Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center board approves incorporation.

The governing board of the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center—formerly the Susquehanna Valley Satellite—approved articles of incorporation at its April 6 meeting. The action completed a nine-month process of changing the name and structure of the center, which is affiliated with Bethany Theological Seminary. The center now meets the requirements for operation of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the state in which it is located, reported Marcia L. Shetler, the seminary's director of Public Relations.

The process brings the center's structure in line with its governance and strengthens the ties with the seminary, said Ed Poling, a member of Bethany's Board of Trustees and representative to the center's board. To meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Higher Education, the seminary is required to approve and accredit all graduate-level courses offered by the center. Certificate-level courses must be endorsed by the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, a joint program of the seminary and the General Board. Bethany president Eugene Roop represented the center to the department of education in the approval process.

Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center is located on the campus of Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Along with the seminary, five Church of the Brethren districts in the northeast are partners in its operation. Warren Eshbach serves as the center's dean, Donna Rhodes as dean of Certificate and Continuing Education Programs, and Mary Schiavoni as program coordinator and registrar. Bob Neff is chair of the center's governing board.

Source: 04/27/2005 Newsline
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