from the President by Paul R. Corts, Ph.D. CCCU President
Good Days for Christ-centered Higher Education
T
he Council staff had a jam-
direction for the development of the
The Board expressed appreciation to
packed series of conferences
2014 International Forum on Christian
the staff for a very successful year,
and meetings during the early
Higher Education that will be held in
reaffirmed the Blueprint for the Future
summer months, topped off
Los Angeles, Feb. 23-26. We will
strategic plan to direct the Council’s
with our governing board meeting at
be naming a Los Angeles Area
work, and encouraged me to give special
the end of July. We had a year of terrific
Host Committee this fall as well as
focus to (a) public policy issues; (b)
announcing a 2014 International
governing board/trustee development for
Forum Planning Committee.
our member and affiliated campuses; (c)
meetings thanks in large measure to many of you who faithfully serve as volunteers in positions of leadership for the Council. With the arrival of fall and the new academic year, we all sense the energy and excitement bursting at our institutions. It is a time for renewed commitment by those of us serving on the Council staff in D.C. Our Board of Directors’ summer retreat meeting this year was held in Oxford, England at our Centre for Science and Christianity in Oxford (known by the acronym SCIO), giving our board members an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge about one of our outstanding student programs as we celebrated a very successful year serving nearly 700 students from our member campuses. In 2011, the summer Board meeting will be held at the site of our Latin American Studies Program in San Jose, Costa Rica. And at this summer’s meeting the board gave support for the continuation of our plans to begin a new student program in India that should open next year. The Board participated in a very comprehensive assessment of the 2010 International Forum on Christian Higher Education and provided strategic
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“With the arrival of fall and the new academic year, we all sense the energy and excitement bursting at our institutions. It is a time for renewed commitment by those of us serving on the Council...”
international affiliate status and services; and (d) CCCU identity/branding. It is a great joy to serve the Council as your President, to work alongside of wonderful staff, and to assist our member and affiliate institutions. These are good days for Christ-centered higher education as we witness the Lord blessing our movement. May we be faithful in our stewardship of the sacred trust to lead, guide and serve our institutions in transforming lives through faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth, building the Kingdom to the glory of our heavenly Father, Christ our Savior and the Holy Spirit!
Paul R. Corts President