Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debra McLeod | 2009 |
Since graduating from YDS I have been working with foundations and programs that empower women and girls. Much of that work has been direct funding of schools with some focus on documentary films... |
February 22, 2018 |
| Jack Snyder | 1985 |
After over 28 years together, in late 2016 my partner David Kemp and I were married in a small ceremony in our hometown of Arlington, VA. A second major life change is pending, as I plan to... |
February 22, 2018 |
| Timothy Ng | 2015 |
Shortly after graduating in 2015, my wife and I became parents with our firstborn son's arrival at Yale-New Haven hospital. In the Fall of the same year, I took a position at Google's HQ... |
February 20, 2018 |
| Ed Thwaites | 1957 |
Originally part of the Class of '56, I did a pastoral internship in a larger parish in Texas before returning to become a part of the Class of '57. Since graduating from YDS, I have... |
February 15, 2018 |
| Kelsey Dallas | 2014 |
Kelsey Dallas is a national religion reporter at the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. She covers the intersection of faith and politics, tracking the Trump administration's religious freedom... |
February 14, 2018 |
| Rev. Robert Dell | 1955 |
Joyce and I, together with three sons, have lived in Sandwich since 1962 - she being a now retired classroom teacher. I keep in touch with Jack Kelly and John Moyer; the three of us, along with... |
February 14, 2018 |
| Cheryl Bundy | 2015 |
Cheryl Bundy is the Chaplain and Spiritual Counselor at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. She teaches Spirituality and Mindfulness classes, runs the Hospital Chapel and provides pastoral... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Mindy McGarrah Sharp | 2001 |
Mindy McGarrah Sharp, PhD, has joined the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary as Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care. |
February 13, 2018 |
| Judy Chan | 1982 |
She published her first book in October 2017: No Strangers Here: Christian Hospitality and Refugee Ministry in Twenty-First- Century Hong Kong. It is available from Wipf and Stock Publishers. |
February 12, 2018 |
| Hal Doster | 1957 |
I am now located to Blue Ridge, GA following an Interim Ministry at the Cherry Log Christian Church (DOC) at the time Dr. Fred Craddock retired. I did what an Interim is not suppose to do – I... |
February 13, 2018 |
| Samuel Blair | 2001 |
In the summer of 2017 Samuel and his family traveled along with members of his church to the Matagalpa region of Nicaragua. Through a partnership with Agros International, the group provided a... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Lyn Brakeman | 1982 |
Being a student at YDS from 1978-1982 was, according to one member of the diocesan (Connecticut) screening committee for postulancy, "an act of defiance against church authority."... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Glenn Wagner | 1978 |
Glenn M Wagner YDS 1978 and his wife, Nancy are enjoying retirement in Holland, Michigan. Glenn co-chairs the Design Team that united the 800 Michigan United Methodist Churches into a single... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Lisa Jean Hoefner | 1978 |
Moved to Lake Tahoe in June 2017 to take an intentional transitional ministry position, helping a small congregation with a retreat center 4 blocks from the Lake at Kings Beach, CA to become a... |
February 11, 2018 |
| Fred Davie | 1982 |
Appointed by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as Acting Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s largest civilian oversight agency of the nation’s largest police department.... |
February 10, 2018 |
| Jill Edens | 1978 |
Rick and I retired this year after serving United Church of Chapel Hill, UCC for 38 years. Last June we celebrated our long and happy ministry in Chapel Hill and packed for our move to the Boston... |
February 10, 2018 |
| Grant Underwood | 2015 |
Grant Underwood (M.Div. '15): I fell in love with Connecticut when I came to YDS and I'm still here! I'm working as a Recruiter for a local charter school network, Achievement First... |
February 7, 2018 |
| Patricia Deyton | 1984 |
Associate Dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Science at Simmons. |
February 4, 2018 |
| Natalia Marandiuc | 2004 |
Natalia Marandiuc's first book, The Goodness of Home: Human and Divine Love and the Making of the Self, was published by Oxford University Press in 2018. She is currently working on her... |
February 3, 2018 |
| Daniel Gross | 2004 |
Last year I accepted a call to serve as Associate Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey. I moved to New Jersey in October 2017. I'm still settling in at St.... |
February 2, 2018 |