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Trinity regents approve academic dean appointments

Deerfield, Ill. - Trinity International University regents unanimously approved the appointments of new academic deans for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and undergraduate Trinity College.

Graham A. Cole returns to Trinity to serve as dean of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Cole was professor of biblical and systematic theology at TEDS from 2002-11, after which he left to serve on the faculty of Samford University's Beeson School of Divinity.

Among Cole's six academic degrees are a bachelor of divinity with honors from the University of London and a Th.D. from the Australian College of Theology.

Cole said the learning process always must involve face-to-face interaction, whether in a classroom or an online setting. He also stressed strong connections with churches and a commitment to biblical authority.

"When it comes to the educational side, we need to help people learn not only things to think, but how to think and how to learn, so that process doesn't terminate at the end of a course," Cole said.

Thomas H. L. Cornman will assume the role of Trinity College dean in the summer. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the field of higher education. He comes to Trinity from Cedarville University in Ohio, where he is vice president for academics and chief academic officer.

Among Cornman's five academic degrees are a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master's degree from Biola University's Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, Calif.

"I see the role of the dean of the college as one that comes alongside the faculty," Cornman said. "We will set aside time to have town hall meetings to consider things the faculty ultimately will vote on for our shared work."

Both Cole and Cornman will assume their new roles this summer.

The board honored retiring deans Tite Tiénou from TEDS and Jeanette Hsieh from Trinity College. In separate resolutions, Tiénou was named dean emeritus and Hsieh was named provost emeritus.

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