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  Rector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Anglican church, a rector is one type of parish priest, sometimes referred to as a parson.
In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a rector is generally the priest in charge of a self-sustaining parish.
A rector could also be in charge of the main church of a Catholic university or the church of a seminary.
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 RECTOR - LoveToKnow Article on RECTOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the Roman empire, after Constantine, the title rector was borne by governors of provinces subordinate to the prefects or exarchs.
Rector is also still the title of the heads of the Scottish universities (Lord Rector), who are elected for three years, and of the German universities (Rector Magnificus), in which the office is held for a year by a representative of each faculty in turn.
A rector is incumbent of a benefice never held under a monastery, and he receives all the tithes; a vicar (i.e.
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 Rector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Actual operation of the university is in the hands of its principal (or Vice-Chancellor) and in recent years the rector has often been an outside celebrity ( John Cleese and Frank Muir at St Andrews, for example); but nonetheless their position is of some importance to the running of each university.
In the Anglican church, a rector is one type of parish priest.
For historical reasons, some parish priests in the Church of England are called by this term while others are called vicars: a rector directly received the tithes of his parish, while a vicar did not, being paid instead a salary (sometimes by his diocese).
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 Rector. Who is Rector? What is Rector? Where is Rector? Definition of Rector. Meaning of Rector.
In some countries, a Rector is the head of a university or school.
It is a post elected at regular intervals by the students of the individual universities the holder of which is entitled to chair meetings of the university court, the university's management body.
The rector directly receives the tithes of his parish, while the vicar does not, and is paid a salary by his diocese.
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 Rector [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Rector is the highest academic official of a university A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees.
Lord Rector of Glasgow University The position of Lord Rector of Glasgow University is elected every three years by the students at the University of Glasgow.
Rectors of those institutuions have special obligations under canon law In Western culture, canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
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 Rector -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Rector is the highest academic official of a (Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching) university in many countries.
In the (A Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism) Anglican church, a rector is one type of (A local church community) parish (A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders) priest, sometimes referred to as a parson.
Rectors of those institutuions have special obligations under (The body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church) canon law.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rector
The term rector is applied likewise to the heads of universities, seminaries, and colleges; to the local superiors of religious houses of men; to the pope, as rector of the world, in the conferring of the tiara.
Rector general is the title given to the superior general of certain religious, e.g.
One who supplies the place usually occupied by a rector is styled pro-rector (in parishes, administrator), while assistants to rectors in institutions are known as vice-rectors (in parishes, as curates, assistant, or associate, rectors, etc.).
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 Rector Definition / Rector Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rector is a composer, a writer, a director and an independent filmmaker.
rector is the principal person in charge of general administration of the residence facility and its programs.
Rector is a challenging one, and the person appointed will be required to demonstrate first-class leadership qualities.
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 Encyclopedia: Rector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The position of Lord Rector of Glasgow University is elected every three years by the students at the University of Glasgow.
The position of Lord Rector of Edinburgh University is elected every three years by the students at the University of Edinburgh.
The position of Lord Rector of St Andrews University is elected every three years by the students at the University of St Andrews.
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 Rector Magnificus - Wikipedia NL
Rector magnificus ( mv : rectores magnifici) is de titel van de hoogleraar -directeur van een universiteit, lid van het college van bestuur.
De rector magnificus wordt benoemd door de raad van toezicht en vervult voornamelijk administratieve en bestuurstaken aangezien voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek en lesgeven meestal niet veel tijd overblijft.
Promoties aan een universiteit vinden formeel op gezag van de Rector Magnificus plaats.
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 Eredoctoraat Beatrix uitgereikt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
De toespraak van de rector magnificus stond in het teken van een uitspraak van Willem van Oranje, toen hij aan de Staten van Holland en Zeeland voorstelde een universiteit op te richten.
Breimer refereert daarmee aan het standpunt van Beatrix dat vrijheid alleen mogelijk is, wanneer alle partijen daaraan meewerken.
De rector magnificus verklaart dat de koningin het eredoctoraat krijgt, omdat ze sinds haar troonsbestijging in 1980 haar 'ambt, en het gezag dat uw ambt geniet, voortdurend in dienst heeft gesteld van de vrijheid, die zonder verantwoordelijkheid geen vrijheid is'.
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 Rector Arkansas Rectory Road Railway Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Usually the title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but i s: a rector directly received the tithes of his parish, while a vicar did not, being paid instead a salary (sometimes by his diocese In the Roman Empire, a diocese was a city district or part of a province.
