New students arrive for summer internships

June 9, 2006

Mike Harper of Houston, Texas; Timothy Clingenpeel of Richmond, Va.; and Coley Phillips of Robbinsville, N.C., are serving summer internships at the Baptist Joint Committee.

Harper is currently studying law at the University of Houston Law Center. He previously earned a Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a B.A. in history and religion from Baylor University. His wife, Callie Carruth-Harper, is a social worker in Houston.

Clingenpeel graduated in May 2005 from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in English and a minor in physics. He plans to attend George Mason University School of Law in the fall. Clingenpeel is the son of Michael and Vivian Clingenpeel; Michael is pastor of River Road Church, Baptist in Richmond, Va.

Phillips is a rising junior at Western Carolina University in Cullowee, N.C. She is studying political science and communications with a concentration in public relations. She is the daughter of Michael and Karen Phillips of Robbinsville, N.C.