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16 relevant areas of character development during their seminary experience. As part of the training and mentoring curriculum, students undergo a process of assessment that provides feedback on their relational style, ways of processing life experiences, and other personal factors that may have significant implications for ministry. The process includes personalized recommendations for utilizing strengths and addressing potential problem areas. Students are expected to engage this process openly, honestly, and responsively. A full description of the assessment process can be found in the Student Handbook. GROUP CONNECTIONS Student Leadership Board The Student Leadership Board is a representative structure of the student body. This board functions as a two-way line of communication between the student body and administration in an effort to create and maintain relationships based on mutual respect and trust with the goal of providing an environment that is conducive to the educational, personal, and spiritual development of each student. Resident Life Community Advisors The experience of students who live on campus is situated within the culture of a resident community—a multi-generational spectrum of married couples, singles, internationals, and families with children. Intentional efforts are made to foster relationships within the broad demographic of on-campus residents so that neighbors can benefit from their shared life experiences. In order to accomplish this, community advisors work under the direct supervision of the community life coordinator to organize neighboring activities and facilitate relationship-building opportunities. International Students Denver Seminary hosts students from a variety of countries as they pursue their degree and desire to extend God's kingdom. The school recognizes the exceptional challenges international students face and uniquely resources them with individual consultations with the community life coordinator. Partners in Ministry3 Partners in Ministry3 engages wives of seminary students in the life of the Denver Seminary community, to encourage them to recognize and embrace their call to serve Jesus Christ as a minister of the gospel in partnership with their husbands, and to equip them for effective life-long ministry. Student Interest Groups From the mutual experience of their studies, students discover shared interests beyond the classroom. These natural connections are one of the support systems of Denver Seminary, and the Student Life Office works to help these ad hoc groups grow and thrive. Students interested in forming new groups should contact the community life coordinator. SEMINARY INITIATIVES Denver Seminary strives for an environment that celebrates Christian unity and values the diversity within the body of Christ. As reflected in the faculty, staff, and student body, the Seminary community consists of individuals from numerous cultural backgrounds and contexts. Urban Initiative The Urban Initiative is intended to be internationally inclusive, embracing all people in urban Denver while focusing on black people of varying ethnic backgrounds. The Urban Initiative is focused on being an academic bridge by