Topic: Process Certificate Program: Prospects for its Future

Presenters: Leslie King & Rolla Lewis

Eleven people completed the requirements to receive the Cobb Institute’s first “Certificate in Process and Practice,” a program which included online courses taught by Jay McDaniel, Andrew M. Davis, Jeanyne Slettom, Sheri Kling, and Marcus Ford. The program, guided by Terry Goddard, was designed as “A Transformative and Holistic Educational Experience to Cultivate a More Just, Sustainable, and Fulfilling World.”  See the list of graduates and their synthesizing capstone “Springboard” projects. Future leadership for the program has emerged from the first cohort of graduates.  Dr. Rolla Lewis has agreed to be the guiding Dean of the Certificate Program, and Rev. Dr. Leslie King has agreed to be the overall guiding Chairperson of our educational programs.  Rolla and Leslie will share their experience in and hopes for the Certificate Program.  Other participants have been invited to share their experiences of the Certificate program and their hopes for its future.     

Rolla Lewis, Professor Emeritus in Educational Psychology at California State University, East Bay, has had a long career as School Counseling Coordinator at CSUEB and Portland State University.  He is a Taos Institute Associate, which promotes social constructivism.  In September, 2019, he shared with Cobb & Friends his perspective on “Lifescaping–Creating a World We Want to Live In.”  Now retired in Portland, OR, his active gardening became the focus of his Certificate study’s capstone project.  

Leslie King, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas, studied process theology with Nancy Howell in the Doctor of Ministry program at St. Paul’s School of Theology. Find her biodata here, and her blog here.  Her capstone project was “Forever Young:  Concepts of God and Launching Young Adults.”  In her new role of Education Chairperson, she is a member of the Cobb Institute Board.

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