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Spring 2014 Commencement Ceremony On May 17, 2014, the Denver Seminary community gathered to honor 167 students as they graduated and became part of the alumni community. Additionally, Dr. Jud Carlberg, who served on the board of trustees for 23 years, was honored with a doctor of divinity degree. Including the students from this commencement ceremony, Denver Seminary has now proudly graduated 5,040 individuals since 1952. Congratulations to all of our graduates, and special thanks to Dr. Carlberg for his commitment to Denver Seminary. Welcome to Seminary 2.0 We've Reimagined Seminary Education Denver Seminary is excited to announce the most extensive enhancement of our master of arts (50 hours) and master of divinity (78 hours) programs in over 60 years. The design will provide superior flexibility and personalization to match our students' interests, learning styles, and vocations. The new programs will allow students to go deeper into the areas of study that match their gifts and will provide the agility to move into ministry faster, adapting to the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly changing 21st century culture. To learn more about the heart behind this change, our unswerving commitment to our historical identity, our commitments as an evangelical graduate institution, and the cultural need for this redesign, visit denverseminary.edu/reimagined. Denver Seminary Heading to DC and Amarillo Denver Seminary is committed to making theological education available to a broader spectrum of God's people. That is why we have responded to requests to bring our programs to the nation's capital and to West Texas. The Seminary is pleased to announce that the process is under way to seek approval from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the state of Maryland, and the state of Texas to operate extension sites in the Washington DC region and in Amarillo, Texas. Pending these approvals, beginning in spring 2015 Denver Seminary will offer two degree programs and one graduate certificate program in the Ministry Center of First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Maryland, pastored by Reverend John K. Jenkins Sr. Additionally, beginning in fall 2015 two master of arts degrees and one graduate certificate will be offered at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas, pastored by Reverend Tommy Politz. The Seminary hired Dr. Doug Fombelle as the director of extension education and associate professor of leadership in June of 2014 to lead the extension campus initiatives. Fombelle has a DMin and an MDiv from Bethel Seminary, and he spent 26 years as pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Rexford, New York. 4 FALL 2014 NOTABLE News from the Denver Seminary community. F.Y.I.