by David Skidmore
Diocese of Chicago
March 5, 2008
In the wake of the board of trustees’ decision to restructure the seminary’s Master of Divinity program, the planning committee for Seabury-Western Theological Seminary has produced a general outline of courses for continuing students next fall. For the 2008-2009 academic year, the seminary will offer five courses in Anglican history, theology polity and liturgy; a semester course in congregational leadership; two January term courses, one in congregational leadership; and both fall and spring Practice of Ministry courses. Though it is uncertain whether the seminary will offer on campus courses in the 2009-2010 year, Seabury’s dean for academic affairs, the Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyes, said that all students enrolled in a nine-month residential degree program who complete their degree requirements in spring 2009 or 2010 will receive a Seabury degree. Meyers also said in her letter to students that she is working on a “teach-out” agreement with Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary for admitting Seabury students to Garrett classes through either a formal transfer or continuing enrollment at Seabury. Meyers will also be asking a committee of students, faculty and staff for recommendations on changes to Seabury’s worship and community life in light of a smaller student body.
David Skidmore is Canon for Communications for the Diocese of Chicago
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