http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaa... approves five new members_06_25_10_ncaa_news The Division III Membership Committee is recommending active status for five institutions that successfully completed all four years of the Division III provisional membership process. If approved by the Division III Management Council next month, the following schools will begin active status in Division III on September 1: •Lancaster Bible College (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) •Lyndon State College (Lyndonville, Vermont) •North Central University (Minnesota) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) •Penn State Harrisburg (Middletown, Pennsylvania) •Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) These additions, plus other anticipated movement before September 1, would bring total active Division III membership to 434 institutions. Meeting June 22-23 in Indianapolis, the Division III Membership Committee also agreed to move the following four institutions to the final year of provisional membership: •Franciscan University Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio) •Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) •St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn, New York) •Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, Alabama) If those institutions successfully complete year four of the provisional/reclassifying process, they could be accepted as active Division III members for the 2011-12 academic year. The Membership Committee also approved other advancement in the provisional/reclassifying track. From Year 2 to Year 3 (on track to achieve active membership in 2012-13) •Spalding University (Louisville, Kentucky) •State University of New York at Cobleskill (Cobleskill, New York) From Year 1 to Year 2 (on track to achieve active membership in 2013-14) •Berry College (Mount Berry, Georgia) •Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, Georgia) •Penn State Abington (Abington, Pennsylvania) The committee also considered applications from several schools asking to begin the Division III membership process and made recommendations that the Management Council will consider at its July 19-20 meeting.
