601 Application of Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota for approval to operate in Pennsylvania
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Application of Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota for Approval to Operate in Pennsylvania [28 Pa.B. 1846] Under 24 Pa.C.S. § 6503(e) (relating to certification of institutions), the Department of Education (Department) will consider the application of Bethel College and Seminary of St. Paul, MN for a Certificate of Authority approving the institution's request to own and operate Seminary of the East, currently a Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation. On or before July 1, 1998, the Pennsylvania corporation will be dissolved, and control of all of its assets and programs will be absorbed into Bethel College and Seminary, with Bethel as the surviving entity. Semi-nary of the East will be an extension program in this Commonwealth operated by Bethel Seminary as Bethel Seminary of the East with approval to award Master of Divinity degrees.
In accordance with 24 Pa.C.S. § 6503(e), the Department will act upon the application without hearing, unless within 30 days after the publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a written request for public hearing is filed with the Department, along with a notice of intervention, a petition to intervene or protest in accordance with 1 Pa. Code § 35.23 and 35.24 (relating to protest) or 1 Pa. Code §§ 35.27--35.32 (relating to intervention).
All petitions to intervene, protest and request for hearing shall be filed with Dr. Warren D. Evans, Chartering/Governance/Accreditation Specialist, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333, (717) 787-6576 on or before 4 p.m. on the due date prescribed by this notice. Persons wishing to review the application should phone or write to the aforementioned office to schedule a time for an in-office review. Duplicate copies of the application are not available.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing, if held, and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate, should contact Suzanne B. Markowicz at (717) 787-6576 to discuss how the Department may best accommodate their needs.
EUGENE W. HICKOK,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-601. Filed for public inspection April 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
