General HIU News
Hartford Seminary Welcomes President Joel N. LohrJuly 18, 2018
Hartford Seminary’s new President, Dr. Joel N. Lohr, began his tenure this week with a goal of raising the profile of the seminary and implementing its unique mission.
Alumni News, Student News
Alum Sami Aziz Is First Imam to Direct Spiritual Life Program at U.S. CollegeJuly 16, 2018
Imam Sami Aziz, who graduated from Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy Program and is now a Doctor of Ministry student, has been chosen to lead DePauw University’s Center for Spiritual Life. In announcing the appointment, DePauw University said: “It’s believed that Aziz, who begins his work at DePauw on July 23, will be the first Imam to ever direct the spiritual life program at a college in the United States.”
Faculty In The News
Professor Scott Thumma Quoted in Article about Church ClosingsJuly 9, 2018
Professor Scott Thumma, who directs the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, was a key source of information for the first in a series about church closings in Minnesota.
Faculty In The News
Professor Najib Awad Gives Paper on Syrian ‘Refugee Crisis’ and Records PodcastJuly 3, 2018
In June, Professor Najib George Awad read a paper titled “Deciphering the Genome of Crisis in the Syrian ‘Refugee Crisis’: Toward a Hermeneutic Tripod” at a conference of “The Church and Migration: Global (in)Difference?”
Alumni News, Campus Events
Alum Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery Speaks to Religious Wounding and How to HealJuly 2, 2018
Cooperative Master of Divinity graduate Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery led a lively discussion on June 27 called “Wounded by Religion; Healed by the Sacred.”
Alumni News, General HIU News
President Heidi Hadsell Attends Conference in BudapestJuly 2, 2018
President Heidi Hadsell moderated and served on several panels last month at the 2018 annual conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) in Budapest, Hungary.
Alumni News
Alum Spotlight: Chaplain Asma Inge-Hanif HonoredJune 7, 2018
When it comes to volunteering, Hartford Seminary graduate Chaplain Asma Inge-Hanif is one of the best.
Student News
Student Amy Langston Selected for Summer Program in SwitzerlandJune 5, 2018
Amy Langston, a 2018 graduate of the International Peacemaking Program and current Master of Arts in Religious Studies student, has been selected for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies (CASIS) summer school program at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches near Geneva, Switzerland.
Student News
International Peacemaking Fellow Makes Short Film about Muslim WomenJune 4, 2018
As a final project for “Maidservants of Allah: Women and Gender in Islam,” International Peacemaking Program Fellow Emily Barger made a 15-minute film titled “Just a Woman.”
Student News
Video: Final Chapel and Winning SermonJune 4, 2018
Hartford Seminary hosted a Sermon Contest this spring, and the winning speaker had the opportunity to preach at our final 2017-18 chapel service in addition to a cash prize.
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