299:. Mike Randall was installed as the fifth president on February 20, 2002. Accreditation was received in 2005, due in part to Randall's hard work but mostly due to the hard work of Russell Dell who served as Baptist Bible College's academic dean for many years. In 2008, Jim Edge was appointed to office, and resigned after three years. The board of trustees named Ron Sears as interim president and began the search for a new president. In 2012, by a unanimous vote of the trustees, Mark Milioni was named as the new president.
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620:"NAIA Announces Five New Members"
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843:Northwest Missouri State
667:. Baptist Bible College
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398:Lancaster Bible College
1191:Central Female College
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1010:Saint Louis University
950:Kansas City University
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67:Established
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1155:State Tech
1145:Ozarks TCC
955:Lindenwood
870:A.T. Still
696:August 18,
671:August 18,
604:August 17,
578:August 17,
556:2009-11-08
505:2019-03-21
478:January 6,
438:References
375:volleyball
355:basketball
281:Fort Worth
265:bachelor's
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965:Maryville
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351:baseball
269:master's
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128:Missouri
117:Location
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