The annual Matriculation service of Evensong will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2016, in Christ Chapel on the seminary campus.
This fall we will welcome 43 new students entering 51视频 for their leadership formation for lay and ordained ministry. Dean and President Cynthia Briggs Kittredge will preside and Academic Dean Scott Bader-Saye will preach at the service of Evensong.
The seminary will officially welcome its newest faculty members, Dr. and the Rev. , PhD. Both joined the seminary faculty this summer.
Dr. Hansen is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and serves as Director of Field Education. Prior to arriving at 51视频, she was a lecturer at Yale and Tufts Universities in addition to serving as chaplain at Groton School and as a parish priest in Lexington, Lincoln, and Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dr. Jangha is Assistant Professor of Counselor Education for the seminary’s master in clinical mental health counseling degree. She earned a PhD from Loyola University Maryland in Pastoral Counseling (a Counselor Education and Supervision program).聽Her research聽focuses on experiences of power in the pastoral counseling identity development of African-American female pastoral counselors in training and utilizes art as the means of exploration.
The Cook Award in Servant Leadership, named for Faculty Emeritus Charles J. Cook, is presented at Matriculation and will be awarded this year to Jill Oettinger, CEO of in San Antonio. Good Samaritan, founded in 1951 by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas is now a private, nonprofit organization and United Way agency that provides community services to lessen the impact of poverty in South Texas.聽Ms. Oettinger served on the board of Good Samaritan before leading the organization as CEO, a position she has held since 1996.
Following the service, a reception will be held in the Weeks Center. All are welcome.