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This dynamic one-day conference featuring Angela Thomas and 10 workshop choices will equip you with practical tools to influence the world around you. If you’re ready to invest in the lives of others, find encouragement in your spiritual walk, and be challenged to make a difference, this conference is for you! DTS students and employees can attend for the discounted rate of $40 and as a volunteer for $25. Call 214-841-3699 or toll free 800-DTS-WORD x 3699, or visit www.dts.edu/wlc for conference details and to register.
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Graduation Applications for Spring 2010 graduates and Summer 2010 graduates, who desire to participate in the Spring 2010 commencement ceremony are available online under Forms and Information, in CampusNet. If you are planning to graduate in Spring or Summer 2010 and participate in Spring 2010 Commencement, your completed application is due December 1, 2009. After December 1, 2009, graduation dates for those students with incomplete applications will be moved to a later session.
NOTE: that your graduation application is not complete until any/all church verification letters have been received.
For additional information or assistance contact the Academic Advising Center at registrar@dts.edu or 214-841-3608.
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Event
Several Houston women students would like to go as a group to the one-day conference, All About Influence, on the Dallas campus November 16. Registration fee for students is $40. If you are interested in driving up Sunday afternoon, November 15, and back the next day after the conference, contact Sherrie Brown about sharing transportation and housing.
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The Evangelical Theological Society will meet Wednesday through Friday, November 18-20, 2009 at the Sheraton and J.W. Marriott Hotels, both on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. The theme is "Personal and Social Ethics." Program Chair is Dr. Eugene H. Merrill of Dallas Theological Seminary. Scholars and theologians, including many DTS professors, will present papers and lead discussions. Students are eligible for membership in the ETS for $15 per year. As a student member, you may register for the conference for $40. The Thursday evening banquet costs $20 more, for a very nice meal and plenary speech. Visit www.etsjets.org or pick up a paper application in the student computer lab. At least two Houston students want to share transportation and housing. To join them, express your interest to Karen Giesen.
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If you work in an urban ministry with the homeless, you may be eligible for a scholarship. The Urban Homeless Ministry Scholarship Fund, established by the Raymond E. and Ellen F. Crane Foundation, provides tuition assistance for students with a commitment to urban ministries, focusing particularly on the homeless. Contact DTS director of student financial aid, Karen Holder, for more information. 214-841-3603 or toll free 800-DTS-WORD x 3603.
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Your thesis topic must be turned in by November 1, 2009, for approval. This means you should already be discussing your thesis topic with the potential reader and the department chairperson in preparation for this date. If you have any questions, contact the Academic Advising Center at 214-841-3608 or toll free 800-DTS-WORD x 3608.
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Academic
This spring on four weekends in Houston, Dr. Joye Baker and Mrs. Barbara Neumann will teach CE 435: Developing and Leading Women’s Ministry, “a study of the principles and strategies in understanding, developing, administering, and directing women’s ministries in local churches and other Christian organizations.” If you intend to work with women, you will benefit by insights from this course. It was last taught in Houston in 2007. It will likely not be offered again for about three more years.
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Church Planting Boot Camp will provide the student with an introduction to the major start-up issues the planter faces in the first year of a new church. It covers thirty practical skill modules in the areas of personal preparation, strategic planning, core group development, and public launching. You may register for this 3-hour course as PM905 HO. It will meet from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, January 4-8, at the College of Biblical Studies, 7000 Regency Square in Houston. To register for this course, request a Special Topics form from the Registrar’s Office or from Dr. Karen Giesen.
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As you register, if a class you want is full, please add you name to the Wait List. This alerts the Registrar that more students are interested in the course. Sometimes the limit can be raised or another section can be added. If you are registering for another class the same day, put yourself on the Wait List for the full class first and then register for the other class. If you have trouble, call or email the Registrar’s Office at 800-DTS-WORD x 3608. Be sure to give your name, ID#, and a complete message about your need.
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The course called CE105 Teaching Process and Audio Visual Presentations, offered on four weekends in Houston this spring, is a combination of two courses - CE103 and CE104 - required for students in the MACE and in the academic ministries track of the ThM. It is highly recommended as an elective in the other programs for anyone who plans to teach or use audio visuals such a PowerPoint. If you take CE105, it will replace both CE103 and CE104 on your degree audit. Even if the course is full, please add yourself to the Wait List.
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General Info
A study trip to the Holy Land is the ideal supplement to your classroom education. Such a trip enables you to visualize the places and understand references where the key events in the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Book of Acts took place! Each spring, DTS sponsors a student trip to Israel and Jordan. The dates of the 2010 trip are May 10–30.Leaders will be Dr. John Hilber (DTS Old Testament Studies Department.) and Professor Greg Behle (IBEX in Israel). The price of $4,495 includes round trip airfare from Dallas (possibly from Houston), housing, and two meals a day. It also includes tuition for three credit hours of independent study in Bible Exposition. Non-students are also welcome.
For more information, pick up a brochure and registration form in the Houston office. For further questions, contact Pamela Bingham in the Academic Dean’s office. This trip often fills up quickly, so plan early.
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If you are receiving a scholarship or gift from an organization sending funds directly to DTS, you MUST give a copy of the award letter or other correspondence (for example, email) to the Bursar before the payment deadline for the semester for which the scholarship is to be applied. You are required to pay by the semester’s payment deadline any remaining balance after subtracting out the outside scholarship/gift. If you have any questions, please contact the Bursar at srosenbeck@dts.edu or call 214-841-3632 or toll free 800-DTS-WORD x 3632..
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Enrollment has started for the Spring 2010 five month TMS payment plan. Please go to http://www.dts.edu/departments/campus/financialaid/tms/ to learn more about TMS. To enroll, please contact TMS at www.afford.com or 1-800-722-4867. If you have additional questions, please contact the DTS Bursar at srosenbeck@dts.edu or 214-841-3632.or toll free 800-DTS-WORD x 3632.
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To prepare for a potential flu season emergency, the seminary has established the following policy:
1) For updates on the campus-wide status of flu conditions at DTS, please visit http://www.dts.edu/flu.
2) If flu conditions require cancellation of a class session or other changes for the course, an email will be sent to all class members.
3) In the event of a major campus emergency at DTS, course requirements, deadlines, and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances beyond the professor’s control.
In order to provide you with helpful and up-to-date information about the H1N1 flu, a webpage, http://www.dts.edu/flu is now available. It is important for to monitor that page regularly in order to know what DTS is doing and what it is recommending with respect to the flu. There you will find also a reporting form that will enable the seminary to track what is occurring with the disease and thereby make informed decisions.
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