Dr. James Stamoolis Installed as Dean of Trinity College and Trinity Graduate School

Trinity International University installed Dr. James Stamoolis as the Dean of Trinity College and Trinity Graduate School at a ceremony on March 27, 2006, in undergraduate chapel. Students, faculty, and staff were in attendance, as Dr. John Woodbridge, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School's research professor of church history and the history of Christian thought, addressed Dr. Stamoolis with words of encouragement and advice.

Trinity President Dr. Gregory Waybright presented Dr. Stamoolis with a formal charge to love God and love the students and faculty of Trinity College and Graduate School. After Dr. Stamoolis's response and acceptance, students joined faculty in laying hands on the new Dean in prayers of affirmation and commitment. A reception in the H. G. Rodine Global Ministry Building's Hinkson Hall immediately followed the convocation.

Dr. Stamoolis assumed the role of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean for the College and Graduate School on July 1, 2005. He earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, graduating with honors. He completed his Doctor of Theology with an emphasis in Missiology at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.

Dr. Stamoolis has served in such positions as president of the American Society of Missiology and Graduate Dean of Wheaton College Graduate School, where he helped develop Wheaton's first doctoral program and four new master's programs. A widely published scholar and ordained minister in the Baptist General Conference, Dr. Stamoolis holds the rank of professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity.

Full text of Dr. Woodbridge's address

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Date posted: March 27, 2006