Rector The word rector ("ruler," from the Latin regere has a number of different meanings.
Rector, Arkansas Rector is a city located in Clay County, Arkansas.
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 Rector - Result for Rector - Meaning of Rector - Definition of Rector - Dictionary of Meaning - www.mauspfeil.net
At some universities they have the title of ''rector magnificus.'' In Scotland, the position of '''Rector''' exists in the four "ancient" universities, University of St Andrews St Andrews, University of Glasgow Glasgow, University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh as well as University of Dundee Dundee.
The post (technically they are the ''Lord Rector'', but usually are just referred to as ''Rector'') was enshrined as being integral part of each of these universities by the '' Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 ''.
I thought a 'Rector' was a religious minister in one of the churches...
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 Rector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In Scotland, the position of Rector exists in the five"ancient" universities, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee.
Actual operation of the university is in the hands of its principal (or Vice-Chancellor) and inrecent years the rector has often been an outside celebrity ( John Cleese and Frank Muir at St Andrews, for example); but nonetheless their position is ofsome importance to the running of each university.
For historical reasons, some parishpriests in the Church of England are called by this term whileothers are called vicars : a rector directly received the tithes of his parish, while avicar did not, being paid instead a salary (sometimes by his diocese).
www.therfcc.org /RFCC/rector-543.html   (238 words)

  
 Thomas Stieltjes Institute for Mathematics - Stieltjes Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On January 13, 2005, the Rector Magnificus of the Tilburg University, prof.dr. F.A. van der Duyn Schouten has presented this Stieltjes certificate and the amount of 1.200 euro to him.
On October 16, 2003, the Rector Magnificus of the Eindhoven University of Technology, prof.dr. R.A. van Santen has presented this Stieltjes certificate and the amount of 1.200 euro to her.
On March 11, 1998, during the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Stieltjes Institute, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University presented this Stieltjes certificate and the amount of 2.500 Dutch Guilders to Dr. Wegkamp.
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 rector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Henry Massey Rector Henry Massey Rector (1 May 1816 - 12 August 1899) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Rector was educated by his mother and attended 1 year of school at Louisville.
He served as rector of St. Joseph's Church in Durham, North Carolina from 1955 to 1957; rector of Calvary Parish, Tarboro, North Carolina from 1957 to 1965; rector of St. John's Church in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1965 to 1969; and rector of St. Paul's Church in Richmond, Virginia...
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 Rector | TutorGig.co.uk Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The 'Rector ' is the highest academic official of a university in many countries.
In the Anglican church, a 'rector ' is one type of parish priest, sometimes referred to as a parson.
In the Roman Catholic Church, a 'rector ' is a priest appointed by the diocesan bishop to take charge of a church not belonging to a parish.
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 JOB COHEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cohen was vanaf 1 september 1981 verbonden aan de Universiteit Maastricht, als wetenschappelijk hoofdmedewerker, en voorzitter van de commissie die de oprichting van een juridische faculteit voorbereidde.
Op 1 september 1983 werd Cohen hoogleraar Methoden en Technieken aan de juridische faculteit; per 1 januari 1991 was hij tevens rector magnificus.
Per 1 september was hij daarnaast weer verbonden aan de Universiteit Maastricht; wederom als hoogleraar Methoden en Technieken, en als rector magnificus.
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 De Groene 22 / 2003: Essay: Cultuurpessimisten zien overal het einde van de beschaving
Op 8 januari nam rector magnificus Paul F. van der Heijden tijdens de Diesviering van de Universiteit van Amsterdam de gelegenheid te baat om wetenschappers die zich buiten de universitaire gangen mengen in het publieke debat de oren te wassen.
In medialand, zo is zijn punt, worden academici niet afgerekend op hun vrijblijvend gespuide opvattingen.
Zo ver is het dus gekomen met de specialisering in de wetenschap: de universiteit is inmiddels zo in zichzelf gekeerd dat een eminent vertegenwoordiger ervan, de rector magnificus nota bene, meent dat hij moet waarschuwen voor het tonen van wijsheid, kennis en inzicht aan een groter publiek dan het eigen vakvolk.
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 UvT: Inaugurele rede
Indien dit niet mogelijk is kan het secretariaat van de Rector Magnificus zorgdragen voor verzending.
De Rector Magnificus, gevolgd door de aanwezige hoogleraren in toga, gaat het eerst ter receptie.
