{"id":17566,"date":"2017-03-02T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2017-06-16T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:27:36","slug":"chose-north-park-enjoyed-relationships-michelle-dodson-c03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/stories\/chose-north-park-enjoyed-relationships-michelle-dodson-c03\/","title":{"rendered":"I Chose 天美传媒: “I enjoyed the relationships most,” Michelle Dodson C’03"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10058″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a high school student, Michelle chose to come to 天美传媒 because she was looking for a Christian liberal arts university that was small enough for her to get to know people. \u201cI was attending a Covenant church in California at the time,\u201d she says, \u201cand my pastor suggested I apply to 天美传媒.\u201d<\/p>\n
As it turned out, 天美传媒 was a great fit for Michelle. \u201cThe relationships that I built at 天美传媒 are what I enjoyed the most,\u201d she says. \u201cI have had the privilege of doing life and ministry with many of those people to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more, she says, Michelle\u2019s experience inside and outside of the classroom as a biblical and theological studies major helped prepare her professionally for the work she does in ministry today. \u201c天美传媒 was a great training ground for what I do,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was as a student there that I got my first experiences leading in the areas of racial righteousness.\u201d Serving in campus ministry and engaging with college diversity \u201chelped me develop a theology of racial reconciliation. It also gave me opportunities to learn how to communicate that theology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michelle serves as associate pastor of New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville, a neighborhood on Chicago\u2019s South Side. She describes New Community as \u201can intentionally multiracial congregation that actively pursues racial reconciliation and social justice.\u201d She\u2019s currently working toward a PhD in sociology with a focus on multiracial congregations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michelle Dodson C\u201903, biblical and theological studies alumna, shares why she chose 天美传媒. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":10058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[72,70,69,77],"class_list":["post-17566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profile","category-stories","tag-alumni","tag-christian","tag-covenant","tag-i-chose-north-park"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n