YDS students and graduates find amazing ways to fulfill the school’s mission of serving church and world. Here are some common careers and callings of our alumni:
- Lay and ordained pastoral ministries in and of the churches
- Education, in both public and private K-12 institutions
- Higher education administration, ministries, research and teaching
- Business Management in non-profit enterprises and the private sector
- Administrative positions in a wide variety of venues
- Community development, advocacy, and social justice work
- Arts, arts management
- Communications, editing, and publishing
And here is a very brief sampling of what some of our more prominent alumni have accomplished in recent years, and the recognition they have received as a result:
- Barbara Brown Taylor ‘76 M.Div., author of Learning to Walk in the Dark and many other acclaimed books, named of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
- Krista Tippett ‘94 M.Div., host of the radio program “On Being,” named winner of National Humanities Medal
- Chang Sang ‘70 M.Div. elected President of World Council of Churches for Asia
- Michael Curry ‘78 M.Div. elected President Bishop of the Episcopal Church, becoming the first African American to hold that high office
- And, eight YDS alumni are now heads of U.S. seminaries