Erskine College
18th President of Erskine College ?
Dr. Steve Adamson was installed as 18th president of Erskine College
Friday, Sept. 23, during a service of worship at the Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church. “I’m honored and humbled to accept the trust you have placed in me to serve as the 18th president of Erskine College and Seminary,” Adam- son said, as he began his inaugural address. “As president, I stand in the shadows of my predecessors…those who have served and labored to preserve Erskine College as a God-honoring, Bible-believing institution of higher education.” Adamson expressed thanks to all who planned and carried out the instal- lation service and the events and activities leading up to the inauguration. “Most of all, I give praise and thanks to God,” he said. He called the prayers and support of his wife Von, “joined together with the Lord’s sustaining hand,” “the sole reason I am here today.” Outlining the four “pillars” of Erskine’s strategic plan—Missional
Fidelity, Financial Stewardship, Educational Excellence, and Expanding Reach—the new president also presented Erskine’s small size and location in a small town as assets and paid tribute to the Due West community. “Some may question how a small college in a small town can have much to contribute to God’s kingdom,” Adamson said. “The answer is found in scripture, for we read over and over again how the Lord used those that the world passed over to accomplish His purposes.” Remarking on the relationship of Erskine with Due West, he said,
well integrated with the community.”
Erskine students arriving on campus “are surrounded immedi- ately by a sense of family,” he said, just as he and his wife, Von, were when they arrived in Due West on Christmas Day and discovered the thoughtful preparations made for them. Dr. Alan Broyles, chairman of
the Presidential Search Commit- tee, welcomed the attendees and delivered a message from the com- mittee, which, he said, “believed from the very beginning that God had already set aside for us the new president of Erskine.” He noted that Adamson “stood head and shoulders above” other appli- cants and gave “thoughtful, mea- sured, eminently logical answers” to the committee’s questions. Board of Trustees Chair Michael S. Whitehurst expressed thanks to the Inaugural Steering Committee,
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