Trustees approve graduate degree in Criminal Justice, Gifted Education certification
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bryce Chapman
Director of University Communications
(314) 744-7631, chapmanb@mobap.edu
The Missouri Baptist University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the offering of an online graduate degree in Criminal Justice and certification in Gifted Education at their fall meeting Aug. 25.
The 36-hour Master of Science in Criminal Justice will be offered in an online format, allowing law enforcement personnel the flexibility needed to complete such a program. Courses included in the program include Police Innovations, Criminal Justice and the Mental Health System and Civil Remedies in Criminal Justice.
Meeting a high need area in the state of Missouri, MBU Trustee’s also approved a post-baccalaureate certification specialty in kindergarten-high school gifted education. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has recognized the specialty as one of the most highly coveted certifications in the state.
In other business:
• The Trustees were greeted to a campus that has undergone significant capital improvement projects over this past summer. Specifically, the University’s new Spartan Village apartments have been completed, the new Carl and Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex is set for an October opening, enhancements to the quad including new sidewalks and lighting have occurred, along with renovations to nearly every facility on campus.
• The faculty appointments of Dr. C. Allin Means, associate professor of Journalism and Communications, Amanda Wokurka, instructor of public relations and communications, Laura Rauscher, assistant professor of education and counseling, and Katherine Gieg, special lecturer for health and sport sciences, were approved for the 2011-2012 academic year.
• The Board recognized longtime benefactors and outgoing trustees Marshall Jung and Trevor Reese for their service. Former trustees John Hessel and Ed Plants, along with John Hooker and Danny Chisholm, were elected to a three-year term beginning immediately. Chisholm is the pastor of University Heights Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo. Hooker is the president of JHooker Construction Services.
• The Board approved resolutions of appreciation for Edwin and Marie Fast, who posthumously provided a gift through their estate to fund scholarships, and members of the President's Club for generous contributions to the University.
Missouri Baptist University is St. Louis' Christ-centered university. MBU offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees in education, business and religion and its new terminal degree, the Doctor of Education. In addition to its 66-acre West St. Louis County campus, MBU offers degree programs at nine regional learning centers throughout St. Louis and in Southern Illinois and online. For more information, go to http://www.mobap.edu or call 1- 877-434-1115.
