Five Grace Professors Complete Doctorate Degrees During Fall Semester
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WINONA LAKE – Last semester at Grace College demonstrated an achievement for the college: five Grace professors received doctorate degrees during the fall 2012 semester. Jeff Gill, Roger Stichter, Deb Musser, Cheryl Bremer and Terry White all finished their degrees in the fall while teaching for the college. “Institutions like ours always have faculty members that are pursuing additional degrees, but to have five in one semester is quite noteworthy,” said Bill Katip, provost of Grace College. “We are very proud of these faculty members. This accomplishment represents several years of hard work and sacrifice. Their effort helps ensure that our students continue to receive state-of-the-art instruction from our faculty.” Cheryl Bremer, assistant professor of education, received a doctor of education in special education from Regent University. Terry White, part-time instructor of journalism, also received a doctor of education degree. His was in organizational leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University. Roger Stichter, associate professor of accounting, earned a doctor of business administration from Anderson University, with a dissertation topic focused on accounting ethics. Deb Musser, chair of the Graduate Department of Counseling and Interpersonal Relations, received a Psy.D. in clinical psychology with a certificate in group work from the Adler School of Professional Psychology-Chicago. She did so while teaching a full load at Grace in the graduate counseling program. Jeff Gill, dean of the School of Ministry Studies and professor of pastoral studies, began graduate work at Western Michigan University in the fall of 2005. He received a Ph.D. in educational leadership after seven years of balancing teaching and graduate work. The recipients have been researching for their degree for the last several years, ranging from four to seven years from start to finish.
