Five Challenges Facing Higher Education and why it matters!
Introduced by Dave Hosler
Special emphasis will be given to the delayed rollout of the government’s FAFSA and how that impacted student decision making and thus enrollment of this year’s new class at colleges and universities. It is likely this impacted families of our members.
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the form that college students and their parents submit as the first step in the financial aid process. By filling out the FAFSA, students can access federal grants, work-study funds, and loans. Many states and schools also use information from the FAFSA to distribute state and institutional aid.
Established in 1933, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School is a private non-denominational Bible college with a thriving student population consisting of undergraduate, seminary and graduate learners. LBC | Capital offers non-credit courses, undergraduate programs, masters and doctoral degree programs–in class, online and blended.
Dr. Tommy Kiedis was named LBC | Capital’s sixth president on February 1, 2020. His appointment to the presidency followed 40 years of service to the church and biblical higher education.
He served until 2020 as a senior pastor at Spanish River Church in Boca Raton, Florida, where he started in 2007 as the Director of Leadership Development and Church Planting. Prior to Spanish River Church, President Kiedis served as the Dean of the Chapel and Assistant Professor of Ministry at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and for many years as a pastor and church planter.
President Kiedis earned his bachelor’s degree from Mid-South Bible College, MARE from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary and PhD in Leadership from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. President Kiedis has had extensive time in the classroom at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. His roles have included Assistant Professor of Ministry at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Associate Professor of Leadership at Knox Theological Seminary, and Adjunct Professor at both Reformed Theological Seminary (Boca Raton) and Capital Seminary & Graduate School. Dr. Kiedis’ focus throughout his career has been on leadership and leadership development.
Dr. Kiedis and Shannan, his wife, have been married since 1980 and have six adult children and 24 grandchildren. They enjoy time with their family (especially at their Arkansas getaway), back roads and small towns, photography and hot rods.
Thomas Kiedis, PhD, DMin:
https://www.lbc.edu/about/our-staff/thomas-kiedis/