Keri Day ’04 M.A.R. was inaugurated by Princeton Theological Seminary as Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion, becoming the first Black woman promoted to full professor in the seminary’s history.
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Travis Frampton ‘96 M.A.R. has been named the new President of the University of Dubuque.
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Craig Ford ‘13 M.A.R. has been appointed Lund Gill Chair in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences at Dominican University.
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As part of its 55th anniversary celebration, Yale Black Seminarians held a panel discussion on the State of the Black Church, with the following alums and students serving on the panel: Angelique Walker-Smith ‘83 M.Div., Stephen G. Ray ‘96 M.Div., ‘00 Ph.D., Andrea Barton Reeves ‘26 M.Div., Tasharah Person ‘26 M.Div., and Ryan Lindsay Arrendell ‘23 M.Div., ‘25 S.T.M. (moderator).
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Carolyn Sharp ‘94 M.A.R., ‘00 Ph.D., Professor of Homiletics at YDS, has been appointed Homiletician in Residence for year one of a grant project with Lexington Theological Seminary, “Compelling Preaching for a Climate-Changed World.”
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Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande ’14 M.A.R. has been appointed to the faculty of the University of Chicago Divinity School as Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics.
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Nicolette Polek ‘23 M.A.R. has published a new novel, Bitter Water Opera.
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Martha Lund Smalley, Special Collections Consultant for the Divinity School Library, has prepared an online exhibit titled “Teaching the Practice of Ministry at YDS: a Bicentennial Perspective” (with assistance from Ray Waddle).
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Kerith Harding ’09 M.Div. has been appointed Executive Director of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.
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YDS Facilities staff member Edna Echevarría was named a Yale finalist for the Cintas Custodian of the Year award.
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