The GTU is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kamal Abu-Shamsieh as Director of its new Interreligious Chaplaincy Program and Lecturer in Practical Theology.
PhD student Nathan Michon has received a Fulbright Award to conduct research at Tohoku University in Japan to study how Japanese clergy are combining approaches often employed in Western chaplaincy with traditional Japanese Buddhist meditations and other techniques.
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Center for Jewish Studies, Professor Naomi Seidman looks back at the key people and events that shaped the Center during its first half-century.
As the Center for Jewish Studies marks its fiftieth year, CJS Director Deena Aranoff reflects on the cooperative spirit and critical engagement that continue to characterize its work.
The GTU is actively engaged in a search for the school’s next president and will continue to accept applications from interested candidates through March 1, 2018. We are seeking an innovative and collaborative leader whose compelling vision can inspire and unite this dynamic interreligious institution. The presidential search committee is encouraging the entire GTU community to invite qualified candidates to apply for this position.
The Board of Trustees of the Graduate Theological Union has received notice that Dr. Riess Potterveld will retire at the end of June 2018 after five years as president of the GTU. (Sept. 14, 2017)