Student Services
Student Services welcomes you to Dallas Seminary! We realize that God has brought you to us for a special season of growth and preparation, and we are here to serve you during this time.
The mission of Student Services is to ensure that every student has the opportunity to develop as a godly servant-leader through his or her social, cultural, spiritual, physical, and emotional life.
Dr. Robert Garippa
Dr. Robert Garippa
Dean of Students
The Dean of Students is the director of the Student Services Department and is available for pastoral counseling and to answer questions relating to the Student Handbook statement on student conduct and integrity. He is the faculty adviser to the Student Council as well as a member of the Seminary’s Executive Committee as the Vice President of Student Services.
Rachel Wissink
Rachel Wissink
Office Manager/Receptionist
The Student Services Office Manager/Receptionist schedules entrance interviews, counseling appointments, and other meetings that you need with any of our staff members. This is also the place to schedule make-up MMPI tests or Personality Inventory Tests for the Ph.D. program. You will find ticket and event sign-ups at the front desk along with important forms such as the chapel reduction form, chapel schedule, waiver for the Baylor Fitness Center, and other helpful printed information about student events and opportunities.
Abby Dávila
Abby Dávila
Advisor for Student Activities
The Advisor for Student Activities has a role in planning all student activities on campus. This person is the staff liaison with the Baylor–Tom Landry Fitness Center, Luke’s Ministries, Student Council/Student Groups and sources for community tickets such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Mavericks, and Texas Rangers. The Advisor for Student Activities also edits and distributes the weekly email, Kerygma, which contains the latest information about campus events and deadlines.
Lynn Etta Manning
Lynn Etta Manning
Advisor for Women Students
The mission of the Advisor for Women Students is to ensure that every female student has the opportunity to develop as a godly servant-leader through her social, cultural, spiritual, physical, and emotional life. The Advisor for Women Students is available to all women students for pastoral care and is responsible for advising the Women Students Fellowship. She also conducts all entrance interviews for entering women students. This advisor can also be a contact for ministry positions for women.
Carolyn Hannah
Carolyn Hannah
Advisor for Seminary Wives in Ministy(SWIM)
Seminary Wives in Ministry (SWIM) exists to prepare wives to be godly servant-leaders alongside their husbands in ministry. The Advisor for Seminary Wives in Ministry is responsible for coordinating all programs available to wives of students. This includes the SWING program and SWIM board.
Dr. Terry Woodson
Dr. Terry Woodson
Advisor for African-American Students
The Advisor for African-American Students provides the leadership and encouragement for each African-American student to develop as a godly servant-leader through social, cultural, physical, and emotional aspects of seminary life. The Advisor to African-American students is the staff advisor for the Black Student Fellowship and meets with all African-American students at least once during the academic school year.
Dr. Lee Jagers
Dr. Lee Jagers
Director of Counseling Services
The Director of Counseling Services is available to all students and/or spouses for free clinical counseling and counseling referrals. Counseling appointments for students and/or spouses can be made through the Student Services receptionist.
Jenny McGill
Jenny McGill
Advisor for International Students/Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilitiies
The Advisor for International Students directs the seminary-wide services for all international student relations and serves as a campus resource for social, academic, cultural, and immigration issues relating to international exchange. The Advisor for International Students is the staff advisor for the International Student Fellowship Council. The Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities facilitates the process whereby students receive ADA accommodation at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Melissa Cowan
Melissa Cowan
Assistant to Advisor for International Students
The Administrative Assistant to the International Student Advisor is responsible for office administration, research, processing new International applicants, maintaining the International Student database, and coordinating events.
Chap. Bill Bryan
Chap. Bill Bryan
Chaplain
The mission of the Chaplain’s Office is to provide pastoral ministry to students, faculty, and staff and to create an atmosphere through chapel and the Spiritual Life Board for the enhancement of spiritual growth and community. The Chaplain is available for pastoral counseling and is responsible for chapel programming. He is the faculty adviser to the Spiritual Life Board.
Pauline Buisch
Pauline Buisch
Asistant to the Chaplain
The chaplain's assistant is available to answer questions related to chapel speakers, prayer requests, and announcements.
Karen Zavodny
Karen Zavodny
Assistant to the Chaplain
The chaplain's assistant facilitates all aspects of the chapel
attendance requirement program.
Goals
- To equip and inform entering students so their academic, spiritual, social, cultural, physical, and emotional life while at DTS will be healthful and successful.
- To provide advising, counseling, and testing services to facilitate personal, family, and professional development.
- To provide advisement, programming, and services to enrich community, family life, personal interaction, social development, cultural awareness, physical development, and campus diversity.
- To provide a discipline process which ensures the Seminary’s standards are upheld and the students develop in integrity and godliness.
- To encourage campus community life, worship, and spiritual development through quality chapel programming.
- To provide opportunities for student participation in institutional decision-making and leadership development through student council and student groups.
- To assist and advise international students with INS regulations and in acclimating to their new culture.
- To contribute to the development of servant-leadership through contacts with every student.
