Dr. Deana波特菲尔德, president of 罗伯茨卫斯理大学 and 东北神学院 at 罗伯茨卫斯理大学, was unanimously elected 今天 by the 好的赌博软件推荐 Board of Trustees as the university’s next president. Porterfield will be only the 12th president in the university’s 132-year history. She will assume her duties on July 1, 2023.
“I’m very pleased to welcome Dr. Porterfield to the SPU community as our next president,加藤院长说, chairman of the Board of Trustees. “She comes with a lifetime of work in Christian higher education and is not only a demonstrated leader in enrollment, 筹款, 新项目开发, but is also passionate about building relationships with students and community partners.”
Dr. Porterfield was selected after a comprehensive national search that began last July. She will be the first female president of SPU and will succeed Interim President Pete Menjares.
With more than 35 years of experience in Christian higher education, including almost nine years as president of Roberts Wesleyan, Dr. Porterfield is known as a visionary leader with a passion for faith-based higher education which promotes 转型学习 and hope. She is an involved leader within the Rochester, New York community and in higher education. Dr. Porterfield serves on several boards and has been recognized with numerous awards for community and organizational leadership. She is the 11th president of Roberts and third president of 东北神学院. Dr. Porterfield earned a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of La Verne in La Verne, CA, a master's degree in organizational management and a bachelor's degree in music education from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA.
“作为一个学术团体, SPU一直处于领先地位, bringing new insights and thoughtful discussion to complex conversations that face us in our society,” 说波特菲尔德. “The work needed to take on the challenges ahead begins with us, and I look forward to partnering with the SPU community in prayer, 深深的希望, and confidence that we can move SPU forward.”
比如西雅图太平洋, Roberts Wesleyan is a Christian university affiliated with the Free Methodist Church of North America. Roberts was the first educational institution established by the Free Methodists in 1866. SPU成立于1891年.
罗伯茨卫斯理大学 is New York’s leading university for character education. Committed to the development of the whole person, the institution is focused on student growth through Christ-centered education, 转型学习, 为他人服务. 1,579 students and a tradition of excellence since 1866, the university strives to inspire students to transform themselves and the world, and offers over 90 undergraduate, graduate and adult-degree completion programs taught by high-quality, 支持教师.
东北神学院 is a private Wesleyan seminary at Roberts founded in 1998. The seminary is where the unchanging essentials of biblical and historic Christianity are combined with a responsive attitude toward contemporary culture. Christ-centered people of different ages, 种族, and denominations attend graduate classes towards an advanced certificate, 大师, or doctor of ministry degree and gain the theological understanding, 精神的形成, and proven skills necessary for effective ministry to the church and the world.
Ranked a “Best National University” by U.S. 好的赌博软件推荐 & 世界报道 for the seventh year in a row, 好的赌博软件推荐 is a Christian university where more than 3,100 undergraduate and graduate students are equipped to anticipate and shape the future in a thriving, 世界级城市.
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023