the Black Experience was one of the earliest centers focusing on religion, ministry and the African American experience. Collaborations Northwestern University Garrett-Evangelical and Northwestern University have a relationship that is almost a century and a half old. Common founders established both institutions to provide an educated ministry for an educated church. Over the decades, the institutions have shared numerous resources, including courses, buildings, faculties, libraries, parking, and technology. Today, the Garrett-Evangelical learning community is deeply enhanced through its relationship with Northwestern: Library resources and access (both physical and virtual); E-mail and other forms of information technology; Ph.D. coursework and dissertation advising; Recreational facilities and opportunities; Cross registration International student assistance; Many cultural events and special lectures and programs. The Association of Chicago Theological Schools The Chicago area boasts the greatest concentration of seminaries per capita of anywhere in the U.S. The Chicago area schools are organized into a cluster called The Association of Chicago Theological Schools. Garrett-Evangelical is one of the 11 member schools. The ACTS website states: Together, the schools within ACTS offer a rich network of resources for theological education, making the association one of the outstanding centers of theological education in the world. Available to the approximately 3,000 students currently enrolled at its member schools is a faculty of more than 350, more than 1,000 courses offered annually, and library collections of 1.7 million volumes and nearly 5,000 currently received periodical subscriptions. Ecumenical Theological Seminary Program Garrett-Evangelical cooperates with the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit in a program that enables students to take up to half of their work toward a master's degree in Detroit. Dual Degree in Social Work with Loyola University Garrett-Evangelical and the School of Social Work of Loyola University of Chicago have a cooperative agreement for a dual degree program leading to the MSW at Loyola and the M.Div. at Garrett-Evangelical. Selected courses may be applied to the respective degrees at each school. Students must be admitted to both schools. Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education Garrett-Evangelical has historically collaborated with SCUPE (Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education), which used to exist as a program to empower seminarians for urban ministry. In February 2017, SCUPE underwent restructuring and became OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership, which is now focused on global training in all walks of life. As OMNIA moves its mission away from the seminary focus, it has maintained its relationship with Garrett-Evangelical,