2023: Cheryl Swope

July 2023: The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magistra Magna award to Mrs. Cheryl Swope for her exceptional vision, service, and dedication to classical Lutheran education. Cheryl Swope was born on June 7, 1962, in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated magna cum laude from the […]

2022: Rev. Dr Thomas Korcok

Thomas James Korcok (pronounced Korchok) (b. 1961) has a B.A. in History and Political Science from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan; an M.Div. from Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines, Ontario; an M.Phil. from the University of Glasgow in Scotland; and a Ph.D from the Vrije University in Amsterdam. A parish pastor for over 20 years, […]

2021: Dr. Jackquelyn Haws Veith

Dr. Jackquelyn Haws Veith

Executive Director of Educational Certification for CCLE The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magistra Magna award to Dr. Jackie Veith for her exceptional vision, service, work and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Jackquelyn Veith lives in Blackwell, Oklahoma and is married to […]

2020: Rev John Hill

Rev. John Hill

July 2020:  The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magister Magnus award to Rev. President John Ernest Hill for his exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Rev. Hill was born in Paris, Texas, on October 10, 1963.   He graduated from Concordia, Ann Arbor […]

2019: Rev. Stephen Kieser

Rev. Stephen W. Kieser

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magister Magnus award to Reverend Stephen W. Kieser for his exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Rev. Kieser’s favorite book in childhood was the Holy Bible. He graduated from Concordia University – Ann […]

2019: Mrs. Betty Garwood

Betty Garwood

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magistra Magna award to Mrs. Betty Garwood for her exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Betty grew up in rural Central Iowa, attending a small, rural school and receiving (though she did not […]

2018: Dr. E. Christian Kopff

Christian Kopff

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magister Magnus award to Dr. E. Christian Kopff for his exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Dr. E. Christian Kopff was born in Brooklyn NY, November 22, 1946 and educated at St. Paul’s School […]

2018: Dr. Gene Edward Veith

Dr. Gene Edward Veith

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magister Magnus award to Dr. Gene Edward Veith for his exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. Dr. Gene Edward Veith, born in Oklahoma in 1951, received his B.A. in Letters (Literature, Philosophy, History, and […]

2017: Melinda K. Heine

Melinda Heine

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magistra Magna award to Mrs. Melinda Kae Heine for her exceptional vision, service, and dedication to the cause of classical Lutheran education. During her undergraduate years at Concordia University – Seward, Nebraska, Melinda became disillusioned with progressive education and how much the […]

2016: Rev. Robert Schaibley

Robert Schlaibley

The Rev. Robert W. Schaibley is senior pastor of Shepherd of the Springs Lutheran Church, Colorado Springs. Prior to his arrival at Shepherd of the Springs in 1996, Pastor Schaibley served for over nine years as senior pastor at Zion Lutheran Church & School, an urban congregation in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has an A.B., […]