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Student Profile – Eva Bogino

Monday, February 8, 2021

What is your name and what were you doing before you came to EDS/Union? Hello! My name is Eva Bogino. In May, I earned my BA in American Studies and Religious Studies magna cum laude from The University of the South. While at Sewanee, I was an active member of the University Choir and a

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Hispanic Summer Program Embraces Community in Theological Learning

Thursday, February 4, 2021

  Since 1989, the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP) has provided a communal intensive learning environment for seminary students who identify as Hispanic or Latinx. Students receive three educational credits for their time in the program each year, with a variety of classes to choose from. This year’s program will be entirely online to continue following

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My Experience at the Hispanic Summer Program: Jorge Rodriguez

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Jorge J. Rodríguez V graduated with an MA from Union in 2016 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Union in Modern Religious History, exploring the intersections of religion and colonialism/coloniality in the 19th and 20th century Americas. Below he shares his experience attending and working on staff at the Hispanic Summer Program. If you are

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Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Each semester, Episcopal Divinity School at Union selects a theme and book to guide a semester-long discussion on justice issues critical for faith communities to address. This spring 2021, EDS at Union is joining with the Center for Earth Ethics and the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice to focus on the structural

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Union Announces New Dean of Chapel

Monday, January 25, 2021

Union Theological Seminary President Serene Jones today announced the appointment of Dr. Sandra Montes as Dean of Chapel. Montes had been serving as Interim Dean since August 2019, and is credited with the successful and seamless move of chapel online due to COVID. A bilingual educator, musician, liturgist and writer who previously worked with The

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Congratulations Senator Raphael Warnock

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Share your well-wishes & prayers with Senator Raphael Warnock Union Theological Seminary will collect prayers and well wishes for Senator Raphael Warnock and have them compiled and bound in a book that we will present to him later this Spring. If you would like to participate, share your note to Senator Raphael Warnock below. We

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A Tribute to Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon by Delores Dixon

Friday, January 15, 2021

Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon was a student pursuing her Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary when she forged what would become a lifelong friendship with Elder Delores “Dee” C. Dixon, who was Christian Education Director at The Church of the Master, Presbyterian Church where Dr. Cannon was an intern. Throughout their lifetimes, both Dr. Cannon

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CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Student Allocation Summary and Quarterly Grant Report

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Updated: July 8, 2022 Union Theological Seminary (Union) has received funding under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students. Union returned the relevant signed Certifications and Agreements to the Department of Education and will use no less than

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Godspeed Senator-elect Warnock

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Godspeed Senator-elect Raphael Warnock Yesterday was an historic day for our nation and for our beloved seminary, Union.  Unfortunately, what began as a day of celebration quickly turned to a day marked by violence and hatred enacted by the domestic terrorist mob that assaulted our nation’s capital, incited by a diabolical president. It was chilling

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Happy New Year!

Thursday, January 7, 2021

  Happy New Year and thank you for being a part of the Union Community. We invite you to celebrate the New Year with your Union community by watching this Silver Linings video. Several alumni/ae, staff, faculty, and students shared moments of gratitude from 2020 that create a collective story of hope for 2021.  

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