two other Capital students reached the semifinals in the Novice Division. 


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