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Four people elected to University Senate

May 4, 2004 GC04-071

By Suanne Whorl*

PITTSBURGH (UMNS) - General Conference delegates elected four people to serve
on the 25-member University Senate, a body of professionals in higher
education that determines which academic institutions meet the criteria to be
affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

The Rev. David Maldonado Jr., president of Iliff School of Theology in
Denver, and Dr. Socorro Brito de Anda, president of Lydia Patterson Institute
in El Paso, Texas, were elected in the category of chief executive officers
of United Methodist higher education institutions.

The Rev. Rebekah Miles, professor of ethics and United Methodist doctrine at
Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, and the Rev. L. Gregory Jones, vice
president of the Association of United Methodist Theological Schools, were
elected in the category of persons holding positions relevant to academic or
financial affairs or church relationships.

The four elected by General Conference were chosen from a slate of 13
nominees. The remaining 21 members of the senate are selected by other
groups: nine by the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the
United Methodist Church, four by the United Methodist Board of Higher
Education and Ministry, four by the Council of Bishops, and four by the
senate itself.

The senate was established by the Methodist General Conference of 1892 and is
an affiliate of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry. It monitors,
evaluates and approves the 123 colleges, universities, preparatory and
theological schools related to the denomination. Most of the senate's members
are professional educators and administrators at United Methodist educational
institutions.

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*Whorl is a correspondent for the United Methodist News Service. 

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