The Student Senate Leadership Team serves to represent the interests of all the enrolled students of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Leadership Team candidates apply using the McCaleb Student Senate Leadership Team Application. The leadership team is established each year and consists of the following team members:
Neil Vilches
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Julie Slagter
I am in my final year of the Intercultural Studies program at GRTS. This past year, I fullfilled my CLC residency in Athens, Greece, and I am currently involved at Calvary Reformed Church in Holland. My career goals are to serve in a cross-cultural ministry that focuses on women or college students.
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Diane Birtles
I am in my final year of the counseling program which will be my second degree at GRTS. In 2007 I graduated with an MA in Intercultural Studies. In addition to a rather traditional counseling practice, I also hope to combine these two degrees to help prepare missionaries for foreign field experience as well as support them while on the field as well as help them debrief when they come "home".
When my nose is not in a book studying, I enjoy spending time outside hiking, taking photographs and spending time with my canine roommate, Emma.
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If you are struggling academically, don’t wait until it’s too late - we want to help!! GRTS has tutors available to help you succeed in your classes.
Tutors are able to provide the following services:
Kate Meyer
This year will be my second year in the Counseling program; a degree I hope to combine with my previously earned M.Div in a "yet to be determined" setting! I am currently using my degree and ordination to serve as an health care chaplain in Fremont, so you'll most likely only see me on campus at night. When I'm not at work or in class, I enjoy spending time with my new husband, reading, kayaking, writing, and just finding time to be with friends...and laughing as much as possible! Laughter truly is good for the soul!
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Shane Cox
My name is Shane Cox and I am a full-time third year student at GRTS. In the summer of 2006 my wife (Heather) and our two children (Elijah and Abigail) moved to Grand Rapids. That fall I enrolled in seminary and decided to study in the M.A. in Intercultural Ministries . Last fall I started my Contextual Learning Center internship at Mosaic Life Church where I am the resident pastor working alongside my ministry mentor. The thing I appreciate about GRTS is the way our program courses and classroom discussions transfer over to my ministry experiences and practices.
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