In de aula aangekomen nemen de Rector Magnificus, de orator en de leden van de Rector Magnificus plaats achter de hoofdtafel op de corona; de overige leden van het cortège nemen hun plaats in op de corona.
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 Rector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The rector directly receives the tithes of his parish, while the vicar doesn't, and is paid a salary by his diocese.
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 Content PhD programmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The professor who is named by the doctoral student as a possible doctoral thesis supervisor then sends a letter to the Rector Magnificus in which he proposes a possible co-supervisor and the members of the thesis committee.
The doctoral thesis supervisor, after approving the thesis, must notify the Rector Magnificus of this fact in writing in a timely fashion before the thesis committee evaluates the thesis in accordance with the stipulations in Article 6, clause 4 of these regulations.
A request for permission to oppose the doctoral student during the defence must be submitted to the Rector Magnificus at least one week before the date of the public defence.
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 Computable Achtergrond: 08/10/99 - Professor Van Vught: 'Nota Digitale Delta ondermaats'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Professor Frans van Vught, rector magnificus van de Universiteit Twente en lid van de taakgroep Werken aan ICT, windt er geen doekjes om: de kabinetsnota De Digitale Delta is onvoldoende om Nederland een koppositie in de elektronische wedren te bezorgen.
De regering heeft weliswaar een taakgroep in het leven geroepen, maar de rector magnificus uit Enschede erkent wel dat er een erg zware hypotheek op de commissie wordt getrokken.
De rector is namelijk een vurig pleitbezorger van de ondernemende student.
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 Richard Hooker (theologian) Church Argued Rector Reason   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1584 he got married, resigned from his college position, and became rector of Drayton Beauchamp in Buckinghamshire.
In 1585, he was appointed Master ( Rector The word rector ("ruler," from the Latin regere has a number of different meanings.
The magnificent west front was ready and Rector of the parish of Boscombe in Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts is a large southern English county.
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 Ubbo Emmius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ubbo Emmius (1547-1625) was de eerste rector magnificus van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Hij werd benoemd als rector van de enige Latijnse school in Groningen, voorheen de St. Maartenschool, waar ook Praedinius rector was geweest.
Hij was naast Rector ook hoogleraar Geschiedenis en Grieks.
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 H X De verlenig van het doctoraat honoris causa
Een voordracht wordt schriftelijk en vertrouwelijk gericht tot de rector magnificus in diens hoedanigheid als voorzitter van het College voor Promoties en gaat vergezeld van een motivering waarin in ieder geval dient te worden aangegeven waarom het doctoraat honoris causa van de universiteit wordt verlangd, en tevens van het in het eerste lid bedoelde voorstel.
De rector magnificus leidt de promotie in en draagt de promotor op de promovendus met de verkregen waardigheid te bekleden, van welke taak deze zich kwijt onder toevoeging van woorden van lof en waardering.
Indien in één bijeenkomst meer dan één doctoraat honoris causa wordt verleend, kan de rector magnificus erin toestemmen dat één der doctores honoris causa namens allen het woord voert.
www.promoveren.leidenuniv.nl /index.php3?m=3&c=20   (529 words)

  
 Capuchins - News
Marco Nobile, OFM and the new Rector, Br.
There were messages by the OFM Minister General and Cardinal Grocholewski, along with the reading of the decree nominating the new Rector, his Profession of Faith and Fidelity, reading of the official letter announcing the reception of the title of a Pontifical University.
Johannes Baptista Freyer, OFM as the new Rector of the Pontifical Antonianum University.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1999 the former President of DRC Rector Toplak from Maribor said: “Between its source in the Black Forest and its mouth on the Black Sea, the Danube traverses 1 170 miles and shares shores with nine different states.
The DRC was established in 1983 by Rectors from Ulm, Linz, Vienna and Budapest, with the general aim to improve the higher education in teaching and research in the region, and to establish and facilitate bilateral and multilateral contacts between universities.
In Danube Rectors’ Conference we say that our universities are bound together not only by our common belief in autonomy, academic freedom and responsibility of our institutions, but also by the river Danube.
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 Prof.dr. P.W.C. Akkermans MA herbenoemd tot rector magnificus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bij Koninklijk Besluit is prof.dr. P.W.C. Akkermans M.A., herbenoemd tot rector magnificus van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR).
Akkermans is sinds 1993 Rector Magnificus van de EUR.
Vanaf 1991 -tot zijn benoeming als rector- was Akkermans dekaan van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, een functie die hij ook al vervulde in de periode 1986-1989.
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