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SACSCOC Grants Bob Jones University Regional Accreditation

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    "GREENVILLE, S.C., June 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) today granted Bob Jones University membership as an accredited institution.


    “Being granted regional accreditation is one of the biggest milestones in Bob Jones University’s 90-year history,” says BJU President Steve Pettit. “We set out to obtain regional accreditation and strengthen our mission and, by God’s grace, we’ve accomplished both objectives.”

    SACSCOC GRANTS BOB JONES UNIVERSITY REGIONAL ACCREDITATION

    Today, June 15, BJU was granted regional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

    “Being granted regional accreditation is one of the biggest milestones in Bob Jones University’s 90-year history,” says BJU President Steve Pettit. “We set out to obtain regional accreditation and strengthen our mission and, by God’s grace, we’ve accomplished both objectives.”

    http://www.bju.edu/news/2017-06-accreditation.php (link is external)
     
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    #2 Squire Robertsson, Jun 15, 2017
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    BJU is finding its way back to the forefront of Fundamental higher education.
     
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    I hope so. I am from the area. I do my absolute best to like them. Waaaaayyyyyy too many of their students act like Westboro Baptist lite. If you know what I mean.
     
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    You mean the anti homosexual aspect of it? Or the crazy stuff they do?
     
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    In your face, shouting AT people in public. A delivery that comes across as hypocritical instead of loving.
     
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    In your face, shouting AT people in public. A delivery that comes across as hypocritical instead of loving.
     
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    I didn't know much about them, I've looked them up and they are crazy. I remembered that people were mad at the pastor because he was very anti-gay.
     
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    Was that an alum or was that a then-current student or faculty\staff person?
     
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    Current students at the time. I have not had any run ins with them in the last couple years.
     
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