Impact Volume 4 Issue 9 - September 2013 Highlights

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e was named “America’s Best Preacher” by Time magazine. Through his network of charitable works, he is known for extending a hand of help to the needy and a message of inspiration to the disenfranchised. And now, Bishop T.D. Jakes will serve as a visiting lecturer at Regent University.

As part of its mission to deliver top-quality educational programming, Regent has entered into an educational collaboration with The Potter’s House—the 30,000member church in Dallas—and TDJ Enterprises, a for-profit entity led by Jakes.

“We have always been about empowerment and uplifting our community,” Jakes says. “Whether they are members of our church, our television audience, our

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e-family, the 1.5 million on our Facebook page, or the 1.2 million on our Twitter base, we want people to be given an opportunity to access academic training that they can implement within the confines and the limitations of their schedules.”

Regent’s reputation for excellence in academic programs and its capacity to manage the business side of educational programming appealed to the Jakes’ leadership team.

“We have known for a long time that we wanted to provide educational opportunities

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within our community,” says Jakes. “In this partnership with Regent University, we can take some of our leadership training courses and offer accreditation. We can now offer this not only to young people who are going to college, but also those who are going back into the workforce and having to retool their resources to be prepared for upper-level education.”

Both The Potter’s House and TDJ Enterprises currently offer an extensive array of non-credit courses, which Regent’s division of Professional & Continuing Education (PCE) can now certify. As a partner in education, The Potter’s House will make Regent’s online programs available to its network. In turn, Regent will provide Corporate Partner benefits, including a tuition discount on Regent degree programs, for The Potter’s House employees.

In addition, Regent Professional & Continuing Education has launched

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the T.D. Jakes School of Leadership, featuring 15 Regent certificate programs.

“Some of the courses we are offering include entrepreneurship, digital media, church media and project management,” says Zunoraine Holmes, director of business development for TDJ Enterprises.

“We want to work with leadership institutes and emerging leaders to help develop them and prepare them for the higher corporate executive ranks.”

Jakes will lecture on campus each semester during intensive leadership programs and other activities in several of Regent’s schools. “I have been invited to lecture to the students and share pragmatic tools for leadership in all of its capacities,” he explains. “I will address this as it relates to for-profit operations and nonprofit operations and some of the things that I have learned through the various experiences that I have had in the area of leader ship and leadership development training.”

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This fall, Jakes addressed the students and staff at a special chapel service on Wednesday, September 18. Then on Friday, September 20, he was the featured speaker at the Regent Executive Leadership Series lunch at The Founders Inn. Regent Executive Vice President Paul Bonicelli sees the relationship with Jakes as a powerful opportunity to connect with a broad-based international community.

“Regent University is privileged to join with the Potter’s House and TDJ Enterprises, and we look forward to working together on many projects,” he says.

Likewise, Jakes sees expansive potential: “We have people who have expressed an affinity for our ministry from literally all over the world. Regent’s international focus affords us an opportunity to continue the relationship that we have here in the U.S., but also to be able to extend it overseas.”

He adds that the Regent–TDJ Ministries

collaboration offers a gateway to professional learning tools that advance the work of the ministry, while also supporting individuals looking to enhance their corporate leadership and entrepreneurial credentials.

“When we move into positions of leadership, not only do we bring the competence that our education has given us, but we also bring the character that our faith has to that workforce,” Jakes explains. “Competence is something that can be trained and developed. But character is something that is absolutely priceless for those who are making decisions. I hope that we can alter the destiny of many corporations as people of faith prepare themselves to be competitive in the workplace.”

Learn more about the Regent–T.D. Jakes School of Leadership: regent.edu/TDJakesLeadershipSchool

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Lisa Fournier ’12 (Business & Leadership), in a matter of just days, went from a high-powered business executive to a stay-at-home caregiver of her elderly parents. The experience radically altered her perception of the importance of strengthening relationships with others—and it led her to explore social entrepreneurship as a doctoral student in Regent University’s Strategic Leadership program.

As an innovator and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of business experience, Fournier has a passion for mentoring entrepreneurs for both economic and social good. Her studies at Regent helped her take this passion to a higher level.

“Regent taught me about the gray of different perspectives, cross-cultural communication, and finding common ground. It really opened my eyes,” Fournier says.

Discovering the idea of the benefit corporation, Fournier wrote a book and started a blog, both titled The Barnabas Effect: Starting a Benefit Corporation to Renew Your Community.

But she couldn’t just write about a benefit corporation; Fournier knew she needed to run one. “I wanted to do a live learning classroom so that entrepreneurs could show up and leverage our business environment to learn leadership and business skills,” she explains. Having identified a need in the Norfolk community for budding entrepreneurs to develop these skills, she established the Norfolk Fair Trade Company. Fournier sees the company as

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a resource to help entrepreneurs develop the confidence and competencies needed to start and grow their own businesses.

“By showcasing products from global craftspeople and local makers, we help generate interest in the social enterprise movement,” she explains. “We host local community discussions around social entrepreneurship. Our multicultural storefront is a great venue for learning about the artisans—local and global—who produce the products we sell.”

The concept of fair trade is to establish business endeavors in developing countries that help people use marketplace principles to make money that, in turn, positively addresses social challenges. “We have products from a group called the Starfish Project that helps women get out of sex trafficking,” says Fournier. “Some companies exist to help children have a better education. Others work to solve some healthcare crises.”

