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  • Conferences May Contract GBHEM for Educational Fund Management

    Conferences May Contract GBHEM for Educational Fund Management

    Published On: February 6, 2020

    In an effort to further serve students and higher education partners, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) Office of Loans and Scholarships now offers fund administration services to annual conferences. This includes oversight of the scholarship application and allocation processes for conference-based scholarships. The North Carolina Conference...

  • Finding a Halo of Possibility

    Finding a Halo of Possibility

    Published On: January 23, 2020

    Rev. Greg Bergquist, GBHEM General Secretary Friends, A halo of possibility is always right beside us. Dr. Stuart Kauffman, a theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher, believes that alongside the other general laws of physics should be something he calls the “Adjacent Possible Theory.” The idea of the “adjacent possible”...

  • Methodist Education Association to Expand Membership Beyond the UMC

    Published On: January 8, 2020

    At their annual January meeting, members of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church (NASCUMC) voted to change the membership policies governing their organization. “With this vote, we’ve begun an approximately six-month-long process to broaden our membership and open our organization to educators in the...