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1. Evaluate the current SNAP program based on the survey date to better
accommodate and meet the personal needs of the new incoming female
students each semester. (The letters in the name “SNAP” do not stand for
anything. The name SNAP was chosen to reflect the idea of “connecting”
women like the actual item often found on clothing apparel.) SNAP is a
Women Students’ Fellowship student ministry designed for entering
female students. A returning DTS woman student is assigned to an
entering female student and the new student is contacted by the SNAP
partner prior to her arriving for orientation and then throughout the first
semester as needed. The SNAP partner is an initial contact, friend, and
resource for the entering student so she can get acquainted with other DTS
women, oriented to DTS and Dallas. The SNAP program is designed to
help the new students feel less alone and overwhelmed upon entering
seminary.
2. Evaluate and make suggestions based on the survey results to strengthen
the existing Hesed Sister peer mentoring program of WSF. Expand this
program based on the high interest that DTS women students have for a
peer mentor and apply for additional funding to conduct these programs.
3. Continue to identify and select women students to serve on the leadership
team of the Women Students’ Fellowship (WSF) in order to offer
experience and training in the area of ministry to women and to help carry
out the programs to address the needs of women students.
4. Conduct a study of perfectionism and its causes to discover effective ways
to help female seminarians address their perfectionistic tendencies.
5. Schedule seminars, brown bag lunch meetings, retreats, and other ways to
address the topics of interest indicated by the female women students.