Fournier sees her company as collaborative and cooperative. “My real love is mentoring,” she shares, “so, ultimately, I try to help people apply what they learn to help their businesses succeed.”

Read Lisa’s blog, “The Barnabas Effect,” at regent.edu/barnabaseffect or an excerpt from her book at regent.edu/barnabasbook Learn about the Regent University Doctor of Strategic Leadership Program: regent.edu/dsl

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Caleb Kinchlow ’12 (Communication & “As Christians working in the industry, I think it is important to broaden our the Arts) has a passion for media and the arts. “I always knew media had a major perspective on what ‘ministry’ looks effect on society, but it was not until I like,” Kinchlow observes. “I believe started studying at Regent University that media shapes consciousness and that conI understood to what extent,” he says. sciousness shapes culture. As Christians, Holding degrees in broadcast television, we should be at the forefront helping to theatre, film and a master’s in digital influence our culture to Christ.” media, Kinchlow strives to entertain and Kinchlow credits his training at Regent challenge culture through his craft— with helping him see a bigger picture of goals he’s off and running at accomplishthe impact of media: ing. The national TV “The thing I love about program he hosts, “I believe Regent is that the NASA 360, recently media shapes leadership has made it earned an Emmy Award consciousness and very clear that they are and two Telly Awards that consciousness striving for excellence, in the Informational shapes culture. and they want to train and Education category.

Christian leaders to As Christians, we change the world. The NASA 360 is a should be at the curriculum is designed 30-minute education forefront helping to encourage and entertainment program to influence our facilitate that growth. that interviews astroculture to Christ.”

The teaching is very nauts, engineers and up-to-date and practical, other professionals Caleb Kinchlow not all theory. It’s handswho work with robots, on, and that is the most showcasing how NASA important aspect of education.” impacts society.

“We show how NASA has an effect on so many things that are in your house—” Kinchlow explains. “Like flat screen TVs, LED lights, power tools, rubber items, water purification and other things that were designed by NASA. So it’s fun and entertaining in a 30-minute package.”

The program is broadcast throughout the United States, primarily on PBS affiliates. It can also be seen on YouTube, Hulu and in museums across the country.

The show is also available for download as a podcast on iTunes. The Emmy episode had more than 526,000 downloads in the first two months, with 400,000 in the first four weeks.

Kinchlow is beginning to speak to students at middle schools, high schools and colleges, sharing the very concepts he learned at Regent on post-modern storytelling. “It is so important to be a Christian in the industry and to have a voice in the culture,” he says. “Story is the most important tool that we have in the world because it shapes consciousness, so we need to tell it well.”

More from Caleb Kinchlow: regent.edu/ CalebKinchlow Watch NASA 360: regent.edu/NASA360 Watch the Emmy Award-winning episode: regent.edu/NASA360Emmy

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OCTOBER 25, 2013 | 3:30 PM REGENT UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

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Regent World Changer

Dr. Gustavo Crocker

41st General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene “I believe that God has given me the global perspective that the Church needs for this century,” said Regent University alumnus Dr. Gustavo Crocker ’01 (Business & Leadership) after being elected the general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene earlier this year. He represents two million congregants in 159 nations. “When the people who voted for you are your mentors and spiritual guides, it’s very humbling,” Crocker says.

As an ordained elder and a missionary, Crocker has served in nearly 100 nations and is no stranger to leading in a global capacity. In his new role, he says he calls on that experience and the knowledge gained at Regent to lead the church. “My time at Regent gave me theoretical, theological and practical knowledge of what leadership is really all about,” he shares. “I’m looking forward to inspiring the denomination globally and to engage proactively with the mission of God. He is on the move, and we need to inspire the Church to join the movement, to be prepared and be equipped for good service.”

Please pray for Dr. Gustavo Crocker and the many other Regent University graduates leading churches and ministries around the world.

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A Message From the Chancellor Dear Friends, Once again the Regent campus is alive with activity as students return to classes for the fall semester. Just as we experience the literal change of seasons, all of us experience various changes that affect our lives. One of these changes occurred recently here when Dr. Carlos Campo announced that he is stepping down as president of Regent University. I want to thank Dr. Campo for his service during his tenure as chief academic officer and then as president. We wish Carlos and his family the best.

Visit regent.edu/clash or call 757.352.4245 for more information.

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As we adjust to this change, I want to assure you that Regent University remains committed to training and equipping students to discover their calling in Jesus and to helping them develop their talents to change the world for Christ. The best evidence of this commitment can be seen in the lives of our alumni. Our graduates featured in this month’s edition of Impact, Caleb Kinchlow and Lisa Fournier, are just two of the many Regent alumni who are living the mission each day.

Regent also remains committed to education excellence.

Below are just a few of the exciting rankings we received this year from U.S. News & World Report:

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Regent’s online bachelor’s degree programs ranked in the nation’s top 10 online colleges and universities.

Regent’s online MBA degree program tied for first in the nation in the criteria of Faculty Credentials and Training, ranked fourth in Student Services and Technology, and ranked in the top third overall.

Regent is ranked #4 in Online Bachelor’s Programs for Veterans.

Your continuing prayers and financial support have helped to make these things possible for God’s glory.

As we enter this new academic year, I want to thank you for your ongoing friendship.

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