CHICAGO (ELCA) Dr. Mike L. Mitchell, vice president and academic dean, Bethany College, Lindsburg, Kan., will serve as interim president of the college beginning Jan. 1, 2001. Bethany College is one of 28 colleges and universities affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
The Rev. Christopher M. Thomforde, current president of Bethany, will become president of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., effective Jan. 1. Mitchell will serve as interim president until Thomforde's successor is appointed. St. Olaf is a college of the ELCA.
Mitchell has served as vice president and academic dean of Bethany since 1998. He has been a member of the faculty there since 1973.
The search for a new president for Bethany is underway and expected to be complete by summer, according to Bill Gusenius, vice chair, Bethany's board of directors and chair of the college's presidential search committee.
*Details were provided by the Communications and College Relations Office, Bethany College.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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