International group elects Holden president

Jan Holden, UNT professor of counseling, development and higher education, was recently elected president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies.

Holden was elected by members of the IANDS board of directors this fall to serve a one-year term.

"I feel honored, stressed, excited and anxious," Holden says. "I see in the position both a lot of work and a lot of opportunity to maintain and advance the services that IANDS provides."

Holden joined IANDS in 1985 and was elected to the board of directors in 2000. After serving two years, she accepted the position of secretary before being elected president.

IANDS, founded in 1978, is the first organization in the world devoted to the study of near-death and similar experiences and their relationship to human consciousness.

During her term, Holden will oversee the operation of the organization and the Journal of Near-Death Studies, the quarterly scholarly journal; Vital Signs, the quarterly newsletter; and various brochures on topics related to near-death experiences. She will also maintain the IANDS web site, oversee the annual conference and respond to inquiries from people who have had near-death experiences.

Holden also leads a Friends of IANDS support and interest group in Lewisville for those who have had near-death experiences or who have personal or professional interest in such experiences.

For more information, visit www.iands.org.

BY CHREE CARR ucmnews1@unt.edu

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