Honors and Awards for DTS, Faculty, and Staff

July 26, 2007

New APPA Vice President for Professional Affiars

"B. Kevin Folsom, director of facilities and plant operations at Dallas Theological Seminary, was inducted into the office of vice president for professional affairs on July15, 2007 during APPA’s annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. APPA is the association of choice serving educational facilities professionals, representing more than 1,500 learning institutions encompassing over 4,700 individuals throughout the United States, Canada, and internationally."

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Committed to Safety

Dallas Theological Seminary was recently awarded top honors for workplace safety by Ohio Casualty Group (OCG). The award was created in 1994 to acknowledge excellent policyholders who have experienced superior results through their loss control efforts. Dallas Seminary was one of this year's recipients of the Platinum Award, the highest award given by OCG.

Whistle While You Work?

The votes are in and Dallas Seminary ranked a finalist in Christianity Today’s survey of best Christian places to work in the category of higher education with 225–300 employees. Sponsored by Christianity Today and Christian Management Association, the survey, which is administered by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute, polled more than ten thousand employees at a variety of Christian organizations. The survey revealed five qualities of organizations with high levels of employee satisfaction: Christian character, competence, compassion, compensation, and commitment.

Book of the Year Awards

ForeWord magazine named Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture by J. Ed Komoszewski (ThM, 2000), M. James Sawyer (ThM, 1978; PhD, 1987), and Daniel B. Wallace (ThM, 1979; PhD, 1995), a finalist in the Religion category for its 2006 Book of the Year Awards. According to the magazine, “[The] Book of the Year Awards were established to bring increased attention from librarians and booksellers to the literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors.” A jury of the magazine’s readers, librarians, and booksellers select the top categories as well as choose the winning titles. Their decisions take into consideration editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book, and the value the book adds to its genre.

KS Captures Prizes

Kindred Spirit has been recognized with three awards from the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) for 2006. The magazine received two awards of excellence—one in the “national magazine” category, and one for publication design of the “Who Is Jesus?” issue. An award of merit was given for “photography, color, single photo.” The award-winning photo, taken by David Edmonson, was of Dr. Daniel Wallace to accompany an article on his work with ancient manuscripts. These awards recognize the achievements of RCC members who, according to the organization, “demonstrate excellence as religion communicators.”

Kindred Spirit was also honored with an Award of Merit for its “Who Is Jesus?” cover from the Evangelical Press Association, whose 250-plus periodical members have a combined circulation of more than twenty million readers.