Catalogue 2008 Book - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

LIFE IN THE SEMINARY COMMUNITY
and support to the vice president for student affairs and vocation and to other
administrators, faculty, or staff as appropriate. The Care Team is not a disciplinary
body.
The president appoints the Care Team annually. Ordinarily the Care Team is
made up of the vice president for student affairs and vocation, the vice president
for business affairs, the associate dean for student academic affairs, and two faculty
members.
An individual may refer him or herself to the Care Team, or the referral can
be made by an administrator, a faculty or staff member, any member of the Care
Team, a spouse or other family member, a pastor or denominational body, another
student, or the Faculty Committee on Student Life/Student Standing. Referral to
the Care Team may be made either in person or in writing.
The Care Team may make referrals to whatever type of on-campus service(s),
mental health professional(s), or community service(s) the situation may warrant.
Various student groups pursue issues and interests which add to opportunities
on campus and provide a network of fellowship and support. In these groups one
can gather information and resources, fi nd common interests and build friendships,
be exposed to issues before the church, exercise leadership styles, observe group
functions, examine assumptions, and test their validity, appropriateness, and promise
of effectiveness. In order to be considered an offi cial student group, such groups must
be recognized by the President’s Cabinet. The procedure for offi cial recognition of
student groups appears in the Student Handbook.
The vice president sits on faculty and administrative committees giving attention
to structural and institutional questions which affect student attitudes, perceptions,
and performance. All of these efforts are an attempt to realize more closely the
purposes expressed by the board of trustees in the Statement of Purpose which calls
us “to be a winsome and exemplary community of God’s people.”
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