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N E W S & E V E N T S
EVENTS Choral Camp 2010: July 5–9; July 12–16 NEWS Rosedale Bible College’s Accreditation Renewed until 2017 March 02, 2007
“It feels like a very significant milestone in a process that has been fully underway for over a decade,” said Jon Showalter, Rosedale’s academic dean. The school, which began as a six-week Bible school in Berlin, Ohio in 1952, now offers an associate of arts degree in biblical studies, a one-year certificate, and nine areas of concentration. Continued accreditation is advantageous for the school, said Showalter, in part because it plays a “significant role in facilitating the transfer of credit from RBC to a variety of other colleges and universities.” Students also benefit financially. “It is our accreditation with ABHE that qualifies our students to participate in government student financial aid programs,” he said. Rosedale achieved applicant status in 1992 and candidate status in 1998. The school’s administrative team completed self-studies in 1998, 2001, and 2006, and ABHE granted initial accreditation for five years in 2002. The self-studies were a major investment of administrative time and resources, according to Showalter, and he is delighted with ABHE’s decision to extend accreditation. “We will be able to concentrate more time and energy on the achievement of other components of our institutional vision.” That vision is “to become a center for an engaged and evangelical Anabaptist faith,” and in 2006 the school embarked on a three-year campaign to develop the campus and curriculum in that direction. In the fall of 2007, Rosedale will offer three new concentrations: business, education, and youth ministries. These will be in addition to existing concentrations in Bible, theology, pastoral studies, missions, general studies, and music and worship. The college will also launch classes in Spanish and a cross-cultural study term in a Spanish-speaking country.
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