Notable student performance and faculty achievement were honored during the annual Celebration of Excellence service at 新奥尔良 浸信会神学院 and Leavell College on Tuesday, 4月30日.
President Jamie Dew opened the last chapel of the spring semester by expressing his gratitude for another year of study, service and ministry preparation.
“This is a very exciting and a very good day for us as a family just to sit together and acknowledge together what the Lord has done in our lives as a school and then especially what God has done in the lives of various individuals,露说.
“I don’t know about you, but I’m grateful to get to be a part of NOBTS and Leavell College. This is a joyful, life-giving place for all of us. 我们一起分享生活, serve Christ together and today we get to acknowledge, 这就是问题所在. This is a day to celebrate, this is a day to acknowledge all of those achievements of our people.”
Various NOBTS and Leavell College faculty members were recognized and honored for their service and ministry throughout the year.
教师 contributions to the church and the academy were recognized with the Marvin Jones Awards for Excellence, named for longtime Louisiana minister of education, 教堂的种植园主, 和NOBTS校友.
Dr. 雷克斯巴特勒, professor of church history and patristics, received the award for Outstanding Teacher in recognition for classroom performance. Butler is retiring at the end of the school year after 17 years of service with the seminary.
Outstanding 教师 Churchman went to Dr. Mike Wetzel, associate professor of pastoral ministry. Wetzel has been serving as the interim pastor of St. Bernard Baptist Church in Chalmette, La., and was honored for his ministry to both the church and the seminary.
Dr. 比尔•沃伦, professor of New Testament and Greek, received the award for Outstanding Research Professor for his work leading the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies.
此外,博士. 特德威廉姆斯, assistant professor of expository preaching, received the Ola Farmer Lenaz Grant in support of his continued research for a project relating to the book of Isaiah.
The following faculty publications during the academic year were recognized:
Awards were given to NOBTS and Leavell College students for their outstanding performance in the classroom, 部门服务和性质.
Outstanding Student Award recipients in the degree programs were:
收到Robert S. 马吉博士学者奖, given in recognition of academic excellence and scholarly potential, were Karen Colston and Edward T. 帕尔默.
Other Outstanding Award Recipients included:
Several NOBTS and Leavell College staff members were also honored for notable work anniversaries.
Staff members with service anniversaries of 10 years included Blanca Montero Phillips and Michael Wang.
Staff member Brett Allen was recognized for 15 years of service, and staff members Tyrone Cole and Ky St. Amant were recognized for 20 years of service.
